The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-20 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The Nord, of Brussels, contains a letter frpm
Berlin, which says : —"I have heard in well-informed
circles rumours of the partial mobilisation of two
corps d'armee having been ordered. Our mili-
tary organisation requires that course of pro-
ceeding in cases of military operations on a
large scale. Each corps d'armee is composed of
4 regiments of infantry and 4 of cavalry, of a regi-
ment of artillery, one of infantry of the reserve, a
battalion of riflemen, and a detachment of pioneers
—altogether a force of 21,000 men ; but on being
mobilised 4regiments of infantry and 4 of cavalry of
the landwehr are added to the corps d'armee, and
it thereby becomes 36,000 strong. lam assured
that several battalions of carbineers, which are
equal to the best troops of that description in
Europe, will form part of the expedition. Be cer-
tain that at this moment the plan of a military ex-
pedition is positively settled, and that it will be
carried out with rapidity, unless indeed incidents
of another kind should happily occur to prevent
the effusion of blood."

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

The Emperor yesterday received Count de Hatz
feldt, the Prussian Minister, who delivered to his
Majesty a letter from kis sovereign, thanking him
for the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The
Emperor has received a letter from the Grand
Duke of Tuscany, notifying the marriage of the
Archduke Ferdinand, Hereditary Grand Duke of
Tuscany, to the Princess Ann, daughter of the
King of Saxony.
On the Ist January, on the occasion of the new
year, the Emperor will receive in the morning the
diplomatic corps and the constituted bodies. On
the 2d the Emperor and Empress will hold a grand
reception at nine o'clock in the evening of the
ladies of the diplomatic corps, and of such others
as had been already presented to their Majesties.
The ladies will have to wear full court dress.
The Prince of Prussia leaves Paris, it is said, on
Sunday. At a recent dinner given at the Prussian
embassy, Prince Frederick William proposed a
toast to " the duration of friendship between
Prussia and France."

The Patric thus takes notice of the possibility of
a new war between England and Russia :
Russia, who has prorni,ed Persia effective support in
case of an attack, sees perhaps without repugnance an
opportunity, if not to take revenge upon one of the
Powers that took part in the siege of Sebastopol, at least
to show that the colossal war from which she has just
emerged has not rendered her impotent to act in favour
of an ally. Whatever foundation there may or may not
be for these ,conjectures, we cannot but perceive the
gravity of the Persian question ; and while we still
maintain that the apprehension of a march of the Russo-
Persian forces towards the north-west of India is purely
fantastical, we would not take upon ourselves to affirm
that a rencontre between the Comp oly's troops and the
Russian regiments, somewhere about the banks of the
Persian Gulf, is absolutely beyond the bounds of proba-
bility."

BOURSE, Dec. 19.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4i per Cents
3 per Cents 66 55 66 95
New Loan —

Bank Shares 4,150 Roman (x d)
Credit Mobilier 1,455 50 Austrian
Belgian Fives 97i Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) 9l 50 Home Debt

RAILWAYS-FOR CASH.

fr. c. fr. c
Orleans 1,312 50 Western
Northern 932 50 Strasburg
Lyons 1,370 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,750 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva,; — Teste
Cette