The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-02 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Aug. I.—Two o'clock. This being
settling day on the Rentes, the market is attended
with great animation. The report (price for carry-
ing over) is unusually cheap owing to the obliga-
tion the " bears" are under of buying in their late
heavy sales. After doing 121 c., the report declined
as low as par ; it, however,:afterwards recovered to
7i. Threes, for the Account, have varied from
67f. 65c. to 65f. 75c. The following are the prix
de compensation fixed for the Stock settled to-day—
Threes, 67f. 72ic ; Four-and-a-Half, 97f. ; Trea-
sury Bonds, 450 f. The fall in the Shares of the
Comp:loir d'Escompte is due to the general meeting
which took place on Monday, and at which a divi-
dend of 31fr. was fixed for the half-year, but at
the same time an announcement was made of a loss
sustained by the company in its affairs with India
to the extent of 2,600,003 f. The following are the
variations which have taken place in these Shares
to-day:— 930 f., 942 f. 60c., and 935 f. Three
o'clock.—To-day's monthly settlement has been
favourably conducted. The report has again de-
clined to sc. Threes have advanced 15c., and
Comptoir d'Escompte Shares 5f., whereas Credit
Mobilier Shares have declined 6f. 25c. The follow-
ing arc the last quotations :

44 per Cents 97
Do. and month —
3 per Cents
Do. and month 67 75

Ditto Threes —
Mexican Loan 461
Do. Bonds —
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred
Roman

Credit Mobilier 733 75
Do. end month 726 25
Bank Shares 3600
Credit Fonder 1255
Italian Loan 65

Do. end month 64 90

RAIL'

'AYR.
Cash.

Orleans 835 Amt.
Northern lO5O
Lyons and Mediterranean — ~. 850
Southern — 558 75
Western — ... 537 50
Eftakern — -- blg 75
Sardinian , — ..• 275
Austrian — 412 50
Lombard — •,. 480
North of Spain — ~. 185
••• 320
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona •••
Roman 216 25

JOAN SADLEIR AGAIN.—The Liverpool correspon-
dent of the North British Mail relates the following
curious story. Some days ago Mr. lc—, a gentleman well
known and extensively engaged in mercantile life in the
sister island, arrived in Liverpool to transact business, and
stopped at one of the first hotels in the town,where he had
been known for many years. For three or four days he
observed that he was followed, and his movements narrowly
watched by a strange-looking person, and this rather an-
noyed Mr. M—, for go where ho would, morning, noon,
ornight,the individual was either in his wake or by his side.
He made several attempts to speak to this mysterious being,
but all to no purpose, as the moment he approached that
moment the man would disappear round a corner into some
passage or publichouse, but very soon would reappear be-
side Mr. M—. At last the latter formed a notion that
the mysterious dodger had an intention of robbing him, and
a few evenings since, just at dusk,he turned sharply on the
man, and caught him by the collar, giving him a good
shaking, and at the same time insisting on knowing who
and what he was, and what he wanted. "I am a police-
man's assistant," the mysterious stranger replied, "and
want you on a charge of forgery." The astonishment of the
gentleman may be imagined when tho "policeman's assist-
ant" informed him that he (Mr. M—) was not himself at
all, but the Into John Sadleir, member of Parliament. The
denouement is as follows :—The gentleman happened to bear
a strong personal likeness to the ex-M.P., and it seems that
there happened to be a man in the police force at Liverpool
who was well acquainted withSadleir's appearance, and the
sapient " bobby" concluded that lir. 31— was the iden-
tical "John," and, hgving some dreary recollection that
there was a large reward offered for his arrest, concluded
that it would turn out a "good job" to "nab" him. How-
ever, as his time was otherwise occupied, he employed the
assistance of his friend, " the policeman's assistant" above
alluded to. The assistant, however, being convinced that he
had real flesh and bloOd to contend with, and not the ghost
of John, and that it was likely he would get into trouble,
quickly disappeared, and ha, not duce Paso beard of.