The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-04 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday
in due course.
The Moniteur contains the following decree :
"Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national
will, Emperor of the French, to all present and to come,
greeting :—On the report of our Minister of the Interior,
of Agriculture, and of Commerce, taking into consi-
deration the Senatus-Consulturn of 'Dec. 23, 1852, con-
fides to us the sovereign decision of all modifications
produced in Customs' tariffs by international treaties,
that in consequence we have an additional motive to act
with extreme prudence in all matters which relate to the
vital interests of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce ;
considering that security being the first necessity of
these interests, it is important that all economical ques-
tions should be examined with prudence and car tion ; being
anxious to profit by the experience and knowkdge of
such men as have devoted their time to the study of
these questions, or to the practice of agricultural, indus-
trial, and commercial affairs, we decree as follows :
Art. 1. There 1:3 established in connexion with the Go-
vernment a superior council of commerce, agriculture,
and manufactures. This council, placed within the at-
tributions of our Minister of the Interior, of Agriculture,
and of Commerce, shall be presided over by him, and
shall consist of a vice-president, two members of the
Senate, two of the Legislative Corps, two of the Council
of State, and six other persons of experience and infor-
mation. In addition, the following persons shall be ex
officio members of the council :—The Director-General of
Customs and of Indirect Taxes, the Director of Agri-
culture and Commerce, the Director of Consulships
and Commercial Affairs, the Director of the Colo-
nies, and the Director of the Affairs of Algeria.
Art. 2. The special decree, which shall name the
vice-president and members of the council, shall
also appoint a secretary, with consulting voice.
Art, 3. This council shall give its advice on all
questions submitted to it by the Government, con-
concerning customs' tariffs, treaties of commerce and
navigation, the commercial legislation of the colonies
and of Algeria, the encouragement to be given to the
fisheries, and all questions of colonisation and emigra-
tion. Should it be necessary to clear up any facts, the
council can call before it witnesses, and. may even pro-
ceed to an official inquiry, with the authorisation of the
minister. Art. 4. Our Ministers shall have the right
of entry to the Superior Council, and may delegate their
commissioners to explain any questions which the Conn-
' cil may be directed to deliberate on. Art. 5. The
enactments of the ordonnance of April 29, 1831, relative
to the formation and constitution of the Superior Council
of Commerce remain suspended. Art. 6. Our Minister
of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Commerce, is
charged with the execution of the present decree. Given
at the Palace of the Tuileries, this 2d of February, 1853.
" (Signed) NAPOLEON.
" (Countersigned) F. DE PERSIGNY,
" Minister of the Interior, of Agriculture,
and of Commerce."
This decree is followed by another, appointing M.
Billault, President of the Legislative Body, Vice-
President of the above-named Council, and the
following gentlemen members :—Count D'Argout
and the Duke de Mouchy, senators ; MM. Schnei-
der and Revell, Vice-Presidents of the Legislative
Body ; MM. de Parieu and de Vuillefroy, mem-
bers of the Council of State ; and Count de Morny,
deputy ; M. Legentil, President of the Chamber of
Commerce of Paris ; M. Gautier, deputy-Governor
of the Bank ; M. Dulbour-Dubergier, President of
the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux • M. Sey-
11,cux, manufacturer and deputy ; and M. d'Eich-
c„lnal, member of the Municipal Commission of the
Seine ; M. Ozeune, chef de bureau of the Legisla,
tion of Customs, is named secretary.
An imperial decree dated Wednesday, enacts
that the Charitable Maternal Societies which re-
ceive subventions from the State, shall be placed
under the presidency of the Empress, in order to
honour and encourage such institutions, and as a
special proof of affection for the Empress."
The Siecle states that the coronation of the Em-
Peror and Empress will probably take place earlier
