The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

During the late fall in the waters of the Seine
a number of interesting objects have been brought
to light from the bed of the river. Beneath the
Pont-Neuf was picked up a double-faced seal en-
graved with the arms of Catherine de Medicis ;
near the Ile de la- Cite was found a knife of
eastern origin, damascened in silver on the
blade and handle ; also a large hatchet of black
polished stone of a singular make. The most
curious discovery was, however, a small copper
case containing a portrait of Mdlle. de la Valliere,
painted in oil on metal. This work of art, which
had remained for a century and a half at the bot-
tom of the river, nevertheless has undergone but
little alteration ; the carmine oply had turned black.
The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric situation yester-
day :—" The gale which approached us on
Monday has its centre to-day between England
and Ireland, its action extending as far as Spain.
It is marching towards the North-East. The
mountains of the South-East of France have thus
far prevented it from reaching the Mediterranean.
Italy is still tolerably calm, as well as the southern

coasts of Franca, but a gale which is passing
over the south will not be long in producing disturb-
ance in that part of Europe. The winds in the
Baltic are from between S. and W.; they have in
general less force than on Monday, but the calm is
not likely to last."—ln Paris yesterday the sky was
overcast, and partial rain fell in the morning, as
well as later in the day. The thermometer at three

in the afternoon marked 16 SCent (61 3 5 F.)
Mr. John B. Murray of New York, had the
honour of a private audience with the Emperor
Napoleon, at the Palace of St. Cloud yesterday
morning, by special invitation of his Majesty.
The different sections of the Council of State as-
sembled yesterday pro forma. The general meeting
for the opening will take place this day.
The asylum of the Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, situated

in the Rue Picpus,-Faubourg St. Antoine, has just
received a solemn benediction from the Archbishop
of Paris. It contains agcommodation for 400 little
girls, with a model workshop for 60 young women,
and is calculated to render good service to the
working classes.
The Moniteur publishes the names of 64 persons
on whom medali have been conferred by the Minister
of Marine for acts of devotedness in saving lives
from drowning.

The Union Me'dicale contains :the statement
that the cholera is exceedingly light in Paris. It
says The number of admissions to the hospitals
diminished sensibly in the course of Sunday. An-
other reassuring sign is that the patients admitted
have a better aspect, and that the cases are becom-
ing more accessible to the resources of art. The
epidemic doubtless makes its influence felt in nearly
all the quarters of Paris, but it may be said in ex-
tending its range to decrease in gravity. On the
other hand, if the number of admissions into the
hospitals still continues high, that of the departures
in consequence of cure augments every day. The
general opinion of the doctors is that the malady
within the last few days has reached its maximum
of intensity, and that it has now entered on a period
of decline. The lowering of the temperature cannot
but favour that tendency."
A considerable quantity of _stained glass, chiefly.
belonging to the end of the 16th century, was dis-
covered some months back in a store-room at the
top of the Louvre. The director of the museums
has decided that the pieces shall be framed and
placed in the windows of the saloons of Henry 11.,
Henry IV., and Anne of Austria.
Bo URSE, Oct. 18.—Two o'Clock.—Moneyed
buyers are discounting certain values—North of
Spain in particular. No less than 2,175 shares of
this company are required for the discount. The
disposition of the market is not brilliant, and exhi-
bits a general decline Threes, for the Account,
are quoted 67f. 72ic., with a fall of 10c. Italian
Fives have also fallen 10c.—viz., 65f. 15c. The
decline in Credit Mobilier Shares is 10f., their
present quotation being 858 fr. 75c. Mexican
Stock is quoted 48f. North of Spain is
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Do. end month 67 72i
Credit Mollifier .
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Credit Fonder 1325
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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Oct. 16. -
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Louise,
drove out in the morning, and in the afternoon
drove to Alt-na-Guithsack.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, Prince John of Gliicksburg, and Princess
Hilda of Anhalt, dined with her Majesty.
The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell left Balmoral
Castle for London, and Lady Augusta Stanley ar-
rived on a visit.

