The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-21 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Sunday Evening.—The saloons of Mar-
shal Vaillant, Minister of War, were crowded on
Saturday evening with military men, who came to
congratulate him on the taking of Bomarsund.
Nearly all the generals and other superior officers
in Paris were present on the occasion.

It is said that the Emperorcf.the Empress
will leave Biarritz on the 27th, to return to St.
Cloud, where they intend passing a few clays
before his Majesty takes his departure for the camp
of Boulogne.
Paris on Saturday, about half-past one o'clock,
was thrown into commotion by the thunder of the
Invalides firing a salvo of 101 guns. Every one
naturally inquired what could have called forth
such a demonstration, and it soon began to be
supposed that some decided advantage had been
gained either in the Black Sea or in the Baltic. As
the latter seemed the more natural supposition, the
news of the taking of Bomarsund began to be ru-
moured about. And this proved to be the case,
as about two o'clock the following telegraphic
despatch, received by the Government, was po3ted
up at the Bourse :
" Dantzic, Aug. 19, 25 min. past 8.
" The Consul of France to the Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
The Imperial yacht the Refine Hortense has ar-
rived. Bomarsund has surrendered at discretion.
2,000 prisoners, and 100 pieces of cannon, aro in

the power of the allies. The loss of the assailants
is insignificant. (Signed) " BRUAT."
This despatch was placarded in every part of
Paris on Saturday evening by order of the Prefect
of Police, and crowds of persons were everywhere
collected round the posting-bills, reading the news
and commenting in terms of the greatest satisfac-
tion on the success of the allied troops. The fol-
lowing.are some of the opinions expressed on the
matter by the French journals. The Moniteur, in
publishing the telegraphic despatch says :
" The expeditionary corps of the Baltic seconded by
the allied fleets, has commenced its operations. Only a
few weeks since our soldiers left the camp of Boulogne,
and after a passage as favourable as it was rapid, they
only took the time to reconnoitre the ground before they
marched on the enemy. In a few days they have carried
the position of Bomarsund, and thus conquered the
archipelago of Aland, the possession of which secures a
strategic basis for the ulterior movements of our squad-
rons and of our troops."
The Constitutionnel alludes to the capture in the
following terms :

"This brilliant success will be hailed as it deserves
by the whole of France. This prompt result, which
forms such a contrast with the check of the Russians
before Silistria, shows sufficiently what a difference
exists between the two armies as between the two
causes. It was thought that the formidable fortress of
Bomarsund would necessitate a regular siege. A con-
siderable
materiel had in fact been landed, but the im-
petuous valour of our soldiers rendered long prepara-
tion useless. They carried the two principal towers by
scaling, and soon after the garrison of Bomarsund, menaced
by a general assault and unable to withstand the projec-
tiles of the two fleets, had no other means of safety but
complete submission. This magnificent feat of arms is
a worthy commencement on the part of the French
troops, who 'only a few weeks back quitted Calais with
the cry, a thousand times repeated, of Vive l'Empereur I,
and who have already proved to the enemy that no ob-
stacle can arrest their daring. At the camp of Boulogne
the Emperor told them that they would know how to
equal in patriotism and courage their predecessors, the '
combatants of Eylau, Friedland, and La Moskowa.
The event has justified that expression by this marked
success, which does the greatest honour to the leaders
who conceived and the soldiers who achieved it."

The &Me has the following observations on this '
•
matter :

