The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

The ceremony of presenting the newly appointed Car-
dinal Morlot, Archbishop of Tours, with the cardinal's
hat, took place on Sunday, at the Tuileries.
.Two court
carriages conveyed the new cardinal and his suite to
the palace. He was accompanied by Mgr. the Ablegate
of the Pope, by one of the noble guards of his Holiness,
and by a master of the ceremonies ; and his suite con-
sisted of the Abbe Malmouche, First Grand Vicar of
his Eminence ; and of the Abbes Manceau, canon of
Tours ; Etienne, general superior of the seminary at
Tours ; Deguerry, curs of the Madeline ; Martin de
Noirlieu, cure of Saint Louis d'Antin ; Duplessy,
honorary canon of Nevers, cure of Pithiviers ; Mac
Carthy, Chicollot, and Noirot, Inspector-General of
Public Instruction. The cortege alighted at the Pavil-
lion de Flore. The cardinal proceeded to a room near
the chapel containing the ornaments of his dignity ; and
the Ablegate was conducted to the audience of the
Emperor, in the cabinet of his Majesty, where the
princes of the Imperial Family, the Ministers, and
the officers on service were assembled. The ceremony
was both gorgeous and impressive.
It appears that Louis Napoleon has once more ap-
plied to the Austrian Government for the remains of
the Duke de Reichstadt. His wish is that the remains
of the Emperor Napoleon and his son should be trans-
ported at the same time to the Cathedral of St. Denis.
It is probable that this new request will meet with the
fate of its predecessors. The Austrian GoVernment has
steadily refused to give up the body of the Duke de
Reichstadt, which lies amidst the rest of the Imperial
family of Austria in the Church of St. Augustine, at
Vienna.

Every day adds to the number of persons arrested in
Paris and the departments. These measures are directed
exclusively against the Socialists, and have been caused
by a subscription for a loan which MM. Felix Piat,
Biochot, and Caussidiere have attempted to get up in
France. Some of the subscription lists have been dis-
covered, and all the subscribers have been arrested.
The legislative body met yesterday ; M. Billault in
the chair. The Assembly then commenced the discus-
sion of the bill relative to the promotion of the superior
officers of the navy.
The Patric says :—" The Chartists of London cele-
brated the anniversary of Robespierre on the 13th.
The French refugees were invited to attend, but only
Nadaud and a score of Socialists of the lowest class
were present."

The market for rentes continues to improve, and
prices have again advanced, exhibiting firmness, with
an upward tendency at the close of business. The
Three per Cents, for the account rose 30c., and the
Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 40c. ; in the Four-and-a-
Half per Cents, for cash no Change occurred, but the
Three per Cents. advanced 25c. A decline of sf, again
took place in Bank shares. The closing prices were :
For Cash : Three per Cents., 80f. 60. ; Four-and-a-Half
Cents Cents., 103 f. 70c. For the account : Three per
~ 80f. 60c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 108 f.
70c. Bank shares, 2,730 f. In the railway share mar-
ket to-day there was much activity, and an advance in
price took place in those securities : in Paris and Rouen
to the extent of 20f., -and of 13f, in Paris and Stras-
bourg ; most of the other principal lines improved from
sf. to 10f. each. The last prices were : Northerns,
917 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,050 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg,
853 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 949 f. ; Paris and Rouen,
1,105 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean 812 f. 50c. ;
Western of France, 777 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 532 f.
50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 647 f. 75c. ; Caen and
Cherbourg, 635 f. ; Dijon and Besan9on, 580 f. ,

SPAIN.
We have received in due course the Madrid journals
and letters of the 13th, but they do not contain a line of
information which had not previously reached us, by ex-
press or by telegraphic dispatch.
The Debats says :—" In the list of the new Spanish
!ministry figures the name of M. Ayllon, now Spanish
Ambassador at Vienna. There is reason to believe that
General Lersundi has not consulted him on the subject,
and that he is not certain of his consent. The friends of
M. Ayllon, who is very well known in Paris, where he
was attached to the Span4h embassy, doubt his accept-
ance of the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. We, in fact,
remember that he was some years since named to that
important post, but that he refused it."
We read in the Ur iota :—" Our letters from Madrid
confirm the facts before stated on the subject of the sus-
pension of the Cortes. The following are more complete
details : —The speeches of General Emanuel Concha to
the Senate, and of General Prim to the Congress, in the
sitting of the 6th, excited great alarm and considerable
discontent in the Court, and it is said that they
were sent for to the palace in order to be remon-
strated with. Far from paying any attention
to this, General Concha declared that in the
sitting of the Bth, he would produce written proofs
of the charges which had been made on the malversa-
tions which had taken place not only on the railways
from Madrid to Aranjuez, and from Aranjuez to Al-
manza, but also on other points of the `pubic adminis-
tration. His declarations, he said, would tend to com-
promise some very exalted personages, but nothing should
stop him. In the evening the President of the Senate
was ordered to read at the very opening of the sittitir
the degree of suspension, and requested not to allow any
one to speak, and it appears that, in order to support
these orders, a company of infantry was in readiness to
clear the hall of the Cortes in case of resistance. In
consequence of this event several high functionaries,
both civil and military, were dismissed, particularly
General Schneil, director-general of cavalry, and M.
Orvognes, civil governor f Madrid. Others received
orders to take up their residence in provincial towns,
and several were expelled from the Spanish territory ;
the names of the latter are not mentioned."

ITALY.
The Ticino Gazette announces that the Council of
State of that canton having asked permission of the
Federal Council to devote the 10,000 f. it has sent for
theo relief of the poor Ticinese expelled from Lombardy,
t furnishing those who are willing, with sufficient
mnreiy o leave the country in order to seek work in
fogn parts, the Federal Council has acquiesced in that
course.
A letter from Milan of the 13th, in the Opinione of
Turin, states that the deputation of Milanese gentlemen
who had gone to Vienna with an address suggested to
them by Count Gyulai himself, praying for a
an eitigation
of the sequestration decree,
has met with mitigation
of the sequestratjo decree, has met with an extremely
cold reception at Vienna. ,
The Grand Duke of Tuscany left Florence on the 11th
for Leghorn, in order to visit the preparatory works in
the new port of that city, the execution of which is car-
ried on with great activity.

THE Enressox.—This noble ship lies at her dock
in Williamsburg, where improvements are being made ii
the machinery. The main difficulty hitherto encountered
has arisen from the want of a perfect connexion of two
sections of an air pipe, near the bottom of one of the cylin-
ders. Though connected by rivets, the working of the
engine prevented such a union of the parts as to allow of
the full use of the power otherwise available. It is said
that it has been determined to substitute a single castbil,
for the defective parts, and that the difficulty will be
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ob-
viated at once. This change is now being made. I:l2'ieware
engine has been perfect throughout ; and when bo_winuch
complete, it is believed that the Ericsson v.eill_be,,i'en; york
better condition to prove her capabilities• •a,
Herald.

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