The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-24 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENINu.
The Constautionnel draws the inference from an
announcement from S•. Petersburg, dated the 14th,
of the Emperor Nicholas hoeing set out 6,r Mo,eow,
that he has giren up the project of meeting the Em-
peror of Auer ria at Olmuta. The Union, however,
which from its legitimate connections is very likdy
to be well informed as to the proceedings of the
despotic powers, says to-day that the Czar will meet
the Emperor of Austria t.t t)lmutz, and that the et.
'sting bonds of friendship between them will be
drawn much closer. Tim Prince of Pruscia will also,
according to tile same authority, be at Olmutz.
Since writing the above, I have seen the following
telegraphic thspatelt, dated Vienna, Thursday,
Sept. 22 :
A telegraphic despatch from Warsaw announces that the
Emperor of Ewell will arrive at Ohnutz, on Saturday, the
24th, accompanied be the Grand Duke the heir apparent,
the Grand Make Ninhulas, Palace Paskiewitaen, Comet
orbdl, Generale Licari', Adletherg, and Grumwald,
cellar Count .le Seseelrode, baron deMereedirtf, and the
Secretary to the Embus% Baron Mubrenheim. The Prince
of Prus.ia is expected at the Cump of Olmuts on the 23rd.
The Minister of Marine will leave Paris on Sun-
! day to join the Emperor, and accompany his Itlit.ety
lin his visit to the ports of Dunkirk, Boulogne, and
j Calais.

Habib Risk Allah Effendi, member of the Turkish
Embassy in London, has arrived in Paris.
The satisfaction felt by the bourgeoisie at eating
bread below its value is likely to be of short duration.
The municipality are daily considering schemes
for extracting money from the pockets of those
who are able to puy to compensate the city funds for
the advances made to the bakers. There is a tuik of
some additional centimes upon the direct taxes. But'
project for an octroi duty of 3f. per 100 kilogrammes
upon iron, and 2f. upon cast iron, both which articles
have been hitherto admitted free, finds much favour,
and the more so because the proprietors of forests
complain that their interests are affected by the sub.
stitution of iron for wood fur building purposes. It
is also contemplated to raise the octroi duty on real
front 28c. to We. A draft decree for cart ying these
measures into effect is said to be before the Councilor
State.

At the last market at Lille wheat rose 2fr. 7.3 e. Ma
bakers thi re arc compelled to sell at a loss, mis
I'aris. It is given out that the municipality do not
intend to mist vere in this nvstetn, but they will find
it very difficult to abandon it.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
It was intended when their Majestie+ passed.
througii Lille to inaugurate a statue of the Emperor,
hearing this inscription, To the Protector of Native
Sugar," but this ceremony hns been postponed
till atter the imperial visit. The Emperor
cannot phase everybody, and is obliged to be care-
ful le,t while he eultiyatra popularity at Lille he
should give offence to Ilavre, where the petition
got up by the beet-root growers for (quality in the
sugar tnx has produced a strong counter movement
in favour of the maintenance of differet.tial duties.
" Encourage native augur," shouts Lille. "Hyatt
do," says Havre, "you will destroy your colonies."
The Bishop of Arras appears to consider the pro-
elamntion of the Prefect of the Nord, caning upon
the eltrgy to join the processions in the Emperor's
route, as an infringement upon his jurisdiction. in
a circular to his clergy he says :

We are aware eatst you base ueen asked to appear in tba
streets, side by side, with the mayors when the winces (tie)
pass by. We op, reciate the p-litenots of this ins,tstiori,
but we persist in thinking that your place is iu the church,
about our person, and that this manner of doing honour to
the powers of this world is more becoming, both f a them
and fur you. Nevertheless, in those places al.ero no solemn
reception takes place, you may join the public authorities of
the commune.

