The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-28 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

"Letters from St. Petersburg," says the Cor-
riere Italian° of Vienna, " announce that the
Russian Government is adopting very extensive
measures for the re-organisation of its southern
provinces, particularly the Crimea and the coun-
tries on the shores of the Black Sea and the Sea
of Azoff. Considerable activity prevails in pre-
paring light vessels fit for the navigation of those
waters. The Emperor has given his approval to
the creation of a weekly journal under the title of
the Actionnaire, to be published in the capital,
for the purpose of imparting theoretical informa-
tion relative to associations and companies, of
exciting general competition, and by that means
of contributing to develope fresh branches of
industry. Upwards of 40,000,000 silver roubles
are at present devoted to joint-stock companies in
the Russian empire."

The New Prussian Gazette of the 23d says :---
" It is now certain that England has consented to
the meeting of the second congress, which will
definitively settle the question of the frontiers of
Bessarabia."

A letter from Vienna of the 23,1, in the Nord
of Brussels, says :—" If we may believe reports
which are now current important changes will
shortly take place in the highest functionaries of
the State. It is said that the Emperor will at
last yield to the entreaties of Marshal Radetzky
to be allowed to retire from active service. The
Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, the future hus-
band of the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, will
be named Viceroy of Italy, at the same time re-
taining his present functions of commander-in-
chief of the navy. Count Giulay will assume
the military command in the Lombardo-Venetian
kingdom. Baron de Krauss will be appointed
first President of the Supreme Court, and the
portfolio of Justice will be given to Baron de
Burger, now Civil Governor of Lombardy."

The Nord of Brussels, the Russian organ, de-
clares that several journals have gone entirely too
far in affirming that Russia has yielded on the
question of the Isle of Serpents or on that of
Bolgrad. That power, it is stated, has not
changed her manner of regarding the Boigrad
difficulty, and is quite willing to refer the matter
to the decision of a congress, whose decision she
will abide faithfully ; but she has no intention of
admitting that the opinion of any one power
should be paramount ; and, consequently, she
refuses to allow that England can arrogate to her-
self the right of representing the congress, and
deciding in its name. The Nord adds that, on
the latter point, France is altogether of the same
opinion as Russia.

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post
(second edition) says :
" The information I have received from foreign
Courts, together with the language employed in
certain diplomatic circles of Paris, leads one to
conclude that there exists a strong desire just now
to see Lord Palmerston out of office. The
foreign policy of our Government under the pre-
sent Premier's inspiration, I need scarcely remind
you, is by no means acceptable to many Euro-
pean Courts. It is too English, too Liberal,
too unbending, and not sufficiently easy of de-
ception. From the moment Lord Palmerston came
into office a thrill of alarm ran through the Con-
tinental Cabinets, because it was known the
union of France and England would change the
nature of relations in every direction, and might
lead to the most serious results for retrograde
Governments. The Emperor Napoleon is equally
dreaded, but for other reasons. The only consola-
tion, therefore, of some Continental Courts was
the conviction that France, as now governed,
would act as a check on the policy of England
abroad. It was for this purpose that the Em-
peror of the French was, and no doubt is, con-
tinually reminded of "Republicanism" and
"revolution," and the necessity of observing groat
moderation, in order that popular excitement may
not be encouraged by the endeavours which may
be made to improve the governing system in such
States as Rome, or Naples, or Greece."

The Paris correspondent of the Times (second
edition), dated Nov. 27, says :
" Several changes are about to be made among
the prefects of departments. The Minister of the
Interior has, it is said, decided on the step, and
he deserves credit for his decision. The measure
will extend to about 30 of those functionaries,
the great majority of whom will be transferred
from the departments now administered by them
respectively to others, and the rest will be placed
on the retired list, some at their own desire
others probably at that of the Government. The
changes may not be so numerous as the urgency
of the case requires, but it is certainly a step iu
the right direction.
" An article will appear to-morrow in the Con-
stilutionnel relative to the question of Neuchatel.
It may be considered as semi-official. It counsels
the Swiss Confederation to accede to the release
of the prisoners, and it expresses the conviction
that Prussia will not then refuse to negotiate with
a view to the abandonment of her pretensions to
sovereignty over the canton. It admits the mo-
deration of Prussia, and while admitting her right
of adopting measures of coercion, it expresses the
hope that such measures will not be had recourse
to. In a word, it expresses what I presume is
the policy of the French Government, and whieh
I have already explained."

