The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-27 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Union records that rumours are again afloat
in Paris of a new Minister being created, who shall
have under his control the post-office, the railways
and the telegraphic lines.
A NEW SORT OF AUTOGRAPH.—The last number
of the Autographe—(a weekly newspaper published
in Paris and containing nothing but autographs, ur,
to speak more properly, lithographs)—exhibits the
signature of a personage who created some sensation
a fortnight ago. We mean Vermouth, the famous

horAe of M. Delamare. A friend of M. de Ville-
messant bethought himself of presenting to the noble
animal a small board covered with clay, which
enabled the conqueror of the English to stretch forth
its fo )t and so to ;mpress on it its signature, which

the Autographe now reproduces, having previously
declared that Vermouth is not a thing, but a glory !
THE GREENBACKS OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS.--
In order to complete the 2,000 francs which he re-
quires to purchase Mone's life-boat, Alexandre
Dumas has hit upon the following process !—lle has
cut out several sheets of paper in a great number of
little squares, and upon each of them with that same
hand from which came oat so many attractive and
amusing works, traced those simple words—
" In the name of Alone and of myself, thanks—A.
Dumas." M. C. Prather distributes those auto.
graphs, which can be procured for 10 centimc.s (Id).
This, as every body can see, is equ thy simple but
ingenious. But there are very few men who cou.d
raise the wind by such means.

In the midst of the negotiations eng,g.d in at
Kissi-gen and C4risbad between the Northern
Powers, says the Un.on, the minor Sates Ger-
many have rx pH:bs e !heir wish to s,c,nd aloof.
Tne sovereigns and princes who have repaired to
Kissingen have done an act of courtesy, bat did not
take any part in the deliberations held by the Em-
perors of Russia and Austria, the King of Prussia,
and their Ministers. This reserved attitude of Ger-
many is considered a result of the interview of M.
de Beast at the Tuileries. Everybody knows that
the Saxon Minister is, at the present moment, the
representative of the German Diet at the London
Conference. The minor States of Germany have,
it is said, manifested their intention of departing
from that reserved attitude solely in the case when
the French Government itself should interfere in
the complication, which threaten to happen be-
tween the Great German Powers and
,England.
Moreover, the Cabinet of the Tuileries has not
ceased to declare at London, as well as at Berlin,
at Vienna, and at Copenhagen, that if war should
burst between England and the German Powers
on the Danish question, France would preserve a
strict neutrality, and watch the march of events.
A certain number of French diplomatists, with-
out any official title, have been sent to Carlsbad,
where is also our ambassador at Carlsbad, the Duke
de Gramont. The French Government is very
anxious to be well acquainted with everything
which is said or done in that town.

A new Jewish Synagogue, recently erected on the
site of the Salt Gran, ry at Lyons, was inaugurated
the day before yesteicky. Among the persons
present on the occasio❑ were M. Vaisse, Senator,
Prefect of the department. The interix. of the
building is of great splendour, and the curtain which
conceals the tabernacle containing the tables of the
law was purchased and presented by the Jewish
ladies of the city at a cost of 15,000 f,
BOURSE, June 25.—The market, which at first
declined, again rallied on the arrival of the English
funds with higher prices, but Threes, fur the Ac-
count, show. no improvement on previous prices,
bwitig now uuvaried at 65fr. 700. Dlohiiier huve
advanced to 1,027 f. 50-e. Railway Snares have also
slightly recovered. The market closed as follows
4,2 pi,/ Cents. . 93 35

[rattan I.o:tx ....... 69 80
Do. end mouth.... 69 70
Ditto Threes...... 43 75
N. blexicaa • 65
thvsian . • •• ° °
Austrian ........ 82
vanish
!iiiiiip neh• 50
Deferred ........
yap,.
Cast,. Account,
867 60 865
cB5 _ 986 25
872 50 .. 875

111011 tn....

3 per Centb 65 75
Do. end 65 75
Credit 1025
I)(-) end ninntb.,, 1030
Bank SnareN 3355
Uredit Pono►er 1230
Roman

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Orlean
Norther?,
Lyons and illedilprraneal.
New ditto
S.Juttiern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lotr bard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

- -
645 - 645 -
500 - 495 -
460 - 460 -
361 25 , • 360 -
400 - 403 75
520 •• 517 50
430 - 4:32 50
566 25 .. 565
255 -

PAYMENT OF POLICE FOR SPECIAL SERVICE.—
There are ratepayers who are apt to "consider too
curicuily" as to parochial expenditure, and in so doing
give themselves needless anxiety. Some of these may
query to themselves, " whose money is it that pays the
policemen who are always to be seen at the Houses of
Parliament and other public buildings, as well as in theatres
and many private establishments ?" Such economists may
rest assured that those special services of the police are all
charged to the institutions that receive them, the respective
payments being placed to the debit of the metropolitan police
fund. The Admiralty is the largest customer for police
supervision : that department paid £33,015 for such
service, and the War-office—for policemen at Aldershot
and other stations—paid £lO,OOO. For their attend-
ance at the Treasury Offices and Houses of Parliament,
£857 was paid ; at the Royal Mint, £460 ; and at
the Record Office, £419. The Geological, Science and Art
Museums of the Board of Trade cost for police guardian.
ship, £2,546; the British Museum, £730; and the two
National Galleries—at Trafalgar-square and South Ken-
sington—cost £1,005 for the protection of their priceless
treasures. The inland Revenue Office paid £1,283, mainly
for the services of the police at Somerset House ; and a
similar sum was paid by the trustees of Greenwich Hoe.
piral Public companies, including such as the Crystal
Palace and Railway Companies, together with private in-
dividuals, contribute an aggregate of £5,514 towards the
expense of the police; and the Theatres paid £o3,
Chattlicres Ittfrrig4