The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-11 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

THE COUNCIL OF WAR AT PARIS.

PARIS, FRIDAY.
The Moniteur of this day publishes the follow.

ing :---

"A Council of War met to-day at the Tuileries.
The Emperor presided. The Council is composed
of the Emperor, the Prince Jerome Napoleon,
the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Napoleon, Lord
Cowley, Sir Edmund Lyons, Admiral Dundas, Sir
Richd. Airey, Sir Harry Jones, General La Mar-
more, Marshal Vaillant, Count Walewski, General
Canrobert, General Bosquet, General Niel, Gene-
ral Martimquey, Admiral Hamelin, Admiral Jarier
de la Graviere, and Admiral Penaud.

"The Council is not commissioned to arrange
the plan of the approaching campaign, nor to
deliberate on the political considerations which
might cause one plan to be preferred to another.
Its object is to enlighten the allied Governments
as to the various military combinations which can
be adopted, to foresee all eventualities, and to
determine their exigencies. Formed for the

greater part of experienced Generals, who have
almost all taken a glorious part in the operations
accomplished in the East and in the Baltic, the
Council of War can only give advice, which will,
have been deeply weighed, and furnish proposals,
eminently useful for the best employment of the
land and sea forces which the Western Powers
are preparing.

BANK OF FRANCE.
PARIS, JAN. 11, 8 A.M.

The Moniteur publishes the return cf the con-
dition of the
_Bank of France and the branch
banks up to Thursday, the 10th of January :
.A.ctive.—Coin and bullion, 81,184,345 f. 260. ;
coins in the branch banks, 118,426,113 f. ; bills
due yesterday to be paid to-day, 638,424 f. 22c.;
portfolio of Paris, of which 86,060,607 f. 77c.
come from the branch banks, 235,755,409 f.
97c. ; portfolio of branch bills on the place.,
210,939,492 f. ; advanced on bullion and
moneys, 3,089,000 f. ; advanced on bul-

lion and moneys in the branch banks,
1,661,700 f. ; advanced on French public
securities, 40,802,236 f. 10c. ; advanced on
French public securities in the branch banks,
6,773,250 f.; advanced on railwayshares and bonds
34,210,300 f. ; advanced on railway shares and
bonds in the branch banks, 11,145,600 f. ; dis-
count of Treasury bonds to the Treasury,
40,000,000 f. ; advanced to the State on the
treaty of the 30th June, 1848, 60,000,000 f, ;
rentes of the reserve bank and its branches, ex-

bank, 12,980,750 f. 14c. ; rentes, disposable
funds, 52,188,783 f. 88c.; hotel and furniture
of; the Bank, 4,000,000 f. ; property (immettbles)
of the Bank and branch banks, 5,055,095 f. ;
expenses of the administration of the Bank
and branch banks, 108,863 f. 93c. ; various,
1,610,142 f. 33c. Total, 920,570,505 ft 83c.

IPasssive.—Capital of the Bank, 91,250,000 f. ;
reserve of the Bank and branches, ex-banks,
12,980,750 f. 14c. ; reserve immobiliere (fixed re-
serves) of the Bank, 4,000,000 f. ; bills to bearer
in circulation of the Bank, 512,432,000 f. ;

bills to bearer in circulation of the

branch banks, 95,505,550 f. ; bills and orders
payable at Paris and in the branch banks,
5,490,698 f. 98c.; bills (receipts) payable at sight,
at Paris and in the branch banks, 4,089,108 f.;
Treasury account current creditor (crediteur)
51,372,584 f. 70c. ; current accounts of Paris,
106,806,255 f. 86c. ; current accounts in the
branch establishments, 23,888,114 f. ; dividends
due, 4,217,121 f. ; various discounts and interest
at, Paris and in the branch establishments,
2,815,713 f. ; commission on deposits, 4,353 f.
95c. ; re-discounts during the last half-year at
Paris and in the branch establishments, 1,738,733 f.

2c. ; dishonoured bills, 7, 521 f. 82c. ; sundries;
3,972,000 f. 40c. Total, 920,570,505 f. 83c.
Examined and certified by the vouchers.

The Governor of the Bank of France,
Count d'ARGOUT.

BERLIN, JAN. 9.

According to the Gazette de Koenigsberg, Russia
has declined the mediation of Austria, and accepts

that_ of Saxony. It is stated from Vienna that
Count Nesselrode has declared that the proposi-
tions of the 22d Dec. presented no absolute cha-

ratter, and that Russia admitted modifioations.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
Orders have been given to make preparations ai
Rouen for the immediate arrival of a very large
quantity of gunpowder from the manufactory of
the Bouchet, in order to forward it without delay
to Brest and Cherbourg. Not less than 110,000
tons are to be sent to the former port, and 224,000
to the latter.
The Duke of Cambridge during his stay in Paris
will reside at the Palace of the Tuileries, and Ad-
miral Lyons at the British Embassy.
The triumphal entry into Paris of the two bat-
talions of the 50th and of the three battalions of
the 39th lately returned from the Crimea took
place on Wednesday. General Niel, aide-de-camp
to the Emperor, aid who had directed the works
of attack at the siege of Sebastopol, proceeded to
the Place de la Bastille to meet these brave troops,
as did a battalion of the voltigeurs of the guards,
who had formed part of the same division as the
39th and 50th in the Crimea. At half-past eleven
o'clock, on General Niel having, with several
officers of the Imperial household, placed him-
self at the head of the troops, the column
moved from the Place de la Bastille, and, pro-
ceeding along the boulevards, received just as cor-
dial a welcome from the inhabitants of Paris as
their companions in arms had done on the 29th of
December. The houses were everywhere dressed
out, and cheering, crowns of laurel, and waving of
handkerchiefs greeted the new-comers along the
whole line of march. The column proceeded down ,
the Rue de la Paix, across the PlaceVendome, and
thence, without stopping, to the Place du Carrou-
sel, and through the triumphal arch into the court
of the Tuileries, where after being received by
Marshal Magnan and his staff, they ranged them-
selves in a single line. At one o'clock the drums
beat a salute, and the Emperor entered the court
on horseback, accompanied by Marshals Vaillant
and Magnan, Generals Canrobert, Bosquet, Forey,
and Espinasse, Col. Fleury, the aides-de-camp and
orderly officers of his Majesty, and a detachment of
the Cent Gardes.
The Emperor was received with loud shouts of
" Vive I'Empereur !" and on the Empress appear-
ing on the balcony, repeated cries of " Vive l'lm-
peratrice !" arose. His Majesty rode along the
line, addressing the officers and men in most eulo- i
gistic language, amidst tremendous cheering from ti
the soldiers, and then, on his placing himself in 81
front of the Pavillon de l'Horloge, the troops filed 131
off before him, his. Majesty saluting frequently,
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the Empress waving her hankerchief, and the men
cheering loudly as they passed. The whole pro- dc
ceedings terminated at half-past one. A vast
crowd filled the streets and the Place du Carrousel t n
to witness the passage of tho troops, and every-
thing passed off in the greatest order.
BOIMSE, JAN. 10, Two o'clock.—The uiarket