The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 1, 1853

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

In Paris the Turkish question still maintains
its claim to the exclusive attention of the public ;
and the interest that so justly attaches to it will
not undergo any diminution until the decision of
the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh on the propositions
now before it be ascertained. By this day week it
is expected that something positive will be known.
It is time, indeed, that this uncertainty should be
at an end. There is scarcely any branch of indus-
try, general or in detail, which has not suffered,
became the Emperor of Russia's religious zeal
urges him to the protectorate of the Christian
population of Turkey ; and the answer you meet
with in the richest warehouses or in the humblest
boutiques of Paris is, that sales are slow, and trade
is paralysed, because no one can say whether we
are to have peace or war. This is a state of things
which cannot last much longer without it being
followed by irreparable evil.
The Minister at War leaves Paris on Tuesday,
the 2d of August, for Dijon, in order to continue
his inspection of the army in the departments.
After having reviewed a part of the troops compri-
sing the 7th military division, in which the de-
partment of the Cote d'Or is comprised, he will
continue his route to Lyons. He proposes visit-
ing the camp of Santhonay, where manceuvres will
be performed on a large scale. The Minister is
expected to return to Paris on Friday next.
The Moniteur publishes a decree authorising the
Anonymous Company established in Paris under
the name of the Grand Central of France Railroad
Company, and approving its statutes.
The price of bread remains the same as at present
for the first fortnight of August.
The Chaptal steamer arrived at Toulon on the
29th. She has dispatches from Constantinople of
the 23d.

At the market for Public Securities Saturday
Rentes continued to improve in value. The Three
per Cents. forash advanced 25c., and for the ac-
count 40c. ; he Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for
cash 15c., and for the account 10c. Bank Shares
still maintain a steady upward movement, and were
quoted 10f. higher. The following were the closing
prices :-For cash : Three per Cents., 78f. 90c. ;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. For the
account : Three per Cents., 78f. 95c. ; Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. ; Bank Shares, 2860 f.
Credit Foncier Shares remain unchanged, but
Credit Mobilier rose 3f. 75c. They closed, Credit
Foncier at 740 f., and Credit Mobilier, 932 f. 50c.
Except in Northerns, which fell 3f. 75c., the shares
of all the leading railways advanced in price
Paris and Orleans, 17f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg,
sf. ; Paris and Lyons, 6f. 25c. ; Paris and Rouen,
7f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, sf. ; Western
of France, 10f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, sf. ; Caen
and Cherbourg, 2f. 50c. ; The last prices were :-
Northerns, 876 f. 25c ; Paris and (Means 1,172 f.
50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 938 f. 75c..; Paris and
Lyons, 940 f. ' • Paris and Rouen, 1,112 f. 50c. ;
Lyons to the Mediterranean, 767 f. 50c. ; Western
of France, 750'. ; Rouen and Havre, 505 f. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 637 f. 50c. ; Caen and Cherbourg,
620 f.

TURKEY AND 'RUSSIA.
The special courier from Constantinople has ar-
rived with despatches of the 20th inst.
The conferences are progressing favourably, but
nothing has been definitively settled.
The Porte wishes Russia to evacuate the Princi-
palities, and proposes simultaneously to send an
ambassador extraordinary to re-open diplomatic
negotiations.
The Divan is again exposed to the possibility of
a Ministerial crisis. heschid Paoha, retains office.
Conferences will be opened at Vienna with the
consent of Russia.
Austria will then act as mediator between the
Western Powqrs, Russia and Turkey.
America has offered to the Porte money and
active forces.
The fleet on the Bosphorus has lately received
several reinforcements. It now consists of two
three-deckers, one 90 gun ship, one '7B ditto, one
74 ditto, one 60 ditto, four 52 ditto, four averaging
from 36 to 44, four corvettes averaging 22 guns,
six 18-gun brigs, one steam screw of 26 guns, four
steamers of 22 guns and 450-horse power, and 16
corvettes unarmed. There are about 12,000 men
and 1,200 guns in all. This fleet is provisioned for
three months. The health of the men is extraor-
dinary, but their position near the villages of Buy-
ukderi and Therapia, where a cool breeze constantly
tempers the summer heat is perhaps the healthiest
in the world. Each man receives per diem 300
drachms of bread, -60 of rice, and 60 of meat, be-
sides a liberal allowance of a variety of vegetables,
with olives. Their drink is water. The sailors
and marines of the fleet havelhitherto been regu-
larly paid.
Recruiting is being carried on in Russia at a
greater rate than ever since 1848 ; previously, one,
two, or at most three per 1,000 were taken ; after
1848, this was raised to from four to six. The last
conscription being last autumn, and ended by the
beginning of this year, and now there is a fresh
conscription called for, to the unprecedented ex-
tent of 10 men in 1,000. The numerous and rapid
journeys of the Emperor's adjutants to and from
St. Petersburg had for the most partithe accelera-
tion of these levies for their object. Formerly
these conscriptions were made in autumn and win-
ter, when the men were not so much wanted in the
fields ; but this time it has taken place in the midst
of summer.

The Constantinople correspondent of the
Times, dated July 19, has the following :—" The
last few days have been productive of no remarkable
events beyond the arrival of instructions to M. Wil-
denbruck, the Minister of PrUssia, to interpose the
mediation cf that Power between the Czar and the
Sultan. It is proposed to the Porte to sign a note or
convention, materially the same as thatfirst offered,
but worded differently, so as to spare as much as pos-
sible, the susceptibilities of the Porte. How far
Prussian diplomatists have succeeded in this difficult
task we are unable to say, not having seen the docu-
ment ; but from the nature of the thingit is clear that
it would not admit of much modification from the
original and objectionable sened. In return, the Em-
peror is to sign a note on his part disclaiming any
intention of interfering with the sovereign rights
of the Sultan. More than one Council has been
held to consider this question of the mediation, but
as yet nothing is determined upon. The Divan is
divided into two parties of almost equal weight and
authority in the State, and both having great in-
fluence with the Sultan. Mehemet]. Rustchi Pasha,
called the Mutergim, a man who by the force of
talent has won his position from being a sub-
altern in the army to his present high rank,
is avowedly for war, and with him is Fethi
Ahmet Pasha, the brother-in-law of the Sultan ;
while on the other hand Mustapho, and Red-
schid Pashas are searching to find some way of
solving the difficulty without having recourse to
arms. The latter, we hear, eagerly embraces the
proposals of Prussia. It need scarcely be added
that the result of this mediation, should it be success-
ful, will be a triumph for Russia, and for the future
she will dictate every domestic question concerning
the Greeks from the deposition of the Patriarch to
the appointment of a parish priest. The movement
of troops to different parts of the empire continues,
and the expenditure appears to be of that
reckless nature which shuts its eyes to the future.
Several parcels-of treasure coming from Persia ,
have been taken by Government on the way, and
checks on the Treasury given to the owners. The
European merchants at Galatz, 'who have large
sums due to them from Government, have not re-
ceived a single para for many months past. The
troops travel by the steamers on credit, and the
provisions for the army are likewise purchased on
credit."