The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-06 00:00:00

COCHIN CHINA.

PARIS, FEB. 5.
The Pays of this evening says :
"An insurrection broke out in Cochin China on
the 17th December last.

" The natives attacked the French at Saigon. The
enemy, being twenty times more numerous than the
small expeditionary corps, succeeded in penetrating
into the interior of the fort, but were subsequently
energetically repulsed.
" At some points the combat was a hand-to-hand
one, and not a man remained unwounded.

"The Annamites fought with incredible boldness,
They left a number of killed on the field, and more
than 2,000 prisoners.
" The greater part of their wounded remained in
the hands of the French, and the Annamites re-
ceived a good lesson."
The Paine has the following additional news :
"On the 27th December the Cochin-Chinese attacked
Fort Mytho, but were repulsed with 225 killed."

FRANCE,

PARIS, FEB. 5.

Le Constitutionnel of this morning, speaking of
the refusal of the Crown of Greece by the Duke of
Saxe Cobourg, as a fact quite positive and beyond
dispute, observes that there is really no room what-
ever to doubt it—because the Gazette de Cobourg
now announces it as a fact " officially ;" reserving
only to itself a little later the explanation
of the negotiations that have taken place
upon the subject. " This explanation," re-
marks the Constitutionnel, with, as it were, a sly
chuckle, while insinuating the comment, " this de-
claration comes very a propos to demonstrate that
the Morning Post is not always in the secrets
of the English Ministers ! Even now," adds
the French journal, with a sarcastic exultation
one might almost think in throwing out
the remark, " this journal (i, e. the Morning
Post) while actually taking into account
the difficulties that subsist, expresses a hope to the
last that these difficulties will yet end by being
smoothed away. The official note of the Gazette de
Coburg effectually, however, destroys these antici-
pations !"
Referring to the possibility of a successful
mediation by the French Imperial Government,
between Poland and Russia, the Opinione
Nationale of to-day ends a very able argument,
signed (Ad. Geroult), with these words :—" Per-
haps our mediation (that is, the mediation of France)
will be less contracted there (namely, in Poland)
than with the United States—and if she finds an
honourable means of disembarrassing Poland from
a yoke which so heavily crushes her down, and of
delivering Russia of a cancer which gnaws at her
vitals, she will have accomplished one of the grandest
triumphs that the ambition of France could well
aspire to."
Read by Commission, says the Siecle, the Queen's
Speech on the opening of the English Parliament
contains " nothing at all worthy of particular
notice !"

• Yesterday at 10 o'clock, we read in .Le Pays of
this morning, the Ministers met in council in the
Palace of the Tuileries under the presidency of the

Emperor.

PARIS, Feb. 6.

In yesterday's sitting of the Corps Legislatif the
amendment proposed by M. Jules Favre to para-
graph 2 of the address was rejected.
The amendment to the address in favour of
Poland, brought forward by M. Guyard Delalain,
was then discussed. M. Guyard Delalain asked if
it was intended to restore to Poland the constitu-
tion granted by the Emperor Alexander.
M. Jules Favre also spoke in favour of Poland.
M. Billault, in his reply, said—" The present
moment is not opportune for entering into a dis-
cussion on the Polish question. France has not
lost her ancient sympathies for Poland ; but thinks,
and the Government is of the same opinion, that
the autonomy of Poland has more to expect from
the generous and liberal sentiments of the Emperor
of Russia than from attempts at insurrection—
efforts towards which will call down new disasters
upon that unhappy country."
M. Jules Favre then said—" This speech of the
Minister is the counterpart of the celebrated words
of Marshal Sebastiani, Order reigns at Warsaw.' "
M. Billault replied that he regretted speeches
should be made tending to excite vain hopes.
M. Jules Favre then asked if France was always
to be on the side of the :strongest, to which M.
Billault replied—
" The Emperor's Government has too much
sense to add by vain words fresh fuel to insurrec-
tional passions, and is too jealous of the dignity of
France to allow the repetition in the addresses for
another 15 years of futile protests against the
existing order of things."
Paragraph 2 was then adopted.
The Moniteur of this morning publishes news
from Cochin China to the Ist January, confirming
the statement that the insurrectional movement of
doubt that vigorous
the natives
Admiral hadßen
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nt ppressed.
suppression of the insurrection would have an in-
fluence upon
the Government at Hue favourable to
the maintenance
ance of peace. He had entered into
negotiations with the Annamite Minister in re-
ference to the settlement of some of the details and
the ratification of the treaty of Saigon, which will
take place at Hue.

In to-day's sitting of the Corps Legislatif, M
Baroche replied to M. 011ivitr's speech of yester-
day.

M. Baroche opposed the amendment to the Ad*
dress proposed by the'members of the Left, and
sought to refute the accusations brought forward
by those members against the Government in refer-
ence to 'the system pursued towards the prose, the
striking out of the names of electors from the lists,
and the modification of the electoral districts.
BOURSE, Feb. O.—The improved torilb visible i.ro
the market yesterday has continued, and a f 41,,
amount of business has been done at a further ace
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