The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-25 00:00:00

Tears.

Owing to the stoppage of the Government works,
a large number of working men had flockec to Cape
Town for employment, which could only be )btained
at low remuneration.

The intimation that free passages to lvew Zea-
land would shortly be offered by the Government
of that colony, had induced numbers to determine
to emigrate there.

The prices of all kinds of colonial grown provi-
sions were low.

The bishop of Cape Town had returned from
Natal, where he was very warmly receives.
The barque Saxon seized by the Unitel States
steamer Vanderbilt, at Angra Pequina, but released
by the New York Prizo Court, had returned to
Table Bay.
Further news had arrived from the frontier of
dissensions among the natives, and war between
some of the tribes was considered certain. The
small-pox had also broken out among them in the
neighbourhood of Griqua Town.
In Damaraland two commandos were going out
against the Hottentots to recover cattle stolen bS
them.

The Athens mails have been landed here, and
forwarded by to.day's trains.

SWITZERLAND.

GENEVA, AITG. 25.

The Grand Council of Geneva have decided to
submit the affair of the late election to the judgment
of the Federal Council.
The town is tranquil,

AUSTRIA.
VISIT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO
BADEN BADEN.

VIENNA, AUG. 24, Evening.

The King of Prussia will proceed to-morrow, via
Stuttgard, to Baden-Baden, where his *Majesty will
probably remain until the 9th of September.

SPAIN.

AtiG. 24, Evening.

The Correspondencia of to-day proposes an in-
crease of the Customs duties on the importation of
foreign textile fabrics.
The Epoca replies that it would b 3 better to
abolish those on the raw material.

FRANCE.

ST. ETIENNE, AUG. 21 (Evening)

A banquet took place here this evening in cm-
sequence of the Assembly of the Council General
for the _Department of the Loire.

The Duke de Persigny, who presided, provad
the health of Napoleon 111,, " the founder of liberty
in France." The Duke's speech was:a complete re-
view of the theory of the Imperial constitutim
He showed the form of liberty to vary with every
free people. " The present physiognomy of liberty,
properly so called," said N. de Persigny, " may be
recognised by the striking signs of the solidity and
duration of the governments which it founds, and
above all
,by the passion it inspires for great

things,'
M. de Persigny then demonstrated that the psli.
tical institutions of England are not adapted for
France. "It not being possible,' he continued,
"for authority and liberty to remain in the hands
of one class as in England. Instead of subordinating
one class to another, it was natural to render them
independent, and this is the fundamental principle
of our institutions."

The Speaker further said:—" In order that the
liberty of the press may be a benefit, it is necessary,
in a country newly constituted, that a new, vigorous,
and independent political generation should arias
to replace the minds enervated by revolution."
"Some journals," says the Putrie, " have spoken
of the approaching dep Irture of the Emperor for the
camp of Chalons. Tne exact day is not yet fixed,
but the expectation is that his Majesty will leave
St. Cloud between the 26th and the 28th, to remain
absent only five or six days. Some change may be
made in this arrangement in consequence of the
arrival of Prince Humbert, the precise day when
his royal highness will reach Paris not being
known.
Nothing has yet been decided respecting the visit
which the Imperial family makes each Sear to
Biarritz."

The Dresden Journal publishes a note contra.
dieting the statement made by the journals that
the occupation of Lauenburg by the Federal troops
had given rise to differences between Hanover and
Saxony, and that a note containing complaints had
been sent to the Saxon Government on the sabject.
The Dresden Journal affirms that no note or any
other communication has been received fora the
Hanoverian Government relative to the iffair of
Lauenburg.
The Siecle makes the following observations
on the line of conduct which the Emperor iljaxi-
milian has adopted in his new States :—"The in.
telligeuee from Mexico refers to the inbatience
with which the first reforms of the new haperor
are looked forward to. That prince has found out
the means of exciting in the highest decree the
curiosity of his new subjects, who all, like 'he Jews
on Mount Sinai, stretch forth their handA for the
new law. Previous governments simply t2Oll pos-
session of the authority with an abundant supply
of constitutions, decrees, and regulations )repared
beforehand, and in that way they inaugurated
era of happiness promised, but, alas ! alwtys post-
poned. the
In doing so they showed but littl3 adroit-
ness; the illusions and hopes were too soon dissipated,
and the discontented quickly manifested their dis-
pleasure or their disappointment by renewing
the hardly-interrupted series of conspiracies and
pronunciamien tos. Maximilian proceeds in a dif-
ferent manner. Slut up in the palace which crowns
the hill of Capultepec,
he envelops nimsel in silencu
and mystery. Rumour declares that he is occupied
in dark manipulations of systems destined to recon-
struct the governmental machine—tc efface the
wrinkles of the Mexican people alretidy afflicted
with signs of a premature old age. At four in the
morning the Emperor is on foot, interrogating,
noting, studying, and labouring in his great 'work.
This activity, unusual in those climates, has pro-
cured him the admiration of the foreign residents.
The Mexicans themselves are, however, bat slightly
touched with this ardour, which they do not under-
stand. They are above all astonished at being kept
at a distance, and not being able to treat their
monarch with the familiarity which formerly
existed between them and their presidents. Lastly,
they are impatient at the long period of gustation,
the end of which they cannot foresee, and the
authors of the celebrated report which declared for
the Mexican monarchy can hardly explain the hesi-

tations and scruples of their elected, for in his place
they would have presented a hundred solutions for
his one. By a rather singular revulsion, the clergy
and the reaction, which ought to love the sovereign
of their choice, 'nave arrived at the point of fearing
him; on the other hand, the honourable men of the
Liberal party, whilst keeping at a distance, how-
ever, seem to show a certain sympathy towards
Maximilian as a private man."
BOURSE, Aug. 22.—The market has been again
heavy, and Stock and other Securities have been
offered. Threes, for the Account, however, remain
unvaried at 66fr. 30c., but Mobilier have declined
to 9957 r. 50c. Railway Market also dull, with
lower quotations for several of the lines. The mar-
ket became rather firmer towards the close, and left
as follows :

4t per Cents .. 94 45
Do. end

1 per Centa
Do. send month..., 66 20

Credit Mobilier..., 097 50
Do• end raonth....looo

Bank Shares 3360

Credit Fonciei

1210

Italian Loan 67 50
Do. end month 67 55
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican 66a
Russian
Austrian

Roman

Spanish Threes.., 4P
[Tonle Debt
Deferred

ILA IL

AltB.
Cash. Account.
Orleans - 6 BB 6BB 75 .. 885
Northern
Lyme and Mediterranean 915 .. 917 50
Southern 637 60 .. 638 75
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 538 75 .. 538 75
North of Spain
Saragossa .. .. 498 75 .. 497 50
Ditto to Barcelona ....