The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The long projected visit of the Imperial Court to
Compiegne, so often talked of, and put off, is once
more postponed. Everything was prepared for
yesterday, and several of those persons, :who had
received invitations to pass sonic days in that re-
treat, were to have set out to-day. The matter
would only be interesting to the parties concerned,
were it not from the motive generally, and, I be-
lieve, correctly, assigned for this last postponement.
The Emperor has, it would appear, good reason to
believe that in the course of the present week, pro-
bably towards the end, news will be received of the
taking of Sebastopol ; and he has decided on not
proceeding to Compiegne till Saturday or Sunday.
The amusements will, uo doubt, be enjoyed with
keener relish after the news of such a victory ;
though it would, perhaps, be better if some more
time were allowed to elapse—if it were only out of
respect for the memory of those that will have
fallen in the attack.

Brigadier-General Francisco Solano Lopez, En-
voy Extraordinary of the Republic of Paraguay,
yesterday had an audience of the Emperor to take
leave, his mission in France being terminated.
The Moniteur publishes long reports, received by
the Minister of the Interior, from the Governor of
French Guayana, dated the 18th ult. They are for
the most part tilled with details of the arrangements
made in the different penitentiary establishments
for the employment of the prisoners, their food,
(Cc. The conduct of the men is represented as
very orderly and praiseworthy. With regard to
the sanitary state of the establishments, it is
represented as showing considerable improvement.
The number of sick has diminished by one-half,
although the number of prisoners has much in-
creased, and the diminution of deaths has been
even more considerable. In August, 1853, the
number of deaths was 44 out of 2,259 prisoners ; in
August last there were only 10 out of 2,546.
The Moniteur publishes a fresh nominative list
of killed and wounded in the battle of the Alma,
but still confined only to particular regiments, as
the general list has not yet been received, except
of the officers. The total loss of the French army
is stated at 4 officers and 132 non-commissioned
officers and privates "killed, and 61 officers and
1,139 non-commissioned officers and privates
wounded.

It is stated in a letter from Cherbourg that a
number of sailors of the Baltic fleet will receive
leave of absence for four months, with the privi-
lege of engaging during that time in the fishing or
coasting trade. This favour will be granted in pre-
ference to such of the men as have families to main-
tain.

" It was stated last evening," says the Debats,
" that intelligence had arrived from Sebastopol to
the 15th. The bombardment was going on."
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We read in the Siecle :—" After the death of
Marshal de St. Arnaud, Lord Raglan might have
claimed the command-in-chief, for he is invested
with a rank to which we hare not now an
equivalent in the French army. He is a General,
that is to say higher than a Lieutenant-General or
a General-of-Division, and lower than a Marshal.
Under the first Empire, there were four Colonels
Generals of cavalry, a first Inspector-General of
artillery, and a first Inspector-General of the en-
gineers, who were higher in rank than Generals of
Division, and lower than Marshals. It has been
thought better, in order to avoid any unpleasant
feeling, that the commands should remain inde-
pendent under the reserve of a previous concert
between the Generals-in-Chief. For this purpose,
French officers have been placed on the staff of Lord
Raglan, and English officers on that of General
Canrobert."

The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 75f.
95c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-
Half per Cents, at 98f. 85c. ; and the New Loan
at 75f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,217 f.
50c. ; Rouen, 990 f. ; Havre, 565 f. ; Great Nor-
thern, 890 f. ; Strasburg, 843 f. 75c. ; New Shares,
652 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 1,060 f. ; Lyons to
the Mediterranean, 865 f. ; Western of France,
680 f. ; Bordeaux and Cotte, 622 f. 50c. ; Great
Central of France, 522 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva,
537. 50c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 772 f. 50c.