The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Considerable excitement prevails with respect to
the bearing on the Eastern question of a notice is-
sued by the French Consul, at Constantinople,
with regard to the entry of the French fleet into
the Black Sea, since it is believed that M. de
Kisseleff and Baron Brunnow have orders to with-
draw from France and England the instant that a
ship of war of either nation enters the Black Sea.
The French Government has received a tele-
graphic despatch from Vienna, which states that on
the 13th and 14th a serious engagement took place
between Bucharest and Oltenitza, but nearer tho
latter place, in which the Turks were beaten, and'.
were forced to repass the Danube. The despatch
adds that General Daunenberg was preparing to
attack the other divisions of the Turkish army,
which is in possession of Kalafat. Prince Gorts-
chakoff remained in possession of the Danube, and
had given orders to his generals not to pass the
river.

The Government has not thought fit to publish
this intelligence, but the real state of the case can-
not be concealed for many days.
This news has created a revolution in the state
of M. de Kisseleff's health ; he has suddenly reco-
vered, and left yesterday at three o'clock for Fon-
tainebleau. _ .

Count Walewski, the French Ambassador in
London, arrived in Paris yesterday morning, and
left immediately for Fontanebleau, where he will
remain for some days the guest of the Emperor.
Doctor Seve, of Cannes, has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to the Union du Var :
" In a former number of your estimable journal it is
stated that ' Lord Brougham appears to have retired
from public life, and to have fixed his residence at Can-
nes, in order to devote himself to the care of his broken-
constitution.' It is my duty, as the physician of the
Brougham family at Cannes, to correct an error calcu-
lated to afflict the numerous friends of the noble lord and
the entire scientific world. Never did Lord Brougham
enjoy more perfect health during the 20 years which he
has visited our country."
The Council of the Bank of France met on Thurs-
day to take into consideration the export of silver
coin, which has been lately going on to a very con-
siderable extent. A report had been circulated
that in order to remedy the evil, the Council of the
Bank would raise the rate of discount to 5 per
cent., or that at least it would reduce the length
of date of the bills discounted. Neither one nor
the other of these measures has been adopted, and
consequently no change will be made in the pre-
sent state of things. At the same sitting, the
Council, considering that the amount of the ad-
vances on Railway Securities was already so con-
sidei able, decided that for the future the advances
on Shares instead of being 60 per cent. on the price
at the Bourse should be reduced to 50 per cent.,
and that the loans on Railway Bonds which had.
been fixed at 80 per cent. of the market price
should be reduced to 70 per cent.
The Semaphore of Marseilles of the 15th states
that 105 vessels laden with wheat had arrived is
that port during the last three days.
The Bourse opened firmly yesterday under theimpression produced by a report that the Tut
had been forced to recross the Danube, and that
an arrangement between the belligerents might be
the consequence. A reaction, however, took place
in consequence of reports that the Government le
about to adopt measures which will interfere with
the dealers in corn. The Three per Cents. opened.
at 73f. 40c., and closed at 73f. 25c., and fell to
73f. 25c., at which they closed for the end of the
month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed
at 99f. 50e. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,142 f.
50c. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Havre, 485 f. ; Great Nor-
thern, 845 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 807 f. 50c. ;
Paris and Lyons, 892 f. ; Lyons to the Mediter-
ranean, 722 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 680 f. ;
Bordeaux and Cette, 675 f. ; Great Central, 505 f. ;
Lyons to Geneva, 500 f. ; Shares of the Bank of
Credit Mobilier 685 f.

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