The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-15 00:00:00

ways show itself worthy of it. Your Imperial Majesty's
affectit.nate brother,

"FREDERICK WILLIAM.

'' Sans Saudi, 6th August."

A letter from Berlin states that the number of
Voss's Gazette which was lately seized by the police
for an article it contained against Russia has been
allowed to circulate again, in consequence of a
decision of the law courts declaring that offences
committed against friendly Governments can only
be punished when they attack the head of the state
or his envoy, and when that state or its envoy at
Berlin complains of the journal which has committed
the offence.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

The Emperor has given a reception to Baron
Brunow, who has brought him, from the Emperor
of Russia, the order of St. Andrew.
A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor
presided, was held yesterday morning at St. Cloud.
A decree in the Moniteur nominates M. Row-
land, Procureur- General of the Cour Imperiale of
Paris, to be Minister of Public Instruction, in the
place of M. Fortoul, deceased.
The Moniteur publishes a decree fixing the ho-
nours to be paid by the navy when visited by the
Emperor, the Empress, the Prince Imperial, or
the Princes and the Princesses of the Imperial
family.
On the occasion of the fete of the 15th, 584 mili-
tary prisoners have experienced the clemency of
the Emperor. Of these, the remission of the re-
mainder of their sentence has been granted to 274,
and the remaining 310 have had their periods of
imprisonment reduced. The Emperor also, on the
occasion of the same solemnity, has extended his
clemency to 493 civil prisoners, who had been
pointed out to his Majesty's notice by the Minister
of Justice as having acquired a claim to this indul-
gence from their repentance or from the situation
of their families. Out of the above number, 240
have received full pardon, and the others have re-
ceived commutations or reductions of their punish-
ment. The whole number of prisoners who have
had their position ameliorated on the recommen-
dation of the Minister of Justice on the occasion of
the accouchement of the Empress, the baptism of
the Prince Imperial, and the fete of the Emperor,
exceeds 2,300.
The Imperial exequatur has been granted to the
following consular agents :—M. Ferrari, as Con-
sul- General for the Holy See, at Marseilles ; M.
Ravan, Consul for Portugal, at Algiers ; M. Gevers
Van de Vyver, for Belgium, at Havre ; M. de Jove
y Hevia, for Spain, at Perpignan ; and M. Poyde-
not, for Saxony, at Bayonne ; M. Postel, Vice-
Consul for Sardinia, at Cberbourg ; and M. Rossi,
for the Two Sicilies, at Bonifacio.
The following was the situation of the Bank on
Thursday, August 14 :
Ca.

Fr. c.
Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks

, .
Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day... 390,177 10
Bills becoming due in Paris ....1 ....... 245,615,577 48
Bills in the branch banks .c " 216,329,783
___ ._ _

Advances on coin and ingots ..e 1,200,400
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of France 90,246,336 10
Do. in the branch banks ; 11,557,630
Do. on railway shares and bonds 40,055,900
Do. in the branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Advances on Treasury bills' ' 40,000,000
Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980 750 14

Rentes of disposable funds . 52,190,792 93
Hotel and furniture of the Bank 4,000,00
Real property of branch banks
Expenses of administration 465,874 8
Premiums on the purchase of matieres 1,145,986 35
Sundries 64,547 11

1,043,077,898 29