The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-21 00:00:00

soldiers of the Greek army fraternise with them. There
is not the slightest fear to be entertained, and I gave
the permission in the interest of discipline. The French
Minister was of opinion with me, that the presence of
the French uniform could not but be attended with fa-
vourable results. The establishment of the camp is
being completed. A regiment of English troops, 1,000
strong, arrived here on the 4th, and we feted their ar-
rival. Their disembarkation took place on the followirg
day, in the boats of the English and French ships of
war. An Austrian corvette, at anchor in the roadstead,
also sent her boats to assist in the landing ; and this
proof of community of opinion struck every one, and
particularly the inhabitants of the Piraeus, who have
hitherto entertained doubts as to the part which Austria
would take. A guard of honour, the staff, the flags,
and the band of the 74th regiment, were in attendance
at the place of landing, in order to give the English
troops a worthy reception. It was cordial, and even
fraternal ; it may be said that we have the same flag.
The English troops are provisionally under canvas. A
barrack is being prepared, which will hold about half
the 97th regiment, commanded by Colonel Lockyer."
PRUSSIA.

A Berlin letter in the Suabiam Afercury says

"The last and most decisive step for the solution
of the Eastern question has just been taken.
The Count de Benkendorff is the bearer of an
autograph letter from our Sovereign to his august
brother-in-law, in which ho earnestly invites
him to an interview on the frontier. An the
non-official and semi-official refutations of this
news do not merit any confidence. It is on ac-
count of this projected interview that the Prince of
Prussia is to be with the king at Koenigsberg. The
inspection of the regiments of infantry in Prussia
and iu the Grand Duchy of Posen is only a pretest.
If the Emperor of Russia does not accept this in-
vitation, and if the reply to the Austrian note of
the 3d be negative, the mobilisation of 150,000 men
will take place immediately after the return of the
king."
A letter from Berlin of the 17th, in the German
fonrnal of Frankfort, says :—" The note of Prussia
in reply to the propositions of the conference of
Bamberg has been sent to the governments which
are concerned in it. It is couched in conciliatory
terms, but it clearly establishes this alternative—
Either the government shall accede uncondition-
ally to the Austro-Prussian treaty, or there shall
be no discussion on the subject of the treaty in the
Diet. It is also said in the note that several points
relative to the propositions of the conference of
Bamberg have been since solved by the measures
taken by the two great German powers. As to
the participation of the Diet in the negotiations
having for object future peace, the decision of that
question depends not only on Prussia and Austria,
but on the other European powers. As far as re-
gards the presentation of the treaty to the Diet, it
will take place when the particular states shall have
sent their separate accession."

