The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

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FRANCE.

In Paris it is considered certain that for some
months to come there will be a truce, de facto
between Russia and Turkey. The season is far
advanced, the weather has broken up, and as not
only the Danube, but the impassable marshes which
bound that stream on both banks, and especially
on the Wallachian side, separate the belligerent
forces, it is not likely that either of them will ven-
ture to face such difficulties in order to reach their
adversaries. But, besides the weather and the na-
ture of the country, there are other reasons which
lead to the supposition that there will be a de facto
suspension of hostilities until the spring. It is well
known that Russia is quite satisfied with the result
of her campaign ; by it she has obtained possession
of two of the finest provinces in Europe • and all
she wants for the present is to be allowed to con-
solidate herself in possessions which she hopes will
be hers in permanence. She will therefore certainly
not attempt to cross the Danube for the present.
Then, as regards the Turks, it isAknown that the
intention of Omer Pacha is not to attempt any fur-
ther offensive measures for the present. There
is a possibility of an attack by the Russians upon
Kalafat, which is on the left bank of the Danube ;
but as that place is within range of the guns of
the fortress of Widdin, it is not possible that Gene-
ral Dannenberg will venture to attack a place which
could only be taken after a regular siege. In the
meantime the Turkish Government has given orders
that Kalafat and the tete-du-pont shall be fortified
as completely as possible.
In diplomatic circles the state of affairs is consi-
dered by no means promising. Among those
whose opinions on such a subject are worth having,
a war, in which England and France will take a
prominent and active part, is considered as next
to inevitable. The only chance that seems left for
an arrangement is by means of a conference, in
which not only the four Powers, but Russia and
Turkey also, will take a part. There is still a re-
mote hope that by means of this conference of the
six nations the dreadful alternative of a European
war may be avoided ; but the hope that any such
proceeding will ever be agreed to is a very feeble
one, for in the disposition shown by Russia ever
since the commencement of the affair, and by
Turkey since the actual commencement of hostili-
ties, it is not probable that any terms can be pro-
pounded which will be acceptable to both parties.
It is said that the object of Count de Walewski's
visit to the Emperor had reference to the Eastern
question, and that since he has been at Fontaine-
bleaue he has received a communication of the plans
proposed by the French Government—plans which
have for their object the vigorous and joint action
of the two fleets in the Black Sea. It is not im-
probable that the first operations of the two fleets
will be, not with a view to co-operating with Omer
Pacha to drive the Russians out of the Danubian
Principalities, but on the Asiatic coast, where Rus-
sia is much more vulnerable, and where the Otto-
man Government has determined to make a vigo-
rous effort. It is believed that the Count do
Walewski will leave Fontainebleau for England in
a few days, prepared to state the views of the
French Government, and to settle with the English
Government how they are to be carried out.
On Sunday afternoon the Emperor and Empress
honoured with their presence a carousel given by
the 6th Regiment of Hussars in the grand avenue
of the park of Fontainebleau. Among the persons
who occupied reserved places near their Majesties
were Prince Napoleon, the Princess Mathilde, the
Dowager Grand Duchess of .Baden, the Prince and
Princess Murat, the Prince and Princess de Chi-
may, the Count of Lce wenhiehn, Minister of Swe-
den ; M. de Kisseleff, Minister of Russia ; the
Ministers of Brazil, Bolivia, and Chili ; Count
Walewski, the French Ambassador to the Court of
London, and the Countess Walewski • the Count
and Countess Clary, Count Frederick de Lagrange,
the Marquis de la Roche-Lambert, M. Horace
Vernet, M. Gudin, and the Duke de Lesparre.

The Emperor has given 15,000 fr. to the mayor
of Fontainebleau, to aid the municipality of that
town in reducing the price of bread in favour of
the necessitous classes.

Some journals of the departments state that the
Emperor has taken upon himself the entire cost of
the monument to be erected at Fontainebleau in
honour of Napoleon 1., and has desired that the
sums subscribed in the departments towards the
monument shall be returned as soon as possible to
the subscribers.

