The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-17 00:00:00

THE FETE OF THE EMPEROR.

If some great prize were proposed to the competition
of all the cities in the world for superior excellence in
getting up a great public fete, beyond a doubt Paris would
prove immeasurably victorious in the strife. Each year
sees a fresh demand made on the talents of her decorative
artists, but so fruitful is their imagination, and so pure
their taste, that always something beautiful is offered to
the public admiration, and in most cases differing essen-
tially from anything invented for former solemnities. The
present occasion furnishes an additional proof of the vast
superiority of French decorative talent, the ornamenta-
tion for the Fête Napoleon being distinguished alike for
novelty and for good taste.
The fête commenced at six in the morning by a
salvo of 101 guns fired from the Invalides. Even as
early as that hour a number of promenaders were
already enjoying the cool air of the morning in the
Champs Elysees, where thousands of workmen
had been busy from the first light of dawn in putting up
lamps and completing the various preparations. The
weather was propitious, rain having fallen in the night
and laid the dust, and the atmosphere being just so
cloudy as to prevent the rays of the sun from falling on
the earth with too much force. As the morning ad-
vanced the crowd gradually increased, and at nine
o'clock the various points on which the ornamentation
was most attractive were already thronged. The ground
selected for the principal decorations comprised the
garden of the Tuileries, the Place de la Concorde, and
the Champs Elysees, up to the Arc de Triomphe de
l'Etoile.
But the fete was not merely in honour of the Empe-
ror ; it was also, to a certain extent, a religious one,
since the Fete Napoleon and that of the Assumption
fall on the same day. In the various churches of
Paris the image of the Virgin was dressed out
with great splendour, and a grand service was cele-
brated in her honour. The attendance at these services
was exceedingly great, and the churches continued to
be crowded until twelve o'clock. In the course of the
morning also provisions were distributed at the different
mairies of Paris to the poor and aged, and on this occa-
sion the usual allowance was increased.
The public offices generally were illuminated. The
dome of the Pantheon, the cornice of the Legislative
Chamber, and the Arc de Triomphe were lighted with
gas. The Hotel de Ville, which was handsomely dressed
out with flags and hangings, was at night brilliantly
lit up. The Column in the Place Vendome was illu-
minated at the top and bottom with lampions, but
the effect was not very striking. It may ho as
well to mention, that in the afternoon a num-
ber of old soldiers paid a visit to this spot, and deposi-
ted crowns of immortelles and flowers on the steps. The
railings were dressed with bouquets and wreaths of
laurel, and the general effect was pleasing. Along the
Boulevards and the principal leading streets, the illumi-
nations were pretty general, but they looked insignifi-
cant after the fairy-like scene in the Champs Elysees.
The whole cost 95 jie fete was 70,000 fr., of which

80:000fr. were distributed in alms. The expense is to
be equally divided between the city of Paris and the
State.

TURKEY AND RUSSIA.
A letter from Constantinople, dated August 1, gives
a resume of the events of the last few days, which cer-
tainly cannot increase the expectation of a speedy and
pacific termination to these differences. The note which
was sent off to Vienna on the 24th July, is stated to
have been a single isolated instance of any attempt on
the part of the Porte to conciliate Russia, lout in
fact advances the matter nothing at all, as it only
offers what Russia has already refused. Since
then a manifesto of the Sultan to his subjects was
published on the 30th of July, in which, commenT
ing with the demands made by Prince Menschika,
the whole course and present state of the affair is 6.T"
forth, the reasons given why the Russian demanas
have been resisted, and the population informed
occupation of the Principalities having been proteted_
against and foreign mediation accepted. The recta of
the two Hospodars, the closing of the Russian post, the
approaching removal of the Russian Commercial Chan-
cellerie, and the departure of the Russian Consul fromof the.
Adrianople, do not bear a very pacific character. A 5
the same Council, at which the above manifesto was
signed, the progress made in preparation for defence was
reported and the statement received with the greatest
enthusiasm.
The Zeit and the Frankfurter Zeitung look on the
manifesto of the Sultan as another pledge of peace,
asmuch as, instead of working up the passions of his
subjects against his enemy, he seeks to allay the inter'
nal animosities of the Turks and Christians under ld,s
rule. The latter journal points out, however, a pow
liar danger to which the peace of Turkey is exposed in
the event of the present forces being disbanded,
nainelh
that the Turkish soldier, who, in his extreme povertif
has been compelled to leave wife and children at howl
unprovided for, looked forward to booty, to be obtained
in battle, as a means of recruiting his own finances, an
if sent home empty will help himself on the road t?
anything he may feel inclined to in the possession oflun
unarmed countrymen.
The Zeit has published a translation of four doeir
ments :-1. The letter of the Prince of Moldavia t°
Redschid Pasha, June 25, informing him that the Ras"
sian Consul-General at Bucharest had summoned
hlm
in the name of the Emperor to suspend his relations
with the Porte, and withhold any further payments cif
the tribute. 2. The letter of the Consul-General above'
mentioned, dated June 23d. 3. The dispatch frnni,
Count Nesselrode to the Qonsul-General Katchinsk't
ordering the above measure, June 3d. And 4. Letter
from Redschid Pasha to Stirbey, Prince of Wallachia,
July 25th. The two latter may perhaps still have soil
interest, particularly the former of the two, as it
serve as preliminary answer to Lord Clarendon's us.

