The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-10 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The grand dinner to be given by the Emperor to
the Plenipotentiaries will take place on the 12th
inst.

It has been decided that the proces varbaux of
the Congress shall be published.
The Minister of War has received the following
despatch from Marshal Pelissier :
" Head-quarters, Sebastopol, March 25.
" 'Monsieur le Marechal—The army of the East wet•
coined with enthusiasm the news of the happy delivery
of the Empress, and the birth of the Prince
Imperial was hailed with numerous cheers. It
received both from our faithful allies and from ourselvel
the most gracious, the most brilliant, and the most
enthusiastic welcome. , The Russians themselves joined
in it., for, on the evening of the 23d, seeing our bon-
fires burning in the camps of the three armies, they
responded to it by immediately lighting fires along the
whole of their lines. On the following day, in order
to follow up the rejoicings, some splendid horse
races took place on the banks of the Tchernaya.
Nothing could exceed the coup-d'reil presented by this
magic scene. English, French, and Sardinians were
every moment seen exchanging congratulations on the
event which the thundering voice of the cannon of SAW
topol and of our camps had announced the previous day.
For my part, Monsieur le Marechal, in connecting this
great event with that of which your electric despatch of
the 14th March no longer leaves any doubt, I am happy
to say that never did a star shine with more brilliancy
than that of the Emperor. This peace, signed over the
cradle of a child, will be the most happy augury for all.
If the Emperor and Empress will accept them, I bei
you, Monsieur le Marechal, to offer to them the re.
spectful congratulations of the army with my own, and
to tell their Majesties that we have all offered up to
Heaven our most ardent prayers for the prosperity of
the child now given to us, and which has just fixed the
destinies of France.—Accept, &e.,

" PELINSIEB."

We also read in the Moniteur:—" The winter
continues to exercise its rigours in the Crimea•
In the night of the 29th March the thermometer
fell to 12 degrees below zero centigrade (9.50 of
Fahrenheit), and stood at 10 degrees on each of
the following nights. On the sth there was
rather heavy fall of snow. Notwithstanding this
influence, the sanitary state of our troops has in'
proved so sensibly that the number of sick who
entered the ambulances diminished one half dui'.
ing the last month, and there is reason to
hope that the end of the winter will also bring
about the close of the maladies under which the
army in the East has been suffering. The telegra-
phic despatches from Marshal Pelissier are every dal
more and more satisfactory, and the last letters fore
General Larchey point out the good elects pro-
duced by the measures lately taken at Constant!:
nople for the improvement of the hospitals there.
The Naval Commander of the French forces is
the Black Sea has also communicated the rejoicings
on board the fleet.

The ratifications of the telegraphic treaty con'
eluded at Paris en the 28th December last hi
France, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, and Sardinhb,
were exchanged yesterday between the Minister oz
Foreign Affairs and the representatives of the above"
mentioned countries. This treaty, which will coins
into operation immediately after its promulgations
will make important reductions in the charge for
tAegraphic communications.
The Monitelir publishes the returns of the pro*
duce and consumption of beetroot sugar, since the
beginning of the season, from which it appears
that, on the Ist April, there were 274 manufacto•
ries in full operation, or 66 more than at the cor-
responding date of 1855. The sugar manufactured,
including 2,359,141 kilo. lying over since last years
am minted to 81,205,585 kilo., showing a difference
iu favour of 1856 of 40,1b3,105 kilo. The quantity
sold for consumption, or deposited in the Govern'
ment bonded stores, was 64,425,901 kilo.,- or
29,285,788 more than last year.
BOURSE, April 9.—The following were the laSk
quotations

Cash. fr. a. End of Month.
4j per Cents 94 —f. —O.
3 per Cents 73 45 74 5
New Loan 73 75
Bank Shares 4,000 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,715 Austrian
Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes
Piedmontese(s) 93 50 Rome Debt ...

RAILWAYS-NOB CASH.

fr. c. fr. 0'
(Means ......... (ad) 1,360 Western (ad) 890 -•
Northern -
Lyons .... 1,372 50 New Ditto BBO
Mediterranean 1,670 Grand Central 670 ---'
Lyons Geneva Bl7 50 Tests
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