The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-23 00:00:00

specting the jury, and the' bi U for the organi-
sation of the caisses des retrait s, were generally
modified. Besides this, it fore ?,c the Govermuent
to withdraw the measure by -which Louis N'apo-
leon proposed putting 300,000 f. :3 ito the pockets of
the Prince de la Moskowa and M.. de Persigny,
under pretext of a national r ocornpence to the
widow of Marshal Ney ; and it will probably force
it to withdraw another most o buc ,xious measure,
namely, the bill for the re-est 9.Wishment of the
punishment of death for politic ,al offences. All
this shows that the legislative c ps is not without
I a certain, though a very limite( 1, weight in the
affairs of the country ; and it is to be hoped that
in process of time its influence will gradually ex-
tend. In the Senate the symp toms of indepen-
dence are not so manifest. Wit; n the single excep-
tion of Admiral Mackau's repo r t on the promotion
of admirals in the navy, it hr ,s shown no spirit of
opposition. The Senate wi] 1 sit for a few days
longer than the legislative corps, for the purpose
of " not opposing the promulgation " of the mea-
sures brought before it, and of granting to Louis
Napoleon the trifling sum of fi ye millions of francs,
as a compensation for the ex penses to which he
was put in the process of transferring Mademoiselle
de Montijo into an Empress..
Several of the German journals have slatted that
the Count de Chambord was to attend the fetes
given at Vienna in honour of the Kings of Prussia
and Belgium ' • but this is not the case. Etiquette
prevents the Comte de Chambord from holding in-
tercourse with Sovereigns, or representatives of
Sovereigns, who have recognised thepresent French
slaver°
Government.
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to extend the jurisdi3tion of the Prefect of Police
of Paris to the banlieue of that -
city . on the bill to
definitively settle the supplementary and extraor-
dinary credits of 1852 ; on that concerning the
execution of the railway from Lyons to the fron-
tier of Geneva ; and on a number of local bills. A
bill was presented to prohibit the carrying of arm
in Corsica. The President announced that
theB
Government withdrew the bill for
granting
300,000 f. for the Princess de la Moskowa. The bill
to ratify the engagements entered into in favour of
the Bourg la Reine to Orsay Railway Company,
and which are at the charge of the Treasury, was
adopted • as was that according a credit of
2,700,000 f. for pensions to old soldiers of the Re-
public and of the Empire. Seven local bills were
likewise agreed to. Authorisation was accorded to
M. Langlais to print and distribute, at his own
cost, his speech on the manner of forming juries in
criminal matters. The proceedings then termi-
nated.

The Senate also met on Saturday ; M. Troplong
in the chair. Prince Napoleon was present. The
bureaux were drawn by lot in the usual way. The
order of the day was the discussion on the bill
relative to the promotion and position of the supe-
rior officers of the navy. M. Baroche, president
of the Council of State ; General Allard, president
of Section ; and M. Barbaroux, Councillor of State,
were present as Government Commissioners to
defend the bill. After President Delangle, Cardinal
Mathieu, Count de Lascases, Admiral Casy, Ad-
miral Count Cecille, Admiral Baron de Mackau,
and M. Baroche had spoken, the discussion was
adjourned to Monday. The sitting was then
brought to a close.
A Council of Ministers was held yesterday, at
which the Emperor presided.
The Emperor and the Empress drove out yester-
day, in an open carriage and four, up the Champs
Ely sees. They drove out the day before, and
visited the works in the Bois de Boulogne, Prince
Jerome, who was on horseback, having met their
Majesties in the Avenue St. Cloud, conversed with
them for a few minutes. The Imperial party re-
turned to the Tuileries at six o'clock.
The lifoniteur dcl'Armee says :
" The exceedingly moist state of the ground, in con-
sequence of the rain, has not permitted the camp on the
plain of Satory, near Versailles, to be opened on the
15th inst., as originally fixed, since to place soldiery
under canvas in such weather would have been to use-
lessly endanger their health. But in consequence of the
warm weather of the last few days the ground has now
become quite dry, and we understand that the camp
will be opened on Monday, the 23d of May. Marshal
Magnan, the commander-in-chief, will also place himself
under the tent. The altar which was used in the Champ
de Mars on May 10, is said to be placed in front of the
camp, and the troops are to hear mass at it every Sun-
day. The division Dulac will be the first to go to
Satory. It is said that the Emperor will often go over
from St. Cloud to witness the manoeuvres."
Final quotations.—Money : Three per Cents.,
81f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 103 f. 80c.
For the end of the month Three per Cents., 81f.
50e. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. Bank
Stock, 2,700 f. ; Northerns, 025 f. Paris and Or-
leans, I,llof. ; Paris and Strasbourgs, 958 f. 75c. ;
Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,147 f.
50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 813 f. 750. ;
Western of France, 785 f. ; Rouen and Havre,
540 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 670 f. ; Caen and
Cherbourg, 645 f. ; Dijon and Besancon, 575 f.
Dieppe and Fecamp, 360 f.