The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-29 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1852,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Constitutionnel says, that although it is not the
custom of the Emperor of RUSSIA to receive ambassa-
dors or ministers plenipotentiary of foreign powers,
when he is out of his own country, and that neither the
corps diplomatique at Vienna or at Berlin were admitted
to pay their respects to him, yet that Baron DE HECKE-
ZEN, who had been charged with a private mission
from the PRINCE PRESIDENT to the two EMPERORS,
had been received by the CZAR, a strong indication of
the friendly disposition of Russia with regard to
France and Louis NAPOLEON.
We read in the Debats—" Several., journals of
Paris publish, on the faith of letters in the Belgian
papers, details of pretended conferences, which, ac-
cording to them, took place between the principal
partisans of what is called the fusion, and of an in-
tended journey of the Orleans Princes to the banks of
the Rhine; they even add that several persons of note
in Paris have received letters from the Duchess of
ORLEANS, who, they say, uses nearly the same lan-
guage in them concerning the oath of public functi-
onaries as the Count DE CHAMBORD did in his mani-
festo. We think we can affirm that all this intel-
ligence has no kind of foundation, and that no recent
change had taken place either in the acts or in the
respective position of the two branches of the Bourbon
family. In these letters also, General CHANGARNIER
has been made to play a part altogether contrary to
his character, and to the resolution which he has
taken, to remain, during his exile, altogether uncon-
nected with combinations and proceedings in which
his political adversaries want to mix him up at any
price. The illustrious General had no need to be
dissuaded by his friends from visiting Frohsdorf, for
he never had any intention of going there."
We read in the Patric :—" Endeavours have been
made to circulate a report that the Council of State
had shown itself hostile to the Government on the
question of the Orleans property. This report,
started for purposes of speculation, is devoid of all
foundation. The affair has not yet been brought be-
fore the Council of State."
The Bulletin de Paris says :—" The foreign
journals hostile to the French Government have at-
tempted to make a great noise about notes said to
have been exchanged between the Courts of Vienna
and St. Petersburgh, and containing a protest against
the Empire in the event of France being pleased to
give to herself that form of government. But this
note is not authentic, and no more merits attention
than the rumours of war with which these hawkers
of false news supply daily public credulity."
The Grand Referendary of the Senate gave on
Wednesday a brilliant soirée, at which the elite of the
Parisian beau monde were present. At the supper,
an English naval officer, in full uniform, gave the
health of General D'HAUTPOUL, accompanied by three
English "hurrahs," which were warmly responded
to by all present.
The reception of M. ALFRED DE MussET at the
French Academy took place on Thursday, before a
numerous auditory, alike literary and fashionable.
Amongst the academicians present were to be seen
M. DUCHATEL and M. MOLE. M. DE MUSSET'S
address, which was elegantly written, but monoto-
nously read, was replied to by M. NISARD, in a speech
of great length, and written with considerable power
of criticism, in which the peculiar merits of the new
academician were most happily pointed out. The de-
livery of the two addresses having completed the pro-
ceedings of the day, the crowd retired.
The first of the steam-boats built for the company
which has taken the contract for the service of the
Mediterranean portr, was launched at Ciotat three
days ago. It is called the Pericles.
The Bourse was more firm than for some days past,
with a slight rise in the price of Public Securities. The
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened; at 99f. 75c. and
closed at 99f. 85c. for the end of the month; the Three
per Cents. closed at 70f. 95c.; Orleans Railway Shares,
1,190 f.; Rouen, 771 f. 25c.; Havre, 285 f.; Great Northern,
588 f. 75c.; Avignon, 342 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 590 f.; Basle,
245 f.; Bordeaux, 616 f. 25c ; Paris and Strasburg, 557 f.
50e.; Tours and Nantes, 368 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons,
610 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 28.
Dutch Rhenish, 4%—Luxembourg, 4%—Namur and
Liege, 6'4—Northern of France, 223 A—Paris and Strasbourg-
215,E—Rouen and Havre, 11—Sambre and Meuse, 43A—
West Flanders, 3%.