The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-26 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Mouileur du Leiret gives the following account
of the arrival of the President of the Republic at
Orleans :
" The President arrived at Orleans at seven o'clock
lad evening. As the journey of the President was ex-
zlasively for the interest and amelioration of a country
hitherto neglected, it was wished to avoid the loss of time
,:sttsed by official presentations, and for that reason the
exeunt of his intended arrival was contradicted by the
journals. The Prince, on arriving at the terminus, was
received by the Prefect of the Loiret, and the Prefects
of the Cher and the Loir-et-Cher. General Cesar, the
Commandant of the Gendarmery, and other authorities,
were also present. Several carriages were in wait-
ing for the Prince and his suite. Among the
persons who accompanied him were the Ministers of the
Interior, Public Instruction, and Justice; M. Dumas,
ex-Minister of Commerce; Dpi. Becquerrel, Member of
the Council-General of the Loiret, General Roguet,
aide-de-camp of the President; M. de Beville, orderly
officer of the Prince; M. Regnault, member of the In-
stitute; M. Derry, Inspector-General of the Ponta et
Chaussees; M. de Franqueville, chef de division at the
Department of Public Works, &c. The President and
his suite on entering their carriages immediately drove
to he prefecture, where a grand dinner was given.
Daring their passage no cry of any kind was raised.
No presentation took place, except that of the of-
fisers of the 27th Regiment, by General Coeur. The
President expressed to the general his happiness at
meeting the officers of so fine a regiment as the 27th,
with whose brilliant services in the maintenance of
order he was well acquainted. The general at'terwards
resented Captain Lireqn-, of that ri.ginaent, for whom
*demanded the er.)ss of the Legion of Honour. The
resident replied that be was well acquainted with the
ame end servlc4s of Captain Lereqne, and that he was
well deserving. of the regard ciemaucted, and he was on
the spot named Chevalier of the order. At this mo-
ment, a poor private of the 27th, holding a petition
in his hand, endeavoured to gain admission to the
President to solicit his kindness in behalf of his aged
father. A young sub-lieutenant saw the soldier, and,
feeling for his embarrassment, took him by the arm, and
led him towards the President, saying!--‘ Monseigneur,
here is a soldier who wishes you to receive a petition,
in which be supplicates your kindness in behalf of his
aged father.' rhe President took the paper with the
greatest kindness, and in a few minutes after handed to
the sub-lieutenant a two hundred francs note for the
father of the soldier. The President slept at the pre-
fecture, where an apartment had been prepared for
him. This morning (Thursday) he will leave at
six o'clock by a special train for the Sologne. He
will stop at Monte-Beauyron, Brinon, Sanvigny,
eec., and return in the evening to dine at La Ferte de St.
Aubin, from whence he will return direct to Paris,
without stopping at Orleans. He is accompanied in his
excursion in the Sologne by all the persons who came
with him from Paris, by the Prefects of the Loiret, the
Cher, and the Loir-et-Cher, by ill. Machart, the engi-
neer-in-chief, and by several of the ordinary engineers,
&a. It is to be hoped that this visit of the Chief of the
State into the Sologne will not be without advantage to
that country, which has so long anxiously waited for
improvement, and that the plans long since submitted
to the approbation of the Government will at length be
carried into execution."
It is positively stated, says the Constitutionnel, that
the Legislative Body is to have a Bill before long
submitted to it, having for object to modify Arts. 5,
6, and 7 of the code of criminal instruction. These
articles relate to crimes committed by French sub-
jects in foreign countries. The new Bill is above all
intended to complete the legislation, by applying it
not merely to crimes, but also to certain misde-
meanours (offences of the press for instance) com-
mitted in foreign countries. This Bill is now under
examination of the Council of State.

According to the treaty passed—betweeen the Mi-
nister of Public Works and the parries applying for
the concession of the Paris to Cann Railway, the line
from Path to Caen and Cherbourg is to join the
Rouen Railway above the tunnel of Rolleboise.
The line is divided into two sections, one from Rouen
to Caen, and the second from Caen to Cherbourg.
The first section is to be executed in three years, the
expense being estimated at 52 millions. As the
State gives a 'subvention of 16 millions, the capital
to be raised by the company is 36 millions, of which
24 are to be in bonds. The State guarantees for 50
years an interest of four per cent. The execution of
the second section is to commence at the end of the
term flied for the first, and is to be concluded within
a delay of three years from that period. This section
is to be executed in the conditions of the law of June,
1842 (1). Three-fourths of the capital the 24 mil-1
lions have been reserved to the shareholders of the
Rouen Company, two Rouen shares giving a right to
one share of the Caen and Cherbourg.
The Vierzon Railway shareholders, at a general
meeting, held on Wednesday, voted by a majority of
589 to 7 the amalgamation of the company with the
Orleans line.

BELGIUM.
The works for the establishment of a submarine
telegraph between England and Belgium will be
commenced without delay. The wires are ready.
The erfreme points of the line will be—in England,
at Dover ; in Belgium, at Nieuport, and not Ostend.
As soon as the Dover•Nieuport line of telegraph i 3
established Mr. BRETT will return to Russia, whither
he has been summoned by the Emperor NICIIOLAS.
Brus9els journals state that there was such a
severe frost in the night of Monday in that city and
its vicinity that several cart loads of ice were ob-
tained.

The Independance of Brussels says--" A grave fact
has just occurred. The sovereign families whose in-
tsrests were compromised by the decree of the 221 of
January against the Orleans property, presented
through their Ministers some remonstrance to the
French Government ; but they are told that no notice
could be taken of them, and that the decree must ab-
solutely be carried into etT,'ct."