The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-06 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

The leading columns of the Paris journals of yes-
terday are unimportant. There are only two
articles possessing any public interest. One is a
short notice in the Constitutiomnel of a list of 55
new commissaries of police for the departments
published by the Monitcur ; the other is a long
article in the Pays on Algeria, in which the writer
urges the formation of companies with the comMand
of capital for the encouragement of enterprise in
that colony. The remarks of the CoAstitutionitc/
appear to be fully justified by the list that has been
published. One is almost surprised to find that
persons in the position of life therein mentioned
should accept functions, the pecuniary remunera-
tion of which is by no means considerable, and
Whieh-are not in the public estimation such is to
give to the persons performing them a rank in so-
ciety which would compensate for the low salaries
that are paid to. them;
The Emperor on Thursday gave a private audience
to M. Eugene Scribe, president of the Association
of Dramatic Authors and Composers, accompanied
by some members of the committee. At-this audi-
ence M. Scribe called the attention of his Majesty
to the clauses of the bill which cancels the rights
of dramatic authors and composers 20 years after
their death, and solicited the Emperor to. prolong
-that period. . .

The -Moniteur publishes a decree of .tlie Emperor
for the creation of Consultative Clitneis of Agri-
culture in Algeria. The number of members is
fixed at 30 fin: the province of Algiers, and at 20
each for the provinccz' of Oran and Constantine.
They are to have 'an annual session, the period and.
duration of which are to be fixed by the Gover,uor-
General.

A Paris correspondent writes to theindependance
of Etrus els, under the date of the 3d :—" The fol-
lowing is related to me as positive. The Count de
Chambord has applied to the Societe du Credit
Foncier of France to lend him 800,000 f., on the
mortgage of his domain of Chambord. The society
would not entertain this application without con-
sulting. the. Government ; but the Government
fully authors,mally made. :tie loan, and yesterday it was for-

"" We understand," says the Constitutionnet,
that a certain number of the Sisters of St. Joseph
are going to reside in the English Antilles. They
have been applied fgr by the governments of the
notwithstanding their difference of
religion,a
ppreciate the services of these pious
iwsloamndens, which,
women."

Yesterday being the fete of the Ascension, the
Bourse was closed.

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 30th have arrived,
but their contents are not of political importance.
The Beraldo remarks that of late an extraordinary

increase has taken place in all kinds of crimes in
every part of the , kingdom. The Espana states
that the French Government has demanded autho-
risation from the Spanish Government to establish
a telegraphic station at Irun, so as to unite its line
from Bayonne to Paris with that from Madrid to
Irun—such station to be given up to the Spaniards,
when their projected lines of telegraph to the French
frontier shall be completed. A letter says :—" The
higher circles of Madrid have learned with regret
the indisposition of the Empress of the French, and
yesterday they waited on the Countess de Montijo
to express it. M. Eusebio Donoso Cortes, brother
of Marquis de Valdegamas, Spanish Ambassador at
Paris, has left in all haste for that city, in consequence
of his brother's illness. The Queen yesterday presided.
at a Council of Ministers at Aranjuez. On the nomi-
nation of M. Bermudez do Castro, M. Moreno Lo-
pez was named Director of General Accounts, and
M. Bazzanella, Director of Estanca,das (stock sold
on account of the State) in the Ministry of Finance.
Some nominations of governors of provinces were
also made. All the rumours of a Ministerial crisis
had ceased—so that the statement received thO day
before yesterday, that M. Bermudez de Castro had
resigned, would appear to have been unfounded. It
was added that all the Ministers were perfectly in
accord, and that they possessed the fullest confi-
dence of her Majesty."

M. Douoso Corte's, Marquis of Valdegamas, Spa-
nish Ambassador in Paris, died the day before yes-
terday at his residence in the Rue de Courcelles.
He had been 'for more than a month labouring
under an acute disease of the heart, for which
he was attended by the first physicians of the
capital. His state bad several times improved, and
on the night preceding his death, there was nothing
to indicate such a speedy decease. At about half-
past four the next day, his breathing became so
difficult that the patient requested a priest to be
sent for. The Austrian and Prussian Ambassadors
soon afterwards arrived at the Spanish Embassy to
inquire after the health of the Marquis, and they
I were present at the religious ceremony of extreme
unction, and received the last sigh of their illus-
trious colleague. M, Donoso Cortes died apparently
without pain ; a slight sigh was all that announced
his decease. He had scarcely attained his 44th
year. He was Grand Cross of the Spanish Orders
of Charles 111. and Isabella the Catholic, and
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. His ami-
able qualities and his alfkbility attached to him all
who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.