The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-15 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The following is from the Times' correspondent's
letter, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. :—" I am assured,
on excellent authority, that the mission of Prince
Hohenzollern to the Emperor of the French
has failed ; in other words, the explanations he
was charged by the King of Prussia to give re-
specting his neutrality in the Eastern question
have not satisfied this Government. In reply to
his assurances that nothing was more ardently
desired by his Prussian Majesty than the mainte-
nance of the peace of Europe, he was informed
that the best proof of the sincerity of such
a declarati(tn would be to join the Powers in
resistance to Russian aggression, as it would
be the surest means of effecting what he most de-
sired. It is said that the Emperor of Russia would
be satisfied if the Porte agreed to a treaty with
all the Powers, securing the immunities of the
Christian population. Though it is very probable
that matters have turned out quite contrary to what
the Emperor Nicholas anticipated in the commence-
ment of this affair, yet it is doubtful whether any pro-
positions of the kind have been made by him ; at all
events, ignorance of any such is pleaded in a quarter
likely to be well informed. Moreover, it is not proba-
ble that the Porte would agree to a treaty, for the
same reason that it has refused the Menschikoff note,
namely, that it would bring in question the inde-
pendence of the Ottoman territory, for which its
armies are now in the field. The surest means of
obtaining a speedy, and, it may be hoped, a durable
peace, is to persevere in the energetic policy adopted
by the allies. The destruction of the Baltic and
Black Sea fleets, the capture of Odessa, and a few
other places, probably enter into the plan of cam-
paign against the Russians, and may be followed
by the evacuation of the Principalities, and the
other good results which the King of Prussia de.
dares he has so much at heart."
Prince Napoleon will embark on the Bth, at
Marseilles or Toulon. An aide-de-camp of General
Prim left on Monday night for Marseilles en route
for Turkey. The General himself will soon follow.
It is reported that one of the first operations of
the Anglo-French expedition to Turkey will be an
attack upon the Crimea. According to this report
the troops will land at Bala-Khlava, in the Crimea,
for the purpose of attacking Sebastopol by land,
while the united fleets will attack it by sea.
Extreme activity prevails in the port of Toulon ;
9,500 workmen are working incessantly in the Ar-
senal. The screw line-of-battle ship, the Napoleon,
has left for Africa, from whence she is to bring
back troops. The steam frigate, the Christophe-
Colomb, is to come to Marseilles to take on board
the generals destined for the Eastern army. The
Suffren, Ville de Marseilles, Alger, ships of the
line, and the Belle Poule, frigate, are terminating
their preparations.

It was-mentioned a few days ago that two Chi-
nese Christians, attached to the French bishop at
Shanghai, had been ill-treated by some Chinese
soldiers, but that the affair had been made up.
Letters from Shanghai of the sth of January state
that, on the application of the French bishop and
the consul, the mandarin before whom the two
Chinese Christians had been brought by the soldiers
and who had ordered them to be put to very severe
torture, had been since brought to the French con-
sulate, where he received 50 blows from a cane.
The Duke Ernest of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, who
has just left Paris on his return to Germany, is
the reigning Sovereign of the duchy, having suc-
ceeded his father on the 29th February, 1844 ; lie
married the Prinegs Alexandrine, daughter of the
late Grand Duke Leopold of Baden, sister of the
reigning Grand Duke of Baden. Duke Ernest 11.
has no children. He is the elder brother of Prince
Albert, husband of the Queen of England. Prince
Charles de Hohenzollen-Sigmaringeu, who has just
arrived in Paris on a confidential mission from the
King of Prussia, belongs to the royal house ofPrussia,
of which King Frederic William is the chief. In 1848
he succeeded Prince Charles, his father, in virtue
of a cession which the latter made to him of his
principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. In
1849 he abdicated in favour of the King of Prussia,
who granted him the title of Highness, with the
prerogatives of a Prince of the Royal house ; he is
a Lieutenant-General in the Prussian service.
Prince de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen married in
1834 the Princess Josephine, daughter of the late
Grand Duke Charles Louis of Baden and the
Grand Duchess Stephanie ; and became by that
alliance the cousin of the Emperor Napoleon 111.
He has 6 children by this marriige.
Marshal St. Arnaud is to leave Paris on the 24th.
General Jose Concha had arrived in Paris.
_ Yesterday being the first clay of the period fixed
for receiving at the Treasury subscriptions for the
loan of 250 millions, a vast crowd of persons assem-
bled at the door through which the public were to
be admitted, to put down their names and pay the
first instalment of a tenth of their subscriptions.
Wooden barriers were placed—such as are seen at
the doors of a French theatre—to prevent crushing,
and within these the crowd formed a queue of great
length. A number was delivered to each person as
he arrived at the inner door, the said number
being according to the amount of the' sum to be
subscribed. During the first hour, the number of
small capitalists who attended—that is, of subscri-
bers of from 10f. of rente to I,ooof. of rente—ex-
ceeded 3,000 ; of the higher series, or from I,ooof.
of rente and upwards, the number was 150. These
figures considerably increased afterwards, and many
persons, after waiting for nearly four hours, were
obliged to be put off until the next day. The Bank
of France was charged by many large capitalists of
Paris and of the departments to subscribe for them.
The funds again improved yesterday :—The
Three per Cents, closed at 66f. 85c. for the end
of the month, and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
at 92f. 95c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,105 f. •
Rouen, 872 f.; Havre, 450 f. ; Great Northern, 746 f:
25e. ; Paris and Strasburg, 727 f. 50c. ; ditto, New
Shares, 562 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 820 f.; Lyons
to the Mediterranean, 687 f. 50c. ; Western of
France, 582 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 535 f ;
Great Central, 430 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 442 f 50c. •
Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 582 f. 50c.

SPAIN.
The Herald° of the 9th says that it is not true,
as asserted by an opposition journal, that on quit-
ting London on leave of absence, M. Isturitz left a
communication for the English Government.
Don Miguel Tenorio, governor of the province
of Saragossa, has bad the dignity of chamberlain to
the Queen conferred upon him for his services in
quelling the military revolt at Saragossa, and his
wife has obtained the order of the Queen Maria
Louisa.

The mayor of Saragossa, the secretary of the
governor of the province, and the postmaster of the
town, have also obtained decorations for their ser-
vices on the saate occasion.
The colonel and lieutenant-colonel of the Bourbon
regiment, and a superior officer of a cavalry regi-
ment have been placed on the half-pay list for not
having displayed sufficient activity against the
rebels in the Saragossa affair.
The Duke d'Alba had returned to Madrid from
Paris.
The Council of Ministers was about to submit to
the Queen a proposition for the concession of the
important railway from Cordova to Belmaz and
Espiel with the view of facilitating the conveyance
of coal.
The Three per Cents. wero donete
at
Debt 34 theie
New Three per Cents., at 18g ; the of
first class at 8k ; and that of the second, at 4i.

PORTUGAL.
A letter from I;sbon of the sth states that some Wind, S.W. htDaEnAcf,,fiWneednesday, 9.25 a.m.
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disturbance had taken place at Coimbra, in conse- Passed—floyalivfiet7frotga west coast of Africa, for London'
quence of quarrels between the citizens and Anchor-A—Childe Harold, from London, for Melbourne;
students, on the wind'na up of the carnival. The Passe i off Dungeneßs—Gezina, from Groningen, .fFalmouth ; Erasmus. Batavia, for Rotterdam ;
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armed force had to be called out; and order was re. Cadiz, for Gothenburgh; Alone, Messina, for HanabluV•