The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-04 00:00:00

FRANCE.

THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH AT
. BOULOGNE.

CALAIS, Sunday.—The Emperor arrived here
yesterday at noon from Boulogne, in order to meet
the King of the Belgians, who, with his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, had been invited to witness
a series of grand military manoeuvres by the army
forming the camp of the North. The troops are
commanded by the Emperor in person, and it was
thought that the presence of the exalted visitors
would not only be regarded as a personal compli-
ment by the French Monarch, but would have a
wholesome influence on European politics by evinc-
ing the strong sympathies which bind the people
of France, England, and Belgium in the course of
policy pursued by the two great Powers. It was
originally arranged that King Leopold should
visit the Emperor of the French at Boulogne, and
that the two monarchs should there await the ar-
rival of Prince Albert. It is stated that a day or
twosince, however, the Emperor received a commu-
nication from the Belgian monarch announcing,
that the resignation of his ministry would render
it impossible for him to be absent from his do-
minions for more than asingle day. The Emperor
thereupon offered to come to Calais expressly to
meet the King, and yesterday the Royal interview
took place.
The ancient seaport, presented an appearance of
life and gaiety strongly contrasting with its usually
somewhat dull and monotonous aspect. There were
no, triumphal arches or festoons, inconformity with
the Emperor's wish, but the Hotel de Ville was de-
corated with military flags, and from nearly every
house in the town floated the tricolour. Saturday
is market-day at Calais, and the peasant women of
the neighbourhood, with their white caps and dark
shining hair, clear complexions, rosy checks, and
smiling faces, formed not the least attractive por-
tion of the dense crowds who lined the streets lead-
ing to the Boulogne road. The Emperor arrived
at noon, escorted by a detachment of Cuirassiers,
and proceeded at once to Dessin's Hotel, which was
specially engaged for the reception of the two
crowned heads. A salvo of artillery announced
the Emperor's arrival, and he received an enthusi-
astic welcome. His Majesty's visit to the Pyre-
nees has been of great benefit to his health, the
improvement in his personal appearance since he
visited Calais to witness the embarkation of the
troops for the Baltic being remarked by every one.
The civil and military authorities of the town were
assembled in official costume at Dessin's to receive
the Emperor. A deputation of poissardes, clad in
pretty chintz dresses and black linsey-woolsey petti-
coats, were honoured with an interview, at which
Off presented a fine dish of fish. The peasant
women were also admitted to an audience, and
tendered a superb bouquet for the acceptance of
his Majesty.
A little before 2 o'clock another salute of artillery
indicated the arrival o£ the King of the Belgians,
who entered the town by the Dunkirk road, es-
corted by a detachment of Cuirassiers, headed by
their band. His Majesty, who was accompanied
by his eldest son, the Duke de Brabant and General
Comte de Montebello, was received at the entrance
of the town by the authorities, and conducted,
amid the cheers and vivats of the people to Dessin's
hotel, from the windows of which the French and
Belgian tricolours floated in friendly juxtaposition.
Leopold appeared gratified by the cordial welcome
given him, and repeatedly acknowledged the shouts
of the crowd. The Emperor tad lett hik apartments
to receive his distinguished visitors, and, when the
carriage arrived he was standing in the courtyard
of the hotel, surrounded by a small suite. Upon
alighting, the two monarchs bowed, and the King
of the Belgians said, " I am charmed to make your
acquaintance. Allow me to introduce to you my
son, the Duke de Brabant." The Emperor replied
by a few kindly words, and took the King and
the Duke to his private room, where the three
Royal personages were closeted alone for three-
quarters of an hour.
When the Emperor bad left the King of the
'Belgians, the latter received the authorities of the
city, the English Consul, Mr. Bonhani, and other
official persons. The King also gave an audience
to the Prince de Chimay, a nobleman who has vast
estates both in Belgium and France, and who was
deputed to convey the King's felicitations to the
Emperor when the latter visited the Belgian fron-
tier and the camp of St. Omer last autumn.
About 5 o'clock the. Emperor, the King of the
Belgians, and the Duke de Brabant entered a car-
riage, and were driven to the harbour, where the
Emperor's priate steam-yacht La Refine Hortense
is lying. This beautiful steamer, which was pro-
fusely decorated with flags, recently conveyed
General Baraguay d'Hilliers and his suite to the
seat of war in the Baltic, and she is now waiting-
to take out the baton of a Marshal of France to the
successful soldier who has added another leaf to the
military laurels of la. belle France. Having in-
spected the cabins, which are fitted up with great
splendour, the Royal party walked along the deck,
I where the crew were drawn up in line, the Em-
peror stopping occasionally to address a few ques-
tions to the men. The Royal visitors then walked
to their carriages through the crowd which had
assembled on shore, and whose salutations they
duly acknowledged. As soon as the Em-
peror had left the ship the crew ran up
into the rigging, and gave several hearty
cheers. When the Royal party had gained their
carriage the Emperor refused to ascend first,
and gave the pas to the Belgian monarch. They
then returned to their hotel, where they- dined to-
gether with the members of their respective suites,
the Prince de Chimay, &c. It is understood that
in the course of the evening the King of the Bel-
gians was induced, at the solicitations of the Em-
peror, to alter his determination to return to
Ostend next day, and at half-past eight o'clock this
morning the Emperor, the King of the Belgians,
and the Duke de Brabant left Calais for Boulogne,
where a grand review of the troops is to take place
in honour of the illustrious visitors. As at present
arranged, Leopold will return to Dessin's Hotel to-
night after the review, and will resume his journey
to Ostend to-morrow morning.

