The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-02 00:00:00

TIIE SU LONDON,' WEDNESDAr EV-Elt_iiiti,:"APßlL 2, I 84-6.

Mainder of his life in comparative, -Although in-
gloriouts, ease. But as it is, with hii four task
masts is playing at cross-purposes, hn will be kept
in matinual hot water, and not permitted to
enjory a cruethonr. The matter eventuating—to-
the honour of all parties concerned, the continued
cordiality between the Allies, and the high com-
pliments to the dignity and firmness, as well as
'co the conciliatory conduct of the British Plenipo-
tentiaries, were all matters that might have been
anticipated. But the nation requires• something
more than poinpous platitudes or vague generali-
ties,:however gracefully delivered. It wants the
evidence on which these assertions are founded,
that it may be enabled'to judge for itself of their
tte,curacy, and have adequate data to qualify it to
arrive at correct conclusions.

We protest against this silence as a gross and
deliberate insult to the representative or demo-
cratic system of Government, as being far better
suited to the atmosphere of St. Petersburg, of
'Vienna, or of Berlin, where the expression of the
sovereign will is all that is requited, than ofLon-
don, where the monarchy . is supposed to be
iinsited. It may be essential that the negotia
Lions' should in the first instance be carried on
secretly, without each point being canvassed in
Parliament ; but to state that the mystery is to
be maintained until everything has been finally
and irrevocably 'concluded, and the United. King-
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dom is bound by stipulations on which there was
no or ~,.,. ~.......-..,„ -..ce.......a —1,....,....i ..__-14-14.14r .6frolkileila v 1 up-
nion by either House, is a monstrous" nd'uncon-
stitutional delusion, that should not for a mo-
ment be tolerated. It may do very well under
the German models, to which we are rapidly
assimilating, but it should not be submitted to
by those who arrogate to themselves the proud
title of . freemen., . We trust that some
independent meniber may be, found to give ut-
terance to the general expression of disznst and
indignation at a course so totally opposed to the
very essence of the representative sys'em.
We can easily conceive the grounds on which
the agr'eement for secrecy was entered,,into. To
-the absolute and irresponsible Powers represented
at the Conference it must have been a matter of
profound, indifference when the terms ware an-
nounced to the world. They have no monitors
to whom they hold. themselves accountable, -and
are well aware that peace on any terms, or on
any e.ondilioas, would be acceptable to their sub
jects, butnot so ;n Eugland. It has been More
than hinted that the provisions and stipulations
will be exceedingly clisiasteful to pie British
People—that
.all.the sacrifices of.men . and money
so cheerfully submitted to have been made in
vain—that we end precisely where we begun,
with nothing to show for the lives of tens of thOe-
sands of our gallant countrymen, or -of tens of
millions.of piunds sterling wasted in th© fruitless
entdrprik .; that in fact, as we recently stated, out

victories, and undiminishe,d,resonrces are their own
reward—the defeats of the CZAR, the hisses of
Russia." Now it may be very desirable to let
the time slip by until the public indignation has
consumed itself, so that the results of the an-
nouncement of- the real truth may be disoarqed
at a month's date. Any expression of disappro-
bation *ill be met by the reply, " Oh, you do
not yet know what Las been achieved,, wait fur
azure little time, and then you will have amp!e
'materials for any course ypu, may :,think proper to
.pursue." It was by a similar policy, equally 'cun-
ning and contemptible, that. Sir CHARLES WOOD
contrived to shelve the monetary question, when
the national mind was strongly agitated on the
all-important topic. And the same course is now
adopted, in order that the general cie;seteneura......,
be appeased. If the trick succeed it should have
been attempted yesterday rather than on Monday,
for England will have suffered itself to be most
fully iincl`colcupktely.)?efeolt.d.

(1913trOlarfulsr w' LONDON .REFORM

BILL.

