The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-07 00:00:00

The Paris journals of yesterday are principally
taken up with the speech of the Chance or of the
xchequer, which has excited much atteaion, an d
ndeed admiration. The Debats rejoices to be able
to find in the full adoption of the principle of un-
restricted competition, an argument gainst the
narrow exclusiveness of the French Commercial.
code. The Patrie, organ of the Government, is
not pleased at the confirmation which the favour-
able reception of the Minister's statement in Par-
liament and by the press affords of its la-ophecies
in favour of the stability of the Cabiitet. With
regard to local affairs, the Constitutionnel argues
that the great rise in French securities springs
from the generally prosperous state of the country,
and not from manoeuvres of any kind or forced
speculation. Proof that its view is correct lies (it
says) in the fact that there is equal activity in all
branches of commerce.
Lord Cowley has received his credentials as Am-
bassador to the Emperor Napoleon 111.
The Emperor heard mass on Sunday in the
chapel of the Tuileries.
In all the churches of the diocese of Paris, the
Domine salvum fac Imperatorem nostrum, Napo-
leonem was chanted on Sunday according to the
form prescribed in 1804 by the Holy See.
The Senate was sitting yesterday on the subject
of the civil list, which it is well known will be
nominally twenty-five millions, but in reality
nearer to thirty millions, for the Emperor will be
allowed from four to five millions for keeping the
Imperial chateaux in order. A further sum of
two millions and a half is granted for the imme-
diate relatives of the Emperor. 1f19166-PiArined
that the Pope will come to Paris to crown the
Emperor on the 30th of May next, and-aftervrards
proceed to Milan to crown the Emperor of Austria
and King of Hungary.
The Government has received by telegraph ac-
counts of the proclamation of the Empire in the
departments, particularly at Lyons, Rouen, Or-
leans, Nantes, TOurs, Toulouse, Bar-le-Due, Va-
lence, St. Etienne, Strasbourg, Nancy, Lille, and
Valenciennes. The proclamation was made in
presence of the civil and military authorities, and
in the midst of enthusiastic cries of " Vive Napo-
leon III." The clergy spontaneously offered its
co-operation to the civil authorities in causing Te
Deums to be sung, as a proof of the part taken by
religion in this great national event. The towns
have also everywhere voted funds for charitable
purposes, and have thus eagerly responded to the
noble ideas of the chief of the state, and to the
example given by the city of Paris.
We read, in the last number of the Revue des
Beaux Arts :

" The authorities have ordered the withdrawal from
the windows of the printsellers of a lithographic print,
representing Prince Louis Napoleon in the robes of the
Emperor. The Emperor, it is said, has renounced the
idea of the Spanish costume, to adopt, as the insignia of
the ceremonial, the uniform of marshal, accompanied
with the ermine mantle, covered with bees and the crown
of the Empire, which will be modified in such a manner
as to make it accord with the military dress.
Abd-el-Kader, who has left Paris for Amboise, is
to return to the capital on Thursday, to proceed
by railway to Marseilles. Commandant Boisson-
net, at the request of the Emir, is to accompany
him to Broussa.
The number of Marshals of France, which was
recently reduced to four, by the deaths of Mar-
shals Gerard and Excelmans, is by the recent pro-
motions of Generals Magnan, Lei* de Saint-
Arnaud and de Castellane, seven. The other four
are Marshal Reille, who was named in 1847, by
King Louis Philippe, the Prince Jerome Bona-
parte, Marshal Harispe, and Marshal Vaillant,
named in 1851 under the presidency of Louis
Napoleon.
PARIS BOURSE, Dec. 6.—Closing Prices :—Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 105 f. • Three per Cents.,
82f. 50c. ; Bank of France, 2,925 f.

THE CONTINENT.

SPAIN.

A Madrid letter, of the Ist., says :—" The can-
didate for the presidency of the Chamber of Depu-
ties, supported by the moderate opposition and the
progressists, M. Martinez de la Rosa, has been
vleuted =to Azy }air_ majority
obtained by M. Tejada, tne "Ministerial can
Many persons infer from this check upon the minis-
ters, that they will be compelled to resign or dis-
solve the Chamber. It is thought that the vice-
president and secretaries will also be chosen from
the opposition."
The Madrid Gazette, of the Ist, publishes a royal
decree ordering the immediate commencement of
the works for an electric telegraph from Madrid to
the French frontier near Ira
Madrid Bourse, Dec. 1.--The Three per Cents.,
45i paper ; Exchange on London, 50 80 paper.