The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-23 00:00:00

almost to desperation. She renounces friends,
finding, as the poet says, that—
" Friendship's but a name, the haughty fair one's jest,"
the world has no longer any charms for her. She
has quitted it and entered a nunnery.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

CENTRAIt ASIA.
BRUSSELS, MARCH 22 (Evening.)

The Nord publishes telegraphic intelligence from
St. Petersburg, announcing that the inhabitants of
Taschrend had abolished slavery, out of deference
to the Emperor of Russia. All the slaves, mostly
of Persian origin, had been set at liberty. General
Tcherniaief had notified to the Emir of Bokhara
that he should march into and occupy his territory
if he did not release the Russian envoy whom he
had imprisoned.

FRANCE.
SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR.

PARIS, Thursday.
The deputation from the Corps Legislatif to
present the_ address in reply to the Speech from
the Throne was received to-day by the Emperor.
His Majesty, on receiving the address, said :
" The great majority of the Corps Legislatif have
confirmed once more, by voting this address, the
policy which has given you 15 years of tranquillity
and prosperity. I thank you. Without allowing
yourselves to be carried away by vain theories,
presented in a seductive garb as alone capable of
aiding the emancipation of thought and the pro-
gress of humanity, you said to yourselves : We
also desire to attain those ends, while regulating
our march by the appeasement of passions and
the wants of society.' Is not our motive the
common welfare? and what attraction would your
mission have for you or my power for me if
separated from the love of justice ? Would you go
through such long and arduous labours if you were
not inspired by true patriotism ? Could I have
borne the weight of government for the last 18
years, with its incessant preoccupations and heavy
responsibility, before God and before the nation,
if I had not felt within me that strength which is
afforded by the sense of duty and by the conscious-
ness of having a useful mission to carry out ?
France, equally with ourselves, desires progress,
stability, and liberty ; but a liberty which shall de-
velop intelligence, generous instincts, and the noble
exertions of labour--not a liberty bordering upon
licence, which would excite evil passions, destroy all
belief, rekindle hatred, and give rise to disorder.
We require a liberty which shall enlighten, control,
and discuss the actions of the Government, but not
become an arm to undermine and overthrow it.
Fifteen years ago, when nominal chief of the State,
without effective power and without support in the
Chamber, but strong in my conscience and the
suffrages which had elected me, I ventured to de-
clare that France would not perish in my hands. I
have kept my word. For 15 years France has
developed and increased, and her high destiny will
be accomplished. After us our sons will continue
our work. My guarantee for this is the assistance
of the great bodies of the State, the devotion of the
army, the patriotism of all good citizens, and,
lastly, that Divine protection which has never
failed our country.
His Majesty's speech was received with repeated
cries of " Vive l'Empereur 1"
BOURSE, March 22, Three o'clock.—The market
closed at the following quotations :

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Credit Idobilier
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Roman
Ottoman Fives
Mexican Loan 4B 50
Do. Bonds 306 25
Russian —
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Spanish Threes
Home Debt
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Credit Foncier —
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