The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NE WS,

FRANCE.

The Emperor and the Empress, after having
passed the night at St. Omer, left yesterday morn-
ing for Dunkirk and Calais.
The ball to their Majesties at Lille on Saturday
night was got up with great magnificence. The
whole of the court-yard of the Hotel de Ville was
oc oe
evaesried on
,over an
and ctohnev errotoemd
rooms
not
fo at
hbea I
bl -ur oilod
imn
gf o
wr tehr
ee
thrown open, so that there was space sufficient for
4,000 persons. The immense temporary room and
all the others were dressed out with flowers and
tapestry, thousands of wax lights throwing a radi-
ance of light over the whole. Their Majesties were
received with the greatest enthusiasm. The Em-
peror opened the ball with Mlle. Richebe., daughter
of the mayor, their vis ci-vis being the Empress and
General Grant, the other persons in the quadrille
being the Prince de Chimay with the Princess
d'Essling, the English General rucas with Mine.
Besson, wife of the Prefect, the Prefect with Mine.
Lesay larnesia, and Marshal de St. Arnaud with
the Princess de Chimay. Their Majesties after-
wards walked round the ball-room and withdrew
at eleven o'clock. Their Majesties quitted Lille
the next morning at ten o'clock, after having heard
mass celebrated by the Archbishop of Cambray.
The imperial train stopped a few minutes at Haze-
bruck, and arrived at St. Omer at one o'clock.
After a short stay there, they proceeded to the
camp of Helfaut, where the Emperor passed the
troops in review, and was received with great en-
thusiasm. Unfortunately heavy rain fell during
the whole of the manceuvres. Their Majesties re-
turned from the camp at seven o'clock. Their
health is excellent.
The Emperor, before his departure from Paris,
sent the cordon of commander of the Legion of
Honour to General de Stuers, who had been sent
by the King of Holland to be present at the
manceuvres of Satory. The cross of officer and
that of chevalier were sent at the same time to the
Dutch officers who accompanied M. de Stuers.
Queen Maria Christina breakfasted on Sunday
at the palace of Meudon with Prince Jerome Na-
poleon. A Bayonne journal states that the Duke
and Duchess d'Alba have passed through that town
on their return to Spain.
The Journal des Debats remarks as follows on ,
the entry of the ships of the fleet into the Darda-
nelles
:

