The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

'4"O ur ib 1141Ittion\

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

FRANCE.

Rumour speaks of the approaching retirement of
M. Persiguy from the Ministry of the Interior,
and his nomination to a high post in the future Im-
perial Household. His successor will be M. D.
Morny.
The Illemorial of Avignon announces that com-
mutations of punishment have been accorded to thirty
polities' offendere of the department or' the Vaucluse.
Arnorg.the acts of munificence of the Prince Pre-
sident during his tour are the following—At Lu-
signan no left 4001 r., for the poor ; at Croutelle,
200 fr.; and to the cure of Lussac, for a Salle d'Asile
400 fr. At Poitiers, he gaue 2,000 fr. for the old sol-
diers ; to Andre Goullean, an old soldier, 100 fr. •
and to the Sisters of Mercy, 500 fr. At ChAtellerault,
4
500. were given to the poor, and to the fruit-women,
who presented to him their wares, he presented the
contents of his purse, amounting to about 4001 r.
Accounts from Algeria state that on the 28th ult.
a strong force was marched against the tribe of the
Outed Mahboub, at twelve leagues to the south of
Conetantina, who had given frequent cause of com-
plaint to the French by their revolts, and their refusal
to pay their taxes. The tribe was completely. sur-
rounded. It resisted, but, after a combat in which it
hid 50 men killed or wounded, it was entirely de-
tested, and several thousand oxen, sheep, and camels
were geiz-sd. The loss of the French was two killed
Bed four wounded.
The 4.lleinorial des Pyrenees states that from the
Ist January to the 31st July in the present year,
1,037 horses have been purchased in the departments
of the Basses and Heutes Pyre-66es and the Landes,
for the we of the army. The prices allowed by the
Government for horses of different kinds , are—offi-
cers' horees 900 fr.; Carabineers and Cuirassiers
800 f,„ ; Datgoons and Lancers, 650 fr.; Chasseurs,
and Hwsiirs, 550 fr. The breeders in the above de-
partments, adds the above journal, complain of the
new measure recently adopted, which compels them
to send their horses to Tarbes, to undergo a second
inspection after they have been examined by the offs
cers charged with the purchase.
A letter from Marseilles states that emigration, to
Californi t still continues. A vessel called the ]%.,,fou-
velle Gabrielle is now fitting out in that port for that
destination, and will in a few days receive on leosrd a
number of emigrants.
A 1.3 W days since a large vessel called ',he Louis
Napoleon, was launched at Nantes. S'ae is to be
fitted out, to carry free labourers to tier, colonies in
order to supply the want of hands, which has been
severely felt since the emancipation of the slaves.
The Prefect of the Loire Inferieure was present at
the launch, and delivered a speech OT a the occasion,v, hid) e,.ncluded ‘Aizia a cry of "Viv e l'Empereur."
A letter trom La Rochelle star's that the oyster
fiehery has boen This year very. productive on that
(sew, particularly since the Ist 1...15t., that they have
been allowed to use dredges. While the Prince
President was at Marennes, the mayor presented
bun with about a thousand of the finest oysters,
which were ranged in pyramids on a hendbarrow,
oreeenented with evergreens amd mottoes. It was
carried by 12 fi‘herinel, all old sailors; two of
them bred served on bowed the Veegeur, and are both
decorated ; One belonged to the Belle-Poole, and two
of thew had been wrecked in the Alcmene. They
were accompanied by twelve of the prettiest young
fish-girls' dressed in white, with waistbands of green
and goirt, the colours of the Prince. They had the
honour present a bouquet to the Prince, and to walk
round the tables.