The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-11 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Journal des Debats announces that the Govern-
ment has refused the numerous offers that have been
made to it for effecting a loan, and has concluded an
arrangement with the Bank of France, which has placed
at its disposal a sum of 60,000,000 f,
The Bulletin des Lois publishes an Imperial decree,
authorising the finance Minister to raise the Treasury

Bonds in circulation to 250 millions, instead of 150 rail'
lions, fixed in the Budget of 1854.
The squadron under the command of Admiral Brag"
which sailed from Brest on the 6th, is composed of the
following ships of the line and steam-frigates :—The
Montebello, carrying the flag of Vice-Admiral Brost,
commander-in-chief ; the Duguesclin, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Charner ; the Austerlitz, the Hercule;
and the Jean Bart ; the steam-frigates Pomona and
Caffarelli, and the steam.corvette Roland.
It appears that two persons of some note have nom'
mitted suicide within the last three or four days, in COO.
sequence of losses at the Bourse, and two persons ha"
fled the country, owing to the same cause. Their lessee
are said to be to an enormous amount.
Several of the Russian residents in Paris are, as might
have been expected, extremely discontented with the
order from the Czar to leave. Many who have been
living here for years, occupied in commercial or induct'
trial pursuits, give expression to their discontent in no
very measured terms. Quit, however, they must, 001
say, or else all that belongs to them in Russia will be
confiscated the moment the delay allowed them expires.
In their confidential conversations several Russians
speak of their master quite as strongly as his worst
en ern ies.

The French Government continues its preparations
for the struggle with great activity and perseverance.
Tt is known that the expeditionary army will consist
of 40,000 French troops and 10,000 English. The En'
peror was desirous to give his directions personally to
the generals who will be placed in command of ths
expedition, and for that purpose Generals Pelissier and
11`111ahon ware summoned lately to Paris. The EDI'
peror was particularly pleased with the former of these,
generals, and to him has been given the care not only of
the selection of the troops in Algiers, but the organisso
tion of the army, and the care of its embarkation and
disembarkation.

It is now expected that the Duke and Duchess of
Brabant will probably arrive in the course of next week.
It will certainly be a proud day for Louis Napoleon
when he receives the grandson of Louis Philippe as his
guest at the Tuileries.

- Lord Dudley Stuart has returned from Turkey. rie
arrived in Paris on Wednesday evening, and imtne'
diately afterwards paid a visit to Prince Czartoryskl.
He was to leave Paris for London yesterday.
The Paris papers of yesterday had not reached W
when we went to press. By telegraph we learn that thi
Bourse was firm yesterday, in the absence of all political
reports. There was not, however, much business trans•
acted. The Three per Cents. closed at 68f. 900. for the
end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
closed at 97f. 90e. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,0671,
50c. ; Ropen, 895 f. ; Havre, 445 f. ; Great Northern,
742 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 723 f. 75c. ; Lyons to
the Mediterranean, 652 f. 50c. ; Western of France,
577 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette. 542 f. 50c. ; Great
Central, 440 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 445 f. ; Shares of the
Bank of Cr6dit Mubilier, 627 f. 50c.