The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-13 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Oct. 12.—The market has been heavy,
and prices have declined. Threes, for the Account,
are now at 65f. 30c, Mobi!ier has also receded,
and have been us low as 892 f. 50c. Railway Shares
rather offered. The market closed as follows:

41 per Cents. 92 20
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 65 16
Credit Mobilier BBl 50
Do. end month BBO
Bank Shares —
Credit Fonoier ll7O
Roman

Italian Loan —
Do. end month 65 15
Ditto Threes — --
New Mexican
Russian ..
Austrian
Spanieh Threes —
Home Debt
Deferred
WAYS.

HAIL

Orleans.., ..... -
Northern ....
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian ..
Austrian
LOlrbard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

Cash. Account.
835 835
980 .. 977 60
885 890
605 .. 605
493 75 ..
49J .. 490
310 340
432 50 .. 436 25
517 50 .. 516 25
380 .. 383 75
470 .. 467 59
200

The Franco-Italian Convention.

VIENNA, Oct. 9,

A despatch dated the 4th inst., forwarded by M.
Drouyn de Lhuys to the Duke de Grammont, the
French Ambassador at the Austrian Court, is said
to have been communicated a few days ago to
Count Rechberg.
The despatch contains the cfficial notification of
the Convention lately concluded between France and
Italy, and is believed to be to the following effect :--
M. Drouyn de Lhuys very courteously, but also
very briefly, states that no necessity exists to for-
ward a special notification of the conclusion of the
Convention to foreign Powers. Irritability upon the
part of the Cabinet of Vienna at the proceedings of
the French Government is the less to be pre-supposed,
as such a feeling between two friendly Cabinets
only appear intelligible when the course pursued
by one affects any interest of the other. The text
of the Convention has now been published, from
which it is apparent that no Austrian interest is
affected thereby. The French Cabinet would rather
hope that upon closer examination of the text of the
Convention the Austrian Government would be of
opinion that the step thus inaugurated by France
deserved the thanks of Austria and of the whole of
Europe, being mainly calculated to set aside an ob-
stacle by which European peace is permanently and
seriously threatened, and by this means to lighten
the heavy burdens weighing upon all the great
Powers.

The Alleged Wreck of Her Majesty's Ship
Bulldog•
(From the Western Morning News,)

The arrival of news of the wreck of the Bulldog

first made public in the second edition of the Western

Morning News of yesterday, has caused great pain
and anxiety in this neighbourhood, where relatives
and friends of several of the vessel's officers and
crew reside. A letter arrived at Plymouth by the
West India mail announced the total wreck of the
vessel and loss of all her crew, with the exception of
seven persons. The letter was written in a hurried
manner from the deck of the Duncan, flagship at
Halifax, just in time to save the mail. It gives no
further particulars.
A variety of rumours are in circulation relative
to the credibility of this loss of the crew or of the
vessel. The following is a statement cf all the facts
at present known :—The letter referred to above
was written by a ship's steward who was sent out
from Plymouth as a supernumerary in the Bulldeg
to join another ship on the North America and West
I❑dia station, and is addressed to his father. It ie
headed " H.M.S. Duncan, Halifax, Sept. 29," and
the following paragraph is extracted in which the
writer most explicitly stated the wreck and loss of
life. " We thought the mail bags would not close till
to-morrow, but they are going to c:ose them in ten

minutes. I wAs transferred from the Bulldog to
the Galatea in Bermuda for passage here, and very
lucky I may think myself, for she is wrecked, and
all except seven perished. If she had been an hour
later going into Bermuda, I should have remained in
her; for the Galatea was under weigh when we
came in; but, however, 1 thack God I was not
allowed to remain in her to share the fate of the
poor unfortunate crew." Another letter from the
Duncan, brought by this mail, to a certain extent
confirms the loss of the Bulldog, while at the same

time it throws a doubt on the loss of the crew. The
writer, a quartermaster, named Withecombe, was
drafted from the Canopus, receiving ship at Devon-
port, on board the Bulldog. He writes to his
mother. The letter is dated Duncan, Sept.
29, In it the writer says-1' We arrived at Ber-
muda forty-three days from Plymouth. At Bermuda
we found the yellow fever raging violently and were
consequently taken out at once, and sent in the Gala-
tea to Halifax. We left the Delight screw gunboat,
which we had brought out at Bermuda. I expect
that you have heard that the Bulldog has been ' on
the stumps,' but don't be alarmed, we are all safe.'
We are anxiously awaiting for the arrival of the
gunboats Steady and Cygnet, which we expect to be
drafted into." A theory has been suggested that
this writer refers to the crew of the Bulldog being
taken out of her and sent on to Halifax, but this is
improbable, and, indeed, is known to be erroneous,
as a letter has been received by the wife of an
officer in Plymouth, dated Sept. 9 (four days after
the arrival) at sea under orders for Jamaica.
Another solution of the writer's meaning suggested
is that an accident 11.,s hcppened to the vessel,
but that all the crew are saved. The probability
of this suggestion depends upon whether the writer
was one of the crew of the Bulldog, or went ont as a
supernumerary. The latter appears to be most pro-
bable, as he speaks of being drafted to gunboats—a
circumstance which could not happen immediately in
the case of the crew of the Bulldog whether she
were wrecked or not. If, therefore, he was a super-
numerary, the question arises whether, in his saying

" we are all safe," he does not refer to the supernu-
meraries, and takes the same view of having had a
narrow escape, which he is desirous of communicat-
ing to his friends, as does the ship's steward. In
that case the second letter would fully corroborate
the first. A naval officer in Devouport has received
a letter from the Duncan by this mail, in which no
mention is made of the loss of the Bulldog.

THE I\TEW ROUTE THROUGH ST. JAMES'S.PARK.
•The new road from the Houses of Parliament to

Buckingham palace, along the Birdcage-walk now in course
of formation under the direction of the Commissioners of
Woods and Forrests, is advancing rapidly towards comple-
tion, The portion set apart for a carriage thoroughfare, to
be added to the old causeway, is already finished, and on
Monday last vas rendered accessible to the pa,sage of
vehicles. Tho other alley, under the shade of the trees, re-
served for the 1189 of equestrians, is in a very forward state
of preparation. The stonework f,r the fixing of the iron
fence is laid throughout the length of the route, and a con-
siderable extent of rails has been placed in position.
A DISGUSTING EXIIIBITION.—At the Potenfield
fair on Thursday was offered for public exhibition
a being in human shape, of stature tall and stout, wearing
only the aemi•savage garb around his middle, and encircled
by a loather belt, styled an American Indian and " vermin
killer." A sort of box was then brought forward (locked)
containing live rats, upon which the cannibal-like counte •
nance of tho "vermin killer" brightened up with exoited
delight, and upon the lid being raised he seized the rat in
his hand, and, placing its head between his teeth, with a
sickening crash of the skull, instantly killed it, and devoured
the whole in little over a minute. The same scene was
repeated throughout till the whole dozen was stowed away
in the capacious stomach of the brute, leaving only three
or four tails from the lot, thereby putting into the shade
the exploits of dog Billy, and eclipsing the widespread
fame of the Kilkenny cats, Should this bo allowed ?
Surrey 05.eangora.