The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-25 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

As the Emperor and the Empress were returning
to the Tuileries in their carriage, when near the
arch in the Place du Carrousel a journeyman
Weaver of Lille attempted to throw a petition into
the carriage, beiner, to all appearance, ignorant
that such a mode of presentation was interdicted.
• The man was immediately seized by two police
agents, and was on the point of being carried away
into custody, when his Majesty, who saw what had
taken place, made a sign with his hand to the
agents to allow the workman to come near, and
received from him the petition in question.
General the Duke de Padoue, Governor of the
Invalides died at the residence of his son-in-law,
the Director-General of the Post-office, where he
had hem staying, as Prince Jerome has not yet
quitted the Hotel des Invalides. The Duke de
Padoue, who was 78 years of age, was a member of
the Senate. He was allied to the family of the
Emperor, his father having been a cousin german
to the grandmother of Napoleon 111. He entered
the army at an early age ; was a captain in 1798,
Was wounded at the assault of Jaffa, and left for
dead at Saint Jean d'Acre. Napoleon named him
General of Brigade on the field of battle of Fried-
land. He was soon created Duke de Padoue, and
at Esling was named General of Division, in the
room of General Espagne, who was killed at the
commencement of the battle. He was present at
Lutzen and Bautzen, defended Leipsic when at-
tacked during the armistice, and fought bravely in
the campaign of France.
The first drawing of the Credit Foncier Bonds
has taken place. M. Hallig, president of the com-
pany, was in the chair. At the opening of the sit-
ting, the President read the decree authorising the
drawing, and the amount of the premiums to which
the first nine drawn tickets would be entitled, after
Which the operation of placing the 200,000 tickets
in the wheel, Which was of a novel and ingenious
description, was proceeded with. This operation,
from the number of the tickets and the minute care
With which every number was examined, occupied
several hours. When once finished the drawing
was soon completed. The numbers drawn and the
premiums attached to them were as follows :—Nos.
56,847, 100,000 fr. ; 131,576, 50,000 fr. ; 167,873,
50,000 fr. ; 156,080, 20,000 fr. ; 106,683, 10,000 fr. ;
7,410, 10,000 fr. ; 181,602, 10,000 fr. ; 11,493,
10,000 fr., and 168,028, 10,0001 r.
The Moniteur of yesterday announces the pre-
sentation to the Emperor of the insignia of the
Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Cruzeirs, ac-
companied by a letter from the Emperor of Brazil.
The court-martial of the Ist Military Division
haA commenced the trial of Perichard, a wineshop
keeper, on a charge of murdering the Archbishop
of Pans during the riots of 1848. It had been
long rumoured that this man had been the person
Who committed the act, but the police could not
for a long time get sufficient proofs to commence
proceedings against him ; but latterly he has been
so much taunted with it by the people in the
neighbourhood that he got exasperated, and
brought some of the most forward of his accusers
before the Commissary of Police. There, how-
ever, the tables were turned on him, and
the men he had brought before the commissary
Were so positive in their denunciations that
Perichard was ultimately arrested. The examina-
tion of the witnesses had not commenced at the
departure of the courier. In his examination he
denied the crime imputed to him, but does not
deny that he took part in the insurrection, although
his presence there was, he says, involuntary, and
Was compelled by the insurgents to lend them the
utensils necessary for casting the balls.
The Marseilles papers of the 22d announce that
On .the 20th a violent storm had caused numerous
casualties. All the ships moored in the new port
had more or less suffered.
A hundred pleasure-boats had been sunk. The
Paiglish steamer Caradoc, dragging her anchors,
Was only enabled to secure herself by the use of her
engines.
The departure of the Levant packet Lougsor had
been delayed, to wait for dispatches from the Go-
Vernment.
The promenade of Longchamps had been dull,
in consequence of the cold, which was excessive.
'The Bourse was again yesterday very active. A
large business was transacted both in Rentes and
railway stock at a further improvement on Wed-
liesday's quotations. The Three per Cents., for
cash, advanced 45c. and the Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. 60c. For the account the Three per Cents.
improved 30c., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
60c, ; whilst Bank Stock experienced a further de-
cline of sf. At the close of the Bourse the quota-
tions were :—For cash, the Three per Cents. 70f.
; and the Four-and-a-Half per ()cuts. 103 f.
70e. For the account, the Three per Cents. 791.
50c. ; and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 103 f. 50c.
Bank Stock, 2,675. In railway shares a good busi-
ness was also done, at higher rates, and the market
closed with an upward tendency in prices.