15 NOVEMBER 1856, Page 6

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cr Unit 1.—The Emperor of the French returned to Paris from Com- piegne on Sunday afternoon, and immediately passed on to St. Cloud.

On Wednesday the Emperor received Count Kisselef, who presented his credentials as Russian Ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries. In reply to the prefatorial speech of the Count, the Emperor said-

' Monsieur le Comte, as soon as the treaty of peace was signed, it became -my constant care, without weakening my former alliances, to mitigate by a generous demeanour (acloueir par des bons procedis) all that which the strict execution of certain conditions might make severe. I learnt with pleasure that my Ambassador at St. Petersburg, animated by these send- nents, had succeeded in winning the good-will of the Emperor Alexander. The same welcome awaits you here, you may rest assured ; because, inde- 'pendently of your own personal merits, you represent a Sovereign who so nobly knows how to impose silence on sad reminiscences, which war too often leaves behind, to think only of the advantages of a sincere peace by entertaining friendly. relations."

The talk about a change in the Ministry has died away. Count Wa- lewski remains at the head of the Foreign Office ; and Count de Persigny has returned to his post in London, "furnished with conciliatory in- structions."

There appears to be a real dissatisfaction felt in the French capital at the conduct of the Emperor in spending so much time in the country, and at the state of things in general. "Two or three members of the Cabinet, at all events," says the Paris correspondent of the Times, " have spoken their minds very freely, and, under the circumstances; very boldly, on the present state of affairs. It may be admitted that the evils which afflict so many of the population ought not to be attributed to the Government ; but at least, the Govern- ment should avoid giving any pretext for imputation. When the people find, for instance, that the representative of France at the Czar's coronation may combine the character of an ambassador with that of a speculator, that the concessions obtained are not exclusively political, and that private in- terests are at least equally cared for with those of the public, it is no wonder they should murmur. Again, it is just that the Emperor should have time for' relaxation and relief from the severer occupations of state but surely there is no very pressing necessity for the resumption of the festivities of Compiegne at Fontainebleau, while masses of the people are in indigence, and five months out of the twelve should in all conscience suffice for mere amusement. No one believes that his Majesty neglects public business even during these hours, but they like to feel the hand that governs them, and the hand cannot in safety be so long withdrawn. Those about the Court who are most attached to the Emperor's person, and really careful of his popularity, are doing their utmost to dissuade him from going to Fontaine- bleau,—with what success remains to be seen."

On this head the Daily Hews correspondent says-

" I can state with certainty that the Court will go to Fontainebleau this month, although many of the Emperor's advisers have very strongly urged upon him that, under present circumstances, it would be desirable at once to take up his residence at Paris for the winter."

fhlg ill Itt.—King Leopold opened the ordinary session of the Legisla- ture in person on Tuesday. In his speech, the King took a cheerful view of the state and prospects of the country. There has been an abundant harvest ; commerce is in a satisfactory state ; much progress can yet be realized in agriculture ; art flourishes, and aids indus ; new roads have been opened. Two paragraphs deserve citation in full. The first relates to the educational question-

" The triennial reports which have been distributed prove the solicitude of my Government for primary and secondary instruction. Not less interest attaches, in its estimation, to superior instruction. The opening of the academical year has recently afforded an opportunity of recalling to mind the principles, the firm and sincere application of which must insure the prosperity of the State Universities."

The second paragraph relates to national defence- " The most searching investigations have been ordered, with the view of furnishing to my Government the elements necessary to be submitted to your consideration as to the means best calculated to reconcile the great in- teracts involved in the defence of the country with these of our national commerce and our maritime metropolis. I recommend the solution of these questions to your characteristic patriotism."

ENE' letter from the Hague, of the 7th instant, says that the Dutch Government has refused to authorize the establishment of Credit Mobilier companies in Holland.

51/14.—No news from Naples, good or bad. Two different sections of the so-called Liberal party have caused " manifestoes " to be posted on the walls of Naples, both moderate in tone, but one a little more pas-

sionate in its appeal to the people to recover their rights, that is, consti- tutional government.

The King has warned the people to show the greatest respect to French and English subjects. A story shows the measure of alarm. On the 5th instant, an Englishman and his sisters going home late, were ehellenged by a sentinel, and compelled to march past single file. The excuse was, that the soldier thought there was an attrappamento, and had become alarmed." Signor Carafa expressed to the British Consul his regret at the occurrence. The Vienna Gazette announces that the Central Congregations of Lora_ hardy have at length been definitively constituted. " The Emperor has nominated twenty-nine Deputies for the nine `provinces' of Lombardy, and twenty-five for the eight Venetian provinces."

It is now said that the Emperor and Empress will "next week" set out for Lombardo-Venetia.

