The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-22 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY.—The chief political news to-
day is that Prussia, who, notwithstanding her
refusal to join the Austrian Alliance with the
Western Powers, pretended to have a right, as a
great European power, to participate in any con-
ference having for its object to modify treaties to
which she was a party, has made a protest against
the validity of any resolutions which may be
come to by the new conference about to be opened
at Vienna. The answer to this protest will, in all
probability, be given by a French army on the
Rhine before three months are over. The
news from Germany affords small prognostics
of peace. According to the Weimar Gazette,
Count Nesselrode only authorised Prince Gorts-
chakoff to accept the four points in the sense
attributed to then by the Russian Cabinet,
and with very important modifications, espeoially
with regard to the third point, relative to the re-
, vision of the treaty of 1841. Both the Presse and
the Patric of this evening sum up the latest news
as being to the effect that the Emperor of Russia
is in no disposition to make serious concessions.
The following private telegraphic despatches are
given in the French papers :
TatEsTE, 18th.—According to news from Con-
stantinople of the Bth, General Canrobert has
given orders to suspend, for a time, the despatch
of further reinforcements, in order to avoid over-
crowding the camp.
ATHENS, 12th.—The Allies will shortly quit
Greece, leaving only small detachments at the
Piraeus.

We read in the Moniteur :—" The Emperor on
the propositio of the Minister of War and Marine,
has ordered that all donations either in money or
in kind for the troops in the East shall be devoted
without distinction to the army and the fleet ; that
the gifts in miDney shall be converted into articles,
according to t he special designation of his Majesty ;
that all objects 'of consumption and others shall

be sent, as soon as possible, to Marseilles to be de-
posited in a warehouse, be classified as much
as possible according to their nature, and then sent
to Constantinople, where the military intendent,
specially appointed in that city, shall give or-
ders for their reception ; that the distribution
of the donations shall be made in the Crimea be-
tween the land and sea forces, according to an un-
derstanding come to between General Canrobert
and Admiral Brunt; and finally, that the articles
intended for the use of the sick shall be divided
among the hospital establishments at Constanti-
nople and in the Crimea."

The Moniteur publishes two Imperial decrees,
one ordering that alcohol distilled in Corsica from
the daffodils, cactus figs, aid other plant; shall be
admitted free of duty on the French continent,
under the formalities prescribed by the law of May
6, 1841 ; and the other, fixing the import duties
on certain articles as follows :—Juniper berries,
daffodil bulbs, and cactus figs, by French vessels
and by land, free ; by foreign vessels lf. 10c. the
100 kilogrammes (the present duty).—Table fruit,
other than those mentioned in the tariff—Exotic.
By French vessels, free; by foreign vessels, 4f. the
100 kilog. Native—By French vessels, free ; by
foreign vessels, 2f. the 100 kilog.
By a decision of the Minister of Finance, the in-
terest on Treasury Bonds is fixed as follows from
the 20th iust. :-3 per cent. per annum for bonds of
from three to five months' date ; 31 per cent. for
those of from six to eleven months ; and 4 per
cent. for those of one year.

The Emperor and the Empress were present last
evening at the Vaudeville Theatre. Their Majes-
ties were most warmly greeted both at their entry
and their departure.
The Momiteur publishes a first list of the sums
paid into the caisse of the Ministry of War in fa-
vour of the army of the East. It amounts to
264,222 f. 450.

BOURSE, JAN. 20.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4i per Cents 95 25 94fr. 75c.
3 per Cents 6B 70 68f. 70c.
Credit Mobilier 747 50 Roman
Credit Foncior 535 Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes —
Piedmontese B7 Home Debt