The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-22 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SATURDAY EVININO.
The Emperor and Empress left St. Cloud at about
half-past one o'clock to-day, for Dieppe, where they
were expected to arrive by half-past fire o'clock.
Their Majesties will take up their residence at the
Hotel de Ville, which has been fitted up for
their reception, furniture, and hangings having
been sent for that purpose from the garde-
meuble. On the ground floor of the building will
be the waiting room and dining room. The first
floor, the windows of which look on the roadstead,
will comprise the apartment of the Empress, the bed-
room and the cabinet of the Emperor, and the bed-
rooms for the aides-de-camp and ladies of honour on
duty. The large library on the second floor will
serve as a second cabinet for the Emperor. Wooden
barracks have been erected in the garden of the
Hotel de Ville and on the beach opposite the gates,
for the accommodation of the squadron of guides,
which has been sent to Dieppe to act as escort to
their Majesties during their stay. All the ships of
war on the Channel coast have received orders to
assemble at Dieppe to-morrow.
Letters from Dieppe speak with astonishment of
the wondrous preparations made in an incredibly
short space of time by M. Visconti. In 36 hours the
architect of the Louvre, and the projector of the un-
paralleled nts of Monday last, transformed the
dingy Hotel de Ville of Dieppe into a palace so mag-
nificent that the Emperor when he dines there to-
day may fancy himself at St. Cloud. These wonders
have not been worked without the use of large ma-
terial means. A whole army of carpenters, morons,
decorators, painters, joiners, locksmiths, asphalte
...yen, gardeners, &c., under tho orders of two
of M. Visconti's architects, MM. Laudieu and
Joly have been sent from Paris. The telegraph
has been constantly at work transmittirg orders to
the director of the Garde Meuble and the relgisseur
of the Tuileries, and every train has brought down
piles of luggage for the imperil use. 80,000 f. of
cabinet- era work alone hu been done in three
days. All the carriages in the town of Dieppe have
been pressed into the service of M. Visconti, who
encamped upon the scene of action, and reposing at
night upon a hammock issues his orders in true
military style. The mayor and sub-prefect are wild
with excitement. The municipal council at first
voted 100,000 f. for the reception, then thinking that
not enough, they gave the mayor a carte blanche,
and although the Emperor has intimated that he
desires to have no triumphal entry, no speeches. and
no official costumes, the town will doubtless contrive to
spend a good deal of money. A steeplechase is spoken
of with a prize of 10,000 f., 8,000 to be given by the
city and 2,000 by the railway compan7. A ship
launch, that was to have taken place this week has
been put off in the hope that their Majesties will
witness it. Visitors are already flocking in, and
beds are not to be got at any price. I think it well
to mention, for the benefit of English tourists, that
in all probability no strangers will be allowed to
enter Dieppe during the Emperor's stay, unless they
are provided with passports perfectly en regle.
Nothing is known with certainty as to the duration
of the imperial visit. The Dieppe people hope it
may last three weeks. The Emperor will pro-
bably make excursions to different towns in
the northern departments, while the Empress re-
mains for the benefit of the sea air. A bathing
pavilion has been erected for her.