&.—The Continental journals still draw attentionto the peculiar disposition of the Russian troops ; they incline Southward. For many years, the Austrian Correspondence remarks, the military force in Russian Poland has not been so small as at the present time : the whole army does not consist of more than 60,000 men. This the correspondent con- nects with the high price of provisions in Poland. The great bulk of the Russian army is in Podolia and Volhynia. In Southern Russia, where there was formerly nothing but cavalry, there is now the whole of the second army corps, with its head-quarters at Kharkoff. When the war commenced there was but one division in the Crimea, but now there are three.

111' kt11.—The British squadron in the Bosphorus has now assumed the proportions of a fleet, and more are expected in the waters of Beicos. The ships there on the 30th were these-

' The line-of-battle ships Majestic and Royal Albert ; the screw frigates Curacao, 30, Diamond, 28, and Dauntless, 28 ; the steam-corvettes Malacca, 17, Magician, 16, and Ariel, 14; the tenders and steam gun-boats Conflict, Curlew, Desperate, Swallow, each of 8 guns ; Beagle, Centaur, Realm, Snake, Sphynx, Stromboli, Viper, Vulture, Wrangler, each of 6 guns; the Arrow, Gladiator, Lynx, Medina, and Tartar each of 4' guns; the Oberon, 3, Harpy, 1, Melampus and Wye, powder-vessels." The St. Jean d'Acre, the Retribution, and the Cressy, all line-of- battle ships, joined the fleet a day or two afterwards. " The Sultan has not only informed the Divan that the stay of the British fleet in the Black Sea is necessary, but that he takes the entire responsibility on himself.'"

The Austrians not only maintain garrisons at the principal towns in Moldo-Wallachia, but, "early in October, detachments were sent to Is- mail, Rani, and Kilia." The commander of the Imperial troops is Ge- neral de blarzianL

The Constantinople correspondent of the Times states that the cere- mony of investing the Sultan with the Order of the Garter "went off very satisfactorily." " The Sultan sent two masters of ceremony and several Court carriages, in which the insignia, exhibited on red velvet cushions, and 'carried by the different members of the Embassy and the heralds, were placed; the Am- bassador and Gaiter King-at-Arms having taken up the principal carriage. Lord Lyons, Sir Henry Bulwer, and several others who had been mvited, followed in the remaining carriages as fig as there was room ; the rest (mainly officers) rode on horseback. The Ambassador made an address, which was translated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs ' - and then the statutes of the Order were read. The insignia were after this handed over; a compromise was made between the etiquette which forbids to touch the person of the Sultan, and the customs of the investiture, according to which the new member must be literally invested ; so all the insignia were handed to the Sultan with the exception of the riband with the St. George which the Ambassador placed over the Sultan's shoulder, and the Garter, with which he touched the Sultan's knee. The Sultan seemed to take great in- terest in the heralds, or rather in their costumes, which he examined with attention after the ceremony."

The .ilieniteur de la .Flotte gives some particulars of the history of Bol- grad, about which so much is said and so little known. The origin of Bolgrad is of very old date. It was built in 1470, by Drakoul, Prince of Wallachia, who conquered Bessarabia, and afterwards ceded it to Mahomed II. It was for several years the place of residence of the governor of the province ; but about 1550 it was abandoned, and has since gradually gone to ruin. By the treaty of Bucharest, signed in 1812, between the Porte and Russia, the latter came into possession of Bessarabia, the frontiers of which were carried back to the Pruth. The town of Aker- mann was afterwards added to the empire of the Czars by the treaty of 1826. Bessarabia at that perk'd comprised five districts—Bender, the l3oudjak, Akermann, Kilia, and Ismail. Bolgrad was a dependent on the district of Kilia, but was considered of such little importance that its name is not men- tioned in any of the treaties of that period. Its name has only once ap- peared in history since the sixteenth century-, and for a fact which historians appear to be ignorant of. After the battle of Pultowa, Charles XII. having retired on that part of the Ottoman territory, Bolgrad was fixed on as his place of residence. He did not, however, go there • and it was not at Bender, as is generally believed, that he took up his reireat, but at Warnitr, a town situated at a short distance from Bolgrad. The population of Bol- grad is only about from 300 to 400 inhabitants. Although placed at the bottom of a not very deep lake, and of which the navigation is difficult, it is considered as one of the ports of the Danube. It carries on a steady trade in wheat, barley, rye, and cattle. Formerly thiatrade was carried on by water; but now, in consequence of the difficulty of the navigation, it is done by land to the other ports of the Danube. In very productive years the in- habitants do not take the trouble to reap all their corn, but turn their cattle in to feed on it ; and whole droves of buffaloes may at times be seen feeding in fields of corn having the appearance of the sugar-cane grounds in the Antilles."