The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-24 00:00:00

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FRANCE.

FOREIGN-INTELLIGENCE.

ywing to an unfortunate accident at the moment
of g. ins to press yesterday, we were unable, in our
first edition, to furnish the following important
item t; of foreign intelligence :
NAPLES.

TI ie Universal Gazette of Leipsic states that in
addi;ion to the letter of the Czar to the King of
Napl.es, recommending him to yield to the wishes
of the Western Powers, Baron Kisseleff, the Rus-
sian Ambassador at Rome, has been charged to
call ihe attention of the Neapolitan Government
to a e consequences of persisting iu its present
course of conduct.
The Paris correspondent of the Emancipation
of Brussels says :—" It is not by any means
certain that Baron Brenier is to leave Naples
immediately for France. I have reason to be-
lieve that the French Minister at Naples, in
informing King Ferdinand of the resolutions of
the French Government, and in announcing the
necessity in which he is placed, in consequence of
the orders transmitted to him, to leave his post,
has accorded some days' reflection to the Neapoli-
tan Government. That is the course generally
pursued on such occasions ; as a minister accre-
dited to a foreign court does not break off all
intercourse abruptly, unless very exceptional cir-
cumstances, such as do not exist in this case, as
far as I can learn, should have arisen. Besides,
we have already had such proofs of patience and
good feeling that it is not probable that the Wes-
tern Powers would approve of any precipitation.
It is not therefore too much to say that not only
Baron Brenier liar not yet left Naples, but that
he has allowed King Ferdinand time to reflect on
the consequences of such a departure." On the
other hand, the following letter from Vienna, in
the cologne Gazette, seems to imply that nothing
will induce the King to give way. It says :
scKing Ferdinand said to General Martini, the
Austrian ambassador, at the audience which that
diplomatist had of his Majesty, that be did not
recognise the competency of the Congress of Paris
in she Neapolitan question, and that he opposed
on principle the introduc*ion of this question into
the deliberations of the Congress. This declara-
tiara is authentic. The policy followed by the
King of Naples causes much annoyance to our
Cabinet. Austria has succeeded in obtaining from
France that the Neapolitan question should be
solved by the Congress, and has not despaired of
converting England to that idea. The consent of
the King of Naples was never doubted, and now
he not only refuses to yield, but goes further,
and refuses to refer the matter to the Congress."
Lastly, a letter from Naples of the 10th, in the
Austrian Gazette, says :—" On hearing that
France and England had recalled their ambas-
sadors, the Council of Ministers assembled. It
is affirmed that the King expressed his regret
at the decision come to by the Western Powers,
but that for his part he could not, and would
not, give way. Nevertheless, in order to ex-
press the consideration of the King for the Em-
peror Napoleon and Queen Victoria, and to
prevent the supposition that he desired a diplo-
matic rupture with the Western Powers, it was
decided in the Council of Ministers that the
Neapolitan ambassadors at Paris and London
should not be recalled. On the contrary, an order
was sent to them to keep up continued diplomatic
relations with those Governments, and not to
quit their posts, unless their passports were sent
to them."

A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels,
says :—" In the event of a vessel of war being
sent to Naples to fetch away M. Brenier (but
which is not yet decided on); the Duchayla is

mentioned as being intended for that service.

The Bavarian Minister, it is said, will be charged
with the protection of the French and English
residents after the departure of their respective
legations. No one, on the part of France, will
remain at Naples but M. Soulango•Bhdin, the
Consul."

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A Paris letter in the 'lndependance of Brussels,
in speaking of the Imperial fetes at Compiegne,
says :—" The following is a sketch of the ceremo-
nial. The guests on their arrival are conducted to
their apartments by the Chamberlains, and after
having changed their travelling costume are pre-
sented to the Emperor and Impress before dinner.
The dress of the gentlemen, a frock coat in the
morning, and a dress coat and white neckcloth in
the evening. I do not speak o4hose who take part
in the hunting, who wear a waken cloth coat in the
morning, and one of green velvet in the evening,
with silk stockings coming over the knee, as in the
time of Louis XIV. The ladies also have two dif-
ferent official toilettes each day, and, as a matter
of course, never appear twice in the same dress.
At Compiegne each guest has only one room ; at
Fontainebleau, where there is more space, each
apartment will have a salon. Each lady is per-
mitted to keep a femme-de-chambre with her ; all
the other servants are placed together. The guests
who go on horseback bring their own horses with
them. The Emperor and. Empress reserve to them-
selves, between the reception of each series of visi-
tors, a day or two of privacy and. repose."
The Jioniteur contains a decree making four pro-
motions to the rank of commander in the Legion.
of Honour, five to that of officer, and 20 nomi-
nations to that of knight, among officera in diffe-
rent branches of the army. _

