The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-28 00:00:00

fourth Uttition

SUS OFFICE., Six o'Clock.

NEWMARKET RACES

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

Match.

Knight of the Garter beat Hothorpe.
Subscription Plate of 501.

Cariboo
Lo Juif

DERBY BETTING.
1000 to 60 agst IVost Australian.

FRA N CE.

M. Charles Rivet, the Chairman of the Western of
France Railway Company, has addressed the follow-
ing letter to the papers, contradicting the report of
the fusion of that Company with others:—
" ports circulated at the Bourse for some days
past, and repeated by several journals, would lead to a
belief that a fusion is being negotiated between the
railway companies, the lines of which are to traverse the
west of France and Normandy. The directors of the
Western of France Railway Company consider it to be
a duty they owe to the publio and their shareholders, to
declare that those reports are unfounded. They fear to
confirm them by remaining silent, and I pray you in
their name to aid in contradicting them."
The igeliminary
steps to the formation of an Im-
perial Guard are already taken. The 13th regiment
of Chasseurs and the two squadrons of Guides of the
stlff are broken up. A regiment of Guides, of six
squadrons, comprising 63 officers and 1,140 men-
-89 horses tor the former, and 960 for the latter—is in
course of formation. The men will be recruited from
the cavalry soldiers of the proper height, with horses
corresponding. Their pay is to be regulated accord-
ing to the tariff of the sth of December, 1840. All
the officers of the 13th regiment of Chasseurs and of
the two squadrons of Guides, now disbanded, are to
be reappointed as soon as possible either in the regi-
ment of Guides or in some other cavalry regiment.
The officers of the 13th regiment of Chasseurs who
cannot find employment in the sub-division of the arm
to which they belong are to receive an indemnity.
The Patrie relates the following curious incident,
which occurred during the passage of the Prince
President through the department of the Deux Sevres.
The mayor of the commune of St. Maixent, thinking
that the review of the morning would be followed by
a breakfast, came to be present at it. He was after-
wards returning to his commune, when he saw the
Prince in his carriage, proceeding towards Saint
Maixent. He then took off his scarf, and waved
it over his head. The Prince, astonished at seeing
this signal of distress, stopped his horses. " Mon-
seigneur," said the mayor, " I was desirous of wit-
nessing the review which you have just passed,
but I had hoped to get back to my commune in
time to receive you, but I see that is is impossible,
for my, carriage will not keep up with your post-
horses. —"I beg your pardon, Monsieur le Maine,'
replied the Prince, "it is very possible, for I have a
seat at your service." The mayor got into the car-
riage. They soon saw on the road a number of peo-
ple, in confusion, and a triumphal arch almost aban-
doned. The carriages stopped, and a Garde Cham-
pare approaching, said, "Ah Monseigneur, we are
very unhappy, for we have lost our mayor."—" Be
tranquillised, my good friend,"replied Louis Napoleon,
" for I have brought back your mayor to you. The
mayor then alighted, and in the name of the com-
mune presented the Prince with a silver reaping-
hook, and conducted him under the triumphal arch,
formed of ploughs and.agricultural implements and
produce of different kinds. The Prince expressed
his satisfaction, and presented the mayor with a
roleau of gold pieces, to distribute amongst the poor,
and left the place amidst cries' of "Vive l'Emperear."

The pelice have-just arrested the Baron de la B—
on a charge,/ of having distributed money among the
workmen in the Faubourg St. Antoine, in order to
make them partizans of the Count de Chambord, and
of baying used offensive language in speaking of the
Prince President, •even to the extent of expressing
regret at the failure of the plot at Marseilles. On
visiting the lodgings of the prisoner, in the Place
Royale, the police found some military weapons, and
a large quantity of political lucubrations.