The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.
To-morrow evening a very interesting ceremonywill take place at the British Embassy. His Excel-
lency Lord Cowley will distribute to a limited
number of French naval and military officers the
Order of the Bath, which her Majesty has thought
proper to bestow upon them for their distinguished
services in the field and on the sea. Sir Colin
Campbell, Sir A. Woodford, and Colonel Clare-
mont, her Majesty's Military Commissioners in
Paris, will be present on this occasion. The whole
party, together with all the Knights of the Bath
who may happen to be in Paris. are invited to dine
afterwards at the Embassy. The following is the
list of the French officers who will receive this
honour :

KNIGHTS GRAND CROSS.
Pierre Joseph Francois Bosquet. General of Division
Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, General of Division.
KNIGHTS COMMANDERS.
E. C. de Mortimprey, General of Division.
Adolphus Niel, General of Engineers.
Joseph Dulac, General of Infantry.
J. 13. C. Delesme, General of Infantry.
Count Amirel (Navy).
E. Mellinet, General of Division.
OFFICERS. OF ARMY AND NAVY.
COMPANIONS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH.
E. C. M. Espinasse, General of Division.
R. Paris de la Bollardiere.
J. J. Gaston Cler, General of Brigade.
C. F. L. de Lorenez, General of Brigade.
Castor de Charoperon, General of Brigade.
Yelviu De Bdville, General of Brigade.
A. C. F. J. Mainqoe, General of Brigade.
A. C. V. Redle, Lieutenant-Colonel.
J. E. M. Forgoot, General of Brigade.
Luis Desuleau de Malroy, Lieutenant-Colonel.
Noel Comignan, Cblone!.
PakLes de Bomret,lone!.
Felix Charles Douay. Co!onel.
J. F. Gagneur, Lientenant•Colonel.
14. P. A. Pothriau, Captain of Navy.
G. de Rochebouet, Colonel of Artillery.
The Paris journals, having exhausted their views
on the suleject of the Austrian ultimatum, are
silent, whilst awaiting further accounts of the pro-
gress made in the negotiations. The Debats, how-
ever, offers some observations on the Eastern ques-
tion, which, if they are not characterised by much
originality, have at least the merit of being well-
timed. We extract the following :

" Europe has taken the engagement to ameliorate the
political and social condition of Wallachia and Moldavia.
This engagement will be fulfilled. If the Principali-
ties fall once more under Turkish domination, they
will speedily become Russian in heart and spirit.
There, as in all the East, it is by the political and social
amelioration of the population that Russia must be re-
pulsed. The day when the East feels that it escapes be-
coming Russian it will no longer attempt to become so.
Look at Greece; she may have loved the Russians a
enemies of the Turks—she will not have them for mas-
ters. Her independence separates her for ever from
Russia. We must make the same remark for the
Principalities. The day when they commence to
have a better social position they will cease to io-
dine towards Russia. All that Europe can bestow
upon them in prosperity and independence will se-
parate them the more from their ancient protectors.
The characters of the stipulations of the peace of
185 C will be profoundly impartial and will proceed

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RUSSIA.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Jan. 19.—The Vienna diplomatists are
still occupied in discussing the conditions of the
armistice which is to be concluded, but nothing is
likely to be definitively settled until the prelimi-
naries of peace, with the signature of the Russian
1
Government attached to them, have arrived from
St. Petersburg. A Russian Cabinet messenger is
expected to arrive from St. Petersburg on Wed-
nesday, the 22d. Prince Gortschakoff yesterday
had an interview with Count Buol, but it is be-
lieved that he has not yet met Sir Hamilton
Seymour and M. de Bourqueney in council.
Genoral. Count Stackelberg will have an audience
of the Emperor today.
Prince Gortschakoff is said to be indisposed.
The general impression here is, that Russia
would not have yielded if her internal affairs had
not been in a very precarious state, and the Militdr
Zeitung thus insinuates that things are not exactly
as they ought to be in the Russian army in the
Crimea :

" It is not clear what considerations induced the Rus-
sian Governmont to give such an unexpected and satis-
factory declaration. We are inclined to attribute the
complaisance of Russia to the energy of our Govern-
went, and will, therefore, not attach too much impor-
tance to communications received from the Crimea, in
which it is hinted that the spirit of the troops is such as
to give cause for well-founded alarm. We must suppose
that our correspondent has judged of the feeling of the
whole army from the conduct of a small part of it, as we
have the highest possible opinion of the discipline of the
Russian troops."

