The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-26 00:00:00

Normandy of the noble house 4f ter the con-
quest w..s the stock from which the Percys, Dukes of
islorthumberland sprang, has just died at his estate at St
Clair, near Vire, aged 78.
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"It is known thtit our steam navy has only two frigates
of 540 horse power—viz., the Descartes, which is afloat,
and the Vauban, which is building. The Mogadore
frigate, which was put on the stocks in 1840, is the only
vessel above that power, which is in the'course of execution,
and this is only advanced to the extent of 9-24ths. This
vessel will be of 640-horse power. If we are well-in-
formed, the Minister of Marine has given orders for the
building of two other frigates of the same class. We
do not know in what ports they will be built, but we
have reason to believe that the engines have already
been ordered of Messrs. Cav6 and Schneider."

" The Diatio of Rome announces the arrival of the
Emperor of Russia in that city on the 13th instant, tra-
velling under the title of General Romanolf. his Ma-
jesty took up his residence in the Palace Giustiniani, the
seat of the Russian embassy, We extract the following
on this subject from the Quotidienne:—
" ' We have received letters from Rome of the 13th.
The Emperor Nichulas had arrived during the night, and
in the morning at eleven he went to the Vatican in the
carriage of M. de BouteniefF, who was seated at his
right, and alone with him. The aides-de-camp followed
in two other carriages. The guai.d at the palace paid
the honours shown to crowned heads. The holy father
went to receive the Emperor in his hall adjoining his ca-
binet. The Emperor bowed, and kis,ed the Pope's ring,
and then the two sovereigns embraced. After having made
some inquiries as to the Emperor's journey, the Pope
introduced him into his cabinet, where he remained an
hour and a quarter with him and M. de Boutenii ff. Car-
dinal Acton acted as interpreter. On leaving, the Emperor
presented to the Sovereign Pontiff the persons of his
suite, and after a few words the Emperor withdrew. It
is of course impossible to tell, or even guess at the re-
sult of this interview. But we could read in the face
of the two Sovereigns rather an expression of friendship
than distrust. We may also allude to the previous state
of things. It is known that the Emperor comes to solicit
a dispensation for the marriage of his daughter with the
Archduke, and it appears that he had never given any
orders which conld hare authorised the recent persecu-
tions by a schismatic bishop, and had promised that
rigid investigation should take place, and the bishop he
exiled to Siberia, if the charges against him were proved.
On his side, the Pope had demanded that a nuncio
should be received at St. Petersburg, and that the
liberty of the Catholics should be acknowledged. Other
letters speak of the question of the hats, to which the
French Cabinet attaches so much importance. The
French Ministry had set a trap for the Court of Rome.
It was desirous in the choice of the prelates to obtain a
disavowal of the French Episcopacy, but the snare was
easily detected. The Ministry will not obtain the two
hats that it was desirous of."

On the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, the Three per Cents.
closed at 821. 30c.; the New Loan, at 82f. 10c; the Five
per Cent s. 118 f. 40c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,187 f. 50c.
Rouen, 9721. 50c. ' • Northern, 735 f. ; Havre, 777 f. 50c.;
Avignon, 905 f. ; Vierzon, 610 f.; Bordeaux, 622 f. 50c.;
Boulogne, 5121. 50c.; Troyes and Montereau, 425 f. ' • Basle,
' 237 f. 50c. • Fampoux, 5621. 50c. ; Lieppe, 470 f. ; Spanish
Three per Cents., 39%.