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BOULOGNE, Sunday Evenin-g.—The Emperor, ac-
companied by his illustrious visitors, the King of
the Belgians and the Duke do Brabant, arrived at
Boulogne from Calais at a-quarter past ten o'clock
this morning. The royal party, who travelled
in an open carriage, escorted by a detachment
of the Imperial Guards, were received with ac-
clamations on their way to the Emperor's hotel
at Capecure. After partaking of some refresh-
ment, the Emperor conducted the King and
Prince to the site of the bassin flottant which it is
proposed to construct. It was intended that their
Majesties should assist at the celebration of a grand
military mass at the camp ; but the heat was so ex-
cessive that the order for the Royal carriages was
countermanded, and the Royal party remained at
the Imperial hotel until the King of the Belgians
set out on his departure for Ostend. His Majesty
embarks on board a Belgian mail packet for Ostend,
on his way to Brussels, where his Majesty presides
at a Cabinet Council at noon to-morrow. At the
hour at which I am obliged to close this parcel
(6 o'clock), a vast assemblage has collected on the
quay to witness the departure of the King of the
Belgians.
Boulogne swarms with military of all arms of the
service. The King of Portugal arrives to-morrow
(Monday), and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
is expected on Tuesday morning. It is difficult to
describe the excitement which prevails at Boulogne.
Great numbers of visitors have arrived, and every
steamer adds to the number.
Quarter-past 6.—The King of the Belgians and
'the Duke de Brabant have just embarked. They
were accompanied to the steamer by thp Emperor.

We have just received the following telegraphic
communication :—" The Ploniteur of Monday con-
tains a letter from Berlin, announcing that Count
Benkendorf, the Russian military envoy, had de-
livered to the King the answer of Russia 'to the
invitation of Prussia to commence negotiations
for peace upon the bases offered by the Western

