The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-20 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

There are some articles in the original columns
of the Paris journals, but with one exception they
are destitute of interest. The article which forms
the exception is a defence of the pacific policy of
the Emperor of the French in the Pays. In this
Journal, the question of the Fast is discussed in a
way to bring a conviction to the minds of all im-
partial and reflecting men, that the policy pursued
by the French Government has been imposed by
considerations which must command respect from
the friends of peace, although there may be a dif-
ference of opinion as to whether the course pursued
in the first instance was that most calculated to
nrevent the complications that have arisen.
On other subjects there is nothing in the original
columns of the Paris journals worth noticing.
The thermal baths having been interdicted to M.
Francois Arago, the illustrious savant decided on
returning to Perpignan from whence he intended
to proceed shortly to Paris. The state of his health
since his arrival at Perpignan has, however, been
such that it is impossible for him to continue his
journey. M. Alfred Arago, Inspector of the Beaux-
Arts, has left Paris to join his father at Perpignan.
Dr. Yvan, ex-representative of the people, who
had been expelled from the French territory in
1852, has just returned to France by authorisation
of the Emperor.
The Emperor has received a letter, in which his
Excellency Don Juan Raphael Mora notifies to his
Majesty his elevation to the Presidency of the
Republic of Costa Rica ; and also a reply from the
Republic of Venezuela to the letter announcing
the Imperial marriage.
The market for Government securities has been
dull to-day, only a small amount of business having
been transacted, at generally reduced quotations ;
the market was, however, more firm at the termi-
nation, when the quotations indicated a fall of
10c in the Three per Cents., both for money
and the end of the month, and of 20c. in the
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for the account,
whilst the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash
remained unchanged. An advance of 35f. took
place in Bank of France shares. The conclud-
ing quotations were : For cash Three per
Cents., 78f. 20c. ; ffour-and-a-Half per Cents.,
102 f. 60c. For the account—Three per Cents., 78f.
45c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. 50c. ;
Bank Stock, 22705 f. Mortgage Bank Shares closed
at 710 f., being an improvement of 45f. A rise of
2f. occurred in those of the Societe Mobiliere,
which were finally quoted at 794 f. 50c. The Rail-
way-Share Market was generally inactive through-
out the day, and little variation from Tuesday's
prices took place. Paris and Orleans shares, how-
ever, advanced 10f. ; and Paris and Lyons declined
4f., and Northerns 2f. Closing prices :—Northern
875 f. 50c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,135 f. ; Paris and
Strasbourg, 927 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 926 f.

TURKEY AND RUSSIA.
A private dispatch from Constantinople, dated
the sth, states positively that the representatives
of France, England, Austria, and Russia have
agreed on the basis of the arrangement for inter-
vention between Turkey and Russia, but that it

had not up to that date been subMitted to the
Sultan for approval in consequence of the Ramazan.

The Ramazal closed on the 7th.

The evening Lloyd contains highly important
telegraphic information, of the 7th, from Constan-
tinople. The news of the occupation of the Prin-
cipalities, which reached the Turkish capital on the
7th, created a tremendous sensation, and more par-
ticularly among the fanatical troops which had just
arrived from Asia Minor. Alarm was felt lest the

peace of the city should be disturb 3d. On the same day
Redschid Pasha was obliged to resign, but on that

following he was again in office. All the European
Ministers hurried to offer their mediation and

