The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Aug. 18.—The market has been much
more buoyant, and a fair amount of business has
been done at improved quotations. Threes, for the
Account, are now at 67f. 80c. The Railway
Share Market has been also more animated, and
prices are, generally higher. The market closed
as follows :

If per Cents .. 96 80 Italian Loan 72 60
Do. end month.... Do. end month 72 45
3 per Cents ...... 67 65 New ditto
Do. end month.... 67 65 Do. end month 72 70
Credit Mobilier.... 1107 50 Russian
Do. end month.... 1107 50 Austrian
Bank Shares 3385 '---- Spanieh Threes.... 52 50
Credit k oncier .. • l2bo flozne Debt -
RAILWAYS

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1022 50 .. 1015
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 .. 1026 25
Geneva.. 492 50 .. 492 50
Southern ........ 697 50 .. 702 50
Western
Eastern .... ....... ,
Sardinian .......... 416 25 .. 415
Austrian
Lorrbard ...... 555 .. 653 75
North of Spain ........ 548 75 .. 547 50
Saragossa .............. 685 .. 685
Ditto to Barcelona .... 355 .. 357 50

THE FRENCH CATHOLICS AT LIVERPOOL—The
Emperor's fete day
was celebrated at the Catholic
pro-cathedral church, Copperas-hill, on Sunday morning,
by a solemn high maas. There were present the French
consul and several of the leading French residents in the
town. The sermon was preached by the Very Rev. Pro-
vost Cookson, V.G., who, previous to the delivery of his
discourse, remarked that in France it was customary in all
Catholic churches, on the Feast of the Assumption, to pray
to God that he would bless the Emperor and the Prince
Imperial. This year his Excellency the French consul had
requested that the custom might be observed in Liverpool,
and accordingly, at Ethe close of the service a solemn Te
Deum would be sung. Much depended on the French na-
tion—and this year the Catholic Church had especial cause
to thank that nation on account of the expedition which
the Emperor had sent to Mexico to put down the factions
which existed in that country, and for the purpose of re-
storing law and order. The Catholic institutions there had
been frequently exposed to violence, and the bishops and
clergy had been in great danger of being expelled from the
country by the factions that had, ore after another, ruled
there ; and it w s, therefore, a great blessing that the
French nation had generously undertaken to put an end
to :men a state of things. He, therefore, asked them to
unite, heart and soul, with his excellency the French con-
sul in thanking God for the blessings that had been vouch-
safed to the French nation, and to beg a continuation of
them. At the close of the service a solemn To Deum was
accordingly sung, in thanksgiving for blessings bestowed
on the French nation during the past year.—Liverpool Post,
" KEEP YOUR TEMPER !" is easier said than done,
according to the Saturdayßeviezv, a facetious writer
in which observes philosopher, living with a proper
system of final causes ever before his eyes, is naturally in.
different to the little disappointments of weather, friend-
ship, or meals. Still we have met with philosophers, of
lofty mien and stoical complexion, who would fall into
transports of fury over cold shaving-water or a bad hand
at cards. We have known men who would declaim by the
hour, in all the raptures of a self-complacent transcenden.
talism, about the mystic significance of the universe, about
the inscrutable destiny of the human soul, about the
nothingness of time and the inoffable splendours of eternity,
and yet who 'could use very bad language over an ill-fitting
teat, a fractional fell in Console, or mn an underdone
potgo.

AIERICA.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
(Per the City of New York.)

NEW YORK, AUG. 8.

The _Richmond Enquirer says the Federal pri-
soners now in Richmond number 4,300, including

523 commissioned officers.

The Richmond Examiner thinks it is the deter-
mination of the British Government and people to
do no act that shall tend to abridge war,or help the
South, or involve itself in a quarrel with the United
States. The South, it continues, has no worse
enemies than the British Government ; not that the
British Government is a friend of the North, but it
hates the whole American people, and all their
diplomacy will be to prolong the war by preventing
the interence of any other nation.

The Examiner, however, thinks that Napoleon's
possession of Mexico will render his interference
compulsory whenever it shall become evident that
the Southern Confederacy shall cease to exist with-
out it, for the Crown of Mexico will be untenable
on the day when the subjugation of the South shall
be compl.eted, and the United States power re-
stored.

Considerable excitement exists in Columbus,
Ohio, caused by invalid soldiers tearing down flags
inscribed with the names of Vallandigham and
Pugh. One soldier was nearly killed, and all the
soldiers in the city were confined to their barracks.
Copperheads afterwards paraded the streets and
replaced the flag.

The Federal Government is about to increase its
naval force in the Pacific.

General Grant's official despatch states that dur-
ing his operations in Mississippi he captured 39,000
prisoners, 31,000 of whom were paroled, and 8,000
sent North.

The New York Herald concludes that Lee is
preparing another bloody campaign against Wash-
ington, relying upon superior numbers to defeat
Meade in the next battle, and, as a consequence, to
capture Washington. "It is rumoured that a por-
tion of Bragg's army reinforced Lee, and that he is
pushing troops for an important movement, and it
can hardly be doubted that this movement will be
northward."

