The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-17 00:00:00

" IMPERIAL MANIFESTO.

" It has pleased Divine Providence to crown the
efforts of the throne and of the nation by concluding
the war with a satisfactory peace, and one which is
consistent with the rights and interests of our
crown, and the treaty of peace having been ratified
by us we have ordered it to be published.
" The soldiers of our armies, of all grades, called
to the defence of the country, have fulfilled their
duties throughout the war so gloriously ended,
with heroic valour, noble resignation to the evils
inseparable from war, and exemplary discipline
and. obedience, causing the Ottoman arms to shine
with brighter glory, and immortalising their names
by filling the best pages of the history of our age
with the exploits of their heroism. Let them re-
ceive the proof of our Imperial satisfaction. Never
shall we cease to offer prayers on their behalf.
" All our subjects, without distinction or excep-
tion, in rendering these strikingservices, have shown
the same sentiments of fidelity and love to the
throne and country. The functionaries of all classes
and the notables of communities generally, have
exhibited the noblest emulation, and have well
performed their duty in executing the orders of the
Government. They have merited our high ap-
probation.

"Iu order that this happy peace which we have
obtained may be turned to the profit of our coun-
try, all classes of our subjects should continue to
be bound together by the ties of patriotism ; and I
trust that all our functionaries will show the
greatest possible zeal in realising in an efficacious
manner, conformably to my immoveable intention,
the organisation and melioration of which, with
the assistance of Divine Providence, I have laid the
bases.

" I hope, by the goodness of the Almighty, and
the aid of my people, that our country and nation
will thus gain more glory and grandeur in the
world by its progress in prosperity and happiness.
"The proofs of friendship and good will shown
us Gn this occasion by our august allies will never
be forgotten. The remembrance thereof will be
treasured for ever in the Ottoman heart ; and the
names of their heroic soldiers who have shed their
blood for our cause, and have covered themselves
on the field of battle with an immortal glory, will
have the same place in our history as in their own.
"Having decreed the publication of the general
Treaty of Peace, we order also that this token of
our Imperial satisfaction be transmitted to all.
" Given at cur Imperial Divan, in the last days
of Chaban, 1272" (April, 1856).

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
The Grand Duke Ferdinand Maximilian arrived
in Paris yesterday evening at six o'clock by the
Strasburg railway. Prince Napoleon received his
Imperial Highness at the terminus, and accompa-
nied him to St. Cloud. With the Grand Duke
had returned Baron de flubuer, the Austrian am-
bassador, the Dake de Tarente, one of the cham-
berlains of. the Emperor, and the Duke de Cadore,
orderly officer to the Emperor, who will be attached
to his Imperial Highness during his stay in France.
A battalion of the Voltigeurs of the Guard and a
battalion of infantry of the line wore drawn up
within the court of the station, and paid the usual
military honours. Several of the court carriages
were in waiting. The cortege, escorted by a de-
tachment of the Guides, passed along the Bou-
levards, and up the Champs Elysees. On reach-
ing the palace of St. Cloud, the Archduke was
received by the Duke de Cambaceres, grand master
of the ceremonies, and the Duke de Bassano, grand.
chamberlain. The Emperor met his illustrious visi-
tor at the top of the grand staircase, and led him
to the salon, where the Empress awaited his arri-
val. His Imperial Highness is accompanied in his
visit by General Count do Mensdorff-Pouilly, his
grand master ; Captain Count Bela de Hadik,
chamberlain to the Emperor of Austria; M. de
Copmans, of the Austrian navy, orderly officer to
his Imperial Highness • Baron de Pont, Aulic
secretary ; M. Scherzenlechner, his private secre-
tary ; and Dr. Trogher, his physician.
The Moniteur publishes the following report to
the Emperor from the Minister of State, relative
to the formation of a pension fund for the artists
of the Grand Opera :
" Sire —So long as the management of the Im-
perial "Sire,—So
of the Opera has been confided to
the Civil List, the artistes and employes attached
to that national establishment have enjoyed retiring
pensions, intended to protect their old age against
the effects of improvidence or misfortune ; and from
1804 ito 1830 they were admitted, in virtue of a
special regulation, to reap the benefits of the tute-
lary arrangements adopted by the State) for the
remuneration of civil services. The regime of the '
establishment having ceased by the effect of the
decree of the 29th June, 1854, and the director of
the opera having been replaced within the attribu-
tions of the Imperial Civil List, your Majesty, in
your paternal solicitude for the persons employed
in that establishment, decided that the artistes and
employes should also enjoy the benefits of the re-
turn to the old state of things, and that their con-
dition should be ameliorated by their obtaining re-
tiring pensions—pensions obtained without any
reduction in their salaries, which, before 1830,
were nevertheless much lower—and without any
sacrifice being imposed beyond the regular stoppage
of 5 per cent. In consequence, and in order to We regret to learn that Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence
conform to the commands of your Majesty, I hal e has been seized with another paralytic attack, at Sir
George Wombwell's s, sat, in Yorkshire. The attack,
pension fund fur the Imperial Theatre of the Opera, the honour of proposing the creation of a speea,
which
serious was a very one, occurred on Thursday. It
I was currently reported last night in London that intelli-
The dutation of this fund, which will be managed t genet, of its fatal termination bad been received.

A letter from Florence in the Intlependance
Beige says :—" The Grand Duke of Tuscany has
positively refused to conclude the Concordat so
anxiou,ly insisted upon by the Holy See. Florence
is overjoyed at this, and the Grand Duke on his
return here is to be received with a most striking
ovation. Such manifestations sufficiently prove
the sentiments of the Tuscan people."

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

ISOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.
By the Royal Mail steam-ship Parana, Captain
Wilson, with the West India and Pacific mails.,
we have .dates from Jamaica, April 27th ; Deme-
rara, 26th ; Trinidad, 27t1 ; Barbadoes, 28th ;
St. Thomas, May Ist.
The Parana brings 137 passengers, $900,000 in
specie, $23,000 value in precious stones, &c., and
the usual cargo.
Intelligence from Nicaragua, by telegraph, via
Panama, states tliat Greytown was blockaded by the
British ship Eurydice on the 20th ult. The steamers
Isabel and Charles Morgan had reached Greytown
from New Orleans, and landed 500 men for Walker.
A brio. from New Orleans was expected at Grey-
town °for Walker, and would be stooped on her
arrival by the Eurydice. The United States steam-
ers Fulton and Merrimac, with her Britannic Ma-
jesty's steamer Termagant, were daily expected,
with two Freuc:i ships, to join the blockade. In
the Santa Rosa fight Walker lost 26 men, and
Costa. Rica 15 men. and 4 officers.
President Mora invaded Nicaragua with 2,500
men, and was to attack Walker in Rivas about the
19th ult. 2,000 men left Cogatipeque, Salvador,
on the 14th, to help Costa Rica.
The West India Islands are reported healthy, but
in many places the young canes suffered from want
of rain.