The Press.
London, England, 1857-10-17 00:00:00

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PARIS, October 15.
THE capacity of some foreign journals for canards
is most astonishing. Fur instance, a Belgian paper,
not satisfied with giving an account of the manoeuvres
at the camp of Chalons, gravely makes known to the
world, upon " good information," the secret thoughts
of the Emperor Napoleon. The editor represents
his Majesty as sitting at his desk, meditating on the
best possible means to bring about an equilibrium
in the budget of 1859, and arriving at the determina-
tion to effect a reduction of twenty-five millions of
francs in the expenses of the army. Now, unfortu-
nately for the reputation of the Belgian paper, the
Emperor has no occasion to divert his attention from
political matters of more importance and turn his
thoughts and studies to the budget, fur the equilibrium
is secured, as you will see by referring to the pro-
ceedings in the last Legislative sittings. You will
find there that the report of the Budget Committee
for 1858 shows an exchdent of 25,000 millions of
francs over that of 1857. To be "well informed,"
it would appear, is not always to be accurate.
There is no truth in the pretended visit of
the Emperor to Berlin. The interview between
Napoleon and Francis Joseph, for reasons which you
may know, is also adjourned sine die. Neither is the
reported visit of the Emperor to Marseilles correct.
He will nut go to the south of France before the
beginning of r eat spring.
The approaching meeting of the Paris Congress
occupies the attention of our political circles. The
reports so industriously circulated as to the wish of
the Emperor to place one of his family on the new
Danubian Throne, is without the least foundation.
Napoleon the 111. intends to continue the same wise
line of policy which after mature reflection he
adopted—and that is, to consult and carry out the
wishes freely expressed of the Muldo-Wallachian
population.
In a few days the Court will go to Compeigne,
where preparations have been made to receive a
great number of visitors. As yet it has not been
decided whether the Emperor will pass a short time
at Fontainebleau or not; this will depend on the
weather.

The balance-sheet of the Bank of France for
October is, I think, more satisfactory than was anti-
cipated, particularly after the difficulties the Bank
had to encounter during the month of September.
The commerce of Paris is prosperous, and this,
coupled with a bountiful harvest, will greatly tend to
restore that confidence which for some time has
been, from many unavoidable circumstances, rather
severely tested.

The report that Queen Victoria intended to take
the title of Empress of English India created some
sensation in France, but the general opinion seems
to be that it would be a wise political measure, as
putting an end to the vacillating and procrastinating
Government of the East India Company and the
Board of Control.

The Chalons camp, as you have seen by the papers,
is broken up for the season. The order of the day
of the Emperor to the soldiers produced a great
effect, not only on the men but throughout France.
It is a document of much more importance than
would appear at first sight ; at the same time that it
is a military address, it bears the stamp of a political
manifesto. I append it:—

Camp of Chalons, Oct. 8.
Soldiers,—The time we have spent together will not
have been lost. Your military instruction has been
advanced, and the ties that unite us have been drawn yet
tighter.
When General Bonaparte had concluded the glorious
peace of Campo•hormio, be hastened to send back the
conquerors of Italy to the school of platoon and battalion,
thus showing how uaeful he thought it, even for old
• soldiers, to return incessantly to the fundamental rules of
theory. This lesson has not been forgotten : scarcely
have yon returned from a glorious campaign before you
have zealously resumed the practical study of evolutions,
and you have inaugurated the camp of Chalons, which is
to serve as a school of manoeuvres for the whole army.
The 1 mperial Guard will therefore always set a gond
example in this way, in peace as in war. Trained, disci.
plined, ready to undertake everything and support every-
thing for the good of the country, the Guard will be for the