The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-09 00:00:00

FRANCE.

M. Garnier, formerly mayor of Neuilly (Seine),
has just died, bequeathing to the commune of
Lauris (Vaucluse), his birthplace, a sum of 200,0001.,
of which 100,000 f. are to be employed in works of
embankment and irrigation, and 100,000 f. in found-
ing communal establishments of public utility.

The French international rifle match will open
to-morrow, and continue to the 22d inclusively.
As in preceding years, the fete will attract to Vin-
cennes a considerable number of foreign marksmen.
The Emperor has sent two magnificent rifles to be
shot for.

A magnificent full-grown Algerian stag was found
dead on Sautrday morning by the keepers in the
Jardin-des-Plantes. Another animal from the same
country, a splendid lioness, excites at the present
moment the admiration of the visitors. She is lodged
alone in a chalet with a court-yard covered in with
iron railings, and also provided with a grotto. This
partial liberty has given to the animal a beauty and
an appearance of health not possessed by those con-
fined in cages. The menagerie at the present mo-
ment possesses three elephants of different sizes, all
living separately.
The swallows have begun to take their departure.
Vast numbers of them might be seen yesterday, at
about five in the afternoon, collected.on the roof of
the new market of the Temple, which at a distance
looked perfectly black. After resting a little so as
to give time for loiterers to arrive, the whole flock
rose en masse, made a circuit in the air as if to re-
connoitre the direction to be taken, and then- flew off
towards the South.

The Achbishop of Avignon has ordered publig
prayers through Out his diocese for the cessation of
the cholera.

Mgr. Colet, Bishop of Lucon, has been named by
the Pope:a Roman Count and attendant on the Pon-
tifical throne. An imperial degree has confirmed the
brief conferring those two dignities ; but the prelate
is not permitted to bear the title of Count till he
shall have demanded and obtained the special autho-
risation required by the decree of March 5, 1859.
A general meeting of the shareholders of the
Suez Canal Company has just been held. Among
other statements the report announced that accord-
ing to the last balanced account of the company
its disposal capital was 173 millions of francs ; also
that the contractors for the works had engaged to
finish them at the latest in the middle of the year
1868, at which period the maritime canal will be
definitively opened to ships of all dimensions ; a
preliminary passage, inaugurated on the 15th of
last August, already existing between the Mediter-
ranean and the Red Sea. Those communications
were received with great favour, and the different
propositions submitted to the meeting were adopted
unanimously.
The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the

following as the atmospheric situation yesterday :
" The barometer continues to fall in the west and
centre of Europe ; the currents from the west are
slowly approaching us ; they already cloud the sky,
and produce rain at some points of the shores of
the Atlantic. The gale signalised on Thursday in
the North, which had its centre in Sweden, has ad-
vanced a little towards the South-East; another is
closely following. The Gulfs of Lyons and Genoa
and the Mediterranean are still subject to storms.
The wind there blows strong from between4N.E.
and S.E. The sea is rough at Toulon ; and furious
at Leghorn arid in the Adriatic." In. Paris yester-
day the weather was still clear and considerably
cooler. The thermometer at three in the afternoon
marked 18 Cent. (64 2-5 Fahr.)
The performances at the theatre of Valenciennes
were interrupted, two nights back, by a singular
accident. The play was the " Diamants de la
Couronne," in the first act of.which, Count de San-
doval (Pilo), when surprised in the cavern of the '
false coiners, has to be disarmed. At this instant,
one of the figurants advanced so precipitately that
the Count's sword penetrated his breast, and he had
to be carried off the stage. The performance WaS
instantly suspended, but was soon after resumed, as
the wound was ascertained not to be dangerous.
The Correctional Tribunal of Metz has just tried a
dealer in hay named Thomas, residing at Maizieres,
on a charge of fraudulently deceiving a purchaser as
to the quantity delivered. It was proved that the
defendant had so wetted the interior of :the trusses
in the two loads of hay as to increase considerably
the weight of Bach truss, and thus caused the pur-
chaser a loss of 100 fr., to say nothing of the proba-
bility that the heating might have set his premises
on fire. The defendant was condemned to six
months' imprisonment, 50fr. fine, and all costs;
likewise to pay the expense of publishing the judg-
ment in one journal, and by posting-bills, one of
which was to be put up at his own door and another
at the mairie.

The Marquis de ?Mustier, absent on leave at his
estate in Franche-Comte, has arrived in Paris, and
will soon return to Constantinople to resume his
functions at the French Embassy.
The latest cholera accounts from Italy are as
follows :--2d inst. Acqui, one case and one death ;
Bari, 13 cases and 3 deaths ; Barletta, 13 cases and
4 deaths ; Lucera, one case and two deaths ; Pescara,
one death ; Modena, one case and one death. 3d
inst. :—Cavriago, one case and one death.
The EMperor and Empress received yesterday at
Biarritz a visit from the Grand Duchess of Saxe-
Weimar and her daughter the Princess Mary.
The Count de Paiva, Portuguese Ambassador,
has left Paris for the Spanish frontier to meet the
King and Queen of Portugal.
BOURSE, Oct. 7.—Two o'Clock.—The continued
weakness of the London market causes a depressing
effect on the funds here. Consols are telegraphed
with a further decline of 4 per cent. French Three
per Cents show a decline of per cent.—their pre-
sent quotation being 67f. 65c. Primes are exten-
sively operated in on thit3 Stock at Ott oe,