"bons offices" to the distressed Porte. Various
proposals were made, but that proceeding from M.
de la Cour proving mast agreeable to the Divan, it
was accepted, and a messenger extraordinary des-
patched with it to St. Petersburg. London was
to-day offered at 10,44f1. The Five-per-Cent. Me-
tallies were a quarter per cent, higher, and the
Northern Railroad shares rose from 225 k to
2292 and 230.
We (Debats) have received, by way of Marseilles,
letters from Constantinople to the sth. They con-
tain nothing very important. Omer Pacha was
still at Schumla with several brigades of the army
of Rournelia ; but he was about to leave that place
to go to Silistria in order to occupy the line of the
Danube. The imperial guard and the corps at
Constantinople were to replace the troops of Omer
Pacha, and Mehemet Buehdi-Pacha was to command
them. Rezim Pacha had left Aleppo with his divi-
sion to proceed to Erzeroum. Hussein Pacha was
marching towards Trebizonde with the troops as-
embled at Diarbekir. The cheicks of Aleppo had
offered to equip at their own cost 10,000 horsemen,
and to give 1,000 purses of gold (1,000,000 f.) to pay
for their maintenance. The enthusiasm wasgeneral,
and the rediffs were assembling iu all parts. Under
existing Circumstances the deplorable state of the
nuances of Turkey was strongly felt, but the Govern-
ment took no efficacious measure to remedy it. The
new bank so long announced did not appear likely
soon to begin operations ; it was even doubted that
it would ever succeed in commencing. The Go-
vernment had demanded of the bankers who
founded it a new advance of 5,000 purses
(5,000,000 f.) There was a talk of a change of
bairam which would end in four or five days. It
was thought that Riza Pacha would enter into the
new combination.—We have also received news
from Alexandria to the 7th. The Turco-Russian
question, notwithstanding the more reassuring
news which reached that city on the sth by the
Austrian steamer of the Constantinople line, con-
tinued to cause great anxiety to the Egyptian Go-
vernment, and the European public opinion of
Constantinople was not less moved than it had
previously been. The cordial understanding
of France and England certainly inspired great
confidence, and it was generally thought
that the voice of prudence and modera-
tion would prevail in the Councils of Russia;
but wrongly no doubt the unforeseen was feared.
However uncalled for this distrust may be, it suf-
fices to explain the stagnation of commercial affairs,
a stagnation which will only cede before a fait ac-
compli. In the meantime the warlike preparations
of Egypt were being actively continued ; the troops
were nearly ready. The very early departure of
six regiments of infantry, under the command of
Selim Pacha, a general who possesses some military
merit, and who served under the orders of Ibrahim
Pacha in the campaigns of Syria and Asia Minor,
was announced, but it was not known whether
they would be sent to Constantinople or to Syria
and Candia, to replace the Turkish troops, who
have, by order of the Divan, evacuated the pro-
vinces to proceed to the capital. The new re-
cruits were taught with difficulty, notwith-
standing the forced exercises which they were
obliged to make • in fact, it was believed that
they were so unfit for the service that the
Viceroy determined on summoning the old sol-
diers still fit for service. All rejoined their flag
with joy, partly on account of the object of the
expedition, and a good deal because they exchanged
a precarious existence for a certain degree of com-
fort which they will enjoy from the obligation of
the Government to supply their daily wants. As to
the fleet, it is preparm• g for sea, notwithstanding the
great deficiency in the crews, which could not be
completed even by having recourse to extraordinary
levies, in which even the sanitary guardians have
been included. The sanitary intendance has been
obliged to furnish twelve medical men for as many
regiments which form the contingent demanded by
the Porte. All this movement, which has occasion-
ed very heavy expenses, has completely absorbed
the attention of the Viceroy. Our correspondents
have little else to communicate to us, but they could
not, however, pass over in silence the complete dis-
grace into which Nubar Bey, one of the most im-
portant personages of the Government, has fallen, a
disgrace the cause of which cannot be explained,
and which has also led to that of Arakiel Bey,
brother of Nubar Bey. Both, it is said, had ten-
dered their resignation, but it was not known
whether it had been accepted. It is Nubar Bey
who so materially assisted the conclusion of the
affair of the railway, and who negotiated in Lon-
don a loan of five millions with the Peninsular and
Oriental Company. The works of the railway are
no longer pushed on with the same vigour, for a
great number of the workmen have been enrolled
for the military service, a circumstance which has
led to some remonstrances to the Viceroy on the
Part of the English engineers. On the other hand,
the Mahmoudie Canal is almost dry this year, and
the
transit of passengers and merchandise for
India has been much impeded. The agent of the
Peninsular Company had already addressed two
protests to the Government on the delay re-
sulting from this state of things • a part of the
merchandise had been left en route during the three
last journeys. The last letters from Cairo, how-
ever, point out a slight rise of the Nile, and was
hoped that it would be more pronounced in a few
days. The service of the steamers between Cairo
and Alexandria, which has been interrupted for
more than a month, cannot be resumed until the
river shall have reached the level of the locks of
.A.tfe, or at least that of the canal of Damanhour,
situated higher up than the former. The news from
S ri a
n 3 comes down to 30th June. Tranquillity had
ot been materially disturbed in that province, but
the effervescence which had been before mentioned
among the Mussulman population had not calmed
down ; it had even gained the towns on the coast,
where, however, the number of Christians is rela-
tively considerable Some quarrels bad taken place