The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-31 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

General Baraguay d'Hilliers, whose nomination
to Constantinople was announced a few days since,
will set out forthwith for his post. The Moniteur
will, no doubt, very soon announce his appoint-
ment, and it is probable that his departure will
take place the same day. He takes with him
rather a numerous personnel, and, what is not un-
worthy of notice, his secretaries and attaches will
be all, or very nearly all, military men, belonging
to different arms of the service and of various
grades ; in fact, a regular staff.
The report of the coronation of,the Emperor and
Empress is again revived. It is confirmed in some
measure by the preparation of tho state carriages
for a grand ceremony. The coach used by Charles
the Tenth at his coronation has been newly painted
and gilt. The lamps have been removed, and it
has been ornamented with eagles. The carriage
used at the baptism of the Count de Chambord has
been prepared for King Jerome. Three other car-
riages have been fitted up for the members of the
Imperial family. Those carriages are called the
Turquoise, the Topaze, and the Victoire. All those
changes have been made with the utmost dispatch.
The Emperor received on Friday a letter from
the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, notifying to his Ma-
jesty the birth of the Princess Mary Elizabeth,
daughter of the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Mein-
ingen.
Marshal Narvaez leaves early this week, on his
return to Spain. It is believed that he intends
fixing his residence for the moment at Aranjuez,
near Madrid. It is stated that he believes the
present state of affairs in the Peninsula as very
serious. The question of the union between Spain
and Portugal is again seriously discussed by per-
sons of all parties ; and the difficulty that would
otherwise be encountered in the unwillingness of
Portugal to be absorbed, as it were, in the larger
country, would be removed by calling to 'the crown
of the " Iberian Peninsula" the Duke of Braganza,
son of the Queen Donna Maria da Gloria, and
who is now in his 17th year. However feasible or
otherwise, the matter is really discussed. Queen
Maria Christina also returns to Madrid in a short
time.

The Minister of Marine has granted the young
brother of the late Lieutenant Bellot a free admis-
sion to the naval school of Rochefort.

By two decrees of the Emperor, the department
of telegraphs is, in consequence of the extension
given to it, to become a direct branch of the Minis-
try of the Interior, and the post of Administrator-
in-Chief of Telegraphs, filled by M. Alphonse Foy,
is suppressed. M. Foy is admitted to bring for-
ward his claims to a retiring pension. M. de
Vougy, Prefect of the Nievre, is appointed Direc-
tor of the. Administration of Telegraphic Lines under
the new organisation.
The .A 2 oniteur publishes two Imperial decrees
founded on a long report from the Minister of War,
for the encouragement of the cultivation of cotton
in Algeria. By the first of these decrees it is
declared, Ist, that cotton-seed shall continue to be
furnished by the Government to the colonists ; 2d,
that for three years from 1854, the Government
shall purchase the produce at a price to be fixed
each year, according to quality ; 3d, that at the
expiration of those three years, premiums shall be
given for two years for the exportation of the cotton
of Algeria ; 4th, that for five years from 1854, pre-
miums shall be given for the introduction of
machines for the use of the planters ; and sth, that
there shall be provincial premiums (three for each
province of Algeria) of 2,000 f, 3,000 f., and 5,000 f.,
to the planters who produce the best specimens and
the largest quantities. By the second decree, a
sum of 100,000 f. is appropriated from the civil list
for the encouragement of the cultivation of cotton
in Algeria, to form an annual premium of 20,000 f.,
to be called the prize of the Emperor.
The Independance of Brussels says :—" One of
our correspondents has given us details on the
affair at Naples between the French Government
and that of the Two Sicilies, and from them it ap-
pears that it has not the importance ascribed to it.
M. de Maupas, the French Minister, has not been
recalled, as at first stated, but has been told to in-
terrupt diplomatic relations. It is not doubted
that an- arrangement will soon be made, and that
they will be resumed ; but it is believed that a
certain coolness will continue to exist between the
two Governments—a coolness having a different
cause than the affair of the French officers sent to
attend the manoeuvres of the Neapolitan army."
There was an extraordinary rise in the price of
Government securities at the Bourse on Saturday,
in consequence of a report of a telegraph dispatch
from Constantinople, announcing that the Porte
had commanded the Turkish generals to suspend
hostilities. This is regarded as the preliminary to
a final settlement of the existing difficulties. The
Three per Cents. opened at 71f. 90c., and rose to
73f. 50c., at which they closed for the end of the
month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents, closed at
99f. 40c. ; Orleans Railwayshares, 1,155 f. ; Rouen,
I,ooof. ; Havre, 475 f ; Great Northern, 850 f. ;
Paris and Strasburg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons,
897 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 725 f. ;
Western of France, 685 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette,
578 f. 75c. ; Great Central, 511 f. 25c. ; Lyons and
Geneva, 490 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit
Mobilier, 692 f. 50c.