The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-26 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The diplomatic relations between England and
Prance are more active than ever. Not a day
Passes without Lord Cowley being at the Ministry
13f Foreign Affairs, in close conference with M.
brouyn de Lhuys.
The French Government has resolved to make a
let'Y large addition to the expeditionary army. On
Friday evening a council of Ministers was held, at
'which it was resolved that the addition should be
made without delay, and it is said that the French
contingent alone will amount to 150,000 men.
i
It is also said that an additional loan s coutem-
Plated by the French Government to the same
amount as the loan lately raised—namely, ten
millions sterling.
The Moniteur publishes decrees approving of the
fusion.h... of the Strasbourg and Bale and the Stras-
'''unrg and Wissembourg Railways with the Eastern
Prance Railway ; and that of the Dijon and
Weadac on Railway with the Paris and Lyons Rail-
y.
• Me Moniteur announces that M. de Lacour has
P.reaented his credentials as Minister Plenipoten-
ary to the King of Naples ; and the Baron de
alleyrand has presented his credentials in the
Baltie quality to the Grand Duke of Baden.
the
following appointments have been made in
t'le array of the East :—General (of Brigade) Thirey,
1;)13'3 commandant of artillery; General (of Brigade)
ezot, to be commandant of the engineers; General
WI Division) Morris is appointed to the command
of +l,
.tie division of cavalry of the army of the East ;
Volu General (of Brigade) Ney, Duke of Elchingen,
the command of the third brigade of cavalry.
, -e4equaturs have been granted to the following
consuls :—M. O'Brien, consul-general of the Mexi-
eat. Republic in Paris ; M. Marco del Pont, consul-
", eral of Chili in Paris ; M. Bazile, consul of
cAgillra at Cette and Montpellier ; M. Bernal de
consul of Parma at Nantes ; M. Dutari
de arrenechea, consul at Havre ; M. Chartier,
Venezuelan consul at Bordeaux ; M. Jollral, fils,
consul of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Rouen.
Marshal St. Arnaud, on Friday last, reviewed
the troops now at Marseilles, intended to form part
.` the army of the East. The troops were drawn
11
in the Allees de Meilhan. The marshal arrived
r-e 4 the ground accompanied by Lord Raglan and their
2Pective staffs, and also by General Rostolan and a
irtaber of other officers. After passing along the
tilloes) the Marshal and Lord Raglan took their sta-
-4,21. °PPosite the Lycee, and the filing off took place
ti""lidt loud cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" In the
Lord Raglan and his staff were present at
an/ld banquet given by Marshal St. Arnaud to
Bo the superior officers at Marseilles. Admiral
th°2c,er was also present. The following order of
bas been published :__.-
Soldiers—ln a few days you will embark for the
44,
; you go to defend allies unjustly attacked, and to
to 11P the gauntlet which the Czar has thrown down
terZe nations of the West. From the Baltic to the Medi-
nen?), Europe will applaud your efforts and your suc-
p,:i; You will fight side by side with the English, the
li"8, and the Egyptians. You know what is due to cora-
clevl°llB in arms—union and cordiality in camp, absolute
°‘edness to the common cause in action. France and
Tiliand, formerly rivals, are now friends and allies.
the? have learnt to esteem each other in fighting toge-
the' they are masters of the sea ; the fleets
will supply
etleTharnlY with provisions, while scarcity will exist in the
camp. The Turks and the Egyptians have been
able '0 make head against the Russians since the corn-
thiZernent of the war. Single-handed they have beaten
4,4 in several combats. What will they perform when
th;,ntied by you battalions ? Soldiers ! the Eagles of
I)4' Empire resume their flight, not to threaten Europe,
4,ft to defend it. Carry them again, as your fathers did
FYon. Like them let us all repeat, before quitting
`rive le, the cry which so often led them to victory,
'Empereur

