The Press.
London, England, 1858-08-21 00:00:00

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FRANCE.
It is stated that two new line-of-battle ships are
immediately to be put upon the stocks,—one at
Toulon, to be called the Provence ; and the other
at Cherbourg, to he called the Normandie. They
are both to be built on the model of the Bretagne,
unless, indeed, Mr. Lindsay's criticism on that vessel
should induce a modification of the plan. Some of
the French papers lately said that the Bretagne
was admitted, even by the English, to be the
finest sh afloat. This assertion seems to have
been madip e over-hastily, in the moment of exultation
caused by the naval display of Cherbourg.
The speeches of Messrs. Lindsay and Roebuck
continue to excite attention in Paris, and to be the
subject of comments of the press. The Debate has
extracted a portion of Mr. Lindsay's speech almost
without comment. The Pays has a long peevish
article on the subject, intended, apparently, to be
severe. The facetiousness of Mr. Roebuck gives dire
offence to the Journal de l'Empire. Mr. Lindsay's
expression that " he thought the Royal Albert would
not be long in making short work of the Bretagne"
is quoted as a naive grossierete. If the writer in the
Pays understood the English language, he would, in
the first place, have a decided advantage over torty-
nine out of fifty of his brother French journalists ;
and, secondly, he would be aware that there is
nothing grossier either in the fond or the forme of
Mr. Lindsay's phrase, which is simply an expression
of opinion, couched in familiar language, suited to
the comprehension of a mechanics' institute meeting,
that the Royal Albert, as an armed ship, would
prove superior to the Bretagne and quickly over-
come her.
The conferences for the organization of the Danu-
bian Principalities are at ens, and the plenipoten-
tiaries will meet but once more. The articles of the
convention are not known, and may possibly not be
published for some weeks. The following particu-
lars, however, are stated by the Times to be trust-
worthy :
Each of the two provinces is to have its Chamber of
Deputies, by whom the Hospodars will be elected : there is
to be also a Senate, combined of Moldavians and Wallacha,
which *ill sit at Fokschany, a town on the boundary line
between the Principalities, which some proposed to make
the capital, had they been amalgamated. A cert sin amount
of territorial property confers the right of voting at the
elections of deputies. I understand that the convention
is so arranged as to leave a door open for the possible
union of the Principalities at some future time. If the
Moldo-Wallachs were one day so fortunate as to find them-
selves under the rule of two able and patriotic Hospodars,
they might effect for themselves, without the interference
of Europe, the union they have so earnestly asked for.
This ought to he encouragement for them, and stimulate
them to reject foreign influence, and be scrupulous in the
choice of their rulers. These particulars, although meagre,
are not unimportant, and I hope to be shortly able to add
others to them.

The route of the Emperor will take him through
the whole, or portions, of four of the five depart-
ments; the Leire•lnterieure is the exception. He
remained two days at Brest after landing. It is an
older port than Cherbcurg, but now inferior to it ;
for some reason, probably its position, it was not
favoured by Napoleon, who even extended his dislike
to the inhabitants, and subjected them to some very
harsh police regulations.
From Brest the Emperor proceeded to Lander-
neau, Chateaulin, and Quimper, small towns on the
route to LOrient, where he arrived on the 13th, and
remained the following day. On Monday be stayed
at St. Anne d'Auray and Vannes. From this point
his route turned northward, through the centre of
Brittany to Locmine, Loudeac, and St. Brieuc. On
Wednesday he arrived at Linan ; the 19th and 20th
were devoted to his reception and stay at Rennes.
DENMARK.
A private letter of the 11th from Copenhagen
speaks more hopefully of the probability of an
amicable and early settlement of the differences
between Denmark and the Frankfort Diet. Not-
withstanding the opposition of Hanover. it is consi-
dered in the Danish capital not unlikely that the
Diet will accept the propositions made, and that all
difficulties respecting the Duchies will at last be over-
come. A Privy Council has recently been held, the
King presiding, in order to deliberate as to the con-
cessions that could with propriety be made for the
satisfaction of the executive commission and of that
of Holstein. The letter says that it was agreed to
reply affirmatively to the questions comprised in the
Propositions of the committees, in the event of those
propositions, accepted by the Diet, being communi •
cated to the Danish Government. The President of
the Danish Council of Ministers, it is added, has
been made acquainted with the propositions, and is
satisfied with them. Should these statements be
correct, it appears probable that all may be arranged,
the more so as all parties are desirous of such
arrangement with the exception of Hanover, and, it
s
thought, also of Prussia, although the opposition