than May next, the period originally fixed.
We read in the Moniteur—"Amongst the articles
composing the Corbeille de Manage of the Empress,
Lae Emperor directed to be placed, in lieu of the
Purse, which it is the custom to give to the bride,
a Pocket-book containing notes to the amount of
250,000 fr. The Empress has decided that this sum
shall be altogether appropriated to works of charity.
By her orders, 100,000 fr. are to be distributed
amongst the SoczetesMaternelles, which have for their
object to succour poor women when on the point
of lying in, and which are now placed under the
august patronage of her Majesty ; and 150 fr. are
to be employed in founding new beds in the
ilospice des Incurables, in favour of destitute per-
sons of both sexes, the designation of whom is to
belong to the Empress."
There is much talk in the fashionable circles of
the diamond necklace which is being made for the
Empress by order of the Emperor. It is said to be
completed with the exception of the centre dia-
mond; the jeweller charged with the order not
having until lately found one of sufficient beauty.
A Brazil merchant has arrived from London with a
diamond of the size and character required, and for
Which ho asks 150,000 fr. It is said that the offer
Made by the jeweller is, however, much less than
the price demanded.
The Monitcur contains addresses of felicitation to
the Emperor on his marriage from Angers, Laval,
Lyons, Bourg, Aix, Saintes, Bourges, Evreux,
Rennes, Aneenis, Cheaubriant, Cherbourg, Saint
Lo, ChMons-sur-Marne, Epernay, Commercy,
Moutmedy, Dunkirk, Hazebrouck, Verdun, Douai,
Wissembourg, and Meaux.
The register of the acts of the etat civil of the
Imperial family, in which the marriage of the Em-
peror was inscribed, was delivered in 1814, in obe-
dience to a royal ordonnance, to the Chancellor
Dambray, by Count Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely;
but in 1815, the latter again took possession of it
by order of the Emperor Napoleon I. Since that
time the register has been preserved by the Coun-
tess Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely ; and in 1849,
her son-in-law, General Regnaud. de St. Jean
d'Angely, presented it to the Emperor, at that
time President of the Republic.
By decree of the F.4llperir, , a silver medal of
honour of the first class is awarded to Mr. John
Douro, an English subject at Newfoundland, for
various services rendered to French merchant ships,
and for saving the lives of several seamen belong-
ing to the French vessels Suffren and Caribou.—
Another decree awards a gold medal of honour of
the first class to Mohammed Bel Mhejib, captain of
the port of Mogador, for saving several French sea-
men from Shipwreck.
The Government candidates for the Corps Legis-
latif have obtained the majority in the elections,
Which took place on the 30th and 31st ult. In the
department of the Lower Alps, Colonel Regnis had
6,423 votes out of 9,460 voters ; in the Gard, M.
-Waren, 21,867, to 6,177 given to M. Destrem ;
Eure and Loir, M. Auguste Reille, 17,331 votes,
out of 18,132 voters : in the Oise, M. de Corberon,
16,656, to 6,219 obtained by M. Cherisey, and
5,830 by M. Plee ; and in the Lower Rhine, M. de
Cohorn, 20,152, out of 20,642 voters.
, Yesterdays Bourse was
,disasterous to the specu-
lators for a rise. In consequence of the heavy
;oases sustained by numerous speculators during the
Ist month, it became necessary to sell stock to pay
their differences. There were also some defaulters
Oueelared, and their stock was consequently thrown
_II the market. Orders for the sale of Govern-
3ent stock were likewise received from the pro-
nuces, and these causes combined produced a
Vecies of panic. The Three per Cents. opened
11t 79f. 35c., and fell to 78f. 70c., and which they
Closed for the end of the month, being a fall of 90c.
t 8 compared with the closing prices yesterday. The
'„our-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 104 f. 65c. ;
,Jrleajas Railway Shares, 986 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 977 f.
50c. ; Havre, 455 f. ; Great Northern, 822 E 50c. ;
13„
41e, 340 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 745 f. ; Paris and
V-,Lyons, 840 f: ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 715 f. ;
odL eaux and Cette, 550 f. ; Caen to Cherbourg,
• D'' , 'Jon to Besancon, 510 f. ; Shares of the
Bank
of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 717 f. 50c.