Last night, in the House of -Commons, Sir G.
Grey brought..in the long-,expeeted. bill for the re-
form of the corporate system of the City of London.
The provisions of the measure are, for the most
part, founded, en the !opens Of two commissions,
made respectively in 1837 and 1853, but- occasion-'
ally differ from the recommendations of both.
The nnmber.of.wards in the City will be reduced
fr0m..26, as at present, to 16,.and the number of
aldermen will of course undergo the same diminu-
tion, The 16 aldermen to be elected for six years,
instead, of fur life, anal one-half of the body to re-
'tire -every three years. The police-functions of the
aldermen to cease, and to be vested in stipendiary
magistrates.; but the civil duties of the magistracy
to.retnatin with' the „aldermen.. The_ Court of Al-
dermen, except in reference, to thclie duties, to be
abolished, amid the business of it transferred to the
COrnriiiin Connell.

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Wi di respect to this latter body, it .isproposed
that they should continue .to be elected annually,
but in cmisequence of the reduction in the number
of *ards,the nun..ber ,of common _councilmen will
be'reduced.froin 232 to 96. Toe qualification fur
a Ant:miler to be the possession- of reaVor personal
property to the amount of 1,00tg., 'or a rating of
301. a year. The Common Council to be entrusted
with the election of the superior ;and 'paid:facers
of the corporation, such as the lord mayor, sheriffs;
•andsother officers now al- eel by the Court of Al-
dermen. R-sidence within certain limits, wld the
possession of the .reedoin of the City to be no longer
riecesslryfor the constituents of the Common Coun-
cil. Thu latter to elect, as auditors, three persons
not nierabers.oftheir own body..
Any individual competent to be chosen a com-
mon councilman is to be eligible as- lord mayor,
withoUt the existing nwessity of being previously
an alderman, or of having served the office of sheriff:
The present qualification of slierio to be abolishc4,
,The City -police'is still to remain under the ma-
nagement of the corporation. "
The right of metage Of
,all grain and:otber arti-
(lea, landed within what is technically called "the
poit of London," as well. as the street tolls, to be
abolished. The coal duties are to be allowed -to
expire as the mortgages on, them shall be paid off,
a circumstance which, in the case of the eightpenny
duty—the largest—is calmilated to take place about
the year 1862.

The Lord Mayor's Court and the Sheriffs' Court
are to be amalgamated, and the Recorder to be the
judge, instead of being only assessor to the LOrd
Mayor,' as at present.
The Conservancy of the Thames will be taken
from the corporation, and vested in a hoard com-
posed of the First Lord of the Admiralty, the
Presiclent
,of Board of Tr ids one of the Cum-
missiOnerS of Wqods and Forests, and the Deputy
Maker of the Trinity House.
Suell 4re, the -prinoipil enactments of this import
ant billovhich wns last night read a first tim-,
and the second reading fixed for Monday, the 21st
instant.

FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE OF A GENTLEXAII—Laqt night,
1-hirtly:befure 11 o'clock, the quiet lohabitaats of Mile-
end-road, Stepney, were thr.)wo into a state of painful
exc3emrmtin consequence of the frightful suicide of a
respect Ably-dressed man (who is at present uliknowt ),
who committed self-destruction under the hOowing
shocking circumstances :—Lait night police-constat,de
201 K, while
.on .-duty -in St. Pater's-read, Mile
heard the report,* &eat rrt-i, and Raw a flash of fire oppo-
site tlle entrance to St. Pt•ter's Church, and on ha•ten.-
ing to the spot he foitiul the dectefiited lying upon the
ground-against the iron railing. The heads of the man
was entirely tile an to piec• s by a pistol, which deceased
beld in his right.,hand. Several porti,ma of the skull,
wdritehadtfhaeill::: attached, were lying in the church-yard,
:while the greater portion of the brain and lower jaw %ere
Itinnd Mont three feet from the body. 1 sigtit Na. of
scattered
characteriicr, pieces of flash and h:o d were
en the trees and foot-pavement Wheie the
ilvc7:utpherpeTtrilaetedc.,„ n
tThebte deceasedsprn sprang
placed
tthe
iwllei.'.:Bergeant Curtis-and polica-officer K t-orm la i
ii
auto spot, when , •
oec•-ased was placed on a strsto! er and
geriinveredd tilt:llo,3 :Mite-end workhouse, where Dr. Stony
the the portions .f
the hpa,l in a plate and rensoytd
The police c,tilected the brain avl
the-deivi.h?„
'Be The deceased was dre-oiSd in
tria blue cloth :cost, black;
blie4 lavc.nder-coloured checked
b 660.. rye two jasuite% kilack 4,itk hat,._ and. bleeper
inAtitit ,ot Y4t bleu identified, Au
UQUY. tO•nrerralrf: •

