The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-21 00:00:00

FRANCE.

M. de Kisseleff is at Fontainebleau since Friday
evening. He had been ill, but made an effort to
present himself at the Imperial festivities. The
news of the retreat of the Turks no doubt contri-
buted to restore him to health.
The President of the Chamber of Commerce of
Brest has published the following despatch from
the Minister of Marine, relative to towing mer-
chant ships through the straits of the Dardanelles
and of Gibraltar :

"Monsieur le Pr6fet,—Since the month of September
last I have been occupied with the difficulties which
merchant ships might meet in proceeding to the Black
Sea, particularly at the entrance of the Dardanelles and
of the Bosphorus, and on the 14th of the following month
I addressed the necessary instructions for towing ships
employed in the conveyance of corn to our ports. I
have subsequently given orders to the Commander-in-
Chief the Mediterranean squadron to station a steam
vessel under his orders in the Dardanelles to tow ves-
sels, of which the captains can give proofs of their mis-
sion and of their cargo, and the same assistance is to he
extended to foreign ships freighted by French merchants
to carry corn to France. .I have likewise requested
Vice-Admiral Hamelin to arrange with our Ambassador
at Constantinople to remove any difficutty to the free
passage of the Straits, and although the manifesto of the
Sublime Porte is calculated completely to reassure our
merchants, I have addressed fresh instructions to the
chief of our naval forces in the Levant, in order to
procure all facilities compatible with the state of affairs
in the East. I have likewise thought it my duty to
order the commander on the Tagus naval station to tow
any merchant ships which may be detained in the Straits
of Gibraltax. In adopting those measures, I have pro-
posed to hasten the arrival in our ports of vessels laden
with grain for the supply of France, and to respond to
the laudable initiative of the merchants who have im-
posed on themselves the task of supplying the deficiency
of our wheat crop."
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A commission has been appointed by the Mini-
ster of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works
to prepare a report on the best mode of establish-
ing regularity and security in railway travelling.
The commission is to be presided over by the Mini-
ster of Commerce in person.
A letter from Marseilles, of the 18th inst., states
that a private in the 10th regiment of Light In-
fantry had been arrested in that town in the act
of posting revolutionary proclamations on the walls.
The individuals convicted of having conspired to
assassinate the Emperor have appealed against their
sentence.

Namick Pacha, Minister of Commerce of the
Ottoman Porte, who came from Constantinople by
the Mentor, has arrived in Paris.
The Moniteur publishes the official return of the
receipts of the Customs and indirect taxes for the
month of October. They amounted to 13,102,886
fr., being 983,764 fr. more than in the correspond-
ing month of last year, and 2,140,615 fr. more than
that of 1851. The receipts for the first ten months
of 1853 amount to 116,421,339 francs, of 1852 to
115,409,7801 r., and of 1851 to 98,237,678 fr.
The Bourse was more animated on Saturday than
for some days past, and the confirmation of the report
of the Turks having recrossed the Danube caused
the Three per Cents. to rise from 73f. 25c., the
opening price, to 73f. 65c., at which they closed for
the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. closed at 99f. 70c.; Orleans Railway Shares,
1,150 f. ; Rouen, 1,025 f. ; Havre, 485 f. ; Great
Northern, 852 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 812 f.
50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 895 f. ; Lyons to the Medi-
terranean, 725 f. ; Western of France, 685 f. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 575 f. 50e. Great Central, 507 f.
50e. ; Lyons to Geneva, 500 f. ; Shares of the Bank
of Credit of Mobilier, 690 f.