The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-20 00:00:00

FRAN CE.

The Moniteur publishes the following :
" Napoleon by the grace of God and the national
will, Emperor of the French.

" To all present and future greeting :
"On the report of our Minister of Foreign
Affairs.

"Have decreed and decree as follows;
" Art. I. The Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, our
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to his Majesty the King 01 Prussia, is appointed
our Ambassador to the Holy See, in the stead of
the Marquis de Lavalette, whose resignation is ac-
cepted.

"Art. 11. Baron de Talleyrand-Perigord, ear
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to his Majesty the King of the Belgians, is ap-
pointed to the similar post at the Court of his
Majesty the King of Prussia, in the stead of Prince
de La Tour d'Auvergne.

" Art. 111. Count de Sartiges, our Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Ma-
jesty the King of the Netherlands, is appointed to
the same poet at the Court of the King of Italy, in
the place of M. Benedetti, called to other funotions.
" Art. IV. M. Baudin, our Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Aajesty the
King of Sweden and Norway, is appointed to the
similar post at the Court of his Majesty the King
of the Netherlands, in the place oI Count do Sar-
tiges.

" Art. V. M. Fournier, Secretary, first class, is
appointed our Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of Sweden
and Norway, in place of M. Baudin.

" Art. VI. Our Minister of Foreign Affairs is
charged with the execution of the present decree.
" Done at the Palace of St. Cloud, the 17th of
October, 1862.

" NAPOLEON.
• " DROUYN DE LIIITYS."
The Moniteur also publishes the following letter
addressed by the Emperor to M. Thouvenel :

" St. Cloud, Oct. 15, 1862.
" My dear M. Thouvenel,—ln the very interests of the
policy of conciliation which you have so honourably served
(loyalement servie) I have been obliged to replace you in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but, in deciding to separate
myself from a man who has given me so many proofs of his
devotion, I feel bound to say to him that my esteem and
confidence in you have not undergone any alteration.
" I am convinced that in any position you may occupy I
may count upon your intelligence as well as upon your
attachment, and I beg of you, on your part, to believe
always in my sincere friendship.

" NAPOLEON."
BOURSE, October IS.—The market has been
heavy, and the business done shows a slight decline
on the closing rates of yesterday. Threes, for the
Account, which opened at 7lfr. 20c. are now at
71fr. 15c. The Railway Share Market is pretty
firm, but with only a moderate amount of business
doing. The market closed as follows :-
4t per Cents 9B
Do ead month —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 7l 25
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month —
Credit Mobilier 1182 60
Do. end month —

Bank Sh area
3240
Credit I' oncier 1245 -----
Piedmontese Fives 72 50
Italian Loan 72 75
Roman
Austrian -
Spani,h Threes 62
Home Debt

RAIL'

'AIM.
Cash. Account.
Orleans 1045 .. 1047 50
Northern .... - .. 1096 25
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1178 75 .. 1180
Geneva ..
Southern - .. 881 25
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian
Enwhard
North of Spain
Saragossa 6lB 75 .. 620
Ditto to Barcelona 352 50 .. 355

ITALY.
TURIN, OCT. 18.
A report is in circulation that Monsignor Ciena•
tiempo has succeeded in escaping from prison at
Naples.

OCT. 19.
The news of the escape of M. Cienatiempo from
prison is confirmed.

The rumour of the resignation of the Cabinet la
unfounded.

It is asserted that the Italian Parliament will re..
assemble very shortly.

The Discusstone of this evening, in an article en-
titled " Why we do not go to Rome," reviews the
policy of Cavour, and then that of Ricasoli, "who,"
it continues, "even after the disagreement with the
Emperor Napoleon, continued to delude Italy With
the hope of a speedy evacuation of Rome. These
precedents compelled Ratazzi from the beginning
to follow the same course."

GENOA, OCT. 19.
The intelligence respecting the health of Garibaldi
continues unsatisfactory.
The Movimento of to-day denies the authenticity
of the letter said to have been written by Garibaldi
to the Swedes.

The report of the Royal Mail Steam Company to
be presented on Wednesday recommends the usual dividend
of £2 per share. The passenger traffic has been favourably
influenced by the emigration to British Columbia and the
visits to the International Exhibition, but the receipts for
freight on the Brazil route have been considerably dind"
nished by the competition of the French steamers—a corn'
petition which must also be anticipated to affect seriously
the West India route, when the line from France to that
station shall have been fully established. The company's
contract with the Government will expire at the end of nest
year, and tenders for the new service are to be sent in on
Saturday week. The directors, therefore, crre giving anxious
attention to this question, but do not intend to attempt to
obtain a renewal on any but remunerative terms.
GAS PRICES AND GAS DIVIDENDS.—It is quite
consistent with this difference that the London paid only
6 per cent„ and the South Metropolitan paid 10. But sea
how this affects the consumer—the London goes on in the
old way as to the price of gas, the South Metropolitan has
reduced the price at the rate of 2d. per 1,000 feet. So the
ratio of capital to rental is as much an affair for the coo"
sumer as for the shareholder. The London charges 4s. 6c1.1
55., and 6s. ; the South Metropolitan, 3s. 10d. The CO'"
panies which employ the highest proportions of capital are
the London, the capital of which compared with receipts i$
as 5-16 to 1; the City of London, 5 to 1; the Pheenix and,
the Western 4-4 to I. On the other hand the smallest pr°,
tions of capital are to be found iu tha Great Central, 3 r 9.
to 1; the Chartered, 3-9 to 1; the Independence, 3-4 to 10:
and the South Metropolitan, 3 to. Of course, in some eistily
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tions of consumers will absorb a larger proportion of capital
as compared with receipts than the supply of a crowded
district, where all the consumers are large consurner.fieaur_.
lie close together. But we cannot see that this considera-
tion
for the percentage of the cost of management to gal..ve,
tion will in the end explain all the discrepancies ()laser vabrlef.
oeipts was, in the London, which pays the smallest_th_sito
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