The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-23 00:00:00

THE 'SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1853.

IMPERIAL PA [IMAM ENT,

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.)
• The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION.
The members of the Southampton election committee
attended at the table, and were sworn in. They were—
Sir J. Walsh, Hon. H. B. Brand, Lord Hotham, Mr.
J. B. Smith, and Mr. H. A. Herbert, chairman. The
committee was appointed to sit to-morrow at 12 o'clock.
Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from farmers in
Sussex against the malt tax.
Mr. DUNLOP presented a petition from a place in
Scotland against the Maynooth grant.
Mr. CHRISTOPIWR presented a petition from let-
tercarriers complaining of the recent order of the Post-
master-General abolishing Christmas-boxes.
Mr. HADFIELD presented petitions from the cor-
poration of Sheffield, and from the Great Western
Railway Company, in favour of representative control
in regard to county rates.
Mr. WALPOLE presented petitions against the ad-
mission of Jews into Parliament.

Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a petition from Droit-
wich, in favour of the abolition of the law of settlement.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Pickering,
Yorkshire, praying for the abolition of the taxes on
knowledge ; also, two petitions from the medical officers
of the Charing-cross Hospital, and the London Hospital,
and another' petition from Liverpool, in favour of the
London University returning members to Parliament.

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday
in due course. •

It is stated that M. de Mercey, chief of the de-
partment of the Beaux-Arts at the Ministry of the
Interior, is to fill the same office in the Ministry of
State. M. Camille Doucet, sub-chief of the thea-
trical department at the Ministry of the Interior,
is to fill the office of chief of the theatrical depart-
ment at the Ministry of State.
The departments of public service, which pass
from the Ministry of the Interior to the Ministry
of State figure in the Budget for 4,842,417 f.
In this amount the Archives Nationales enter
for 114,000 f., the Establishment of Fine Arts
for 499,300 f., the works of art and decora-
tions of public edifices 950,000 f., the tomb of
Napoleon I. 152,217 fr., the preservation of old his-
torical monuments 745,000 fr., encouragements and
subscriptions to fine arts 211,000 fr., annual indem-
nities to dramatic authors and composers and their
widows 137,700 fr., subventions to Imperial theatres
1,375,000 fr., the purchase of pictures and statues
for the Louvre 100,000 fr., and different sums for
the museums, the pensions of the Grand Opera,
&c.
The Messager du Midi states that a lawyer of
Maraussan, named Aubertin, and a landowner of
Montpellier, named Bedos, who had been tram-
ported, but afterwards allowed to return to France
under surveillance, have been ordered to go and
reside in certain places appointed them. This.mea-
sure has been determined on in consequence of
their using language calculated to excite hatred
against the authorities.
The Council of State assembled on Monday at
the Tuileries, under the presidency of the Empe-
ror, and after the Councillors and Masters of Re-
quests had taken the oath, the discussion of the
budget was commenced. The sitting, which lasted
from one o'clock till five, was attended by his Im-
perial Highness the Prince Napoleon, and by all
the Ministers. The Council was to assemble at the
Tuileries again yesterday, to continue the discussion
of the budget. It holds its sittings in the apart-
ment in which the Council used to assemble in the
reign of Napoleon I.
The. Emperor has received from the Queen of
Great Britain and Ireland a reply to the letter
notifying his marriage. Her Majesty's letter was
presented to the Minister of Foreign Affairs by
Mr. Jerningham, Charge d'Affaires of England, in
the absence of the ambassador. On Monday, the
Belgian Minister, M. Firmin Rogier, presented to
the Emperor in private audience a similar letter
from the King of the Belgians.
The Moniteur contains the ,following :—"A con-
siderable numberof letters orpetitions are addressed
every day to her Majesty the Empress. The two
principal objects of these letters are dethands for
relief and demands for places. As to demands for
relief her Majesty intends that they shall be ex-
amined with the greatest care, and she will do, if
not all that she could wish, at least all that may
'depend on her to relieve the unfortunate who may
be pointed out to her as the most worthy of inte-
rest. As to the demands for places, and to all
those which raise questions in which her Majesty
cannot interfere, she' can only send' them to the
Ministers, who alone have power to appreciate the
titles and the service of the petitioners.
The Assemblee Nationale says :—" The French
army and navy has at least 30, 000 non-commissioned
and warrant officers. The decree which increases
their pay by 10c. a-day will give to each of them
36fr. 50c. a-year.• This will be an annual increase
in the budget of 1,095,000 fr."
The Pilo e de Calvados, published at Caen, has
received a warning, for speaking "in terms as in-
exact as impropa " of the marriage of the Em-
peror.
Intelligence has been received from Algiers to
the 15th inst. The colony enjoys perfect tranquil-
lity. The Moniteur .Algerien publishes a decree
from the Governor-General, placing under seques-
tration the whole of the property of the tribe of the
Ouled-Dhan, near Guelma, whose hostility has led
to this act of severity. The assimilation of the
products of Algeria to those of the mother-country
is represented as being attended with good results.
Not less than 250,000 hectolitres of wheat have
been obtained from the Arab grounds, and the
quantity of oil produced is rapidly on the increase.
There was again much fluctuation in the prices
of the various national securities ygsterday. The
opening of the market was considered strong ; but
towards three o'clock some indications of a desire
to realise caused the Three per Cents. to fall until
they closed 10c. below the rates of Monday, being
last called 80f. 55c. The Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. were called, for cash (higher even than for
the account), 105 f. 85c. Bank Stock was reported
sf. higher, leaving off at 2,810 f., with a better de-
mand for foreign investment. Railway shares were
nearly at a stand-still, the late improvement having
apparently been quite satisfactory both to holders
and those desirous to invest. There was some de-
gree of disquietude, nothing of alarm ; but an un-
easy feeling was openly expressed as regards the
affairs of Austria and Turkey.

