The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-16 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

The Monitcur publishes a comparison of the receipts of
the indirect taxes for the first six months of 1853, with
those of the corresponding period in 1852 and 1851.
These receipts amount to 411,800,000 A.., for the first
half-year of 1853, to 389,497,000 fr. for the correspond-
ing period of 1852, and to 363,660,000 fr. for the first
half-year oflBsl, showing an augmentation of 48,149, 000 fr,
in favour of 1853 over 1851, and of 22,312,000 fr. in its
favour over 1852.
The Moniteur promulgates the attention agreed to on
April 18, 1853, between the French Government and
the landgrave of Hesse for the reciprocal extradition of
malefactors.
The Journal de Loir et Cher publishes a " communi-
cated " note, declaring that the candidateship of M.
Chevalier in the canton of Marchenoir has not met with
the approbation of the prefect, as was bruited about.
The note declares M. Chevalier to be the enemy of the
present Government, and consequently quite certain not
to meet with support from persons in office. M. Aucher,
procureur imperial at the tribunal of Blois, is declared
to be the Government candidate.
Among the flying rumours in Paris yesterday, and
which have produced some uneasiness, are two in par-
ticular which rather neutralised the intelligence that
negotiations are still going on, and not without the pro-
bability of a pacific termination. These rumours arc,
at that, the date of the departure of the packet from
Constantinople on the sth inst., and which was due
yesterday a Marseilles, the French and English fleets
were preparing to enter the Dardanelles—the first ver-
sion was that they had actually entered ; and, secondly,
that Admiral 13ruat had received orders to prepare his
fleet—the Atlantic fleet—to proceed to the Baltic.
These reports were very actively circulated, but though
not much credit was attached to them they produced an
unfavourable effect.
The Pays, which for the last two days had been silent
respecting the second circular of Count Nesselrode, has
now a few lines on the subject, but they do not enable
the reader to judge, as far as the opinion of the Pays
may be supposed indicative of that of the Government,
of the effect produced by this note on the Ministry, and
the reply that it intends to make to it. The Pays, in
fact, only tells us that it would have offered it,s opinion
on this note if it had not thought it more becoming to
let the Minister of Foreign Affairs speak for himself,
and it gives the reply of M. Drouin, not to the second,
but to the first note of Count Nesselrode. Although
this document has only just appeared in the Monitcur,
it was published almost word for word in the Indepen,d-
ance of Brussels several days ago, and was copied into
the Pays. It- cannot, therefore, have been prevented
from commenting on the second note by the publication
in the Ilfoniteur of the reply.to the former one.
The Constitutionnel has no article on the Eastern
question, and we find nothing in the other journals
worth noticing, unless it be an article in the Assemblee
Nationale, in which it is attempted to show that, as far
as interests are involved, England is much more deeply
concerned than France in the Eastern question. The
Assemblee pretends that England is almost dependent
on Russia for the supply of corn, which is necessary for
the subsistence of its inhabitants, and quotes figures to
show how little France is dependent on such supplies as
compared with England. These figures appear to have
been taken at random, for we have before us a pamphlet
by Count Abel Hugo, which, although not exposed fOr
sale, has been rather profusely distributed, in which this
able statistician shows that in the years of scarcity 50
per cent. of the foreign corn purchased for the supply of
France came from Russia and Turkey, viz., 34 per cent.
from Russia and 16 per cent. from Turkey. If the As-
semblee means by its statement that England is com-
pelled to maintain peace with Russia at any sacrifice
least Russia should starve her population, it may
also be said that France, which has her periods
of scarcity, has in a minor degree an interest in sub-
mitting to Russian dictation. It is not probable, how-
ever, that either England or France hat been rendered
pusillanimous by this consideration. They know very
well that although a war with Russia might cause a tem-
porary inconvenience as regards the supply of corn, there
are other markets to go to, and that Russia would, by,
the very fact of keeping back her produce, be soon re-
duced to such a state of penury as to be unable to find
the means of prolonging the war. Higher considerations
than these have influenced the two Governments in the
moderation that they have displayed with a view to the
preservation of peace. They are unwilling to put into
jeopardy the progress which arts, commerce, and manu-
factures have made in the world generally, and we have
not such a bad opinion of the Russian Government,
either as regards its morality, or the desire it must have
to avoid the execration of Europe, as to suppose that the
motives for this moderation will be appreciated and
respected.
The PiTsse publishes some remarkable letters addressed
by Marshal Sebastiani, when ambassador of France in
London, to H.R.H. Madame Adelaide, sister of Louis
Philippe. These letters, which have a singular applica-
tion to the present moment, have never before, says the
Presse, been published. The first letter is dated Lon-
don, April 21, 1838. In this, the Marshal says :—" In
this country all parties are of same opinion when it
is proposed to keep a strict watch over Russia." The
Marshal adds that he thinks the Tory party even more
animated than the Whig party ; "at least it appears so,
because it is knot bound by the reserve of office." In
the next letter, dated June 13, 1838, Marshal Sebastiani
gives au account of his efforts to induce the British Ca-
binet to adopt the same policy as that of France on the
Turkish question, and above all to prevent Russia from
coming forward as the friend of the Porte in the dis-
pute with Egypt, for, says he, "if Russia be allowed
to march armies to assist the Sultan, that would be
the end of the Ottoman empire." In this letter
the Marshal states that he had seen and con-
versed with Lord Palmerston on the subject, and
was well satisfied with his lordship. A letter from the
Marshal, dated October 3, 1839, begins as follows :
"England has not accepted the propositions of Russia,
and Lord Palmerston has declared to me, in the name
of his Government, that this refusal was made in order
to remain faithful to the alliance with France." He
then alludes to the proposition for placing Turkey under
the public law of Europe, by which, he says, the ex-
clusive protectorate of Russia would be annihilated.
Under date of November 30, 1839, Marshal Sebastiani
again expresses his confidence in Lord Palmerston, who,
he says, had directed the attention of his colleagues to
the tortuous policy of Russia. In two letters written
in December, the Marshal speaks of Lord Palmerston
as taking a correct view of the designs of Russia, and
notices the efforts of the Austrian Cabinet to induce
the King of the French to abandon the alliance
with England. There are two letters dated in Jan-
uary, 1840, in which the Marshal alludes to the
support given by Austria to the pretensions of Rus-
sia. He states that they had been unsuccessful,
and that the British Cabinet would hot listen to
the suggestions of Russia on the Eastern question. It
had drawn up, he says, a convention, in which it was
declared positively, although not textually, tat the
Ottoman Empire being essentially necessary in its integ-
rity to the maintenance of the peace of Europe, the five
Powers are disposed to lend to it the aid that it demands,
and to cause it to enter into the public law of Europe
(le dpoit public Europeen). On the 27th of January,
the Marshal, who had up to that time felt confident that
the view taken by Lord Palmerston of the policy which
it would be right to adopt, would prevail in the British
Cabinet, begins to express doubts and fears. The diplo-
matists of Russia and Austria had, he says, contrived
to excite uneasiness in the minds of the English Ministers
respecting the projects of France in the Mediterranean'
and the British Cabinet complained of a want of
proper co-operation on the, part of France as re-
garded the policy of England on the Turkish question;
He had succeeded, he adds, in causing the propoSitions
of Russia to be rejected ; but Austria, which was ardently
on the side of Russia, had adopted them as her own, and
the English Cabinet was divided on the subject. It
appears, however, that up to the 15th of August, 1840,
Marshal Sebastiani did not despair of causing the alli-
ance with England to be placed on a durable footing,
and none of the propositions of Russia had been accepted ;
but on that day he writes that everything had been
placed in jeopardy by M. Thiers and his journals. To
such an extent had M. Thiers comi)romised the alliance
with England, ,says the Marshal, that the slightest acci-
dent would render war inevitable. He adds, that he
had protested long against this baneful influence, but
finding that he raised his voice in vain, he would for the
future be silent. Fortunately, the fears of the Marshal
were not realised ; but it is well-known, as he stated in
his last letter on the subject, that war might have arisen
from the slightest accident.
BANK OF FRANCE.—The following was the situation
of the Bank on Thursday, July 14 :
Ca