The Utiiwa remarks upon this : —" The Bishop of
Arras is right. In the interest of religion it is most
desirable that the priest should not be mistaken fa'
a functionary."
The Emp• ror and Empress attended the first re-
prtaeutatioll of the new ballet of -Elia ...1/ysia at the
Grand Opera last evening. Queen Christina and
the Duchess de Alba were also present—the}- were
in a box oppsite that ocmpied by their Majesties.
It has been stated that the Emperor did not go to
the Odeon on the opening night on account of the
news of the dreadful accident on the Bordeaux rail-
way. Another, nod more probable, reason, has, how-
ever been suggested, namely, 'hat beforo witnessing
Dun Gu:om),, ho wished to know whet impression
NI. Nlerj's dramatic portraiture of an ancestor of the
Empress made upon the public. Odeon audiences
are not always courtier-hke, as they disagreeably
proved last year, when the President of the Republic
was present to see llonneur et Argent.

The •Ifonilcur publishes an official warning to the
Constitutionnel from the Minister of the Interior.
The warning says—
Considerit.g the article published by the 17onVititeiooriel
in it. number of the 19 11, under the hi ati of " Budvtin
liebdom oluire de la Bourse de Pori.," and signed
"Parade." Considering that vsying no atti.ntion t , the
friendly notices that have tren given to it, the j iurns!
persists with a view to private speculation in systematically
praising up certain industrial enterprises and in depre-
ciating others by throwing discredit on them, with erro-
neous or malevolent appreciations. On the propositisn of
the direc'or of the Surd,: Generale, a tint warning is given
to the C,astitutionnel, in the person of M. l'sradis and of
M. Denain, the publisher of the Journal.

•
The Journal des Havre, on the faith of private
letters from Montevideo, states that after the triumph
of the regular troops over the Urban militia devoted
to President Oribe, the conquering party thought of
placing the republic under the protectorate of
Franey. The resolution suddenly taken be the ad-
miral commanding the station to send the Oiliest to
France, had strengthened this rumour.
By decree of the sth, it was ordered that vessels
sad boats on the rivers of France, when laden
entirely with corn, flour, rice, potatoes, or pulse,
should be exempt from the navigation due?. The
Nlinkter of Finance has now extended the applies-
, Lion of the decree to vessels and boats the cargoes of
which consist only of these articles in part with
other merchandise. In this case the dues are to be
paid on the latter.

The Moniteur du Loiret gives the following fur-
ther details of the late railway accident:

The accident took place about half-put four in the morn-
ing. The passenger train going to Bordeaux was proceed-
ing at full speed, when it was suddenly p o-crived by the
goods train coming from Angouleme. The engine driver
in alarm sounded the whistle tit his engine, but he was too
late, and the two trains were too close together fur tAi eol-
lision to be avoided. On hearing the sharp and repeated
whistle of the goods train, the chief of the mail train,
who was in the first baggage waggon, looked out of
the window to see what was passing. At the
same instant a frightful shock took place, and the
head of the unfortunate man being un the outside of
the carriage, it was cut efi as with a sharp instrument.
His body remained in the carriage and the head rolled
on to the line, w here it was after %ants pie.kid up. Three
persons were on the engine of the mail train ; the engine
driver, the stoker, and an inspector, M. eo. Sassenay, who
thought it his duty to accompany the tram iu ani•equenee
of the Minister of Public Work. being one of thy- pussen-
gem 11. de S,ssersay suldenly hearing the whistle of the
goods' train left the platform of the locomotive, and went
on to the ste;i in order to he hAter able to si-es ahead of him.
It was to this proviocntial chance of position that he owes
his life. Ii ing placed on the step, the shock threw him
30 feet beyond the line, from whence he rose with only a
few slight bruises As to the stoker, he was crushed to death
by the side of the engine driver, who was very dangerously
wounded, but there are hopes of his recovery. The chief
of the goods train was so completely cut to pieces that it
was necessary to put the remains into a Sox. The enktina
driver and the stoker were also kilted on the ►pot. the
c irrioge in which the minister was with his s.7cretary was
det :chest from the other carriages, and rolled away from
their ruins. Several versions are current as to the mum
of the IV'el lent. According to souse, the chit( of the goods
train had received orders not to proceed until 40 minutes
after 3, and then to enter the terminus; hut in the imper-
fect light of the morning, he mistook the time by his watch,
and this was the cause of the calamity. If this account be
true, lie has awfully expiated his error.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S VISIT TO TILE

NulailElTN DEPARTMENTS.

ARRAS, FRIDAY, W.!, .%AI.

