The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-14 00:00:00

has been sent to meet the body on its way from
Marseilles. The Emperor and Empress have re-
turned from Nimes. The Government received

yesterday answers from the Duke de Saxe-Mein-
ingen to the letter of recall of M. Mercier, acting
as Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty, and to
the letters of credence of the Marquis de Ferriere-

le-Vayer, appointed to succeed M. Mercier. There
is a long article in the Pays on the note of Count
Buol, of the 30th ult., in reply to the last commu-
nication of the Prussian Cabinet on the Eastern
question. On this subject the 'rays says:—
If from the very commencement the attitude of
Europe had been as clear and as energetic as that of
France and England ; if the Emperor Nicholas had
known in such a way as not by possibility to be
able to make any mistake in the matter, that all
the modern states, unanimous in deliberation,
would also be unanimous in action ; if he had not
hoped to prevent that holy alliance of the modern
states, all interested in the same degree in opposing
his ambitious views, can it be supposed that he
would have confronted the dangers of a warin which
he would have been alone against all ? Most cer-
tainly not. Ho would have ceded, when he could
have done so, without the honour of his crown
being too much engaged, and he would have ob-
tained undoubtedly conditions much less severe
than those which he will have to submit to now.

But who is it that favoured these hopes, these
illusions, and these opinions at St. Petersburg ?
Prussia. Who scattered intrigues of all kinds
amongst the states of the Germanic confederation ?
Who, by all these manoeuvres, imposed on Austria
that slow and reserved course which has not allowed
her to approach, except step by step, the western
policy, whose interests, it must be declared aloud,
she has never for an instant betrayed? Still Prussia.
Each resistance of Russia, each hesitation of the
German states, has had for result to constrain France
and England to a greater development of forces and
to a more decisive engagement. Yes ! We accuse
Prussia and her equivocal diplomacy of the blood
now being shed. We accuse her .of having ren-
dered almost impossible a pacific solution, which
would have taken place long since had Russia seen
herself condemned, abandoned, and, if possible,
opposed byall the European states. This is her fault,
and that will be also her responsibility. That fault
she has only one means of attenuating, and that is
to separate openly and resolutely from the desperate
cause to which personal affinities can alone have
attached her up to the present moment. It is still
time to adopt that course which the interests of
Prussia, the dignity, and perhaps the power of her
government calls for. Who can affirm that in a
few days, under the irresistible action of events
accomplished, it will not be too late 7"
The Moniteur says —" M. Barbes protests
against the act of clemency of which be has been
the object. He does not comprehend it. We pub-
lish the letter which he has addressed to the editor
of this journal :
" Sir,-1 have just arrived in Paris, and I take up
my pen to pray you to insert as soon as possible
this note in your journal. An order, the motives of
which I do not examine, for I am not in the habit
of casting aspersions on the sentiments of my ene-
mies, was given, on the sth of this month, to the go-
vernor of the prison of Belle-Isle. At the firbt an-
nouncement of that news, I felt the thrill of inexpressible
pain of a conquered man run through my body, and I
refused as long as I could—for two days—to leave my
prison. I now come here, to speak nearer and to be
better heard. What matters it to whoever has no right
over me whether I love my country or not! Yes ! the let-
ter which has been read was written by me, and the gran-
deur of France has been, since I was able to think,
my religion. But once more, I ask, what matters it to
whoever lives out of the pale of my creed and of my
law, whether my heart is actuated by such sentiments
or not 1 Is not the coup-d'etat of December there for
ever a contest marked out between me and him who
effected it ? Laying aside, therefore, every considera-
tion of my personal dignity wounded, my duty as a loyal
enemy is to declare to all and each here, that I repel
with all my force the measure taken with respect to me.
I shall pass two days at Paris to allow time to replace
me in prison, and that period once over, on Friday night
I shall go into exile. "A BARBES.
" Paris, Dec. 11. ten in the morning, Grand Hotel
du Prince Albert, Rue St.-Hvacinthe St.-Honor4."
A private telegraphic despatch, dated this day,
mentions that the remains of Marshal St. Arnaud
had been conveyed from Valence to Lyons, and
were to arrive in Paris on Saturday (to.morrow)
afternoon.
BANK or FRANCE.—The following was the
situation of the Bank on Thursday, Oct. 12 :
CR. Fr. c.

Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks 151,085,336
Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 369,317 97
Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
55,711, 495 f. 21c. are from the branch
banks 110,289,371 89
Bills in the branch banks -
Advances on coin and ingots
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of France 20,939,836 10
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on railway shares and bonds 42,705,400
Do. in the branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Rentes of the reserve fund
Rentes of disposable funds
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch banks
Expenses of administration
Sundries .

65,000,000

10,000,000 -
55,448,559 82

4,000,000

3,809,320 -
832,451 20
74,084 13

957,636,664 6