The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-14 00:00:00

1851. 1852. 1853.
435,233 4f 6,207 485,648
84,125 80,302 112,233
172,501 188,975 207,702

691,859 735,484 805,583

For the first eight months of the year the aggregate
of entries and clearances shows an increase of 13 per
cent. over the corresponding period of 1852.
With regard to the coasting trade the tonnage en-
tered inwards was 1,149,311 in the month ending Sep-
tember 5, 1851 ; 1,043,980 in 1852 ; and 1,061,433 in
1853. The clearances outward were-1,185,226 in Sep-
tember, 1851 ; 1,666,415 in 1852 ; and 1,133,231 in
1853.

LATEST FOREIGN NE WS.

FRANCE.

A Council of Ministers was held on Wednesday
morning at St. Cloud, before the departure of the
Court for Compiegne. The Emperor presided
at it.

The Emperor and Empress arrived at Compiegne
on Wednesday afternoon, at a little before five
o'clock. Their Majesties were received at the rail-
way station by the Prefect of the Oise, accom-
panied by the Sub-Prefect and the Mayor of Com-
piegne. A large crowd of persons were assembled,
by whom their Majesties were hailed with loud ac-
clamations.
There will be a grand stag-hunt in the forest of
Compiegne on the 14th. The Empress will accom-
pany his Majesty on the occasion. An archery
ground is being arranged in the park for the Em-
press. It will have only one target, and not far
from it will be erected a mast twenty metres high
for a game something like the old popinjay. A
battalion of infantry has arrived at Compiegne to
remain during the visit of their Majesties.
Twenty-seven French and foreign archbishops
and bishops and their cardinals were present on
Wednesday at Amiens at the removal of the relics
of St. Theodosia.
Prince Poniatowski, Minister of Tuscany, pre-
sented on Tuesday, to the Empress of the French,
the young Duke de Casigliano, who is shortly to be
married to the eldest daughter of Queen Maria-
Christina.

Prince Jerome, who has passed part of the fine
season at his property of Villegenis, and part at the
Chateau of Meudon, has just returned to Paris, and
taken up his residence at the Palais Royal.
The Emperor has conferred a silver medal on
James Thorpe, captain of an English fishing boat,
for having assisted French seamen in distress.
A rumour prevailed in Paris lately that Kossuth
had come to the capital, and had been seen by
several persons. This report at last assumed such
consistency that the police paid a visit to the house
of. M. Kif, a rich Hungarian, who is married to a
French lady, and searched everywhere for the
Hungarian leader, though without effect: They
afterwards became aware that they had been mis-
informed, and that Kossuth had not quitted
London.

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The language held by all men connected with the
Government shows that as far as France is con-
cerned she will adopt the alternative of war rather
than make any further concessions. It is said that
preparations on a large scale are in course of being
made in anticipation of hostilities, and that a
considerable body of troops will be embarked
for the East direct from Algeria, and that
three points have been already fixed on for
the embarkation of the troops, namely, Al-
giers, Bona, and Mer-el-Kebyr (the port of Oran).
Previous to his departure for Compiegne, in a con-
versation which the Emperor had with a member
of the corps diplomatique, on the subject of Eastern
affairs, he said, " I leave Paris for the present, al-
though nothing is changed in the position of the
question. Russia must yield, or war is inevitable."
To another personage, to whom he expressed his
regret that the peace of Europe was about to be
broken, he said, " Mais it vaut mieux la guerre
avec une alliance que la paix sans alliance."
Some sensation has been created in theatrical
circles here, by the rejection by the censorship of
Alexandre Dumas's new play of La Jeunesse de
Louis XIV. It appears that the. subject of the
play is the marriage at one time projected between
Louis XIV. and one of the nieces of Cardinal
Mazarin. M. Dumas, in working out this subject,
has contrived to make allusions to the impropriety
of mesalliances, which was considered as directed
against the marriage of Louis Napoleon with Ma-
demoiselle de Montijo. It is said that M. Argue
Houssaye, and the reading committee of the Theatre
Francais, who received VI. Dumas's piece, have
fallen into disgrace, and run some risk of losing
their places.

There were numerous fluctuations remarked in
the price of public securities at the Bourse yester-
day. The Three per Cents. opened at 72f. 85c.,
and rose to 72f. 95c., but, on an announcement
that the Bank of England had raised its rate of
discount to 51- per cent., they fell to 72f. 50c., and
closed at.72f. 60c. for the end of the month. The
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 30c. ;
Orleans Railway shares, 1,152 f. 50c. ; Rouen,
1,012 f. 50c. ; Havre, 485 f. ; Great Northern, 830 f. ;
Paris and Strasburg, 905 f.; Paris and Lyons, 895 f.;
Lyons to the Mediterranean, 727 f. 50c. ; Western
of France, 695 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 590 f. ; Great
Central, 520 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 505 f ; Shares
of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 707 f. 50c.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.