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 utlf.x_
petted improvement.. Yesterday afternoon hip
increased clearness of perception and refleutim and
strength of memory enabled him to hold a coierent
conversation ou any topic requiring suslained
powers of mind. The Queen has already poked
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 publishel this incrning
says :

"The favourable symptoms in Hi 4 Majes'y'a state of
health have continued during the Intt 24 hours.
"Sans Souci, Oat. 22, half-past 9 o'clock a.m.'

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EvENNG.
The Fraiela Governme.it, in eve )rdance will the
Powers that signed the treaty of Paris, is eowneeu-
pied in fixing the period for opening the Confer-
ences on the question of the 'Danubian Principali-
ties. -The first sitting, it is thought, may be held
about the middle of November.

In virtue of an arrangement with the Austrian
Government, a French consul i 3 about to be esta-
blished at Pola, where a new arid important arsenal
and dockyard has been constructed for the Ansirian
war navy.

A curr-espondence has been exchanged Vetveen
M. Pietri, the prefect of police, and M. dubs
Favre, the counsel for M. Migrma in the late trial.
The former, in his letter, compldns that thir learn id
counsel had, in his pleadings, made use of exores-
sions which were calculated to bring discredi; on
th© administration over which he Ares des, and
which were moreover offensive to li.rn. petion-
ally ; he consequently calls for such explanations
on the subject as may tend to remove any un-
favourable impression which may have been caised
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'acts
which were 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 thilt
light in his dCence of M. Migeon ; but he, at thy;
suite 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 fol)wing explanatory ri-
marks en the sentenco of M. Migeon :..._
" This condemnation does not annul the election
of M. Migeon as deputy, or render him iiieli4itilit%
Art. 26 of the organic decree of Feb., 1852, fiAt the
elec•ion of deputies, dee axes all electors who are 25
years of age to be eligible. Article 27 on!y
excludes from election indiviilutls pointed our.
in Articles 15 and 16 of the organic decree,
and none of the exclusions enumerated in those
attioles are applicable to M. Migeon, who
iraQ' it is true, been coadeinned to imprisonment,
but only for a simple misdemeanour, and not for a
crime. This misdemeanour is provided fir and
punished by Att. 259 of the Penal Code, which, it
this case, does not authorise the tribunals to pi c-
nounce the privation of civil and civic ri.ltts". Theta
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
mouths' imprisonment, and the judgment is only
fur one month."

BOVRSE, Oct. 23.—The following were the last
quotations :
Cash. fr. Eud of Month.
14 per Cents - .
3 per Cents 66 80 66 90
Bank Shares 2960 Credit Foncier 5lO --
Credit Mobilier 782 50 Boman -
Do. Account 785 Austrian
Belgian 41 . 94-- Spanish Threes...... --
Fiecitnentese (5) 9Ol Home Debt • —--

ir C,

RAILWAYE—FOR CASs.
tr. c.
°neat a - Western
Northern - - Strasburg
Lyons and Med 8371— New Ditto
New Ditto... ....... 810 -- Grand Central -
Geneva .. 630 Sardinian
141idi

THE BALTIC.
HAMBURG, OCT. 22.
A telegram, uncle date of the 20th inst., from
Stockholm, mentions that the resde lice of the -King
of Sweden has again been charted from Fuligarn to
the capital. The sate of the King's health is rt..
ported as critical. The Crown Prinei Regent
'
re-
turned to Stockholm from Christiana on the
above mentioned. thy.
Yesterday the Estates of Ora Kingdom cAn-
nienced their deliberations on the stthject of
liberty of conseienui. _ _ _

Ativices from Copenhagen cf tie 20th inst. an-
nounce ihat the Btiiisli Governnont his sent it
tneurzi+l on the cueiti in of tit.) Dir.:hies of liol-
stein an'l Lau:npbtirg to its diplomittie agents at
foreign Courts.

