The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-07 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.
A bill is, by order of the Emperor, to ba pre-
sented to the Legislative Body for granting pen-
sions to the families of the persons killed in the
last attempt, on his Majesty's life, and to the per-
sons who were injured. It proposes pensions of
I,ooof. a•year to the widows of Dablen, garde de
Paris ; Ilaaz, tradesman ; Raffin, hotelkeeper ;
Mme. Riquier, widow of the intendant of the
household of Prince Jerome ; and Waleau, a con-
cierge ; and others of 600 f. to each of the three
children of Haaz, three of Riquier, and five of
Waleau. To the fathers or mothers of Batty,
Clia,ssard, Dussango, and Giraudon, who were
killed, it accords pensions of 600 f. To Channoine,
who lost a limb, it gives one of I,ooof. ; and
to Ducally, Hebert, Lavenne, Leandro, Martin,
Odin, Franck, Planque, Mozig, Peyrot, Pontal-
lier, and Zinkernagel, who received various in-
juries, it grants pensions of 600 francs each.
The committee of the Legislative Body on the
budget has terminated its examination. The go-
vernment had demanded credits for paying the
increase of salaries granted to certain categories of
employes of the ruinistries, but the committee de-
clares that it does not think them necessary, and it
proposes that the increase granted to persons who
receive 1,500 francs salary shall ba taken off, and
that that accorded to inferior functionaries shall
not exceed 150 francs. The committee besides
strongly recommends that the number of function-
aries shall be considerably reduced, as it exceeds
what was fixed by decrees in 1851 and 1852 ; also
that the formalities observed in transacting busi-
neqi in the Government offices shall be simplified.
The committee also calls for the suppress on of the
augmentation granted to juges de paix and their
clerks. It proposes to adjourn the proposed exten-
sion of the section of disputed matters in the
Mini‘tfy of Foreign Aff s; to reject an increase of
180,000 f. in the salaries and allowances to receivers
of finances, one of 210,000 f. in allowances to
tax-collectors, and various others in the salaries
of clerks in the direct and indirect taxes, do-
mains, and waters and fares's. The committee
likewise rejects the indemnity proposed to be
granted to functionaries of public libraries and
scientific establishments for having been deprived
of their lodgings in buildings of the State. The
committee, moreover, complains of the disburse-
ment of 500,000 fr. for works and repairs in the
Ministry of State. The committee only recom-
mends one increase, and that is of 62,500 fr. for
additional religious aid in crowded parishes.
BOURSE, April 6. The following were the
closing quotations

per Cents 93
3Dro.erencdeumto.nt.
...
.. —69
45—
Do. end month 69 55
Bank Shares ..... 3135
Credit Mobilier ..• 750
Do. Account 750

Credit Foncier
Belgian 41
Piedmontese (5) 9O
Roman B9
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt . 37

RAIL'
Orleans
Northern
Now Ditto 775
Lyon and Mediteran. 815
New Ditto ........
Geneva

Midi.
Western 6121
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

A Vienna letter, in the Augsburg Gazette, states
that the rumour which prevailed of the intention of
the governors of the Lombardo-Venetian and
Hungarian kingdoms to resign is quite incorrect.
The Archduke Albert, governor of Hungary, will,
however, take a long coup in the courEe of the
summer.

The Boerseithalle of Berlin states that the com-
mission for the revision of the regulations relative
to the navigation of the Eibe is to meet at Ham-
burg at the beginning of June.

According to a Berlin letter, one of the first
communications which will be made by the
Prussian cabinet to the chambers after the
Easter holidays will be relative to the health
of the King. The delegation now held by the
Prince of Prussia expires on the 23d of this month,
and it will probably ba prolonged for six months ;
if at the expiration of that period the King be not
recovered, it is thought that a permanent regency
will be established.

The Mad] id journals of the 2d have arrived.
Those of the liberal party vehemently attack the
talked-of fusion of the two branches of the royal
family, but in doing so they declare that they do
not consider it probable. The government was
about to present a bill relative to the sale of eccle-
siastical property ; it is based, it is said, on the
arrangement come to between M. Mon and the
Papal government.