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LATEST _NEWS
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MIRSEILLES, WEDNESIY, 8:15 A:M.i
::.;.'-Tife-Borysthene has arrived, ith ailVides frimi
Constantinople of the 25t1,, ancfrom the Crink&
of the 22d ult. She has brougt 150 soldiers.
Admiral Symonds died on he passage • from
Malta on board the steamer Ni The' boa'', was
landed yesterday evening.

The transport Balance is lemcg Kainiesl.

BERLIN, MARC 31, EVRN4II6
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M. Von Derheydt, who exelises the functions
of President of the Council doing the absence of
M. de Manteuffel, communiated to the two

Chambers the news of the conlnsion of peace.

Count Tulenbourg and Prfice Hohenlohe, in
their -respective quality of Priliderit of' tie Cfiam-
Js4.-'
"her of DePuties and Presiden4 of the Chamber of

Nobles, replied to this commtnication by pointing
out the benefits of the p•icitb policy foilowed by

the King.
Their. remarks were reeeiv)d with loud accla•

mations.

The Imperial Russian ,Guard has received in•
structions to quit Poland, and retire to its usea]

rill arters.

Th. Cho conduct (~f th 04L
cers of tbe Russian army is pioceeding with grea

severity.

The official military paper is filled =with sen.

tences pronounced for various offences agaim

officers stationed in distant parts of the empire..

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received by extraordinary express, in
anticipation of the overlandlnail, our papers from
India and China, bearing the .following: dates
Calcutta, FAi. 22 • Bombay, March 5i and China,
Feb. 15. We subjoin extracts :
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(From the Overland Bombay Times of March 6.)
SUMMARY. —The arrangeinents for theAdmihrs-
tration of the affairs of Oude proceed as tranquilly
and peaceably as if the kingdom annexed a fort-
night since had been one-of the -old 'provinces of
the empire, undergoing a slight transformation in
its organisation. The selections of the new officials
are said to be judicious. There seems no reason to
apprehend but that evsrything will go on smoothly
and auspiciously. The Calcutta "Citizen states that
the number of soldiers whose arrearshave.tor4 paid
up.amount to 70,000, and the sum due to 48,00;000
rupees.' - The amount found in- the' Varionslr'ea-
suries of the Oude kingdom amounts to 28130,001
rupees, which, according to the balances as enteied
iac.the:Treasurer's books, shows a .defalo:ition;; 9t
0,k)0;000 rupees. This allade's to the-curie:at
Fuzlee year. It is suspected that the King, Miniti-
!ter, a aa. Eunuchs have maderaway the
a nontit .and buried it in secret vaults.. A.: veor-large
treasure; Ftai.l to amount to 150,00,000 rupees,
is reported to have been buried between'the,„l.9ol
-and-27th January under some, plum trees in ,the
Palace. Gen. Outrairi, it is asser;eq,:ihas
tl,ken,the bold step of arresting Waji,l Alli Shah
Padslialii as an aecomplce in the sauctien,:of the
Stale frauds. The King's ladies burielalinost
ilieiiiewels three weeks before the annexation. The
Suithalis continue to wander about in the-jungles,
still alarnaing the villagers, hut abstaining *from
'lee, Is of , violence, and it will probably take some
time before they finally settle down. TranqUir-
lity appears to prevail •.along our north-west fron-
tier. •• A somewhat singular but • highly effective
treasure- ,has been bad recourse' to; by Major
Edwardes the Commissioner, to repress 'violence.
In February,' 1855, the robber-tribe of .Bassee-ICail
'burst-forth Upon our villages, andmuriere4'lB of
the people. ' Their glen was accessible only by a
single path; and in place of attackine'4hpea with
'an armed force the gorge was blockaded, and. sup 7
plies of salt and other necessaries cut off, until they
were brought to term .These were, that they
should bring Six thousand tons of firewood—an
article iu which the country abounded, and which

