The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-15 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Gold, 2606. Exchange on London, bankers' bills,
281 ; do., on Paris, 2.71. Stocks steady. New
York Centrals, 131. Illinois Shares, 129 k. Erie,
1121, Six per Cent. United States Five Twenty
Bonds, 1081. Cotton, middling Upland, 172 c.
Breadstuffs steady.

P,troleurn, 500. to 510, for crude, and 83c. for
refined.

L.PROM THE CORRESPONDENT or THE TIMES•]

NEW YORK, AUG. 2,
Grant's movement north of James River was a

feint to cover a grand assault upon Petersburg,
which was opened at daylight on Saturday, by
springing a mine under a Confederate earthwork
in front of liarnside's position. Six tons of gun.
Powder were exploded,
earrying the fort into the
air, and burying M Confederates in tho ruins.
immediately the
Federal artillery opened along
the whole line, amidst the fire
of which Burnside
' charged and seizal the ruined fort and a portion of
the works upon either aide. He then attempted
to push on to the second line of defences, but was
driven back by the terrific fire of the Confederates,
A reserve division of negro troops was then thrown
forward, and pct, with a similar fate. The Confc-
drove the Pederale, whit© and Pol°
back to their entrenchments urea mingling,
derates then, in their turn charged, and ultimately
held previous tg the
assault,

Grant's loss Is very heavy, no estimate Placing
it below ,0001 while many carry it 45 high as
10,000.

Burnside was wounded
and General Bartlett

captured.

Lincoln and
Sunday,and
F oPr
trreessisd e nAti 0
RI; General Grant met at
and proceeded to
Norfolk, on board a steamer, for consultation. In
the afternoon Mr Lincoln returned to Washington
and Grant to his head-quarters. Nothing is yet
known of their decision ; but it is rumoured that
the whole Potomac army will be immediately trans-
ferred to Washington, in anticipation of an advance
against that capita'_ by General Leel at the bead of
;,is entire forces,
On Saturday the Confederates levied contribu-
tion of 500,000 dots. upon Chamborsburg, which not
being paid, they burnt the greater portion of the
town, including all the public buildings. They
then moved westward, and it was feared they would
attack Bedford ; but as they had not appeared be-
fore that town up to yesterday, it is believed that
they are retiring from the State. Federal General
Averill is reported in pursuit,
It is reported, non-officially, from Washington
that another engagement occurred at Atlanta on the
27th ult., in which the Confederates were repulsed
with much loss.

There are counter runvaure that Sherman waE
defeated.

There are again kino of i maportant moyements by

Grant's army, which it is believed refer to its im-
mediate transfer to a base nearer Washington.
The wounded in Saturday's assault upon Peters.
burg have been removed and the dead buried under
truce.

The Confederates have retired from Pennsylvania.
Their cavalry still hold the line of the Potomac,
and make daily incursions into Maryland.

Early's headquarters are at Martinsburg. All
accounts agree that his force numbers upwards of
40,000. Deserters assert that he is being heavily
reinforced from Richmond, and that he is estab-
lishing a buff) of operations in Shenandoah Valley,

No further trustworthy intelligence from At.

lanta.

Governor Curtis, of Pennsylvania, this day an.
nouncts that the Confederates have again crossed
the Potamac in force, and occupied Hagerstown,
Maryland.

It is reported, -nonsofficially, from New Orleans,
that Admiral Farregut attached the defences of
Mobile on the 27th. The contest was still in pro-
gress on the 30th. The result is unknown. The
Confederates in Maryland are marching upon Cam•
berland and Pittsburg.
Gold, 261.

CAPE CLEAR, AUG. 15.
The extra steamer Marathon, from New York on
the 3d inst., arrived here this morning.
Her news has been fully anticipated by the ar-
rival of the Europa off Crookhaven, bringing ad-
vices to the morning of the 6th inst., by telegraph
via Cape Race.

