The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-16 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

His Excellency Lord Cowley, Ambassador of her
Britannic Majesty, on Saturday presented to the
Emperor, at a private audience, letters from -.the
Queen to their Imperial Majesties, notifving"tci
them the birth of a Prince, her son. The Emperor
also received, on Saturday, from the Duke of Parma,
a reply to the notification of his Majesty's marriage.
The Emperor, accompanied by the Duke and
Duchess of Hamilton and M. Fould, Minister of
State,. went on Saturday to the Menus-Plaisirs to
visit the annual exhibition of the works of living
artists.
The Moniteur of Saturday gives a long report
from M. Ducos, Minister of Marine, on ithe neces-
sity of re-organising the commissariat department
of the navy, with a view, first to render it more
efficient, and next to introduce certain modifica-
tions in it, calculated to lead to a reduction in
the expense. The report states that according
to the ordonnance of Dec. 23, 1847, tho annual
cost of this branch of the service was 1,613,800 f.,
whereas by the plan now proposed it will be only
1,532,740 f., or 81,060 f. a year less. The report is
followed by a decree from the Emperor, approving
of the modifications proposed in the report, and
ordering them to be carried into effect.
By a decision of the 14th inst. the Emperor has
been pleased to accord a remission of the measures
of general safety pronounced by the Commission of
Revision of the Ist Military Division and by the
Mixed Commissions of the Departments in the case
of 19 persons, whose names are given. Amongst
thorn are two medical men and a former judge of
the Tribunal of Premiere Instance of Bordeaux.
The price of. bread in Paris for the second fort-
night of the present month remains without altera-
tion at 31 centimes the kilogramme, first quality,
and 24 centimes the second.

A letter from st. Petersburgh of the 21st ult.
announced that the cholera, which.wn:s then raging
with great violence at Moscow, had reappeared in
the Russian capital, where several persons, among
whom were two theatrical performers, had 2 died.
Another letter, of more recent date, states that the
disease had not made any further progress, and has
been confined to isolated cases.

The Ami de la Religion announces the death of
the Rev. Father Roothaan the General of the
Jesuits, which took place at home on the Bth inst.
The Princess Achilli Murat, who recently arrived
from the Floridas, had a private audience of the
Emperor on Saturday. The Princess married, on
the 30th July, 1826, the eldest son of King Joachim,
and has been a widow since April, 1846. Her High-
ness is grand neice of General Washington.

The Duke of Genoa, brother of the King of
Sardinia, is shortly expected in Paris. Apartments
are, it is said, being prepared in the Tuileries for
his reception.

At the Bourse on Saturday, although the amount
of business transacted was not very extensive, the
previous quotations of the various descriptions of
Government Securities were steadily maintained,
with an advance at the conclusion of business of sc.
in the Three per Cents. for cash. For the account,
the Three per Cents. rose 15c., and the Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., sc. A decline of sf. occurred
in Bank of France Shares. The final quotations
were :—For money, Three per Cents., 81f. 80c. ;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104!. For the
end of the month, Three per Cents., 82f. ;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. 30c. Bank
Stock 2,725 A fall of 2f. occurred in Credit
Foncier shares, which closed at 882 f. 50c.
A rise to the same amount took place in those of
the Societe Mobiliere, which were finally quoted at
958 f. 75c. In the Railway Share Market yester-
day there was again much activity, shares being in
demand, and generally at an improved quotation.
Paris and Strasbourg shares advanced 15f., and
those of the rema'ning lines were lf. to 7f. each,
with the exception of those of the Western of
France, Rouen and Havre, and. Caen and Cher-
bourg, which each declined 2f. Closing prices—
Northerns, 935 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,120 f. ;
Paris and Strasbourg, 953 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons,
972 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,170 f. ; Lyons to
the Mediterranean, 857 f. 50c. ; Western of France,
797 f. 50c. ; Rouen and Havre, 550 f. ; Bordeaux
and Cette 6 3f. 75c. : Caen and Cherbourg, 647 f. •
50c.