The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-12 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

The Legislative 44!
Body held yesterday a short sit-
ting. After having adapted some bills of local in-
terest, it heard a report upon the re-purchase of
preference shares in the canals, the calling out' of
80,000 conscripts, and the postal comthunication.
between France and.its western colonies; on which
it will conclude the discussion on Monday.
Marshal de Saint Arnaud, Minister of War, left
Paris on Thursday evening for Hyeres. M. Ducos,
Minister of Marine, is charged, by, a decree of the
Emperor, with the interim of the 111inistry of War
during the absence of the Marshal.
The Moniteur Algerien, publishes the situation of
the Bank of Algeria on the 28th ult. On that day
the cash in hand amounted to 908,386 fr., and the
notes in circulation to 1,700,000 fr. In addition
to these notes, the bank had issued aeknowledg-
meats, payable at sight, to the amount of 79,639 fr:,
The bills- discounted', in hand, 'amounted to
1,579,717 fr., and the credit of the accounts cur-
rent to 251,721 fr. During the month of February
the bank had discounted 1,241 bills, amounting
together to 766, 341: and had received payment
of 1,692 bills, of the total value .of 1,384,046 fr.
We read in the • Moniteur The officer in
command of the naval. station Of Newfoundland,
has just called the attention of the French GoVern-
ment to the courageoui conduct exhibited on seve-
ral occasions by Jean DOure, an English subject,
guardian of the port of La Conche .(east coast of
Newfoundland.) Within the space of two years,
froin 1850 to 1852, Jean Doure saved from certain
death six sailors belonging to the crews
.of the
French trading vessels, the Caribdn, the Union,
and the Suffren. The Government of the Em-
peror, wishing to acknowledge these repeated ser-
vices, has accorded to Doure a silver medal of the
first class."
The Moniteur announces that the Marquis de
Moustier has been appointed Envoy-Eitraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
Prussia, in the room of Baron de' Varennes, ,who
has been promoted to the dignity 'of Senator.
cillßoyr oaf
dsettarteee, of
hasb
thee Emperor,en M. Flandiii,_
'attachedConn
to. the section of
Legislation, Justice, and Foreign Affairs df, the
Council.; . MM. Cornudet and Amedee Thierry,
Councilors • of. State, to • *the section of, Public
Works, Agriculture, and Commerce ; and MM:
Dubessey and Montaud, 'Councillors of State, to
the section' of War ' and Marine. The decree also
designates the folloWing gentlemen to form part of
the assembly. of the Council of State 'deliberating,
on dispiited matters .M. Flandin, in the room. of
M. de Thorigny, for, the section of Legislation,
Justice, and Foreign Affairs ; M. Cochelet, in the
room of M. Vaisse, for the section of Pub-
lic Works, Agriculture, and Commerce ; M.
Amedee Thierry, in the room of M. Fremy, who,
on his demand, ceases to form part- of the As-
sembly ; and •M. Montaud, in the room of M.
Dariste, for the section of War and Marine.
From the monthly returns of the Bank of France,
it appears that the metallic reserve has fallen off
11 millions in Paris, and increased 71 millions in
the branch banks. The discount accommodatibn
has decreased considerably, being not less than 19*.
millions in the Paris establishment, and 16 Hill
lions in the departments.
A long and very conspicuous article in the offi-
cial journal gives an elaborate defence of the new
Budget. and recites the plastic features of the
" Code Napoleon," in justification of a correspond-
ing policy on the part of his successor —" It is
enough to say, that in providing a budget for the
French people, it is the budget of the First Em-
pire."
It is now understood to be definitively settled
that the Pope will leave Rome for Paris soon
after Easter ; that the coronation is fixed for the
10th of May, and that more 'than one crowned
head in Europe will be present at the ceremony.
A decree by the Emperor appoints the opening
of the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations
for the Ist of May, 1855, and directs its close in
the September following.
There was a good feeling displayed on the Bourse
yesterday, and the national securities would de-
cidedly have advanced but for an article in the
non-official portion of the Moniteur, which was at-
tributed to the Emperor's own pen.. The Three-
per Cent. Rentes closed at 81f.
10c. 'for cash, and
81f. 20c. for the account ; the Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. at 104 f. 30c. for cash, and 104 f. 50c. for the
account ;-- and Bank stock at 2,750 f. both for
money and 'the- settlement. Railway shares were
again good, and Western, and Rouen and Havre
advanced as much as 10f. a share, and most of the
others from 2f. to sf.

SPAIN.
By the Madrid journals of the 6th, which have
arrived in due course, we learn that the statement
given two days ago, that the Senate had rejected
the motion of M. Pena Aguayo, to the effect that
the communication of the Duke de Valencia (Nar-
vaez), relative to his expulsion from Spain, should
be referred to a committee for a report,
was erro-
neous. When the motion was brought on, the
President of the Council, to the surprise of the
Senate, declared that the Cabinet did not oppose it.
There was consequently no debate, contrary to
what had been expected, and the Senate retired to
its bureaux to nominate the'committee demanded.
The committee elected wore General Cordova, Ge-
neral Laureano Sanz, General Pezuela, General
O'Donnell, and the Duke de Rivas, who belong to
the Ministerial party, and M. Arrazola and M.
Pena Aguayo, of the opposition.
The Stock Exchange was not open on the 6th,
that day being Sunday.

ITALY.
We read the following in the Corriere Mercantile
of Genoa, of the 7th :—" Yesterday, after the ar-
rival of the Languedoc, from Naples, a rumour was
spread of an attempt on the life of the King of
Naples. As yet we have no precise intelligence on
the matter."

The Milan Gazette of the sth publishes a sen-
tence by the Court-martial of Mantua, by which
23 persons, including the Arch-priest of Nvere
and the other two mentioned two days ago, are
condemned to death for high treason, and four
more to imprisonment in irons for periods of from
five to eighteen years. Among the former are two
ecclesiastics, one Jew, three non-commissioned
Hungarian officers, three merchants, eight land-
owners, and the rest engineers, lawyers, and phy-
sicians, all apparently. well to do in.the world, if
we may judge by the description given of them in
the sentence. It is further stated that Field-Mar-
al Radetzky has been pleased to commute the
punishment of death into various periods of impri-
sonment in inns, varying from 5 to 16 years, ex-
cept with regard to the noblemen Carlo Montanari,
Tito Speni, and Grazioli, archpriest of Reiere,
upon whom the sentence of death was executed on
the 3d by means of the gallows. The above sen-
tence bears the signature of Lieut.-Marshal Baron
Culoz, commandant of the fortress of Mantua.

The. Tuscan. Monitore announces that the Ponti-
fical Government has adhered to the treaty between
Modena for the'
Acounssttrruia Tuscany,Ctioribf th rPailariTada, ofan and
Italy, com-
'prising the Bologna and Pistoia section.