The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-26 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
M. Drouyn d> riluys aid Baron Hubner have
lately had sevenconferences to settle the terms of
the alliance ofinsive and defensive about to b©
concluded between France, England, and Austria.
It is believed that v. satisfactory understanding has
been come to, ald that the treaty is iu ail vroba-

GI JANUARY 26, 1855.

bility already signed, and that it will speedily ap-
pear in the Moniteur._

"We have received by our private correspon-
dence," says the Steele, "a piece of news of
the highest importance. It is that, indepen-
dently of the explicit demand presented by M.
Ton Prokesch to the Germanic Diet, the lan-
guage of that representative of Austria leaves,
it is said, no doubt as to the offensive alliance
of Austria with the Western Powers ; and, if we
are well informed, the diplomatic agents of the
Austrian Cabinet in the different courts of Europe
employ exactly the same language."
The Monitcur promulgates the law lately adopted
by the Legislative Body and approved by the
Senate, for the levy of 140,000 men of the class of
1854.

An Imperial decree, dated the Gth, issued on
the report of the Minister of War, abolishes the
restrictions imposed in the concessions of mines
in, Algeria previous to the law of the 16th June,
1851, and establishes uniformity between the
concessions in that colony and those of Fran; e.
The report represents that this reform is not only
great in itself, but will be advantageous to mining
enterprise, and will encourage colonisation.
The Moniteur publishes the nomination or pro-
motion, in the Legion of Honour, to 16 officers or
privates of the army of Africa. It also gives the
names of 15 others, of the same army, to whom the
military medal has been accorded.
It is stated in a letter from the camp at Sebas-
topol that General Canrobert, since the departure
of the preceding mail, bad distributed 1 cross of
officer in the Legion of Honour, 7 members of the
Order, and 9 military medals.
The Emperor has appointed M. Raoul de Gram-
ment one of his equerries.
The Princess Joachim Murat has just been safely
delivered of a daughter.
The Emperor has ordered that, in compliance
with the prayer of tho Prefect of the Gironde, a
bust in receebie of Marshal St. Arnaud shall be
eyo,,uted at the expense of the Ministry of State,
and be placed in the hall of the council-general of
that department.
General Viscount Cavaignac de Baragne, ex-
Peer of France, died the day before yesterday at
his residence in the Rue Jean Goujon.
General Jussuf has just been appointed to com-
mand the Algiers division in Algeria, vice General
Camou, nominated to the command of a division
in the army of the Crimea.
General de Brigade Bizot, commanding 0. the engi-
neers in the army of the East, has just been pro-
moted to the rank of Commander in the Legion of
Honour. He has been 48 years in the service, has
gone through 10 campaigns, and been an officer in
the Legion since 1841.
Mr. William Hope has just died at his splendid
hotel in the Rue St. Dominique.
The French Government has accorded its exe-
quatur to M. Alcain as Consul-General at Paris
of the Republic of Guatemala, to M. Garrigues
as Consul of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg
Schwerin at Cette, and to M. Jouve as Vice-Con-
sul of England at Toulon.
The Conseil Imperial des Prises has declared
good and valid the capture of the Russian vessel
the Alexander 1., which was effected in the Archi-
pelago in September last by the Solon steam advice
boat.

BOURSE, J.A.N. 25.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4i per Cents 95 —f. —c.
3 per Cents 6B 67 90
Credit Mobilier 773 75 Roman
Credit Foncier 535 Austrian
Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes —
Piedmontese B4 35 Home Debt 3Ol
RAILWAYS—FOR CASH.
fr. - c. ft. e.
Orleans l,lBO Lyons , 1040
Western 675 Rouen 1062 50
Cette
Mediterranean — Havre 571 25
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