The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-24 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, THCBADAY EVLNINCI.
It appars from the latest telegraphic despatches
received at the Ministry of the interior an hour ago,
that the President left Grenoble at eight this morn- ,
ing, escorted by. an immense crowd of the:population,
both of the capital of the lucre and the surrounding
districts. The President, after traversing 'eve.
ral towns whore he was received with the usual
demonstrations, stopped, at four this afternoon,
some minutes at St. Romans. He then proceeded to
Valence, where he was received with the pealing of
bells, and other honorific manifestations already used
at the preceding halts. The cries of "Vice l'Empe-
reur! , were louder and more general than ever, and
in the midst of an immense crowd the Prince made
his way through the principal street to the prefec-
ture.
Since the speech at Lyons the idea of the =
has assumed a more palpable form than
People have long seen it coming, but they now sl
as if it had strived.
M. de Persigny returned vestcrday evening to Paris,
where he has resumed has duties at the Ministry
of the Interior. Owing. to the shortness of hui
absence there has been no interim.
The President, on presenting a bracelet to the
Countess de Ouyot, the wife of the Prefect at Mon.
line, said that he preferred presenting it at that mo-
ment instead of the next day, that he might have the
pleasure of seeing her wear it at the belL Seek
anecdotes are repeated gravely. To what degrader
tiro is the press fallen , .
The Journal dos Cher says:
Reports are current at Banes that a criminal attempt
as the life of the Prince President was to hats been made
at Kadin', mad that the authors of the scheme had been
• arrested. From inhumation which we bare obtained, we
L can my that them rumours were entirely unfounded.
At the Bourse the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. rose
33, and closed at 10.1.60; the Threes rose 20, and
closed at 78.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The following article in the Cluistifutiosnel con-
tainsexplimatious with regard to the important aug-
mentation in the import duties on Belgian coal and
cast iron:

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duty en lefties Seel efew Mem 1, hen 16 ie ■ Ns-
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paid My 16 maim per Motel, Mil *Oh
subject es the Nest of the Chews' he a liefarea ess.
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4t, while Memilit was moiled le Fey II We hid pad
row" this, le dela bus Belgium mesa eMelijes
rams for these IBM* we testisued to pet bee
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the gewsmine,
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isoseeese at mesa applieshie to the ealle ela limed
the Zelleersia. lisightes est having esseisil le Ile 11w,
=roast WA laving Wald difwbir whisb am be
leasseestemmust to a selheei, ear jpemmeet
Ihsett y take as
The
stimilei the Missse apes ..i
dealrn awl Ms. The
misses k whiskies gessemud bee Mei met le se.
Ist the psist of view if eseamiseinrer=
twe mass of
resehiss Mika
=Ms Miss es B4ith mi. to mini these es
The molt would have hen tbe sem se ihr es
eves& MUM. Ms by bilk asses the Mow peed to
has prelude waif be reuunsi. It wet list be for-
that the Chamber of Canueeree of Rouen
ratstawn up antral petitions in favour of the for.
mgr mans—that L to say, of lowering the duty on
English coil to the same rate as on Belgian, and fears might
have been entertained that such a course would be followed.
The government, however, on this or:cadets hu shown
that it does not Wend to depart from the protection given
to maternal labour. It has not lowered the duties on Eng-
lish esal, which would have dealt a dieutrous blow to our
soul miss ; it has, on the contrary, increased the duties on
Belem coal; Mailed of decreasing protection it has
swasjahmed it. We think it the more useful to thus
lioreseeries the resolution adopted by the government, as it
elalefle is sous way the declarations' which it has recently
frM hi favour of the protective regime, and that it is of •
sesame m trewpdHiss the minds of those who have been
readessi wens, by lying reports. The decree, more
Me-
over, Me act pso far es might be inferred from
the note pubiliwl by the official journal. It would,
in fact melt beet that note that Belgian coal and
ant-iris Mee to have been replaced under the
geared Ode ne Belgian coal still preserves a real ad-
vents's. The duty is, it is true, only 30e. on the comet of
the Atlantic, but it is 50e. on the mama the Channel, and
it is there that Belgian coal comes intocompetition with the
English. Thus in the part of Frame where the two pro-
ductions come into contact, the English sod will pay a duty
of 50c., while the Belgian will be admitted with a duty of
30c. Hems it follows that Belgium will still have an ad-
vantage over England. This inerease of duties cannot,
however, be regarded u definitive. It has been caused by
a refusal to satisfy the demands of the Preach government,