The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-19 00:00:00

; the numerous captains of vessels in the port of
Alexaudria.

FPANCE..

communication in the Moniteur with
recce to to Austria, has given much satisfaction to
the public at large in Paris ; and has inspired the
greatest confidence in the sincerity of that Power ;
and has produced a very dolorous effect on the
French partisans of Russia, who would rejoice in
the eventual triumph of the enemy of France and
England. The paragraph is to this effect :
several journals have announced, as also the
private telegraph, the Austrian Government has just
taken measures to augment the effective strength of its
army. The official Gazette of Vienna publishes an ordi-
nance, which prescribes the immediate levy of 95,000
men. That ordinance is accompanied by a manifesto
which indicates in an unmistakeable manner the even-
tual destination of these forces. Both the manifesto
and the measure itself, of which it is the commentary,
have produced at Vienna an impression as favourable as
it is profound." _ _ _

Rumours of modifications in the French Cabinet
are again in circulation. It is said, on excellent
authority, that there is no truth whatever in them.
Changes may take place in the department of the
Interior, such as transferring the political duties to
the Minister of State, and leaving merely the ad-
ministrative ones to M. de Persigny, but no more
serious change is in question. On the contrary, the
most perfect accord reigns at this moment between
the members of the Cabinet, and that the cause
which it was said induced the Minister of the Inte-
rior to tender his resignation some time since, does
not now exist. Under circumstances like the
present, the effect of any Ministerial change on
public opinion at home and abroad would be mis-
chievous ; and it is believed the English Govern-
ment would hear with regret of any such change.
It was mentioned some time since that there
was a probability that a project of law fur raising
a new loan, some say of 500,000,000 f., others of
250,000,000 f., would be proposed to the Legis-
lative Corps before long, or at least that autho-
risation for raising such a loan in case of
necessity would be demanded. The subject is
again talked of. Among the plans for raising the
loan one is spoken of as also very probable, namely,
as dividing it between the Bank of France, the
Credit Mobilier. the Receivers-General, and the
public, in the proportion of 100,000,000 f. to each
of the time first, and 2:0,000,000f. to the last ;
%nd if 250,000,000 f. be the amount, the distribution
will be in the same proportion. It is also sail posi-
tively that, if neceAsary, Frauc: will sen 1 150,000
or even 2J0,000 troops to the theatre of the war.
We read in the .Seniaphuro de. Alar.)eilles of the
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The Courrier announces that, M. Bourtee, who is
ping on an extrai,rdinary mission to Greece, has re- I
i,,ived his last instructions, and left Marseilles for
Toulon, where he is to emb rk in the steam-frigate
Cri,tophe Columb, with Genrral Furey, Commander of
Division which is to occupy Athens. M. Bourisie is
ordered to claim from the Greek Government the inte-
rest,
due since 1828, on the loan gu,ranteed by France,
and is moreover the bearer of verbal instructions f our
Ambassador at Athens. should the reply of the Greek
Government not be satisfactory, our troops are to take
possession of the Pawns, Athens, and the most import-
ant points on the Continent and in the Archipelago."
The Bourse again rose yesterday, in consequence
of the favourable accounts ieceived from Austria.
The Three per Cents. closed at 68f. 35c. fur the end
of the mouth ; the Four-and-a-Halt per Cents. at
95f. ; and the New Loan at 68f.; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,117 f. 50c.; Rouen, 922 f. 50; Havre,
' 474 f. ; Great Northern, 807 f. 50c. ; Strasburg,
750 f. ; New ShateA, 585 f. ; Paris and Lyons,
815 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 755 f. ; West-
ern of France, 655 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 565 f. ;
Great Central of France, 485 f. ; Lyons to Ge-
neva, 480 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 637 f. 50c.

SPAIN.
A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated 15th,
says Queen Christina is ill. She has an attack of
scarlet fever.
The Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived,
but their contents are unimportant. One of them
mentions a rumour current that Mr. Soule, the
United States Minister, was about to leave ou ac-
count of not being able to come to an arrangement
on the Black Warrior affair ; but this is not only
in direct contradiction to the statement in recent
letters of a settlement having been made, but the
Lithographic Correspondence asserts, on what it
represents to be good authority, that the Govern-
ment has not received any notification of Mr.
Soule having taken any such resolution. Lord
Howden had returned to Madrid from Cadiz.