The Royal Visit to Floors.
On Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the Prince
and Princess of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the
Princess Hilda, passed through Edinburgh on their
way from Abergeldie to Floors Castle, on a visit to
the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe. As far as
Edinburgh the royal party bad travelled in carriages
attached to the day express for the south, via Aber-
deen and Perth. At Edinburgh the train was made
special for the rest of the journey. The only
stoppage was at the ticket platform in West
Princes'-street garden, where the Lord Provost (Mr.
Lawson) had the honour of receiving the royal visi-
tors. The train then passed through Waverley sta-
tion without eliciting observation, and without
stoppage reached Kelso about 20 minutes before 6.
At the station there the royal party were waited on
by the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, Mr. Sheriff
Rutherford, Mr. Stormonth Darling, chief magis-
trate, and Colonel Kinlock, H.M. Inspector of
Police. The platform was kept clear of the general
public, and the royal party were conducted from the
station to carriages -in waiting for them through a
neatly decorated covered way. The station was
illuminated with coloured lamps. The local Volun-
teers and several mounted police were drawn up at
the station ; and, on the Prince and Princess mak-
ing their appearance, the Volunteers gave them a
royal salute. The Prince and Princess were
conducted by the Duke of Roxburgh° to a coach
and four, in which they took their seats, and
Prince Alfred, Prince John eiroof Glucksburg,
Princess Hilda, and the Duke and Duchess followed
in other carriages. In consequence of the very un-
favourable state of the weather the number of people
assembled at the railway station was smaller than
would doubtless have been the case in other cir-
cumstances ; but the streets through which the
Royal party passed were crowded with an enthu-
siastic and loyal assemblage. The station is about
a mile from the town, to which the party drovd
slowly, accompanied by a gradually increasing
crowd. The leading streets were specially lighted
up, and many of the houses were decorated with
flags and floral devices. In the large square in front
of the Town-hall a brilliant display took place.
Two splendid arches of evergreens were erected—
, one of them in Roxburghe-street and the other in
Bridge-street—on each of which was an illuminated
" Star of Denmark," and variegated lamps were
hung in large numbers amid the foliage. Additional
gas lights were put on the road between the rail-
way station and the town, and the Castle grounds,
from the gate to the main entrance, were illuminated
with paraffin lamps. The front windows of the
Castle were lit up brilliantly, and the result was'
very effective. The dinner party in the evening
included, besides the Royal guests and suite and the
members of the Roxburghe family, the Duke and
Duchess of Athole, the Duke of St. Albans, Lord
and Lady Blanche Dupplin, &c. The Royal party
were to remain two days at Floors, and the Princes,
were expected to be present at Kelso races.

Count and Countess de Flahault and Hon.
Madlle. Elphinstono de Flahault are staying with the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, at Bowwood Park,
Wilts.

The Countess Craven and Lady Emily Craven
have arrived at Gorhambury Park, near St. Albans, on a
visit to the Earl and Countess of Verulam.

Lady Annaly and the Hon. Miss White have left
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Titness Park, Sun-
niughill.

The names of Lady Henrietta Allen and the
Misses Allen were accidentally omitted at the marriage of
the Marquis Townshend and Lady Anne Duff.

The Right Hon. John E. Denison and Lady
Charlotte Denison left town yesterday for Ossington Hall,
Notts.

Commander the Hon. George and Lady Maria
Fitz Clarence have left Farranco's Hotel for their town re-
sidence, in Warwick-square.

