The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-29 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The rumour is circulated in some Legitimist or
Fusionist circles that the Count de Chambord has
been invited to the English Court, and that the
visit will take place in the month of March next,
when the ex-Queen of the French has returned
from her visit to Spain, and when the united family
will be received by her Britannic Majesty. It is
added that a letter to that effect has been received
in Paris from Frohsdorf from a well-known noble-
man personally attached to the household of the
Count de Chambord. There is no truth in the
rumour already alluded to, but several persons pro-
fess to believe it.
It is said the good understanding between the
English and French Governments on the Eastern
Question has been further cemented by a very im-
portant act. In virtue of the line of policy agreed
to between the two Governments, a draft was sent
to London on Saturday last of a declaration to ba
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the Universal Exhibition of Agriculture, Manufac-t
An Imperial decree, dated Saturday, enacts that
tures, and Fine Arts, which is to commence a.
Paris on the Ist May, 1855, shall be under the di.
rection and surveillance of a commission, which
shall be presided over by the Prince Napoleon ;
and that the following gentlemen shall be members
of the commission :
M. Baroche, president of the Council of State ; M.
Elie de Beaumont, senator, member of the Institute ;
M. Billault, president of the Legislative Body ; M.•
Blanqui, member of the Institute, director of the bn
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perior School of Commerce ; M. Eugene Delacroix,
artist, member of the Departmental Municipal Com-
mission of the Seine ; M. Jean Dollfus, manufac-
turer ; M. Arles-Dufour, member of the Chamber of
Commerce of Lyons ; M. Dumas, senator, member of
the Institute ; Baron Charles Dupin, senator, mein'
ber of the Institute ; M. Henriquel-Dupont, mem-
ber of the Institute ; Count de Gasparin, mem-
ber of the Institute ; M. Greterin, councillor e
State, director-general of Customs, and of Indirect
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Taxes ; M. Heurtier, councillor of State, director-
general of Agriculture and Commerce ; M. Ingres, mem'
ber of the Institute ; M. Legentil, president of the
Chamber of Commerce of Paris ; M. Leplay, chief
engineer of Mines ; Count de Lesseps, director of Con-
sulates arid of Commercial Affairs in the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs ; M. Merimee, sepator, member
of the Institute : M. Michael Chevalier, council-
lor of State, member of the Institute ; M. Mimerel,
senator ; General Morin, director of the Conserva-
toire Imperial the Arts et Metiers ; Count de Morny,
deputy of the Legislative Body, member of the Superior
Council of Commerce, Agriculture, and Manufactures ;
Prince de la Moskowa, senator ; Duke de Mouchy,
senator member of the Superior Council of Commerce,
Agriculture, and Manufactures ; Marquis de Pastoret,
senator, member of the Institute ; M. Emile P6reire,
president of the Council of Administration of the South-
ern Railway ; General Poncelet, member of the
tute ; M. Regnault, member of the Institute, director
of the imperial Manufactory of Sevres ; M. &Jr
drouze, manufacturer, deputy of the Legislative,
Body ; M. de Saulcy, member of the Institute, and
keeper of the Museum of Artillery ; M. Schneider, vice-
president of the Legislative Body, member of the Su-
perior Council of Commerce, Agriculture, and Mandan',
tures,- Baron Achille ; M. Seydoux, deputy 0'
the Legislative Body ; M. Simart, member of the
Institute ; M. Troplong, president of the Senate, first
president of the Court of Cassation, member of the
Institute ; Marshal Count Vaillant, grand marshal of
the Palais, senator, member of the Institute;
Visconti, meiuLer of the Institute, architect to the
Emperor. The decree enacts, that the comrnioiee
shall be divided into two sections—one of fine arts,
and the other of agriculture .and manufactures;
that the section of fine arts shall consist of
M. Baroche, M. Eugene Delacroix, M. Henriquel-De.
pont, M. Ingres, M. Merimee, Count de Moinit
Prince de la Moskowa, Duke de Mouchy, Marquis
de Pastoret, M. de Saulcy, M. Simart, and M. Vie.
conti ; and that the section of agriculture and eOl3l.
merce shall be composed of M. Elie de Beaumont:
M. Billault, M. Michel Chevalier, M. Jean Dollfust
M. Arles-Dufour, M. Dumas, Baron Charles DoP.,.int
Count de Gasparin, M. Greterin, M. Heertier,*lll.
Legentil, M. Leplay, Count de Lesseps, M. Mimerel,
General Morin,. M. Emile Pereire, General Poncelet,
M. Regnatilt, M. Sallandrouze, M. Schneider, M. Sell'
liere' M. Seydoux, M. Troplong, Marshal Count Valiant.
The decree further enacts that, in case of the absence of
Prince Napoleon, the commission, in general assembly,
shall be presided over by the Minister of State, or b 1
the Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, 'and Public
Works ; and, in their absence, by a vice-president, who,
shall be nominated by ballot in the first sitting ; that
the section of fine arts shall be presided over by the
Minister of State ; that of agriculture and manufac'
tures by the Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and
Public Works ; and that each section shall choose $
vice-president. The decree concludes by appointing
M. Arles-Dufour, secretary-general of the commission ;
M. Adolphe Thibeaudeau, assistant-secretary-general;
M. de Mercey, chief of the section of Fine Arts ,h 1
the Ministry of State, secretary of the section of fine
arts ; M. Andiganne, chief of the bureau of Manufan'
tures., and M. Chemin-Dupontes, chief of the bureau of
Navigation in Foreign Commerce, secretaries of the
section of agriculture and manufactures."
Another decree enacts that Lord Cowley, ambas-
sador of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain St
Paris, shall be a member of the commission of the
Exhibition. This nomination is followed by these
remarks in the non-official part of the Moniteur
‘: Lord Cowley, ambassador of her British Majesty to
his Majesty the Emperor, has been nominated a niember
of the Commission of the Universal Exhibition of the
productions of Agriculture, Manufactures, and Fine
commission
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The dividend of the Bank of France for the
second half year of 1853, is fixed at 84f. per shares
payable on and after the 2d January.

The Paris papers of yesterday had not arrived
when we went to press. We have, however, re-
ceived the following telegraphic despatch :
M. Fortoul, Minister of Public Instruction, and
M. Thayer, Directer-General of the Post, are
gazetted as Senators.

The Imperial decree sanctions the amalgamation
of the junction of the Rhone and Loire and the
Great Central Railway Companies.
The Bourse of yesterday was heavy, in conse'
quence of the announcement that Consols had de-
clined in London. The Three per Cents, closed
at 74f. 10c., for the end of the month. The Four-
and-a-half per Cents., closed at 101 f. • Orleans
Railway Shares, 1,170 f. ; Rouen, 1,050 f! ; Havre;
500 f.; Great Northern, 875 f. ; Paris and Stras-
bourg, 812 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 912 f. 50c. ;
Lyons to the Mediterranean, 747 f. 50c. ; Western
of France, 687 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette,
Great Central, 515 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 5121'
50c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 736 k