The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

MARSEILLES, Aug. 14.—The mail steamer Indus,
which sailed from Constantinople the 6th instant,
arrived at 10 this morning. She brought Generals
Canrobert and Saucier, and 200 invalids from the,
Crimea. Some of them were badly wounded, and
were conveyed to the military hospital on stretchers.
General Canrobert remained in his private cabin
until the few persons who assembled to see the pas-
sengers land had dispersed. He then stepped ashore,
the Indus having been moored to the quay. Having
declined all military honours, he drove to the
Hotel des Empereurs, where he breakfasted in the
public coffee-room. He appeared cheerful, and
in much better health than one might expect from
his long stay in the Crimea and his severe winter
campaign. He sailed from Marseilles for Constan-
tinople in March, 1854.
Numerous detachments of troops continue t
arrive daily ; among them 300 of the 3d Regiment
of engineers, and 150 of the 2d of the same arm—
two detachments of the 35th, 53d, and 61st in-
fantry. The detachment of the 53d, 400 strong,
arrived from Auxerre, in Burgundy. They are to
be incorporated with the 19th, in the Crimea.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

The Emperor yesterday, after the official re-
ceptions, was pleased to allow a number of
foreigners of distinction to be presented to
him by the Papal Nuncio, the English Am-
bassador, the Belgian, Neapolitan, Prussian,
Austrian, Saxon, Portuguese, Sardinian, Ame-
rican, Dutch, and Spanish Ministers, and by
the Charges d'Affaires of Tuscany and Greece.
'The Emperor afterwards received Mr. W. Filmore,
ex-President of the United States, and also Baron
de Gratty, and also Major Chevalier Bowens de
Bau wens, Commissioner and Deputy-Commissioner
at the Exhibition for the Argentine Confederation.
An Imperial decree appears in the Moniteur, by
which the Emperor names the following as mem-
bers of the Municipal Council of Paris :—MM.
Count d'Argout, Governor of the Bank of France;
Bayvet, auditor of the same establishment ; F.
Barrot, Billaud, Boulatignier, Count de Breteuil,
Chaix d'Ast-Ange, Delangle, E. Delacroix, De-
niere, Devinck, Ambroise, Firmin Didot, Bubarle,
Dumas, Dutilleul, Eck, Fouche, Lepelletier,
Foucher, Fremen H , erron, Lamy, Le Dagre, Le-
gendre, Moreau, Marquis do Pastoret, Pecourt,
Polouze, Perier, Rouland, Do Royer, Segalas,
Thayer, Thibaut, Thierry, Tronchon, and Tarin.
The Moniteur contains decrees making further
promotions and nominations in tilo Legion of

Honour, on the occasion of the F6te Napoleon.
Among the former we. find as Commanders—M.
Bonjean, senator ; M. Chevreau, prefect of the
Loire Inferieure, and M. de Mentque, prefect of
the Gironde ; and as officers the Count de Segur
d'Aguesseau,': M. de Bourgoing, prefect of the
Seine-et-lUrne ; Baron Mercier, member of the
Council-General of the Orne, and M. Verdi, the
composer of the " Vepres Siciliennes," th. The
nmnber of Knights nominated amounts to 74.
The Moniteur says •--" The Emperor, in his so-
licitude for all that concerns the interests of the
army, has desired to ameliorate the position of the
widows and orphans of those who die in combat-
ing ; and, in consequence, by order of his Majesty,
a bill has been presented to the Council of State
for doubling the amount of the pensions to widows
and orphans of soldiers of all grades killed by the
enemy, or who die in the war. The bill in ques-
tion will be presented to the Legislative Body at
its next session, but the Minister of War has been
authorised to augment provisionally such pensions
with the funds of which he disposes, and which
come from national subscriptions."
!the Prefect of the Police has published an or-
donnance relative to the measures of order to be
observed on the entry of the Queen of England.
From three o'clock no carriages will be allowed to
pass along any of the streets through which the
cortege will pass from the Strasburg terminus to
St. Cloud ; the different deputations belonging to
the city of Paris who have demanded permission
to join the cortege will have places assigned them ;
the deputations from the communes of the' ban-
lieue are to assemble, headed by their banners, in
the grand avenue of the Champs Elysees, where
places will be reserve I for them. The ordonnance
concludes with the usual interdiction against erect-
ingscaffoldings, climbing on trees or lampposts, &c.
At the end of the grand banquet given on Tues-
day at the Hotel de Ville, in honour of the Em-
peror's fete, when the dessert was placed on the
table, M. Haussmann, the Prefect of the Seine,
proposed the health of the Emperor in the follow-
ing terms :---

Gentlemen,--In the name of the Municipal Body of
Paris, I have the honour of proposing the health of the
Emperor Napoleon 111. Every year that passes over
seems to add to the bonds of confidence and devotednes.
which so closely unite the country t) the Emperor.
(Loud marks of assent.) As for us, gentlemen, in pro-
portion as we advance in the accomplishment of the vast
designs conceived by his Majesty, in order to make Paris
a capital worthy of France, we are more and more deeply
penetrated with gratitude for the august initiative, the
happy effects of which excite at once the pride of our
fellow-citizens and the astonishment of foreigners.
(Loud applause.) Vive l'Empereur.
After a unanimous burst of acclamation the Pre-
fect continued :

"Gentlemen,—we unite to the Emperor in our senti-
ments, and we never separate from him in the expression
of our wishes, her Majesty the Empress, his august and
gracious companion, Vive Imperatrice."
This toast, which was delivered in an emphatic
manner, was followed by unanimous cries of Vice
l'Empereur Vice l'lmperatrice !
" For some days past," says the Courrier de la D2'Olll,C,
" from 1,500 to 2,000 soldiers have been daily conveyed
from Lyons to Marseilles. These troops form part of
the contingent of from 20,000 to 30,000 men who are
before the end of the month to embark at the Southern
ports for the East. It is said that these troops are in-
tended;for the camps of Maslak and of Yarns, but every-
thing of course will be subordinate to the grand military
action which is every day expected at Sebastopol."
" The sawing-mills of the Doubs and Jura,' says the
Salta Public of Lyons, " are at present busily employed
in preparing a large quantity of planks for the army Of
the East, probably in anticipation of a further supply of
wooden huts for the winter. Ono of the Rhone steamer-
carried to Marseilles on Tuesday a full cargo of plankb
ready arranged to be carried out to the East. The
same day, 1,200 barrels of gunpowder were forwarded
from Lyons to Marseilles by railway, and as much had
been sent there two days before. As to bombs and other
projectiles the quantities lately despatched from Lyons
have been immense."

BOURSE, AUG. 16.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. C. End of Month.
4? per Cents 95 —95 f. --o.
3 per Cents 67 25 67 55
Credit Mobilier l2OO Roman
Credit Fonder 550 Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... .. 95 Spanish Throes —
Piedmontese — - Home Debt —
RAILWAYS—FOR CASH.
fr. c. fr. c
Orleans
Western B3O Rouen
Cette 675 Strasburg
Nediterranean 1320 Havre 7Ol 25
Northern