The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-14 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, July 12.—The unfavourable state of
the weather has exercised a depressing influence
on the market, fears being naturally entertained as

to the damage which may be caused to the crops.
Threes, for the Account, which yesterday left off
firm at 68fr. 45c., are now at 68f. 30c, Railway
Share Market has been also dull. The market
closed as follows :

4t per Cents .. 97 50
Do. end month....
3
per Cents
Do. end month 6B 35
New 3 per Cents
Do, end month —
Credit Mobilier B2l 25
Do. end month 823 75
RAIL'

1 Bank Shares 3147 50
Credit k °rimer 1155
1 Piedmontesc Fives 37 10
Italian Loan 7O 76
Roman ... . —
Austrian
Spanish Threes 5O 50
Home Debt
.WAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 998 75 .. 1000
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 10S2 50 .. 1080
Geneva 345 343 75
Southern BO7 50 .. 806 25
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 6lO .. 607 50

THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION.

Saturday was a very quiet day at the Exhibi
tion, and showed some symptoms of exhaustion
after the hurry and excitement of the previous day's
festival. The company were not numerous, but
those who were present had ample amuse-
ment in listening to the fine playing of the French
and Belgian bands, which filled up the middle
hours of the day. Amongst the Exhibition ample
occupation was found in discussing the awards of
the previous day, all those who had been passed
over murmuring against the awards, and all those
who had been distinguished ticketing the award
upon their goods. It is, perhaps, too soon to cri-
ticise the decision too minutely, as we believe that
the book contains many errors, and that the com-
missioners and their staff are now busy making
corrections for a second edition. It is the inten-
tion of some of the more important exhibitors
who have been, much to their own surprise, over-
looked by the jurors, to petition for medals, and it
is therefore not improbable but that more than one
of the awards will undergo reconsideration.
Much surprise has been expressed at the seem-
ing smallness of the return of numbers for Fri-
day as compared with the appearance of the inte-
rior, and some persons have gone so far as to assert
that some thousands were surreptitiously passed in
of whose entry no record was kept.
The returns for the whole week, as compared with
the same week in 1851, shows in favour of the pre-
sent display, the number present on each day being
as follows :

1862. 1851.
Monday .. .. 55,253 .. .. 61,670
Tuesday .. .. 58,883 .. .. 65,962
Wednesday .. 53,418 .. .. 68,055
Thursday .. .. 66,213 .. .. 61,492
Friday .. .. 44,178 .. .. 30,067
Saturday .. .. 29,667 .. .. 11,181

These figures give a total of 288,427 for the week
in 1851, and 307,612 for 1862, giving to the latter
an excess of some 20,000 visitors. If, however, the
returns had been carefully taken on Friday at least
30,600 more would have been added to this ma-
jority. There is now no probability of the numbers
of those actually present on Friday being known at
all. That the visitors present very nearly doubled
in number the 44,000 who were counted is tacitly
admittfd, but not the least clue remains as to the
deficiency caused by those who passed in without
being counted at all.