When laot evening's despatch was sent off, the
Emperor and Empress were proceeding to the prefecture
to receive the congratulations af the different classes of the
community is this district, expressed in addresses commit-
ted for provocation to the beads of deputations. Their
Majesties were attended by a brilliant suite.
The mueicipality surrounded the royal party as a guard
of honour, the advance being led by tn.e mayors, the pre-
fects, and deputy prctecu, wuilo the open conisgesi s which
the Emperor snit royal contort wera conveyed into OW
city were strongly skirted on either side by th.sc selected
for the occasion from all classes—trading, meraantile, aag
nyzattfactoriag—the military escort, a thin one, b.:aiding
up the rear.

As their Jlajesties proceeded, the shouts of wakens,

*waled iota a burviene of harnau voice. The Eta. tror
log, .1 lowly ~.1 the Eimptev. pLetd La r Load to her heart.

no. the road to the l'reltsture, their Majesties were met
at the ,alnico of the Cathedral by the Bishop of Arras, who,
earreiroled by the pritathmd, had, after the tweeting at the
33::,nce i.. 11 of the railway t rmious, g-Ms d the esarch in
• Is sm• of the royal mortise.
iatsriur of the Cathedral was g,rg.,usly draperied
pd Miles wily lighted. The stfs.ct was imposing and
n 1,1111317 read; whole nwe if aeholyts I, bearing waren
t.p. re, wtice some 2t/t/ y•misg girl., arrayed in white, halos
the and:, gaSe an air so .Is:rituality vs tte sceue.
the Ussimp having goren the bens diction, the organ
and the ch amidst salves of guts front the civil:,
Masted a Laths hymn.
'I .to Emmror and Fanpress, after devoting upwards of
▪ bet to receiving c mgratulatory ad-rem,., retired to
apartments, and s4orUy afterwards tits towns upper
is i lower were lighted up.
After &nosy, to which many of the minepal
had h.en Mvited, its. it Majesties attended the City hall,
loss-u iu hosour of ths it arrival, but, owing to the fatigue
to. buipeess had sustained, their stay was of 'tort duration.
The Empress, however, held a receptim at eleven siel-Tic.
tiAlit eialkek this morning thtir M jeeties visited the
titadel, the esplanade, and the principal attractions of the
ems ms slisisions et the city, .do•rtly afcr which a royal
k Tte was held, where further ad-Iris... were pre.ented.
Their Majesties again visited the c,,thsslral, and heard a
'tort sertiee.

At tto o'clock the Em;er ir and Empress ex suite
proceeded fur Douai, departing Crean Arras amidst similar
dem inetratiores from the east assemblage, to those already
eltweihed. Their al .jesties arrived at Douai at aerometer
it. :even, old were met by the authorities of the town.
under ■ triumphal ant, draperied with silk velvet and
geld. The campy was else surnsouLted by the Erg', sod
ti.c lett. nN. and X. I. phi embroidery. Their Moj •ties
sore most enthusiastically weleomed by the townspeople,
•h.. of tOline, were on this occa.iuo reinforced by the
suburban population.
A royal e:iltite was fired from the ramparts, and the Em-
peror and Empress having received in iaue form the emigra-
te', oleos .4 the town, through the iiepotations appointed,
r.ol short tilt Ow points of the city containing works
cf .ft,2131.1 then I.• ft for Valenciennes, where they alighted
smiler a triemphal archway.
The imp. r. gents, after visiting the hotel de Ville,
sad receiving the addresses of the imunici ',slay. departed
for la 3e, u.. j messy tie:copyread about two hour., in c.nee-
qu of the royal train g.ing. sternly by the steti•rns on
t„. ruler, for the purpose of affording tho crowds as.
rembled a ; nosing glance at the Emperor and his consort,
who bowed to the waving of hats and other deineattrolions
of toe Twain corsgregstcd at eat:. point.

LILLE, 5 P.Y.

Tbe Emperor end Empress arrivtil a few minutes beiiire
Gee v'ebeli, awl are now wirroundtd by the munizip.aity,
vele, a twanp!iel cat opy, in extent *ppm:lowing to a
t.wp:e. The CIIIIIOIII 4re thundering from the fortitiew
time, and Um seclame ions of the inultitude :Arc oust fervid.