The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-18 00:00:00

111 E, FRENCH EMPIRE.

The Constitutionnel of yesterday contains an
article on the differences which have arisen between
A.ustria and Piedfriont on the subject of the se-
questration of the property of the Lombard
emigres, in which it endeavours to defend the part
taken by the French Government in the affair, and
attempts to throw blame on the conduct of
England.
It will be interesting to know that on this side
0,,f the Channel the preparations making by the
French to be duly represented at the Great In-
dustrial Exhibition in Dublin, are proceeding with
meat activity and success. On Saturday M.
•enuld, the Minister of State, threw open his mag-
tifieent salons for the purpose of gratifying a few
With a private view of all the magnificent articles
ZPared at the Imperial manufactories of Sevres,
Exhibition,
and the Gobelins, not only for the Dublin
pZuibition, but for that of New York. The
b,;,e.r 13411 Government has more than fulfilled its pro-
e7es towards both countries. The Sevres collection
:lists of several splendid china vases of the
p gest size, richly decorated. The shape of these
:iBteB oval, and they are finished and painted
that beauty and delicacy for which Sevres has
lic4l. been without a rival. One of these vases,
Th h
ra, was placed in the centre of the room, at-
,A:ted especial admiration by its beauty and ele-
be% There were also several pieces of minor
rtance, but all rivalling the larger objects in
tie,„4tY and finish. It was mentioned by the gen-
obiZap• in charge of the articles that several other
of a still grander character were also in
Wasrctration for the Dublin Exhibition, which it
(la feared would not be completed by the opening
48 Y? but which would certainly be forwarded so
ail? arrive in Dublin almost immediately after-
the us. The selection of the manufactures of
Gobelins and of Beauvais are wonderful
tas4tsPeeimens of art, and are chosen with great
of hud judgment. They consist of a series
troPieces showing the progress of these manufactures
in an early period to the present time, and thus
i7llvey at one view a graphic history of the art
;re and a brilliant idea of the perfection to which
" has been brought by ages of application and im-
Provement.' Among the articles of Beauvais manu-
facture are two screens, one for each country, on
Which are conspicuous the Imperial eagle, with the
cipher of the Emperor. Upon the whole, the pri-
.°ate view, which, by the by, was crowded all day
with people of distinction, gave the utmost satis-
faction, and the feeling expressed was that, even if
the • Dublin Exhibition contained nothing else, it
Wenld be worth the while going

1,13 Y the by, While speaking a the Dublin Exhi-
ultion we may mention that arrangements were on
N,tti
r ay comple.ted between te managers of the
4DublinExhibition and the directors of the rai1„,4,3%,
„,4,3%, by which the system of return tickets, avail-
able for two months, will, on and after the Ist of
MI, next be carried out between Paris and
vita Dover, Folkestone,. and Holyhead.
This will enable our Gallican friends to visit the
--`lpm_oernian capital at a very moderate expense.
fp.-"te übiquitous Mr. Roney, who arrived in Paris
r -Hamburg on Thursday, left .again last even-
fog for Antwerp, where he has made preparations
shipping the Belgian produce for Dublin on
The
morng.
Monitnieur announces that the grand cere-
-1,13r for the inauguration of the Emperor's tomb,
Vlleh was fixed for the 4th of May, will not take
`;'1,,,?. The only ceremony to take place at the In-
the on the 4th of May is a funeral service for
repose of the soul of " Napoleon the Great."
de telegraphic dispatch announces that Marshal
St. Arnaud, the Minister of War, left Marseilles
Vsierclay for Avignon. He is to arrive this day at
alence, and will be in Paris on Thursday.
The Minister of the Interior, in a circular ad-
iressed to the presidents of the statistical commis-
tis°l?B, requests them to remove, as much as lies in
power, all apprehension which the agricultu-
t'a"ti,ponart of the population may feel of an augmen-
(thie ef t!%xes. The Government, on. the contrary.
t,
eMinister declares), would willingly alleviate
tiarges now pressing on the agricultural inte-
git, should. an opportunity be afforded them of
`-",1 g so.
°lljiLord Brougham has arrived in Paris from Cannes,
S way to England.
tile tribunal of Rennes has given judgment in
la,L3aag ie of the Esperance du Peuple of Nantes. It
Zusde the first two counts of the indictment,
lletlYa, that of exciting hatred against the Govern-
by the
nd of false signatures to articles published
Journal ; but admits the third—that of

giving false news. The journal was condemned to
200 f. fine.

The Pays says that a convention relative to a
service of French steam-packets to the ports of
Greece has just been signed by the King of that
country.
The Patric says :—" Dispatches have arrived in
Paris announcing that the expedition sent against
the pirates of the Bissagos Islands, on the western
coast of Africa, had taken place, and that they had
been chastised in an exemplary manner."
The Constitutionnel states that the death of a
French political refugee in Jersey had been taken
advantage of by the other demagogues in that place
to make a demonstration. A most violent speech
was delivered, which was terminated by a cry of
" Vivo la Republique universelle, democratique et
sociale !" This speech was succeeded by another of
such violence, that all those who were only present
from curiosity left the place free to the actors in
this manifestation ; and M. Victor Hugo and M.
Pierre Leroux, who had been prepared to speak,
gave up the idea.
An improvement took place on Saturday in Go-
vernment securities, and the market was more
animated than for some days past. The closing
prices were thus. stated :—For Cash—Three per
Cents., 80f. 35c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
103 f. 70c. For the Account—Three per Cents.,
80f. 30c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 103 f. 30c.
Bank Stock, 2,735 f. The demand for railway shares
was moderately brisk, at an advance of 3f. 75c. on
the shares in the Northern line, and of lf. 25c. in
Paris and Lyons. At the conclusion of business,
Paris and Rouens had declined 10f.; Orleans, 2f.
50c. ; and Paris and Strasbourgs, sf. Closing prices :
—Northerns, 908 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,040 f. ; Paris
and Strasbourg, 840 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 945 f ;
Paris and Rouen, 1,085 f ; Lyons to the Mediterra-
nean, 807 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 770 f.