The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-13 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Tho Emperor, o❑ the occasion of the death of M
Mocquaid, addressed two telegraphic despatches,

one to M. Amde3 Meequard, and the other to M.
Raimbeaux, son-in.law of deceased. The former
was as follows :—" I was about to leave for Paris,
to bid adieu to your father, when the melancholy
news reached me. My grief is Equal to your own,"
The other was in these terms :—" I am in the deep-
est alliction at the death of your father-in-law, He
was my friend. His loss is as painful to me as to
you. My friendship is assured to his children."
The SiMe alludes to the approaching termination
of the House of Commons in England, and re-
marks that Mr. Gladstone represents one of the
principal centres of Conservative ideas—the Uni-
versity of Oxford. The writer then speaks as
follows of that statesman's political position ;
" The Chancellor of the Exchequer has long ceased
to be in good odour with the aristocratic party ;
the latter wculd feel great satisfaction if Mr.
Gladstone should fail in his candidateship, and they
have therefore already set to work to attain that
result. There is great doubt whether that party
will succeed in leading away the majority.
One of the most influential electors of Oxford
has just written a letter to the papers, in
which he declares that neither he nor his
friends will join in the crusade undertaken against

Mr Gladstone. It is his last speech in favour of
electoral reform that has subjected him to those
precocious hostilities. In spite of the opposition of
the Times and other papers, and notwithstanding

the hostility of the governing classes, disguised
tinder an air of indifference, that grand idea of a
radical reform in the electoral system of England
is gaining ground. Lest week a Reform meeting
took piece at Bradford, at whist, Mr Forster, Mr
Baines, M.P., Sir F. Crossley, M.P., and Mr
Stansfelcl, M.P., sueoebsively spoke. It is worthy

of note that men whose whole fortunes are engaged,
like Mr Crossley, in manufactures, and who em•
ploy a great number of workmen, should be the
warmest partisans of enlarged electoral rights,
whilst the landed proprietors should prove
the most determined adversaries of such a move-
ment. An observation of Mr Forster is also worthy
f t
Who,' he said, ' prevented England from
n ngon an impious war in favour of slavery ?
entering
notice.er
i
It certainly was not the aristocracy, neither was it
the middle classes—it was the people.' In fact,
of all the English papers the Daily News and the
Morning Star are the only ones that have con-
stantly remained faithful to the principle of eon-
intervention—the Globe, after long hesitation, only
declared in favour of that principle within the
the last few months; the Standard, Herald;
Morning Post, Sun, Daily Telegraph, and the
Morning Advertiser have called for the recognition
of the Confederate States; the Tines has accredited
to them a correspondent who is charged to exalt
good sense of the people and the courage-
ryeyeast of
fthEe Europe, and
oft every
pttohhuaeescimkpreatatg;iffeatn.hi'lliceresgaoin of the English workmen was necessary
etween the English and the
disastrous for the whole
classes who pretend to
Americans
—ea,
artuopr
whichut uprten rbe t e
h
alone possess the sense of politics and of Govern-
ment blindly impelled the country. Those classes,
whether high or middle, aristocratic or burgess, are
mistaken if they think that they can retain the
monopoly of power; below them a fresh class has
arisen. In England,
as in France and in Germany,
the people arc perfectly
enlightened as to their in-
terests; they know that violence is a bad counsellor,
and that moderation and firmness alone lead to suc-
cess ; that fact gives us the certainty that the
popular class on the other side the Channel will
soon know how to obtain the legitimate part
which belongs to it in the direction of public
affairs."
The National Gazette of Berlin states that the
Saxon troops on retiring from Holstein will proceed
home via Hanover, This will be a roundabout way,
but a deep feeling of rancour has, it is said, induced
the Saxon Government not to march its soldiers
over any part of the Prussian territory.
BOURSE, Dec. 12.—The market has been rather
heavy, and prices are slightly lower, Threes, for
the Account, being now at 66f., and Mobilier 930 f.
Railway Market dull. The market became a shade
firmer towards the close, and left off as follows :-
41 per Cent 5....... 94 80 Italian Loan 66 70
Do. mad Do. end month 65 70
3 per Conte . G 6 Ditto Threes ..
Do. end month.,.. 66 05 Near Mexican .... 501
Credit Mobilier.... 932 50 Russian
Do. end month.... 932 50 Austrian
Bank Shares ...... Spanish Threes 45 75
Credit Foncior ....1236 go-ne Debt
Roman
RAIL WAYe•
Cash. Account.
Chieans... .... .... 855 -- 855 --
Northern
Lyons and Meditorranean 875 ** 875
Southern .... 585 593 75
Western ..... 5lO 516 25
Eastern
SarJinian
Austrian
Lombard
......
North of Spain
372 50 .. 371 25
....
Saragossa..
.. 190
Ditto to Barcelona ....

AN OLD WfIALE-1-4:4 the Alexander, belonging
to this place, was steaming about in Davis's Straits, on the
24th September, a large whale, of about 12 tuns, was ob-
served not far distant from her. Boats were immediately
put out, and the crows succeeded in securing the animal.
When the crew came to flense the fish they were astonished
to find embedded in its body, two or three inches beneath
the skin, a large piece of a harpoon, about 18in. long. On
one Fi(le of it were engraved the words, "Traveller, Peter-
head, and on the other " 1838." This vessel was lost about
eight years t.go in the Cumberland Straits when prosecuting
the whale fishery there, and it is therefore clear that the
harpoon must have remained in the animal for that time at
least.—Dundee Courier.
The Spanish Government has determined upon
reinforcing the Pacific squadron by the ironclad frigate
Numancia, just finished in France, which is completely
fitted out, and has already started for her destination,

INDIA, CHI;

STRALIA.

By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we have re-
ceived our prlvate correspondence and files of papers
from Calcutta to the Bth November; Madras, 12th
November; Hong Kong, let November; Shanghai,
25th October ; Yokohama and Kauagawa (Japan),
15th October; Melbourne, 26th October; Sydney,
21st October; Adelaide, 27th October; Brisbane
(Queensland), 17th October; Wellington, 14th
October ; Dunedin, 18th October (New Zealand).