The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-14 00:00:00

meeting bills at Paris, &e., in freight and insurance 011-
gold brought out, in repayment of advances, and
in
agency.

• PRUSSIA.
. The National Gazette of Berlin contains a lettl
from St. Petersburg, which says •--" The' Gran
Duke Constantine p the
to Cronstadt on ttma.
24th March, to review the two divisions of ,he
Baltic fleet. The divisions at Cronstadt, and
third division, stationed at Revel and Swea74l.;;
are being provisioned. A detachment of SO d
from Opotshenie passed through Saint Peter
on the 2d. Their dress consists of a grey neatY
tloots, and a cap with a cross on it ; they we
bmrds and long hair, except in front and nt,, -
nape of the neck, where it is cut in a right I'e
their arms are the hatchet and musket."

AUSTRIA. : .
A letter from Vienna of the 9th in the caught
Gaistte, says :—" Ali Pacha this morning paid
diplomatic visits, accompanied by the Turk
analxssador, Arib Effendi. The two Turkish fat'
potentiaries first 'visited Count Buol, and then
members of the diplomatic corps in succession•
a sort of preparatory conference held this mornin.,'
M. Drouyn de l'Huys, who has brought, it is said'
a new Irording of the third and fourth points, 620,-
pressed, in the name of the Emperor Napoleon,
desire tc have the conferences conducted as rePicinit
as possible, so that the advantages of the preen
fine season might not be lost for warlike operation
should peace not seem probable."
A.lettez from Vienna, of the 9th, in the Cow"
tutionnel, says :
" Notwithstanding the solemnity of Easter week, tb:
Emperor Francis Joseph yesterday received M. DruuTn
de i'Huys, after divine service in the chapel of the Collri3:1,
at which, according to ancient custom, the IMP,ipi '-
family are present every year in state, surroundVid,
the great officers of the Crown and of? the House?
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs went a'°%-f
about one o'clock in the afternoon, to the IraPe. to
Palace, and was introduced by, an aide-de-camP "hig
the Cabinet of the Emperor, and presented la ,70-r
iNlajesi y an autograph letter from the ErnPe'a"
Napoleon. No one eaa yet know what took Place go
this private conference, which will doubtless hs'.'s
a greatpinfluence on the destinies of Europe.
however; known that when M. Drouyn de 11-1148 'fere
he appeared much pleased, and afterwards said, b
several diplomatists, 'however great my expectlt. co
were, they have been exceeded by as exalted irtelligelbl,.
which I have been to admire to-day in the .0
valrous Emperor of Austria. He is the typo of a gee,
monarch, who, understanding the spirit ' ai
it of the al
wishes sincerely and in good faith for an alliance
France.' The Emperor Francis Joseph, on bl 3
expressed to M. Drouyn de l'Huys, through C,
Buol, how happy he was 0 be acquainted witace.
statesman, who, by his talents, since the 'ceramic 5o
men t of the Eastern question, has raised hirneel„.`n 0,
high in the esteem of all the. Cabinets of Europe.
word it is impossible that a more flattering recell:
could have been given to any one than that Whlch
Dronyn de l'HuYs has met with at the Court of vier' ,h,
At the soiree given yesterday by Count Buol, et wh
he
the other members of the Cabinet, the heads ,0
foreign legations, the high functionaries .of the St a`,..1
and the elite of the Austrian nobility, were pns'lli7."
Dronyn de 111.uys was the object of general all.
ton. Feeling how necessary the yrJsence of,
Drouyn de l'Huys in Paris was, Count ' Ba°-1
viied the members of the Congress to assemble to-claY'
in order to introduce to them officially M. Dr°P.Yin
de l'Huys and Ali Patella, the Turli Ws Minister of Foreltli.
Affairs, who arrived hero yeAtTday. In this IDnd h`
r, the great questions on which peace or war d 9
...erf
may be entered on at the next sitting, There %%or
re.a,scu to believe that the present week will not pass _to
wW.out our knowing what we have to hope for orbe.,.
fear. The essential point is that the unclerstabding,ecivi,,
twee.' the Western Powers and Austria has reaeu_o
to such a degree of cons stency that nothing c7sa,
shake (r weaken it. In t. is state of things, 13;11 no r
if she rightly en if r dands her own interest', I'a•the
other choice than to frankly unite in the policy ° tof
Western Powers, in order to take part in the settlemenor,
peace, I desire this mole than I &re. hop it, as harts
tainly do nct attach great importance to the reAus-
which are in circulation of an understaniing between Tad,
tria and Prussia. I think I can assure you oat, 11s lit in
the question of the Straits, the Allie Powe: gar. ,ivoci
the same point of view as the Porte, and if, as 'll e .
in letters from Constantinople, Ali Pacta is Congress
charged by the Divan to support. in thsetraCiettcrgata-iswe
the maintainance of the closing of the
Congress will occupy itself less in revising thew,
of the 13th July than in adding to lt
right of
planatory regulation, stating the severe/V:4n condi-
the Sultan to open the Dardanelles under of' groin
nation. -
tions to the vessels of war of a foreign of tbe
the moment that the question of the -revisionr u
treaty Luc
treaty of the 13th July, 1841, is thus set aside, r be
can no longer ground any claim on that dace
admitted to the Conferences. She must then Pr° •
de'
other claims, which, according to the peremptory e,
clarations of the Western Powers, can only be engag „,
merits identical to those entered into by the contracting
parties to the alliance of Dec. 2. Without • this it will
be useless for the Court of Berlin to knock at the doer
of tho Oosagrooo, wsadit moot rveigri itcplf.tn accept as
pits accomplis the decisions,of the Congress."

