The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-27 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.
There is nothing to extract, or even to notice,
in the articles of the Paris journals on the Eastern
question. It would, indeed, be difficult, in the
present state of uncertainty, for them to say any-
thing of interest on the subject. On other sub-
jects the only article at all worth notice is in the
Assemblee 1V ationale, on the prospects of the har-
vest. This journal expresses a belief that it will
turn out better than it was expected ; but, let the
circumstances be what they may, it approves of
the precautions adopted by the Government.
The M oniteur contains a decree from the Em-
peror dividing all the compartments of France into
nine circumscriptions, and nominating to them the
following gentlemen as inspectors of prefectures :
MM. Marchant, Carlier, Boulatignier, Villemain,
Waisse, Fremy, Stourm, Dubessey, and Dariste.
M. de Persigny, the Minister of the Interior, has
addressed the following circular to the prefects re-
lative to this decree :
" Monsieur le Prdfet —The Emperor has decided that
the inspection entrusted to high functionaries, on the
proposition of the Minister of Police, in execution of the
decree of March 5, 1853, shall be united to the inspec-
tion of the prefecture confided to Councillors of State by
the decree of the 2d of February previous ; but the in-
spection is to be confided to the administrative services
in the departments in which the political inspection has
already taken place. A decree dated July 23, published
in this day's Monileur, contains a table of the circum-
scriptions of inspection, and their distribution amongst
the inspectors. An auditor of the Council of State is
attached to each inspector in the quality of secretary.
The inspectors and the auditors shall be received at the
hotel of the Prefecture, but without its being necessary
to observe the ceremonial prescribed by the decree of the
24th Messidor, year XII. Within 24 hours after his
arrival, each inspector will receive the functionaries of
the department. Such of the inspectors as have not
yet quitted Paris, are to do so immediately, but you
will be informed of the precise period at which the in-
spector of the circumscription in which your prefecture
is situated, is to proceed to the department. The in-
spectors have received directly from the Emperor in-
structions for the accomplishment of their mission ; and, in
addition, they will bear with them those which I have
considered it necessary to determine on, in execution of
the decree of his Majesty, dated the 2d of February last.
According to those instructions, the prefecture and all
the services dependent on them or connected with them
are to be the object of a profound investigation in every
part, with a view to the maintaining or strengthening
the unity of the administrative action in each depart-
ment. The Emperor expects an exchange of sincere
and friendly communications between the members of
the superior administration and the functionaries of the
local administration. He is convinced that the inspec-
tion will furnish him with the means of better seconding
the action of the departmental authorities, and at the
same time of obtaining from those authorities a more
efficient co-operation. Receive, Monsieur le Prdfet, the
assurance of my most distinguished consideration,
" F. us PERSIGNY."
The news of the crops in the South is favour-
able. In the Hautes and Basses Alpes, particu-
larly, the corn is in excellent condition ; and the
same may be said of the olives and figs in the
vicinity of Lyons. From the Cher and Normandy
the news 'of the state of the crops is equally favour-
able.

The more pacific aspect of the Eastern question
has had a favourable influence on the funds yester-
day, and operations to some extent have taken
place at an advance on the quotations of Monday.
The Three per Cents. for cash have improved in
value 20c., and for the account 35c. ; the Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. for cash 20c., and for the
account sc. Bank Stock has also gone up in value
to the extent of 20f. The following are the closing
prices :—For cash : Three per Cents., 78f. 80c. ;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 20c. For the
account : Three per Cents., 78f. 20c. ; Four-and-
a-Half per Cents., 103 f. sc. Bank Stock, 2,760 f.
The shares in the banks of Credit Foncier and
Credit Mobilier still remain unchanged, closing at
750 f. as the value of the former, and 825 f. the
latter. The Railway Share Market has partaken
of the improvement in the funds, and an advance
on yesterday's prices *has been obtained of, in
Northerns, 2f. ; Paris and Orleans, sf. ; Paris and
Strasbourg, sf. ; Paris and Lyons, If. ; Paris and
Rouen, sf. ; and Bordeaux and Cette, 2f. ; Lyons
to the Mediterranean, however, have fallen 10f. ;
Western of France, and Rouen and Havre, re-
main unchanged. The last prices are :—Nor-
therns, 875 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,137 f. ; Paris
and Strasbourg, 932 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons,
926 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,098 f. ; Lyons to the
Mediterranean, 7551. ; Western of France, 740 f. ;
Rouen and Havre, 500 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux and
Cette, 637 f. 50c.

TURKEY AND RUSSIA.
Advices from the Danubian Principalities state,
that the vanguard of the Russian army, under the
command of General Aurep, entered Bucharest on
the 15th inst., and that the Commander-in-Chief
was expected to reach that city on the 25th. The
head-quarters of the Russian army aro to be esta-
blished at Bucharest..
