The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-13 00:00:00

Marine to the naval prefects in command of the
French ports, announcing that the Government no
longer recognise the Americans as belligerents, and
ordering that Confederate vessels shall no longer
be admitted into French ports.
MM. Hebert and Romonif have been appointed
Questors of the Corps Legislatif.
The return of the Emperor to Paris was a real
ovation. Long before the hour at which the Impe-
rial train was expected to arrive, and whilst the
houses were being decked out with flags, vast
crowds were hastening to the approaches of the
Lyons terminus, and indeed along the whole line of
streets through which the Emperor was to pass. A
battalion of the 3d Voltigeurs formed the service of
honour. At five precisely the train entered the
station. The Empress had set out at eight in the
morning for Fontainebleau with the Prince Impe-
rial, accompanied by the ladies and officers in
waiting. The Empress remained at the Palace up
to the moment at which the telegraph announced
from Montereau the arrival of the Emperor. The
Empress and the Prince Imperial immediately pro-
ceeded to the station of Avon, where they received
the Emperor, with whom they returned to the ca-
pital. The Emperor, on his arrival in Paris, was
received on leaving the railway 'carriage by the Pre-
fect of the Seine, the Prefect of Police, Marshal
Regnaud de Saint-Jean-d'Angely, and General
Mellinet. His Majesty, who wore the uniform of
a general officer, with the kepi on his head, 'had his
complexion much bronzed by the African sun, but
looked in excellent health, and not all fatigued by
his long excursion. The same carriage received the
Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial, Gen.
Fleury sitting opposite their Majesties. A picket
of Cent. Gardes formed the escort. Four open car-
riages followed that of the Emperor. Throughout
the passage of the cortege by the Place de la Bastille,
the Rue St. Antoine, the Rue de Rivoli, and above
all in the neighbourhood of the Tuileries, the
crowd was exceedinglylarge, and the warmest cheers
of welcome were incessantly repeated. At the
Palace the Emperor found in waiting the Ministers
in grand costume, the Marshals, Admirals, Presi-
dents of the great bodies of the State, several high
dignitaries of the Empire, and a great number of
Senators, Councillors of State, and Deputies, all
anxious to congratulate his Majesty on his safe re-
turn. In addition to the illumination of the mi-
nistries, club-houses, and theatres, a great number
of private apartments were brilliantly lit up.
His Majesty would not quit the ironclad squadron
which had accompanied him to Algeria without
leaving it a testimony of his satisfaction. Besides
various decorations and promotions, he directed
6,000 fr. to be distributed to the crews to celebrate
his return.

Presse, " occurred to
says the
" An accident,"
Prince Napoleon the afternoon before last. He was
driving in a light vehicle known as an American in
the neighbourhood of the Champs Elysees, when,
on arriving at the Rond Point de l'HippodrOme,
the horse took fright, and, starting aside, over-
turned the carriage. The Prince was thrown out,
but fortunately received no other injury than some

slight contusions."
The Emperor's long absence and his present re-
turn are remarked on by several of the Paris jour-
nals. Our contemporaries in general dwell on the
perfect tranquillity which has prevailed during his
Majesty's excursion, and the prosperous results
which are certain to accrue to the African colony
from so minute and so conscientious an examination

of its wants by the. Sovereign himself. We select
for extract, however, only the following passages
from the France, which embody several observations
exceedingly apposite to the case, and expressed
without the extreme panegyric found in other

journals :--
"In 1859, the Emperor, on abandoning the
direction of the State, took the command of the
army, and it may be said without any exaggeration
that for the moment national war absorbed the whole
existence of France. On the battle-fields of Magenta
and Solferino were accomplished those great political
acts which were to become glorious pages of history,
and during that memorable epoch victory rendered
everything easy. In 1865 the case was very dif-
ferent. The high personalty of the Emperor, trans-
ported to a new scene of action beyond the seas,
absorbed by other cares, disappeared in some degree
for a moment from the direction of the State, and
left to the Empress Regent all the responsibility
of Government. In that circumstance was
involved a serious trial for our institutions,
and—why should we hesitate to declare it?
—it was with evident anticipations of in-
security that the Sovereign, whose action is so
powerful over our destinies, was beheld removing
himself from his capital. Well, these anticipations
have happily been dispelled. The Emperor, who
departed so calm and confident, has returned with
the satisfaction of finding France as peaceful and
his Government as strong as when he set out. And
yet how many unforeseen events have occurred !
What sudden emotions ! What great debates ! The
unexpected death in America of Mr. Lincoln ; the
apprehensions relative to Mexico, the speech at
Ajaccio, the resignation of Prince Napoleon, the
strikes of workmen, the discussion of the Budget,
the late solemn investigation of our finances, which
have never been more deeply examined ; • all this
movement of the life of a great people manifesting
itself by the incidents and the agitations which are
its inevitable conditions--such are the items which
make up the political account of these forty days'
absence ! Few periods have been so loaded with