The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-05 00:00:00

bly should declare itself categorically by a vote of yes
or no, without any restriction. On proceeding to the
vote there was a majority in favour of the Ministers
of 22 to 16. The reply of the Government is as
conciliatory as it is possible, and it expresses itself
with calmness and dignity. It says-1. The officers
who have taken part in the movement have
all given in their resignation or have been struck
out from the lists of the army, and none of them receive
any pay. They are therefore simple citizens whose acts
cannot be interfered with by the Government.-2. The
professors of the university have not been guilty of any
act contrary to the interests of Turkey, which have yet
come to the knowledge of the Government, but it is
ready to institute an inquiry on the subject.-3. The
press is free according to existing laws.-4. There do
not exist.any committees. Individual participation in
the insurrection cannot be prevented by the Govern-
ment.- -5. Notwithstanding all the inquiries made by
the Government, it has been impossible to ascertain by
whom the prisons of Chalcis were opened, but the Go-
vernment will continue its investigations. This reply
was deliv;,,red to the Turkish charge d'afflires on the
20th. After a conference with the French and E..glish
ambassadors, he, at midnight, demanded his passports,
which were delivered to him early the next morning,
and he will embark on board a French frigate for Con-
stantinople."

FRANCE.
it is said the departure of Prince Napoleon for
Turkey is definitively fixed. for Sunday. General
Prim leaves the same day, as also one of the
attach 6 of the Ottoman Embassy in Paris. Marshal
St. Arnaud expects to leave on Monday. The fol-
lowing " order of the day" has been addressed by

the Afarshal to the soldiers of Africa :
" Soldiers,—ln a few days you are to leave for the
East. You are going to defend allies unjustly attacked,
and to take up the defiance flung by the Czar at the
nations of the West. From the Baltic to the Mediter-

ranean Europe will applaud your efforts and your suc-
cess. You will combat side by side with the Eng-
lish, the Turks, and the Egyptians. You know what
is due to comrades—union and cordiality in the inter-
course of the camp ' • devotedness to the common
cause on the field of battle. France and England,
rivals in other times, are now friends and allies. The
two countries have learned to esteem each other whilst
combating. United, they command the seas, and their
fleets will feed the army while famine is in the camp of
the enemy. The Turks and Egyptians have held out
against the enemy since the commencement of the war.
Alone and unaided they have beaten them in several
actions. What will they not do when seconded by your
battalions ?
" Soldiers ! The eagles of the Empire resume their
flight —not to menace Europe, but to defend it. Bear
them on once more as your fathers bore them before
you ; and, like them, let us all, before we quit France,
repeat the cry which so often led them to victory—
' Vive l'Empereur
"A. DE ST. ARNAUD Marshal of France, Com-
" mander-in-Chief Of the Army of the East."

The Minister of Marine has decided that fitters,
blacksmiths, and coppersmiths, aged 18, and pos-
sessed of a certain aptitude, shall be admitted to
volunteer as stokers in one of the companies of
enginemen (Tacaniciens), of Toulon and Lorient.
Vice-Admiral Parseval-Deschenes, on taking the
command of the Baltic squadron, addressed the
following order of the day to ie commanders,
officers, and sailors :
"Called on by the Emperor to the honour of com-
manding you at a moment when your courage may be
useful to the country, I feel the most lively satisfaction
at finding myself once more in the midst of you. As I
have so frequently done in my long career, I
am about to once more appreciate that discipline, hat
devotedness to their duty, and that abnegation of French
seamen which lead to success, and which render me
proud to be at your head. Let your confidence in me
be as in times past ; mine is assured to you. Let us
unite all our efforts at the outset of a laborious cam-
paign, and let us know, in the accomplishment of our
task, how to inspire ourselves with the sentiments of
patriotism which must be caused by the cry of Vivo
l'Empereur "
The President of the Chamber of Commerce of
Marseilles has published a notice that the Viceroy.
of Egypt has, by decree dated the 9th ult., sup-
pressed all the recent sanitary restrictions in the
ports of that country.
The Legislative Body has sanctioned, by a ma-
jority of 184 to 51, the institution of a prosecution
against M. de Montalembert.
The Central Jewish Consistory of France has
petitioned the Emperor to extend the privileges
about to be obtained for the Christians in Turkey
to Jews who may be subjects of the Sultan.
A favourable reaction took place yesterday on
the Bourse. The Three per Cents. opened at
61f. 70c., and closed at 62f. 45c., for the end of
the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed
at 88f. 85c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,047 f. 50c. ;
Rouen, 810 f. ; Havre, 410 f. ; Great Northern,
712 f. 25c. ; Strasburg, 682 f. 50c. ; New Shares,
511 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Paris, 772 f. 50c. ; Lyons to
the Mediterranean, 647 f. 50c. ; Western of France,
550 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 485 f. ; Great Central
of France, 385 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 412 f. 50c. ;
Bank of Credit Mobilier, 455 f.