The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-03 00:00:00

sitting the Lille council voted a sum of 20,000 f. as
I a complement to the sum before voted fur the ex-
peaces of the visit of their Majesties, which has
amounted io all to 170,000 f.

Prince Napoleon paid a visit to the Emperor to-
day at St. Cloud. lie has completely recovered from
his illness.

M. Victor Hugo has recently written a preface,
which will shortly be published, to a new edition of
his " Odes and Ballads." The Siecle has re-
ceived a proof copy, but doubts whether it would
be safe to quote a few lines, and being in
doubt abstains. It, however, in an article no-
ticing some remarkable circumstances in M. Victor
If ugo's career, gives the following extract from a
letter received from him by the editor:—" I am con-
I laced that the expansion of intelligence will suffice
to ripen ideas. I write, I speak, Ido my duty, and
I peaceably contemplate the whitening of my hairs
in exile."

Sume arrests lately took place at Lille, and were
supposed to be of a political character. The Libertel
of that town, however, says:—"The five Italian
hawkers, whose arrest we have mentioned, have
been set at liberty, after fire da3s' confinement. It
seems that these men were arrested by an error of
the police of Amiens. Some Italians of that place
having been guilty of tivvindling, took to flight. An
inaccurate description of the runaways misled the
police of Lille, and caused them to take up the five
men now liberated."

When the Emperor was leaving Calais some infan-
try soldiers were employed to fire borne of the guns
for the salute, there not being enough artillerymen.
These men, imperfectly acquainted with the cannon,
committed the imprudence of putting a charge into
• heated gun. The consequence was that as explo-
sion took place, and two of the men were a good deal
injured. One of them would, it is said, have to
undergo the amputation of an arm.
A Paris letter in a Brussels journal states that the
cause of the late railroad accident near Poitiers is
now known. The telegraphic despatch announcing
the coming of another train was not received, and
consequently the necessary precautions were not
taken. The responsibility lies between two clerks
who are in custody.
It has been already stated that the Minister of
Marine, notwithstanding the very boisterous state
of the weather, went off from Boulogne to the
French Channel fleet. It appears that the minister
did this at great personal risk. The admiral com-
manding the fleet had made every effort to remain in
sight, contending constantly against the violence of
the storm, and the Emperor having expressed his
satisfaction at the efforts made by the fleet, the
Minister of Marine requested he might be allowed to
go off, and communicate the satisfaction felt by his
Majesty. Permission having been granted, the
Minister embarked in a small boat, and with great
difficulty reached the roadstead, where the Heine
Hortense was lying. He proceeded in this steamer
to the fleet, and reaching the admiral's ship stated
the motive of his visit. The Heine Hortense then
proceeded to Calais, which she reached at seven in
the evening, after buffeting about in a furious sale.
A decree, dated yesterday, enacts that, from this
day up to the 31st July next, the duty on wheat
flour imported into Martinique, Guadaloupe, the Ile
de la Reunion, and Senegal, shall be 2f. the 100 kilo-
grammes; on dried vegetables, 25c. the hectoli re;
ou maize in grain 5c., and on maize in flour 10c. the
hectolitre.

Queen Christina, the Duke de Rianzares, and her
t‘%o children, yesterday visited the Hotel des Java-
lidos. Her Majesty was received by the governor of
the hotel, Decimal Count d'Ornano, and by all the
staff. She visited and minutely examined the tomb
of the Emperor, and the chapel in which his remains
are deposited. Her Majesty appeared much moved
in contemplating the latter. The Queen also visited
the infirmary, the library, and other parts of the es-
tablishment. In the course of the visit the famous
Madame Brulon, who holds the rank of sub-lieute-
tenant, and is a member of the Legion of Honour, was
presented to the Queen. Her husband was killed in
battle, and she served seven years in his stead; she
was severely wounded, and was admitted to the In-
valides. This was fifty-three years ago, and she is
now aged 82. . _ _

