The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-23 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Most of our Paris contemporaries give, with-
out comment, the news of the landing of the
expedition in the Crimea. They wait for the
details, without which they are unable to form an
opinion as to the cause of no resistance having been
offered by the Russians to this first grand step of the
allied forces. The Debats thinks that the non-re-
sistance of the Russians was owing to the diversions
practised by .the fleet on different parts of the coast
of the Crimea to mislead them, and to compel them
to divide their forces. Be this as it may, the land-
ing has been effected without loss ; and in the
opinion of Napoleon I. a good landing is half a
victory.

The Messager de Bayonne has the following ac-
count of the departure of the Empress from Biar-
ritz :—" The Empress arrived shortly before nine
o'clock in the morning at Bayonne, and was saluted
by the guns of the citadel and by those of the Aus-
tralie. Her Majesty was in an open carriage, and
was accompanied by her mother the Countess de
Montijo, by her sister the Duchess de Alba, and by
M. Laity, Prefect of the Basses-Pyrenees. Three
carriages followed containing the suite. The general
commanding the division, and inspector-general
Guillabert rode by the side of her Majesty's carriage,
which was escorted by a squadron of hussars.
The 35th and 11th Regiments were drawn up in
lines on the road taken by the Empress. Large
crowds assembled on the Place d'Armes and the
Place de Grammont to see her Majesty for the last
time. The Imperial cortege stopped at the mairie
to change horses. The authorities were here as-
sembled, as were also a number of ladies, who
had the honour to be received by her Majesty at
Grammont. The former took a respectful leave of
the Empress, and the ladies were presented to her
by the general commanding the division. One of the
ladies, Mine. Bisson, wife of a general of brigade, ex-
pressed in the name of all their regret at her Majesty's
departure, and their gratitude for the kindness she
had shown them. Mme. Bisson then offered her Ma-
jesty a magnificent bouquet, and the Empress re-
ceived it with a warm expression of thanks. At
length the Empress drove off, saying, " Au revoir !
Next year !" and the acclamations of the crowd
accompanied her for some distance. At Saint-
Elienne, the cortege stopped, and the Empress dis-
missed her escort. Her Majesty then took leave
of her mother and sister. The Duchess de Bassano
and the Countess de Pierres afterwards took their
seats in her Majesty's carriage, which drove rapidly
towards Bordeaux. The Empress left her private
secretary at Biarritz, in order to distribute her
final donations amongst the poor."
The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 74f.
95c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., at 98f. 90c. ; and the New Loan,
at 75f. 10c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,240 f.
Rouen, 972 f. 50c. ; Havre, 590 f. ; Great
Northern, 860 f. ; Strasburg, 820 f. ; New Shares,
645 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 993 f. 50c. ; Lyons and
the Mediterranean, 865 f. ; Western of France,
667 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 618 f. 75c. ;
Great Central of France, 518 f. 75c.; Lyons and
Geneva, 540 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 742 f. 50c.