The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-07 00:00:00

The Polish Historical Society, which was estab-
lished in Paris 16 years ago, held its annual meet-
ing on the 3d. After a mass, performed by the
Polish priests of the Emigration at the Church of
St. Louis en l'lle, Prince Czartoryski, President
of the Society, addressed the meeting in a speech
in which he endeavoured to console his fellow-
countrymen for the loss of their political indepen-
dence, and exhorted them to observe such conduct
as would entitle them to a more happy future. M.
T. Morawski then read a biographical notice of the
late General Kniaziewiez, who was a member of
the society, and who served France with great dis-
tinction in the wars of the Empire. The sitting
terminated with the reading of some poetry by the
late Senator Niemiewicz, who was the founder and
the first president of the society.
An order of the Prefect of the Haute-Garonne
has authorised M. Barrande, engineer, and his
agents to proceed in that department to such sur-
veys as are necessary for planning out a railway
from Toulouse to Spam by the heights of La Glare.
The last accounts from Algeria state that in the
neighbourhood of La Calle, the Kroumirs and the
oul ed-Ali had attempted to attack the native sharp-
shooters, who defend the frontier of Tunis, but that
the various troops having assembled, and opposed
the men collected there, the attempt was immedi-
ately put an end to, after a few men had been
killed.
There was a considerable movement in affairs at
the Bourse yesterday, and an improvement occur-
red in the prices of all descriptions of Government
securities :—The Three per Cents., for cash, rose
75c., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 45c. ;
whilst in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., for the
end of the month, there was an advance of 30c.,
and in the Three per Cents., of 50c. Bank of
France shares remained unchanged. Final quota-
tions—For money—Three per Cents., 82f. 05c. ;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 95c. For the
account--Three per Cents., 82f. 20c. ; Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 104 f. 20c. • Bank Stock, 2,680 f.
The Mortgage Bank shares declined lf., and closed
at 885 f. 25c. • a rise of 6f. took place in those of
the Societe Iliobiliere, which were finally quoted at
949 f. 75c. The railway share market also partici
pated in the general activity of •usine.ss, there
being a gooLdeniand fdr !bates, .' • • enerally At_
ro impved quotations : i e close o I ess, how-
ever, a fall of 10f. had occurred in Paris and Rouen
shares, and of sf. in those of the Western of France
Railway.

BELGIUM.

In the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium,
on the 4th, the order of the day for the discussion
of the bill relative to the organisation of the army,
was read. M. H. de Brouckere, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, ascended the tribune. He said
that the Central Section had declared against the
system recommended by the Government, and had
proposed to maintain the organisation at present
in force. As the Government wished the discus-
sion to be clearly defined, he should propose that
until the adoption of the bill on the militia, the
King should have the power to call out such a
number of militia as the defence of the country
might require, and that the payment of their re-
serve funds should only be made after ten years ;
so that in adopting the period of service of eight
years, recommended by the committee, it might be
prolonged, if required, to ten years, as proposed
by the Government. With respect to the effective,
the Government proposed that it should amount to
100,000 men, the civic guards not included ;
whereas the Central Section proposed 80,000 men,
and from 20,000 to 30,000 of the civic guard. The
debate was still proceeding.