The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-20 00:00:00

TliC FRENCH EMPIRE.

Th
° Emperor enters his 46th year to-day the
20th,
, The Legislative Body sat on Tuesday ; M. Bil-
Lault, the President in the chair. Leave of absence,
ps accorded to Baron Buquet. Eleven bills of
al interest were presented. Seven bills of local
to!erest Were adopted, three relating to new deli-
nations of communes in Corsica and the Rhone,
and four relative to extraordinary taxes in the
-ig-Rhin, Lot, Pas-de-Calais, and La Vendee.
12e ,two bills proposinc, to accord a pension of
b woufri a year to each of the widows of Marshals
ex4elmans and Oudinot, were adopted. The dis-
-8..113gi0n on the bill to regulate the promotion of
iPerior officers in the navy was then commenced.
brunt de L Itour and M. Perret opposed the
p and X Conseil, M. de Cuverville, and General
(larch
„ alTo supported it. M. Baroche, the Presi-
dent of the Council of State, having defended the
theasure, and M. Perret having again addressed
e house, the discussion was adjourned to the
daY.—Before theublic sitting, the members
mQt hi their bureau; and named their Presidents
S'_‘eretaries for the ensuing month.
Emperor has conferred the Military Medal
Count Ornano, - Governor of the In-
aandes, and on General Lebrun, Dnc de Plaisance,
relnd Chancellor of • the Legion of Honour.
o:eneral the Marquis de Castelbajac has, at his
to", 11 request, been removed from the retired list,
Ist General
admitted into the second section (reserve) of
1„ e General Staff of the army from the Ist January
4d-st.
113 r decrees of the Emperor, the Bank of France
authorised to open branch establishments at
An
and Toulon.
iigui aide-de-camp of Marshal Valliant arrived at
lio``l're on Saturday, and minutely examined the
ta: of fortifications. "It is hoped from this,"
ht'os a Havre journal, " that the fortifications are
laNilt to be destroyed, so as to allow of the en-
ikelnent of the town."
aiti"." municipal council of Limoges, at a late
hillg, voted an address to the -Emperor, praying
ao'. to honour that place with a visit,•and placed
fortill,dimited credit at the disposal of the mayor
his "" expenses of the reception, in the event of
Tillajesty acceding to the invitation.
Sultan has just accorded the decoration of
4,l"J„.lclie of the first class to M. Drouyn de Lhuys
• Baroche ; of the second class to Count
kirftcniocchi ; of the third class to Baron de Chas-
-41;11' M. Reynaud, and Capt. Rigaud de Genou-
t, of the navy ; and of the fourth class to Lieu-
Clitn Baehm and de Beaulieu, of the navy ; to
Ice:eillooliegude and M. Wells, attaches of the
flicen embassy ; and to M. Herman Lippus.
the r, Afoniteur publishes a decree which convokes
41, General Council of the Seine for the 23d of
a second decree provides that the marble
tot tiettes, imported from Italy, shall pay the same
thi:ciance duty as other marble goods ; and, by a
ha the Bank of France is authorised to establish
Yesterday
banks at Nancy and Toulon.
,0881-eterday the Corps Legislatif resumed the dis-
A:4 on the Marine Staff Bill. A division took
and the numbers were—For the bill, 188 ;
gainst
th. it, 31.
oti e Institute Lord Brougham read a paper on
etatr and mathematics, accompanied by demon-
aht °lla and calculations on the board. In the
itig ice of M. Arago, whose health, though improv-
lie,: unesinot yet permit his attending, M. Jus-
e,...2oeupied the chair. In the course of the pro-
thtfor ge he paid a handsome compliment to M.
e 3 en the sitting being the 50th anniversary of
4 `t_aY on which that gentleman first took his seat
to a Member of the Institute. Amongst the per-
thlls Present on the occasion was Marshal Valliant,
e last member elected.
IllAt the Bourse yesterday the market for Govern-
keont Securities was dull, and with a decline ow
Ilday's prices. In the Three per Cents., both
LOr cash and the end of the month, the fall was 10c.
,'uLeach, and 15c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
~or account. An improvement of sf. took place iu
Bank Stock. The final quotations were :—For
,s_claeh, Three per Cents., 80f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half
per
Cents , 103 f. 70c. For the account :—Three
v'Thr Cents., 80f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
the
55c.:. Bank Stock, 2,735. In the shares of
ole„Bank of Credit Foncier an advance took place
if °I., and they closed at 900 f. 50c. Credit Mobi-
TZ improved 6f., and were last done at 939 f. 750.
Share
improvement noted on Tuesday in the Railway
ware Market has been again maintained, and an
value taken place in most of the principal lines.

