The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Lord Raglan, Lord de Ros, and Sir Baldwin
Walker, was to leave Paris yesterday evening for
London.
It is now quite settled, that Marshal de St.
Arnaud is to be the Commander-in-Chief of the
French expeditionary army to Turkey ; and that
the army is to consist of four divisions, commanded
by Generals Canrobert, Bousquet, Furey, and
Prince Napoleon. Prince Napoleon is to command
the reserve. Colonel Bertin-Duchateau is to com-
mand the Zouaves and the infantry of the marine.
A division of cavalry is to be commanded by Gene-
ral Morris. There will be brigades of cuirassiers
and lancers, but it is not known who is to command
them. The division of the reserve, under the com-
mand of Prince Napoleon, will, it is said, remain
at Constantinople. Prince Napoleon has made all
his preparations for departure. It appears that it
was not in consequence of the remonstrance of the
English Government that Prince Napoleon was not
appointed to the chief command of the expedition,
but in consequence of the refusal of the French
Generals to accept service if he were appointed to
that post. The nomination of Marshal de St. Ar-
naud to this important command makes the imme-
diate appointment of another Minister of War ab-
solutely necessary ; and General Randon, the pre-
sent Governor-General of Algeria, has been sum-
moned to Paris by telegraph. For the present he
will only be appointed Minister of War ad interim.
General Pelissier, whom it was in the first place
intended should take! the important post of chef de
retat major of the commander-in-chief of the expe-
ditionary army, is to be the Governor-General of
Algeria.
A vast number of persons have been arrested in
Paris, and, among others, a considerable number
of students, who, it is said, are accused of a plot
against the life of the Emperor. The police have
taken precautions against any disturbance on the
occasion of the funeral of the Abbe Lamennais,
which is to take place to-day (Wednesday). The
Abbe Lamennais has left directions that he shall
be buried in the fosse commune, and that no priest
is to be allowed to officiate on the occasion.
The French Government and the Paris capitalists
have not been able to come to an understanding
with respect to the contemplated loan. There are
plenty of competitors in the field ; but the terms
proposed by the Minister, and those offered by the
bankers, are so widely apart that it is hopeless to
suppose that the affair can be arranged by splitting
the difference. The Minister has consequently
determined to postpone the conclusion of the loan
till the meeting of the legislative corps, which
takes place on the 2d of March. A bill will then
be brought in by the Government, to authorise it
to contract a loan by public competition, and by
sealed tenders ; and it is probable that in about a
fortnight a day will be fixed for receiving tenders.
The following are the principal results of an
account just published by the Minister of War on
the recruiting of the army in 1852. The effective
strength of the army in 1852 was on an average
389,560 men, officers, sub-officers, corporals, and
privates ; in 1851, it was 406,532. On the Ist
January, 1853, after 55,943 men of the class of
1845 had been sent home, the army iu active ser-
vice had an effective strength of 376,101 men,
namely, 304,864 at home, and 71,237 in Africa.
The reserve at the same period consisted of 126,889
men, making the general effective strength on the
Ist January, 1853, 502,990. The total number
of exemptions granted to young men of the class
of 1851 was 80,991, being 3,254 less than in
the class of 1850, and the exemptions granted
on account of short size or infirmities were much
less numerous than in former years. Out of the
311,218 young men forming the total number of
the class of 1851, 105,900 could neither read nor
write ; 10,787 could read only ; and 185,131 could
both read and write. The number of voluntary
enrolments in 1852 was 10,497, being 156 more
than in 1851. The re-engagements at the end of
the term of service were in number 6,400, being
399 more than in the previous year. The number
of men who availed themselves of regimental in-
struction in 1852 was 82,111, being 863 more than
in 1851.

It is stated that, in the Emperor's speech on
the opening of the Legislative Chambers to-mor-
row, an announcement to the above effect will be
made, viz.—that a summons has been addressed to
the Emperor of Russia, in the name of the four
Powers, to evacuate the Principalities, and that
if he fail to do so measures will be taken to com-
pel him.

Yesterday being the last day of the Carnival,
the crowds on the Boulevards, in the principal
streets, and the Champs Elysees, were immense.
The beauty of the weather added greatly to the
festivities, and gay and rich equipages, prome-
naders on foot and on horseback, and crowds of
masquerading parties, were out in all directions.
At 3 o'clock, the Emperor and Empress, in an
open carriage and without escort, passed at a slow
pace up and down the Boulevards from the Ma-
deleine to the Bastille at the moment they were
most thronged.
At Toulon steamers are being prepared for taking
on board several regiments of cavalry. The work-
men at the arsenal are employed night and day.
After several fluctuations the Bourse closed yes-1
terday with a rise, compared with the prices of
Monday. The Three per Cents. opened at 67f.
99e. fell to 67f. 70c., and closed at 68f. 15c. for
the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. closed at 96f. 80c. ; Orleans Railway Shares,
I,loof. ; Rouen, 880 f. ; Havre, 450 f. ; Great
Northern, 747 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 727 f.
50c. ; Ditto, New Shares, 572 f. 50c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 820 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 677 f.
50c. ; Western of France, 585 f. ; Bordeaux and
Cette, 550 f. ; Great Central, 440 f. ; Lyons and
Geneva, 455 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mo-
bilier, 600 f.

DENMARK AND SWEDEN.

The lianthurgh Correspondent, under date of
Stockholm, Feb. 14, says:—" The secret committee
received the day before yesterday from the King
the authorisation to corunamusate to the State.