The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-16 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

PARIS, FEB. 16.
The Duke de Montebello has been appointed
Ambassador of France at St. Petersburg.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.

The Emperor and Empress yesterday gave a pri-
vate audience to Lord Cowley, who presented a
letter from Queen Victoria notifying to their Ma-
jesties the marriage of the Princess Royal of Eng-
land to Prince Frederick William of Prussia.
Afterwards, Kaider Effendi, charge d'affaires of
Turkey during the absence of Mehemed Djemil
Bey, had the honour of being presented to their
Majesties ; as had, also, M. Bornemaun, charge
d'affaires of Mecklenburg-Str&litz.
The trial of Orsini and his accomplices is re-
ported to be postponed to the end of the present
month, in order to allow time for the translation
into French, by sworn interpreters, of a great num-
ber of documents in the English and Italian lan-
guage?.
Marshal Pelissier is expected in a few days to be
appointed Governor of Paris, a post which existed
under the first Empire. The Minister of War seems
to be thrown into the shads by all these changes.
M. de Persigny arrived here from Lender' on
Saturday night. As invariably happens when this
gentleman visits Paris, rumours have got afloat of
the retirement of one or two of the Ministers ; gene-
rally one of them is the Minister of the Interior,
but the Minister of Foreign Affairs is invariably the
second. Whether or not such a step as the retire-
ment of M. Walewski from office is really contem-
plated, the presence of the French Ambassadorat this
moment is, perhaps, something more than a mere
complimentary visit. M. de Persigny will have
an opportunity—and there is little doubt he will
avaq himself of it—frankly and uninisiakingly, as
is his wont, to explain the bad effect produced in
England by M. de Morny's address and those of
some of the regiments.
In consequence of a recent arrangement between
Russia and the Porte six new Consular appoint-
ments will, it is said, be made in the Ot:oman

empire.
The Indian news which has reached Paris, dated
Bombay, January 23, says :—" The flying columns
which are scouring the country are restoring or der
and tranquillity everywhere. They bad but a few
unimportant engagements with the enemy."
By order of the Minister of Finance, the interest
on Treasury Bonds is fixed as follows from this
day :-3i per cent. for bills from three to five
months' date, 4 from six to eleven months, and 4i
for those of twelve months.

The Moniteur publishes a list of names of per-
sons who have been authorised to wear foreign
decorations. Among them are the Marquis de
Moustier, French Minister at Berlin, for the order
of the Red Eagle of Prussia, Ist class ; M. Rce-
derer, secretary of legation at Darmstadt, that of
Knight of the Belgian Order of Leopold ; M. do
Morny, director of the Ministry of Agriculture,
that of Commander of the Danish Order of Dane-
brog. _ _ _

BOURSE, FEB. 15. —No twithstanding the change
in the interest on Treasury Bonds, and a rise of
in the English Consols, the market at first declined
to 69fr. 75c. and 69fr. 700., but afterwards rallied
to 69fr. 85i. and 69fr. 900. The following were
the last quotations

,4 per Cents 94 70
Do. end month — -
3 per Cent. . ....
Do. end month 69 70
Bank Shares'.

Credit Foncier
Belgian 4,1
Piedmontese (5)
Roman BBi
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt • 37,1

Credit3lobilier ". 91) :7

Do. Account 917 50

RAIL
Orleans
97

Northern
New Ditto

ii
805

Lyon and Mediteran. 870
New Ditto .. 830
Geneva

Midi
Western 6914
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

THE DANUBE.

A letter from Vienna, in the Independence of
Brussels, says :
" The Porte has sent a new circular note, under
date of the 26th ult., on the subject of the treaty of
navigation of the Danube. Taking no notice of
the controversy of which the said treaty has been
the object, the note commences by an historical
explanation relative to the two commissions ap•
pointed to regulate the navigation of that river,
and then comes an analysis of the question as
connected with the prescriptions of the treaty of
Paris. The object of the reasoning is to assimilate
the Danube to the other rivers which flow through
and separate several States, such as the Weser, the
Elbe, the Scheldt, and the Rhine. It is on these
grounds that the Turkish Cabinet founds its
opinion that the congress of Paris has not merely
the right but is under the obligation to examine
the treaty in question, in order to ascertain
whether that assimilation has taken place or not.
As to the riverain states, the note states that the
proof of that assimilation is incumbent on them,
and that if it does not appear in the treaty which
they signed, the conventions of it must be modified
by an additional article. This note, therefore, lays
down a dilemma which it is difficult to solve—either
the assimilation of the Danube to the other rivers
has been established by the treaty concluded be-
tween the riverain states, and in that case the con-
ference of Paris is bound to verifythat assimilation ;
or it has not been so established, and the riverain
states must then conform to such modifications as
may be necessary to effect that object. • This is
putting the question in a new point of view, and
the clearness and force of the arguments brought
forward appear of a nature to facilitate a final
understanding."