PARIS, EITSDAT EVENTS°.
A message from Vienna to this date, states that
the affiancing of the Emperor of Austria with the
second daughter of the Archduke Maximilian of
Bavaria took plies at Isehal on the 19th of August.
The Emperor and Empress arrived safely at Dieppe
at five o'clock yesterday evening. The Municipal
Council received their Majesties in a saloon in the
station prepared for the occasion. On descending
from the state carriage the Emperor squeezed the
hand of the Sub-Prefect, and received from the Mayor
the deed of gift of the Hotel de Ville made by the
town to hie Majesty. Their Majesties left the station
for the Hotel de Ville in an open caleahe and four,
preceded by the authorities on foot. Not
having been at Dieppe I cannot pretend
to describe the reception, but the govern-
ment organ, the ?eerie, says that the the peo•
pie were in a state of delirious enthusiasm, their ac-
clamations were "furious, intense, continuous"
showers of bouquets and crowns fell from the windows
upon the imperial heads, and the "flue of the aristo-
cracy of Europe" strained forward in wild transport
over the baloonies, electrifying the populace by their
cries and gestures. The Emperor was radiant with
gladness and joy, and triumph beamed upon the
countenance of the Empress.
I must leave you to judge of the truth of this
highly-colored picture, but, as an "honest chronicler,"
I cannot avoid mentioning a recent fact within my
own knowledge as an instance of the way in which
"delirious enthusiasm" is got up in France. Nogovern-
ment hack could overpraise the arrangements of the
fête of Monday last. Everybody is agreed that they
were admirable, and that the result was the most
perfect metropolitan entertainment that was probably
ever seen. But not content with this M. de Persigny
set the telegraph at work to inform all the prefects
in France that when, at four in the afternoon, the
Emperor and Empress drove out in the Champs
Elysees, the population could not restrain itself from
open demonstrations of intense affection, and their
Majesties'carriagewas literally borne on the shoulders
of the people. Now the dry fact is, that all the
ticket porters of Paris, the "forts de la Halle," the
costermongers, and the innumerable small people
that are forced to have " medals" from the
police, received orders from M. Pietri, the
prefect, to be in the grand avenue of the
Champs Elyse°, at the hour when it was known
their Majesties would pass, and the volume of their
sweet voices was the sole solid foundation of M.
Persigny's despatch.
According to present arrangements, the Emperor
will return to Paris alone in three or four days, and
set out almost immediately afterwards for Lille and
the camp at Heltaut. Preparations for his reception
are already making at Lille and St. Omer. After
his excursion in the northern departments, his Ma-
jesty will rejoin the Empress at Dieppe.
In • letter to the Mayor of Perigueux, Marshal
St. Arnaud, in excusing himself from attending the
inauguration of the statue of Marshal Bugeaud, on
September sth, says :
Lis Majesty, the Emperor, has disposed of me for that

period, and it was even with the greatest difficulty that I
obtained permission to absent myself for a few days from
the Ministry-at-War, to preside over the Council. General of
the Girond., from the t 1 st to the 2.5 th of this mouth.
Several foreign general officers have arrived in
Prance to see the grand manceuvres to be executed
in the presence of the Emperor, at the Camp of
Helfaut. _ _

The circus ordered by the Emperor to be built in
the camp of Satory for the amusement of the troops
will very soon be finished. 'f he construction is con-
fided to M. Souhart, a chef-de•battalion of engineers,
who on Friday last summoned to his aid M. Arnault,
the director of the Hippodrome, with whom he
three hours in consultation. The Emperor ,
passed
himself furnished the plans. The circus of Satory is !
intended to emulate the vast Roman amphitheatres.
There will be eighteen rows of turf benches capable
of accommodating 13,000 spectators, so that the
whole army of Satory will be able to see the games
at the same time. The Hippodrome company will
perform there by the Emperor's orders.
Shortly before the Emperor and Empress left
St. Claud they made an excursion to the barracks on
the height of Mont Valction. The Empress, who
had never been there before, was greatly struck
with the beauty of the view. Their Majesties
visited the casemates, powder magazines, and the
men's rooms. The court journals say that
finding her appetite sharpened by the keen air of the
hill, the Empress asked the soldiers if they had any-
thing to offer her. Thine was nothing in the barracks
but regulation bread an 1 cheese, and of this she ate
heartily, the Emperor sharing with her the frugal
repast. His Majesty on the recommendation of the
commandant of the tort, took down the names of two
old soldiers for the military medal.
On Sunday last there were bull races at Beau-
caire, that day having been chosen by the municipa-
lity for celebrating the Emperor's Ike. The amuse-
ment had gone on for au hour and a half without
any accident, when one of the bulls dashed furiously
into the midst of the crowd, and tossed three men
in the space of as many minutes. One of them is in
a moat dangerous state, and the other two are
severely wounded. The Mayor instantly put a stop
to the sport.
The first express train to Cologne, in 13 hours, left
Paris this morning. This train will go to Brussels
in 7w. 15x. every day. Au immense number of
people left Paris for Brussels by a pleasure train last
evening, to see the nuptial fetes of the Duke of
Brabant.

The Indepcndancc Beige says, but without suggest-
ing any reason for the tact, that M. A. Barrot, the
French Minister in Brussels, will be the only mem-
ber of the corps diplonnaique not present at the royal
marriage.
The Mondeur promulgates the treaty of commerce
and navigation concluded between France and the
republic of Chili on the 13th of September, 1846,
together with additional articles signed on the 30th
of June, 1832, which treaty and additional articles
were ratified on the 12th of May, 1833.

ITALY.

PIEDMONT.

The Piedmontese Gazette, of the lith, publishes a
royal decree granting, according to the law of the
2.;th of May last, 409,863 f. for the current year, to
the curates and vice-curates of the Island of Sardinia,
the said sum being intended as a compensation for
the suppression of tithes.