The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

PRANCE.

PA RIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING .
The Debats devotes a long article to au investi-
gation of the origin of the sepoy revolt, and its
conclusions correspond with those formed by the
majority cf the London press. In the opinion cf
our contemporaiy, the revolt is n-i.ber a national
manifestation nor a protest against the rule of the
company ; it is simply a military conspiracy, the
motive; of which s:ill remain a mystery. The
Debate justly observes
The sepoy complains of no particular hardship, be
has revolted in fifty different places without naming any
other grievance than that of the greased cartridges,
which is not a grievance, for ho has not hesttated to
make use of them against his former employers. He
entered the service by voluntary engagement, and in India
admission into the army was sought after with the same
eagerness as government situations injirrance. lie
received a pay which rendered him nearly opulent, and,
in fact, he was more liberally treated and paid than any
other soldier in the world. These circumstances have
not prevented him from conspiring. But if we are
asked how this conspiraoy was organized without ever

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being detected by the authoritiet4, we inuqt admit our
ignorance. This is a question to which none, we be-
lieve, can reply, and which will not be solved for wary
a day to come."
The Univers contains the following :

" The first step of England after the suppression of
the revolt should be to reform the administration—a
difficult task—and to liberate the population from the
tyranny of native officials, who have rendered the
name of England unpopular in India. The company
doubtless thought it could gain over the higher castes,
and especially the Brahmins, by giving up to them the
free run of public offices. Events have proved the hol-
lowness of these calculations, for these very castes have
fomented the insurrection. This wag perfectly natural ;
these castes, and more than all the Brahmins, are sworn
enemies to the foreigner ; they aspire to an independence
which would confer on them the sovereign power. The
English, in leaning towards them and in sacrificing the
people, have committed a fearful political error, the
fruits of which they are now gathering."

A decree in the Moniteur makes the following
appointment and promotions in the consular
body :
"I\l. Bresson, consul first class at Gibraltar, to be con•
sul-general at Smyrna, vice Baron Pichon, called to other
functions ; M. Arnbroy, consul 21 class at Civita Vec-
chia, replaces M. Bresson at Gibraltar ; Viscount Gil-
bert de Voisins, consul let class at Odessa, replaces M.
Ambrov ; M. Jagerschmidt, secretary of legation en die-
ponibilite, replaces Viscount Gilbert de Voisins at Odessa;
M. Tissot, eleve consul, replaces M. Lombard as consul
2d class at Curunna ; M. Verdier-Latour, chancellor of
legation at Berlin, is to be consul 2d class at Riga, vice
M. Jules Faucher, placed en disponibilite at his own re-
quest ; M. Tolhausen, vice-consular agent at Lubeck,
replaces M. Verdier-Latour as chancellor of legation at
Berlin ; M. Hauser, chancellor of the French consulate
at Dantzic, replaces M. Tolhausen at Lubeck ; M. Henry
de Cussy replaces M. Hauser at Dantzic; M. Hausa•
mann, chancellor of legation at Hanover, to be consul
2d class at Mossul, vice M. Francisque Bouvet, placed
en disponibilite on account of his health ; M. Ducasse,
chancellor of the French consulate at Milan, replaces
M. Haussman ; M. Rollande de la Sauge, vice-consular
agent at Monaco, replaces M. Ducasse ; M. Edmond
Blache, clerk at the French consulate at Montevideo,
replaces M. Rollande de la Suage."
The Moniteur publishes a decree promulgating
the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded
on the 14th June last between France and Russia,
and of which the principal provisions have been
already stated. The treaty comes into operation
in both countries on the 14th September.
the Moniteur contains the following :—" A
telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, which
reached Paris yesterday, announces that the elec-
tions of Moldavia have been annulled ; the elec-
toral lists revised ; and that the new elections will
take place in a fortnight. Diplomatic relations,
lately interrupted between the representatives of
France, Russia, Prussia, and Sardinia, on the one
hand, and the Porte on the other, will be very
shortly re-established."
At the banquet given by the Governor-General
of Algeria on the occasion of the fete of the Em-
peror, Marshal Randon, in proposing the health of
the Imperial family, said :--
"Gentlemen,—According to the custom of our father,
we are assembled to celebrate the fete of our sovereign.
Algeria, on this day of national rejoicing, raises her
voice to the throne, with the more assurance that she
is proud of having merited well of the mother country.
Whilst her abundant crops are flowing to the markets of
France, the army of Africa inscribes a fine page in her
military history. The conquest of liabylia is not only
a title of glory for the army, but it affects a great
progress in our colonisation, which stands in need
of space, arms, and security. The work, gentle-
men, advances ; property becomes secure ; our
commercial relations extend more and more every
year ; our agriculture improves, and our manufac-
tures develop themFelves ; and it is manifest to
every eye that our y ung colony is in the most prosper-
ous state. One wish, however, remains for us to form,
which, by being renewed every year, cannot fad to be-
come more ardent. It is that of se,inc, the E,nperor on
these shores, of enabling him to judge from personal ob-
servation what we are all doing, each in our several
spheres, for the prosperity of the colony, and receiving
from his Majesty's mouth those expressions of eatisfac
tion which increase tenfold the happiness of having done
well. That day, we dare hope, will come, and then, as
to-day, we will unite our, voices in the patriotic acclama-
tions of Vive reur !" Vive l'lmperatrice !" Vive
le Prince Imperial !' "
BOURSE, Aug. 26.-7-The following were the last
quotations :

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