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wan rap.'red by our troop Q..—to the spot where the
outrage was committed. The arrangement was
assented to; bat the task proved so onerous and
irksome that, after being in part performed, pe•-
.mission w s entreated to have the value of the
wood paid in a fine of money. This-was refased,
it being determined to Ic3ep them at hard labotir,
instead, as the punishment that was mist annoy
ing to them, and most likely to prevent. fuiture
outrages 4 Tidings from 'Burinah continue
iatisfactory, 'and 1 r Sound traticitrllity reif;iis
throughout British India. --Nothing has been
heard since our last from the Rersian Gulf, but
there seems no reason to apprehend further mis.-
Undirstandings with the Shah. The reported cap
tura-ofllerat by:the-Per-Sliti§:L-au eveut far. from

being vet ascertaine —seems to have awakened
the usual panic in England which troubks in
Central Asia always anuse. It seeini to be for

g Aten that, were the Russian army at H rtt, a
.three months' march ovt r one of the most difficult
routes in the world requires to be effected before
the Brirish frontier is attained, and that here an;
enemy advancing from the west, withouf guns,:
commissariat, or organisation, beset on .every Side
by ferocious robber tribes thirsting for plunde.i,
would encounter a hundred thousand BritiSh:
I,rm ps in the highest c n lition, .provided with;
every variety of equipment, and, resting on thei.r:
own supplies. It is surely a:frightful-satire on-our.
mismanagement to fsney that the natives- would:
rise in. favour of the invader; :Malcontent-4'
India .are without organisation, without leaderii.",H
without arms, and without money, and so.
thoroughful distrustful of each other that half a
dozen of them coul t not meet without the Cohviati,)n
that there was a traitor in the midst-of thf.m.
The reports' of panic in India; in connection with
Persian 'violence or Russian machinations, or of
military arrangements in progress or in con-
teinplation, likely to be transmitted. by ~this
'„4l),:s until, arc without one: shadow. of -founda-
tion. - Both. the earlier and the latter-rains seem

to have twlti defective everywhere, and' 'serious
apprehensions of a scarcity--which it i 8 hoped will
nut amount to a famine--are entertained. The
advantages of the railway, thoturh not yet a year
in operation, seem to be beginning to manifeit them-
selves in the comtneree of Bengal and Calcutta,
expdrtS having, chiefly on this accOunt, ,increased
considerably, within the last six months. Large
meetings have occurred •within the past, fortnight
is honour of the retiring ,Governor-General, both
bai been sill s3ribed for. Lord Dalhousie resigned
itt..oatcutta and Bombay. At the former, a statue

the reins of 0-,Aternment to Lord Canning on the
29th of February, and will at once leave, India,
proceeding direct to Suez. Sir William Qotnra,

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the-late Cornmander-in-Chiefiiilndia, arrived yes-
terday from Kurrachee, and proceeds by this day's
packet to Europe. .
_ii the gallant veteran has
only received some.htindied ihousand pounds dur-
lug his five yearshiteepia the Himalayas—all of
which he is understood to carry home with him
---it was not to
be supposed lie could afford to
pay his passage to the presidency.l so the steam
frigate Semiramis was, despatched for his service
some six weeks ago, an 1. has been waiting his plea-
sure ever since, at a charge of about some f4OViill
thousand pounds to the state. Some Sad exposures
have just.' taken place as to the dtlusive nature of
the system of education we have of late been 'par.
suing •at the Presidency. This 'treasure, Which
seetned to promise so nitieb,,h4q, fropti Indian j,!b-
1417 simply, been made the means of expending
some fifty thousand a
year on an: extravagantly
paid and inefficint superintendence.. Our money
market is easier than it has been for some time
past, and the state of trade is very much more etv-
v.ouravig. than we have been able to report it for
some mouths bank. • :.-,

