The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The France considers the state of parties at
Frankort as calculated to delay any satisfactory
settlement of the proposed Federal reform.
BOURSE, Aug. 24.—The market has been ani-
mated, but in the business done the prices of Satur-
day have been well maintained, Threes, for the
Account, being now at 67f. 60c. Railway Share
Market quiet, with quotations for the most part
unvaried. The market closed as follows :

41 per Cents .. 96 SO Italian Loan 72 75
Do. end month.... Do. end month 72 70
3 per Cents
Do. end month.... 67 60' Russian month 72 75
Credit Mobilier.... 1100
Do. end m0nth....1100 75 Austrian
Bank Shares 3380 Spanish Threes.,, .. 52 50
Credit k oncier 1260 Rome Debt

RA IL

',LYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1026 25 .. 1023 75
Northern - .. 990
Near ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 .. 1023 75
Geneva 493 75 .. 492 50
Southern 706 25 .. 710
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lou lard
North of Spain
Saragossa 685 .. 685
Ditto to Barcelona

THE CAPE MAIL.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 24,

The Union Company's steamship Briton, with
the above mails, arrived here this evening. She left
the Cape of Gcod Hope on the 21st ult., St. Helena
on the 30th ult., and Ascension on the 3d inst.

The Briton brings 62 passengers, among whom
are the Lieutenant-Governor, General %Srynyard,
on sick leave, and family ; Lieut. Wilson, A.D.C.,
and Mrs. Wilson; Sir Drummond Hay, the Gover-
nor of St. Helena, and Lady Hay.
Her cargo consists of 626 bags copper ore, 116
bales and 340 bags of sugar, 27 casks wine, 117
bales hides, 17 cases feathers, 7 cases aloes, 3 bales
buchu, 20 cases sundries, and 1 box of coins.
The Briton arrived out on the 16th July, two
days over her contract time; she was detained
two days at St. Helena, landing Admiral Elliot,
the new governor.

The dissolution of the Cape Parliament was ex-
pected in a few days. Only two of the taxing bills
proposed by the Governor had been passed, ie. the
transfer duties bill and the succession duties bill.
They were expected to yield only £2,000 additional
revenue this year, but £25,000 next year. The
Governor had introduced another bill to amend the
stamp tariff. A bill has been passed, authorising
the Government to raise a loan in England of
£150,000 upon debentures at 6 per cent. interest.
A motion for introducing a responsible or party
Government has been rejected.
The Assembly has voted an address to the Gover-
nor to summon the next session of Parliament in
the Eastern Province. The Council had passed a
resolution for the introduction of Lancashire emi-
grants at the expense of the Home Government,
but the Assembly rejected the motion.
There was some danger of hostilities upon the
frontier between the Basutos and the Free State
from a dispute about their boundaries.

News had been received from the Zambezi to
May 18. Bishop Tozer and suite had arrived safely.
No later news from Dr. Livingstone.
Trade was still dull, with little hopes of improve.
ment until the spring; but the season was very
favourable. Harvests were abundant and provisions
cheapening. Money market easier.
In Simon's Bay were H.M.S. Valorous and Pen-
guin. The Curb coa arrived on July 20 from Eng-
land. The Pioneer left July 11. At Ascension
the Rattlesnake left July 30, for the coast. The
Sparrow had arrived from England.

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it.* The above mails will reach London at noon

to-morrow.

THE DOG SHOW at Ashburnhatn Hall, in the
March of the present year, assembled together more than
1,200 dogs,which were classified under 52 different varieties
Mr. WHALLEY, M,P., has lately joined an
Orange Lodge.
THE late report that Mr. Sothern (Lord Dun-
dreary) was, at Leeds, too ill to fulfil his professional engage-
ments, is, we are glad to learn, untrue.
" MANFRED" is expected to be produced shortly
at Drury-lane.
BARON KOTZE has recently arrived in England
to purchase blood stock for the Prussian Government.
TRYING IT ON !—lt is still thought that the
picture galleries will be left standing at South Kensington,
for the purpose of another attempt being made to per-
suade the House of Commons to purchase them next
session I That being, of course, so very likely

ACCORDING to rumours of projected changes in
the Equity Courts, Lord Justice Knight Bruce will retire,
Vice-Chancellor Kindersley will succeed him in the Ap•
peal Court, and Mr. Edward James, Q.C., will be the new
Vice- Chancellor.

Preparations are now in progress for installing a
camp in the province of Schleswig. It will consist of from
10,000 to 12,000 men, among whom will be the Royal
Guard. A corps of 10,000 men is also being assembled
round Copenhagen.
A NICE OPENING FOR A YOUNG MAN !—As
Gilbert a Beckett said of the Chasm in the Forum,
into which Curtius leapt on horseback, armed :cap-a-pie.
Sa3s the 4Yaturday Review in reference to the new Empire
of Mexico :—To an Archduke or a Prince of royal blood,
the transition from the second rank to the first seems like a
peerage to a squire, like a bishopric to a curate, like the
woolsack to a barrister. The Archduke Maximilian enjoys
all the pleasures and luxuries of life, as well as the social
homage which belongs to exalted rank. He has palaces
and revenues in the pleasant country of his ancestors, and
all the Courts of Europe are open to receive him when he
happens to wish for a change of scene. In Mexico, he will
live among aliens of an inferior race, in constant political
uncertainty, if not in personal danger, with malcontents
around him who will have a constant excuse for becoming
rebels, and in tho neighbouthood of a forniidable Power
which will probably not even acknowledge his title. His
sovereignty, such as it is, will involve virtual dependence
on the Government which has inflicted the heaviest blows
on the House of Austria. He has yet to earn the
loyalty of his unknown subjects, even if they are
capable of the political sentiments which are indispen-
sable io the unity of nations. The new Emperor's revenue
will probably be uncertain, and the taxes which his Govern-
menr may impose must, in the first instance, be applied to
pay the costs of the French conquest of the country. If
William 111., on the throne of England, regretted his
parks and hunting-grounds in Holland, Maximilian I. will
often feel a melancholy longing for his castle at Trieste or
for the cheerful society of Vienna. In return for his
sacrifices, he will be entitled to call the Kings of the Earth
his brothers, while non-regnant Princes will sink into the
humbler category of cousins. It is also probable that a
young man of respectable abilities and character may be
actuated by the nobler ambition of occupying his life in
manly labours, and of perhaps coatributing to the founda-
tion of a civilised and durable State. King Leopold has
earned a name in history by conforming to the duties of a
constitutional ruler over one of the most ordeily and intel-
ligent of European populations. His son-in-law will
achieve a higher tack if he can govern Mexico, or teach it to
govern itself,

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The Prince and Princess of Wales in the
Highlands.

On Monday forenoon the Princess of Wales
walked to Corbyhall, On Monday and Tuesday
the Prince of Wales and the Count of Flanders
hunted round Lochnagar ; the Prince succeeded in
bringing down three noble stags on Tuesday. On
Wednesday the Prince of Wales went out to the
grouse shooting and was very successful. In the
evening a ball was given to the Billies and game-
keepers at Abergeldy Castle. The Prince and the
Count of Flanders danced frequently, the latter
appearing bewildered, although much amused, at
the intricacy of the Highland reel; and the Princess,
although she did not join in the dancing, seemed
highly delighted with the Highland dancers. On
Thursday the Prince of Wales and the Count of
Flanders hunted the woods of Birkhall. In the
afternoon the Princess drove to Birkhall.—Aber-
deen Herald.