SPAIN.
„We have received the Madrid journals of the 29th
11„.". According to a return published in the Gazette,
expenses of the Treasury for the present month
are estimated. at 126,565,606 reals (rather less than
millions of francs). The _Herald° has been again
hd• At a numerous meeting of the electors of
e district del Barcpillo, held on the previous day,
4e 4. Martinez de la Rosa addressed the persons as-
bled. He was loudly cheered and promised
81PPort.
The Herald() was again seized on the 29th.
Feb
expenses of the Treasury during the month
iy approved by the Council of Ministers,
`,'"a"forraably to the 24th clause of the law of the
'nix of February, 1850, were fixed at 126,565,606
The Ministry still expected to obtain a majority
t„.,?e approaching elections.
he Three per Cents. were done at 40 ; the New
ater Cents. at 22 9-16 ; tbe Debt of the first
elms
10 ; and that of the second at 51.

AUSTRIA.
The Augsbwrg Gazette, under date of Pesth, 28th
cavesays :—" For some days past niimerous arrests
'lave taken place here, most of them frbm
political
causes. The new prison is full. Among the per-
Sons arrested is a Mine. Egressy, a relation of
Xossuth. There has been found at her residence
a correspondence with the emigrants,
likely to compromise a number
of -
which is
ing to the upper classes of society.',persons belong
Each of the Austrian regiments
near
the Bosnian frontier, has sent a b stationed battalion to the
extreme frontier.
We have already mentioned that the sale of ar-
tillery-horses in Hungary had been Postponed.
The furloughs have also been suspended. Large
()dies of troops are marching towards DAliaatia.

A letter from Vienna of the 29th ult. says :
" Public feeling here is so decidedly against the
Turks in the affair of the Montenegro that our
journals give as little as possible of the news from
that quarter when it is unfavourable to the Mon-
tenegrins, and reliance cannot always be placed on
the news of a favourable character to that party.
We were told for instance that the Turks had been
driven back from Grahovo, whereas it now appears
• that they were victorious, and that they com-
mitted excesses revolting to humanity. The house
of the Vejovode was gallantly defended, and the
Turks in their rage, set fire to it, and burned
eighteen _persons, among whom was the brother of
the Vojovode. There is reason to fear that, al-
though the Montenegrins defend themselves with
great courage, they will be compelled to yield to
the superior numbers of their assailants, who in
this war hesitate at no cruelty, and seem to be de-
sirous of convincing the world that they are much
ereater barbarians than the most unenlightened
portion of their adversaries."
The Voss Gazette states from Vienna, that the
Austrian Cabinet has directed the Count de Leinin-
gen to signify to the Divan that the occupation of
Montenegro by the Turks would be considered a
violation of European international law.
A letter from Bucharest, 18th ult., in the
Augsburg Gazette, says :—" A report is cur-
rent that the Russians will enter our princi-
pality in the spring, and the rumour is so ge-
nerally credited that sonic persons have already
purchased provisions for the troops on specula-
tion. It is added that Anstria will concentrate
forces on the Wallachian frontier, but this; news
requires confirmation. Russian couriers from
time to time pass through this place to Mwttene-
a bro
•,,
A letter from the Unna of the 24th ult., in the
Lloyd of Vienna, states that that the Turks having
violated the Austrian territory near Sluin, by car-
rying of cattle and insulting the inhabitants, the
Ban Jellachich immediately demanded ample satis-
faction, and forced a Turkish Mudir to cross over,
and make humble excuses before the whole corps
of Austrian officers stationed there.

The latest accounts from Montenegro are up to
the 22d ult. It is confidently stated that Prince
Danilo has dislodged Reis [Pasha 'from his strong
position near Ostrock. A rumour was current that
the Voivode Vujatich had made his escape to a
secret grotto known only to a few faithful adhe-
rents. In the Nahija Cermniska, where 3,000
Montenegrins have had to make a stand against
12,000 Turks, the former have invariably had the
advantage.

The only news of any importance from the seat
of war is, that the Turkish troops, under Reis
Pasha, had entered Montenegro, by the defile of
Ostroga. An extremely dangerous and precipitous
path leads from Ostroom. to Nieguss, a small town
or rather village, just' above Cattaro, in the Kat-
tuuska Nahia.

The Kreuz Zeitung and the Allgemeine Zeitung
bring the intelligence that the Russian sth corps
d'armee, under General von Rudiger, has received
orders to advance to the Turkish frontier ; the 4th
division is also in daily expectation of receiving
marching orders, and has called in its reserves.