The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The following letter, dated the 25th of October,
has been received from St. Petersburgh :
" While waiting the return of the Emperor, po-
litical circles here are occupied with the meeting
which took place at Breslau. It is supposed that
the Emperor and the Prince Regent of Prussia dis-
cussed all the political questions which at present
occupy Europe, but nothing has transpired as to
the resolutions they may have adopted. It is no
mystery, however, that they desire the regulation
of those questions by a congress. We know that
the Emperor has never given an opinion for or
against the restoration of the Italian Princes,
and we do not believe that ho has concluded
any agreement which might, under certain circum-
stances, embarrass him. Tho policy of Prince Alexis
Gortschakoff, a true Russian, leans rather towards
France than towards Germany. The fortifications
on the southern canal leading to Cronstadt are
being increased this year. The Government had
allocated a sum of £BO,OOO for that purpose. The
Grand Duke Michael, Grand Master of the Ar-
tillery, arrived at Moscow the day before yes-
terday ; thence he proceeded to Kolonena to in-
spect the arsenals and powder-magazines. A
gigantic plan, suggested by Mr. Collins, the
United States' Consul at Nicholaieff, on the
Amoor, is destined to produce a complete change
of relations between Europe and the other parts of
the world if it be carried into execution. This pro-
ject refers to the establishment of an electric tele-
graph from Moscow through Behring's Straits and
Sitka to St. Louis, ia the United States. In this
manner a direct communication would be obtained
between St. Petersburg and New York. The author
of the plan would further extend another wire from
Kiachta to Pekin, and thence through Saghalien to
Yeddo and Ilakodadi, in Japan. The length of
the proposed telegraph is estimated at 14,000
English miles, the cost of construction at £500,000.
The expense of maintaining and repairing the wires
is calculated by Mr. Collins at 900,000 roubles
annually, and the revenue at 1,100,000 roubles, 'or
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a dividend of 8 per cent, to the shareholders, if a
affairs here have been completely stagnant ssentot
find the capital to carry out his plan. Commercial
t since the

failure of the house of Alexiejeff, of Moscow, and
the retirement of M. Stieglitz. The corn trade
with foreign countries has been null for a long
time past."

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

French letters from China bring intelligence
down to the 12th Sept., and principally relate
to the movements of the French squadron. In
consequence of rather serious news from Japan,
the admiral had immediately sent the Duchayla
to Nagasaki. That steamer was to visit the
different ports open to Europeans, and enforce
respect for the French flag. The Japanese
Government seemed anxious to avoid exe-
cuting the chief stipulations of the treaties
concluded with foreigners, but it was not sup-
posed that recourse to arms would be neces-
sary to bring them to a sense of duty. The
French and English admirals had been in-
formed that the Chinese were adding to the
defences of the Peiho, by constructing new bat-
teries in advance of the others. On a hill to
the right of the forts they had built a small temple
to commemorate their victory, and had celebrated
its opening by bonfires and fireworks for several
consecutive nights. Notwithstanding these demon-
strations, however, the intercourse of the French
and English with the Chinese authorities con-
tinued on a friendly footing.
Tun BOURSE, Nov. 4.—The market has been
very dull, but without any material change in
prices. Threes have been done from 69f. 60c. to
69f. 70c. ; Mobilier, 772 f. 50c. to 777 f. 50c. ; Orleans,
1,355 f. to 1,360 f. ; Lyons, 906 f. 25c. to 908 f. 75e. ;
Austrian, 540 f. to 542 f. 50e. ; Lombard, 546 f. 25c.
to 548 f. 75c. The following were the last quota-
tions :

44 per Cents. .... 95 30 Credit Foneler
Do. end month .. Belgian 4f —
3 per Cents. 69 65 Piedmonteso (5)
Do. end month.... 69 75 Roman B4
Bank Shares 2835 Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 777 55 Spanish Threes
Do. Account 7Bl 25 Home Debt 4l 75