The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-25 00:00:00

all events that they do not recede. I have
reason to believe that the French Government
have received despatches from their Minister at
Vienna confirming the intelligence I communicate.
" We may expect soon to hear important intelli-
gence from the Black Sea, as, after an inspection of
Sebastopol and the coast near it, I am informed
that Admiral Hamelin has written to his Govern-
ment demanding that a body of troops for landing
shall be sent with as little delay as possible to the
East. I have already mentioned the intended em-
barkation of heavy artillery for the same direction,
and there is now little doubt that a great blow is
meditated against Sebastopol and the Crimea. The
troops that Admiral Hamelin demands are to be
forwarded without delay."

THE TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND,
FRANCE, AND TURKEY.
The Moniteur of yesterday publi.ities the follow-
..ug Imperial decree :

" PARIS, MAY 23.
" Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national
will, Emperor of the French,
" To all present and to come, greeting :
" On the report of our minister the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs,
" We have decreed and decree as follows :

" Art. 1. A treaty of .alliance, destined to guarantee
the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire,
having been signed at Constantinople on the 12th of
March of the present year 1854, between the French
empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, and the Sublime Ottoman Porte, this treaty hav-
ing been ratified, and the respective ratifications having
been exchanged on the Bth of May, the said treaty, the
tenour of which follows, will receive its full and entire
execution.

" TREATY.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the French and her
Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland having been invited by his Imperial
Majesty the Sultan to aid him in repelling the aggression
directed by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias
against the territories of the Sublime Ottoman Porte—an
aggression by which the integrity of the Ottoman Em-
pire and the independence of the throne of H.I.M. the
Sultan are menaced ; and their said Majesties, being
fully persuaded that the existence of the Ottoman Em-
pire, within its actual limits, is essential to the mainte-
nance of the balance of power between the states of
Europe, and i,aving, in consequence, consented to give
H.I.M. the Sultan the assistance he has asked for this
nhject, it has appeared lit to their said Majesties and to
H.I.M. the Sulta❑ to conclude a treaty, in order to de-
clare explicitly their intentions, agreeably to that which
precedes, and to regulate the manner in which their said
Majesties will lend assistance to 11.1. M. the Sultan.
" With this view their said Majesties and H. I. M.
the Sultan have named as their plenipotentiaries
"His majesty the Emperor of the French, General of
Division Count Baraguay 1' Villiers, vice-president of the
Senate, Grand Cross rd the Imperial Order of the Legion
of Honour, &c., his ambassador extraordinary and pleni-
potentiary to the Ottoman Porte ;
" Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Very Honourable Strat-
ford, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, peer of the United
Kingdom, and member of her Britannic Majesty's Privy
Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath,
her ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to
the Ottoman Porte ;
" And his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, Mustapha
Reschid Pac'ia, his Minister of Foreign Affairs ;
'• Who, after having reciprocally communicated their
full powers, found it to be in good and due form, agreed
on the following articles :--