Powers. The reply of Russia is an absolute
refusal.*

A letter from Brussels announces that M. de
Brouckere and his colleagues had withdrawn their
resignations, and that they had been informed that
the Emperor of the French, accompanied by Prince
Jerome, would proceed, on the 12th, to Tournay,
where they are to be received by the entire Royal
family of Belgium.
The Moniteur of Saturday contains several de-
crees. One regulates the fees to which the chan-
cellors of legation and of consulates are entitled ;
another appoints judges and other law officers in
the French West India islands and other colonies;
a third regulates the organisation of the tribunals
in French Guyana, and a fourth regulates the dif"
ferent courts of justice at Cayenne, and fixes the
salary of the different officers attached thereto.
The Havre journals publish the amount of the
receipts of the customs of that port for the last
month. It is 3,037,424 f., being 34,754 f. less than
for the corresponding month of last year.
General d'Hautpoul, who is to command the.
camp in the south of France, has left Paris, and
will establish his head-quarters at Aix.
The receipts of the Orleans Railway during the
week ending on the 26th ult. were 1,022,557 f., or
107,176 f. more than during the corresponding week
of 1853. The gross receipts since the Ist of Janual:Y
amounted to 27,660,594 f., being a difference in
favour of 1854 of 5,547,002 f. + "4f.
The Three per Cents. closed on Saturday a-4, if
50c., for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-xla
per Cents. at 101 f. 30c. • and the New Loan at 74f.
20c. ; Orleans Railway 'Shares, 1,260 f. ; Rouen'
980 f. 980 f. ; Havre, 590 f. ; Great Northern, 867 f.
Strasburg, 810 f. ; New Shares, 633 f. 750. ; Paris
and Lyons, 980 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean!
892 f. 55c. ; Western of France,
and Cette, 626 f. 25c. ; Great Central of Franc
I,c
518 f. 75c. • Lyons and Geneva, 527 f. 500. ; 13311
of Credit liobilier, 737 f. 50c. 670 f. ; Bordeaux

SPAIN.
A Bayonne letter of the 31st ult. states that the
Spanish Generals Lara and Colonge, who are there'
are by order of the Government to remove further
from the frontier. They are to go to Bade°
The Moniteur publishes the following telegrsr4
despatch, dated Bayonne, Ist :—"A decree °I
,„"a
civil government of Madrid prescribes that a113'160
not in possession of the national guard er : on
army are to be delivered up within 21 hours
pain of prosecution." &or
A letter from Madrid, 28th ult , in the 0.9" pa.
says :—" The Queen Mother left to-day for ',es"
tugal, accompanied by the Duke de Thant°. rs,
Her Majesty wasescorted by a squadron of lane: of
commanded by General Garrigo. -A re,ainlennosi
cavalry was sent yesterday on the Estramadura..,rison
to precede her passage, and the cavalry in e`+her
at Badajoz had received orders. The Queen -00",.,
will be thus escorted during her whole jeniirrlo't
which she will make by short stages, and 'isr'4,lbe
arrive at the frontier until the seventh daY; first,
Gazette of to-day contains two circulars. The I'Lsed
which is signed by all the Ministers, and addressed
to the governors of the provinces, notifies to
the departure of the Queen Mother, the sn't-es,
sion of the payment of her pension and the sego
tration of her property until the Cortes shall
come to . a decision on the subject ; the seeee;tv:
which is signed by the Minister of the Int,er,'
only, invites the authorities to co-operate as
concerns them in the execution of these measure

SWEDEN:
A telegraphic despatch, of the 30th ult., from Copenhagen, in the Borsenhalle of Halliburg7'o
says :—" The resignation of the Councillor of Sta
Madwig, as a member of the Council of the
dom, has been accepted, and the Councillor of SIT
Elaagen is named in his place. Professors CISUS6
Larsen, and Bjevring will give in their resignatl°ot
as members of the Chamber of Deputies. C"he
Adam Moetke has been named President, and
Chamberlain de Buchwald, Vice-President of t"
Diet."

ITALY.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany has issued a don
dated the 21st ult., imposing a starap-duty "
soldi (about 8 centimes) per number upon foreir
journals and papers.

