The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-26 00:00:00

Course of Exchange,—Yesterday.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 12 22 12 22
Antwerp — 25 80 25 85
Brussels — 2.5 80 25 85
Hambu'g
Paris . Short. 25 30 25 371
Ditto
Mars( illes — 25 85 25 87}
Frankfort on Maine — 1211 1214
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 28/ 29k
Berlin —
Madrid
Cadiz — 47 472
Leghorn — 26 5 26 10
Milan.... — 26 7f 26 121
Genoa — 26 71 26 12/
Naples
Palermo — 26 71 26 12k
Messina — 26 7/ 26 121
Lisbon
Oporto
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)......per oz., £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars ... • 0 0 4

Mr Henry Buller, 11, litho
.Bench-walk, has
been appointed recorder of Poole, in room of Mr James
Stephen, resigned.

Viscount des Meloizes Fresnoy, the new French
Minister to the Court of Bavaria, has arrived at Munich to
occupy his post.

The Mexican schooner Angela, which has just
arrived at Havre, came in with one of her crew in irons, for
the murder of the second mate by stabbing, while off the
As)res. The captain, in attempting to protect the officer,
received a wound in the breast, and another in the hand,
by which he has lost a joint of his forefinger.
A fatal accident occurred in the Rue de Lille, at
Montpellier, two days back. The walls of an unfinished
house, belonging to a M. Vasserot-Chaffrey, suddenly fell
in and buried a mason under the ruins. Immediate steps
were taken for rescuing the unfortunate man, but as the
remaining walls were in a very dangerous state the opera-
tion was likely to occupy too much time to leave any hope
of finding him alive.

A TORNADO.—Another of those terrible tornadoes
from which Illinois is noted has lately passed over
a portion of the State, sweeping all before it. A correspon-
dent, who writes from :Nlattoon, states that the tornado was
heralded by a dense black cloud rising rapidly in the west,
and rushing with fearful velocity over the prairie, accom-
panied by discharges of electricity so intense that they shook
the earth like an earthquake. It struck the Central Rail.
road at Mattoon, unroofing and blowing down buildings
and carrying away every moveable thins in its path. Some
of the cars were smashed to splinters, and one was carried
half a mile away. Fortunately no lives were lost in that
vicinity. --American paper.

AMERICAN ELECTIONEERING AMENITIES.—The
New York Tribune, while it ceenpies half its spice
with abuse of Gen, 11I'Clellan, complains that the adhcrants
of that candidate vilify Mt Lincoln. It asks—" What aro
we to say of the patriotism of men who, in this hour of the
nation's peril, bestow upon its constitutional head the fol-
lowing epithets : Filthy storyteller, despot, big Secessionist ,
liar, thief, braggart, buffoon, usurper, monster, ignoramus
Abe, old scoundrel, perjurer, robber, swindler. tyrant, fiend,
butcher, laud pirate, ace." This is tolerably well to begin
with.

A ease of self-destruction, singular at least as to

its cause, occurred in the suburbs of Paris the day
before yesterday. The unfortunate suicide was a stone-
digger, named Ferdinand P---, aged 24, a naiive of Lyons,
who was afflicted with what:medical men call bulzus, or
insatiable hunger. His earnings being altogether insufficient
to satisfy his enormous appetite, though he ate scarcely
anything bat bread, his fellow-workmen used to contri-
bute towards his support ; but, wearied with thus bur-
dening his friends. and worn out by his sufferings from
the presence of lonia, which aggravated his hunger, he at
lest caws to the desperate resolution of hanging him-
self, and succeeded in effecting his purpose. The annals
of medicine records many instances of this disease, both in
ancient and modern times, but the most remarkable case of
late years was that of a woman named Anne Denise, who
died in Paris only a few years since. This unfortunate
person was afflicted with bulimy from her infancy, and
while still a young girl used to devour as much as ten
pounds of bread daily. Though not in indigent cireum.
stances, she was twice arrested for stealing bread to
satisfy her huuger. She was at length admitted into the
Salpetriere, and placed under the treatment of Dm
Esquirol and Amussat, but to no purpose, for she
left the Salpetriere as voracious as ever. Her hun.
ger varied its intensity; at ordinary times she could
manage with 121bs. of bread per day for three or four months
of the year she would eat from 201bs. to 241bs. ; and for 10
consecutive years her appetite was greatly aggravated in
spring. On one occasion, when she had thought of keeping
Good Friday as a fast-day, she ate more than 301bs. of food
in 24 hours. As she advanced in years her appetite became
depraved, and she took a liking to grass and flowers, espe-
cially buutter-cups, of which she would eat an immense
quantity. To relieve the colics caused by this unnatural

food she used to drink brandy, of which the became very
fond, :and at last died a few hours arter taking a Whole
litre at once. When on her death-bed and unable to take

food, sho begged her sister to oome and eat near her, and
hor last words were :—" Since it pleases God that I shall
eat no more, let me at last have the pleasure of seeing you
eat." It is a remarkable fait that on a post mortem exa-
mination her stomach was found to be exceedingly small,
while her liver was unusually large, and all her other
viscera quite sound and of normal size.
General the Count de Palikrto made hie entrance

on Sunday into Chalons sar-Marne, the second
town of his command. The houses were handsomely

dressed out, and all the authorities were in grand
costume to receive the general, who went through
the town on horseback accompanied by a brilliant
staff. A grand dinner was given in the evening by
the commander of the division the Marquis de
Liniers.