COMmer AL REPORT,
Front the Bengal illerkaru.) • '
CALCUTTA, FEB. 22.
The arrival of intelligence from home by the telegraph
has been the cause of limited operations both in our
ports and exports. In the former there is no marked im-
provement as to prices, and in the latter, owing to the light
stock of the principal articles of produce, holders have
shown some firmness in their demands. • •
These has been no change in the money market since the
deprture of the last' mail ; the c,!mmoditv is Procurable
fn' lrgitim ire piirnoßs of trade, hi; still dear, copse.
q 0 ton de high rate 3 of interest main; ained at the dank
of..aung4l

The exchangq on England has gone up since the dew.
tare of the last mail, morn particula,ily on the, receipt of
news from home on the lfilh thet. The present ratesmay
be quoted at 2.2 to 2.24 with credits, and 2.2 k to 2.2 g
with shipping documents.
The public sales of Indigo litva been extensive, and com 4.
2,800 chests, chiefly of up-country produde and
One or two Tirbpot marks still reniain
valefupoarritsievl:y
B a
e;
er.
nlabutr e
is t. is uncertain when they will be brought
forward. There has been no alteration in prices. -

. THE REBELLION IN CHINA.
• CHINA.
the(rzi tteefte,h..a,.„.limail of Pell. 15.)
On relh GOVernal. ent 4j14
to be is Potmkin ($ .60 Falk ilortli:4 tha

•7=7.

Tutigzfze-afangT the enemy confining- himself to
Ithe,..sorith`,Section of the province; which, be it oh-
s-iVed; is con t iguons to Kiang Si. On the right, in
Kiang Sti, if we may trust reports,disease has grL arty
enfee hied the garrison of GI in-keang, whileNanking-
has4i!leitinan:.;attemot to- succour it; its early re-
capture :Would KW therefore surprise aiyone. In the
centre, places hell for eighteen mouth 3 have been
abandeti'fld by the rebels ; the troops moving south
in pure*. Buj a large city in the extreme n r:h
of the province, and, as it were, in rear of thelm-
perialist army, _has been attacked by rebels, styled
of Kiang Nan—so particularised, possibly, to dia.
tinguiatrtheth from local banditti of the same. de-
nomination
.:as those whO Infested Ha Nan some
years !aget-,who. have been ,trofiblesonie and, vic-
torious in different parts of the. province-.
Behind the Yang-tze Kiang, peaking with refer-
ence tb .164 king, towarifs.which we assume the tide
of utetirrection to flow, peace, it is to be feared,
le%s probable than ever. We heard in Atigut4t
OS the Eastern
.King;• Yang's, presence at Hvvui-
iu.Ngan Hvtui : he was then said to be,lead-
ing 60,0Q0 men to Kiang Si. The Gazetteipre-
sently.actilif that the latter province'has been in-
vaded .by rebelafrem' Ngan Hwui •',also by some
&o da/rang-Tung ; dayeeme from liwang. Si,
,who
have fled through Hu Nan itself: Add to,this
'that iti *coil:it-ripply believed- that the pirate., Ho
Altilt, cite of-theleitibra in the attempt on aititon
last win.tl'r, has:puilied through from the east coast
of Kwang Tung.to join the Nanking insurgents in
Kiang Si ; while, if the troops, nowelosing fromnorth
and westlin--Wti chang in -Feb,--compel those
Of that province to retreat, they will, it is to be
expected; for a :certainty retreat on. Kiang..Si. We
may itd.erran conclusion in Chinese matters.
As if Kiang-Si had not.enough to-do, at home, we
read of a detachment of its troops
,crossing its
frontier'and-callitrieg a
_town in the: rebi3l tear..
-body: of_the_CantOn rebels passi g west ail peiiied
in Kwang-ViVithe months-since; and seized the
"---e367 a giti-ohau_• and Kvtang-Tung itself, except
in the cenral-4,i „,,. -
have enforced subinission, is unquiet in the east,
west, and north.'
In the far west of the empire, Kwei Chau has
been invaded by the aboriginal Miaou-tz, who
dwell on its inner borders ; and in Sz Chuen, a
scarcity.of ride- bad caused an outbreak in 'several
districts. Tile Si Fan, western savages, a stand-
ing sore, had heeu tron'iliTig the frontier, and a
very recent rumour has reachedusof a misunder-
standing attended with very serious consequences
between the ,Cliinest3, anti Manchu high officials of
the provinceil The 4/tails pass belief, and forithe
pr@sent wefw#hhold tbem. •
The Chinese arenow returning from their trip
to the ia'Ainistralian diggings. t One-batch of them,
114 in rtniber, per General.BUtnco; brought on, it
is reported; no less than 12,000 oz. of gold—about
nine pounds troyweight for each man.;
Another batch- of them .had taken. passage for
Amov from this port in a. Macao lorcha, Nr. 124,
which, was attstclred and plundered on the Bth inst.
The prior fellOws lost above $5,000.
A third party, of 171, by the Cnmwall, brought
30,0001. wcrth of gold.