Letters from Constantinople are to the 11th inst.
They do not mention any new few fact -of import-
ance, but give interesting details of some facts
which have been mentioned in the German papers,
and show that some other statements were alto-
gether unfounded. The Constitutionnel gives the
following resume of the accounts that it has re-
ceived from its correspondent at Constantinople :
" We have already expressed doubts of the news
given by a journal of Vienna that five vessels of the
Anglo-French fleet shad left the roadsted of Besika
to approach Constantinople. We can now formally
deny thii statement, for we have received by way of
Trieste, a letter from Constantinople dated the 11th
of this month, announcing that the combined fleet
was still at Besika, and that there was not for the
present any question of its going to Constantinople.
However, if the Porte has not yet summoned the
combined fleet, it has not abandoned the right of
demanding its presence ; it reserves to itself the
right of opening the Dardanelles, which the entrance of
the Russians into the Principalities gives to it. What
may have led the Austrian journal into error is that,
on the 6th of this month, the eve of the Beiram, it was
proved that the religious excitement which signalises
the end of the Turkish Lent, would lead to some colli-
sion between Mussulmans and Christians. The com-
manders of the six vessels of war at Constantinople,
namely, two English steamers, one French, one Austrian,
one Dutch, and an American corvette of 24 guns, as-
sembled, and addressed a collective note to the Pacha of
Tophana (the Arsenal), announcing to him that, in the
event of any ill-treatment being inflicted on the Franks,
he would bombard Tophana. And, in fact, the six vessels
of war, had taken up a position opposite the Arsenal. The
superior command, it was even said, had been given to
the commander of the French corvette as the oldest in
rank. Fortunately, everything passed off well. On the
Bth, the day on which it was least expected, the Mini-
sterial combination, which has been so much talked
of for some days past, took place ; it consisted in the
removal from the Cabinet of Mustapha Pacha Grand
Vizir, and of Reschid Pacha Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs. The bureaux of the Porte being closed on ac-
count of the solemnity of the Beiram, it could not be
known at once who were named to these important
posts. It was only late in the evening that it was
learned that the ex-Seraskier, Mehemet Pacha, had
been named Grand Vizir, and Ali Pacha, who was re-
cently Governor of Smyrna, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Everybody saw in this choice, not only the formal inten-
tion of the Sultan to resist the pretensions of Russia,
but even that of abandoning any idea of ultertr nego-
tiations. Fortunately this combination4a-jould not
succeed—first, by the refusal of Mehenier Pacha to
accept the office of Grand Vizir under stiel,ciffleult cir-
cumstances, next from a protest being rade by Austria
against the nomination of Ali Pacha and -thirdly by
the intervention of the Ambassadors;" who saw in the
composition of such a cabinet the manifest intention
to prevent the resumption of negotiations. It was
through Lord Stratford de Redcliffe that the Sttltan
was informed of the opinion of the diplomatic body
ki the morning_ of the 9th. In consequence of his
representations,-the projected changes were not carried
into effect. The ministry remains, then, as it was until
new orders ; but our correspondent does not disguise
from us that the situation is very grave at Constantino-
ple. 'lt is difficult here,' he writes, •to believe in the
maintenance of peace. The Russian and Turkish armies
are, as it were, in presence ; an imprudence would suf-
fice to bring about a conflict, and one is to be dreaded
from the excitement of the Turks.' The ambassadors of
the allied powers continued to have frequent confer-
ences between themselves and with the ministers of the
Porte. They appeared inclined to lean to prudence,
and sought means to renew negotiations in an honour-
able way. All the diplomatic body, adds our corres-
pondent, felt anxiety with respect to the interior situa-
tion of the country, which is calculated to cause serious
alarm, the discontent and irritation of the people being
always on the increase. A circumstance calculated fur-
ther to augment it is that every day it is learned that
Russian vessels of war, taking advantage of the inac-
tion of the allied fleets, begin to show themselves in the
Black sea."
A letter from Berlin, of the 24th, says :—" An
Austrian Cabinet courser has left for St. Peters-
burgh. He is to pass by Stettin, where a steamer
is waiting specially for him. He is the bearer of
very important communications addressed to the
Russian Government by the Porte, and which the
Austrian Government has been charged to transmit
and support. From the tenour of these communica-
tions Turkey is disposed to cede in principle, and
only a question of form remains to be settled.
These communications are to precede an official
note of Reschid Pacha, which is to form the subject
of an extraordinary mission. But the Porte, de-
sirous not to expose itself to a useless step, wishes
to know before all things if Russia is disposed to
accept the project contained in these communica-
tions. The courier will arrive at St. Petersburgh
on the 28th."—" If we are well informed (says the
Constitutionicel, alluding to the above), the delay,