The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-25 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

By a decree of the Emperor, the Governor of the
Invalides, Count Ornano, has been placed on the
general staff of the army.
In the Senate, on Monday, the measure was
approved of for granting a pension of 5,000 f. to the
widow of M. Burnouf.

The Moniteur contains a statement of the imports
and exports during the month of April. Compared
with April, 1852, there has been a decline in the
value of the imports of 12,816,922 f., with an
increase of 1,760,875 f. compared with the same
month in 1851. Amongst the exports, the princi-
pal article which shows an increase is that of French
and foreign machinery, in which there has been an
increase to the extent of 1,143,196 f. in the value
exported, compared with last year.
In its sittings of yesterday the Corps Legislatif
adopted the bill which provides for the construc-
tion of a line of telegraphs between France and
Algiers by way of Corsica and Sardinia. The
numbers were :—For the bill, 202 ; against it, 1.
In the market for Government Securities at
the Bourse yesterday, there has been but little
business transacted, and a general decline on Mon-
day's quotations bad taken place at the termi-
nation of business, in consequence of a report that
unfavourable intelligence had been received respect-
ing the progress of the misunderstanding between
Austria and Switzerland. The Four-and-a-Half
per Cents. for cash were, however, steadily main-
tained, and had eventually improved 10c. ; the
Three per Cents. for cash fell 20c. ; the
Three per Cents. for the account 10c. ; and
the Four-and-0,-Half per Cents. 25c. A de-
cline of sf. occurred in Bank of France Shares.
The final quotations were : For Money
Three per Cents., 81f. ; Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 103 f. 50c. For the end of the month—
Three per Cents., 81f. sc. ; Four-and. a-Half per
Cents., 103 f. 50c. Bank Stock, 2,695 f. Shares of
the Mortgage Bank fell 17f., closing at 863 f. ; those
of the Bank of Credit-Mobilier declined 7f., being
finally quoted at 908 f. The same cause which
exercised so unfavourable an influence on the pub-
lic securities affected also the market for railway
securities, which ware in little demand, and gene-
rally at reduced quotations. Lyons to the Medi-
terranean shares fell 10f., and Northerns, Paris and
Strasbourgs, and Paris and Lyons, each declined
Of. In Paris and Rouen an advance of 2f. occurred,
whilst in the remaining principal lines there was
no change. Closing prices :—Northerns, 917 f.
75c. ; Paris and Orleans, I,loof. ; Paris and Stras-
bourg, 942 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 955 f. 25c. ;
Paris and Rouen, 1,144 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Medi-
terranean, 800 f. ; Western of France, 782 f. 50c.
It will be seen that there has been a serious fall
in the price of all public securities. The depres-
sion has been produced by the unsatisfactory nature
of the recent news from Constantinople, and the
eqi ally unsatisfactory intelligence received from ,
Switzerland.
The New Zwrich Gazette declares that the recall
of Count Karnicki, the Austrian Minister at Berne,
is the result of a mistake ; but a telegraph dispatch
has been received from Berne, dated the 23d, which
shows that the Swiss Government, so far from con-
sidering the recall of the Austrian Minister as a
mistake, has acted as if it were done in good ear-
nest, and withdrawn its representatives.
The following is the dispatch :
" Berne, May 23.

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" In consequence of the notification made by the Aus-
trian Chargé d'Affaires to the President of the Helvetic
Confederation, of the rupture of diplomatic relations be-
tween Austria and Switzerland, the Federal Council has
decided on putting an immediate end to the functions of
the Swiss envoy at Vienna."