The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-16 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

VIENNA, FEB. 15.
Not simple conferences, limt a, regular Congress
will be held here.

France mend.g a Special Minister.

The Vioma Presse states that the English are
retiring from the siege lines before Sebastopol,
and are, with the French guard, to form the
reserve at Balaklava.

The following despatch has also been re-
ceived :

VIENNA, FEB. 15.

The mail steamer from Constantinople, of the
sth instant, has arrived at Trieste to-day. Riza

Paella, Ali Bey, and Sadyk Bey were on board.
The former will represent the Porte in the ap-

proaching conferences at Vienna.

Everything was prepared in the Crimea for an
approaching assault. Favourable weather is
anxiously expected.
The French have extended their position to the
extreme right.
The British army and the Imperial Guard will
form the reserve corps, and also will be charged
with the defence of Balaldava.

An answer was expected on the 6th at Con-
stantinople, from Greece, to the propositions made
by Reschid Pacha.
Intelligence from Persia is unfavourable—Rus-
sian influence at Teheran predominates. The
English Ambassador and M. Bourre were about

to present au ultimatum to the Shah, demand-
ing an auxiliary corps of thirty thousand men.
By the fire which broke out in the arsenal near
the Golden Horn, a severe loss of stores was sus-

tained by the French.
The Dutch Consul at Smyrna, M. Lemepp, died
on the 7th instant.

A Belgian journal makes an announcement
which reads like malicious irony, that Tuscany,
Parma, and Modena have adhered to the West-
ern Alliance, and will furnish each a contingent
of 1,000 men.

The following telegraphic despatches were re
ceived in Paris yesterday :

VARNA, FEB. 6.

Omer Pacha, has just set sail for the Crimea,
on board the Colombo. Colonel Dieu and Colonel
Simmons accompany him.

PERA, FEB. 5.

General Pelissier arrived this morning, and wil
pursue his route to Sebastopol almost imme•
diately.

JASSY, JAN. 31.

The General Divan, which, since the conven-
tion of Balta-Liman, takes the place of the old
National Assemblies, is about to be convoked for
the purpose of verifying and legalising the public
expenditure for the years 1853-4. The"session
was opened on the 27th inst.
As a provisional remedy for the financial em-
barrassments arising from the successive occupa-
tion of tho oolantry by lobo IlussEsieows, riiuce,
Ghika has resolved on having recourse to credit
He is about to contract a loan of 2,400,000 pias-
tres at the legal interest of ten per cent., to be

repaid in twenty-four monthly instalments of
100,000 piastres each. A Vienna banker has
undertaken the loan.

FRAN CE.

The news which reached Paris of the intention of
augmenting the British army by 115,000 men, and
the practical blockade of Russian ports, has had
an admirable effect on public feeling in France.
The Minister of War has just directed an office
to be opened at Gem for enrolling men for the 2d
Foreign Legion. Such recruits as may be obtained
are to be forwarded to Besancon.

The Bourse has been considerably affected by a
rumour of the Emperor's departure for the Crimea
on an early day. The report has it that his ab-
sence will be supplied by a Council of Regency
(with the Empress for Regent), to be composed of
the two Imperial Princes, Jerome and Napoleon,
and the Presidents of the Senate and Legislative
Corps. It is considered by more serious persons
as totally devoid of probability, and is attributed
to some of the large capitalists, who, not having
been admitted to shares in the national loan, take
this mode of satisfaction and of making profit by
the fall.

BOURSE, FEB. 15.—CLosnra PRICES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
43 per Cents 94 75 —4. —c.
3 per Cents 65 t-)5 65 85
Credit Mobilier 752 50 Roman
Credit Fon cier 550 Austrian
Belgian Five 5........ Spanish Threes
Piedmontese Bl 50 Home Debt

RAILWAYS-FOR CASH.

fr. c. fr. c
Orleans
Western 655 Rouen
Cette 597 50 Strasburg

Mediterranean 892 50 Havro —
Northern