The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

" The stay of the Court at Compiegne," says the
great, "is now drawing to a close. Tho weather
has been fine during the last week, and out of
door sports have been pursued with great spirit.
A shooting party assembled again in the forest
of Laigue, when about 1,200 head of game were
brought down by eleven guns. A hunt also
took place, followed by the curie by torchlight.
The meet was at the Puits-du-Roi ; and the
Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial
were present in chars-a•banc. Private theatricals
have also ben given by the comedians extraor-
dinary of the Emperor,' as a portion of the guests
under the direction of the Princess de Metternich
style themselves. An interlude of Ombres Chinoises
is also said to have been a remarkable success,
the effects produced by electric light having been
marvellous. Among the scenes repreEented were
" The Sleeping Beauty," in which the part of the
Princess was filled by the Countess Pourtales, and
that of Prince Charming by the Duke de Mouthy.

The funeral service for the late Mr Dayton was
celebrated yesterday at the American church, Rue
de Berry, the building and approaches being
thronged. The Emperor was represented by Baron
de Lajas, Master of the Ceremonies; the Duke de
Cambaceres, and Count de Baciocchi ; and Prince
Napoleon by General de Franconniere ; M. Dronyn
de Lhuys, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Lord
Cowley, and the other members of the diplomatic
body, were all in attendance with the principal
members of their legations. The coffin was placed
on the communion table and covered with the
United States' flag, which in its turn was
partlyconcealed by wreaths and flowers placed there
by the friends of the deceased. All the principal
citizens of the United States now in Paris were
present, as well as a number of Americans of the
South. Near Mr Dayton, son of the deceased diplos
matist, were to be seen Mr Pennington, Secretary of
Legation; Mr Bigelow, American Consul; Mr As..
pinwall, of New York ; and a great number of poli-
tical and literary men of France. A detachment
of the 65th regiment lined the interior of the chapel.
The service for the dead was read by the Rev. Mr.
Lamson, after which an address appropriate to the
occasion was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Sunder-
land, who, after touching on the early career
and distinguished services of the deceased,
referred to the events now in progress be-
yond the Atlantic, and declared that the United
States Government was resolved to maintain the
struggle to the last. M. Bigelow and M. Laboulaye
also spoke, after which the crowd withdrew in
silence. The body is to remain in the chapel until
Saturday, when it will be conveyed to Havre on
its way to the United States:
A fire broke out three nights back in a printing-
office at Valreas ‘Vaueluse), and for a short time
placed a family of several persons in imminent
danger. Mme. Jabert, the wife of the proprietor,
and her six children were asleep, the husband
being absent, when the eldest son, a boy twelve
years of age, was awakened by a feeling of suffo-
cation. He immediately aroused his mother,
and on opening a door leading to the stair-
case, and found the lower part of the house
in flames, and all retreat by the street door cut
off. Fdrtunately a scaffold was at that moment
erected in front of the house for the purpose of
effecting repairs, and could be reached from
the window. somedOw. Thecourageous boy guided his mo-
ther down the 25 or 30 steps of a ladder placed
and then returned five times
against
carry
down the scaffolding,h
thus saved the entire family. The fire in the house
is little brothers and sisters, and
was eventually got under without any great
damage.
BOURSE, Dec. 7.—The market has been firm, and
a fair amount of business done at an improvement.
Threes, for the Account, are at 66f. 10c. Mobilier
is now at 9301. i - -t1 il
Way Market animated, with
an advance on some of the lines. The market con-
tinued looking up to the Close, and left off as fol-
lows :
I per Cents. . ..... 91

Do: end
3 per Cents ...... 66 15
Do. end month.... 66 25
credit. MobiLer.... 938 75
Do. end month.. • • 910 --
Bank Shares...... 3500

Italian Loan 65 40
Do. end month 65 75
Ditto Threes ..
Now Mexican .... 50i
ltussiPu
Austian.
Spanish Threes.., 4si
Rome Debt
Deferred

o;editk oncier ....1240

Roman

Et.s.a,witys. -
Cash. Account.
875 .. 857 50
990 .. 990
880 .. 882 50
557 50 590

Orleans
Northern ..............
ous and Meditorranean
Southern
Western