The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-03 00:00:00

pulation of Bulgaria may be estimated at I. I y h s
million; and has, up to this time, furnished 4U,u00
men. Macedonia has 4-sths of a million only, and
supplied 30,000. Roumelia had but 24 millions of
inhabitants, and has furnished 60,000 men up to
the present date. Albania has but one million,
and . yet has given 50,000 troops. In the Sultan's
army—that of Asia especially—there are very
many soldiers who profess the Greek Christian
faith, whilst in the army of the Danube they eves
exceed the whole number of Moslems."

MOVEMENTS OF THE COMBINED FLEETS.
We are in possession of authentic accounts re-
specting the movement of the combined fleets, up
to the 15th instant. The expedition, with troops
and munitions, had safely arrived at Batoum,
touching at Sinope on the 14th, on its return. It
there communicated to the combined fleets that an
attack of the Russian fleet was much dreaded at
Batoum ; and then it returned without delay to
Constantinople, the wind being favourable, in order
to take in fresh troops and ammunition. This ex-
pedition consisted of six Turkish and six Anglo-
French vessels. On the morning of the 14th a di-
vision of the combined fleets weighed anchor, and
set sail for •Batoum. The remainder of the fleet
was left at Sinope. In the afternoon of the same
day two steamers were sent to Batoum to signalise,
and one steamer was despatched to Constantinople.
It was not deemed impossible that on the way to
Batoum the combined fleet might meet with Rus-
sian men-of-war. Taking into calculation, how-
ever, the respective distances and dates, no news
of such an event could have reached Constantinople
by the 16th ; and even later dates—that is, of the
19th—have come to hand.

FRANCE.
The preparations for war, both of a military and
naval character, are proceeding with great activity.
Orders have been sent to Toulon that t'he Labra-
dor steam-frigate shall be immediately armed and
got ready for sea. She is to be victualled for
seventy days, and with six months of spare stores.
The Asmodee steam-frigate, the arming of which is
completed, is now ready for sea.
The French Government has determined to try
the experiment in Paris of night policemen, similar
•to our police force in England. The new police
will be established in Paris in about two months.
It will be simply a night police, and will, in the
first instance, be on a very limited scale. If the
experiment succeed, the systeth will be gradually
extended.

The Courrier de Champagne announces that secret
cipbs have been discovered at Rheims, and that
srveral of the members have been arrested.
Rumours are again current with respect to a
change in the French Cabinet. It appears that
M. Fould, notwithstanding all that has happened,
continues to maintain his ideas that France should
at all sacrifices avoid war. These arguments were
repudiated by all the other Ministers, with the ex-
ception, it is said, of M. Magne. M. de Persigny
more especially opposed them, declaring that all
these considerations were of secondary importance,
and dwindled into nothing when brought in com-
parison with the national honour, the equilibrium
of Europe, and civilisation itself—all of which were
threatened by the grasping ambition of Russia. It
is thought that M. Fould, differing so essentially as
he does from the other members of the Cabinet,
will retire. Indeed, the Ministers themselves feel
the necessity, in the present crisis, of having a
united Cabinet.

It is understood that apartments are to be pre-
pared at the Palais Royal for the Duke and
Duchess of Brabant, who will pay a visit to Paris,
in return for the visit of Prince Napoleon to
Brussels. The visit of Prince Napoleon to Brus-
sels is a sad blow to the Fusionists, who look upon
it as principally directed against them.
On Wednesday the police paid a domiciliary
visit to an establishment called the Bureau de
l'Agence Etrangere, in the Boulevart des Italiens.
The authorities had received notice that the secret
agents of Russia were in the habit of meeting at
that place to receive at all hours of the day from
their superiors the mots d'ordre, which they forth-
with proceeded to hawk about at the Bourse, andin the cafes and clubs. Several papers were seized,
but no prisoners were made.

Sir Stephen Lakeman, who commanded the
Waterkloof Rangers at the Cape of Good Rope,
where he obtained such a brilliant reputation,
arrived in Paris some days ago on his way to
Constantinople to take the command of a large
body of troops'in Asia. He has now left for the
Turkish capital, but during his stay in Paris he
was for some time engaged in inspecting, with the
permission of the Minister of War, the improved
drill and arms of that formidable corps the
Chasseurs de Vincennes. Sir Stephen speaks in
the highest terms of the courtesy he experienced
from the Minister of War, Marshal Magian, and
all the French military authorities.
The Paris journals which did not on Wednes-
day remark on the speech of the Queen of Eng-
land have article on the subject in the impressment
of yesterday. They are unanimous in regarding
the language of the speech as moderate, 'but they
are also nearly unanimous in the expression of an
opinion that no conclusion warranting a belief
that war will be prevented is to be drawn from
that circumstance, things having been now brought
to such a point that no more concession ean be
made to unreasonable demands on the part cf Rus-
sia, and there being as yet no indication of the
abandonment by the Emperor Nicholas of pre-
tensions which render it difficult to arrive at a
pacific solution without a sacrifice by and England
of interests, honour, and dignity. The Debate says
that the Queen's speech is eloquent in its simpli city,
and that the answers to be given to M. de Brtmow
will clearly demonstrate this eloquence.
The Bourse was much crowded yesterday, Lnd a
large amount of business was transacted. Sales
of public securities were difficult, except at a. con-
siderable reduction on the prices of Wednesda3 r, the
speculators regarding the arrangement of the exist-
ing differences between Russia and the WE 'stern
Powers as nearly impossible. The Three per 0 eats.
opened at 68f., fell to 67f. 25c., and closed a .1t 67f.
35e. far the end of the month. The Four-:
Half per Cents. closed at 96f. 80c. ; Orleans Rail-
way Shares, 1,020 f. ; Rouen, 910 f. • Havre, ,P2sf. ;
Great Northern, 715 f. ; Paris and gtrasburg, 6;95f.;
ditto, New, 550 f. ; Paris and Lyons' 800 f. ; _Lyons
to the Mediterranean, 617 f. 50c. ; Great Ce ntral,
425 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 435 f. ; Shares cef the
Bank of Credit Mobilier, 607 f. 50c.

ITALY.
The Parliainento of Turin quotes without: I gua-
ranteeing it, in a letter from Rome, in which: it is
stated that the Pope intends appointing a s:p ,ecial
commission for the purpose of re-organisin, g ; the
Government on the footing of 1816. Car, 3,inals
Antonelli and Savelli and Monsignor Santucl 3i, are
mentioned as likely to form part of this co Emis-
sion.
The Imperial Lieutenant of Lombardy 1 tas is-
sued a notification, fixing the number of rc )(3ruits
for 1854 in the Lombardo-Venetian kingd c nn at
13,373.
Our letters from Turin, of the 30th ult., state
that the irritation prevailing between the Civil
Government and the clerical party, was da it y in-
creasing.
The negotiations with Rome for the con( usion
of a concordat were no longer spoken of sir u e the
publication of the Pope's last encyclical lettt
The authorities of Turin had issued th( ) most
severe orders relative to masquerades durin g Car.
nival. They require a permission of the police
is
from those who intend to appear disgu ed in the
streets, and specially charge the agents of public
security and the corps of Royal Carabinier a with
,strict execution of those orders.