The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

The Emperor and Empress, on Monday, being
unable to leave the palace of Compiegne, on ac-
count of the bad weather, received all the public
functionaries of the town, who were presented by
the subprefect. In the evening their Majesties
went to the theatre, where the company of the
Gymnase performed Philiberte. They were accom-
panied by the Princess Mathilde and the Prince
Napoleon, and attended by Marshal St. Arnaud,
M. de Persigny, M. Fould,
.Marshal Magnan, M.
Abatucci, the Duke de Cambaceres, several great
dignitaries of the State, and a number of ladies.
Marshal Narvaez was amongst the invited. On
leaving, their Majesties were greeted with enthu-
siastic cries of " Vivo l'Empereur ! Vive l'lmpera-
trice 1" The Emperor on Monday, with some of
his guests, went out shooting for a short time in
the reserved park.
The Moniteur contains a decree granting an ex-
traordinary credit of 5,000,000 f. to the Minister of
the Marine.
The Ministerial report on which this decree is
founded states that France has at present two
squadrons of 40 ships-of-the-line, with a propor-
tionate increase in the number of steam-frigates
and corvettes. There is in the French navy a
steam-line-of-battleship, the Napoleon ; four with
auxiliary power, completed ; while nine others are
being fitted for steam, and will be ready for sea
within the next two months. Six new steam-ves-
sels, after the model of the Napoleon, are on the
stocks, and will be launched about the end of 1854.
The total of the French navy amounts to 161 ves-
sels, manned by 33,625 sailors, gunnerp, and
marines.

The long-forgotten subject of the coronation is
beginning to be again revived. It is said that on
the Emperor's• return to Paris the date of that
solemnity will be decided, and of course announced.
The Empercr has granted a pension of 2,000 f.
out of his private purse to the father and mother
of Lieut. Bell& who perished in the Arctic expe-
dition. This pension is to descend to the brothers
and sisters of Lout. Bellot after the death of their
parents.
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- About half-past 8 o'clock of the evening of the
19th a passenger train, coming from Bordeau
overtook a train laden with merchandise at
Beaugency. The engineer of the passenger train
was killed, and the stoker has since died of
his wounds. A conductor is wounded. The
passengers received some bruises of no serious con-
sequence, and continued their journey. Accord-
ing to the information collected, signals were regu-
larly made to the merchandise train, but it is not
explained why the engineer neglected to obey them.
This accident caused a delay in the delivery of the
Bayonne, Bordeaux, and Spanish mails.
Fresh arrests have taken place since Wednesday
in Paris and at Tours ; and they are stated to
amount to a number which has all the appearance
of being exaggerated. Among others the secretary
of a Prefect is spoken of. It is stated that M.
Emile Girardin has been summoned to the Minis-
try of the Interior, and reprimanded for a short
article in La Presse of Wednesday, on the domici-
liary visits that have been made. It was even ru-
moured yesterday afternoon that he was menaced
with arrest, if not actually arrested.
We read in the Patrie :—" M. Charles Deles-
cluse, ex-Commissary-General of the Department
of the Nord, and who was condemned to trans-
portation by the High Court of Versailles, has been
arrested in Paris, where he had just arrived from
London, delegated by Ledru Rollin and the Cen-
tral European Committee. The documents which
were seized at his residence indicate the most com-
plete ignorance on the part of the emigrants of the
state of the country, and the most ridiculous illu-
sions, as well as the most senseless and guilty pro-
jects. The presence of this agent in Paris, and the
seizure of the documents alluded to have necessi-
tated several arrests, and domiciliary visits, both
in Paris and the departments. Both M. Goud-
chaux and M. Marchais have been arrested. The
former being indisposed, was provisionally set at
liberty, after his having given an engagement to
come forward' when calle on."

The trial of the thirty-two persons concerned in
what is called the "conspiracy of the Opera-
Comique," has been postponed to the 7th of next
month before the Court of Assizes of Paris.
Twenty-seven of the accused are in custody. Ac-
cording to the indictment, the object of their plot
was to assassinate the Emperor, and to destroy the
form of government.
The Bourse was more firm yesterday than on
Wednesday, but, although it was fully attended
by speculators, there was not much business trans-
acted. The Three per Cents. opened at 72f. 40c.,
rose to 72f. 50c., fell subsequently to 72f. 20c., and
closed at 72f. 4c. for the end of the month. The
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 20c. ;
Orleans Railway shares, 1,142 f. 50c. ; Rouen,
I,ooof. ; Havre, 480 f. ; Great Northern, 832 f. 50c.;
Paris and Strasburg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 887 f.
50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 722 f. 50c. ;
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Western of France, 692 f. 50c. • ordeaux and
Cette, 580 f. ; Great Central, 512 f. 50c. ; Lyons to
Geneva, 497 f. 50c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit
Mobilier, 695 f.