The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-18 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur is destitute of a single particle of
intelligence of a political character, except a full
translation of the examination at Bow-street of M.
Bernard, the refug,!e arrested by the English police
at the instigation of the French.
The Emperor and the Empress honoured with
their presence the evening before last a grand ball
given by M. Fould, Minister of State. The Diplo-
matic Corps, the Marshals, the Ministers, and
members of the Senate, Legislative Body, and
Council of State, were present in great numbers, as
were all that Paris contains of persons most re-
markable for their wealth, position, or t lent.
Dancing was kept up until four in the morning.
Orsini and Pierri have decided on having M.
Jules l?avre as legal counsel at their approaching
trial. De Rudio and G-omoz having declared that
they had not made any choice, President Delangle
has named NI. Mathieu to act for the former, and
M. Nicolet for the latter.

The Journal du Havre of yesterday says :—"A
passenger hy the steamer from Southampton to our
port gives the following account of the very near
capture of Allsop. At the station of Basingstoke,
where the train stops a short time, Allsop, who
was in one of the carriages, seeing himself scanned
with great attention by a police-agent, jumped
out at the other side, and took to flight so rapidly
that he escaped. He cannot, however, long re-
main at large. It is supposed that his intention
was to proceed from Southampton either to Jersey
or to Havre."

While we Par'sians are enjoying the mild and
genial temperature of spring, Italy is a prey to all
the horrors of winter--

"-Nec jam sustineant onus
•
Silva laborautes jeluquo
Flumina constiterunt acuto."
The Po has been frozen over to such an extent that
men and animals have been able to cross it without
danger, which is the first time it has been so since

the commencement of the ill eeni.ury. Some
old persons remember having witnessed a similar
circumstance in 1788, and also having heard their
fathers say that the river was completely frozen
across in 1775.

BOURSE, FEB. 17. —The market was buoyant at
the opening, owing to a further rise of in the Eng-
lish Consols, but the movement was suddenly
checked by a fall of 55f. on the Mob Her, which had
a bad inflnence on all speculative securities. The
following were the last quotations :

,j per Cents 95
Do. end month — -
3 per Cent. .....
Do. end month 7O 15
Dank Shares .„
Credit Alobilier
Do. Account B9O

Credit Foncier
Belgian CI
Piedinontese (5)
Roman B9
Austrian
Spanish Threes
llome Debt 37,3

RAIL'
Orleans
Northern
New Ditto Blll
Lyon and Mediteran. 865
New Ditto B32k
Geneva

Midi
Western 692
Strasburg
Grand Central . . 647k
Sardinian
Austrian

GREECE.

A letter from Athens, of the 7th, gives a short
account of the fete celebrated there the previous

day, on the anniversary of his Majesty's complet-
ing the 25th year of his reign :
"At ten o'clock the roar of cannon announced
the departure of their Majesties and Prince Adal-
bert of Bavaria from the palace to the cathedral
in a State carriage drawn by six horsA preceded
by a detachment of cavalry, and followed by
several other court carriages. All the digeit.,ries
of the State, and several foreign officers from the
vessels of war at the Piraeus, were assembled in
the church to receive their Majesties. After the
Te Deurn, the Royal party returned to the palace,
where they received the diplomatic body and de-
putations from the provinces and from all the cor-
porations, who came to offer their congratulations.
The city was decked out in the most delighlil
manner. • Doric columns, triumphal arches, and
other ornamentations, consisting of garlands of
flowers, were erected in all directions. During the
course of the day, all the general and great digni
taries called at the palace to pay their respects to
Prince Adalbert, and in the evening there was a
grand dinner at the palace, followed by a ball.
The city was brilliantly illuminated. An envoy
extraordinary from Constantinople had arrived on
the previous day to congratulate their Majesties."