The Berlin correspondent of the Times (Second
Edition), in a letter dated Nov. 26, says :
"The Swiss Confederation has, as you know
refused to liberate the Neuchatel prisoners
unconditionally and as a preliminary to nego-
tiation ; it is now for the King of Prussia to
make the next move on the board. In con-
formity with the contents of my letters of the
19th and 20th instant, I still hold out to you
that the King of Prussia will resort to no
military or other measures of violence ; he will
now apply through his diplomatic agents at the
Courts of the different States, parties to the Lon-
don Protoeol of 1852, and urge ou them, in
virtue of that instrument, to take the necessary
steps to bring the Swiss Confederation to acknow-
ledge his sovereign rights in Neuchatel, and the
acknowledgment here sought for will snore-
over be required to extend only to the abstract
rights of sovereignty, without any practical
consequences being attached thereto. Whether
he will in any way seek to interest them, or
himself take any further steps, in favour of the
prisoners lam not able to pronounce with any
positiveness of conviction. I apprehend that
in the presence of the late unanimous refusal
of the Federal Council he will await the result
of the judicial proceedings before taking any fur-
ther step in that matter. If conferences be a
suitable occasion for settling such a masa litis, as
this Neuchatel affair is, there will probably soon
be an opportunity of bringing it before them, for,
as I hear, Austria has withdrawn her opposition
. to the re-opening of the Paris Conferences with

a view to the settlement of the Bessarabian
frontier difference, and our Cabinet has at any
rate entered into negotiations with a view to their
being held.

"The report in Paris that the Neapolitan Govern.
meat had applied to this, the Prussian, Government
for its mediation or intervention between it and
those of England and France, is doubtless founded
on the fact of the official business of the Neapolitan
Embassy and Consulate having been undertaken by
the Prussian Minister and Consul ; nobody here
knows anything of such an application having been
made, and nobody doubts that, if made, Prussia
would decline to have anything to do in the matter.
"According to advices received from Galatz, un-
der date of the 13th inst., the French sloop Alerte
had already, in compliance with the resolutions
passed at the first sitting of the Danubian Navigation
Commission, taken up her station near the Algani
banks, for the purpose of restoring something like
order among the trading vessels there, seeing that
up to that moment the captains and masters of ve-
sels were entirely at the mercy of the pilots and
lightermen, who were under no control at all, and
were grossly extortionate. It remains also a settled
thing that a Turkish steamer shall work a dredging
machine there, and it is confidently believed that it
will be found no very difficult task to get rid of

the Algani bank altogether ; one good thorough
dredging of the Algani Channel, and the closing of
another that opened into the Sulina arm from the
Russian side, will, it is believed, effect the object.
The Commission had that same day set off to
examine the St. George and Kilia channels."

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Nov. 25.

There is no news.

Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress went
on board the war steamer Elizabeth at 7 o'clock
this morning, and left Trieste for Venice.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THU RSDAY.

A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor
presided, was held yesterday morning at the Palace
of St. Cloud.
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The Moniteur contains a decree extending, unt
it shall be otherwise ordained, the application of
Art. 5 of the decree of the 16th March, 1852,
relative to nominations and promotions in the
Legion of Honour. The article in question decreed
that as the number of knights, although unlimited,
is becoming too considerable, only one nomination
for two extinctions should be made among civilians
until 1856. The number of officers is fixed at
4,000, commanders 1,000, grand officers 200, and
grand crosses 80.
Another decree makes a further number of ap-
pointments in the upper ranks of the judicial ad-
ministration and nominations of interpreters to the
law courts, in different parts of Algeria.
"It is stated," says the _Assemblee Nationale,
" that the Russian Government is about to send to
Paris as an attache to the embassy of Count Kisse-
leff, Prince Jousoupoff, who is married to the
daughter of Count de Ribeaupierre, who had mar-
ried a niece of the famous Potemkin. Prince
Jousoupoff is young and possesses an immense for-
tune. He has been ordered to keep up great state,
and he has already sent orders to rent a large
house, and to furnish it in the most splendid
style."
BOURSE, Nov. 27, Two o'Clock.—Reute has ob-
tained a fresh advance, the bears having been
obliged to continue purchasers. There haw been a
report current that the Bank of England would
lower its rate of discount to 6 per cent. for 60 days'
bills ; but many doubts are entertained as to the
intention of the Bank of France to enlarge imme-
diately its conditions and accept 75 days' bills.
Threes have been done at 68f. 70c., and after a re-
action to 681. 50c., rallied to 68. 85c. Mobilier
varied from 1,435 f. to 1,460 f. Lyons in demand
at 1,330 f. ; Orleans at 1,280 f. ; Northern at 9551. ;
Western at 780 f. Half-past Three—The market
continued buoyant to the close, when the following
were the last quotations :

Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4 per Cents
3 per Cents '63 85 68 85
New Loan
Bank Shares 3,'985 Roman

Credit Mobilier 1,460 Austrian
Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) — Home Debt

RAILWAY S-FOR CASH.

... _.
Orleans 1,280 Western
Northern 950 Strasburg
Lydns 1,310 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,725 Grand Central ....... 600
Lyons Geneva
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