P"CQHMERCIAL TNTELLIGENO
!`:IMPORTS.
COTTON' PIECE r/OODF4 shirting& •A decline of
5 h plso n *di= kinds.
COTTON YAgnt.-411.P.b..t,Th- been taken, bat little
inquiry exist¢ at present fur this staple. Priceehhcivi a
COTTO —Trinsattiotis have been small.
A. , tAiS. ;.:18'nerks are
31z raLs.!Lon has still further advanced.
EXPORTS.

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TEAS.—Prieei Lare lower by fully 1 tael. : Steek,:lBB
oh )ps. 4 f which /30 are old, and .53 new crop.' BenchOng
hai met a -dunned, principally for .shipment to
France. Plaini'otatize,:pekek 'the low prides have, enticed
buyers, and fogy 3:0011 half-cheiti have been settled: at
previous fitte4. FAN, taeli 12 t 0,15. . These have been sliipPed
to England a#kthe ted. States., Market bare' of really'
good qualities,land—prices of these descriptions •liavei in
con-equenee,4fltlie preSsure for money, ruled. very loft of
late.

sI .x.—Therd a no chtnge tnnotice. in prices from list
nwnth.

SUGAR.—White shows a rise of 65 cents,on last month's
rates ; sales 1000,peculs. Brown $3.81. to $3:90, auvadceil
10 to 15 cents'. „Thernew crop:is expected to be =aliprV ofi
last yeat'a pro,luction.
EXCHANGE! AND BULLION.--On London, previous to the
Chin =se New Year, considerable transactions took •pinto®,
the ra e advancing from 55.. to ss. 2d., but has again .de-,
dined to ss. 04d.i for first class paper; and American;
credits. East India., Coil ny's Accept el Bills, a:
few sale= ware msie,at R 1228 i ~ Oriental Bank C( rpora-;
Lion, on Lon,,oa tnonths',44.ot, 4s. 11d. ;on Bottioa,-,!
Vire- days' sight, R. 230 i on Calcutta, three days' sight,'
R. 228. .„

SHANGHAI MARKET, Ftn
IMPORTS.—In, cotton ,and other goids there•is,nothing
part ii,ular to notice. _ _

