The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-05 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Emperor and Empress yesterday gave a pri-
vateEctnhoi
Emperor
tpepclreaa
of
fo
the einiin g 0 f
the
d'Ottajano
Count de Ilatzfeld, the Prussian mi-
,lllnadtimehiedbone:former, being charged to deliver to the
rye
Two Sicilies, ac-
res. a private letter written by his Sovereign
on the occasion of the attempt of the 14th ult., and
Majesty's congratulations verball.
d'Ottajano were the Commander
t\vvetiertxhs
aperepe,srsi
nlciei s
the Chevalier Fulgori, and the Duke
Furneri-Imbert. The Emperor received oda° a
letter of congratulation from the Grand Duke of
Oldenburg.
A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor
presided,
was held yesterday at the Tuilleries.
The First President Delangle has been appointed
reporter of the committee on the senatus-consultum
having for object to require an oath of allegiance
from persons
proposing themselves as candidates
Cr a scat in the Legislative Body.
The Moniteur publishes three decisions from
Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, relative to
military service :--
" The first fixes at I,Boofr. the sum to be paid
for exemption by young men comprised in the
contingent of the class of 1857. The second fixes
the conditions for re-enlistments. Those for seven
years will give a right to the sum of 1,500 f., of
which 200 f. are payable at the time of re enlist-
ment; 300 f., either at the same period or during
the time of service, as may be fixed by the council
of administration of the corps ; and I,ooof. at the
expiration of the term. The party re-enlisting
has also a right to the
pay of 10e. a day. Re
enlistment for less than seven years will give a
•
rigts.t, up to 14 years' service, to a sum of 150 f.
for each year's- re-enlistment-25f. payable at the
c)mmencement ; 25f. during the course of cur-
`nee ; and 100 f. at the expiration of the term,
and also to the ay of 10c. a day. After 14 years'
service that pay will be increased to 20c. Volun-
tary re-enlistment after liberation frAn the service
will give the same advantaes as those above speci-
fied. The third decree fixes the sum to be paid
by soldiers now serving, but who are desirous of
being discharged at 350 fr., for each year remaining
of their term." _

A Paris letter in the Nord, given some details
relative to the Privy Council. It says :
" It Was at first intended to nominate a consi-
derable number of persons members of the Privy
Council and to give them important atttibutious.
But the Emperor decided on selecting only repre-
sentatives of tlie church, the army, and the three
great bodies of the State ; and that is why Cardinal
Morlut, Marshal the Duke do Malakoff, and

MM. Troplong, de Morny, and Baroche have been
nominated. By his high functions as Minister of
State, M. Fould had naturally a place in the coun-
cil ; and as to M. do Persigny, a personal friend
of the Emperor, honoured by his confidence in
exile as well as on the throne, every one has under-
stood the choice of the Emperor. According to
the Imperial message, the privy council will only
have very restricted attributions, which areT cguely
described by these words, "It shall be consulted on,
the great affairs of the S ate, and shall prepare
itself by the study of the duties and necessities of
government, for the important part the future may
reserve to it.' That part will begin on the accession
of an Emperor under age, and then the
privy council will be transformed into a
council of regency. B•dt then all the ac-
tion of the government will be concentrated
in the hands of the Empress, and of the council of
ministers. The two French Princes nearest in the
order of succession, who in virtue of the Imperial
decree are to be called on to form part of the coun-
cil of regency, are Prince Jerome and Prince Napo-
leon. In default of the Empress, the regency will
be exercised by Prince Jerome, and after him by
Prince Napoleon. The presence of the Duke de
Malakoff in the council explains why he has not
been nominated to one of the great military com-
mands in the departments—the marshal, in the
eventualities foreseen, not being able to leave the
seat of government.
THE 13oriRsE, Feb. 4.--The following were the
closing quotations:—

4i per Cents 95
Do. end month — --

3 per Cent. ..... 69 10
Do. end month 69 40
Bank Shares .

Credit Mobilier 960
Do. Account 957 59

RAIL'
Orleans
Northern

New Ditto BO2l,

Lyon 'and Mediteran. 8721
New Ditto 8374
Geneva

sP.

Credit Fancier
Belgian 44
Piedmontes© (5) —
Roman B3A
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt •

Midi
Western 6864
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

The Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrive 3.
In the Congress, the previous day, the debate on the
address in reply to the speech from the throne was
continued, but it presented nothing remarkable. In
the gating of the 30th, M. Bravo Murillo, amidst
marks of great interest, proceeded to address the
chamber. Ho said that he should support the ad-
dress, as, when residing abroad, he bad formed
the resolution not to oppose any ministry govern-
ing on : conservative principles. As to the
reform of the constitution, respecting which
many questions had been put to him, he said that
he could not exprtss any opinion, inasmuch as he
was not a minister, ana it would be ridiculous in
him to say by anticipation wh%t he should do in the
event of his becoming one. He was speaking whea
the post left. The new minister of marine, M.
Quesada, having arrived at Madrid, the ad interim,
administration of the department by the Minister
of War had ceased.

STRAND TEBATRE.

Mr. Leicester Buckingham's new farce, "A Pleasant
Time of'lt," is an amusing trifle, which fully merits the
approval with which it has been 'greeted. The plot. is
ingenious, the situations very amusing, and the
dialogue abounding in fan. The story of the
piece. turns upon the 'di=sagreeable dilemmas in
which one Felix Frank:l:l.:go is placed, by
slaking and losing his lliberty in a game at
cards with a lidy whom La 01. c minters in his journey-
ing, and who forthwith employs him to resctic
her spouse from one Nancy Noggs, a damsel of the coro,
de ballet. Mr. Buckingam played Frankpledge wltti
much' ease and animation, and Mils Craven imparted to
her performance of the danseuse all the grace and
vivacity which invariably characterises her efforts, and
are rapidly making her au established favourite with the
public.

THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN.

The following is an extract from the Board of
Trade Aleteorol )gicll Journal kept by Capt. Har-
rington, of the ship Castilian, from Bombay for
Liverpool :
" Ship Castilian, Dec. 12, 1857, north-east end
of St. fielena, bearing north-west, dis-
-tame 10 miles.

"At 6 strong breezes and cloudy, ship
sailing about 12 miles per hour. While myself and
officers were standing on the lee side of the poap,
looking towards the island, we were startled by the
sight of a huge marine atnitnal which roared its head
out of the water within 20 yards of the ship, when
it suddenly disappeared for about half a minute
and then made its appearance in the same manner
again, showing us distinctly its neck and head about
10 or twelve feet out of water. Its head was
shaped like a long nun buoy, and I suppoie the
diameter to have been 7 or 8 feet in the largest part,
with a kind of scroll, or tuft of loose skin, encir-
cling it about two feet from the top ; the water was
discoloured for several hundred feet, from its head,
so much so that on its first appearance my impres-
sion was that the ship was in broken water, pro-
duced, as I supposed, by some vole uric agency
since the last time I passed the isllnd, but the
second, appearance completely dispelled those fears,
and assured us that it was a monster of extraor-
dinary length, which appeared to be moving slowly
towards the land. The ship wal going to 9 fast to
enable us to reach the mast-head in time to form a
correct estimate of its extreme. length, but from
what we saw from the deck we conclude that it

must. have been over 200 feet long. The boatswain
and several of the crew who obstftvel it from the
topgall.nt forecastle, state tha'; it was more than
double the length of the ship, in which case it must
have been 500 feet ; be that as it may, I am con-
vinced that it belonged to the serpent tribe ; it wail
of a dark colour ab)ut the head, and was covered
with several white spots. Having a press of can-
vass on the ship at the time I was unable to round
to without risk, and therefore was preclurlea from
getting another sight of this leviathan of the deep.
" GEORGE HENRY HARRINGTON, Commander)
" WILLIAM DAVIES, Chief Officer.
"EDWARD WHEELER, Second Officer."

LETTER FR93I INDIA.

The following extract from a private letter throws
light ou the state of affairs on the southern ken
tier of Onde

AZIMGHUR, DEC. 22.

The district is now quite quiet, 4,,a I trust we
shall not be interfered with by the rebels any more.
We are catching lots of Sepoys running away to
their homes from Lucknow ; they are all laden
with rupees and gold mohurs, which of course are
divided between the captors and government.
The Sepoys disguise themselves as villagers,
Fakeere, and other characters ; but the police are
very keen. Last week they caught six men, who
collectively possessed 1,250 rupees worth of gold
and silver, in rupees and mohurs. They will he
hanged. Yesterday six more men were caught dis-
guised as villagers ; they said they had been looted
(robbed) by villagers, but we found 300 or 400 ru-
pees on them. The case of one man was doubt-
ful ; he said he went into Oude with money to buy
bullocks and had been robbed, but on examining
him we found the marks of eight leech bites on his
left side ; he said they were the marks of a lancet,
but he looked very foolish when the marks were dis-
covered ; but do what they will they are sure to be
discovered somehow or other, either by the contents
of letters or some zelic of their Sepoy profesteon
found on them. General Franks is new in this
district marching on here with a wing of her Ma-
jesty's 13th and four guns, two companies Madras
Native Infantry. Jung Bahadoor is at Segowlie
with his army preparing to march into Gorruck-
pore. In that district the rebel Ilazim has collected
2,000 sepoys, 700 or 800 sowers, and new levies
of several thousand matchlock men, with six or
seven guns. General Franks will have to watch
our frontier bordering on Gorruckpore, to prevent
the rebels coming this way, so as to compel them
to congregate in Oude, and Jung Bahadoor will
follow them up, leaving a force to keep Gorruck-
pore, and Franks will march into Oude at two or
three points, viz., from the Azimghur frontier, and
from Juanpore, via Sultanpore (Dude). The Com-
mander-in-Chief, with Outran), will co-operate with
all their forces from Lucknow and Cawnpore, and
perhaps another column will march in from Fatty-
ghur, to which place a force has already gone to
take the fort. At pre.eut the whole of the Doab,
f. om Allahabad up to some 20 miles beyond Cawn-
pore, is cle sr, but with the exception of the Alum-
bagh and Bunsu, we do not po,seas a single village
in Oude. A rebel force is still in poisession
of
Lucknow, but there are very few'sepoye left there,
as many have been killed and wounded, and many
are escaping in disguise, and 2,000 or 3,000 are now
in Gorruckpore. There will not be much opposi-
tion shown to our force in Lucknow ; in fact, whoa
a large force is collected in the Al umbagh, I fully
expect the residue of the royal h use and tbe:r
rabble will fly to Fyzabed, and then the Oudo and
Gorruckpore rebels will congregate there and be
hemmed in on all sides, and be massacred to a
man.
It is satisfactory to know that the revenue is
coming iu rapidly. The cenadence of the people
hereabouts is quite restored, and travelling is no
longer a matter of difficulty or danger.

Tho object of Fernkh Khan's visit to home is to con-
clude a treaty of commerce with the Pope, and to
arrange on a better basis the position of the Catholic
Bishops in Porde.