The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-13 00:00:00

THREE O'CLOCK.
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Ditto October Account

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

The Emperor and Empress left yesterday, at
half-past two' o'clock, for Compiegne. Their Ma-
jesties drove along the Boulevards in an open car-
riage to the terminus of the Northern Railway,
preceded by a detachment of Guides, and followed
by an escort of Dragoons.
The Emperor on Tuesday gave
private audiences
to General Baron de Fagel, the Dutch minister,
who presented an autograph letter from his sove-
reign ; to Baron de Wendland, the Bavarian minis-
ter, who delivered on the part of his Bavarian
Majesty the insignia of his Royal Order of St.
Hubert, with a letter testifying his personal senti-
ments of esteem towards his Imperial Majesty ;
and to Baron de Granny, who delivered his letters
of credence as resident minister at Paris of the
Grand Duke of Hesse.
The last news from Constantinople has at length
'
opened the eyes of the Frenchue
spublic to the real
dangers of the Eastern g• We now hear no
laudations of the
moderation
of the Czar—no pre-
dictions of the success of the negotiations. Every
one is convinced that the sword must be drawn,
and the question is no longer as to whether there
willbe a war or not, but as to whether the war will
be confined to Turkey and Russia alone, or will in-
clude the other Powers of Europe. The parties
inclined to take the most favourable view of affairs
go no farther than to say that in the collision
which must take place, England and France will,
in the first place, appear only in the character of
mediators ; and that, although their respective
fleets will necessarily appear on the scene of action,
they will observe a sort of armed neutrality,
which at a more advanced period will enable the
belligerent parties to come to terms. Every one
must hope that, as fighting seems now to be in-
evitable, the persons who argue in this fashion may
be in the right ; but it cannot be concealed that if
war once commences it is difficult to see where it
is to end, or how those nations which have, with
their eyes open, placed themselves on the edge of
the whirlpool, can escape being drawn into the
vortex.

The Moniteur publishes a detailed list of the
different forests formerly belonging to the Orleans
family, which are to be sold in the present year in
the execution of the degree of March 27, 1852,
and which together amount in extent to 25,149
hectares (about 62,050 English acres.)
General Carrelet, who has been sent on a mis-
sion by the Emperor, to ascertain the state and
condition of certain parts of the country, arrived
at Valence (Drome) on the 6th, where he was re-
ceived by the civil and military authorities, and
the heads, of the clergy. The General addressed
them in a 'short speech, in which he explained the
object of his mission, and expressed a hope that
he should melt with their best assistance in carry-
ing out the objects which he had in view.
The Bourse was heavy yesterday, with little
business doing. Prices recovered however towards
the close. The _Three per Cent. opened at 72f.
20c. and rose sasequently to 72f. 65c., at which
they closed for the end of the month. The Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 25c. ; Orleans
Railway shares, 1,150 f. ; Rouen, I,ooof, ; Havre,
485 f. ; Great Northern, 830 f. ; Paris and Stras-
burg, 905 f. •; Paris and Lyons' 887 f. 50c. ; Lyons
to the Mediterranean, 725 f. ; Western of France,
695 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 590 f. ; Great
Central, 517 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 505 f;
Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 697 f. 50c.