THE BRITISH BANE DIRECTORS.—The Mayor, Alder..
men, and Town Cenucil, bankers, professional men,
tradesmen, and inhabitant householders of this city, have
signed a petition for presentation to her Majesty in be-
half of Mr. Kennedy, one of the British Bank Directors,
who, without !saving overdrawn his account or partici-
pated in the fraudulent scheme, was sentenced to nine
months' itnprisonment in the Queen's Bench prison. The
prayer of the petition is for the reversal of that santence ;
and it is sincerely hoped it may be heard and granted.—
Hereford Times.
PRICE or GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 2 per mille discount, and the short exchange on
London is 25.10 per 11. sterling. On comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 31 17e. lOid. per
ounc3 for standard gold it appears that gid is about
1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By
advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 420 per
mark, and the short exchange on London is 13 31 per
U. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price
is therefore about 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London
than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New
York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 107
per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par
between the two countries, shows that the exchange is
against England ; and, after making allowance for
charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre..
sent rate is just low enough to admit of the exportation
of gold from this country.
ItAILWAY TUNNEL Al THE DOVER HEIGHTS.—The
tunnel now constructing by the East Kent Railway
Company under the heights is in rapid proeress, the
workmen being at present employed in bricking the
arch and sides as fast as the miners remove the chalk
and earth from the tunnel. A clear passage through
has been for some time effected ; and about three-
fourths of the comrleted tunnel have been constructed,
so as to require little more than the ballast and rails to
be in a working condition. The entrance from Canter-
bury is on the Folkestone.road, which ere loMe will be
lowered 11 ft. The length of the tunnel is about 680
yards ; the clear breadth 31 ft. 6 in., and the height
from the rail to the keystone of the arch 21 ft. 6 in., all
of well finisb-ed brick-work 18J ft. thick. The greatest
depth from the surface of the heights to the rails is from
270 to 289 ft.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PARIS —The embellis'unent and
substantial improvement which Paris has undergone for
the last five or six years are truly marvellous. Absent
yourself from a cell-known place a few months, and on re-
visiting it you will look round and fancy that y have
just arrived in the city for the first time. The long
familiar lanes and alloys have disappeared ; opEn spaces
or wastes have been filled up ; splendid edifi3es have
risen where you only knew crumbling masses of de-
cayed stone or dead walls enclosing abominations. There
are entire quarters of this city which the Parisian him-
self would hardly recognise. Some of the finest, most
spacious, and commodeau3 hoties may indeed be found
in parts which, a few 34 irs ago, were the most miserable.
The buildings that have been constructed in the vicinity
of the Faubourg St. Antoine and the Bastille, the Fau-
bourg St. Denis, and parts adjacent, are quite as fine as
any in the quarter of the Madeleine, which, until now,
was regarded a the most elegant of Paris. All difference
in this respect is, in feet, disapp:arin j—evality in
street architecture is advancing rapidly, and what is
nicknamed the " nolle faubi urg"' hes long been left
bel.ind.

SHOCKING OecumititNcg.—Within the la,d few days a
very pair ful excitement has taken place in the establish-
ment of Lord Dufferin, at Highgate, in consequence of
the violent death of one of the domestics, under circum-
stances of a very extraordinary and melancholy nature.
It appears from the evidence that was brought forward
at the inquest, which was held on Tuesday, before Mr.
Wakley, that the deceased, Wln. Fallow, who was 17
years of age, held a situation at Dufferin-lodge. On
Saturday night last, between 8 and 9, the deceased was
eating oysters, when one stunk in the thorax. The un •
fortunate youth ran about in the gr. atest agony, and at
length fell. Mr. Mangle, a surgeon, promply arrived,
but all human aid was unavailing. On a of,et•mortero
examination the oyster was discovered is the air tubes,
completely checking respiration, and causing suffucatior.
The jury, after lamenting the sad accident, returned a
verdict, "Accidentally suffocated."