mand for explanations :
" COUNT NESSELRODE TO THE CONSIIL-GENEBAT'
EATCHINSICI.
" St. Petersburg, June 3' 1
"The military occupation of the Principalities is,
have already informed you, to cause no change in the aM'oile,
ing order of things as regards the civil administraTbe
and the personel of the superior officers, unless
Hospodars themselves should consider the change of se.
employes necessary to the introduction of the greatest r—d,
Bible regularity in the various branches of the service, —O.
particularly in that of providing for the Imperial trcePst
There is still one question, however, on which we 9aucc,
make our views known beforehand to the two Princes, a
that they may guide themselves accordingly. Wetsto.
to speak of their relations to Constantinople and the v‘
man Ministry. These relations must necessarily be brolc,,o
off on the day the military occupation of the land on
part of our troops commences, and at the same time evrfl
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action, every influence, on the part of the sovereign P°:10
must for a time cease. Another consequence of the °"-
of things will be the stopping of the tribute which
provinces are bound to pay the Porte. The sums Will 0
(the same as hitherto) have to be paid, must remain at 110
disposal of the Imperial Government, which reserves
itself to make what use of them it thinks proper. ,_„to
" You will communicate to the Hospodars the co_W--
.111^w,
of this, which I have the Emperor's commands to O
you of."
" REDSCHID PASHA TO STIBBEY, PRINCE OF WALLAC`,
" Constantinople, July 2n;be
"Prince ! When Russia advanced her troops into
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Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, she declared
that she had no intention of changing the public arran•,•,
ments which govern those provinces, or to alter the Pond
tion which is guaranteed to them by solemn treaties; !'n
the Sublime Porte, which trusted this declaratio?;
thought it might leave your Highness, as well as hit,
Highness the Prince of Moldavia, at your respective Pc° t
We learn, however, from the letter which has been Ben
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us by the Prince of Moldavia, that the Russian Court 119's
issued an order that you, as well as the Prince of Moldallni
shall break of your relations with Constantinople, an,
keep back the settled tribute. This has surprised 11-
excessively.
"As the Russian Court has attacked the system of pi!,
vinces in the point which immediately affects the poS
possessed of Sovereignty in them—in a word, in its vat
foundations—the Sublime Porte sees clearly, that n tbin
state of things the exercise of rightful authority in a I°ll/1
ner due to its holy and uncontested rights, is imposslith,
the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The for
as Porte has therefore determined that your Hiflhnefo'r
as well as his Highness the Prince of Moldavia, shall
the present quit the provinces, and this order has also been
officially communicated to the great Powers. You
therefore, as is due to commands issuing from the lid
perial throne, quit the provinces immediately;
and show
it happen that you act contrary to these orders, the Su.
blime Porte will adopt such measures as shall appear 0,11
able and conducive to its interests on the occasion.
" I gladly embrace this opportunity," &c.
From St. Potersburgh there are dispatches to the 10tIci
instant. The formal proposals had arrived, and
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met with the promised reception. Nothing is wanting
but the adhesion of the Sultan, when the Principalities
will be at once evacuated and diplomatic relations cal:
pletely re-established. Constantinople is, therefore, 3;
present the centre of attention, and the next steale,e,
bringing news from the Turkish capital is looked I°'
with the greatest impatience.

ITALY.
The Voce della Liberta, of Turin, quotes a circular of
the sth, issued by the police department of Switzerland'
ordering the arrest of two refugees from Lombardy, 61,8
Hungarian deserters, and a Turk from Bosnia, to ivigh;
acts of robbery and theft have been attributed. -"A',
refugees are to be taken to Berne under escort.; the ''-
serters are to be given up to Austria.
We read in the Gcnoa Gazette of the 12th that thi;
Dowager Queen of Sardinia has been labouring under
indisposition at La Spezzia, serious enough to ren "ti
bleeding necessary. Her ajesty is now convalesce°