The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL ll, 1855.

VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS
OF nig FRENCH.

unanimous on the subject. Two of them (MM.
Desambrois and Collegno) wish the bill to be ren-
dered less stringent ; M. Sciopis finds it quite in-
expedient, and M. Santi finds fault with its finan-
cial provisions. The committee intend to propose
as an amendment, that the convents be allowed to
remain until the last inmate has died off. As an
amendment to that effect has been rejected by the
Chamber of Deputies, the reproduction of it in the
Senate may lead to serious complications.
The Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies met in
its bureaux on the 6th to examine a question of
prerogative, one of its members having been judi-
cially condemned in a matter relating to the public
press, without any application having been made
to the Chamber for permission to prosecute him.
M. Cadorna was appointed to draw up a report on
the subject.

Their I,llP.jesties, as we stated a day or two ago, will
arrive in this country on Monday next, and will imme-
diately proceed on a visit to the Queen at Windsor.
On Tuesday the Queen and the Court will proceed to
Buckingham 'Palace, when the Emperor of the French
will receive the corps diplomatique, and when, it is
understood, the Lord Mayor and the corporation of the
City of London will present their address. The Court
will afterwards return to Windsor, and in the evening
her Majesty will give a grand banquet, which will be
followed by a ball on a scale of the greatest magnificence.
On Wednesday there will be a grand instillation of
the Garter held at Windsor Castle, when the Queen will
confer that order on the Emperor of the French. In
the evening a grand banquet will be given by her Ma-
jesty in S. George's Hall, as is usual on such occasions,
and it is understood that a concert will afterwards take
place.
On Thursday the Court will come to London, and in
the evening her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert
and their Imperial Majesties, will proceed in state to the
Opera.

On Friday it is expected that her Majesty, together
with her Imperial guests, will visit the Crystal Palace.
The public will be excluded from the building itself while
they are making their inspection, but in their progress
they wilt present themselves on the balcony to the people
assembled in the gardens. Season ticket-holders will be
admitted to the interior daring luncheon in the Queen's
apartments, and her Majesty and her august visitors will
then pass down the entire length of the Palace to the
place of exit behind the Pompeiian Court. By these
arrangements the inhabitants of the metropolis and
the public at large will have ample opportunities
afforded them for evincing the cordial satisfaction
with which they hail the presence of the Emperor and
Empress of the French upon English soil. On Satur-
day it is understood that the Emperor and the Empress,
after having taken leave of the Queen, will return to
France.

Such we believe to be at present the arrangements for
the week ; but it is generally understood that the free-
dom of the City of London will be conferred on the
French Emperor, and that his Imperial Majesty will be
invited on the occasion to partake of the civic hospitality ;
in which case, no doubt, the Emperor of the French will
appoint some day most convenieni for the purpose, which
may in a degree modify these arrangements.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.
Last night a meeting of the inhabitants of the borough,
convened by the mayor (John Clods, Esq.), was held in
Co council chamber of the Guildhall, " for the purpose
of deciding what steps shall be adopted for publicly dis-
playing our joyful feelings at the approaching visit of the
Emperor of the French and his illustrious Consort to our
most gracious Majesty the Queen, at Windsor Castle."
The meeting commenced about seven o'clock, and the
council chamber was so crc.vded that it was suggested
that au adjournment should t.►ke p'.a.ee to the Town•hall.
The mayor took the chair, -and a great portion of the
members of the town council were present. It is
scarcely nece,;gary to say that the leading inhabitants of
theborouqh were in attendance.

The TOWN CLEan having read the notice convening
the meeting,
The MAYOR rose, and said—lt will be received on all
bands that the visit to this country of his Imperial Ma-
jesty the Emperor of the French is highly satisfactory to
his feelings, and redounds much to his credit at pre-
sent crisis. As a town, the residence of the Sovereign
cf these realms, we have every reason to give him a pro-
per reception—(great cheering)—and, if the thing be
done at all, let it be well done. (Renewed cheering.) I
would suggest a general illumination, and •a triumphal
arch somewhere near the terminus of the Great Western
Railway this day week. (Cheers.)
Mr. BEDBOROUGH afterwards rose, and said that he
never knew of such an opportunity of displaying the
loyalty of the inhabitants of this borough. He thought
it WCs their bounden duty to express their joy, and give
a. cordial reception to our last and hest ally, and he
begged to move the following resolution :—" That it is
the incumbent duty of the inhabitants of this borough to
give the moot hearty and cordial reception to their Im-
perial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French
at their approaching visit to her Majesty at Windsor
Castle."

Mr. MINTON said he bad great pleasure in seconding
the resolution. Notwithstanding the disastrous ac-
counts and unfortunately the disastrous effects of the
war, the alliance between France and England was
worth all the sacrifices that we could make ; he con-
sidered it was wild for France and England ever to have
been at enmity. (Cheers.) He CODFl'dered their mutual
welfare as much connected as the towns of Windsor and
Eton ; and as to the present Emperor he had displayed
great wisdom in his rule, and promoted the happiness of
his people. (Cheers.)
Mr. HARRIS, Clewer House, said he was delighted with
the object of the meeting. France was said to be at the
head of the civilised world, and it was only proper and
fitting that England should be side by side with her.
What honour we did to the Emperor we did to the na-
tion. This gentleman then moved " That a committeb
be appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting."
Mr. THOMAS CLEAVE seconded the resolution.

