The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-23 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.
The following decree of the Emperor, dated yes-
_ _

terday, appeariu the Moniteur :
" Considering that the calm and security which reign
in the country permit the suppreseion of the Ministry of
General Police, the institution of which was founded on
exceptional circumstances, we have decreed and do de-
cree as follows : _

"Art. 1. The Ministry of G-aneral Police is sup-

pressed.
" Art. 2. The attributions of the Ministry of General
Police are again added to those of the Minister of the
Interior."
In consequence of the suppression of the Minis-
try of Police, the Emperor has decreed that there
shall be established at the Ministry of the Interior
a Direction of Stiret6 Generale, and appoints M.
Collet-Meygret, Prefect of the Aube, to be the di-
rector. Other decrees of the same date raise M.
de Maupas, the Minister of Police, to the dignity
of Senator ; M. Latour-Dumoulin, director of the
press, to the grade of officer of the Legion of
Honour. Another decree confers the decoration
of chevalier of the Legion of Honour on M.Theblin,
chef du cabinet of the Minister of Police.
We read in the Itioniteur*:—" The Emperor has
decided that the Ministry of Agriculture and Com-
merce shall be re-established, and that the present
attributions of the Ministry of Public Works shall
be attached to it. This new ministerial depart-
ment is to be confided to M. Magne." The same
journal states that M. de Maupas, the Minister of
Police, will be speedily appointed to a diplomatic
post.
The Minister of War has appointed a commission
of superior officers, under the presidency of General
Count Schramm, to pass the final examinations of
the pupils of the Ecole Imperial° Speciale Militaire.
" It is intended," says the Patrie, " shortly to
make the troops of Satory give the representation
of an attack on Versailles, by night, as if it were a
hostile city."
A telegraphic despatch announces that Marshal
de St. Arnaud had arrived on Monday at Sarre-
Louis on his way to Sarrebruck, and would most
probably return to Paris on the evening of Wed-
nesday.
The funeral obsequies of the late Mgr. Gari-
baldi, the Pope's Nuncio, took place yesterday at
Notre-Dame. For the last three days the body of
his Eminence had been exposed, covered with his
archiepiscopal ornaments, in the midst of a chapelle
ardente at the residence of the deceased, in the
Rue d l'Universite. Masses were each morning
said by the side of the body, and on Monday
funeral services were celebrated in all the chapels
.of the religious houses for the repose of the soul of
the deceased. In the evening of that day the body
was placed in a leaden coffin, and then in one of
oak, covered over with purple velvet.
The monks of La Trappe de la Meilleraye have
addressed a letter to the Emperor expressing their
deep sense of gratitude to his Majesty for his bene-
volence in furnishing them with money for the pay-
ment of the transfer duty which devolved on them
iu consequence of the death of their superior,
Father Maximo, and which amounted to 18,032 fr.
, 82c. .

The Phare de la Manche states that the greatest
activity prevails in the dockyard at Cherbourg,
where the Austerlitz mixed line-of-battle ship of
100 guns, and the Alceste 52-gun frigate are being
got ready for sea. - It was also reported that the
Clorinde and Bellone frigates, and the Phlegeton
steam corvette were to be immediately fitted out.
The Constitutionnel, after quoting the above, says :
—" We may add, that in order to expedite the
fitting out of the Austerlitz, which has only been a
few months off the stocks, a large number of me-
chanicians have been sent from Indret to Cherburg
in order to fit up her engines, It is thought that
the three line-of-battle ships now fitting out at
Cherburg and Brest, together with some sailing
and steam frigates, will form a Channel squadron,
which in case of need will act with the English
squadron under Admiral Corry, as the Levant
fleet acts with that under Admiral Dundas."
At the Bourse yesterday a general decline in
prices took place, its further progress apparently
being only arrested by the termination of business.
The final quotations were :—For cash, Three per
Cents., 76f. 60c. • Four-and-a-Half ditto, 101 f. ;
for the account, Three per Cents., 76f. 30c. ; Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. ditto, 101 f. 20c. ; Bank
Stock, 2,665 f. Shares of the Mortgage Bank re-
mained without variation, being still quoted at
705 f. Those of the Societe Mobiliere fell 5f., the
last quotation being 780 f. At the Railway hare
Market yesterday business was generally dull, and we
have to report a decline in the shares of nearly all
the principal lines; in Paris and 'Lyons and Paris
and Rouen Shares to the extent of 10f., and from
2f. to sf. in the remainder. Closing prices :
Northern, 878 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,046 f ; Paris
and Strasbourg, 890 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 890 f. ;
' Paris and Rouen, 990 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterra-
nean, 715 f ; Western, 710 f. ; Rouen and Havre,
565 ; Bordeaux and Cette, 615.