The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-28 00:00:00

tory, but is not the final reply of Russia.

Intelligence has reached Marseilles from Con•
stantinople, dated the 16th.

In a sortie made by the Russians on the 12th
they had 700 men put hors de combat.
Between the 13th and the 20th 8,000 French
and English troops passed by Malta on their way
to the Crimea.

BERLIN, DEC. 25

The Correspondance says there is a probability
that the enrolment of German troops for foreign
countries will be forbidden, seeing that, by Article
XVIII. of the Act of the German Federation, it
is expressly forbidden to German subjects to enter
int* the military service of Foreign States:

FRAN CE.
THE NEW LOAN.
PARIS, WZDNESDAY EVZNING

- -
The Legislative Corps has held its first sitting.
It met to-day at two o'clock ; Count de Morny,
the president, in the chair. Count Murat, the
Marquis de Chaumont-Quitry, M. Dalloze, and
the Duke de Tarente, were appointed to act as
secretaries. The president pronounced an ad-
dress on the occasion of his taking the chair in
the midst of the warmest acclamations of the
Assembly. The bureaux were appointed by lot.
A. letter, sent to the president since the last ses-
sion, was then read, in which M. de Lormet de-
clares that he resigns his functions as deputy for
the department of the Ain. Leave of absence was
accorded to MM. Cabias, Sapey, Varin, d'Anvelle,
and Crosnier. A communication was made in the
name of the Government by M. de Parrieu, pre-
sident of section of the Council of State, and a
bill presented to authorise the Minister of Finance
to contract a loan of 500,000,000 f. The expose
des motifs of this measure was read amidst the
acclamations of the Assembly. M. Roullert-Du-
gage proposed that the .members should at once
proceed to the bureaux and examine the bill rela-
tive to the loan. This proposition being agreed to,
the members at once withdrew to organise their
bureaux, and to examine the bill in question. The
public sitting then terminated. In the address
which Count de Morny made to the Assembly, on
the occasion of his taking the chair as presi-
dent of the Legislative Corps, after saying how
much he needed the kind co-operation of his col-
leagues to enable him to perform his duty with
efficiency, he observed, that to the violent debates
which had marked the proceedings of former assem-
blies had succeeded discussions of a perfectly calm
and polite character. He used these words inten-
tionally, because they were of high political -im-
portance ; since the present mode of transacting
the public business was an evident proof of the
accord which existed between the great powers of
the State, and which had had the effect of giving
to the head of the State the most complete liberty
of action, and of allowing him to perform such
great things. That accord had also enabled him
to enter into a sincere alliance with the two greatest
Powers in Europe, and to enjoy the confidence of
Germany. The honourable gentleman also in the
course of his address passed a handsome compli-
ment to M. Billault, his predecessor, for the manner
in which he had always performed kis duty.
Count de Morny has taken up his residence at
the President's palace adjoining that of the Legis-
lative Corps.
HALF-PAST SEVEN.—The French Government
has this day received, by way of Bucharest, news
from the Crimea, dated the 18th. It is in every
respect satisfactory. The troops continue to be
full of ardour. The reinforcements continue to
arrive in great numbers, and establish themselves
with perfect order in the encampments set aside
for them.

Eupatoria is strongly guarded. It is now in-
sured not only against a coup de main, but also
against all the attacks that the Russians might
attempt to make against it.

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