" We attach a secondary importance to the number
of ships which may have passed the Dardanelles. This
number will be naturally augmented or diminished ac-
cording to the necessities of the state of things. The
great fact is, that foreign ships of war are in the Bos-
phorus, and that consequently the order established by
treaties has been broken through. The passage of the
Dardanelles is an act which corresponds with the crossing
of the Pruth. It is stipulated on the one hand in the ex-
isting treaties, that so long as the Porte should be at
peace, no foreign ship of war should enter the Bosphorus;
and on the other hand, that the Pruth was the natural
frontier of the Turkish territory. It must be borne in
mind that in the protests made against the invasion of
the Danubian Principalities, it was said that the Western
Powers would be entitled to enter the Bosphorus, to
respond to the invasion of the Principalities. They had
up to the present time abstained from every demon-
stration. But, at present, pressed by the events which
are passing, and by the season of the year, they have
also taken up their positions. On both sides this ex-
pectant situation may be prolonged, for the advanced
period of the year, which soon will not permit the Rus-
sians to evacuate the Principalities, will also lead the
French and English fleets to winter in the Bosphorus.
It is doubtless to these new complications that must
be attributed the considerable fall in the English funds.
On the Stock Exchange, on Saturday, there was an
absolute panic, similar to what has been seen in times
of greatest difficulty. The Three per Cents, fell from
94 to 92, and were a week ago at 95k. We do not, how-
ever, consider these alarms sufficiently justified. It is
to be observed that the entrance of the allied forces
is intended not to respond to the Russian invasion,
but to keep down an insurrection on the part of the
Turks. That intervention has still for object to main-
tain peace, since it is destined to protect the Sultan
against a party which desires to induce him to declare
war. The occupation of Constantinople, should events
render it necessary, would then have a certain sinii-
liarity with the occupation of Rome. In the two cases,
the armed intervention would have been effected to
maintain peace and order, and to restore to the esta-
blished Governments their free decision. Nothing as-
suredly can better prove the desire of all the Govern-
ments to remain at peace than this impartial protection
which embraces at the same time the Pope and the
Sultan. When the Sultan shall be no longer under the
pressure and tyranny of popular passions, the course of
the negotiation may be resumed, and, it is to be hoped,
with better success."
The season of the year has now arrived when
the shopkeepers in the provinces of France usually
commence the purchase of their winter stock.
Few orders, however, have as yet been received in
Paris from them. Money is still abundant in the
trading circles, but the repeated alarms produced
by the Eastern question induce them to limit their
transactions and to confine their purchases to what
is. strictly necessary for present purposes. All
trades connected with building are in a state of
more than ordinary prosperity. The contractors
find some difficulty in procuring sufficient hands,
and they have been compelled to submit to a
considerable rise in the price of all descriptions
of building materials, such as timber, stone, and
iron. The ironmasters have such extensive orders
on hands that they refuse to accept any new ones,
and their prices are generally from 25 to 30 per cent.
higher than last year. Fears are consequently en-
tertained that the new lines of railway lately con-
ceded cannot be completed within a reasonable
time, unless the Government authorise the com-
panies to import rails andlocomotivesfrom England
to France on the payment of a moderate duty.
Flour has again risen to the highest price of the
month of August, but since Wednesday last it has
been difficult to find buyers at those prices.
The prevailing opinion at the corn market is,
that we have reached the highest prices. Several
,causes have hitherto contributed to keep up the
price of wheat. The shortness of the crop, and the
necessity the farmers are under of attending to
their labours in the fields preventing them from
threshing out their wheat and bringing it to mar-
ket, have produced a deficiencyin the usual supply,
and enabled those who speculate for a rise to force
the millers to yield to their demands. The im-
mense arrival of foreign wheat begin to produce an
effect. A telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles
announce that 14,000 hectolitres arrived in that
port on the 24th inst. On the other hand,
a letter from Strasburgh, on the 23d, states
that there are 25,000 hectolitres at Lauterbourg
and Neubourg, purchased for Alsace, and coming
from the north of Germany and from Holland.
The shallowness of the waters in the Rhine between
Lauterbourg and Strasbourg had prevented the
arrival of the boats. The following are the prices
of wheat in the principal markets of France :-
Paris, 40f. to 42f. the 100 kilogrammes ; Chartres,
38f. to 41f. ; Etampes, Melun, and Rouen, 38f. to
41f. ; Soissons, 40f. to 42f. ; Noyon, 38f. to 41f.
Lille, 39f. to 45f. ; Arras, 38f. to 41f. ; Cambrai,'
38f. to 41f. ; Amiens, 37f. to 40f. ; Charleville, 39f.
to 31f. ; Troyes, 36f. to 38f. ; Nancy, 37f. to 39f. ;
Metz, 37f. to 40f. ; Strasbourg, 37f. to 40f. ; Mul-
house, 37f. to 40f. ; Raon l'Etape, 391. to 40f ;
Dijon, 35f. to 37f. ; Gray, 35f. to 36f. ; Lyons, 34f,
to 35f. ; Marseilles, French wheat, 37f., Polish,
28f. ; Toulouse, 33f. to 34f. ; Bordeaux, 36f. to
37f. ; Lucon, 35f. ; Nantes, 35f. ; Tours, 35f. to
37f. ; Saumur, 36f, to 37f. ; Orleans, 37f. to 41f. ;
Issoudun, 35f. to 38f. ; Bourges, 34f. to 36f. ;
Sable 36f. to 37f. ; St. Malo, 28f. to 31f. ; Mor-
laix, 28f • Treguier, 28f. to 29f. ; Caen, 39f. to
40f. ; Lisieux, 39f. to 41f. The lowest prices
prevail on the coast of Brittany, from
Brest to St. Malo. The wheat crop in that dis-
trict will afford a considerable quantity for expor-
tation, a portion of which has already arrived at
Havre. The prices of rye, oats, and barley are well
maintained with a slight advance. The price of
butchers' meat in Paris has not been so well main-
tained since the publication of the Imperial
decree, reducing the duty payable on the im-
portation of cattle in France. There has not
been much business transacted at the wine mar-
ket of Bercy during the last week. Dealers are
waiting the result of the. approaching vintage, of
which the acounts vary. It is said that the produce
in Burgundy will exceed that of an ordinary year.
The warm weather for about 12 or 15 days has im-
proved the grapes wonderfully, and hastened their
maturity. The vineyards in the neighbourhood of
Pans wear a fine appearance, particularly on the
hills of Argenteuil. Complaints are heard of the
unhealthy state of the vines in the neighbourhood
of Saumur, and of the exorbitant prices demanded
for wine there. Wines are unusually high through-
out the south. A considerable fall has taken place
in the price of spirits of wine both in Paris and
Bordeaux. A greater fall is announced at Beziers,
where that article has declined from 190 to 140 f.
the hectolitre.

The approaching reception of M. Berryer, as
member of the French Academy, is creating a cer-
tain sensation in the Legitimist circles in Paris.
The Bourse was more firm yesterday than might
have been expected from the depression which pre-
vailed at the commencement of business, and from
the warlike reports which were propagated. The
Three per Cents opened at 75f. 15c., rose to 75f.
90c., and closed at 75f. 75c. for the end of the
month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at
101 f. 40c. ; Orleans Railway shares, 1,220 f. ;
Rouen, 1,025 f. ; Havre, 505 f. ; Great Northern,
840 f. ; Paris and Strasburg-, 933 f. 75c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 900 f. ; Western Of France, 705 f. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 60%,; Great Central, 518 f, i sc, ;