SWI FZERLAND.
BERNE, August 30.—Engineer Hemans has as'
rived in the Tessin() with assistants, in order tO
begin the works on the Locarno-Biasca and Lugap°'
Bellinzona portions of the Luckmanier
The whole central (Bale-Lucerne) line is expected
to be ready in April, 1857.
The post department has issued a pocket edition
of the plans of the courses of the mails, steamers,
and railways, together with their correspondence
with foreign services for the year 1855.
Arms have been seized on their way over the
Grisons and Tessinese boundaries.
A Spanish envoy to Switzerland has been aP'
pointed, in the person of Senor Francisco Estrada'
A recent American regulation has been raa°,,
public here, prohibiting the immigration of an;
one above the age of 60 years, of infirm pere,°n„;
of orpa's_m,,
of widows with uneducated daildren,
under 13 years, and of persons without the now'.
of proceeding farther into the interior if request
to do so by the American authorities.
Statistical returns, lately published by the fscle-
,...
ral Home-office, show that 71,750 strangers jr-00
living in Switzerland (whose total popula"lit
amounts to 2,392,740 inhabitants upon about
5,196 square miles.)
The newly-elected Bishop of Bale, the Rev. is
Arnold, now residing at his see (whiciltbe
Soleure), said, in his inauguratory speech toe ,0
assembled people, that he would ever strivthe
maintain the good understanding between of
Church and the State, and likewise the rightj.o
the former. Let it, however, be well updelT:the
that there is in Switzerland no such thing as bees
tights of the Church." This expression hatints.
intended merely for the gratification of the 1-1`
montane party abroad. Blanc
There has been another ascension of Mont
---the third this season. It was successful ;
formed on the 21st inst., by Mr. and Mrs.
11; in
ton, the latter being (since Mdlle. d'Angsv!'
very
1838) the first lady that has ventured on th's were
trying expedition. • The intrepid tourists cbs.,
saluted by the inhabitants on their return t° „ of
mouny, by loud acclamations and a dischargv
fire-arms.

GREECE.
The following telegraphic despatch 1265 b'eell
received : r
the
• "ATHENS, August 25.—The organisation (4, ig
army, according to the propositions of ICalergblt
approved of with little alteration. .A.„Other of
has occurred in the Ministry. The cowl:cold:Tog
the French troops in the Pirmus proposed reln"„t of
1,500 men from thence to Athens, on acc01.24;
the cholera. On this the Ministry were diiTito it,
the Minister of the Interior being opiulteeur of the
and Kalergis approving of it. The M
Interior, in consequence, threatens to tendete to
resignation. Mavrocordato has sent a )2.°,Dor
Reschid Pacha, which is believed to be ci„l—`
tance. Nothing is known of the contents.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SATtrnPAI.: 1
1 mail
The British and North American 11°Y.,..`,1fd s
23d thisult . eveningsiie ha
sfrbo
brought
steam-ship Arabia, Captain C. H. E• ei ,tl','"„i3t;
arrivedtilesseng 3--
1,163,037 dols., and 2001. in English. silver in sr
cie. The Arabia I left New York at 2-16 .YLa. d°l;
theH 23d, and at 5 p.m. same day passe a, i',-the
ook. She exchanged night signals witht— On
Royal Mail steam-ship Asia on the 23(1
the 30th she passed the brio-
Mara and the
3106
dons, bound west. On the 27th ult. she ran the
miles, on the 28th 300, on the 29th 304, ,°;.,.bet
ouNobewt 116Yor-pko,' withers,(l3l"ncl
30th 301, on the 31st 300, on the Ist Sep =ices
305, and on the 2d 316, making in all, 2,13' --q-bip
in seven days. The United States mail stean'tbe
Baltic arrived at New York from this port ent
00
19th ult., and the screw steam-ship ClYcl?! fro
Glasgow and Halifax, at New York on the
ultimo. • the
s.ci,
Madame Grisi and Signor Mario arrived 113 ~
Baltic on the 19th. The Musical Fund Sociiecq
had chartered a steamer to meet them the neatly
company of ladies and gentlemen, but
arrival of the Baltic took them by su
A dreadful catastrophe, resulting from the in'
cautious use of camphine, occurred at Cincinnati
so than
on the 16th. Three children were burned
they died, and the man who filled the lateP 111/
not expected to recover. ea
Papers from all parts of etlie country are fill 0
with loud lamentations of the drought tbat Pr ;
rprise. i
i. 0..
wails. . At the South and West the crops Oa
suffering severely, and throughout new Englant,
tr innumerable streams that hitherto have f1;14.11
niched motive power to the mills and factories wives
,which that region abounds, are in many insta.Gbe
to
.13.
wholly dried up, and in others so low as
usoless. The Ohio river is lower than has en
known for years, and to this circumstance nieY ,0
art be attributed the present unusual dulness shed
trade. The earth all around New York is parch
up and thirsty. . •r
• • in
stigot
Tile grand jury of Boston, after dueve ~,e
tiou, failed to find a bill against Edward Cragbii;il
• a
la,te President of the Vermont Contod

who was charged with fraudulently issuing stock
of that company.
Two large granite buildings in Broad-street,
Boston, fell on the 22d with a tremendous crash.
Three persons are known to have been killed, and
rumours were current that several others were
buried beneath the ruins. Immediately after the
falling of the walls a fire burst out, kindled from
a steam engine in the basement, which was hap-
pily confined to the ruins. Loss estimated at
120,000 dots.