The Hon. C. and Mrs. North and Captain and
Mrs. Walter Williams have left Brown's Hotel.
We have to record the death of the Dowager
Viscountess Hardinge, widow of Field-Marshal Viscount
Hardinge, which took place at Betshanger, near Sandwich,
Sir Walter James's seat. The viscountess, who survived
her husband nine years, was the seventh daughter of
Robert, first Marquis of Londonderry, and when the late
Viscount Hardinge married her, in December, 1821, was
the widow of Mr. John James. By her first marriage she
had a son, Sir Walter Charles James, and by her second
marriage leaves two sons and two daughters, namely,
Charles, present viscount, Colonel the Hon. Arthur Ed-
ward Hardinge, Mrs. Conyngham, and Hon. Emily Har-
dingo.

A marriage is about to take place between Miss
Blanche Call, youngest daughter of the late Sir William
Berkeley Call, of Whiteford, Cornwall, and sister of the
present baronet, to Mr. Samuel Ed. Falkiner, only son of
Sir Samuel E. Falkiner, Bart., of Annemount, County
Cork.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—This magnificent exhibi-

tion continues to be most extensively patronised by the
public ; indeed, we should feel surprised were it otherwise,
considering the innumerable historical and other relics
which everywhere meet the eye. Life• size models of Eng-
land's monarchs, from the Conqueror to Queen Victoria,
attired in the superb costumes of the respective periods'
are completed, and recall to mind the deeds of bygone days.
To juveniles especially such an exhibition as may be visited
in Baker-street cannot but prove not only interesting but
highly beneficial in developing their knowledge of English
history.

PERILOUS VOYAGE.—Seven of the men who aban-
doned and quitted the settlement which the Ade-
laide Government are attempting to form at Adam Bay,
North Australia—a project which seems to have been mis-
managed—left in an open cargo boat, which they pur-
chased, and in that frail craft ventured upon the long voy-
age round the continent to Swan River. The boat, which.
was named the Forlorn Hope, is 23ift. in length, and Eft
across the beam, with two masts, spritsails, and jib. The
party left Adam Bay on the 7th of May, and reached Ger-
aldton, West Australia, on the Bth of July. The distance
sailed was altogether about 2,500 miles ; and thus was ac-
complished, says the Perth Inquirer, " as perilous a voyage
as, with the exception of Bligh's, in the Bounty's boat, we
have ever heard or read of ; for they twice grounded on
coral reefs in an unknown sea, and for three days were in
a violent gale of wind, expecting every moment to be de-
stroyed. Such an incident was hardly to be expected at
this period of the world's age."
SHOCKING CASE OF SUICIDE OF A WIFE.—At an
early hour yesterday morning a very painful case
was brought to light in the vicinity of Whitefriars. It
seems that for nearly 20 years a family named Backing-
ham has resided at 13, Whitefriars-street, Fleet-street, the
husband being a carpenter, the wife taking in mangling.
Both were very aged, the man being 74, and the woman
a few years his junior. On Wednesday last, while at work
the husband was taken ill, and his removal home became
necessary. The wife, who was at the time an inmate of
King's College Hospital, having been ailing for some
months, was at once sent for, and she tended on him
till Friday, when he died. The funeral of the husband
took place on Tuesday at Ilford, and on the return of
the mourners several members of the family remained
talking till a late hour. The unfortunate woman, who
had exhibited no peculiarity in her manners, retired to
bed about half-past 12, as did ono of her sons, who slept
in the same room with her. At half-past 5 yesterdaY
morning the policeman on duty called the son to go to
business, and on the latter looking round the room he
discovered his mother in a kneeling position near the bed•
He endeavoured to raise her, when he was startled to
find she had committed suicide. She had twisted the
clothes-line round her neck. Ou medical aid arriving it
was found that life was extinct. No cause is assigned
as to the reason of the dreadful act.

THE WHEAT SOWING IN YORKSHIRE.—Fannera
have been set at liberty, and ploughing, pressing, and wheat
sowing are being vigorously pushed op, the land being now'
for the first time this season in workable condition. Much
of the turnip land on whickthe crop died from drought will
be sown with wheat along with the clover stubbles; tbere-
fore, if the autumn keeps fine, a more than average breadth
of land will be under the wheat crop.