SPAIN.
byrr.hi e Madrid journals of the 14th, which arrived
tit,:,ue regular mail, are like those of the 13th, des,
'eef interest, as they contain nothing respect-
the Ministerial crisis, which had not reached
i.A letVraPhic dispatch, or from private sources.
,_44erg'; of the 15th, by express, states that General
4lioiTui) the President of the now Cabinet and
of cer for Foreign Affairs, will hold the portfolio
Go e Interior until the arrival of M. Ayllon. M.
11'itli ,L", the Minister of Justice, is also charged
e portfolio of the Public Works ad interim.
of th' 18 lie notice in this letter of the resumption
.Patr.e Sittings of the Cortes, announced by the
The le, as having been communicated by telegraph.
may be Was probably incorrect, for whatever
prop prob 7, the intentions of the new Ministry,
ei i..n_s_
letsillas.t the Cortes would sit during th
said that the Ministers had announced their
th abandon the cause of Reform.
0-
the 14t ti the Three per Cents. closed at 42k.

.ITALY.
beteer, read in the Patric :—" If our information
to e-,,trect, the Sardinian Government is disposed
44,1",ede a line of railway from Nice to Turin
villiefi'lessandria, passing by Albenga and Asti,
tiob; will give fresh facilities to commercial rela-
he, IA-tween France and Piedmont. It would
st however, however, that the Sardinian Government
elans;"7.B to admit this line among those of the first
NO 'or which it guarantees a minimum of inte-

„
The
8t1) klicial Journal of the Two Sicilies, of the
liodhrutions another shock of earthquake at Melfi,
cliaa;:atory and violent, but short, and without any
°us consequences. he same journal announces a miracle said to
11 taken place at Bari, where one of the thorns
'el-Eh-gin', to the crown with which our Saviour was
clay"hred,let fall some drops of blood on Good Fri-
N7st) in the presence of a numerous concourse
A. similar miracle is stated to have taken
Of ti; at Andria on the same day with another thorn
1t 4,, crown and it is added that this is not the
best such a thing has occurred, but that it has
4 several times observed, the last being in 1842.
to s; Victor Lefranc arrived at Turin on 15th,
000111 a contract with the Government for the
ruction of the Turin and Savoy Railway.
ofAs. '
letter from Milan of the 13th, in the Optinione
ere44llll) states that three more barracks are to be
'7,cu• at Milan at the expense of the city ; one
tue site of the garden of the Palace Dugnani,
hotherh at the Tosa gate, and a third opposite to
e amphitheatre.

GERMANY.

, The Cassel Gazette of the 16th publishes an ordon-
nance r
411ce
abrogating the law of Oct. 28, 1848, relative
"u el. religious liberty and the introduction of civil
marriage. This ordonnance abolishes civil marriage
47; ith regard to the members of the established Chris-
"all Churches.
tioThe directing members of the Hygienic Associa-
-4 Of Rostock were summoned before the police
124t.!1 the 16th, and recommended to withdraw from
tendencies were
well association, as its democratic
"ephil known, or otherwise it would ten( ldissolved.en
it The Cologne Gazette states from Berlin 16th :
404 grand military parade took place to-day in
..nour of the Elector of Hesse. The best under-
ialll,.ding prevails between the elector and
di'ulY, and ()Very trace of . the. royasal
former dissheernesifoonrssohme
ii:4l)peared. The elector will remain .
Ys. The grand reception of his Royal Highness
\via M. de
takell„_ place in the Chateau of Potsdam.
th'e. bleY President of the Police, has dined with
li-e 1C.,111-"•' His Majesty will leave for Vienna after
t/Iri-e: m.e;ar. ture of the Elector. It is stated that
itttince George proposes making a long journey in
rieYhe."p •
so Prussian Gazette, under date of Vienna 14th,
41.8._ :---" Towards the end of last week dispatches
t, here from the Russian Embassy, relative
the affair of Constantinople, which were to be
e-413ininuuicated to our Cabinet. We also learn thate
i'lle, differences between Turkey and Russia may be
re differences
as terminated, with the exception of the_
pesti(3ll of the Holy Places. The conference. Oif
to directors of the Austro-German Railway, which
"A place last year at Berlin, will take place at
Alltil;(11... The young(brother-in-law of
Duke d'Alba . _
tr fl;mpross of the French) has been named as at
1(116 to the Spanish Embassy at Vienna. The
,}l.Tointnient of an Austrian Consul in the princi-
A tilty of
Montenegro is.shortly expected."
since, letter from Vienna, 14th, says :_cc A few clays
4111,ce, a Turkish staff officer arrived. here with all
or letter from the Sultan to the Emperor,
the excuses of the Ottoman Government
not 113 ~ r, ref,„, . 11% more rapidly sent the Hungarian
bee",ees into the interior. Count de Leningen had
ki r eharged to solicit this measure from the Tur-
F 3 0 ,
q„\-jrCS eminent. Now that the Porte has adopted
0.71 differences which had arisen between the two
thi4erillue
cs nts may be considered as settled. On
eeasioli Cvt4t nuOl kiiatttuoteiu, Minister of