The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Though the official organ of the French Govel.ll-
merit has not as yet confirmed the intelligence
communicated by telegraph from Vienna respectingin
an important battle in the Dobrudscha, n which
the Russians were defeated with a loss of 3,000
men, and the Turks of about half that number, it
is said that in high official quarters the fact is cre-
dited. It is possible that the Government are
waiting for further details from an official source
before they give it the sanction their confirma-
tion. On such a point, however, no better autho-
rity can be cited than the Emperor himself, and
it is certain that his Majesty,conversation with
more than one person at tli in
e Princess IVlathilde's
reception, stated that, notwithstanding the absence
of complete intelligence of an official charac-
ter, he had reason to believe that the main
facts of a battle having taken place,
and a vic-
tory gained by the Ottoman troops were cor-
rect. Moreover, the Emperor is said to have ex-
pressed his satisfaction at the general state of
affairs in other respects, and this satisfaction is
understood to refer not only to Austria but to
Prussia. It is true that an Imperial personage is
no less exposed to error than other people ; but it
is doubtful that one of his cautious habits would
speak with so little reserve were the matter still
uncertain. As it is, in Paris intense anxiety is
manifested on the point, with a decided leaning to
the favourable view---,that is, to the defeat of the
Riassiato. A masked change has taken place in the

public mind within the last two months. At that
period there were few who believed in the possibility
of war on an extensive scale. Now that all
illusioA
has vanished, only one Cling surprises and afilict,
the public, and that is, that hostilities do not go e:
far more rapidly. The first question asked by eve%
one you meet is no longer about protocols or no ties
of
—about hopes and prospects of a compromise, 0
the Emperor Nicholas yielding—but whether
Russian fleet is yet destroyed, whether Croustaclit,lr
yet taken, or at all events bombarded—whetle,
Odessa has surrendered, or whether the Atig.;,
French flag yet waves over the battlements of Seis'ot.
topol. It is in vain to say that such exploits stet be
the work of a moment, and that regard rulls,"go
ths
had to the distance of places, and to the diffiewr 0
that must be encountered, and which require tide
to overcome. But neither the obstacles raised II by
art nor the more formidable impediments offere"the
nature are sufficient to explain the delay no
consummation which at no period has bee,eio,
devoutly wished for than at the present. et
nest bourgeois of the faubourgs has seen in the win-'•
theatres of the Boulevards representations of feL
ous stages of the war—Citate, Kalafat, ands lton;
—in all which the Russians are, of course, exterter.
nated to a man, and the Turks triumphantly
that
ing Bessarabia ; and ho is unwilling to believe of
the real campaign is, after such a length of time, of
yet so advanced as the mimic representatiea big
.them would lead him to suppose. He carries
difficulty of belief to such a point that he eetu:eir
becomes scurrilous if some one—of course 3 13- of
cealed partisan of Russia—hints that even pigis
there may be found lingering in London °r
a few who should have been at Gallipoli or Shu the
ong since. Sir Charles Napier appears to be test
general favourite, and one in whom the g,r,e,itest
hopes are centred, and from whom the g'iasrY
things are expected. Al the other chiefs, 'lll "Tbo
or naval, home or foreign, sink before Wei'
Paris bourgeois is intimate with all the Peeeb-pula
ties of the gallant Admiral. That Naimer °which
fail in anything he may attempt is an ideti,tio
has never entered his head, and if the anul',.,` ;ova
of the Russian fleet of the north, so long eir-aed,
and so long postponed, is not yet consup3toph
it is because the hero of the anticipated
must be " indisposed." th t pot
Upon the whole it is gratifying to knew a and
only do the people become every day 11'°'-of the
more convinced of the i,
necessity and justiee;ooB
war, but that the alliance with England so
op°
daily more popular. The only parties wile ,tissos
the policy of England and France are the 133'1;0 for
of the fallen dynasties, who looked to 131551,0 h
the restoration of the Bourbons, and who 100 Louie
dislike on everything that can strengthen
Napoleon in his present position. Vbited
Public securities and railway shares °-01,001.
much firmness yesterday. The Three pa, the
closed at 63f. 70c. for the end of the menwiia the
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 90f. 50e.; Shang,
New Loan at 64f. 35c. ; Orleans RailwaY Throat
1,055 f.; Rouen, 837 f. 50c. ; Havre, 407 f. a
s°e'4ll roe,
Northern, 740 f. ; Strasburg, 730730 f.; New '-'-ns to
537 f. 50c.; Paris to Lyons, 807 f. 50c.; IN,aricet
the Mediterranean, 663 f. 75c. ; Western ofGreat
557 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux to Cette, 510 f.; Cr edit
Central of France, 402 f. 50c. ; Bank of
Mobilier, 505 f.

ITALY. 'n 05 te
Sardinia recently made amicable a U Va, °Ty, i
Austria. The latter power demanded the c's—ci yo
of the refugees, the regulation of the prese,hitlitero
confiscation of conventual property, Vi
were declined by Sardinia. the
2-
According to letters from Turin of the 'stilr
new loan has been more than covered by the
scriptions of the capital and the provinces' Royal
The Augsburg Gazette learns that her
vore
Highness the Regent of Parma becomes
popular from day to day. The possessions e;ibioli
citable institutions, and even of individuals, went,
had
been most unjustly seized by the GoYerll the
have been restored, and an indemnification ferf the
loss will be given. Not only has a decree
ate Sovereign, in virtue of which every s,llect
obi
l
was to have subscribed 40 per cent. cf bet
come to the forced loan been abolished' hills
the
has
been taken from the Finance DePri'—,,f be
A loan of 2,400000 lire (Bd.) will I)°,ste
raised on the domain of the Crown and the P 11 be
possession of the Ducal family. The shares "d off
for 500 and 1,000 lire, the whole loan to be psi sir'
in four years, at the rate of 600,000 lire re-heell
num. The Royal establishment has also
pie
greatly reduced. The correspondent makes ",°rth
reflections on a sale of State domainsn e
:iiher
2,000,000, for 100,000 lire, which do credit
to the deceased Sovereign, nor to his dingracd
Minister, Baron Ward, who was the purchaser'