The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-06 00:00:00

GERMANY.

After the ConferenCO held at Weimar on the 16th ult.,
between the Ministers of Saxe& Weimar, Saxe Meiningen,
Saxe Altenburg, and Saxe-Cobtirg-Gotha, the following
note was a,ddresed in the ::namo of each State CO
Austria : • • • •

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"The Government of —does not hesitate to support the
opinion that the inactivity of the Confederation with regard
to the great question of the moment causes prejudice to the
dignity of Germany, audit believes alsefor its part that that
question ought to be carried before" the Diet. It is re-
solved likewise to adhere to a•resolution •of the Diet, if
such a one should be taken, declaring that an attack of
Russia on Austria, whether in the Principalities or on the
Austrian frontier, weed call 411 Genfu'any to ptotect the
territory of :the Anstaan empire, and that oven if all
the German interests' ..which..may be placed in ques-
tion in the course of the existiug complications cannot
at present be Ireewn' Germany appropriates to her-
self from the j)rosent' moment, this two demands of
guarantee relative to ' the cessation of the Russian
protectorate in the Principalities and the free navigation
of the Danube. The Government does not fear to express
its disposition to adhere-to a treaty to that effect, oven if
proposed to the Diet by Austria alone; since full of con-
fidence in thO German itettimeets of Austria and Prussia,
it has the certain hope Mat hi the cos se of.lhe negotia-
tions which will.tako pifice in the Diet, an accord will ho
established between the. Powers—an accord to which the
Government of attaches the greatest importance, and
without which there cannot be any importance for Ger-
many, but only innumerable dangers."..

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING,

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The Puke de Plaisance, president of the commission
formed to examine into-the claims of the old soldiers of
the Republic, and the Empire 'to participate in the grant
of 2,700,000 francs; ha made report to the Emperor
of the result of 'the commission up to, the 20th ult.
Assistance has been granted • to 12,054 old soldiers,
of whom 1,246 were ect9genarians, 5,524 sep-
tuagenarians, and 5,284 sexagenarians. Life annuities
have also been granted to. 999:0f the first category,
2,633 of the second, and 1,333• atilt) third, thus bringing
up the`, total number..of claims admitted. to 17,019.
"This number considerable, as it may appear,"
says the
report, "is' only 'about one-fifth of the number of old
soldiers who have sent in claims, an& to whom the law
of 1853 has; given hopes of seeing • their turn arrive.
The report Odds that, •out of the claims allowed by the
commission,.4B have been annulled ffinn various causes
by the prefects of th© respective departments. of the
claimattts. ••
The Lyons journals announce that an oracr has bee)),

received to break up the camp of the south, and form it
in the environs of that city.

,
The llioni n•teur Algeen of the 30th ult. says :—" The
season having become very favourable for the move-
ments of our little columns in the southern countries,
and preparations having been made at Geryville, Lag-
houat, Bougada, amd Biskra, to take the offensive at the
same time on all the points in advance of our southern

link, operations are about to be commenced immediately-,
and as they will be made under the best conditions, every-
thing causes it to be hoped that good results will soon
be attained."

The Patric also says
" extract the following details from a letter from the
Crimea, of the 18th The Alger has done wonders, her
pieces of 36, of which Eihe had a monopoly, committed

Clreadful dam Page. At one moment the Rnsiiaiii, perceiving
whence the greatest injury reached it, scarcely fired at any-
thing but at that vessel: She was the last to quit the post
which she had taken up, and never weighed anchor until night
came. The Jupiter and the Alger have, been the most lucky
of all the French ships-of-the-line, as neither of them has
had a man killed or wounded.. The Charlemagne suffered
much in her machinery. The quarter-deck of the Ville
de Paris was blown up: The Russians fired very badly.
All their bombs, shells; and balls passed through or over
our rigging. The Alger is a proof of the inefficiency of
their fire, as although she was subjected alone for some
time to the fire of the two forts and the citadel, she re-
ceived only three shots in her deck, and four or five in
her hull;"