The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-06 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, OCT. G.
The Empress arrived at half-past seven o'clock
yesterday evening at St, Cloud.
The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric state of Europe yes-
terday :—The barometer has fallen over almost the
whole of Europe, and more particularly on the
western coasts. The winds continue light in the
North Seas, but have become stronger in the Bay of
Biscay and the Gulf of Lyons, still blowing from
the East. The storm of the 2d, which was deadened
by the Pyrenees, appears likely to acquire fresh
strength on the Mediterranean, at the same time
that another coming from the west threatens the
south-western of Europe. A thunderstorm of short
duration broke over Barcelona on Monday night.

The waters of the Seine continue below the zero
of the scale at the Pont-Royal, a most unusual
occurrence in October. The river, in fact, is so
shallow that the steamer Seine-et-Tamise grounded
yesterday near the Pont do la Concorde, end was
with difficulty got afloat again.,
On the arrival of a train at the Paris terminus of
the Lyons railway the night before last, a passenger
was found dead in a first-class carriage. From
papers found on his person the deceased was ascer-
tained to be a M. D -, a tinman, residing in the
Rue St. Claude. Dr Trousseau, who was called in,
declared that death had been caused by the rupture
of an aneurism.

BOURSE, Oct. s.—The market is rather firmer,
and Threes, for the Account, are now at 65f. 90c.
Mobilier have improved to 9901. It iiiway Market
quiet, but firm. The market became rather heavy
towards the close, and left off as follows:-
41 per Cents. 92 Italian Loan 66 9
Do. end month.... Do. end month 67 25
3 per Cents
Do. end month.... 65 85 New Mexicali .... 52 25
Credit Mobilier.... 983 75 Russian.
Do. end month.... 956 25 Austrian
Bank Shares 3120 Spanish Thrreq... ,
Credit Foncier l2lO Rome Debt
Roman

'Airs.
Cash. Account.
Orleans.. • c. • • . ~,
Northern
Lyons and Ileditsrzanean 908 75 .. 916 25
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian ..
..... •••••
312 50 .. 316 25
Austrian ..
Lorr‘b,Ard
North of Spain
Saragos-a 475 --- .. 478 74
Ditto to Barcelona ..., 201 '25 ..
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RAIL

A curious charge was investigated Ly the Lord
Mayor yesterday. Mr Marshall, of Now Bond-
street, was charged with having threatened to publish a
libel on Mr P. J. Benett, a member of the firm of Leighton
am' Co., of Mark-lane, with the view of extorting money.
Mr Marshall had, it seems, brought an action against
Captain Blakeley for breach of contract in respect to some
guns. In conversation Mr Benett, it is alleged, offered to
bet Mr Marshall £l,OOO to £1 that he would not recover
more than £3OO. Mr Marshall says the bet was accepted.
The case went to trial, and Mr Benett, who had been sub-
poenaed by Mr Marshall, gave evidence for Capt. Blakeley.
Damages to the amount of £175 were given by the jury,
and then Mr Marshall claimed payment of the bet. Mr
Benett said it had not been accented, and a correspondence
ensued. Eventually Mr Marshall printed a statement of
the affair, and threatened to circulate it whenever Mr Ben-
nett had business connections if the £l,OOO were not paid.
Mr Benett replied by putting the aff tir into the hands of
his solicitor, and the matter assumed the form of the charge
against Mr Marshall preferred yesterday. The Lord Mayor
sent the case for trial,