The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Several of the English residents in Paris have it
in contemplation to open a subscription for the
purpose of contributing to the testimony of the
brave Lieut. Bellot. A meeting will be held for
the purpose in the course of the ensuing week.
A grand dinner was given on Thursday at the
Palace of St. Cloud in honour of Queen Christina,
who is about to leave Paris.
The Turkish Ambassador in Paris made applica-
tion a day or two ago for a spot of ground, to be
used as a cemetery for Mussulmans dying in Paris.
M. Drouyn de Lhuys at once acceded to the wish
of the Ambassador, and not only did so, but in-
timated that the expense of enclosing the burial
place would be defrayed by the French Govern-
ment. The Ambassador went yesterday with the
Prefect of the Seine to select a spOt for the cemetery
of Pere le Chaise, which is to be exclusively des-
tined for the Mussulmans. This conduct presents
a striking contrast with that of the Spanish Go-
vernment under similar circumstances.
Amid all this din of war it is a curious fact that
the opinion still is that the general peace will not
be disturbed, and that the quarrel between Russia
and Turkey will be arranged without any serious
loss of life. Private letters from Belgium speak of
King Leopold's efforts being earnestly directed to
so desirable an end, and with great chance of
success.
A letter from Montpellier, of the Ist inst.,
states that heavy rains continued to fall in that
town and neighbourhood since the 28th October,
and had caused considerable damage. The entire
plain from Bczirs to the sea is flooded. The
winter sowing, fortunately, had not been com-
menced, and the vintage was concluded. The
roads from St. Pons, Capestang, and Narbonne
are rendered impassable.
Heavy rains, accompanied by a violent hurri-
cane, fell on Thursday night in the departments
of the Bouches-du-Rhone, the Correze, Ille-et-
Vilaine, Mayenne, Tarn, by which enormous
damage was done in the country.
The Emperor, on the report of the Minister of
War, has decreed that the clerks of the bureaux
of the Intendence Militaire, who are chosen from
the army, but whose position has heretofore been in-
ferior to that of other administrative functionaries
of the War Department, shall henceforth form a
section (the 4th) of the personnel of the adminis-
trative services of that department. The decree
enacts that these functionaries shall be 280 in num-
ber, eight of whom are to be called principal
officers of administration, 40 officers, and 232 ad-
jutants, and that a number of assistants, according
to the wants of the service shall be engaged. It
further enacts that the regulations relative to the
recruiting, promotion, discipline, pay, uniform,
and retiring pensions of the officers of the hospi-
tals, commissiariat, and clothing departments shall
be applicable to them, and that the laws on the pen-
sions and condition of officers of the army shall
also be applicable to them. The decree likewise
minutely describes the manner in which the corps is
to be formed in the first instance, and subsequently
kept up. Another decree settles the manner in
which adjutants en second of the administration of
the hospitals, commissariat, and clothing are for
the future to be chosen.

The cholera has made its appearance at Havre,
and several of the persons attacked have suc-
cumbed. Some days since it was known in Paris
that the cholera had crossed the Channel, but it is
only at present that the matter is spoken of pub-
lily. Immediately on the intelligence being made
known to the authorities in Paris, the council of
salubrity was convoked. The course to be adopted
was determined on, and already the medical men
who are to act in the different quarters have been
appointed, with instructions to be ready to hold
themselves at the disposal of the public in their
respective districts.
The Bourse was heavy yesterday, speculators
declining to engage in operations for the end of the
month whilst the present uncertainty continues as
to the result of the negotiations pending at Con-
stantinople. The Three per Cents. opened at 73f.
75c., and fell to 73f. 40c. They closed at 73f. 45c.
for thelend of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. closed at 99f. 60c. ; Orleans Railway Shares,
1,150 f. 50c. ; Rouen, I,ooof. ; Havre, 485 f. ;
Great Northern, 850 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 912 f.
50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 897 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the
Mediterranean, 727 f. 59c. ; Western of France,
683 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 580 f. ; Great Central,
512 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 495 f. ; Shares of the
Bank of Credit Mobilier, 692 f. 50c.