SWITZERLAND.
The Helvetic Government was officially informed
on the Bth inst. that the blockade, established for
the last two years along the frontiers of Lombardi
had been raised on that day, in consequence of the
ratification by the Cabinet of Vienna of the con-
vention concluded at Milan on the 18th ult• be-
tween Austria and the canton of Ticino.

GREECE.
A private letter from Athens of , the 31st mew
tions the arrival in that city of Prince Galitzin tr4o
Envey fi •in the Emperor of Russia. The ostensib e
mission of the Prince is to announce officially thb..
death of the Emperor Nicholas, but the ret4fto
ject, according to the letter, is to communicate to
the Court the decision of the Russians never.
consent to peace in the event of Sebastopol bellg
taken, and that Russia would trust her triuLuP
to the chances of war :
" At the same time (continues the letter) the new tin;
peror promises, it is said, to extend at the close oft
war the limits of the kingdom of Greece to the -frewltlie
of Macedonia. Promises of money were made °n the
same occasion, and it is currently rumoured that of
Court will not desist from promoting the intrigues
Russia."
THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

1.

(BY ELEOTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY, 11: A.)1'01,
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ste'l
ship Madrid, Captain Cook, has just made berf7s-
pearance with the mails from Vigo, Oporto, 00
bon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. She left Lisl3°3,;ci-
the 9th inst 4 Her political• news has been an
pated by the arrival of the Solent.

BANK OP PRAIVVE,
The following was th;situation of the Bank °lll
Thursday, April 12

C.
CR. s Fr. ,1 98
Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks,.
207,455,06'U 96
Bills due yesterday to be paid to•day 434)
Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
60, 79
k52,659f. 17c. are from the branch
153,815,44 9 65-
ban
Bills in the branch banks
.? Advances on coin and ingots
m
Do. in the branch banks ' 890,85 19
Do. on public securities of Frap?ii '"'
; .28,°'7306--
Do. in the branch banks
Do. uu railway shares and bonds 57,911' 00
Do. in the branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Rentes of the reserve fund
Rentes of disposable funds
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch banks,
Expenses of administration...
Sundries

65,000,000
12,980450 14
52,467,474 13
4,000,000
4,728,415
985,466 64
40
80, 55
1,015,488,641 41

DB.

-.
Capital .
Reserve fund 12,980,750 1 _
Reserve immobilibre
Notes to bearer, in circulation ,„ 528 506,909
Do. of branch banks ' 5 150 -
124,84 ! ,17
Do. to order (Post bills) '
Bills at sight 9,661,594°4 16
Account-current of Tneasury Creditor 78,64_8,0:1 59
Various accounts-current 117,50,2„,'; ...--
Do. branch banks 20,533,1' 0
Dividends to be paid 630,801 „,,.
61 "
Discount, interest, and expenses
' a 403
Charge for safe keeping of securities l',""agi 93
Re-discounts of the last half year - 36
91,250,000 -4
Overdue bills 100,949 89
• Sundries 5,068,189,,
------;:". 41
488°7'-
1,015, ,
__ve
It appears from these returns that the metallic irthe
has declined at Paris 161 millions, and increased of the
provinces 8 millions. The account current , the
Treasury has declined 21 millions. The whole O's, to
metallic reserve amounts at present to 4321 million
6531 millions of notes in circulatior.

111.10•80.116
THE CASE OP KiNG
~ , Vie
published the evidence led in this case at the Cer4Fg
50
Criminal Court, which resulted in the jury finding ~v., 0
guilty of the charges preferred against him. Ile - '
THE DETECTIVE,—Yesterva.I al
sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. „ :-"
SALE, OF PEopERTY.—An Invernetl; paper Flbe..
"`V
understand that the property in Stricheep ill t Of
nt-
deeliire, ;a3 been sold by Lord Lovat, for the °log. '
140,0;;01, It is said that this is from 20,000/. to ''o' 0
beyond what could have been obtained a few years 1;1/4;
when it was offered in three several lots, but failed 1;1/4
attract purchasers."