The Moniteur publishes the additional convention
of extradition concluded between France and 13el-
gium, promulgated a few days back by the _lionitcur
of Brussels. _ _ _

'~ The Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince
Imperial," says a letter from Coinpigtie, in the
Moniteur, "continuo to be the objects of the
greatest enthusiasm in this place. The Emperor
on Monday reviewed the Horse Chasseurs of the
Imperial Guard. The six squadrons of this regi-
ment were drawn up in line in the Avenue des
Beaux-Monts. After minutely inspactin, this fine
regiment, his Mijesty distributed several' crosses
cf the Lcoion of Honour and military medals, after
which the regiolent filed off before him, amidst
loud cries of Vi i'El liner() r vivo l'lmperatrice !
vivo le Prince-Imperial !' The Empress was on
horseback near the Emperor during the whole of
the review. The persons invited to the palace wore
arriving all Monday morning. During the last
two years the preoccupations of the war have
prevented their Majesties from visiting the Imperial
residences, at which they like to collect together
for a few weeks the representatives of the foreign
powers, the great personages of the country, and
foreigners of distinction."

The Madrid Gazette of the 18th contains a series
of royal decrees which make nominations of cap
functionaries •
tains general and other fu
important of these appointments , the more
mentioned by telegraph. The have already been
Gazette gives an
account of the reception by the Queen
of
thet cf General
• Count - do Bekendorff, aide-de camp
of Russia, "charged," says the officia journal l • peror
" to present to her Majesty two letters i;'
from
Sovereign—one containing the formal notification
of the
accession to the throne of the
Alexander IL, the other being a private letterain Emperor
which H.I.M. makes known to our augustin
ve-
reircn the friendly object of the general's mission,so
manifests to her Majesty in the mist expressive
i
terms' the sentiment of cordial sympathy which he
feels for Spain, and testifies the desire that the
friendly relations between the two Courts shall b--
come closer." Having been introduced to the
Q ueen's presence with the usual ceremony, the
General spoke as follows :
T" he Emperor, my master, in honouring me
with the mission to announce to your Majesty his
accession to the throne, has charged me to express
the wishes which he takes pleasure in forming for
the prosperity and glory of your reign. These
sentiments have
.
been inspired in my august sove-
reign by the profound souvenirs he retains of the
ancient relationslh between the Spanish monarchy
and Russia.if the
commission confided to esteem
myself
happy
should be for the two
Courts a new pledge- to me
of the good intelligence which
is so much in
harmony with the interests of the
two nations,
that have been constantly united by
sentiments of high and reciprocal esteem. With
this conviction I have the
honour to place in your
Majesty's hands the letters which the Emperor has
I deigned to confide to me. n fulfilling this mission
I shall
I in no respoct doubt that faithfully act up
to his wishes, if I have the happiness to obtain the
august suffrage of your Majesty'
the Queen replied :
"Monsieur le General,—l receive wi •
th profound
satisfaction the letters which' the Emperor of all
the ,Ruasias has confided to you forme. y
nonce at my Court to announce to me
the ace"-
our pre-
don to the throne of a monarch so enlightened is
an, evident and 'flattering proof that the sentiments
of friendship which at another epoch so closely
unite&the Courts of R •and
Russia Spain are still

strong in the Emperor's heart. My heart enter-
tains the same sentiments; and you may assure
your august Sovereign that my sincere will and
I the frank and loyal conduct of my Government
will always respond to the testimony of friendship
which the Emperor has given me, and I take plea
sure in considering the mission with which you are
charged as a happy presage that the future will
draw closer by new ties of cordial harmony the
mutual esteem with which the two nations have
always fraternised. It is also very agreeable to
me, General, to see such a friendly mission con-
fided to such a person as you, who have had op-
portunities of manifesting in the most striking
manner the noblest qualities and the most tried
fidelity to the cause of your Sovereign."
The Gazettc, in giving an account of the ac-
conchement of the Duchess de Montpensier, says
that the Sicilian ambassador, the Marquis de Riario
Sforza, was deputed by the diplomatic body to re-
present them on the occasion, but the event having
taken place sooner than had been expected (as
already stated) he was not present. The Queen has
given to the newly-born infanta the cordon of the
order of Noble Ladies of Maria Louisa.