The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-05 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The preparations for the departure of the Em-
press for the baths of Biaritz are going on with
activity. The Imperial yacht the Reine Hortense
is already at Cherbourg, where the Empress will
embark for Bayonne. The yacht will remain at
Bayonne during the stay of the Empress at the sea-
side. _ .

His Excellency Vely Pacha, the Turkish am-
bassador, had the honour of an interview with the
Emperor, on Monday, at St. Cloud, and pre-
sented to his Majesty Moustapha Bey and Omer
Bey, brother and nephew of Omer Paella, and M.
Marinovitch, a Servian functionary.
After quitting Baro Sound on the 22d, the com-
bined squadrons of the Baltic, says the Moniteur,
anchored on the 24th at the island of Seskaer, 10
leagues from Cronstadt ; they were preparing to
go and make a reconnaissance of that fortress.
We make the following extracts from the Moni•
tear of yesterday_:—
_ _

" The Minister of Marine and the Colonies has received
from Baro Sound a report, dated June 27, from the
Commander of the Breslau, announcing that this vessel,
which left Kiel, on the 19th of June, had arrived at
Baro Sound in five days only, in spite of the fogs.
"The Breslau had been joined at that anchorage by
the Anglo-French division commanded by Rear-Admiral
Corry, and the major part of the naval force, which since
the 22d of June had been despatched to the extremity of
the Gulf of Finland, under the orders of Admirals Parse-
val and Napier, was expected.
" The report of Commander Bosse terminates thus :
Our sanitary state is excellent. The smallpox, which
had manifested itself on board the Breslau, has entirely
disappeared. The crew is extremely well-disposed, and
I have 90 good guns, for which I will answer.'"
The Princess de la Moskowa, widow of the unfor-
tunate Marshal Ney, died on Tuesday, in Paris, at
an advanced age, and after a long illness. The
Duchess of Plaisance, widow of General Lebrun,
has also died lately, at a residence which she occu-
pied for some years in the neighbourhood of Athens.
She was the daughter of the Marquis de Barbe-
Marbois, who was transported to Sinnamary in
1797, and who had been Keeper of the Seals and
President of the Cour des Comptes. Her husband
was the son of Prince Lebrun, Duke de Plaisance,
one of the three consuls of the 18 Brumaire, and
afterwards Arch-Chancellor of the Empire.
A telegraphic despatch received yesterday from
Marseilles announces that the Henry IV. had put
to sea, baying on board General Levaillant,
Commander of the sth division, two colonels, and
detachments of different corps of the army of the
East.

The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at '73f.
20c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. closed at 98f. 50c. ; and the New
Loan at 73f. ; Orleans Railway Shares, I,lBof. ;
Rouen, 1,052 f. 50c. ; Havre, 587 f. 50c. , Great
Northern, 872 f. 50c. • Strasburg, 800 f. ; New
Shares, 635 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 960 f. ; Lyons to
the Mediterranean, 865 f. ; Western of France, 660 f. ;
Bordeaux and Cette, 615 f. ; Great Central of France,
507 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 512 f. 50c. ; Bank
of Credit Mobilier, 762 f. 50c.

AMERICA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPff.)
ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC.
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning, 5.30 aim.—
The Pacific has arrived, with advices from New
York to the 24th ult., and $430,891 on freight.
The President had nominated General W. 0.
Butler Governor of Nabraska, and Mr. A. H.
Reeder Governor of Kansas.

The report of Mr. Churchwell having drawn a
pistol on Mr. Collura, in the House of Representa-
tives, had been contradicted.
A bill had been introduced into the House of
Representatives for estal lishing a higher grade of
officers in the navy, and reforming it generally.
The Union, from Southampton, had arrived at
New York, and the Canada, from Liverpool, had
arrived at Boston.

In the Senate, the Committee on Commerce had
been unable to decide as to the, expediency of aid-
ing the projected canal round the falls of Niagara.
The bill re-organising the naval service had been
passed by a majority of 24 t,o 11. Mr. Seward
had reported a bill for the formation of a line of
steam-ships between California and Shanghai, cal-
ing at the Sandwich Islands and Japan.
The Committee of Ways and Means had reported
a bill appropriating $10,000,000 for effecting the
stipulation of the Gadsden Treaty.
Proposals for the loan of $1,000,000 had been
made by the Commissioners of the Canal Fund,
when over $6,000,000 had been offered. The loan
was awarded to 18 bidders, at 18 per cent prem.
The North Star had arrived at New York, with
dates to California to the Ist June, and $355,000
in gold dust.