"We do not want to exaggerate the importance of
this event, but we may certainly affirm that it will pro-
duce a powerful effect on the minds of the allied troops-
It was already something to have forced Russia for the
last three months to cease all navigation in the Baltic,
where her flag used to float predominant. It is a great ---
honour to have obtained such a success, the very first
time that our seamen and troops have attempted a serious
attack ; it is certainly a brilliant opening of the cam-
paign. It now remains for our brave soldiers and sailors
in the Black Sea to respond to the victorious cannon of
Bomarsund. The enterprise against Sebastopol is cer-
tainly a difficult one, but the day on which that fortress,
by which is protected the unopposed victors of Sinope•
shall have fallen into the hands of France and England/ '
the cause of absolutism will have undergone an irre- '
parable check. As Frenchmen, as declared enemies of
despotism, we offer up our most ardent prayers that the
chastisement, so richly merited by the violater of every
right, shall not be long delayed."
The Emperor and Empress assisted, on the 16th,
at the fete offered to them by the town of Bayonne;
Their Majesties arrived at the theatre, which had
been converted into an immense ball room, at
10
o'clock p.m., sand were saluted with enthusiastif?,
cries of " Five l'Empereur !" " Vive Imperatice •
The Emperor wore the uniform of a general offleer,,,
and. the Empress was dressed in white, and ali
covered with diamonds. The Emperor danced the
first quadrille with Madame Jules Labat, the 161°
of the sub-prefect, and the Empress with tile
general commanding the military division. Their
Majesties retired at 1 o'clock. The Empress, whose
health was wonderfully improved since her arrival„
at Biarritz, is to remain there until the 20th of
September. The Emperor was to leave, on the
21st, for Pau, and to be absent three days.
The Marquis de Molins, former Minister of
Finance of Spain • M. Llorente, ex-Governor of .
the Bank of San Fernando ;M. Benavides, former •
Governor of Madrid ; and Colonel Luis Hurtade
de Zaldivar, had arrived at Bayonne.
The Princess Zanaide Charlotte Julie Bonaparte
who lately died at Naples, was the eldest daughter
of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain. She tva!
born in Paris on the Bth of July, 1802, and had
married her cousin Prince Charles, the eldest son
of Lucien Bonaparte, and gave him twelve children
of whom eight are still living. She inhabited
Italy, the climate of which country was deemed
necessary for her health, and she generally resided
at Rome, %% here her three married daughters and
her eldest son, Prince de Musignano, live. She '
was a highly-educated and clever woman, speak-
ing Italian, German, and English equally well.
Her charity was inexhaustible, and the goodness
of her heart and general mental qualities rendered
her society most delightful. Her early death
causes a dreadful void in the circle in which she
was so much beloved.
An st-,.cident, which might have been attended
with serious consequences, happened on Friday. et
Tronville, to Prince Lucien Murat. After having
taken his usual walk, on the beach, the prince had
just entered his carriage with the Baron de Chas"
siron, his son-in-law, and a little child, when the
horses, in turning the corner of a street, suddenly
started off, and the wheel coming in violent con-
tact with a post, the postilion was thrown OIL_
The horses, thus left to themselves, dashed at:
furious pace along the quay in front of the Customs'
House, the carriage being driven against
wood, barrels, &c., which flew in all directions•
length aM. Pila re Hagenow, a partner in the hen.
of G. H. Draper and Co., of Tronville, rushed fel-
ward to the head of one of the horses, and seizill
the nose of the animal with one hand and twno
pieces
bridle with the other, stopped its progress, and tql, --
other persons laying hold of the other horse, 03„,'he
same moment, the carriage was stopped. I
Prince during the affair preserved the utmost sans
r
froid, constantly crying out, " Neayez pas PTA •
mes amis ;it tie faut jamaise avoir pour ; child,
his thoughts seemed to be to protect the lest
whom he held close against him with the great
aped
anxiety. The prince and his companions esoand
unhurt. The carriage was much damaged,/ legs
the horses were injured about the chest an bad •
by the pieces of wood against which they
struck.
The receipts of the Orleans Railway during_
week ending on the 12th inst. were I,o2o,22Btdievg
137,470 f. more than during the correspetne Ist
week of last year. The gross receipts since
of January amounted to 25,625,538 f.,
being a
ference of 5,333,641 f. in favour of 1854. t 73f.
The Three per Cents. opened on Saturday a for
0'
40c., rose to 73f. 65c., and closed at 73f- Per -
the end of the month ; and the Four-and-a-
Cents. closed at 99f. 90c. ; Orleans Rtriof. ;
Shares, 1,220 f. ; Rouen, 970 f. ; Havre) 'o2f.
Great Northern, 842 f. 50c. ; Strasburg?,
50c. ; New Shares, 627 f. 50c. ; Paris and -"•7872f.
963 f. 75c. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, deo%
50c. ; Western of France, 647 f. 50e. ;
and Cette, 628 f. 75c. ; Great Central of Eredit
505 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 510 f, ; Bank of
Mobilier, 723 f. 75c.