Fr. c.
373,943,141 fig
101,726,*1
221,132 19

Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks .. .
Overdue hills ................................
-Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
58,917,11 ff. Sic. arc 11'0111 the branch
banks .. ......... 133,570,237 45
Bills in the branch banks .. .............. 151,146,476
Advances on coin and ingots ............ 1,783,000
Do. •in the branch banks .......... 791,074
Do. on public securities of France - 35,671,036 10
Do.' by the branch banks
Do. on railway shares and bonds 66,107,700
Do. in the branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Rentes of the reserve fund
Rentes of disposable funds
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property <branch banks
Interest in National Discount Bank
Expenses of administration..
Sundries

70,000,000 -
10,000,000 -
55,451,514 37
4,000,000 -
3,841,813 -
37,000 -
' 81,455
280,921 9

1,045,542,73 E 9

DR.

Capital
Reserve fund
R4serve itninobilibre
Notes to bearer, in circulation
Do. of branch banks
Do. to order (Post bills)
Bills payable at sight
Account-current ofFreasury Creditoi
Various accounts-current •
Do. branch banks
Dividends to be paid
Discount, interest, and expenses
Re-discounts of the last half year
Sums received over and above the
value of the protested bills
Sundries

91,250,000 -
12,980,750 14

4,000,000
489,280,100
164,907,550 -
6,373,070 96
12,230,344
• 72,958,069 58
. 158,892,674 50
25,214,239 -
2,421,569 25
802,030 76
557,492 -

75,381 63
3,599,524 27

1,045,542,796 .9
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