The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-22 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
Lord John Russell arrived at the British Em-
bassy here last night, and had an audience this
morning of the Emperor. The noble lord has also
had an interview with M. Drouyn do Lhuys at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Colonel d'Olberg, who is attached to the mission
of General Baron de Wedell, has left a second time
for Berlin with despatches, said to be a new pro-
position, and will return to Paris in a few days.
General of Brigade Maissat, commanding the
sub-division of Setif, has been promoted to the
rank. of General of Division ; and Colonel Guerin
de Tourville, of the staff, commanding the sub-
division of Bona, to that of General of Brigade.
The Meniteur contains a decree fixing the
number of men to be furnished by each of the
86 departments of France in order to make up
the 140,000 called out from the class of 1854.
The operations of the council of revision will
commence on the Ist of March, and all the lists
are to be Completed by the 20th of that month, im-
mediately after which the men will join their re-
spective corps.
" It is announced," says the Moniteur de 1 Armee,
" that the Imperial Guard is to be immediately
augmented. If we are well informed, the following
is to be the addition in contemplation regiment
of foot artillery ; a sixth battery in the regiment of
horse artillery ; a third battalion in the regiment
of gendarmery • a fourth battalion in each of the
two regiments Of grenadiers, and of the two regi-
ments of light infantry ; a second company of
engineers ; and a squadron of the waggon-train.
Likewise a sixth squadron of the ordinary waggon-
train is to be created, and a fifth company of the
workmen connected with that branch of the ser-
vice."

The Glayernment has received a despatch from
the Captain of the steam-corvette Phlegeton, dated
Constantinople the Bth, in which ho says—" I left
very fine weather in the Black Sea. The south-
west winds have during the last two days brought
a great number of vessels into tke Bosphorus.
Hay, which has been much wanted by the army, is
now arriving without interruption ; the Tage, the
Breslaw, and the Inflexible, ships of the line, are
laden with it ; the Didon frigate has just come to
an anchor here."

The general commanding the national guard of
the Seine' published yesterday au order of the day
announcing the receipt of the following letter from
General Canrobert

"General—l have received the letter i❑ which you
express to me the sentiments of confraternity of the
tuitional guard of the Seiue for the army of the East,
and announcing to me the gifts which it wishes to offer
to thit army. This testimony of sympathy amongst all
those with which the Era.)eror and the country honour
and support our efforts has deeply affected us. I beg
you, general, t,) express to the corps under your com-
mand our sincere gratitude, and to accept the assurance
of my high consideration and entire devotedness.

" CANROBERT. "

" The Russians continue," says the Patrie, " to
fortify their positions on the Danube. According
to the last accounts from Galatz of the 10th, the
entrenchments which had been raised at Reni have
been demolished, but their re-construction will im-
mediately take place on a plan decided on by a
commission of officers of the engineers, instituted
by General Pawloff."

The German journals publish the text of the
expose des motifs of the proposition sent in to the
Diet for the united committees on the question of
placing on a war-footing the federal contingents.
Its contents contain no point that has not been
already given in the analysis published of the docu-
ment.

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