His Imperial Highness Prince Jerome has pur-
chased a piece of ground on the site called Le
Perrey, at Havre, for the purpose of erecting &
residence on it, his intention being to visit Havre
every year. _

It was reported in Paris on Monday that the
Chateau of Frohsdorff, the residence of the Comte
de Chambord, near Vienna, has been destroyed by
tire. The ex-Royal Family of France, it is said,
have escaped unhurt.
The Government has now under consideration
(says the Siec/t) the draft of a decree for organising
a bank in French Guyana. It is also preparing a
decree for authorising the department of the Vienne
to contract a loan of 778,000 fr., reimbursable in 20
years and by annuities of 57,245 fr. 24c., including
interest and the sinking fund of the capital. The
same journal states that it is in contemplation to
apply the law of January 22, 1851, on judicial as-
sistance to the colonies of Martinique, Guadaloupe,
and La Reunion. According to the terms of this
project, the admission of judicial assistance
before the different courts will be pronounced
by a bureau composed of five members ap-
pointed by the Director of the interior and
the Procureur- General. A certificate of not being
able to carry on judicial proceedings in consequence
of indigence must accompany any application for
judicial assistance.

- M. Rocher, one of the persons recently arrested
at Nantes, and subsequently brought in custody
to Paris, has been set at liberty.
A despatch from General de Mac-Mahon to the
Governor-General of Algeria, dated Milah the 11th,
states that the procedings against the Beni-Iders
had been completely successful, and he had left the
whole of the population in that part of Algeria in
the most perfect state of submission.
Yesterday the Cour de Cassation met in full
session, and gave judgment in the proces of the
" correspondence." It has affirmed the right of
the police to open letters at the post-office. As
this is the judgment of the united court, there is
no further appeal.

A transatlantic service of steam packets is about
to commence between Marseilles and the Brazils-
The screw-steamer Avenir, of 1,000 tons, will
commence running between Marseilles and Rio
Janeiro on the 25th inst., touching at Barcelona,
Malaga, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Pernambuco, and
Bahia.

The six prisoners who were acquitted, in the
plot against the Emperor's life at the Opera
Comique, have not been set at liberty. They are
now to be brought before the Correctional Police
on a charge of being connected with secret so-
cieties.
On Saturday seditious placards were discovered
posted up on the quays and in different parts of
Orleans, addressed to the citizens, workmen, and
socialists of that place. They were couched in very
declamatory language, and made an appeal to
arms and insurrection, on the plea of want of work
and the dearness of bread. A man named Morain
was arrested as the author, and on his examination
he declared that the surveillance of the police to
which ho was subjected was so intolerable that he
wished to be transported to Cayenne. A man who
opposed the placards being torn down was also ar-
rested and sent to prison.
The speculators arrived at the Bourse to-day with
the conviction that the campaign between the Rus-
sians and Turks is concluded for the winter•
Under this impression they commenced their oriersi
tions, and the Three per Cents., which opened 3t
73f. 80c., rose to 74f. 15c. ; they closed at 74f. I°c;
for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Salf Pes
Cents. closed at 99f. 70c.; Orleans Railway Sh,,,aresi
1,162 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,040 f. ; Havre, 490 f. ;
Northern, 860 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 817 f. egucciif
Paris and Lyons, 905 f. ; Lyons to the 'Tor_
terranean, 735 f. ; Western of France, 695 f ;
deaux and Cette, 587 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 5 1.,
750. ; Lyons to Geneva, 500 E ; Shares of the 138P'
of Credit of Mobilier, 698 f. 75c.

ITALY.
The following were the votes on the occasion of
the election of the President of the Piedmontesc
Chamber of Deputies in the sitting of the 16th
Number of voters, 104 ; absolute majority'
di-
Chevalier Boncompagni, the Government can
date,
and late Minister of Justice,66_,_. M. Sinn
16 ; Galvagno, 10 ; De Fot esta, 7 ; Tecchic,
Brofferio (the chief of the Radical PartY)- 2,11
Mameli, 2 ; Cadorna, 2 ; Beuso, 1 ; Benot ter
Cavour, 1; de Pretis, 1 Lanza, L The 19
was subsequently elected Vice-President. ,es
The Piedinantese Gazette, of the 19th, publisu _
a long series of regulations for the execution of teu.
new financial law of Piedmont. The taxes ra P
Coned are ;--the laud-tea, the personal Qr cap

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