"A. DE SAINT-ARNAIID,

" Marshal of France,
oCfotmhem
of the Army Chief
Eanadst.r'-'hi-
Ohe Moniteur contains Imperial decrees, pro-1
ill' at' the convention concluded on the 22d
e;llggnsti,lllgBs2, and the ratifications. of which were
'kehanged on the 12th inst., for the reciprocal
41ilarantee of literary and artistical property, and
11° of the commercial convention concluded and
It'
iteudrin the above dates between France and
1
The Constitutionnel notices as follows the conven-
h~l
413etween France and England--- • .
ti The The Moniteur has published the text of the conven-
-liowo alliance between France and England, with the
kii of Protecting in common the independence. of the
st the unjust
4441, and the integrity of Turkey again
co Irlulent aggressions of Russia. The terms of this
Ilteati falliance will be for the two Governments_ -ho °n °- • • title to the gratitude of
Ebro ave signed it a striking
IlridPe• Hitherto we have had only wars of which
this Was the source and ambition the
un motive.ite in a
BUenlattii.l
toe-tv.may we have only seen thePoowf
Powers unite
The na-
tioti" °f selfishness and a desire.
considerable and
by tBl,W_lliell contracted treaties only thought of obtaining
kot" union of their forces more
it the
torie% certain personal advantages ; they only thought. of
ttperi nag themselves and increasing their power , .
tii,_ ki of the weak. France and England give at this
two great countries
Nl:4e" a sublime example of disinterestedness. The
,er*.igns placed at the head of thtesseandn
t,itt,,l4 the face of Governments
happy progress
au en-
ress of
44,1'eut Which proves, with
of Christian
ivil.4l reason, and the salutary
kleakils4tiou, the grandeur of their influencecharacter and the loft-
4ty (if their hearts They renounce. right of deriving
foi Ptivate advanta. ge from the. triumphs which e
P
zaa
Ilatii Y obtain over the armies of the Emperor of
Ini,a• It is not to share the spoil of another that the
keri,r°l' Napoleon and Queen Victoria engage France
kteri, r landg in a conflict which will reuire priagthrito, ttioc
`Ltfeate It is to assist the weak, to protect'lgation ; it is to
kot m the cause of humanity and
rot Europe, Europe, menaced in her independence and secu,s
the.' tv,ith their sailors and soldiers—it is to serve with
This noble
!Z,,u,l°od and their gold the cause of all.
Lem'ts v,'e of devotedness to the common interest. ill bear
48. Other nations will applaud it with entehaul:
;el:I I the other Governments will follow it with z
4 there who will not wish to imiteaete.suc chival-
eetqi,,e°aduct, especially when prudiesnw
atis. alliedh to
rnatid'te.; and when prudence counse _
.h Justice de-
nl/44 i ' The adhesion of Europe to the alliance of France
."ee '4land will be for the Emperor Napoleon and
This triumph,
to 1)-4 -Victoria the noblest of triumphs.
history
yishwabitlhe
41oet4e eternal honour of their reign, the
.103' litheir name, will be registered by
anew era in the
\t'h° lr" Joy as pride, for it will mark
,•iirt,,,...4.-:,
othr:era of the empire of right substitutedn for the
The =orce."
the f ,'errier de Marseille, of Saturday, gives
chile .0n0w;... _
flog account of Lord Raglan's proceeding
in that port :-
14,41iintiord
Raglan arrived yesterday evening by the last
Iviti;-1,4,nd tool;uphis quarters at the Hotel de 1 Orien ,
ti 4 - ‘I,B stool
t of Brigadier-General Lord die.
'4lB:„'Lellt--doloonnesliss Stgeele and Somerset, Majo.r We
Ll°:, arid Capt. Blackwood. The hurricane, which has
Irll here for some days, having prevented he Carado! se "in Puttib
A_llt t
.d g to sea, his lordship and his staff were psre
"rllaia°d , at the grand review by
13(trri , in the Alleles de Meilhan, of . troopsehal do
ef
the
tMhear
owd was
of en"'
to of the different corps awaiting their turn
oa -warkatio
vrity.
grout,
the for the East. An immense cr
At p • d•
deal
°l' se aria Winter has returned, with a good
snow fell,
at 'zit] - hthe thermometer stood,
On Monday a few flakes of
stdlo tug t on Sunday ,
wale),
1-
'k 10 degrees only above zero (of Reaumur s
ile The
full of
4.1_ high winds still continue. On Sunday,
Peei,lll 'LK, gardens of the Tuileries were
br' °I; a Midden gust carried off one of the largesto
Niii-...Q-es of a magnificent chestnut tree nearly_
flii lkit,-- the end of the Rue Castiglione. I ils great violence, but happily nobody was It fell
laNgi7e was a great concourse on Sunday t 3 let
hi I;" re-opening of the Church of the Sorbonn ,
11,,,,,,,erterh(fda been closed for Divine service for a
Th .1 he _ 0 decree augmenting the number of recruits to
kivradaect this year from 80,000 to 140,000 men has
ell rise to litigation. Every young man in
rat .
fer t.,_') without distinction, being liable to be drawn
%Igo army, a number of insurance societies have
4 glitg toteho for a premium undertake to provide
ti,,7pr_
.st in the event of the party paying the
,Olini being drawn. The insurers now object,
bat
their contract must be understood to apply
thaY to the ordinary risk, and that now that the
Would of being drawn • are nearly doubled it
hi hie'd be manifestly unjust to hold them respon-
T „, , The question has been brought before the
"leinl_"l.e Tribunal of Commerce, which has decided
oittat the insurers. An appeal has been entered,
Tclurehiaie
actasrees-woirltl.doubtless be carried to the court
Orleans journals state that 625 hectares of
ZirocV in. the dornanial forest of Vierzon has been
-..7 upPla the atate, but upon
„, 4-1 Y Etestroyed by fire. The loss will fall not
private individuals,

many portions of the forest having been leased for
felling. Another fire, destroying 14 hectares, has
occurred in the forest of Cherbrune, in the Puy de
Dome. There is too much reason to believe that
both these fires are the work of incendiaries. The
provincial journals received in Paris to-day contain
reports of at least a dozen incendiary fires.
The Bourse closed yesterday at a decline of to
per cent. on the final rates of Monday. Closing
prices :—Three per Cent. Rentes, for money,
63.50 ; do., for account, 63.25 ; do. Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 90.40. Bank shares, 2,650. These
prices show a decline of ato per cent. since Mon-
day forenoon.