THE PRUSSIANS IN JUTLAND.
COPENHAGEN, AUG. 13, 10.57 A.M.
The Prussians have prohibited the export from
Jutland of the following important Erticles during
the armistice :--Horses, oxen, pigs, bacon, rye, and
oats.

FRANCE.

PARIS, AUG. 15.

By an Imperial decree published to-day an an-
nual addition of 60fr. has been made those clergy-
men who are over 60 years of age.
M. Behic, the Minister of Finance; M. Stourm;
M. Forcade do la Roquette. Councillor of State; M.
Vintry, the President of the Bank; and Cardinal
Donnet have been appointed Grand Officers of the
Legion of Honour; and M. During, the Minister
of Poblic Instruction ; IIM. Emile Pereire and
Talabot to be commanders of the same Order.

To-day being the Emperor's fete, the Bourse is

closed.

By Imperial decree, Colonels the Marquis de
Toulongeon and Count Lepic, aides•de•camp of the
Emperor, have been promoted to the rank of Gene-
ral of Brigade, and placed hers cadre. This latter
arrangement is probably in order to enable them to
hold their present positions at Court.
A telegraphic despatch from Berne announces
that the Federal Council has formally claimed the
release of the ex-Polish Dictator Langiewicz, Rho
has become a Swiss citizen. It may be remarked
that this demand of the Federal Council is not new,
and the belief was that the Court of Vienna some
weeks ago decided on acceding to it. Some jour-
nals even made known the conditions laid down for
giving liberty to the ex-Dictator, and accepted
both by M. Langiewicz and by the Federal Govern-
ment. The affair appeared to be thus terminated,
when everything has again been called in question.
The assertion now is that it is Count de Rechberg,
who, on his return from Kissingen, raised fresh
difficulties, and in some measure withdrew the pro-
mise which had been given. This explains the late
step taken by the Federal Conncil.
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-
tien in prices. The market closed as follows :

4,1 per Cents .. 95
Do. end month...,

3 per Cents

Do. end month.... 66 45

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

Credit Mobilier.... 1017 50
Do. end m0uth....1016 25

Bank Shares 2380

Austrian
Spanieh Threes —
home Dabt
Deferred
rAY%
Cash. Account.

Credit "dander 1`220
Roman

RAIL

Orleans
Northern

882 50 .. 885 -
982 50 .. 982 50
922 50 .. 926 25

Lyons and Mediterranean

N©w ditto

Southern
Western
Eastern

643 75 .. 61.3 50
520 - . . -
491 25 . . 491 25

Sir
...
Austrian
Lc-vilprd

350 - 347 50
427 50 .. 428 7:5
536 25 .. 538 75

North of Spain
Sampzza .. 515 .. 510
Ditto to 11arc,2Iona .... 235 237 50

DENMARK.

The news that Schleswig Holstein alone is to
bear the whole expense of the war has produced a
painful impression in the Duchies. The _Kiel Jour-
nal gives expression to the public sentiments in
demonstrating that there is no just ground for im-
posing on the Duchies so heavy a burden, simply
because Danmark is too poor to indemnify the Ger-
man Powers :—" The cost of the war," says the
Holstein journal, " ought to be paid by the party
which provoked it. The conqueror may, out of
generosity, refrain from exacting payment, but he
has no right to impose on another country the obli-
gation of paying in place of the vanquished.
Assuredly, deliverance from the Danish domination
is a great benefit to the Duchies, but that is not a
sufficient reason for compelling us to pay a sum of
75 millions of franc's." The liquidation of the war
expenses encounters other obstacles besides these.
The preliminaries of peace make no allusion to the
vessels captutz4d. The Prussian shipowners, how-
ever, demand an it:lei:A=4l and they appeal to the
promise made by the Prueian Government to that
effect. It thus appears that :he financial side of the
Dano-German question presents bllarcely less com-
plications than the political arrangemeu"te*