The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-15 00:00:00

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

A letter from Bucharest, of the 3d, says:—"The
Muschir Ismail Pasha, second in command of the
Ottoman troops of the Danube, arrived here the
day before yesterday. The object of his visit is
said to be to secure the means of transport and sup-
plies for the approaching campaign. The Austrians
announce their departure for Moldavia in a week
or ten days, for the accounts received from Bess-
arabia speak of the concentration of a strong Rus-
sian corps d'armee, which threatens the Bukowine
and the northern part of Moldavia. The Turks are
concentrating their disposable forces at Silistria."

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The Austrian Government has communicated in
an official manner to the Governments of France
and England that the mission of the Archduke
William to St. Petersburg is merely an act of
courtesy, of simple politeness, and has nothing
whatever to do with political matters.
M. de Wedell had an interview yesterday with
the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. It is un-
derstood to have been rather of a general and
somewhat vague kind.
The Moniteur contains a report from the Minister
of War to the Emperor proposing to extend to
Algeria the decrees of the 3d Sept., 1854, and of
the Bth September, 1852, relative to Chambers of
Commerce in France—subject, however, to the
modification that native and foreign traders shall
continue to form part of the Algerian Chambers,
and that the right of election shall be enjoyed by
traders who have been licensed for three instead of
five years. An Imperial decree carries out the
suggestions of the report. Another report from
the same Minister to his Majesty proposes that
the decree of the 16th August last, relative to the
bands of regiments of the guard, shall be extended
to those of the regiments of the line. The effect
of this measure is to raise the pay of the band-
master from that of a sergeant-major to that of
sub-lieutenant and in some cases lieutenant, and of
the men front that of simple corporal to that of ser-
geant, or sergeant-major according to their ca-
pacity. The Emperor hasi approved of these re-
commendations.
The Phare de la Manche states that workmen
are as actively as possible engaged at Cherburg in
preparing the necessary furniture and fittings-up
for the Imperial yacht the Reine Hortense. When
ready, these articles are to be sent by the Cocyte
steamer to Havre, whence they will be forwarded
by railway to Toulon. Some persons seem to
think that these preparations are connected with
the reported departure of the Emperor to the
Crimea in the Reine Hortense.

A letter from Antwerp, in the Moniteur, says :
—The Custom-house officers at this port having, in
obedience to express orders, examined packages
intended to be embarked on board vessels bound
for a port in the Baltic, have just discovered in a,
case declared to contain mercery, a number of
double-barrelled carbines and pistols. The case
was immediately seized."

BOURSE, MARCH 14.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4i per Cents. (ad) 94 25 94f. 50c. (ex)
3 per Cents 69 45 69f. 40c.
Credit Mobilier 765 Roman
Credit Foncier 535 Austrian
Belgian Fives. ..... .. Spanish Threes —
Piedmontese B5 50 Houle Debt ' 3li