The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Legislative Assembly yesterday agreed to
the bill authorising the Minister of Finance to con-
tract a loan of 250,000,000 francs (10,000,0001.).
The bill was agreed to unanimously, without dis-
cussion, by the 238 members who were present.
The Assembly also unanimously resolved to ac-
company the members of the bureau who were to
present the projet de loi last evening to the Em-
peror at the Tuileries. On being ushered into the
presence of the Emperor, the President said :
" Sire—We bring to your Majesty the law pre-
sented yesterday, and which we have to-day unani-
mously voted. On this occasion the whole Legis-
lative Corps desired to join its bureau to render
still more striking in the eyes of Europe the testi-
mony it offers t 2 the Emperor of its entire confi-
dence and most resolute concurrence."

The Emperor replied—" I am profoundly pene-
trated by the empressement with which the legisla-
tive corps has voted this law. The striking adhe-
sion you give to the policy I have adopted proves
that I have not been wrong. The sentiments of
France will respond to ours, for, like me, you are
the elected of universal suffrage."
This reply was received with immense applause,
and shouts of " Vive l'Empereur !"
Some important changes are about to take place
among the representatives of France at the foreign
Courts. The intention to invest Marshal de St.
Arnaud as ambassador extraordinary at Constan-
tinople at the same time with the chief command of
the army and navy has been abandoned. Marshal
de St. Arnaud will be simply commander-in-chief
of the army. M. de Bourqueney, the present am-
bassador atVienna, has been appointed ambassador
at Constantinople, in the place of General Baraguay
d'Hilliers, and he will proceed thither forthwith.
The Marquis de Turgot, the Minister at Madrid,
has been recalled. M. de Lacour, the late Minister
at Constantinople, has been appointed Minister at
Naples, in place of M. de Maupas, recalled.
Marshal de St. Arnaud, although still suffering,
will, it is at present fixed, leave Paris on the 14th
for Avignon, to review the troops in that garrison.
He is to arrive on the 21st at Toulon, where the
army intended for Turkey, to the number of 36,000
men, will by that time be assembled.
The Duke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan, Sir George
Brown, and the other Generals, are expected to
arrive at Paris on the 12th, but there are some
doubts if they will come before the 21st.
The Duke of Cambridge will occupy the apartments
in the Pavilion Marsan, of the palace of the
Tuileries, lately occupied by the Duke of Saxe
Coburg during his visit to the Emperor.
The fifth drawing for the conscripts took
place yesterday (Tuesday), at the Hotel de
Ville. The crowd was immense, and the en-
thusiasm general. The young men themselves,
who traverse the streets with their hats adorned
with gay ribands, appear most anxious to begin
at once with the Russians, and only regret the
delay that must take place before they know how
to handle the musket. They all believe, as a
matter of course, that they are to be sent forth-
with to the Danube. The wine shops in the
neighbourhood are doing a capital business, and
the women who occupy booths on the Places,
and who dispense wine, eau-de-vie, and other re-
freshments, seem quite as enthusiastic as the
young soldiers, and appear to regret that they are
not called upon to march.
The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at 66f.
75e., rose to 67f. 25c., and closed at 66f. 55e. for
the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. closed at 94f. 25c. ex div. ; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,087 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 870 f. ; Havre, 440 f. ;
Great Northern, 740 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 717 f.
50c. ; ditto, New Shares, 567 f. 50c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 817 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean,
667 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 580 f. ; Bordeaux
and Cate, 537. 50c. ; Great Central, 432 f. 50c. ;
Lyons and Geneva, 445 f. ; Shares of the Bank of
Credit Mobilier, 582 f. 50e.