The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-22 00:00:00

FRANCE,

Theevening jl
journal
l Diplomatique says—" Both an
have published a
rumour that the Empress of the French would visit
Nice immediately after her return from Compiegne.
ral ;end the Sport
Such a journey can only be explained by two rea-
sons : Either her Majesty would undertake it for
pay a visit to the
Ethme
pbreensesfiotf
Rofuslaseiar.heTalhtehf,
oorrrcetor
hypothesis is inad-
missible, as the Empress Eugenie is now in the
enjoyment of excellent health, and the latter is
scarcely less so, Gs may be easily shown. Since the
Emperor Napoleon has returned to the Empress of
Itassia, at Nice, the visit paid by the Czar to the
have been fulfilled on
Schwalbsch, the most
bothrigrigorous
Empressosui
sides.
sef the .
duties
Thoos
fFeFrench
etatte
circumstances
account for the
fact that in the best-informed Court circles the
future journey of the Empress
Eugenie has never
been heard of, and the rumour is therefore considered
as completely unfounded."

BOURSE, Nov. 21.—The market was dull at the
opening, bit has since improved. Threes, for the
Account, are now at 65f. 10c., and Mobilier at 890 f,
Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed
al follows :

per Cents .. 92 25
Do. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 65 05
Credit Mobilier 9OO
Do. end month 896 25
Bank Shares 3500
Credit } °lacier llBO
Roman

Italian Loan 65 20
Do. end month 65 45
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes —
Rome Debt -.
Deferred

RAIL WAYS.

Orleans . . ........ Cash. Account.
. ; .... 840 .. 842 50
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean 881 25 .. 887 50
Southern ..... . ..... ~ .. 581 25 .. 582 50
Western. .............. 506 25 .. 502 25
Eastern . ............ 450 .. 478 25
Sardinian ........... 308 75 • • 307 50
Austrian ........ ...,. 415 .. 447 50
Lombard , ............. 5./7 50 .. 510
North of Spain ......... 382 50 .. ::%77 59
Saragossa ........... 422 59 • •
Ditto to Barcelona ...... 150 .„ 180

POPULAR SCIENCE.—M. Moigno's lecture on
Thursday last at 44, Rue Bonaparte, was very well
attended. The chief subject of interest dwelt upon by the
learned lecturer was lq.
Niepce de St. Victor's last dis-
covery in the art of producing natural colours by photo-
graphy. These heliochro images, as he calls
them, are exceedingly
remarkable. Red, green, blue,
and yellow are reproduced with great fidelity, but
the great difficulty had hitherto been the repro.
duction of black and white, which could not ba divested
of the red tinge of the ground, DI. Niepce's last specimens,
displayed at the lecture, were perf,ct in this respect; a
doll with a black and white apron
was reproduced with un-
common distinctness and purity in regard to those two
colours (if, for brevity's sake we
may call them so). The
gold and silver ornaments with which the doll was decorated
were brought out with great truth, and the precious stones
even preserved their transparency. N. Noigno also
stated the remarkable fact that, while L 1840 the mortality
of the French army was 19 per thousand in France and 04
per thousand in Algeria,
it has now fallen to 10 per thou-
sand in France and 12 per thousand in Algeria. The
extraordinary improvement is owing to the dotation of the
army, which induces seasoned men to re-enlist several times.
Various other curious topics were touched upon by the
lecturer, but need not be mentioned here, our readers being
already familiar with them:

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN ROAD.—
The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the
week ending Noy, 19, was 3,976—of which 975 were new
oases,