The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-23 00:00:00

THE PERSIAN ARMY MARCHING ON

HERAT.

The Eussian Journal of the Caucasus states
that the Persians are marching cn Herat, and are
concentrating at Aderbeidjarn an army which has
become necessary for their defence against the
English.

THE PEACE CONFERENCES.

PARIS, SATURDAY.

The Moniteur of this morning announces that
the first sitting of the Congress will take placo on
Monday, the 25th instant, at the hotel of the
Minister for Foreign Affairs.

BERLIN, FEB. 22.

Yesterday the Frankfort Diet adopted the Five
Points as a basis for peace, reserving itself on all
details, and trusting that Austria and Prussia
will continue to represent the interests of the
Confederation.

The Journal de la Marine of St. Petersburg
contains a special report of the hitherto unex-
plained disappearance of the Russian forces at
the mouth of the Amour.
The vessels are stationed in that river, and
their materiel is at Fort Nicholas. The military
envoy, Munster, will not return to St. Peters-
burg.
The naval school of Nicolaieff is to be trans-

ferred to Cronstadt. An order is said to have
been given to suspend the building of the Wails
of 130 guns at Nieolaieff.

COPENHAGEN, FEB. 20.
The sossion of the general Diet of the king-

dom will close to-morrow. The King has ac-
cepted the resignation tendered by the Ministers
of the Duchies.

MADRID, FEB. 21.

There is no political news to-day. The Burgos
to Valladolid railroad has been adjudged to the
Spanish Credit Mobilier Company. The public
who were present at the offers applauded the re-
sult.

Letters from St. Petersburg and Warsaw, pub-
lished in the German papers, give details of the
extensive preparations made by Russia for a con-
tinuance of the war, and state that on no point
has the former energy of the military departments
been abated.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

The Emperor yesterday afternoon reviewed seve-
ral corps of the Imperial Guard in the Avenue de
Neuilly, where the division of engineers, the Ist
and 2(1 regiments of grenadiers, the 2d regiment
of voltigeurs, the regiments of horse and foot artil-
lery, an the squadron of the waggon-train were
drawn up. before the troops filed off, a number
of the officers and soldiers who had been wounded
in the Crimea received from the hands of the Em-
peror the. Cross of the Legion of Honour or the
military medal. .Ms Majesty was accompanied
by the Minister of War and Marshal Magnan.
It was reported to-day that M. Fould, Minister
of State, had sent in his resignation, after a long
interview with the Emperor.
Count Orloff, who arrived yesterday in Paris,
was accompanied by two aides-do-camp and a se-
cretary. He was received at the Northern Rail-
way terminus by the Baron de Seebach, the Saxon
minister, and by the attaches to the Russian mis-
sion now in Paris ; Baron de Brunow, who was at
a concert at the Tuileries, could not go to meet his
colleague.
Count Orloff, during his stay at Berlin, had a
long interview of the King the day of his arrival,
and immediately after visited the different princes
of the royal family. He dined in the evening with
his Majesty. On leaving Berlin to continue his
journey to Paris, the Russian envoy was accompa-
nied as far as Cologne by Count Creptowich, the
Russian Minister at Brussels. Both the counts
passed the night at Cologne.
BOURSE, Feb. 22.—The following were the closing
quotations:—

Cash. tY. e. End of Month.
4 per Cents (l6 —f. —a.
3 per Cents 73 73 35

Now Loan

73 5)

3,455 Roman Bank Sharon
Credit Mobilier 1,555 AmAtrian

Belgian Fives 97 Spanish Throes 42
Piedmonteae(s)...... 32 Home Debt

RenyArs—BOß CASH.

In a. fr, c.
Orleans 1,270 Western 865
Northern
Lyons .. ... 1,232 New Ditto—. ..... .. 830
kleditorranean 1,405 Grand Central 617 -50
Lyons Genova 760 Testa • .. .. 735
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