The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-18 00:00:00

FRENCH EM PIKE.
eve received the Paris journals of yester-

84de having put some questions to the Go-
,
as to the conditions attached to the per-
to :0 be granted to political exiles and refti-
cetlirn to France, the Mon,iteur replied that
e°lldition was the recognition of the new
,tillent in France. This had, indeed, been
Y stated in the Governthent organs, and
;e
Y had the Chief of the State manifested
to render the exercise of clemency as
;tyas a reasonable regard for the public tran-
The 'ad the consolidation of his power would
Moniteur has repeated the assurance
litgiveu, and has even complained of the word
41)pliecl by the Siecle to exiles and refugees,
alarillg that the Government does not pro-
, u for their political opinions, and only
that they should respect the order of
eatablished by the majority in France.
, 40ktiteur says :—" For the purpose of
Go'vellueasiness and weakening the action of
I:4ment, the news of an approaching modi-
-11.1/1 the Ministry has been disseminated.
'M, e.sPondents of some of the foreign journals
it) aad add commentaries from themselves.
our is false, and does not repose on any
tta
Peror, accompanied by General de Lour-
of his aides-de-camp, and Capt. de Berk-
R,g, orderly officer, drove out on Thursday,
, clock, to the Bois-de-Boulogne, where he
~ and walked about for some time. The
of General Esterhazy, which was taking
exercise, happening to pass, • saluted his
With cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" His
kak after having conversed for some time with
kobsel'al and superior officers, then continued
tk.'tehade, returning to the Tuileries at four
Emperor has received at the Tuileries, from
e kollke, the letters by which the King of
rk
continues him in his post of Envoy-Ex-
V4,,1:3r and Minister-Plenipotentiary at the
ceremonial The Count was introduced with
Emperor
usual on such occasions.
4ietriperor will, it is said, leave for Com-
. h_lay (Saturday).
rYkperor, as a proof of the friendship enter-
, ,•,,, ,him and the Queen Hortense for Madame
Pierrefonds, consented to be the god-
' t 4)." the newly-born child. The christening
Yesterday at the Church of Saint Roch,
,thee Child received the names of Napoleone
nee Constance. Count Bacciochi represented
Testy.
teto equestrian statues in bronze are, it is said,
be placed as follows:—That of the Empe-
ti, middle of the Carroussel ; that of Loins
,'the centre of the square before the Louvre;
plth ,
'' of Francis I. in the Court of the Louvre.
word National over the entrance to the
(IN.ct the Elysee has been effaced, and the
Ithe a/Meene placed in its stead.
liviZew inauguration of the Pantheon as a place
'`ke worship is fixed, it is said, for the 3d of
14(,„-.Y, the. fête of St. Genevieve. The Arch-
-111`" ti Paris will officiate.
be,_ridge of Notre Dame is to be lowered at
meilla''unng of next year, in order to facilitate
e
1;N, ~nnrse was firm, with not much business
-the Four-and-Half per Cents. opened at
'soc
rose to 106 f. 75c., and closed at 106 f.
r the end of the month ; the Three per
closed at 82f. 15c. ; Orleans Railway thares,
25c.: Rouen, 975 f. ; Havre, 527 f. 50c. ;
17orthern,ibh." 895 f. ; Basle, 365 f. ; Paris and
511,1'''g, 810 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 902 f. 50c. ;
Nea°d- Avignon, 727 f. 50c. ; Great Western of
780 f. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 627 f. 50c. ;
°tesancon, 572 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux to Cette,
s'u 4 Shares of the new Bank of Credit Mobilier,
4't 500 f., 1,365 f.

THE CONTINENT.

INSPAIN.
of —Lid letter of the 12th says :—" The Gover-
the province of Madrid has received an
r°to the Minister to refuse the authorisation
Nt o'ecl by a great number of Deputies and
;7'4,tor of the moderate opposition to hold a pre-
erY electoral meeting. The application was
Ornongst others, by Marshal Narvaez, Mar-
buero, Duke de Rivas, Duke d Abrant es,
00 Sotomayor, and Francisco Martinez
the Rosa. The official refusal is couched
kl 1)1. following terms :—' Whereas this meet-
Noici fight reproduce the agitation in the public
I,,,ttirc,which was caused by juntas of the same
"ki; recently held, with a tendency to disturb
LrNt„,e°llfidence, and to paralyse the ordinary
tes .of affairs, it is the will of the Queen, in
;')ri,lth her Council of Ministers, that the au-
litloll should be refused.' The resignation of
,',
trbina, the Minister of War, is now cer-
r"tier,-,_l-°e Government has successively called on
'th,`" de Mer, Lersundi, and Roncali, but none
11 ise officers have accepted the portfolio. A re-
;1)
'~pe current that Queen Isabella 11. had ordered
Lersundi to demand his resignation from
A0:41.0 Murillo, and that the General would be
Apo te entirely reconstitute the Ministry. M.
kurillo is confined to his bed by the influ-

