The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-09 00:00:00

FRAN CE.

PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 8.
A private despatch from Turin announces the
adoption of the treaty of alliance by the Chamber
of Deputies yesterday morning.
The Moniteur contains no official intelligence of
interest.

It gives the following account of an action
fought on th© Danube, published by the Journal
de Constantinople, to which, however, we give no
credence :

" Bucharest, Jan. 20.
" The news has arrived here by Matschin and Ibraila,
that a Russian corps in the Dobrudscha, having at-
tempted to pass the Danube, hal been repulsed with
great loss, after a conflict of several horn, by the rear-
guard of Yaya Pacha, and that the latter had already
crossed the Danube at Tults:the, and Ismail. During
the last six days the Turkish forces that were at Ibraila
under the command of Achtnet Paella, have crossed the
Danu be at Goura-Jalonitza."

The following additional private telegraphic de-
spatches were received in Paris yesterday :
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. I.—The changes in the per-
sonnel of the Government continue. Selint Bay, Cham-
berlain, and Feria and Safiz, Secretaries to the Sultan,
have been dismissed, and replaced by proteg6s of Reschid
Paella. These dismissals have produced considerable
sensation.

TRIESTE, Feb. 7.—Accounts from Constantinople state
that Vassif Pacha, who has jest left to take the command
of the army of Asia, is ordered to keep on the defensive,
and fortify himself between Erzeroum and Toprakald.
According to accounts from Damascus of the 18th
ult., the Kurdish insurrection had not been put down
The chief of the rebels, at the head of 1,500 partisans,
threatened Sachogeziere, and prevented the passage of
the couriers who traverseMesopotarnia to Constantinople
and Bagdad. According to accounts from Trebizond of
the 24th ult., the Russians were marching in force on
Khiva. Persia still maintains neutrality.
News front Athens of the 2d inst., states that the
Greek Government had appointed M. Conduriotis chargd
d'affaires in Turkey, and completed the personnel of the
Greek legation at Constantinople.
It is also said that the Government is preparing a
special law against brigandage, which will form part of
the treaty of commerce with the Porte.
The Seraglio Barracks has been given up by the Ot-
toman Government for the accommodation of the reserve
of the French army.

THE BALTIC.
The following is extracted from a letter from
Kiel, dated Feb. 5 :--
You have already been informed that Russia has
been making vast preparations against the at-
tacks which are expected to be made by the
Allied fleets and armies in the spring ; that every
fort has been strengthened, and every point where
a landing might be attempted has been carefully
examined with a view to its more complete de-
fence, and that arrangements have been made for
the formation of
parts of the coast, and for the rapid collection of
troops from all quarters to such points as may be
assailed. Lines of telegraph are now forming along
the shores of the Gulfs, and every precaution
will be adopted to prevent the possibility of sur-
prise. - A step in advance is now contemplated.
They have plucked up courage from our back-
wardness last year, and attack, not defence, has
become their theme. They now intend more
fully to equip their ships, so as to fit them
for seeking an encounter with the Allied forces.
Contracts have been advertised for immense sup-
lies of hemp, canvas, oak timber, and plank, and
every other description of naval stores, the whole to
be delivered, under heavy penalties, before the end
of March, and there is such a degree of activity
displayed throughout the whole operations of the
Government as has never before been witnessed, so
as to reach the Allies, if indeed they require the
lesson, that they have neither a weak nor an idle
foe to cope with. Let us hope that England will
now have a fair chance of showing that on her
proper element hor sons will know how to main-
tain that superiority which their fathers gained in
every quarter of the globe.
The Russian Vice-Consul at this port has just
been raised to the higher office of Consul, and the
Czar has sent him the Cross of the Commander of
the Order of St. Stanislaus, in token of his appro-
bation of his zealous services.

A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at Constan-
tinople on the night of the 23d, bat no damage was
occasioned. A grand dinner and soiree were given
on the 25th at the English Einbasiy, to which all
the Turkish Ministers and the Corps Diplomatique,
without exception, were, invited. For the first
tinee
ladies were not excluded from a dinner at
which Turkish functionaries were present.

The Cologne Gazette states that two French divi-
sions, as long since announced, will now positively
enter the Principalities, where, in conjunction with
the Turks, they are to occupy those strategic points
which are not sufficiently secured against surprise
by the. Russians.

It is now stated from Turin that the French
Government have applied for permission for a
Corps (tarn/6e to pass through the Piedmontese