News from the city of Mexico are to the 3d
ult. Advices relative to a revolution in Tamau-
lipas are confirmed. It is headed by General
Gaza. That state has declared its adherence to
Alvarez.

The steam-ship United States, from Aspinwall,
arrived at New Orleans on the 21st ult., bringing
the California mails and passengers of the Ist. A
great fire had occurred at i,larysville ; five squares
of buildings were destroyed, and the loss reached
250,0(10 dols. The State Democratic Convention
assembled, according to 'announcement, and, after
great disturbance, a split occurred,-and two tickets
were nominated. The trial of the City MarSimi of
San Francisco for social misconduct had resulted in
his conviction. The wheat crop had been all har-
vested. The yield was very large, and great quan-
tities were being exported.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Nr,w YORK, Aug. 23.

The movements at the Stock Board were on a larger
scale yesterday. In Erie shares the sales were about
4,400, opening at 36, selling as low as 34, and closinc, at
341. The board of directors of the Erie Railroad Com-
pany hare decided upon an issue of new mortgage bonds,
payable in equal instalments of one, two, three,- and
four years, at 7 per cent. ; the proceeds to be applied
to the liquidation of the income bonds due in February
next.

The panic in the Stock-market is making sad ravages
in the quotations of the hoard. New York Central
shares declined to 891 ; Cumberland Coal Company,
271 ; Canton Company, 211; Reliding Railroad advanced
to 641 to 65. Money is easy on first class securities only;
call loans have been made at 6 per cent. ; first class
paper ranges from 9to 12 per cent. Foreign exchanges
are firm, and bills on London are a shade higher. We
quote—London, 1091 to 109/ ; Paris, 5.111 to 5.131 ;
Amsterdam, 411 to 411 ; Hamburg, 36a to 37:4 ; Bre-
men, 781 to 79 ; Frankfort, 411 to 411 ; Antwerp,
5.121 to 5.15.
Flour was ye'sterday in better request, at 121 c. to
25c. per barrel higher prices. The sales included 5,700
barrels, ordinary to choice State, at 8 dole. 371 c. to
9 dols. 621 c. ; mixed to fancy Western, at 9 dols.
60e. to 10 dole. ; and other kinds at proportionate
rates, with 2,200 barrels Southern, chiefly mixed to
good, at 8 dole. 50e. to 9 dols. 50 barrels superfine
rye flour, 8 dole. 121 c. to 8 dols. 25c. ; and 100 barrels
Jersey corn meal, at 4 dols. 121 c. per barrel. Wheat
was inactive, owing to the lack of prime lots ; sales
transpired of a small parcel of Genesee white, at a price
equivalent to 2 dols. 12c. ; 800 bushels red Southern,
at 1 dol. 80c. to 1 dol. 85c. ; and 3,000 inferior ditto,
at Idol. 65c. to 1 dol. 70c. There were 3;000 bushels
rye sold, to arrive, at private bargain.. State and West-
ern oats were in brisk request, at 53c. to 55c. per bush.
Corn was also actively inquired for at better prices ; the
sales reached 95,000 hu,hels at 810. to 83c. for un-
sound, 83c. to 85c. for Western mixed, and 81c. to BSc.
for Southern yellow, per bushel. The cotton market
was quiet and sales quito light, while quotations con-
tinued firm.

We have no alteration to notice in rates of freight to
Europe ; there is ve-y little offering at present. The
following are the ruling rates :—To Liverpool : Cotton,
square bales, per lb.ad. to 5-42 d. ; flour per barrel, 9d.
to is. ; heavy goods per ton, 15s. ; grain, ship's bags,
per'bushel, 2d. to 4d. To London : flour, per barrel,
6d. to is. 9d-