The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-12 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS

FRAN CE.

The Minister of Marine visited the different works
and naval establishments of Brest on the 9th, and on
Sunday, after these visits, he went to church to hear
mass. The Moniteur states, that when the clergy
_sang
the "Domine salvum fac Imperatorem" all the congre-
gation joined in it.
We have received accounts from Algiers to the sth.
The Governor-General had arrived there on the Ist in
the Titan steamer from Djidjelly. All the civil and mi-
litary authorities were in waiting at the Government
House to receive him, and through the Prefect congra-
tulated him on the fresh conquests he had achieved in
Kabylia.
The Moniteur contains a degree authorising the con-
cession of the thermal establishment at Vichy to Messrs.
Lebobe, Callon, and Co. for the term cf thirty years,
stipulation being made for a certain number of gratui-
tous baths daily for the military, &c., and a maximum
price for baths, &c., being fixed by the Minister of the
Interior.

An article in the Moniteur is devoted to a considera-
tion of the fortified cities in Germany, of the value of the
majority of which, in a strategical point of view, but an
indifferent opinion ii entertained by the writer. Of
Vienna it is stated that experience has repeatedly shown
its inability to resist an army, viz., in 1805, 1809, and
1848. Antwerp is included amongst the German for-
tresses, as it is stated it ought to be regarded as serving
rather to the defence of Germany than of the country
in which it is situated.
M. Brault, Juge d'lnstruction, is following up the in-
vestigation relative to the plot of the Opera Comique,
which it now appears was but a ramification of the one
which was to have come off at the Hippodrome. It is
ascertained that the chief conspirators, who are most of
them strangers (Belgians or Germans), had made every
preparation for an insurrection—had engaged surgeons and
an ambulant hospital for the wounded. The moment they
had dispatched the Emperor and all who were with him,
groups who had been stationed in various spots contigu-
ous to and at a distance from the theatre, were on a given
signal to have raised the cry of "Aux armed" to have
thrown up barricades, and immediately to have put to
death all the public functionaries they could lay hands on.
The Red Republic was to have been proclaimed, and a
reign of terror established. Such, at all events, is
what is reported. The parties who were to proceed to
the construction of barricades were to do so on a given
signal, but it appears that they were not aware of the
intended murder of the Emperor and his Court. I have
not ascertained that the people of the faubourgs to any
extent had any knowledge of, or connection with, the
plot—but that the conspirators relied on chance, well
aware how comparatively trifling spark is sufficient to
light uy a conflagration. The Emperor and those that
were with him were to have been murdered to the cry
of " Viva l'Empdreur !" Every one remarked the
unusual crowds that thronged the boulevard near
the Opera Comique, and it did not escape notice
that they did not disperse, as is generally the case, when
the Emperor and Empress entered the theatre, but still
remained outside. A good many waited also in the
Place des Italiens, no doubt in expectation of the signal.
On the whole it appears to have been the attempt of
some most desperate men, who had made up their minds
to risk their lives on the chance of destroying the
Emperor and establishing a Red Republic.
Although, since the improvement in the weather, the
reports from the provinces respecting the harvest are
more favourable, the Government has made extensive
purchases of corn both in England and elsewhere.
The Paris papers contain no additional news from the
East. They continue to disbelieve the new attitude attri-
buted by the Pays and some other papers to Austria in
that question. The Assembles Nationale notices a re-
cent dispatch published in London under the head of
Constantinople, June 26, and expresses its conviction
that the news that it gives is unfounded, and that the
chance of maintaining peace, which would be very slight
if that news were true, is becoming stronger rather than
weaker. The Assembles Nationale says :
" The telegraphic dispatch from Constantinople, pub-
lished in the London journals, and which announces
that the Russian fleet had quitted Sebastopol, bears the
date of 26th June. It is consequently anterior by one
day to the dispatch which we published on Friday, and
which is dated the 27th. The dispatch of the 27th is
quite pacific, whilst that of the 26th, on the contrary,
announces that war is imminent. We dwell on these
dates to show that no great importance ought to be at-
tached to private communications by the telegraph. We
are of opinion that the situation has not changed, and
that the diplomatic agents are endeavouring to find
a middle term which can conciliate the interests and
the amours-propres engaged in this matter. We do not
believe that Russia, after the occupation of the provinces
will want to make a new act of aggression against Tur-
key, and place the ambassadors of France and England
under the necessity of causing the fleets to enter the
Dardanelles. No incident could well arise at the pre-
sent moment, to be of any gravity, except a rising of
even a partial character, of the Greek populations. It
has been repeatedly said in these latter times that the
Sultan could reckon on the devotedness and fidelity of
his Christian subjects. We fear that great illusions have
been indulged in on that point. We remember that in
1840 the French journals pretended that the Emir
Bechir disposed completely of the Christian populations
of the Libanus, and that these populations would make
common cause with the soldiers of Ibrahim. It may be
remembered, however, what took place. At the first
appearance of the English fleet on the coasts of Syria the
populations of the Libanus turned their arms against the
Egyptian forces, and abandoned the Emir. It is to be
feared that the same may be the case at present, and
that the Greek populations, should the present state of
things be prolonged, may rise in several provinces,
and that in that way the Sultan's empire may all
at once have to grapple with insurmountable diffi-
culties. We desire most ardently in consequence
that the diplomatic agents may hasten to come to a
close, and extricate us from this series of complications,
which can only increase by being prolonged. The Eng-
lish Cabinet showed a praiseworthy moderation in ad-
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journing the discusaionii in Parliament. The languagee
of Lord Palmerston has been as conciliatory as it could
be, and we trust it will produce a good effect at St.
Petersburg. If, in spite of the calm, moderate, and
conciliatory attitude of the Cabinets of Paris and Lon-
don, Russia should refuse all arrangement, she would
assume, in destroying the peace of the world, a respon-
sibility which we trust she will never incur."
The Univers points out some errors in the French
translations of the manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas.
It says :

"One would say that the translator wished to veil
from the eyes of Europe the pretensions of Russia. The
manifesto does not only say that the promise of the Sul-
tan was soon broken, but there is in the text the word trair
torously' (vidolomno). The last phrase of the manifesto
also weakens the idea ofthe Emperor. 'Full of h ope in God, '
says the Czar, we shall march to the defence of the ortho-
dox faith.' The translator has omitted the word vpered
(forward). The Czar does not declare in a general man-
ner that he will continue to defend the orthodox church,
he announces that he will not remain in Moldavia and
in Wallachia, but that he will go further, and will pur-
sue his march into the States of the Grand Seigneur.
This conclusion is in perfect harmony with the spirit
which dictated the Imperial manifesto."
Considerable firmness was evinced throughout yester-
day at the Bourse, and a slight advance in prices had
even taken place in the Three per Cents. at the termina-
tion of business, the quotation for money showing an
advance of 10c., and that for the end of the month of
15c. The following were the final quotations :—For
cash—Teree per Cents., 77f. 10e. ; Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 102 f. For the account—Three per Cents., 77f.
10c. ; Four-and•a-Half per Cents., 102 f. Banktock,
2,665 f. In the Railway Share Market yesterday there
was a considerable amount of business transacted, and
in several instances at improved prices. Closing prices :
—Northern, 857 f. 50c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,072 f. 25c. ;
Paris and Strasbourg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 895 f. ;
Paris and Rouen, 1,047 f. 50c.; Lyons to Mediterranean,
720f.50c. ; Western of France, 725 f.