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 12fc., 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. 721 c ; Four-and-a-Half, 97f. ; Trea-
sury Bonds, 450 f. The fall in the Shares of the
Comp':oir 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 are the last quotations :-
4i per Cents 97 --
Do. end month —

Ditto Threes —
Mexican Loan 46
Do. Bonds —
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
Roman

3 per Cents.
Do. end month 67 75
Credit Mobilier 733 75
Do. end month 726 25
Bank Shares 3600

Credit Fonder 1255
Italian Loan 65

Do. end month 64 90

VAYS.
Cash.

Orleans ,
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean

Acct.
- ... 835 -
- ... 1050 --

~ e• -- ... 850 --

Southern ..

- ... 558 75

Western
Eastern
Sardinian 275
Austrian

- - •••
- .. 5 5 31"8‘ 7 505

Lombard — ~. 480
North of Spain - -- ... 185
Saragossa —.— ~. 320
Ditto to Barcelona..

Roman

JOHN SADLEIR AGAIN,—The Liverpool correspon-
dent of the North British Mail relates the following
curious story. Some days ago Mr. M—, 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 he would, morning, noon,
ornight,the individual was Dither 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 ho 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,ho 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 ho 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 the "policeman's assist-
ant" informed him that he (Mr. M—) was not himself at
all, but the late John Sadleir, member of Parliament. The
denouement is as follows :—Tho 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 Mr. M— was the iden-
tical "John," and, having some dreary recollection that
there was a largo 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. Thaassistant, 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 cligappeared, moo§ Act OE4 been Ileard of.