The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-30 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

Prince Napoleon is preparing to go to. Algeria,
where he is to preside over a commission which is
to inquire into the state of that colony. It is sup-
posed that this commission is the preliminary of
his taking possession of the place to which he has
so long been nominated—that of Lieutenant of the
Emperor.
There is not much variety in the leadincr columns
of_the Paris journals of yesterdaY,
,but two'' of the
article's possess some interest ;..one.. as..being on. a
subject of importance to vlieseaelition is
tuiniul toward ,tlie4iligioration oftlie Condition of
the labouring classes ; bane other is an almost laugh-
able instance of 'the iri•eeretice •df the republican
organ the SWcie for royalty... The ..Constitutionlic/
pirblislies as a leader-a letter of-several columns by
M. Audiganne, on theinstitution &Cites Oitprieres,
which has received the -warm inpport ‘of the Em
veror, and has been ,inueli lauded in the different
ournals. , t• .

The members of the Legislative body met on
Thursday in their bureau ti.kname.several commit-
tees : one was on a bill to authOrise a loan of
30,000fr...by the Cotes-du-Nord '• * another on three
bills to authorise a loan of 900,000 fr. in the
Charente-laferieure ; .a' loan of 500,000 fr. by the
Port of Rochelle ;' and 'a loan of 500,000 fr. by the
town of Rochefort ; And lastly, a committee on four
bills, one to authorise a loan of 2,000,000 fr. by the
cif yof Marseilles ; a second, to modify the circum-
scription of the cantons north and south of the
town of Tarbes (Ilautes-Pyrenees) ; a third, to au-
thorise the town of Bourges to contract a loan of
200,000 fr. ; and the fourth, to authorise the city
of Rouen to contract a loan of 500,000 fr.
The Prefect of the 'lndre and Loire has addressed
a circular to the mayors in that department, in-
forming themthat the enemies of the government are
engaged in spreading false reports, accusing per-
, Sods high in author4x9f forestalling the . grain
matket.—
The subscription for the new bank at Darmstadt,
opened at Frankfort, at the banking establishment
of Bethmann Brothors, produced in one day 106
millions of florins, instead of 25,000,000. The
shares are quoted at a premium of 25 per cent.
At the Bourse, yesterday, the quotations of
Thursday remained unchanged, viz. :—For Cash--
Three per Cents., 80f. 60c. ; Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 103 f. 20c. There was a decline of sf. in the
price of shares of the Bank of France
at 2,715 f. In the quotations of railway, whiscelicucrloitsieeds
atod-s fluctuations,
some
re
havingdeacylintehere iiare l)takeneen
lines at the close of business.
place o ns considerable rtahbel es
shares

SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of he 24th are destitute of
news of interest. The King, and Queen accom-
panied by the ministers, after attending Divine
service at the church of Atocha, left on the previ-
ous evening for Aranjuez. The Nacion mentions
a report that, without waiting for surveys to be
made, there was a question of authorising M. Sala-
manca to construct a railway from Madrid to Se-
ville. The 24th being Sunday, the Stock Exchange
was not open.

GERMANY.

A letter from Berlin of the 26th, in the Cologne
Gazette, says :—" In the Second Chamber an inci-
dent occurred to-day, which produced some sensa-
tion. The President ordered a petition to be read,
signed by the deputies of Berlin and by M. Al. de
Humboldt, praying for the maintenance of Art. 12
of the Constitution, which affirms the political and
religious equality of all citizens, and the admissi-
bility of the Jews to public functions. M. Kleist
Bezow protested against the petition being read,
because other petitions were not usually read, before
the Chamber. The reading, however, having been
authorised, several deputies rose and leftthe
The same journal containsa second letter of the same
date, which says—lt is reported that the Ponehas
published a brief to arrange the question of mixed.
marriages. Ist his Holiness reserves to himself
to give a dispensation for such marriages, ex-
cept in certain urgent cases, where the right is
transferred to the bishop. 2d the non-Catholic
party must engage to allow the children to ;be
brought up Roman Catholics ; and 3d the bans
need only be published in the vestry-room, or at
the house of the cure. It is said that several
bishops of Prussia have already given orders to
their clergy in accordance with his brief."
The members of the Prussian police who pro-
ceeded lately to London to make inquiries con-
cerning the machinations of the political refugees
which might be connected with the plot discovered
at Berlin, have returned to the latter
They had taken with them to London some con-
greve-rockets and other preparations of gunpowder
which had been seized at Berlin, and a letter from
that place declares that they have been found to
be of the same origin as those lately discovered
at London.

A letter from Nuremberg of the 25th states that
the Harmonic Society in that city has been dis-
solved by the order of the Government.

ITALY.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa has the follow-
ing from Florence, 23d :—" A few days since a
quarrel took place outside the La Croce gate, be-
tween some Austrian and Tuscan soldiers, in con-
sequence of the latter refusing to drink with the
former. Sabres and bayonets were brought into
use, and, although the Tuscans were less in num-
ber than the Austrians, they had the advantage
over their adversaries, many of whom were
seriously injured, and taken to the military hos-
pital. In consequence of this and other similar
quarrels which have taken place, it has been deter-
mined to separate as much as possible the Austrian
and Italian troops; the former are to occupy the
fort Do Basso, and the latter are to be confined to
the barracks in the interior of the city. The poli-
tical authorities have completed their informations
against Martinati, who had been arrested as the
principal agent of Mazzini. It is said that the
prisoner is seriously compromised by the seizure of
letters and papers of the highest importance. It is
added that, in the different interrogatories which
he has undergone, Martinati oriminated himself
with so much simplicity, that the Government
agents themselves felt compassion for him."
The Basle Gazette contains the following from
Friburg, dated the 26th :—The court-martial has
determin3d to divide into three categories the per-
sons who are to be tried by it for being concerned
in the late insurrection :-Ist, the leaders ; 2d,
the persons who are thus offending a second time ;
and 3d, those who are only at their first offence.
It is said that the civic guard is to be disbanded in
a few days." The Friburg Gazette announces that
the Government has called out five or six com-
panies of militia. The civic guard of Moral was
to have been disbanded on the 25th, but the mea-
sure was not executed, because the Prefect of 'Buhl
' wrote word that there was some effervescence at
Greyertz.