The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-24 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Oct 21.—The King's mental health
yesterday afternoon experienced a great and unex-
pected improvement. Yesterday afternoon his
increased clearness of perception and reflection and
strength of memory enabled him to hold a coherent
conversation on any topic requiring sustained
powers of mind. The Queen has already profited
so far by this.gratifying change as to lay before the
King the necessity of his empowering the Prince of
Prussia to act for him.

The official bulletin publiakei this morning
says :

"The favourable symptoms in His Majesty's state of
health have continued during the last 24 hours.
"Saul Souci, Oat. 22, halt-past 9 o'clock a.n."

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVANING.

Th 3 French Government, in a:c )rdsnce with the
Powers that signed the treaty of Paris, is now occu-
pied in fixing the period for opening the Confer-
ences on the question of the Danubian Principali-
ties. The first sitting, it is thought, maybe held
about the middle of November.

In virtue of ari arrangement with tha Anglian
Government, a French consul IA ntrynt to _
blithed at Pola, where a new and important arsenal
and dockyard has been constructed for the Ausrian
war nary.
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A c)riespondedce his been exchanged I:efween
M. Pietri, the prefect of police, and M. Jules
Favre, the counsel for M. Mig!on iu tl:e late trial.
The former, in his letter, complains that tip,' learned
counsel had, in his pleadings, made use of expres-
sions which were calculated to bring discredit on
the administration over which he presides, and
which were moreover offensive to him person-
ally ; he consequently calls for such explsnatious
on the subject as may tend to remove any un-
favourable impression which may have been caused
in the public mind by the remarks in question.
M. J. Favre, in his reply, states that his client had
given the most positive contradiction to the facts
which wore communicated to the court by the Pre-
fect of Police, relative to his former conduct, he,
M. Favre, was bound to consider them as un-
founded, and consequently spoke of them in that
light in his defence of M. Migeon ; but he, at the
same time, disclaims all intention of saying any-
thing that could in the slightest wound the per-
sonal feelings of M. Pietri.

The Presse offers the following explanatory re-
marks on the sentence of M. Migeon :
" This condemnation does not annul the election
of M. Migeon as deputy, or render him ineligible.
Art. 26 of the organic decree of Feb., 1852, for the
election of deputies,dec'ares all electors who are 25
years of age to be eligible. Article 27 *lily
excludes from election- individuals pointed out
in Articles 15 and 16 of the organic decree,
and none of the exclusions enumerated in those
articles are applicable to M. Migeon, who
has, it is true, been condemned to imprisonment,
but only
simple misdemeanour, and not for a
crime.
misdemeanour is provided for and
This
sa
punished by Alt. 259 of the Penal Code, which, in
this case, does not authorise the tribunals to pic-
nounce the privation of civil and civic rights. There
is even reason to suppose that the tribunal had ad-
mitted extenuating circumstances, for the mini-
mum of the penalty enacted by Art. 259 is six
months' imprisonment, and the judgment is only
for one mouth.

BOIRSE, Oct. 23.--The following were the las'
quotations :

Cash. fr. End of Isronth.
4i per Cents
3 per Cents 66 80 66 90
Bank Shares 2960 Credit Foncier 5lO --
Credit Mobilier 782 50 Roman
Do. Account 785 Austrian ............ 88
Belgian 4. - -
Fiedmontese (5) 9O Home Debt -

RAILWATE—FOR CASH>
tr. C. Ir c.
Orleans
Northern - - Strasburg
Lyons and Med B37A— New Ditto ...... ..... 667_
New Ditto BlO- Grand Central -
Geneva
%Sidi

THE BALTIC.
HANIBURG, OCT. 22.
A telegram, under date of the 20th inst., from
Stockholm, mentions that the residence of the King
of Sweden has again been changed from Fullgarn to
the capital. The sate of the King's health is rt.-
porte d asto crsittoicokaii)lm
Crown.rThefromChristiana on the
Princ9 Regent re-
turnedabove mentioned day.
Yesterday the Eitatt)s of the Kingdom com-
mence:l their deliberations on the subject of
liberty of conscience.
Advices from Copenhagen of the 20th inst. an-
nounce that the Danish Government has sent: a
memorial on the question of the Duchies of Hol-
stein and Laudirburg to its diplomatic agents at
foreign Courts.

sian Gazette, g it'orina' ion RUSSIA.
A letter from St. Petersburg, in the New
re-
spectingPros-
the reduction of the Russia., army : —"The
re auction of the guard and of the corps of grenadiers
ives the following i
is by no means an isolatel measure, but, on the
contrary, extends to all the infantry of tho army.
The six war battalions of a regiment of grenadier,
of the guard have been reduced to three, and the
ight battalions of tile infantry regiments to four
The effective strength of each battalion has, besides,
b., en reduced front 1,302 men to 760. This will make
for the 86 regiments of infantry a diminution of 344
warbattalions, and the diminution will even be 430,
for it has been decided that for the future the men of
th.t foot tho - reserve battalion of etch regiment shall
in time of p .ace be sent on furlough, so that each
regiment will only have under arms three batta,-
1i0,,5, linking in all 238 b atali,n3. The regiments
whicti form rly comprised when on a pt a.:e footing
4,000 men, and with the recruits and reser, •
7,000, will for the future be only 2,100 strong
Each roaiment will therefore iumediately lose'