The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-23 00:00:00

FOREIGN.

RAILWAYS.

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY ETIINING.
The Emperor yesterday received the reply of the
iKing of the Two Sicilies to the notification of the
i)irth of the Prince Imperial ; a letter of thanks
rfroin the King of Denmark, in return for a service
,
, of Sevres porcelain ; and also a letter addressed to
his Majesty by Prince Orsini.
• The Minister of War has presented the follow-
ing report to the Emperor :
"Sire,—Your Majesty's attention is engaged with
.he preliminary measures to be adopted to reduce the
army from a war to a peace footing. As far as regards
Vie infantry, the first measure appears to me to be the
•,uopres,i,)tx of the 4th battalions of the regiments of
!Infantry of the line and the disbanding of the 101st and
1024 regiments. In fact, these battalions and regiments
were only recently formed, and solely in consequence of
the state of war which is now at an end. The operation
will moreover be very simple, as it will consist, as regards
the suppression of the 4th battalions, in reorganising the
hree other battalions of each regiment with eight com•
[mules instead of six, that is to say to place them on the
.'same footing as they were on before the formation of the 4th
battalions; and as regards the disbanding of the 101st and
102 d regiments, in returning their elements into the
regiments which furnished them, and where they have
,not been yet replaced. The number of officers who will
be thus temporarily unemployed will be reduced to some
-uperior officers and others who formed the staffs of the
battalions and regiments suppressed ; these officers will
remain the less time unemployed that the number of
vacancies which now exist is rather considerable. If
your Majesty approves of this plan, I beg you to sign
Ithe annexed decree.

I " VAILLANT."
The above report is followed by a decree carry-
; ing out the measures recommended by the Minister.
Tile M o niteu r also contains a decree disbanding the
4th regiment of African Chasseurs. The officers of
all ranks will be appointed to the same branch
of the service as vacancies may occur, or into other
regiments, in which latter case they will be in-
demnified for the expense of new regimentals.
Another decree disbands the Ist and 2d foreign.
legions. The men belonging to them may be ad-
'flitted with the rank which they now hold, if
they are naturalised Frenchmen, or make the de-
clarations required by the law, and have served
either in Algeria or in the East. Two other
foreign legions are to be formed in lieu of the
ones disbanded, ono composed entirely of Swiss,
and the other of foreigners of different coun-
tries not Swiss. The officers of the two legion■
lisbanded will be appointed to other regiments
as vacancies may occur if they can serve as French.
men, and if not they will receive an indemnity.
We read in the Monitenr :—" The Emperor, in
his anxiety for the sanitary state of the army of
the East, sent one of his aides-de-camp, General
Lespinasse, to obtain from Marshal Peliesier and
from the French authorities at Constantinople in-
formation as to the causes of the malady which pre-
vailed, and the best means of stopping its progress.
General Lespivasse, who had received the fullest
powers for the accomplishment of his mission, has
just addressed a report to his Majesty. In this
report, the General informs the Emperor that the
epidemic had ceased in the Crimea, and that he has
proceeded to Constantinople to continue his in•
spec! ion."

BOITESE, April 22.—Prides left off as follows:
Cash. fr. a. End oflionth.
It per Cents 94 —f. —C.
i per Cents 74 30 74 40
New Loan —

MBank Shares 3,850 Roman
I 2redit Mobilier 1,727 50 Austrian
Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes
Piedmoutese (5) . 93 - Horne Debt .„,,,,„
BAILwe TS—SOB CA BH.

fr. c. fr. e.
Orleans .. .. 1,400 We5tern............... 91T 50
NTisoro r
..... .. ll
5
Strasburg ........... 1,043 50
i 0 New Ditto..... (x (1) BSS
.:403725
&tediterranean 1,640 Grand central
7U 25
Lyons Geneva BO5 Teste
Gott° 7BO Austrian Com. ...... 940

RUSSIA.
A telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg,
dated the 21st inst., announces that Count Orloff
has been appointed President of the Council of
State and the Council of Ministers, in the place
of M. Tchernitcheff, who retires on account of his
advanced age.
The Emperor Alexander returned to St. Peters.
burg from Moscow on the 14th inst.
The Persian Ambassador Extraordinary, Abbas-
Kouli-Khan, had left St. Petersburg, mid the
Sartip Kassim Khan had been installed as regular
Ambassador from the Shah to the Czar.