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

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
covered over and converted into a ball-room for the
occasion, and all the rooms of the building were
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 cl-vis being the Empiess and
General Grant, the other persons in the quadrille
being the Prince de Chimay with the Princess
d'Essling, the English General Lucas with Mme.
Besson, wife of the Prefect, the Prefect with Mme.
Lesay Vlarnesia, 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 manoeuvres. 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
manoeuvres 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 951. 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 sinai-
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
I 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 deficiency in 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 there7are 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, 39f. 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
Paris 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 taker: 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
moth ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at
JOlf. 400. ; Orleans Railway shares, 1,220 f. ;
Rouen, 1,025 f. ; Havre, 505 f. ; Great Northern,
840 f. ; Faris and Strasburg, 933 f. 75c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 900 f. ; Western of Franco, 705 f. ; Bor-
deaux
and Cate, 600 f Great Central, 518 f. 'roc
• • •

Lyons and Geneva, 510 f. ; Shares •f the Ban
Credit Mobilier, 743 f. The.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
A telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles, dated
yesterday, says :—" By the Nil steamer we receive
the following from Constantinople. The demon-
strations of the Ulemas during the fete of the Bairam
had caused the ambassadors to fear an explosion,
and on the 14th they hastened to bring in apart of
the combined squadrons, consisting of three Eng-
lish and three French frigates, under the command
of Rear-Admiral Lebarbier de Tinan. The refusal
of Russia was not known to the public on the 15th,
but the diplomatists were informed of it. An ex-
plosion was imminent. The Egyptian troops had
all left for Varna. Enthusiasm and agitation are
at their height, and great alarm prevails among the
European inhabitants. It was the French Ambas-
sador who first gave the order for bringing up the
vessels of the two allied powers. A movement is
expected froa one moment to another."
Accounts from Constantinople, of September 151
state that the procession of the Bairam, which was
to give occasion to a popular demonstration, went
off in perfect tranquillity. Extensive measures of
precaution had been taken, and the garrison and
the police were reinforced by strong detachments
of troops and peace officers. The crews of the yes.
sels in the harbour were confined on board their
ships. From 15,000 to 20,000 muskets have been
taken from the arsenal of St. Irene, and shipped off
to Vann.
The greatest consternation prevails among the
Christian population of the Turkish capital.
On the 15th inst. the refusal of Russia to accede
to the Turkish modifications of the Vienna Note
had not yet become publicly known at Constanw
nople.
M. Titow, who was Russian Ambassador at Con-
stantinople, has arrived at Berlin on his way to
Vienna. It is said that he will be consulted on the
Eastern question.
The Emperor of Russia, accompanied by the
Grand Duke, heir presumptive to the Crown, an
the Grand )ukc) Nikolajewitsch, arrived at War-
saw on the 20th inst.

A letter from Berlin of the 23d says :—" It j 5
believed that the Emperor of Russia, after haviai
been present at the manoeuvres of the camp °L
Olmutz, will pass some time in our capital."
There are now 25,000 men remaining in the
camp at Olmutz, the remainder of the troops, Par-
ticularly the cavalry, have entered into, callt°ll-
- Among the teats of the officers of the
Court in the camp, that of Lieutenant-General, de
Grunne attracts great attention. It formerly
belonged to the Grand Visir Kara Mustapha, and
was taken from the Turks at the time of the soon

