The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-22 00:00:00

[The followimg appeared in our Third Edition of
last night

FRANCE.
M. Fould, the Minister of Finance, gave a grand
dinner on Tuesday, at which were present the Presi-
dent of the Republic, all the Ministers, General
Changarnier, Count Mol6, M. Berryer, the Count de
Montalembert, M. Dupin, the President of the Le-
gislative Assembly ; Count Daru, Vice-President ;
M. Heckeren, Secretary; M. de Persigny, Minister
'Plenipotentiary to the Court.of Berlin ; the Marquis
of Normanby, Baron James de Rothschild. At
half past eight o'clock the entire suite of apartments
were thrown open to an evening party composed of
the elite of Parisian society.
Notice is given in the Moniteur that the fourth
quarter's pension, or temporary allowance, accorded
to the citizens wounded in February or June, 1848,
or to the widows and families of the persons killed on
those occasions, is to take place at the beginning of
1850. The precise day is not stated.

The Siècle says—
" It is announce l that negotiations have been entered
into betty 'n France and Turkey for the conclusion of a
treaty of extradition. A similar treaty already exits
between Fran.:e and England, the United States, &c.
The crimes for which extradition may be demanded
between France and the Porte are murder, robbery, for-
gery, fraudulent bankruptcy, rape, and le:gliny. It can
not in any case be demanded for political offepces. The
old ar. angernents between France and the Porte had not
provided for the different quo tions of extradition, of
which the tribunals of the south of France have long
demanded the solution. The French consuls and agents
in the Levant have all for some years declared that a
new arrangement was necessary."
General Bedeau has presented the report of the
committee on the proposition of M. Clary, tending
to have the time passed by the men in the Garde
Mobile reckoned as military service, when any of
them may have entered the new battalion of the
Foreign Legion which is to be created. The com-
mittee is in favour of the proposition, and demands
urgency, as the Garde Mobile is to be disbanded on
the 31st inst.
The Moniteur publishes the returns of the exports
and imports of France during the eleven months of
1849 ending on the Ist of December, from which it
appears that the Customs duties levied thereon
amounted-to 117,487,282 f. During the corresponding
period of 1847 they had produced 123,575,552 f., and
in 1848, 80,447,893.
The number of French and foreign vessels which
entered French harbours during the last eleven
months was 14,413, messuring 1,77T,774 tons, and
those which cleared out 12,893, measuring 1,376,690
tons. In 1847 the number of the first was 20,008,
measuring 2,641,148 tons; and of the latter, 12,391,
measuring 1,400,378 tons.
The coasting trade of France employed in 1848
64,027 vessels, measuring together 2,441,227 tons,
and mounted- by 266,300 men. The quantity of
merchandise and goods of every description conveyed
by these vessels amounted to 19,180,303 metrical
quintals.
A letter from Morlaix of the 16th inst. announces
the death by cholera of Joseph Moreau, the last
surviving brother of the conqueror of Hohenlinden.