THE BALTIC.
Letters from Copenhagen of the 14th inst. speak
of three English steam corvettes having just lately
arrived there from England, for the presumed
purpose of capturing any Russian craft that might
ho tempted by the mild weather and open naviga-
tion to steal home from the ports that have af-
forded them shelter during the recent blockade.
One of these three steam corvettes left Copenhagen
on the afternoon of the 14th inst., sailing south-
wards, that is to say, taking her course for the
Baltic. One of these corvettes seems to have been
the Driver, Captain Warren, who landed and re-
paired to the British mission.

DENMARK.
The Folkthiug (Second Chamber) of the Danish
Diet elected on the 16th, in the room of Count
Knuth de Kuuthenberg, deceased, M. Brunn, one
of its members, and a judge of the Supreme Court,
to the post of member of the High Court of Justice
of the Kingdom, which is about to try the im-
peached ministers. M. Brunn, however, declared
that he could not accept the honour done him, and
a new election was ordered to be proceeded with
the next day. But at the next sitting, when M.
Brunn arrived, a letter signed by forty-one of his'
colleagues, entreating him to accept his nomina-
tion was presented to him ; and, after some hesita-
tion, he yielded tc the wishes so expressed and
withdrew his resignation.

SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived.
In the Cortes on the 17th, M. Sandoval and other
deputies brought forward a motion declaring that
the explanations given on the previous day by the

Azither from-English nnr French interests, but from the
' interests of Europe. It is thus that peace is so suitable
0 France. Everybody will admit that in the Eastern
war France had no particular interest at stake but solely
a European one. In peace she Las likewise only Euro-
pean interest, and therefore we may say, without na-
ional va.,ity, that the peace is entirely French. The
French Government had wiih skill desired it so, and
we doubt not will also defend it with firmness, and cause
it to prevail in the negotiations. . Good for the pre-
lent and for the future, the peace will be the protection
of the East against Russia, and the most solid guarantee
of European equilibrium, which will be consolidated
on our side etithQut injury to the other. But, in order
that the peace of 1856 be proportionate to the hopes it
engenders, it must be based on the alliance of England
and France. This alliance has caused the success of the
war, and can alone bestow efficiency on the peace. If
this alliance be disturbed, then the peace of 1856
will have been but a skilful move of Russia to de-
stroy by peace that alliance which she could not
destroy by war. But let this alliance remain as it is—
sincere, then will the peace have reached the aim pro-
jected by war ; it will have defined to Russian ambition
,ts limits, leaving to it its part in the civilisation of the
East, without allowing that power to seize the lion's
share ; denying to it Constantinople because that town
can alone belong to an eastern population, and ought
never to serve as an offensive fortress for any of the
European powers."

We willingly contrast this moderate language with
that indulged in by some of our contemporaries,
whose late remarks have admirably served the pur-
poses of Russia in weakening by their unautho-
rised suggestions the sincerity of the alliance.
The Moniteur says :—" Regular depots of mus-
kets, intended for the supply of ship-owners who
carry on a barter-trade with the western coast of
Africa, are now established by the French govern-
ment at Nantes, Bordeaux, Havre, and Marseilles,
where these fire-arms will be supplied at prices
which will enable merchants to compete with the
English and Belgian makers. Guns mounted in
white wood will be charged to the dealers 10f. 50c.;
red wood, 9f. ; and black wood, Of. Merchants
receiving supplies have to specify the ship on board
of which the articles are to be sent, and give an
engagement that they are only to be used in the
barter-trade."

" The Countess of Neuilly," says the Gazette da
Alidi, " has had a relapse. Her ordinary medical
attendant, who was in Paris, was immediately sent
for, but could not quit the capital in consequence
of the illness of his father. Dr. d'Astross, of Mar-
seilles, was then summoned in his stead."
BOURSE, Jan. 22, Two o'clock.-. The beginning
of the market was very dull, and prices looking
down, as the sales of Routes for immediate transfer
were again numerous. But a rapid rally took place,
as a telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg an-
nounced that, on the 18th instant, the Czar had
sent orders to General Gortschakoff to suspend
hostilities. The Three per Cants, were done from
67f. 450. to 67f. 80c. The Mobilier from 1,405 f.
to 1,430 f.

