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FRANCE.—Louie Napoleon made a " state " visit to the Theatre Francais on Saturday. The outside of the theatre was bedizened with eagles in gas and the initials " L. N.," and lines of gas ran round the walls. The in- terior had been decorated for the occasion, and the street leading to the theatre was sanded. M. Bonaparte did not arrive till the commencement of the second act, when he drove up in an open carriage and four, es- corted by cuirassiers. He was received by Arsene Houssaye, the di- rector, and conducted to a box hung with crimson velvet drapery em- broidered with golden bees. The play was " Cinna, ou la Mumma d'Auguste" ; and due note was taken of every seeming allusion to existing circumstances. After the tragedy, Rachel appeared as the Muse of Histo- ry, clad in white and girdled with laurel; behind her a huge flag, bear- ing the inscription " Napoleon III." Her business on this occasion was to recite some verses composed by the manager, on the text "L'Empire c'est la pail," and which turned out to be a paraphrase of the Bordeaux speech, framed on the echo principle of our Parliamentary addresses. The poet compares the progress of Napoleon to the fertilizing inundations of the Nile, and says-

" Continuant cette couvre, it pourra la signer, L'hilritier du grand nom cp.0 domine la terra; L'Empereur a 16gui% la glom, et non la guerre: Triompher dans la pair, aujourd'hui c'est rigner.

" Grande ruche en travail par les beaux-arts charmee„ Paris, une autre Athenes! Alger, une entre Tyr ! Des landes a peupler, des silica a batir, Voila les bulletins de noire Grande Annee !''

The poetry was flat enough ; but Rachel won applause for her recita- tion : had she not electrified the Republicans in 1848, at the same theatre, by the Marseillaise ?

It is remarked that the pieces played on this occasion were singularly adapted to the situation—of course unintentionally.

" The programme of the performance of Friday night at the Thaitre Fran- cais was arranged in the playbills thus—Cinna, OU is Clemence d' Auguste ; L'Empire lest la pair; followed by a piece entitled .11 tee faut jurer de rien. This chance classification of performances has given rise to many jokes and much laughter."

The Chamber of Commerce of Paris have afforded the public an oppor- tunity of judging how M. Bonaparte is regarded, ostensibly, by the com- mercial world.

" Monseigneur—You have said, L'Empire, c'est la pair' ; that is to say— order, labour, credit, and an impulse given to all great public and private undertakings ; it is public welfare finding its way into all classes of society ; it is general prosperity. France, which has faith in your words, which relies on all that you meditate for her happiness, and which knows by experience, that between your will and its realization there is scarcely time for hope, France, by her immense and unanimous acclamation, decrees to you the supreme power. Yield to her wishes, Monseigneur ; it will constitute another claim which you will acquire to her gratitude. The commerce of Paris, of which we are the organ, offers to you beforehand its sincere thanks. In order to live and prosper, it has need of peace, and expects it from you with the most complete security ; it comprehends that it will be the more solid and more durable, as under your reign it will never be purchased at the price of the honour and grandeur of our country."

The Mayor of Lisieux has inadvertently made public the fact that the Prefect had forwarded to him a petition for the Empire, and that it would lie for signature at the Mairie during a given period. M. Leroy, the Prefect of the Calvados, much shocked at this disclosure of the sources of petitions, has obliged the Mayor to rectify his first statement, by pub- lishing an equivocal denial.

The French naval force off Tunis has been strengthened by two ships of war.

M. de Montalembert has put forth a book with the title "Des Interets Catholiques an Dix-neuvieme Siècle." It is described as defending the parliamentary form of government ; reproving the French clergy for their servility towards M. Bonaparte, contending that they ought to ad- vocate free discussion and the liberty of the press ; and it is sarcastic towards the courtiers. The moral appears to be, that the house of Bour- bon is the depository of the liberties of Europe.

Bra-mum—The Legislative Chambers have reassembled, and all former calculations have been disturbed by the result. The trial of strength was again the election of a President for the Chamber of Representatives : M. Delfosse of Ghent, Radical, and M. Delehaye, who is a Liberal, put for- ward and voted for by the Priest party. M. Delfosse has been elected by a majority of 54 over 49 votes. Upon this the Emancipation savagely exclaims- " The triumph of the Left in the election of the President and Vice- Presidents will be tantamount to a rupture with France, to the sacrifice of the linen trade, and to a crisis in our mineral and coal districts. Such a triumph will render the constitution of a Cabinet impossible, will lead to Parliamentary anarchy, and bring on commercial perturbation."

M. H. de Brouckere has again been "sent for" by King Leopold ; but the Pays (not a good authority) says he has again declined.

ITALY.—There is no positive news from Italy ; only rumours and signs. Sir Henry Bulwer's mission to Rome has caused much gossip ; and it is said he has met with great hostility from all the diplomatic in- fluences in and around the Vatican. On the other hand, it is reported

that he has obtained the pardon of Edward Murray, who will shortly be at liberty.