formed of the conduct of the robbers who infested
the environs of Smyrna, but had not taken anymea-
sures to prevent such acts. On Jan. 30, the French
Ambassador, accompanied by Pichon, pro-
ceeded to the Porte to demand justice. On the
same day arrived at Constantinople, Gen. Count
Linangen Westerburg, envoy - extraordinary Of
Austria, the bearer of an ultimatum concerning
Montenegro. At the same time, 9,000 men had
been embarked at Venice for Ragusa and were to
be quartered on the frontiers of Bosnia. Austria
demands above all that the two ports of Cleik and
Soutorino should be relieved from the present
blockade by the Turkish squadron, Austria affirm-
ing that the said ports belong to her. The Turkish
Government refused to comply with that demand,
maintaining that these ports formed part of her
territory. Turkey has a great interest in their not
being freed' from the blockade, for it was by that
way that the insurgents of Montenegro obtained
their supplies. Austria, it is said, will make this
matter a cases belli. This question is said to
have assumed immense proportions, particu-
larly if it be considered that at the moment
when tho Count de Linangen, arrived suddenly at
Constantinople, without the Charge d'Affaires of
Austria being previously informed of his coming.
Russian troops were concentrating themselves on
the frontiers of Moldavia, and in consequence of the
orders come from St. Petersburgh, armaments
were being made in all the ports of the Black
Sea.

One of the wives of the Sultan died on the 6th
instant at Constantinople. Her funeral, which
was attended by the ministers and the high func-
tionaries of the Porte, took place on the following
day with the usual ceremonials. The body was
deposited.in the mosque of Yeni-Djami.
A letter from Broussa states that the health of
Abd-el-Kader is good. He lives in the greatest
retirement, spending all his time in reading and
prayer. It is said that he has commenced writing
a religious work, to be called " Meditations on the
Koran."

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THE SHARE MAREETS.

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

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Closing Prices
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