Half-past Three.—Prices kept looking up to the
close. The following are the last quotations :

Bank Shares 3250 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1430 Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes 3Bl
Piedmontes, (5) B5 Homo Debt 36
RAILWAYS-108 CASE.
fr. c.
c
OrigAnN
Northern
Lyons.
Mediterranean l3OO Grand Central ...... 590
Lyons Geneva 7OO Teste • .. • --
Catto

The Invalide Russe publishes the following ex-
xacts from Prince Gortschakoff's journalof military
)perations from the 14th to the 20th of December,
'26th of December, 1855, to the Ist of January,
1856) :
" The state of things in the Crimean peninsula
has not changed ; on the left flank of our position
the chain of outposts on either side continually
attack each other. On the 17th (29th) December,
a party of French riflemen having stealthily crept
down between the bushes as far as the hill of the
lighthouse, struck into the direction of Kourene,
and opened fire against two of our companies.
Some carbineers from the latter replied with suc-
cess to the enemy, and compelled them to retreat.
" On the 18th (30th) of Dec., the allies having
remarked that a reinforcement had been sent to
Colonel Oklobjio's outposts in the pass leading to
the valley of Baidar, beat to arms, and sent sharp-
shooters to the hill of the lighthouse ; the fusillade
which ensued on this point lasted for half an hour.
"On the 19th (31st) of Dec., a loud explosion
was heard on the south side of Sebastopol, near the
Malakhoff Tower, and two other explosions fol-
lowed in the dry docks. On our side we continued
to throw shells against the camp pitched on the
F6dukhine heights. The bursting of the projectiles
against the huts and tents annoyed the enemy.
" From Eupatoria, under date of the 19th (31st)
of December, it is reported that 16 squadrons of
French cavalry, with two pieces of horse artillery
and a division of infantry, had left the town and
taken the direction of the village of Saki, preceded
by an aivauced guard of two squadrons. Major
Dimitrieff, of the dragoons of his Imperial High-
ness the Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievitch, who
commands this portion of our advanced posts, hav-
ing, apprized the advanced guard of the advance
of the enemy in superior force, he commenced re-
treating on Saki and Tchebotar, pursued by the
French, who threatened his right flank.
" Major-General de Mitton, in command of the
advanced guard, informed of this movement, placed
his Cossacks in the plain between Lake Saki and
Tchebotar, and sent two sotnias of the 55th Regi-
ment to the village of Touzla, in the rear of the
enemy's squadrons, which had detached themselves
and had meantime been joined by two other squa-
drons; the enemy received by the fire of the Cossacks
placed in the ravine, threatened with being turned
by the detachment from the village of Touzfa, and
seeing two regiments of dragoons and a battery of
horse artillery appear on the Tchebotar heights,
hastily rejoined the main body, near Saki, and
half an hour afterwards returned to Eupatoria.
During the pursuit of the retreating squadrons by
the CossackF,, the French Captain Fouques, of the
Staff, was made prisoner."

Duke de la Victoria, respecting the recent minis'
terial modifications were not satisfactory, and not
in accordance with parliamentary principles. The
motion was then put to the vote, and rejected by
145 to 57. The following is the text of the Duke
de la Victoria's speech in the sitting of the Cortes
of the 16th :
" Gentlemen—There has been a modification in the
Cabinet, and I shall now have the honour of informing
the Cortes of the motives of that step. A duty of deli•
cacy and patriotism has placed six Ministers under the
necessity of giving in•their resignation, that it 'night not
be said they kept office, although their presence in the
Cabinet might to a certain degree paralyse the Govern'
went. The Queen has accepted the resignation of three;
but has not judged it expedient to accept that of the
others. This is the tree motive of the Ministerial in -
dification, and I fulfil my duty in informing the Cortes
of what has taken place. I shall repeat on thiS occasion
what I have already bad the honour of declaring to the
Cortes on other occasions, namely, that the intention of
the Cabinet so long as it is presided over by me, is, 35
it has ever been, that of upholding liberty, developing
the prosperity of the nation, causing the laws to be re",
spected, and repressing with a firm hand the excesses or
those whose object it may be to infringe them."
The receipts from the private electric telegraphic
despatches between Spain and France during the
eight months the lines have been opened have
amounted to more than half a million reals.