RUSSIA.
A letter faun St. Petersburg, in the New .Pri.s-
-si«/r Ga:ette, gives tlw following i iforiiitv ion rc-
spreting tlei reduction of ti.e RtiSila i army : —" The
re I uction of the guard a,:: d of tit') corps of gunadie-s
is by no Ice:ins an isolate" m-.-asuco, b!it, on ti.e
contrary, extends to all the infantry of the army.
Ti e ,ix war battalions of a regiment, of grenadier-
of the guard li ,ye 1.-e:...0 reduced to three, and tl;e
eight b atalions of t:.e infkotry r, 0-imen's to four
'rho eflect:ve strength of e tch battalion has, besides,
b. en reduced front 1,302.tnen to 760. Thin will make
for the 86 ragiinents of infantry a diminution of 344
warbattalions, dan :lid diminution wi.l even be 430,
for it has been di e'ded that, for th© future the men 0,
till foni tho • reserve b tttalion
of g ten regiment sbal
in time of p ace ty." sent on furlough, so that caul,
regiumit will Only have and :r arms -threw bat'a-
Loos, making in ail 2.38 b •,tt.tli._ n 3. The regim .I.lT:i
whio:i formerly
compri:ed wh n on a pi ab'e fooLing
4,000 men, and with the recruits and reser e
.-i
7,000, will for the future b 3 only 2,100 strong
Eltch regiment will therefore immediately lose

2,200 men, as the old reserve battalions had been
dismissed after the proclamation of peace."

SWEDEN.

CHRISTIANA, Oct. 14.—The solemn dissolution
of the Storthing took place to-day at Dne o'clock.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and
Viceroy entered the hall, accompanied by a nurner
ens proeession of ecclesiastics and civil and military
.officersi and took his seat next to the throne. His
royal highness then read the following speech :
" Good Sirs and Norwegian Men,—l bring you
the hearty greetings of his Majesty, my. much-
beloved fathr The assurance of the sincere sym-
pathy of the faithful Norwegian people is a great
consolation to him in hisillness, whichwe have all so
much reason to deplore. May an all-wise Provi-
dence grant our prayers, and restore him to
health. Being obliged by circumstances to re-
nounce the honourable position in which the King's
favour had placed me in Norway, and in which I
gladly avail myself of this occasion which brings
me once more among you, to express my gratitude
for the many proofs of your affection and confidence
which I have received, and among which the re-
cent resolution of the Storthing authorising me
to assume the government during the illness of his
Mesty, gives evidence of a confi ling trust in my
good will and my upright intentions, of which I shall
always endeavour to prove myself worthy. You
have recently been made acquainted - with the
solemn promise that I hate made in the Council of
State ; this promise I will never break. Ile
Storthing has responded with alacrity to his Ma-
jesty's gracious proposals regarding this increased
means required for the further development of the
industry and well-being of the country. The
satisfactory redemption of the Sound dues, carried
out with the co-operation of the Storthing, has af-
forded his Majesty ranch gratification. His Ma-
jesty is also pleased to. have been able to append
his signature to the several law reforms required
by and conducive to the public well-being, and
by which the present Storthing has considerably
furthered the interests of the realm in various di-
rections. His Majesty deplores, however, that the
Storthing has not cdr erred it expedient to adopt the
various royal propositions tending to facilitate
commercial inter.:ourse between Ner mi. y and
Sweden, to relieve the shipping interests of both
countries, and to a satisfactory regulation of certain
judiCial relations betweeen the inhabitants of the
two counts ies, all of which measujes are founded in
the nature of the union, and in the interests of both
nations. However, the manner in which the first
m fitters alluded to were settled in the Storthing gives
his MaPsty reason to hope that the time is not far
distant when clearer conceptions will .prevail
regarding the important relations between the
united kingdoms arising out of the union, and
when, in consequence, all causes of mutual distrust
will ee removed. Wishing you, in the RAMO of
my august fader, and from the bottom of my
heart, all the beat blessings of Heaven, I hereby;
in accordance with the 80th paragraph of the
1 Constitutional Law, declare the 15th ordinary
Storthing of the kingdom of Norway to be
dissolved."

The Prasident (Mr. Harbitz) having replied in a
few words to the speech from the throne, the as-
sembly dispersed, after giving utterance to a hearty
" God protect the King, the fatherland, and the
sister kingdom."