The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Legislative Body sat yesterday, Duke de
Meru in the chair. A letter was read from M.
Ravin announcing that having been elected in the
department of the Seine and in that of the Manche,
he had decided on sitting for this last. The verifica-
tion of powers was then resumed, and on the election
of M. Roy de Loulay in the Charente-Inferieure
observations were made by M. Kolb-Bernard,
M. Riche, the Marquis d'Andelarre, and M. Lubo-
nis, the reporter, after which the return was de.
cared to be valid. The same result was arrived at
for the election of M. Abbatucci in Corsica. 00
the election of M. Bravay in the Gard, the report
of the bureau concluded in favour of annulling the
return, but at the request of that gentleman the
discussion was adjourned.
"We have good news," says the Gazette de
France, "to announce to the friends of Count de
Christen ; the end of his captivity has at length
arrived. We know from a sure source, and are
authorised to state, that his pardon is signed. We
should certainly have preferred justice rather than
pardon, the perfect knowledge of the facts having
enabled us to affirm that our countryman and friend
had been unjustly condemned ; in certain cases,
however, and this is one, it will not do to be over-
nice about words."

The Moniteur publishes a decree convoking the
departmental commission which performs tilt
functions of Council-General of the Seine, for their
ordinary session, on the 30th inst., and to close or
the 14th December. The bureau will be corn-
pcs,2d as follows :—President—M. Dumas, Sena-
tor; Vice-Presidents—M, Ferdinand Barrot, Sena-
tor, and M. Cnaix d'Est-Ange, Vice-President of
the Council of State ; Secretary---M. Langlais,
Councillor of State ; and Vice-Secretaries—M.
Ernest Moreau and M. Macs.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is comprised
in the second series of guests at Compiegne, left
yesterday for that residence with Mme. Drouyn de
Lhuys.
BOURSE, Nov. 19.—The market has lost some of
the firmness it evinced yesterday, and the limited
business done shows a decline. Threes, for the
Account, are now heavy at 67f. 15c. Mobilier have
receded to 1,0771. 50c. The Railway Market re-
mains firm at previous quotations. The market
closed as follows :

41 per Cents .. 95 15
Do. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 20
Credit Mobilier 1680
Dn. end month 1080
Bank Shares 3350
Credit koneler 1267 50
Roman

Italian Loan 72
Do. end month 7l ik
New ditto
Do. end month....
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes. „
Florae Debt
Deferred
VAY9.
Cash. Account.

BAIL'

972 50 .. 977 50
980 - .. 930 -

Orleans
northern
New ditto — • •
Lyons anu Mediterranean 953 75 .. 955
New. ditto 905
Genova 498 75
Southern 690 .. 691 25
Western ....... 515 515
Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian
Lon.tvird
North of Spain ....
Saragossa — 627 50
Ditto to Barcelona 321 25 ..

Gallant Act of an Officer of H.M.S. Pelorus.

On Wednesday morning, while the Peiorus, 21,
screw corvette, Capt. H. Boys, was proceeding from
the Hamoaze to the Government anchorage in the
Sound, one of her officers promptly availed himself
of an opportunity of rescuing a seaman that felt
overboard. The vessel had arrived about halfwa)
between Drake's Island and the Breakwater, and
under steam was going at full speed at the time of
the accident. She had just concluded firing a
salute, and a party of men were employed in pre-
paring the port boat boom for swinging, when
one of them, an ordinary seaman, named Haw-
kins, slipped his hold and fell over the side.
An alarm was immediately raised, when Sub
Lieutenant Aloncreiff, who was on deck, rushed into
the after port hammock netting, and springing
overboard reached Hawkins in a few strokes, the
gallant officer being a❑ expert and powerful swim-
mer. He had not delayed to divest himself of the
thick coat he was wearing, nor had even taken oft
his gloves, but supported the seaman with perfee
ease until the arrival of further help. The vessel's
boats were being towed astern with their crews in
them, and their tow ropes being instantly cast
adrift, they proceeded to render assistance. Lieu-
tenant Moncrieff and Hawkins were picked up
by the captain's galley and conveyed or,
board nothing the worse for the accident
beyond the ducking, which in the lieutenant's
case had the inconvenience of saturating his uni-
form and injuring by the water a valuable watet
which he was wearing. This gallant act, which
was witnessed by most of the officers and crew,
needs no comment to point out its highly merito
rious character. It is to be hoped that it will be
noticed by the Admiralty in a substantial way,
Another officer of the ship, who saw Hawkins fall
overboard, was about to spring after him, but stayed
for a second to divest himself of his watch, and
before he had time to put his laudable intention into
practice Lieutenant Moncrieff had forestalled him.
The Petorus will go out to-day to try her spend at
the measured mile, and it is probable she will
leave on Saturday next for her station, the East
Indies and China.—Western Morning News of
yesterday.

SALE OF THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP.—
On the 11 th of January next Messrs. Cunard, 'Wilson, anti
Co., of Liverpool, will offer the Great Eastern for sale by
auction by order of the mortgagees,