How minute as well as general is the external pressure of Austria in Lombardy, may be seen from the following order in the matter of beards, issued by the Imperial Commissioner at Milan— "The Emperor wishes that all the officers of the state should shave off their beards from the corner of the mouth downwards, so as to leave the chin and lower part of the face uncovered. The authorities are desirous that the district officers and the employes of charitable institutions and of schools should conform to that rule. The first have already submitted to it. The latter are requested to follow their example. Being obliged to draw up a report on the subject, the Commissioner hopes that he may not have to no- tice any opposition to the desire above expressed, through the intervention of the chiefs of those establishments and institutions."

Rumour is busy with an alleged difference between the Marquis d'Azeglio and the French Minister at Turin, M. His de Butenval. Two causes are assigned; one, that the Sardinian Premier refused to remove a refugee from Nice; the other, that M. His de Butenval had publicly and ostentatiously approved of the conduct of Cardenas, a Government employe who had offered some strong opposition to his superiors in the matter of the ecclesiastical laws. There was also a report of a joint in- terference to effect a reactionary modification of the Cabinet by the French and English Ministers. This is untrue; but all these signs seem to show that there must be some external intrigue, aided by internal dis- satisfaction, in progress against the Sardinian constitution.

UNITED STATES.—The Canada arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, from Boston and Halifax ; and the Atlantic on Wednesday from New York. The latest dates are to the 13th and 16th instant.

The Presidential election takes place on the 2d November. General Scott's chances appear to diminish as the day approaches. The four great States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Maryland, have chosen Democrats, or Pierce and King men, for " State officers," by enormous

majorities. It is expected that Franklin Pierce will be elected President by an unparalleled majority over his Whig opponent. General Scott was continuing his tour, but not with much gain to his prospects, as the elec- tions in Ohio and Indiana testify.

Another "insult" has been offered to the American flag by the Cuban authorities. Governor Cafiedo, as we have before recorded, objects to one Smith, the purser of the Crescent City ; believing Smith to be a reporter of false and exaggerated news of the state of the island to the New York papers. When the Crescent City, with the mails from New York, arrived off Ilavannah, she was met at the mouth of the harbour by boarding-officers, who signalled her not to enter. Disregarding these intimations, Captain Porter ran in without a pilot, and anchored. The officers then boarded the Crescent City, and finding Smith's name in her articles, ordered her to leave the port immediately. Captain Porter de- clined ; alleging that he must land the mails and passengers in charge ; and sending a protest to the Captain-GeneraL The Captain-General refused to receive it except through the American Consul, who was absent. The mails and passengers were definitively and categorically refused admission, and the Crescent City steamed away for New Orleans. When she arrived and published her news, a great agitation prevailed at New Orleans ; and an indignation " meeting was held forthwith, since fol- lowed by others in that city, New York, &c., at which the Federal Go- vernment have been called upon to demand satisfaction for the insult.

The case of the barque Cornelia, which was boarded, the mail-bags eilled, and a passenger arrested, we mentioned last week ; and upon these two cases being unable to act on unofficial information, the Government at Washington despatched a special agent in the sloop of war Cyane from New York, to inquire into the alleged outrage. It was also reported that the Powhattan had followed the Cyane. According to general report, the greatest agitation had spread throughout the Union; and the refusal to hold communication with the Crescent City was looked upon " almost as an act of hostility." The "Lone Star " men were profiting by the oppor- tunity. On the 9th October, the Crescent City sailed again for Haven- nah from New Orleans.

It is proper to state that the rumours of "insult" and " outrage " were discredited by the officials at Washington.

The Nolo York Herald of the 12th instant stated that the schooner Ann had arrived at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; that, according to her cap- tain, she had been twice fired at by the British war-steamer Devastation, and forbidden to enter Gaspe Bay and the Bay of Chaleur.

One ship, the Manlius, Captain Baker, arrived out at the Lobos Islands on the 12th September ; and was instantly ordered off by a Peruvian brig of war. The Manlius lay off and on, waiting for the coming of the Tlaritan frigate—which we know has not been ordered to protect Americans at the Lobos; so that Captain Baker was likely to wait some time.

INDIA.—Despatehes in anticipation of the overland mail have been re- ceived. The dates from Bombay are to the 1st October, and from Ran- goon to the 12th September.

General Godwin had ordered an advance on Prome, in the steam flo- tilla up the Irrawaddy, for the 18th of September ; the flotilla to convey a detachment composed of three regiments, two of which were European, wider the command of Brigadier Reignolds. The General himself was to accompany the troops. A second body was ordered to set out by the same route early in October, under Brigadier Elliot. Both detachments were accompanied by a complement of guns. The Burmese had first evacuated and burnt Prome, and then retired on a strong position a few miles distant. They were estimated at not more than 7000 men.

Upwards of 20,000 tons of rice, on its way up the river, had been captured by the steamers, and sent down to Rangoon. Our naval force commanded the river some miles above Promo, and thus cut off the Bur- mese supplies, mainly drawn from the lower country.