The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-15 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 4.—On Thursday last,
the 31st of January, the rumour spread all at once
that the Sultan would attend the bat costume at
the Euglish Embassy. •
A 8 o'clock a fire lighted on the heights above
the Imperial Palace of Tcheragan, followed by a
salvo of artillery from Galata Serai, was the signal
that the Sultan had left his palace. A little before
9 he arrived at the gate of the Embassy, escorted by
a detachment of the 12th Lancers, and a guard of
honour composed of British officers of all arms.
At his approach the troops who lined the outer
courtyard presented arms, and the band struck up
the "Sultan's March" and " God save the Queen."
The court itself was illuminated by numerous lamps
and adorned with transparencies, which, however,
owing to the blasts of wind, were only partially
successful.

At the great staircase, which was crowded with
officers of the allied armies and Turkish dignitaries,
the Sultan was received by the ambassador and his
whole personnel. Accompanied by them be passed
amid the crowd of guests who were already as.
sera bled into the ball-room. There an armchair on
a raised dais, covered with carpets, was prepared
for him, to which he was conducted. Having sat
down, with the representatives of the foreign
Powers on one side and the Turkish dignitaries in
attendance, on the other, he had several of the
ladies presented to him. Then the dancing began,
which seemed to excite his interest considerably,
and he stood up in order to have a better view of
the proceedings. After looking on for about an
hour, lie expressed his desire to be shown into the
refreshment-room, where he partook of some slight
refreshment. He intended to return once more to
the ball-loom, but he found the heat too intense ;
so, after remaining in the refreshment-room for
scrme time, his Imperial Majesty took his departure.
Ts king the ambassador by the hand, he descended
the staircase, accompanied in the same manner as
on his arrival, and soon the guns of Galata Serai
announced that he was on his way back. He did
not return to his palace, but passed the night in a
kiosh belonging to his brother-in-law, Ahmed
Fethi Pasha.

This act gains the great importance from the
time at which it happens. It is a kind of sanction
to the concessions which are to be made to the non-
Ma,homedan subjects of the Porte. Old Turkey is
dead and gone ; the ball on Thursday last was the
burial ceremony, and the lively strain of polkas
and waltzes its funeral march.

Ali Pasha, the Grand Vizier, is appointed by the
Turkish Government to proceed to Paris, and he
will embark next week in the French steamer
Ajaccio. The other Turkish member of the con.
ferences at Paris will be Mehmed Bey, the Turkish
Minister of that place. •

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY.
The Conferenceg will open on the 23d of this
month.

Count Baol ought to have reached Strasburg
to-day. He is expected at Paris this evening or
to-morrow morning.
Count Cavour arrived at Lyons to-day, which
place he was to leave immediately for Paris.
Aali Pasha left Constantinople the day before
yesterday. It is thought he cannot arrive at Paris
before the 22d inst.

To day the Bank of France rescinded the mea-
sure reducing to 75 days the maximum of bills
handed for discount, and resolved to re-commence
taking commercial paper of 90 days' date.
BOURSE, Feb. 14.—The following were the clos-
ing quotations :

End of Month.
Cash. ft'. e.
4i per Cents 96 —f. —O.
3 per Cents 73 35 74 5
New Loan 74 25
Bank Shares 3,475 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,580 Austrian
Belgian Five 5........ 97 Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) B9 50 Home Debt

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RAILWAYS-FOB CAM
ft*. C.
ft. 0.
Orleans 1,260 Western B5O
Northern
Lyons ......1,232 50 New Ditto B2O
Mediterranean 1,310 Grand Central 6lO
Lyons Geneva 750 Tests
Cette 745 Austrian Com.