The herald further thinks that the fears of the
Cabinet for the safety of Washington will prevent
Meade attacking Lee, and that the policy of the
rebel Government will Lbe to attempt to wipe out
their late reverses by striking a blow at the army
of the Potomac.

The ,S't. Louis Democrat says :—" Letters were
captured near Jackson confirming the treason of
James Buchanan, and his letters to Jefferson Davis
confirmed General Scott's accusation."

The Atalanta Appeal states that the Governor of
Georgia is making extensive preparations to stop
the raids into Georgia. A large force of raiders
from Rosencrans' army were at White Side.
The Appeal also says that the Confederate War
Department has resolved to stop the navigation of
the Mississippi by a well organised system of gue-
rilla warfare. The editor thinks that Rosencrans
is moving on Selina, Alabama. Every place of im-
portance in Georgia is fortified.

The New York TVorld denounces the presence of
a military force at polls during the elections in
Kentucky.

There are at present 18,000 paroled Union pri.
soners yet ufiexehanged.

The _Richmond Examiner says the iron track of
the street railroads has been torn up for the purpose
of ironplating a gunboat.
Numerous rioters have been tried and convicted
in New York to terms of imprisonment varying
from three to 15 years.
The draft in Washington has been completed. It
gives an aggregate of 3,700 white and 1,250 coloured

conscripts.
Guards have been placed on all the roads and
rivers leading from Washington in order to prevent

conscripts from escaping.

The New York Democratic State Convention has
been called to assemble at Albany on the 9th of

September.

Captain Meffit, of the steamer Florida, writes that
up to May 11, ha had destroyed 97,000,000 dollars
worth of Northern commerce, and had eluded 13
Federal cruisers sent to destroy him.
The steamer Ruth was burnt on the Mississippi
during a voyage from St. Louis to New Orleans.
Thirty lives were lost, together with a large amount
of Government funds in the hands of the paymaster
on board.

A proposal is to be brought before the New York
Chamber of Commerce for the construction of a ship
canal to the West, by way of the Chanub and
Champlan canals, for the purpose of throwing the
commerce of the North West and Canada through
the State of New York. The Governor of New
York supported the scheme.

The steamer Eagle arrived at New York from
Havana reports having seen a steamer with two
white smoke pipes and a hull painted lead colour,
steering S.E., with another steamer in chase. The
Eagle fired a blank shot at her, stopping her, when
the Federal steamer Sackawanna came up and took
possession of her. She was an English built iron-
side wheel steamer, of about 600 tons, laden with
cotton, of which she threw a quantity overboard.

ARRIVAL OF THE OLYMPUS.
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.

The Canard screw steamer Olympus, Capt. Muir,
from New York on the sth inst., arrived in the
Mersey shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon. By
her we get New York journals of the sth, but
their contents have been fully anticipated.
The Recorder of New York, in charging the grand
jury, in reference to the late riots, made the follow-
ing remarks :
" One of the worst signs of the times has been the pre-
valent disregard and want of respect for the laws and the
lawfully constituted authorities. Dangerous men have, by
example and 'accept, taught the people to disregard and
disobey constitutional and legal obligations; and sometimes
on one pretext, and sometimes upon another, have counte-
nanced, if they have not counselled, disobedience and resist.
ance. The evil teachings of misguided and wicked men
have not been without their effect. They have taken deep
root in the popular mind. Infidelity to constitutional and
legal obligations has produced its brood of evils. This in-
fidelity and the false teachings and examples of partisans of
various sects and parties, aided as they have been by causes
and elements which are always actively at work in times
of war and civil convulsions, urged on by the spirit of law-
lessness which they have created, have recently produced
in this city an outbreak which resulted in violence and
enormities without a parallel in the history of he country.
The immediate cause of this was opposition to the enforce.
ment of the conscription law; but this cause would have
been wholly inadequate to the result if the poison of consti-
tutional and loyal infidelity, and of false teaching and per-
nicious example had not been infused into the popular mind
The outbreak was fearful, its results dreadful. 'Whatever
may have been the cause, and whoever may have been re-
sponsible for the terrible consequences, one thing is cer-
tain, the plea of resistance to the draft affords no justi-
fication or excuse, and it is the duty of every public
officer and private citizen to labour with all his strength
to bring to justice and to judgment the men who have
violated all law, outraged all decency, and trampled upon
all rights."

The New York, Herald says
" It is thought there will be another drawing in Massa-
chusetts for conscripts, as not one in five comes up to the
soldier's standard. Only 800 men have thus far been taken
to camp, and a number of these have already managed to
get away."

" THE DREAMER," a new penny weekly periodi
cal, devoted to a record of notable dreams, and a discussion
of the philosophy of dreamiritg, somnambulism, &c , has
just been commenced by a London publisher. Another
oddity recently iszty.'d is tb.e history of the 4alllatO Plan-
flow of England,