SWITZERLAND.
BR it; read, in the Constitutionnel :—" Letters from.
Ve,lland announce that the accession of Napo-
ito the Empire was celebrated in different
gvils) particularly in that of Fribourg, by feux
I'krt.le and salvos of artillery. The Catholics in
th leltlar who have had so much to suffer from
t%t
c revolutions, are enthusiastic, for they.well
the immense services which the Emperor
Ilitttifroleon rendered to Switzerland by delivering
ona the yoke of the revolutionists, and they
that the influence of Napoleon 111. will aid
I'4e Settlement of their legitimate grievances.
th(hire4,: are so many and such real sufferings among
htiv(3rtion of the Swiss people, that we cannot
Itaathise too much in the wishes which they ex-
The great Cabinets of Europe cannot on
of the Pll4lect entertain an opinion different from that
rench Government."

GERMANY.
the ,e Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, aunt of
thl4Peror Napoleon 111., arrived at Coblentz
e 14th, on a visit to the Prince of Prussia.
Journal de Frankfort of the 15th says :
St; e_i•Alarquis de Tallenay gave a grand diplo-
-41: two days back, to which were invited
tillvoYs of the sovereigns who have recognised
thew Empire in France, or who have expressed
%,e, ,marquis the satisfaction of their sovereigns
tl late change. The marquis proposed a toast
health of the Emperor of the French, which
Thwartialy responded to."
Ante Baron de Bruck, Envoy Extraordinary of
tooiti„ai, was presented to the King of Prussia on
'a by the President of the Prussian Cabinet.
N.,,,ya"lreport was current at Vienna on the 11th,"
‘ov'lle Augsburg Gazette, " that the Austrian
ulent is about to contract in England an-
'eau of 100 millions of florins."

4. ITALY.
''ctzpil'ter from Rome of the 6th, in the Augsburg
trc,,,,'"e, states that several influential persons have
..tlsecl. to the Papal Government to prolong
:114 e, Torlonia's contract for the monopoly of salt
111 A "°,l9,acco for nine years more, on condition of
kivirldra,wing a considerable amount Of paper-
from circulation. The Prince, it is said, has
s4ed. to Messrs. Rothschild to join him in the
1143 4e; Augsburg Gazette of the 14th, states from
ib,,
that the son of M. Martinez de la Rosa, who
•-,t4bi'eriaained there as attache to the Spanish
14%matsY, after the departure of his father, had been
hi`"l-13r wounded at a fencing school ; the button
adversary's foil having been snapped off, the
IN,,tl„Perforated his lungs.
17144 uPinione of Turin, of the 14th, states from
that the late executions there were effected
ea he
Spanish garrote, but that, owing to the in-
4°, 1t%,--el;ce of the executioner, several of the pri-
,',llre lingered for many minutes in great tor-
Which caused such horrid contortions that
the :'(eeutioner was obliged to conceal them from
lest f the public. The same paper, adds that
lliollisliian Government desired to have the opi-
-4.410,,,Pf the commission as to the expediency of
the garrote . the medical men declined
IllowdgYart of it, and suggested that the matter
'the oe layed before the University of Pavia.
iltittqtter, on being applied to;. declared that
3: ,the garrote was not instantaneous ; never-
-111, C tie military authorities insisted upon try-
ealell' ~,,the priest Tazzoli was the first to mount
11.04.14"'I401€1, which he did with great fortitude,
-g his fellow-sufferers to follow his example.

SWEDEN.
-444 e°llnts from Stockholm to the 7th state that the
tr g (*Sweden and Norway continued to get bet-
th°llgh lds complete recovery will be slow.
publication of bulletins had ceased.

'IIP,P
tkV4lry OUNIBUS FARES.—An immense degree of
oexists at the present time with the omnibuses on
the 'ord-street and Holborn line of road, in consequence
4114 thl)°,ll/1Y and twopenny fares between the Marble Arch
tilot,oiliZonottom of Holborn-hill. It is stated that all this
I'4 4.!1 on the part of the Paddington omnibus 7-Tome-
ve r?nedeavour to lessen the business of, and ultimately
" Large !at road, the cheap fare omnibuses, which receive
of of public support.