The Tows CLERK observed that the prophecy of Napo-
leon I. was, that in half a century the whole of Europe
would be Cossack or republic ; and the subsequent
events had shown that the Cossacks, or Russians, were
continually progressing south. This war was, then, a
just one, and ought not to be discontinued until we had
concluded a sound and honourable peace. The people
might be taxed and suffer severely, but the liberties and
civilisation of the whole world were concerned in the
struggle. (Cheers.)

Mr. ROBERTS had no doubt but his fellow townsmen
would give the august visitor that reception which re-
cent events had proved him strictly entitled to.
Captain BULKELEY proposed that a subscription should
be immediately commenced.
Mr. HINTON had great pleasure in seconding the reso-
lution.

The Rev. F. H. MORGAN suggested that a public din-
ner should be given at the Town Hall on the day the ad-
dress was presented to his Imperial Majesty. (Cheers.)
Mr. W. S. CANTRALL seconded the motion, which was
carried by acclamation.
The subscriptions announced by the mayor before the
meeting broke up amounted to 1201., but by this time
to about double that sum.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left London
yesterday afterncon for Ciiefden, Buckinghamshire.
The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel from Hornby Castle, Catterick, Yorkshire.
The Marquis of Exeter will arrive in town this after-
noon from Burghley.
The Earl and Countess Fingall and the Lady Hen.
rietta Plunkett have arrived at Edwards' Private Hotel,
George-street, Hanover-square, from St. Leonards.
The Earl and Countess Grey returned to town on
Monday evening, after a brief tour.
The Countess of Asbburnham gave birth to a son on
Easter Sunday, at Ashburnham-place, Sussex.
The Dowager-Countess Mansfield has returned to town
from Fern Hill, near Windsor.

Lady Caroline Murray, Lady Elizabeth Murray, awl
Lady Georgina Murray came to town with the Countess
of MansfiJd.

Lady Islant:.ro and her youthful family left London
yesterday morning, by the mail train, for Scotian],
where her ladyship will join Lord Blantyre at Erskine
nce, Renfrewehire
Miss Het, n Faucit made her first appearance in
Dublin on Tuesday night, in the character of Juliet.
She was received with great enthusiasm.
THE CORK ELECTION.—A third candidate has ad.
dressed the electors. Major Roche (unattached) is the
cousin of the late member, now Baron Fermoy.
BANK OF ENGLAND.—At the election yesterday Mr.
T. M. Weguelin was unanimously chosen governor, and
Mr. S. Weave deputy-governor.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ma-
dras, which has been taken off the Australian line, has
been placed on the Bombay and Aden line • and the
Noma, which has also been taken off the Australian
route, has been placed on the China and Bombay line.
When the necessary funds can be raised, it seems ex-
tremely probable that the next annual gathering of the
Royal Agricultural Society will be held at Chelmsford.
Trials for breach of promise of marriage have hitherto
been almost unknown in France, but the Imperial Court
of Nismes has just declared that the non-execution of
promise gives a right to damages.
The new screw steamer which is building for the
Peninsular and Oriental Company at Blackwell is to be
called the Braganza. She is to be 720 tons burden and
150 horse power.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH Luz —The marriage of Charles
Schreiber, Esq., fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,
with the Right Hon. Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest,
widow of the late Sir John J. Guest, Bart., M.P., and
only daughter of the late Earl of Lindsey, was solemnised
yesterday, by special licence, at the parish church of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields.
A CHARGER FOR THE EMPRESS.—We understand the
Emperor of the French has offered 1,000 guineas, open
to Great Britain and Ireland, for a perfect broke charger
for the Empress. Ile must be thorough-bred, quiet
with troops, and stand fire.

According to a letter from the Crimea in the Malta
Times, the Russians did not come to the determination
to sink the vessels which they had lataly sent to the
bottom of the harbour of Sebastopol until they had re-
moved them from place to place, and ascertained that it
was quite impossible to station them in any place where
they would not be exposed to the fire of the enemy.
SPORTING BET.—We understand a Yorkshire subal-
tern, in the 7th Dragoon Guards, has backed himself for
500 guineas to ride 100 miles in five hours. Twenty
miles per hour will therefore be the pace, almost equal
to that of the Derby. He intends to have ten horses,
and ride over the Curragh race-course.

Increasing ease continues to be observable in the dis-
count-market, and in the Stock-Exchange money can be
obtained on loan at 3 per cent. The India Company also
are stated to be ready to make loans on Government Se-
curities for two months at 2i per cent.
MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA.—At the first yearly
meeting of the Mercantile Bank of India, London, and
China, held at Bombay on Feb. 28, a dividend was de-
clared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The bank,
it was stated, commenced business on the 3d January,
1354, with a paid-up capital of 61,065/., which had since
been inceeased to 323,F26/., and branches had been
opened at Colombo, Kandy, Canton, Shanghai, Calcutta,
and London. The profits for the first slx rnonth4 were
3,7691., and for the last 10,0511., and after payment of
the dividend a balance would remain for reserve fund of
4,032/. The negotiations opened in London for an arnal-
gawation with the Chartered Bank of Asia were referred
to, and a'hope was expressed that the necessary legal ar-
rangeluePte ?is this side would be found practicable.