The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

lire have received the Paris papers of Sunday.

It appears that the Marquis of NORMANDY was not
the only Foreign Minister who refused to attend the
reception of the Duchess of MONTPENSIER on Satur-
day. It will he perceived from the following article
in the Commerce that the Belgian Minister was also
absent :

" It is not only by diplomatic notes, but also by public
and official manifestations, that the displeasure of Eng-
land and the rupture of the entente cordiale are now ex-
hibited. This day took place, at the Tuileries, the re-
ception of the corps diplomatique, who came to con-
gratulate the King on the subject of the Duke de
Montpensier's marriage with the Infanta Donna Luisa,
the presumptive heiress to the crown of Spain. Two
significant absences were observed during the pre
sentation—that of the Marquis of Normanby, the Eng-
lish Ambassador, and that of the Belgian Embassy.
With the exception of these two representatives, whose
absence has a clear and unequivocal meaning, the corps
diplomatique were au grand comptet, minus, however,
the Prussian Minister Plenipotentiary, M. D'Arnom, the
Prussian Ambassador, M. d'Appony, and the Sardinian
Ambassador, vs ho are not at Paris at this moment. The
Pope's Nuncio, the Spanish, Neapolitan, and Ottoman
Ambassadors, the son of M. d'Appony (who acted for
his father), the Russian Charge d'Affaires M. de Kisse-
lef ; the Ministers Plenipotentiary of Saxony, Wurtem-
burg, and Bavaria; the Charges d'Affaires of the United
States, Tuscany, Mecklenburg, &c., &c., were pre-
sent. The absence of Lord Normanby created a very
great sensation among the diplomatic body; the absence
of the Belgian Ambassador is not of less importance
when coupled with the departure of King Leopold, who
left the palace two days ago; notwithstanding the exalted
solicitations that would have detained him, the Cobourg
blood has prevailed, on the occasion, over the family ties
which ought to make that prince side entirely with our
dynasty. This evening the Messager observed a prudent
and significant silence respecting the day's event. It
would also appear that M. Guizot still hoped to see Lord
Normanby attend this solemn reception. His journals and
reviews had assured us that England protested against
the Spanish marriages but with a view to remote even-
tualities: it is now well proved that Lord Palmerston
is much more positive in his rancour and ill-will."
The Journal des Debats contents itself with an-
nouncing the fact of the absence of the Marquis of
NORMANBY, but the Presse thus comments on it:—
" As we had stated, the diplomatic corps have been
received this day at the Palace of the Tuileries, on the
occasion of the marriage of his Royal Highness the
Duke de Montpensier. All the Ambassadors and Mi-
nisters Plenipotentiary now at Paris repaired in grand
uniforms to this reception, where his Excellency the
Ambassador of England shone by his absence. Such
was the sincerity of that alliance, and the cordiality of
that entente, which we have constantly exhorted our
country to distrust."

King LOUIS PHILIPPE, having secured the INI ANTA
and her dowry for his son, does not seem inclined at
all to pay the enormous expenses of this marriage out
of his private purse; on the contrary, he throws the
whole of them upon the country—an artful, cunning
mode of squeezing out of France, under the name of
travelling expenses, that dotation for his son which
he knows no Chamber of Deputies would ever
grant him.
The following remarks, from the Siecle, show the
large amount of secret service money which has
passed into the hands of M. GUIZOT during the last
three months :

"By a royal ordinance, dated July 10, M. Guizot
was allowed 280,000 f. for extraordinary couriers and tra-
travelling expenses, and for extraordinary missions;
250,000 f. and 590,000 E—altogether 1,120,000 E This
was tolerably well, if we consider that 750,000 f. had
already been voted by the Chamber of Deputies for a
similar service, and it might have been expected that M.
Guizot would have been satisfied. But, no ; by a royal
ordinance dated the 10th of October, he was granted
900,0001., and by another royal ordinance, dated the
25th of October, 300,000 E ; and again on the 7th of
November, for unexpected expenses, 320,0001. Thus
within four months M. Guizot has been allowed
1,900,000 E, independent of 650,000 f., 150,000 f., and
600,000 f. granted by the budget. That a grand line of
politics requires a great expenditure was one of the
maxims and the constant practico of Cardinal Richelieu.
M. Guizot may certainly be compared to him in the point
of view of expense.
The Duke DE MONTPENSIER is not the only Bourbon
Prince who marries a Princess with an immense
dowry. The Duke DE BORDEAUX is on the point of
marriage with a Princess of Modena, whose fortune
is four millions sterling. The Constitutionnel says—
" The news of the Duke de Bordeaux's marriage with
a sister of the Duke of Modena, is obtaining confirma-
tion. The settlements, it is said, were signed by proxy
at Modena on the 30th October, and the marriage pub-
lished at Vienna on the 31st, by command of the Empe-
ror, whose first cousin the Princess is. It is added that
the marriage was to have been solemnized this very day.
The future Duchess de Bordeaux is thirty years of age;
her fortune is reckoned at 100,000,000 francs. The
Duke de Bordeaux is twenty-six years of age."
The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de
!'Opera on Sunday at 82f. 45c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBEI 9.
Demerara, 2% —Dutch Rhenish, 511 —Jamaica South Midland
Junction, % —Northern of France Coustitut4d, 103i—Over Yssel,
7%—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 4%.

ARRIVAL OF THE EAST INDIA MAILS.—SOUTII-
AMPTON, Nov. 9.—The Oriental Company's steam-ship,
Erin, Captain Brooks, arrived at the Motherbank at
three A. M. this day, and landed the East India mails,
which were forwarded to London by the first morning
train. The Erin has a full general cargo, and fifty pas-
sengers. Her dates are Constantinople, October 20,
Smyrna, 24th, and Malta, 28th. She is expected to be
released from quarantine either this evening or early to-
morrow morning.
It appears that the terms of agreement entered
into between the Great Western and South Wales Com-
panies have been modified, to the extent of guaranteeing
the shareholders of the latter undertaking five per cent.
in perpetuity, with equal division of surplus profits above
that amount five years after the opening of the line.
The intended provision for amalgamation at the expira-
tion of ten years, and which was considered objection-
able in some quarters, has been by common consent
withdrawn.

POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS Willi PRUSSIA.—The
Augsburgh Gazette states that a postal convention was
concluded on the 19th ult., at London, between the Go-
vernments of England and Prussia.