The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-16 00:00:00

noon.

The religious ceremonies having been performed,
and the engines having received the benediction,
M. Isaac Pereire addressed his Majesty.
A banquet followed at which the King presided,
having on his right the Minister of Commerce and
M. Emile Pereire, and on his left the Minister of the
Interior and M. Isaac Pereire.

The King was applauded with enthusiasm. No
toasts were proposed.

The Cabinet of Madrid has ordered Gen. Prim,
ex-commander of the Spanish army in Mexico, to
ieave the capital, and has assigned him a fixed resi-
dence at Oviedo. This measure has been taken in
consequence of the agitation recently prevailing at
Madrid, and of the attempts at revolt made o❑
other points. Gen. Prim is of the Progressista party.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE,
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, AUG. 6.
Her Majesty's surveying steamer, Margaretta
Stephenson, returned hero this morning with Cyrus
W. Field, Esq , on board.
Heart's Content, Trinity Bay, has been selected
as a landing place for the Atlantic Telegraph
Cable.
The harbour is one of the best in Newfound-
land.
The Great Eastern can anchor within one mile of
the landing place.

FRANCE.

PARIS, AUG. 15.

The fete yesterday passed off very successfully-.
The illuminations were splendid, and the concourse

9f people immense.
The Emperor cline to Paris, and was warmly
cheered wherever he was recognised;
On the occasion of the Emperor's fete a conside-
rable promotion has been made in the army.
Generals of Brigade, Count de Cierambault, Guiod,
and de Castagny have been promoted to the rank
of General of Division, and Colonels Saget, De
Lamorte Charens Franeoniere, itibourt, Daportal
Dagoasmeur, Brayer, lklartenot de Cordonne, Pelle,
Begougne de Janke, d'Espinassy do Venel, Barrel
Danot, Aymard, and de Lascours to that of General
of Brigade. The list also contains the names of 18
persons promoted colonels, and 35 lieutenant
colonels.

Other decrees on the proposition of the Minister
of State make 13 promotions to the rank of com-
mander, la to that of officer, and 9 nominations to
that of knight—Minister of Justice, two officers
and 16 knights—Ministers of War, 12 commanders;
48 officers ; 321 knights—Minister of the Beaux-
Arts, one officer and two knights. On the proposi-
tion of the Minister of War 530 military medals
have been conferred on sub-officers, corporals, and
privates in the army ; and on that of the Minister
of Marine, 161 on warrant officers and seamen in
the navy.

Baron de Waecbter, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Wurtem-
berg, had the honour of a private audience of the
Emperor on Sunday, at St Cloud, to deliver his new
credentials. His Majesty also received a reply
from the King of Bavaria to the letters by which
the Emperor had put an end to the mission filled by
Count de Reculot at Munich.

By Imperial decree Rear-Admiral Paris, Director
General of the Depot of Naval Charts and Plans,
and Rear-Admiral Reynaud, Commandant-in-Chief
of the Naval Direction of the Antilles and of North
America, have been promoted to the rank of Vice-
Admiral, and Captains do Dompierre, and Penhost
to that of Rear-Admiral.

The Prince of Augustenburg, it appears, has
resolved to defer to the desire of the Diet, relative to
the justification of his claim to the succession.
Counsellors Samwer, Michelsen, and Haenel have
been charged to draw up this memorandum which,
at most, can only reproduce the documents and
arguments already known. Several journals have
stated that the Prince had been requested to leave
the country, but advises from Hamburg represent
these rumours to be altogether unfounded.
BOURSE, Aug. 13.—Market firm, but without
any material improvement in the amount of busi-
ness. Threes are now at 66f. 45c. Mobilier have
slightly improved, having been last done at 1,016 f.
25c. Railway Market firm, with but trifling varia-
tion in prices. The market closed as follows :
ft per Cents. 95
1)o. end month....

Italian Loan GS 30
Do. end month 6B 35
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican
Russian
Austrian

3 per Cents
Do. end month..., 66 45

Credit Mobilier..., 1017 50
Do. end month.... 1016 25

Bank Shares 3380

Spanish Threes..,
Rome Debt

Credit Foneier 1220
Roman -

Deferred
RAILWAYS.

Orisan.

Cash. Account.
682 50 .. 885 --
982 50 .. 982 50
922 50 .. 926 25

Northern

Lyons and Mediterranean

New ditto

Southern 643 75 .. 64.2 50
Western
Eastern
Sardinian .. 350 .. 347 50
Austrian
Lowbard
North of Spain
Saragossa 515 .. 510
Ditto to Barcelona

The French Tribunal of Correctional Police last
week tried M. Repos, the responsible editor, and M. Riquier,
the printer, of the journal La TarOISSe, for having published
a periodical treating of political matters without first ob-
taining the authorisation of the Government. The article
incriminated was on the Pontifical Brief of Lyons, The
Tribunal condemned each of the prisoners to a month's
imprisonment with 100 f, fine, and ordered that the journal
should cease to appear.
DEATH OF IVIIss KATHERINE SOUTHEY.—rfhe
last living link connecting the name of Southey
with Keswick has just passed away, more than 60 years
having elapsed since the late Laureate fixed his residence
in the lake metropolis, Miss Katherine Southey, the third
and only unmarried daughter of the poet, was born at Greta-
hall, and reached her 54th year on Monday. She had been
for some time confined to her room, and died on Friday
night of congestion of the brain, at Lairthwaite-cottage,
Keswick, where her aunt, Mrs Lovell, expired a few years
since. By the death of Miss Southey a civil list pension of
£lOO par annum reverts to the Crown. She will be buried
on Tuesday in Crosthwaite churchyard, under the shade of
Skiddaw, where already repose her father and mother, her
brother Herbert, the eldest-born, and her sisters Emma and
Isabel.
CARDIGANSHIRE.—In the event of Col. Powell
resigning his seat for this county—a contingency more than
probable—we have authority for stating that Sir Thomas
Lloyd, of Bronwydd,will solicit the suffrages of the electors
as an independent supporter of Lord Pahnerston'a Govern,
ment.
CRYSTAL PALACE,—This day and during the
week, by the kindness of Sir Joseph Paxton, the grounds
of Rockhills, adjoining the palace, will be open to the in-
spection of visitors to the palace, between the hours of two
and six,