Policemen occupied the inlets to the Paris Bourse yesterday. The
cause of this proceeding was stated in a placard, affirming that false ru- mours were disseminated, that such dissemination was penal, and that the police were there to arrest the guilty. But the Bourse was not alone. The posts at the Hotel de 'Ville were doubled, and supported by artil- lery; and the like measures were taken at the Tuileries and all the public buildings. It is supposed that Louis Napoleon desires an outbreak-or the apprehension of it.
The Belgian House of Representatives, in committee of sections, has considerably altered the press law submitted by Ministers. All the sec- tions agreed to strike out those words making street-cries and public speeches offenees ; and the words "shall have wickedly attacked their authority" are strongly objected to, on the ground of their vagueness.
The Count Baeciochi,a cousin it is said of Louis Napoleon, who has been for some time in Constantinople on a diplomatic mission, de- parted on the 4th instant, in the French steam-frigate Magellan accom- panied by the new Turkish Ambassador to Paris, Yelp Pacha. between Malta and Marseilles the engine of the Magellan would not work well : the frigate put back to Malta, and the distinguished passengers went on in the postal boat.
King Otho arrived at Athens on the 4th of November, and was received with a grand display of fireworks.
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