The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-18 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE

The Pope's visit to France continues to be the
great question of the day, and it appears to meet
with difficulties of a very tantalising character. It
would seem, in fact, as if Pio Nono had discovered
Louis Napoleon's weak side, and was determined to
take advantage of the discovery. One day, his
Holiness is to come without fail ; the next, there
are obstacles in the way which will make his visit
nearly impossible. Every new difficulty draws a
fresh concession from the Emperor. The organic
articles have long since been conceded, and in that
respect Louis Napoleon has abandoned the interests
of the Galilean Church to their fullest extent. His
Holiness, having got so much, thinks he might now
perhaps squeeze out a little more, and. seems deter-
mined to make Louis Napoleon pay dear for his
whistle. He now asks that the religious ceremony
of marriage should be celebrated before the civil
ceremony, and that no marriage should be legal
without the interposition of the Church. Whether
this point will be conceded or not remains to be
seen ; but at present it appears to be the stumbling-
block. General de Cotte has been dispatched to
Rome on a secret mission, the object of which is to
bring the matter to a point. He left Paris three
days ago. M. de Lacour, who is also to visit Rome
on his way to Constantinople, though without any
apparently official character, will probably assist
General de Cotte in the negotiations.
Orders have been sent to Toulon to prepare the
steam-frigate Mogador for Tunis, where she is to
receive the Bey and his suite, who are coming to
France. The Mogador will leave Toulon early in
April.
The Princess Lieven has paid a visit to the palace
of the Tuileries, and been presented to the Empe-
ror and Empress. It was on Sunday last, at one
o'clock, that the audience took place in the private
'apartments of the Empress. The visit of the Prin-
cess Lieven is looked. upon almost in the light of a
political event. Perhaps her movements are as
good an indication of the opinions entertained at
the Court of St. Petersburg as those of M. de Nig-
seleff, the accredited Minister.
The Moniteur announces that Lord Stratford de
Redcliffe was received on the 16th by the Emperor,
to take leave, previous to his departure for Con-
stantinople.
The Moniteur_ publishes the ratification of the
treaty, concluded on the 25th of January last, be-
tween France and Wurtemburg, for the extradition
of criminals.

Letters from Constantine state that a new expe-
dition was in preparation against the natives. It
was to be sent under the direction of General Her-
billon towards Biscara, and was to start on the
15th of April.
The accounts of Marshal de St. Arnaud's health
are said to be rather more satisfactory, but no one
believes that he will ever return to Paris. It is
now said that General Daumas is to become Minis-
ter of War in his stead. General Aupick, the late
ambassador at Madrid, was also spoken of, but he
will probably be left in the simple otium cum dig-
nitate of the Senate.

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There are still sixteen places of senators to be
disposed of, and for these comfortable berths the
claimants are numerous. It is said that one of
.them. is destined to Admiral Baudin, who, the.
Moniteur states, has accepted from the hands of the
• Emperor the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour,
which he had refused in 1848, when offered by Ge-
neral Cavaignac for his devotedness to the Re-
public. Admiral Baudin was at that period in com-
mand of the squadron ordered to prevent the
princes of the house of Orleans from landing on the
coast of France, and he acquitted himself of his
task with a zeal that was highly gratifying to the'
heads of the Republican party.
There was a grand reception at the Tuileries on
Wednesday evening. It was of a very brilliant
description, and was numerously attended.
The Council of State met yesterday to examine
several bills relative to loans for towns, delimita-
tions of communes, and other local matters. These
bills will be afterwards presented to the legislative
body.
For some time past commercial affairs in Paris
have not been nearly so flourishing as they had been
some months before. The tradespeople are begin-
ning to cry out, and the working classes have a diffi-
culty in finding work. This state of affairs has
alarmed the Government, and, with a view to the
improvement of trade, it is said to have resolved to
make several new concessions. The Transatlantic.
steam-packet service is at once to be conceded to a
company, and several railways, which had been
postponed for fear of encumbering the Bourse, are
also to be conceded. It will excite suprise, but
it is a fact, that the notorious M. Proudhon is now
a prime favourite with Louis Napoleon. It is
even said that he no longer adheres to the doctrine
that /a propriete c'est le vol, and that as his tastes
on that subject have changed, he has applied for a
concession of a railway, and is likely to get it.

The Debats says
so:CePpe haveo received a list .of the names of the persons
property been placed under sequestration by
the Austrian Government. Amongst those names are
the following
Henri
Martini,
tarGtinali3rio Casati,
Arese, Count Count Francis
doCunoutnt Vitiliano Borromeo,
Duke Anthony Litta Arese,
Marquis .3:uuleess VetrtaArese, Mgr.
Francis Simonetta, the
Count rlthci'GCrouut
Vitaliano Crivelli, Mgr. Elie Poli,
the Marquis Rosales d'Ordono, the Princess Christina
Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Mgr. Henri Cernuschi, the
Marquis George Pallavicini Trivulzi, Count Hercules
Oldofredi Tadini, Baron Vincent Cesati, Mgr. Gabriel
Camozzi, Mgr. Batiste Camozzi, Count Octave Tasca,
Count Abbondie Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Mgr.
Francis Colombani, Mgr. Paul Carcano General
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Joseph Jacopetti, Mgr. Charles Litta, Mgr. Louis
Litta Biurni, Major Fontana, Colonel Jacques-Che-
valier Sessa, and the- Marquis George Raimondto i.
These names suffice, beyond any doubt, to prove
every one that the persons who bear them are not,
and cannot be the accomplices of M. Mazzini,
If the Austrian Government imagines that it lays to
their charge anything of the horror excited in Europe by
the last insurrectionary attempt of the celebrated dema-
gogue, it makes a great mistake ; and public opinion,
which has already so badly received all the rigorous
measures to which Lombardy has just been subjected,
Certainly will not accompany it in that course."'
The market continues inanimate, and prices are
nearly as they were. The Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. are unaltered, at 104 f. 10c., and the Three
per Cents. are 25c. higher, at 81f. The Shares of
the Bank of France and of the Mortgage Bank are
unchanged ; those of the Societe Mobiliere are sf.
lower, and those of the Mortgage Bank Bonds 20f.
lower. Spanish Home Debt is higher, and the
New Three per Cent. Piedmontese Loan is 100.
lower, at 70f. 50c. The Turkish Loan was done a
shade higher, at 1,022 f. 50c. Railway Shares have
:varied but little, with the exception of the Stras-
burg and the Lyons to Mediterranean, which are
10f. better. Exchange on London (short) 25f. sc.
money ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 90c. paper.