SPAIN.
A despatch from Madrid, dated the 16._th:::11;
nounces that M. Collado, the Finance 301'"-e
has resigned.
There were again rumours of differences betlveell
Espartero and O'Donnell. that
The Boletin of Barcelona, of the 14th, staue- hthe
a 3
nO d o
hr workinga 4do
class,owff rrekdm,
had,einn wtaahsiet re
nedpa
mroenes e
tnohft
ea
at iF? g g
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iorir,
wor de
men, to support the government of the D
la Victoria like
w and the authorities of the cal....awe
e read in a Madrid letter of the 15th : work'
was t
a sort of insurrection yesterday of tho 'iheir
men employed in restoring the streets oeg ° and"
former
state ; the cry was for higher 00!
more time of rest. The consideration of. '",,-verel
that
all the streets had been unpaved In %woo:
places, and the necessity of having them reSeilig
as soon as possible, had led to gangs of naen soy
employed, who were
orwe six reals a day
rekeptworkingwith scarcellonel
interval. Five
was the nae
paid by the corporation, but the men dor° Trithd
seven reals. Many went outside the tovialoacis
sticks, and compelled those employed on the Lireeto
to leave off work, and others paraded the b p
here. There were some hundreds 111 t"tl
Atocha, but without any leader, aPParen klpre'
fixed plan of any kind. The authorities t,,)°,,e Dra'
cautions against any serious outbreak. -Viiwerent
tional Guards were summoned to their ners ;
quarters, and turned out in respective nilT, but
they patrolled the streets in various Parnvere
nothing serious took place. Some workraeilworl-
taken up. It seems to be thought that the _d
men are incited by parties who are infl
political motives against the present order
_re
Thereol; a
things, as was the case at Barcelona.
some cries of " Down with the Government'
some for the republic. fitatios
The Nacion, in adverting to the 031"- cox
which went to Espartero, on Sunday last, r" the
plain of
saysfthe that—preamble to the decree conv
Cortex,oking
'th
" The Duke de la Victoria offered to confer vi; of the
colleagues, and, in effect, scarcely had the bautictout
press terminated, when the Ministers were sic whoa
assemble in one of the rooms of the same eclist, the
three commissions of the provincial deputatio /140.
corporation, and the national militia presensitsa
on,
selves to the government, to offer their ad
coe
piste
publican
d order,withoutof
reserve,
thel
awof in o r
theder
of to sustain tht
of the Ministry, and of all the conseq politi
u es °
enc
glorious rising of July?' ty %.
Five officers of the Cordortitegilo2 - •

just returned from France, were received yesterday
by the Duke de la Victoria.

The Patriarch of the Indies, together with his
relative, the celebrated nun Sor Patrocinio, and her
confessor, Padre Fulgencio, and various intimates
of the same nun, have been ordered to select some
place of residence in the provinces, as they will
not be allowed to remain in Madrid. The papers
state that Sor Patrocinio has had the famous
" cinco Ragas," or five wounds of our Saviour,
again developed, and has been visited by many, to
Whom she does not fail to hold forth on the impious
doings of the 17th, 18th, and 19th of July.
The cholera at Seville has greatly diminished. It
seems that the number of deaths was exaggerated,
owing to the ingenious contrivance of certain gen-
tlemen, to whom the corporation had offered a
Peseta each for assisting in the prompt interment of
each corpse, and who, acting on the principle that
dead men tell no tales, duly received their fees, and
then, taking the bodies out of the city by one gate,
effected an entrance with their loads at some other
Part, and, in fact, made the same corpses do duty,
as regards obtaining the said burial fees, several
times over.

_ .
The
_Europa seems to anticipate unpleasant dis-
agreements with France, and says that M. de Per-
Bigny is on his way here, arguing no good from his
Journey.
A. special decoration has been ordered by royal
decree for the combatants for liberty on the 17th,
18th, and 19th of July. The ribbon is to be half
red and green, and suspended from it a civic crown,
with a band of gold around it, on which is to be
inscribed in black letters " The grateful country to
the defenders. of liberty, in July. Madrid, 1854."