The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-24 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The following distinguished persons left Paris
yesterday on invitations to Fontainebleau :—His
Excellency Lord Cowley and Ladry Cowley, the
Minister of Sweden and the Countess of Lcewen-
hielm, the Ministers of Greece and Sardinia, the
Minister of War, General Toledo, the Duke and
Duchess de Rivona, the Prince and Princess
d'Esclafani, the Duke de Padoue, the Marquis de
Lawcestine and his family, the ount de Morny,
the Count de Galve, &-c.
The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree,
opening to the Minister of Public Worship an ex-
traordinary credit on the estimates of 1854, of
250,000 fr. by way of increase on the grants set
down in the above estimates for the expenses of
primary instruction ; and an extraordinary credit
of 250,000 fr. by way of increase to the grants for
assistance to communes for their churches and
presbyteries.
The decree of the Emperor, dated the 22d, open
to the Minister of the Interior on the budget of
1853 a credit of 500,000 f., and on the budget of
1854 a credit of 3,500,000 f. for grants to communes
for public works, and, in particular, to making and
repairing of roads with a view to provide occupa-
tion for the working classes.
Accounts have been received from Martinique
and Guadeloupe to the 28th ult. They state that
the two colonies were in a healthy state, notwith-
standing the diluvian rains that had taken place,
and the intense heat which had succeeded them.

It is said that several Miguelites have already
left France with the object of getting into Portugal.
Few believe that there is any chance whatever of
success in the event of such an attempt being made.
The following decree, respecting the reduced
duties on iron and coal imported into France, ap-
pears in the Moniteur of yesterday :
" Napoleon, by the grace of God and the will of the
nation, Emperor of the French, to all present and to
come, our greeting.
" On the report of our Minister the Secretary of
State for the Department of Agriculture, Commerce,
and Public Works ;
" With reference to the law of the 17th of December,
1819 (Art. 34.) ;
" And after taking the advice of our Superior Coun-
cil of Commerce, Agriculture, and Industry, we have
decreed and decree as follows :

" Art. 1. The duties to be levied on the importation
of foreign coal and iron are fixed as follows :

" COAL PER 100 KILOGRAMMES.

" Coal by Sea.—From Sables d'Olonne, exclusively,
to Dunkirk, inclusively, in French vessels, 30c. ; in
foreign vessels, 80c. ; by all other ports, in French ves-
sels, 15c. ; in foreign vessels, 65c.
" Coal, by Land.—From the sea to Halluin, exclu-
sively, 30c. ; by all other ports, the existing duties.
" Coke.—One-half above the duties on coal.
" Coal ashes.—The existing duties.
" IRON PER 100 KILOGRAMMES.

" Pig iron, weighing 15 kilogrammes or more, by sea,
in French vessels, sf. ; in foreign vessels, sf. 50c. ; do.,
by land, from Blanc Misseron inclusively to Montge-
nevre exclusively, from the adjacent countries, 4f. ; from
all other places, sf.
" In bars (etire4 without regard to the mode of fabri-
cation, in French vessels and by land, flat bars of 458
millimetres and more, the length multiplied by the
thickness, 12f. ; 218 millimetres inclusive to 458
milli-
metres exclusive, 14f. ; less than 213 millimetres, same
thickness ditto, 16f. In square bars of 22 millimetres
and more on each side, 12f. ; 15 millimetres inclusive to
22 millimetres exclusive, ditto, 14f. ; less than 15 milli-
metres, ditto, 16f. In round bars of 15 millimetres and
more in diameter, 14f. ; less than ] 5 millimetres, ditto,
16f. By foreign vessels, the above duties and one-tenth
more.

" In Rails.—Same duties as those on bar iron, ac-
cording to their dimensions.
" In plates, or lamine-noir-tole.—ln French vessels,
25f. ; in foreign vessels and by land, 27f. 50c.

"Steel in Bars, cast or wrought.--In French vessels,
40f.; in foreign vessels and by land, 44f.

" Art, 2.-:From the Ist of January, 1855, the duty
on iron shall be levied according to the following
table .—•

" Raw pigs, weighing 15 kilogrammes and more, per
100 kilogrammes, by sea, in French vessels, 4f. ; in
foreign vessels, 4f. 40c. ; ditto, by land, 4f.
" Bars, without regard to the mode of fabrication,
in French vessels, and by land, in flat bars of 458
millimetres and more, the length multiplied by the
thickness, 10f. ; 213 millimetres inclusively to 458 milli-
metres exclusively, 12f. ; less than 213 millimetres,
ditto, 14f. In square bars of 22 millimetres and more
oa each side, 10f. ; 15 millimetres inclusively to 22
millimetres exclusively, 12f. ; less than 15 millimetres,
ditto, 14f. In round bars of 15 millimetres and more
in diameter, 12f. ; less than 15 millimetres, ditto, 14f.
" The same by foreign vessels—the above duties and
one-tenth more.

" Iron in Rails—the same duties as on bar iron, ac-
cording to their dimensions.
"Iron Plates.—ln French vessels, 20f. ; in foreign
vessels and by land, 22f.
"Steel in Bars, cast or wrought.—ln French vessels,
30f. ; in foreign vessels and by land, 33f.
" Art. 3. The laws, decrees, and ordinances which
are not opposed to the present decree remain in full
force.

"Art. 4. Our Minister of Agriculture, of Commerce,
and Public Works, and our Minister of Finance, in their
respective departments, are intrusted with the execution
of this decree.

" Done at the Palace of Fontainebleau on the 22d of
November, 1850.
" NAPOLEON.
" Countersigned by the Minister Secretary of State for
the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Pub-
lic Works, _ _ _

"P. MAGNE.

The Bourse was heavy yesterday, without any
cause assigned, except that Consols had declined in
London. The Three per Cents. opened at 74f. 5c.,
fell to 73f. 90c., and closed at 73f. 95c. for the end
of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
closed at 99f. 85c., ; Orleans Railway Shares,
1,160 f. ; Rouen, 1,037 f. 50c. ; Havre, 492 f. 50c. ;
Great Northern, 860 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 816 f.
25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 901 f. 25c. ; Lyons to the
Mediterranean, 745 f. ; Western of France, 690 f. ;
Bordeaux and Cette, 587 f. 50c. ; Great Central,
510 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 507 f. 50c. ; Shares of the
Bank of Credit Mobilier, 695£

SPAIN.

The Madrid Journals of the 18th have arrived.

The Gazette announces that the baptism of the
infant of the Duke and Duchess de Alba had taken
place, and that the Emperor of the French, repre-
sented by the Marquis Turgot, had stood god-
father. _ _ _

M. Reija, responsible editor of the Espanol, had
been arrested for the publication of a seditious
article.

The two Chambers had, as usual, held a pre-
paratory sitting.
A letter says :—" M. Martinez de la Rosa, after
a conference with the President of the Council,
had accepted the ministerial candidateship for the
presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. He will
be elected almost unanimously."

There was to be no royal levee on the 19th, the
day of the opening of the session, on account of
the Queen's interesting position.
The Three per Cents. were done at 42k ; the
New Three per Cents. at 22k ; the Debt of the first
class at Bk, and that of the second at 4k.