The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-04 00:00:00

(LATER T NEW 6.

PARIS, DEC. 4.

The Moniteur of to-day denies the statement
made by some French papers, that the Empress
would go to Nice.

The Moniteur also announces that the Porte has
communicated to the Powers the firman establish-
ing the legislative union of Moldavia and Walla-
chia for the life of the present Hospodar.

The United States Consul has communicated to
the French papers a letter of General Scott, in
which he declares there is no truth in the report
that the Cabinet of Washington had ordered the
seizure of the Southern Commissioners, even if
under the protection of a neutral flag. He is
quite ignorant of the decision of his Government,
but he says it is necessary to preserve good rela-
tions between America and England. "I hope,"
continues General Scott, that "Earl Russell and
Mr. Seward will agree on a solution to the question,
whether the persons who were arrested on board
the Trent were contraband of war or not. If they
were agents of the rebels, it will be difficult to con-
vince even impartial minds that they were less con-
traband of war than rebel soldiers and cannons."

In conclusion, General Scott expresses his con-
viction that a war between America and England
cannot take place without more serious provocations
than those at present given.
The Moniteur of yesterday publishes a full ac-
count of the opening of the French Senate.
At a quarter past 2 his Excellency M. Troplong,
accompanied by General the Marquis d'Hautpoul,
Grand Referendary, and by the secretaries, &c., took
his seat, and declared the opening of the sitting.
An Imperial edict was then read, announcing the
opening of the sittings of the Senate.

The nomination of three new Senators was then
proclaimed. The new Senators are M. le Vicomte
de Lagueronniere, General Montauban (commander
of the French troops in China), and M. de Forcade.
An Imperial decree was then read to the follow-

ing effect :
" The project of a Senatus Consultum deliberated
upon in a Council of State, modifying the 4th and
12th Articles of the Senatus Consultum of the 25th of
December, 1852, is now to be read to the Senate."
M. Baroche then read the project of the Senatu•
Consultum, which we published in our second edi-

tion yesterday.
The Moniteur publishes also an expose des motifs
explaining why Articles 4 and 12 of the. Senatus
Consultum of the 25th of December, 1852, are to be
modified.

GENOA, DEC. 3.

Garibaldi, in reply to an address from the Italian
inhabitants of the Tyrol, said that he hoped for the
early deliverance of Italy, for which the people
should prepare.
Garibaldi will not go to Turin, but will return to-
morrow to Caprera.

NAPLES, DEC. 3.

The Irpino of to-day announces that 700 brigands
have been surrounded by the Royal troops a
Romagnano, in the Principato Citra.

THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.
MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The Valetta, with the above mails, arrived at Mar•
seines at 3 a.m. this day. •
The mails were to leave for London at 10 a.m.

PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M.

The ship Lady Franklin, Captain Jordan, 1,280
tons, from London, in halkst, for N,w Yurk, be
longing to Messrs S. Thompson, and Nephew, of
that city, anchored in the Sound yesterday, osten-
sibly to inquire the whereabouts of the Confederate
war steamship Nashville. At midnight a fire broke
out in her forehold, and she was removed to Jenny
Cliff Bay, and at this time efforts are making to
scuttle her. Several holes have been cut in her port
side and bow, and the Revenue cutter Hamilton has
fired three six-poun iers into her. Sling chains are
fitted_ At high tide the water is eight fathoms
deep. The floating fire-engines have, up to 10
o'clock, kept the fire between decks.
As the Lady Franklin fills she has a strong list
to starboard, It is strongly suspected that the ship
was fired purposely by the crew, some of whom are
alleged to be Southerners. Several were sent yes-
terday into the fore peak, where there is a quantity
of dunage and lumber, and eight absconded early
this mornilig. The spirit room has been broken
into, and one man, in a state of intoxication, was
dragged from his berth just in time to prevent him
from being suffocated.