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(THIS DAY.)

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THE HURDLE RACE.

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THE FRENCH EMPIRE

There are no leading articles in the Parisjour-
nals of yesterday on the eastern question of suffi-
cient interest for extract, and on other subjects the
only article at all worth notice is a reply of the
to some remarks made upon it by the Con-
!' -`stituttiombel. The SPcle, whilst it pretends that it
restrained by the fear of danger from saying all
thq it' could wish to say in favour of political
liberty,.-eXpresses itself with a freedom ;which im_
eies- that it really doe.is not entertain the fear that
teAffects to have. • Its argument that revolutions
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:ever caused by liberty, but by absolutism, is
not quite so convincing as it would have the world
believe. Constitutional liberty, in a country where
it is understood and respected, will never lead to
revolutions, but will, on the contrary, prevent
them. But the &Me will not surely say that the
revolution of 1848 was caused by the absence of
constitutional liberty ; neither can it assert, with
any degree of truth, that the insurrection which
followed the revolution was caused by the absence
of political liberty. It wag, on the contrary, the
necessary result of an abuse of liberty by some of
the organs of the public press exciting to turbu-
lence a mass which could not distinguish between
liberty and licentiousness.
The Presse notices as follows the official returns
of the customs which have just been published in
the Moniteur

"The produce of the customs during the first two
months of the present ygar,shows a ratable diminution
on that of 1852. This a proof of the calm that has
existed since the commencement of the year in the
operations •of commerce with foreign countries. This
calm, however, is only relative. The markets and the
manufactories were, at the end of December, 1851, with-
out raw material, and therefore considerable purchases
were made abroad, thus augmenting considerably the
customs receipts for the first months of 1852. This was
not the case this year. Our manufactories produced
largely during the last three months last year, and after
this movement they fell into a dead season, and have
not yet completely rallied. The imports in January
and February were 17,048,168 f. in 1851, 20,543,066 f.
in 1852, and 18,583,722 f. in 1853, being an augmenta-
tbn of 1,535;554f. on 1851, but a diminution of
of 1,959,344 f. on 1852. There has been this year a
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notable reduction in the arrivals of certain descriptions
of merchandise on account of the contrary winds which
retarded the course of vessels during a great part of
January. The following articles presented a marked
diminution—coffee produced in 1353, 2, 655, 747 f. ; in 1852
the receipts were 3,029,822 f. Raw cotton, 2,396,299 f.
in 1853, against 3,025,179 f. in 1852. Wool, 1,525,563 f.
in 1853, against 2,455,842 f. in 1852. Olive oil, 399,643 f.
in 1853; and in 1852, 777,824 f. Sugar from the
colonies gave, in 1853, 2,920,938 f., whereas in the cor-
responding period of 1852 the amount was 3,450,117 f.
On some articles, however, there has been a slight aug-
mentation, viz., in coal, linen, zinc, copper, corn, and
linseed. The greater part of the diminution falls on the
month of January. During the month of February
there was a slight amelioration. In February last the
imports amounted to 9,638,173 f. In 1852 they were for
February, 10,255,717 f. ; and, in 1851, 8,837,023 f. The
exports give more favourable figures than the imports.
Affairs began to improve during the month of February.
There is an important improvement in millinery, ma-
chines, porcelain and crystal, and in silk, woollen, cot-
ton, and linen goods. The business in common wine
and brandy, as well as in corn and sea salt, has dimi-
nished. According to the state of the entrepots at the
end of February last, the principal markets were suffi-
ciently supplied, but their stocks did• not generally ex-
ceed those of last year. Nevertheless the corn in the
entrepots amounted to 209,821 metrical quintals, against
53,291 in 1852, and 30,046 in 1851. The quantity of
raw cotton, on the contrary, was reduced to 44,964 me-
trical quintals, against 68,420 in 1852 and 154,519 in
1851. The movement of navigation inward has in-
creased during the first two months of the year, but that
outwards has decreased. 2,165 vessels, measuring to-
gether 265,051 tons, sailed in 1853, against 2,291 vessels
and 261,629 tons in 1852, and 2,515 vessels and 277,090
tons in 1851."

Gen. Narvaez has arrived in Paris, and taken
up his residence at No. 1, Place Vendome.
It is notified that the list of invitations for the
Ball, which is to be offered by the Legislative
Body for their Imperial Majesties on the 28th,
being definitively closed by the commission, no
new application can be attended to. It is also in-
timated that, as all the public functionaries are to
be in uniform, the other persons invited are re-
quested, if possible, to be in court-dress.
The Emperor, on the report of the Minister of
Marine, has created a regular corps of attendants
for the naval hospitals in different ports, and for
the infirmaries afloat. The object of the measure
is to dispense with the convicts who have hereto-
fore served in the hospitals and infirmaries in ports
in which there are bagnes, and to regularise
the position and duties of free employes in other
Places. The decree of the Emperor fixes the num-.
ber, grades, and pay of these new functionaries,
and leaves the minister to settle certain matters of
detail with respect to their duties.
Abd-el-Kader has addressed the following letter
to Mgr. Dupuch, ex-Bishop of Algiers :--
" Honour, glory, and praise be to God alone ! To his
lordship, the most perect model of virtuous men acting
in the fear of God, fie Sid, the excellent Bishop Du-
puch, greeting. I long, beyond expression, to receive
,elligence of you. Preserve to me always the same
Vace in your remembrance and in your heart. The
distance which separates us cannot affect our sentiments.
I have requested our common friend, the Commandant
Boissonnet, to be so good as to hand over to you on his
arrival a certain sum of money which is at my disposal,
and which I destine through you to good works. Are
you not the Providence of the poor and of all who suffer ?
Diistribute amongst them this small sum of money as
ye air heart may prompt you. Once more adieu, from
yu ur friend, always the same."

A considerable reaction took place on the Bourse
yefderday both in the rentes and railway stock,
owing, it is assumed, to the announcement made
in -the Moniteur, that oriental affairs were likely to
be settled amicably. The Bourse opened with an
imp roved spirit, the Three per Cents, advancing
75c., and the Four-and-a-Half, 85c. for the ac-
count. The Three per Cents. for cash improved
75c.,. and the Four-and-a-Half, 65c. At this ad-
vance a good business was done. At the close of
the Bourse they were last called :—For the account,
Three per Cent., 79f. ; the Four-and-a-Half, 102 f.
850. for cash, the Three per Cents., 79f. 5c., and
the *our- and-a-Half, 102 f. 40c. In the leading
hues of railway stock there was also an improve-
ment of sf. and upwards, and a considerable busi-
ness, transacted.