The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.
His Excellency Lord Cowley has addressed the
following letter to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs :

" Paris, December 17, 1854.
"Monsieur le Ministre—Never was a duty more
agreeable or more flattering to me than that which I
fulfil in transmitting to your Excellency the subjoined
records of the sittings of Parliament of the 15th of the
present month, in which both houses have resolved
unanimously to offer their thanks to the French army
and navy for the cordial co-operation and assistance
which they have afforded to the military and naval forces
of the Queen in their combined operations.
" In conformity to the usages and rules of Parliament,
Field-Marshal Lord Raglan and Vice-Admiral Dundas
are to convey to General Canrobert and Admiral name-
lin the thanks of the two Chambers. But I am in-
structed at the same time to bring to the knowledge of
the Emperor and his Government in what high esteem
the British Parliament holds the conduct of the French
army and navy, as also the profound satisfaction with
which the Government of the Queen has seen the Na-
tional Legislature associating itself with so much cor-
diality in the sentiments which it professes for the im-
perial army and navy.
" In begging your Excellency to have the goodness
to be the intermediary of this communication, I seize,
&c., " COWLEY."
Subjoined is given the text of the identical reso-
lutions adapted by both Houses of Parliament.
Additional letters from Constantinople of the sth,
with news from the Crimea, state that General Can-
robert had addressed an order of the day to the
army, announcing that so soon as the weather per-
mitted the bombardment of Sebastopol would be
resumed, and the assault commenced. It was
said that 20,000 Russians, utterly exhausted by
privations, had marched to Simpheropol to escape
extinction by the sickness which was decimating
the army in the marshes they occupied in their
first position.

The funeral of AL Leon Faucher took place at
10 o'clock this morning, at the church of the Tri-
nity, Rue de Clichy, and was attended by a largo
concourse of the friends and admirers of the de-
ceased.

It is intended that a part of the Imperial Guard,
to be detached for service in the Crimea, shall form
the nucleus of a distinct corps on the field, to be
augmented successively by soldiers taken from the
army under General Canrobert, and who have most
distinguished themselves during the present opera-
tions. It will be commanded by a general officer.
The Emperor has, out of his own privy purse,
doubled the pension of 20,000 f. already granted to
the widow of Marshal St. Arnaud.
The Patric contains the following telegraphic de-
spatch
"HAMBURG, Dec. 16.—Accounts from Warsaw an-
nounce that four regiments of Cuirassiers of the Russian
Imperial Guard bad established their quarters in the
neighbourhood of Biala and Brzesc. The infantry is to
be concentrated at the close of January between Brzesc
and Wilna."
150 guns of large calibre are to be sent from
Toulon to the Crimea.

THE LANCASTER GUN.—The great gun practice and
trial of the Lancaster gun continues at Shoeburyness,
Essex. The booming report of the Lancaster is dis-
tinctly heard on these shores (Whitstable) a distance of
about 26 miles, and. is even much louder than that of the
32-pounder used in the drilling of the Ccast Guards at
Seasalter, a distance of only a mile.
Queen Isabella 11. (says the Madrid correspondent of
La Presse) presents the Pope with a magnificent tiara
worth 200,000 francs, in honour of his decision respecting
the Immaculate Conception. The tiara is now exposed
to public view at Madrid.
Despatches from Hanover announce that the Govern-
ment is occupied in reinforcing the army, and principally
the artillery. The greatest activity prevails in the
arsenals, and important orders have been given for arms
for the infantry.
REJOICINGS AT LOUGHREA ON THE ARRIVAL CF LORD
DUNICELLIN.—On Friday last the town of Loughrea was
brilliantly illuminated, to show the feelings entertained
by the inhabitants towards the family of the Marquis of
Clanricarde, on the arrival of Ys lordship's eldest son,
Lord Duukellin from the seat of war.
PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Evening.—The South American
Steam Navigation Company's mail steamer Pampero,
Captain Haran, will be ready to leave Plymouth on
Thursday evening for Lisqson,lCaderia, Brazils, and the
River Plate.