siege of Vienna, in 1683.
A letter from Bucharest of the 13th, itt the Press
of Vienna, says :—" The troops are insensibly lesy-
ing us, and within the last few days detachments
have been continually seen making their prevariX
tions for departure. The camp near Fokscfani will
be soon broken up and transferred to Quirzel,
opposite Ruoljuck. Reinforcements are constantly
arriving from Southern Russia. Men's minds sr,
much cast down, and the strangest rumours are 4'
circulation as to what is passing at Constantinople'
Redschid Pacha, report says, has again given
his resignation. He is said to have declared that,
looking at the menacing disposition of the popul9"
tion at Constantinople, he considered any further
i
concession on the part of the Sultan as attended
with danger. It is said that a number of arras'
have taken place."
A letter from Kalisch, 20th, says :—" The non:
ber of officers attached to the suite of the Emperor
who have arrived at Warsaw is very considerable.
The Mussulman cavalry from Sechakzow and the
neighbourhood have arrived near Warsaw, in order
to manoeuvre before the Emperor. His majesty?
after his return from the camp of Olmutz, will visit
the fortress of Biesc-Litewski."
A letter from Vienna in the German Jowl-oda
Frankfort says :—" We are assured that the Rum
Consul at Bucharest asked the Administration of
the Steam Boats to place at the disposal of the
Russian army in the Principalities a great number 0f
steamers. But the directors after having delibir
rated have determined not to grant the demarku•
They have resolved, on the contrary, that from the
present they will, on account of the state of the,
Danube, entirely suspend the voyages to Semlin:
The randerer of Vienna says :—" A letter from
a commercial man at Odessa assures us that commercer
is stricken with a complete stagnation since the Czar_
rejection of the modifications of the Divan in the drab
of the note of mediation. Corn has fallen twenty
per cent., because no one has been able to send it
off by sea. The report recently current of the
corps d'armee of General Luders, concentrated
at Odessa and in the euviron, having marched for/
the Principalities, is not confirmed. It appears
that the troops which are arriving in the Principa-
lities belong to the corps d'arm6e of Otten-Sarken.
The New llamburgh Gazette, under date of St.
Petersburgh, 15th, says—" After the occupation of
the Principalities, 40,000 men of the 4th corps
d'armee were placed en echelon, as far as Quirgew°,
whilst 20,000 men of the sth corps, under the
orders of General Paniutine, were stationed "
echelon between Bucharest and Tokschane. These
troops will be reinforced by 40,000 men forming the
corps of Ostensacken, who have already passed the
Pruth. The position of the 4th corps gives reason to
believe that, in case of war, the troops will pass the
Danube, near Rustjuck and Silistria, to march on
Schumla byßazgran and Basardjuck. In consequence
of movements made by the Turks, Prince Gorteani
koff had changed the position of the 40,000 men °r
the 4th corps d'armee. The troops are now s"".
tioned between Bucharest and Kalafat, by ir.-111-
jaowa. From these movements, it may be seen'
11 that the Russians propose to pass the Danube '4-
Widdin."

SPAIN.
It was expected that the Madrid Gazette of the
21st would contain a series of important nonsior
tions by the new Ministry ; but it gives 11014,,e,;
Neither is anything of interest to be found in tm,
other journals. Several rumours were currel
and amongst them was one that General Lersunueld
the ex-President of the Council, is to be appoint
Governor-General of Cuba ; another that a decree,
authorising the return of the Duke de valetic
(Narvaez) will be promulgated ; a third that the
Cortes are to be dissolved ; and a fourth that the
Royal Council is to be done away with. The Tie
Cabinet was holding frequent deliberations.
opposition had held a sitting at the house of uvno;
Contha, for the purpose of deciding on the line.to
conduct to be adopted. A certain number of 1
dal,
principal members, and amongst them M. N°ce
M. A. Castro, and M. Ballesteros, intended,
it
was said, to resign their seats in the Cortes, ,we
order to show their decided opposition to tu.
Ministry.
The Diario Esponol states that Count de San_
Luis had offered General Fernandez de Cordorh
the departments of Foreign Affairs and War, b°
of which he had refused. the
The Three per Cents. were done at 43 9-1"g ; ..-p ;.gt
New Three per Cents. at 23g ; the Debt of the
Class, at 10 3-16 ; and that of the Second, at sk•

ITALY.
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Letters from Ticino, the Grisons, St. Gall, ;
fl.
Appenzell, in the Parlauento of Twin, state til
the decision of the Grand Council of Ticino
favour of the Luckmailier Railway,
.has been re-
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ceived in those cantons with universal joy.
The Tuscan Monitore of the 20th publishes
treaty of navigation and commerce concluded.h,,e;
tween Prussia and Tuscany. It is to come 113'
force on Jan. 1.

HOLLAND.
THE HAGUE, SEPT. 23.—The First Chamber °I
the States-General has to-day adopted the adder
in reply to the speech from the Throne. the
It is said that the Government will present t
budget for 1854 to the Chamber on Monday net