4 ExPortrs.—rln teas the business in the early part of the
month was consicUrable for the time of year, -holders
evint inz considerable anxiety to dispose of their stocks.at
reduced rates ; but on the near approach of the New Year,
more firmness has preysiie.i, and teatnen prefer holding la
tlis expectation of higher rates being offered after the ter-
mination of the holidays. •
SILK —The sales cluringthe month hl.vp how, irr"gular
prices; the accounts by the last mail were considered very
unNyoura,ble, but the necessities of smile noi..tra s, owing to
ch-, no v• approach of their annual settling day, caused them
to give war,, _yet even this has not led to heavy settlements,
and our stock is now reduced to 603 bales. The total ship-
inents to all parti is 31,969 bah* against 31,516 last year.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
M. Fould, Minister of State, went yesterday to
the Senate to make a communication in the name
of the Emperor, At four o'clock the minister was
introduced into the salle with the usual ceremonial,
and read the following message

" Messieurs les SUlateurs,—l come by order of .the
Emperor to announce to you that at one o'clock yester-
day, the plenip rtentiaries of Fran-ie. Austria, Great, Bri-
tain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia,, and Turkey affixed their
s;gna'ure to the treaty which puts an end to Vie present
war, and which, by settling the question of the East,
establi-hes the repose of .E trope on ,q)lid and duruble
bases. Tbe'exCfiange of the rA,tifl;ntions will.take pluo
at Paris in four weeks or sooner, if it can be eff..eteo.
In-- /nuking --this -news known to you, the Emperor
charges me to thank you for the patriotic. co-operatior.
which you haseponstanVy given him, and which, with
the adiniraityle d4votedness of the allied.armies and fleet-
has so ooWerfully contributed to the favourable is,•ue., f
th-- war."

This declaration was hailed by unanimous cries n
Vive lemperettr I The Pr,sidtnit tlign, in the
name of the Senate, acknowledgA the c immuni
cation which had jai: been made by the Minister
of Sate. The honourable minister afterwards prO-
ceede 1 to the f,egnslative Body to make the writ-
&ch. aCon. The Presid-nt of the Legislative
B ,dy a,elcOwledg,d in the usual manaer the
mess ,ge brought, by the Minister of Slate in the
name of his Mistjesty.
By imperial. decrees Count Walewski has been
raised to the rank Of Grand Cross of the Le,ziou of
Honour, in consequence of the emine
.t services
which he has rendered as Minister of Foieign
Aff%irs ; and Baron de Bourcpteney to time dignity
of Senator, for his services during the late diplo-
matic negotiations.

Lieut.
-Col, P. de Valabregue, of the 3d Cuiras-
siers, Equerry to the Emperor, has been named
Colonel of the =6th Hus-ars. The Moniteur con-
tains decrees pronoting six lieutenant-colouels in
the infantry, artillery, and gendarmerie to the
rank of colonel; and seven chefs de battaillon and
d'escadron to that of ie itenant-colonel.
The Emperor has just decided that the soldiers
of the class of 1848, who hid been kept in the ser-
vice until the present time in virtue of the recruit-
ment law of March 21, 1832, shall be dismissed to
their homes. The Minister of War has given orders
for this liberation to take place immediately.
Toe constitutionnel says :—" It is stated that,
in orderWabeelerate and regularise the movement
of the vesielA whioh will be charged to bring
hack to France' the Tie; sons and the stores-of the
French army of the East, Admiral Trehouart will
remain at Kamiesh on board the Bretagne, line-
o€-battle-ship.; Rear Admiral .odet-Pellion will be
stationed at ConSta_ntinonle ; and Rear-Admiral
Pe n a tict wAlll p Fix eed .to Malta, where his flag will
be hoisted on board the Palinure. Capt. Darrieau
will have the command of the French ships at
Messina ,and another officer will fill a similar situa-
tion4a.4lo," •
BOtrasE, 4.pril 1,--:The following were the clos-
ing quotations : .: : , - •
Olisil.!'7 tl• e. End of Month.
44 per Centii..., . iii .. 9.1 --f. --(3.
1 per ()outs ..... ...... 72 25' 72 20 ,
New Loan ..... 1 ...... - '73
Bank Shares..;,,,
„3,500 Roman
,'relit Mohilier . :.....1 -,-6 :5 Ametrian '
Belgian Fiiiee . ... .., 9"4 Spanish Threes
Piednicntese (5)...... 94 • noble Debt

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