FRANCE.
Marshal de St. Arnaud having made earnest ap-
peals for additional reinforcements, and the French
Government being sensible that economy in that
respect would at the present moment be highly
injudicious, the utmost exertions are being made
at Toulon to forward the necessary troops with
the least possible delay. In consequence of this,
it has been found necessary to postpone the forma-
tion of the proposed camp in the neighbourhood of
Marseilles, there not being sufficient troops left in
that part of France to make a respectable figure in
the field. The sth division of the reserve has been
ordered for active service, and a Gth division is in
course of formation at the present moment at
Toulon.
It is reported here that Lord Stratford de Red-
cliffe and Marshal de St. Arnaud have had serious
differences since the arrival of the latter at Con-
stantinople, and that the French Government is
very anxious that Lord Stratford should be recalled.
In diplomatic circles it is said that Marshal de St.
Arnaud, in his recent despatches, strongly insisted
on the recall of his lordship.
The retirement of M. de Persigny from the
Cabinet, or at least from the Home Department,
is again spoken of in political circles, and with much
more confidence than on previous occasions. The
health of the Minister rather than politics is as-
signed as the cause of the retirement ; and M.
Baroche, quite as ardent a friend to the English
alliance as the present Minister, is again spoken of
as likely to be his successor. Others maintain that
the retirement will be merely temporary ; in fact,
a three months' leave of absence.
The weather has again changed. The rapid fall-
ing of the barometer on Monday evening indicated
that the atmosphere had not as yet become settled,
and rain began to fall about 12 o'clock, and poured
down nearly the whole of the night, and continued
yesterday until about two o'clock. At four the
clouds cleared off, and the sun shone for an hour
or so ; at six the sky became again covered, but
the rain had not returned.
The Empress passed along the Boulevards yes-
terday afternoon in an open carriage with out-
riders, but no escort. The carriage traversed the
whole length of the Boulevards at a slow walking
pace.
A conspiracy, having extensive ramifications in
the South of France, has been discovered iu the
department of the Tarn and Garonne. More than
150 persons have been already arrested. The jour-
nals have been ordered not to speak on the subject.
The conspirators had formed themselves into
a secret society, and their object is said to have
been an attack on the person of the Emperor dur-
ing the visit which it is supposed he is about to
pay to the baths in the Upper Pyrenees, in the
coming autumn. The Prefect of the Tarn and
Garonne has been dismissed for not having got
earlier information of the affair ; and he is suc-
ceeded by M. Levasseur, an officer of the artillery
of the time of the Empire, who accompanied Ge-
neral Lafayette on his visit to the United States
during the Restoration.
There are to be no more races in the Champ de
Mars, the Emperor having determined that a race-
course shall be formed at the further extremity of
the Bois de Boulogne, in the plain of Longchamps,
near the village of Surennes. In order that the
course may be prepared if poSsible for the autumn
meeting, the crops on the ground have been pur-
chased, and the whole is to be laid down at once
in grass. The first races will take place on the
new course in October.
The Pays endeavours to calm the public impa-
tience for news by stating that, although great
events are near at hand, nothing important can
happen either in the north or the east for some
days to come. In the Baltic, Admiral Napier can
undertake nothing till the fleet of Admiral Parseval-
Deschenes shall have joined him ; on the Danube,
now that the Russians appear to have suspended
the siege of Silistria, the first news to be expected
will be in the shape of an attack by the Turkish
army on the Russian positions on the Danube; but
there Omer Paella, in common prudence, cannot
undertake a doubtful contest, against a superior
force, at the moment when the allied armies are on
the point of arriving, and that in such force as will
make the defeat of the enemy an absolute certainty.
Then with respect to the fleet in the Black Sea, its
operations must depend on those of the army, and
now that the fortifications on the Circassian coast
have been destroyed, it must wait till the allied
armies shall have commenced the attack. In these
circumstances the Pays recommends patience, but
holds out the hope that in a very brief interval
great events will occur in both scenes of action.
The Moniteur publishes decrees of six new
senators, namely, M. David, Procureur-General at
Rouen, and formerly a member of the Cabinet ; M.
de Sivry, Prefect of the Meurthe ; General Lyauty,
member of the Committee of Artillery ; Viscount
de Pernety, general of division ; the Marquis de
Cramayel, general of division ; and the Baron de
Chasseron, ex-deputy.
It also publishes a decree founded on a report of
the Minister of the Marine, for the re-organisation
of the personnel of the general staffs on board the
fleet, an important branch of the service which has
hitherto been regulated by a law passed on the 25th
Floreal of the year 5, when the French fleet was
very differently constituted from what it is at
present.
General Rostolan has left Paris for Avignon,
where the cholera has broken out among the
garrison.
A letter from Vienna, in the Correspondent of
Nuremburg, says :—" \Ye can affirm on good au-
thority that Baron de Bourqueney has declared
to the Cabinet of Vienna, in the name of the
Government of the Tuileries, that it is firmly re-
solved to oppose energetically any attempt to cause
the Eastern question to serve for national demon-
strations which might make it assume a revolu-
tionary character, and that it has given Marshal
St. Arnaud instructions and powers to that effect.
It is believed that the English Government will
make a similar declaration."
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