PARIS, SUNDAY EVZNIXO.
The Moniteur contains two decrees on the great
and pressing subject of subsistence. By the first the
suppression of the surcharge upon corn and flour
imported in foreign bottoms, and the reductions in
the import duties on corn, flour, and divers other
alimentary substances, which, by the decrees of
August '3 and August 18, were enacted until the 31st
of December next only, are prolonged to July 31,
1854. This measure, which was expected, is wisely
taken in good time, and is another severe blow at the
sliding scale, from which there is small ground to think
it will ever recover. The next decree, however, is one
contrary to the true principles of commerce, and one
which I am surprised to see issued by the present go-
vernment. It prohibits until July 31, 1854, the
exportation of potatoes and dry vegetables from
France. The decree is immediately to bo posted in
the frontier departments, and to have effect from the
time of its being posted. This measure will have a
direct bearing upon England, for it appears that
within the last month potatoes have been exported
to Great Britain on a large scale from all the princi-
pal ports of the Channel.

The official returns of the price of wheat for the
last week in August and the first fortnight in Sep-
tember, are published in the Moniteur to-day. The
rise has been general throughout France. In the
Loire Inferieure, La Vendee, and Charente Inferieure
the rise is Mr. 60c. This is the highest average. In
the Pyrenees-Orientales, Aude, Herault, Gard,
Roaches du Rhone, Var, Corsica, and Algeria, where
prices have been lowest, the rise is lfr. 63c. In the
other sections the average augmentation is 3fr. 25c.
We read in the Arnwrican of Brest :

We are assured that several of our shipowners have
already taken steps for turning to account the decree faci-
litating the introduction of forcien cattle and meat into
France. Considerable orders have been given fur the pur-
chase of entire cargoes in Central America, where salt and
cured meats are commoaly two sous the kilogramme. In
thone countries, the abundance is such, that it would be
possible to slaughter myriads of animals annually without
injuring the »productiveness of this living capital. The
high tariff alone has hitherto prevented our commerce from
working this branch, which promises to be as profitable to
trade as useful to the poor.
_

The indigenous sugar-growers in the north expect
a very good crap this year. The changeable wea-
ther, which did so much harm to the corn during the
summer months, has not damaged the beetroot plants.
The roots are said to be unusually fine, and the yield
is satisfactory.
The Totelonnais of the 27th ult. says :—" By a
telegraph despatch received yesterday, orders were
given for all officers and soldiers on furlough to be
immediately recalled to their cape and all further
leave of absence to be suspended. Ve do not know
whether this measure applies to the navy." The
Reim de name states that a similar despatch has
been received at Perigueux.
At the Bourse y esterday the settlement proved in
favour of the sellers. At first the numerous opera-
tions for the fall entered into for the next account
depressed the rente, which went down to 74.90 and
74.85. Afterwards there was a reaction for some
minutes, during which the Threes rose 75.15. Sellers
then came forward rapidly, and quotations soon fell
to 74.80. Later in the day they dropped to 74.60,
which was the closing price, being a fall of 50e. from
yesterday. The price of Consols of the day was not
posted at the Bourse.
The railways were almost all lower, but Gray
rose 15f. Havre, though it fell 2.50, was compara-
tively well supported.

The three delegates tient by the canton of Ticino
to confer with the federal authorities on the subject
of the differences with Austria, arrived in Berne on
the 27th ult. The remaining subject of contest
between the confederation and, the empire is the
satisfaction to be given by Switzerland for the expul-
sion of the Austrian monks. There seems little doubt
that some pacific settlement will soon be made, as
Ticino has abandoned the principle of its own act by
1 offering a compromise, the terms of N% hich Austria
considers insufficient.

The Piedmonteae Oa:Me, of the 28th ult., states,
from Switzerland, that the Federal Council having
applied to the French government in order to have
the prohibition of the exportation of firewood from
French frontier forests taken off, the Swiss charge
d'affaires at Paris has succeeded in obtaining the
removal of the obnoxious measure.