The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-02 00:00:00

r jll SeN,, LONDON, SATURDAY EVRNENG, JANUARY 2, 158

LATEST NEWS

AUSTRALIA.

MALTA, JAN. 1.

The steam-ship City of Sydney arrived at Suez
on the 27th of December, with the mails, 22
passengers, and 199,5671. in gold.
We understand that the City of Sydney will
convey to Australia the mails, passengers, ttre., ex
Teviot, which left Southampton on the 12th of
December.

The Cydnus arrived at Marseilles on the 31st
ult. with accounts from Constantinople to the 23d.
The steamer brings 2,500,000 fr. The reconcilia-
tion between Reschid. Pacha and M. Thouvenel
has given great satisfaction to the Sultan, who
has testified his feelings to that effect to the Pacha.
The official visit of the Frenah Ambassador to
the Turkish Minister will take place very shortly.
The divan of Wallachia has been dissolved, and
that of Moldavia will very shortly be so. Nail,
Ernie, the Circassian chief who had been sent to
reside at Damascus, has fled from that city.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
Being New Year's-day, the Bourse and public
offices aro closed.

A decree in the Moniteur promotes General
Charon to the rank of Grand Cross in the Legion
of Honour ; Generals Alexandre, Noel, Foy, Le-
mairo, and Delhorme, and M. Petitet, director of
the accountant's office at the Ministry of War, with
41 years' service, and councilor of State, to that of
Grand Officer ; 13 other generals and superior
officers to that of Commander, 23 to that of officer,
and nominates 272 officers of different ranks and
non-commissioned officers and privates to that of
Knight. Another dedree promotes 4 captains in
the navy to the rank of Commander, 12 naval
efficers of different ranks to that of officers, and
nominates 70 officers and non-commissioned officers
of the navy and marines to that of Knight.
Generals of Brigade de Fririon and Le Bceuf
have been promoted to the rank of general of divi-
sion, and Colonels Baret de Louvray, Neigre, de
Maud'huy, Etienney, Lenole!e, Oriaune, de Cam-
biaire, D'Aboville, Guiod, Chabord, and Goury,
to that of general of brigade.
By order of the Emperor renewals of temporary
furloughs were granted yesterday all over France to
soldiers of the classes of 1851, 1852, 1853, and
1854. The first renewal of these furloughs took
place ou 30th June last.

M. Collet-Meygret has been nominated receiver-
general of the department of the Orne.
In conformity with the ministerial instructions
of the 4th of June last, which prescribed that for
the future the accounts of the savings banks of all
France shall he closed each year on the day afc( r
the last Sunday in December, the Paris establish-
ment has just balanced its accounts, which give
the following results :
" The number of depositors is at present 326,221, The
year 1857 has witnessed a diminution of 1,161,742 f. in
the total of the sums deposited, since, having been on
the let January 45,771,9851., it is new only 44,607,244 f.
But it is only right t) observe that this. diminution
arises solely from the change of destination given to an
important portion of the depositors' funds. The pur-
chases of State stock, effected either at their request, or
ce officio according t,) regulations laid down by law, ab-
sorbed a sum of 3,832,052 f. It therefore appears evi-
dent, from the aggregate cf the facts collected by the
savings bank, that hitherto the 'commercial and indus-
trial crisis has not pressed as heavily as might have
been apprehended on the working classes of the capital ;
and everything leads to, the expectation that less un-
favourable circumstances will soon permit the greatest
number of them to enter on, or continue in, the path
of economy. A cheering symptom, and which ought
not to pass by unnoticed, is that, notwithstanding
the difficulty of existing circumstances, the number of
depositors has increased during the year 1857 by nearly
8,000 persons, as in place of 221,375 on Jan. 1, there
are now 225,2111. The accounts for the Paris estab-
lishment for the past year may be thus summed up : 1
It his received, Ist, in 250,715 deposits, 33,227 being
new, the sum of 23,588,0531. ; 23, in 1,300 transfers
from the provincial savings banks, 650,5451. ; 31, in
11,000 sums of interest on rcnte belonging to deposi-
tors, 152,5591. It has, besides, capitalised for depositors
sums of interest amounting to 1,441,103 e. Per contra,
it has reimbursed, Ist, to 90,525 depositors of whom
28,447 were paid off, the sum of 22,669,557( ; 21, has
male 1,097 transfers to departmental bsske, amounting
to 440,351 f. ; and 3d, has disbursed 3,832,0521. iu pur-
chasing 182,2331. of rents for 5,488 depositors. Lastly,
it owes, at the end of 1857, the sum of 44,607,2441. to
226,221 depositors."

The ratification of the treaty for settling the
limits of the Turco-Russian frontier in Bessarabia
were exchanged yesterday at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.

A Paris letter, in the Nord of Brussels, states
that Ferukh Khan, the Persian envoy, has ob-
tained the authorisation of the French Government
to engage 22 French officers to assist in the reor-
ganisation of the army of the Shah,
but they will
not leave France until after the departure of the
ambassador.