" Art. 1. His Majesty the Emperor of the French,
and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, having already, at the request
of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, ordered powerful
divisions of their naval forces to repair to Constantinople,
and to extend to the Ottoman territory and flag the pro-
tection that circumstances would permit, their said
Majesties engage, by the present treaty, to co-operate
still further with his Imperial Majesty the Sultan for
the defence of the Ottoman territory, in Europe and
Asia, against the Russian aggression, and employing
for this end such a number of their land troops as
may appear necessary for attaining this object :
which land troops their said Majesties wilt forthwith
despatch towards such and such points of the Otto-
man territory as shall be judged expedient ; and his
Imperial Majesty the Sultan agrees that the English and
French land troops, thus despatched for the defence of
the Ottoman territory, shall receive the same friendly
reception, and shall be treated with the same considera-
tion as the French and British naval forces already em-
ployed for some time in. the Turkish waters.
"Art. 2. The high contracting parties engage, each
on his part, to communicate reciprocally to each other,
without loss of time, every proposition that one of them
might receive from the Emperor of Russia, whether di-
rectly or indirectly, with a view to the cessation of hos-
tilities, of an armistice or peace ; and his Imperial Ma-
jesty the Sultan engages, moreover, to conclude no ar-
mistice, and to enter into no negotiation for peace, ner
to conclude any preliminary of peace nor any treaty of
peace with the Emperor of Russia, without the know-
ledge and consent of the high contracting parties.
" Art. 3. As soon as the object of the present treaty
shall have been attained by the conclusion of a treaty
of peace, his Majesty the Emperor of the French and
her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland will make arrangements at once for
withdrawing immediately all their military and naval
forces employed for realising the object of the present
treaty, and all the fortresses or positions in the Ottoman
territory that shall have been provisionally occupied by
the military forces of France and England shall be re-
stored to the authorities of the Sublime Ottoman Porte
within the space of forty days, or sooner, if possible, to
date from the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty
by which the present war shall be terminated.
"Art. 4. It is understood that the auxiliary armies
shall preserve the faculty of taking such part as may ap-
pear suitable in the operations directed against the com-
mon enemy, the Ottoman authorities, whether civil or
military, not claiming to exercise the least control over
their movements ; on the contrary, all aid and facility,
shall be afforded them by these authorities, especially
for their disembarkation, their marching, dwelling, or
encampment, their subsistence, and that of their horses,
and for their communications, whether they may act
together or may act separately.
"It is understood, on the other hand, that the com-
manders of the said armies engage to maintain the
strictest discipline among their respective troops, and
will cause to be respected by them the laws and usages
of the country.
"It is of course understood that property is to be
everywhere respected. It is, moreover, understood on
either side that the general plan of the campaign shall
be discussed and agreed upon between the Commanders-
in-Chief of the three armies, and that if a considerab'e
part of the allied troops should be in line with the Otto-
man troops, no operation can be executed against the
enemy without having been previously concerted with
the commanders of the allied forces. Lastly, due at-
tention shall be paid to every requirement, relative to the
wants of the service, addressed by the Commanders-in-
Chief of the auxiliary troops, whether to the Ottoman
Government through the medium of their respective
embassies, or in case of urgency, to the local authorities,
unless paramount objections, distinctly explained, may
prevent its execution.
" Art. 5. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the
ratifications shall be exchanged at Constantinople within
the space of 6 weeks, or sooner if possible, to date from
the day of signature.
"In faith of which the respective plenipotentiaries
have signed it, and affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
" Done in triplicate, to one and the same effect, at
Constantinople, on the twelfth day of March, 1854.
(Signed) " BaRAGTJAY D'HILLIRRS.
" STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE.
" RESCRID.
" Art. 2. Our Minister and Secretary of State for
the department of Foreign Affairs is charged with the
execution of the present decree.
" Given at St. Cloud, May 23.
(Signed) " NAPOLEON.
(Countersigned) " DROUYN DE LEM%
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
" Seen and sealed with the Seal of the State.
(Signed) " ABBATUCOI,
Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals."

M. Saint Marc Girardin states in the Debats that
he has received many communications, suggesting
that the French Government should appoint a
scientific and archmlogical commission to be at-
tached to the army of the East. It is more
than probable that the Government will listen to
this appeal, supposing it not already to have
thought of the subject. Smilar commissions were
sent into the Morea on the occasion of the war
against Mehemet Ali into Algeria, and (at an ear-
lier (late) into Egypt. M. Saint Marc Girardin ob-
serves that the French traditions in this kind ought
especially to be followed on the present occasion.
The country now about to be traversed by our
armies is full of classical associations. Not only
the Ohersonesus and Thrace, but Gallipoli itself, is
celebrated in history. Gallipoli was a military posi-
tion long disputed by Philip of Macedon with the
Greeks, and ultimately wrested from them. Candia,
so often mentioned by Demosthenes, is there. The
banks of the Hellespont, the Propontis, and the
Bosphorus, are studded with ruined towns, which
have a name in history. A chaos of remains is there
which it would be glorious for French erudition to
penetrate. All the successive rulers of the country
—Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Crusaders, Vene-
tians, Genoese, and Turks—contributed by their
buildings or demolitions to the confusion of monu-
ments which now exists.

Genera). cl'Hautpoul, Grand Ref4rendaire of the
Senate, is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
camp to be established in the neighbourhood of
Toulon. It is understood that the appointment is
preliminary to his being elevated to the dignity of
Marshal of France. Generals d'Ornano and Bara-
guay d'Hilliers are also to be appointed Marshals of
France.
The 13oursc yesterday was firm. The Three per
Cents. closed at 68f. 20c. for the end of the month;
the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 94f. 75e.; and
t!)'. :an, at iiBl. ;
1,105 f. ; Rouen, 9J7f. 50c. ; Havre, 460 f. ; Great
Northern, 812 f. 50c. ; Strasburg, 745 f. ; New
Shares, 580 f, ; Paris and Lyons, 907 f, 50c. ; Lyons