The French Consul had been tried for violating
the Neutrality Laws and released from his bonds.
The Mexican Consul, implicated in the same
affair, had also been discharged.
Property had been destroyed by fire at Marys-
ville, to the extent of 175,000 dols., and also at
San Francisco to 34,.000 dols.

From the mines the accounts were very flat-
tering.
Rich deposits bad been discovered, and fortunes
were made in a week.

Business was improving in San Francisco. Rob-
beries had been committed by means of chloroform
with success.

True bills had been found against the President
Secretary of War of the Republic of Sonora.
Acapulco was reported to be blockaded by one
Mexican war vessel, and that Alvarez had posses-
sion of the city.
The Canadian Parliament had been prorogued
amid great confusion. A proclamation dissolving
the House was to have been issued on the 24th.
The elections were to be over, and writs returned
by the 9th of August.
The Catholic priest had been charged at Cincin-
nati with violating a young girl, and bound over
in the sum of 2,000 dols. to answer the charge.
Money was active, and loans on call were made
at 7 per cent. We quote—London, 1081 to 1091 ;
Paris, 5 111 to 5 132. ; Amsterdam, 414 to 44 Hamburg, 363,- to 37 ; Bremen, 79 to 791 ; Frank-
fort, 414 to 41.1.
Cotton was firmer, but had not advanced in price.
Flour was again lower ; freights were higher, and
vessels scarce.

NEWSPAPERS.—Yesterday a return, procured by Sir
John Shelley, was issued, showing the titles, names, and
addresses of the rublishers, the weight and date of re-
gistration of every registered newspaper whereof a por-
tion is stated to be published without stamps. The
number in England is 106, in Scotland 23, and in Ire-
land 7—making a total of 136. Of the papers in Lon-
don 34 are published monthly, and not liable to duty, and
25 in the country, and exempted for the same reason.
TEE BANK.—An opinion was strongly circulated that,
owing to the large increase in their stock of bullion, the
easier state of the money-market, the steady condition
of the foreign exchanges, and the approaching pay-
ment of the dividends on Saturday next, the Bank of
England contemplate an immediate reduction in their
rate of discount. Various heavy calls, however, are
falling due, among which are the 1,000,0001. of India
railway debentures on the 10th inst., as well as 25 per
cent. on the last 2,000,0001. of Exchequer-bonds to-
day, and some persons consider that these, toge-
ther with a desire to wait until the prospects of the
harvest shall have become still more certain, will induce
at all events a slight delay.
FIRE OFF PEMBROKE ROYAL DOCKYARD.—PEM-
BROKE YARD, JULY 3.—Early this morning the muster
bell was continuously rung some time, in consequence of
a fire discovered on board a large barque off the dock-
yard, discharging a cargo of timber for the establishment,
from M oulrnein ; and, although many of the workmen
quickly assembled, yet the distant residence of so many
belonging to the establishment, contrary to the express
regulations of the Admiralty, was severely felt. It ap-
pears that some Lascars, on board, suffering from the
inclemency of the weather (it is intensely cold and wet),
had kindled a fire and went to sleep, without thoroughly
extinguishing it. A dense smoke was discovered, and
the alarm immediately given ; the flames, however, had
burst up and were communicating with the rigging be-
fore they were effectually suppressed. Captain Smart,
the now superintendent, was quickly on the spot, as well
as the master shipwright and other officers, and every-
thing was soon made safe. Had it been dry weather,
instead of so excessively wet as it is, the results might
have been most disastrous. The master of the vessel,
without any other clothes on than his shirt, continued
using the greatest exertions until the fire was completely
extinguished. As is the general custom, the crew had
all been discharged on the termination of the voyage,
and there were only two or three coloured men on board
besides the captain.

THE PENINSULAR MAns.--The Peninsular and Orien •
tal Company's steam-packet Madrid, Captain George
Bradshaw, Lieut. Beddeck, RN., Admiralty agent,
arrived yesterday at Southampton with the Peninsular
mails, and 56 passengers. Her dates are Gibraltar,
June 25 ; Caeiz, June 26 ; Lisbon, June 29 ; Oporto,
June 30 ; Vigo, July 1. The Madrid had pratique at
all the ports, with the exception of Vigo and Oporto
outwards. June 25, at 6 p.m., arrived the Prometheus,
man-of-war steamer, at Gibraltar from Lisbon. June
26, at 4 a.m., found lying at Cadiz tho man-of-war
steamer Medina, which arrived from England on the
25th ; put into Cadiz in want of coal. June 29, left
lying at Li-lion the French war steamer Newton, and
the Rage, Brazilian man-of-war steamer, and the usual.
Pyrtugnme iquadron.