The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-17 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Oct. IG.—Two o'Clock.—The proba-
bility of a further increase in the rate of discount
continues to occupy the attention of the market.
Stocks and Shares are much offered. Three per
Cents., for Account, show a decline of 10c., the
present quotion being 67f. 70c. Italian Fives have a
similar decline, and are quoted at 63f. 10c. Credit Mo-
bilier shares have fallen 12fr. 50c., transactions taking
place at 848 fr. 75c.11ower, at 440 fr. Lyons Shares
have a decline of sfr., at 855 fr. There is a similar
loss on Immobiliere Shares. North of Spain, on
the contrary, are more inquired after, and have an
advance of:sfr.,at 210 fr. Consols have experienced
a decline of Three o'Clock.—The market re-
mained unvaried, and closed as follows :

41 per Cents 96
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 67 70
Do. end month 67 70
Credit Mobilier
Dolend month
Bank Shares 3600
Credit Foncier —
Italian Loan 65 15
Do. end month 65 07 I
RAIL

Ditto Threes —
Roman 74
Mexican Loan 4B}
Do. Bonds 322 50
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred

WAYS.
Cash. Acct.
... 818 75
1087 50
... 562 E 0
... 530 -
- ... 533 75

Orleans

Northern

Lyons and Mediterranean.

Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian ,
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

- - ... 402 50
- - ... 441 25
- - ... 210

- - ... 127 25

LOUIS KOSSUTH.

Information having reached Glasgow of the la-
mented death of Madame Kossuth, and the pro-
found grief of her venerable husband, a number of
their warmest friendsin Glasgow met, and forwarded
a letter to Governor ' Kossuth, expressive of their
deep sympathy in his bereavement of wife and
daughter.
The exiled patriot is himself at present unable to
answer this expression of the sentiment of the coun-
try, but the son so speaks his great father's feelings
in all that regards his connection with our people,
that the Glasgow committee consider it only proper
to inform his friends iu other places how deeply he
feels our past and present sympathy in his severe
trials and sorrows.

The following is the reply referred to :--
"Turin, Casa d'Angennes, via Angennes.
Dear Sir,—l write to you in my father's name, who as
yet is too overpowered by grief to be able to answer per-
sonally to your kind letter. Many and great have been his
trials in life, and he has borne them with manly fortitude ;
but this last and terrible affliction which has fallen to our
lot has, I fear for a long time, broken his heart. He feels
perfectly incapable for the moment to tear up the wounds
of his anguish by writing to you on a subject which has
filled with mourning and bitterness the winter of his and
the spring of our life. He therefore desires me to thank you
heartily in his name for your letter, and to tender his most
heartfelt thanks to you, and through you to each and all
of the gentlemen of Glasgow who signed the address
to him, for this new and very delicate proof of your and
their unfaltering friendship. Believe me, dear sir, and
pray assure of it your noble-hearted friends, that if any-
thing human could comfort my father's and our grief it
would be more than everything the sympathy of his friends
of Scotland, for whom ho feels and ever will fool the
deepest and greatest affection. As soon as my father shall
have recovered sufficiently to write and act again you will
be, dear sir, one of the first to receive of his tidings. Be-
lieve, dear sir, with the expression of my personal and
heartfelt thanks for your constant friendship and sym-
pathy, which amongst the loneliness of our home ravaged
by death makes us feel that we do not stand alone in this
world.—Very true and respectfully yours,

"FRANCIS KOSSUTH.
"John DFAdam, 45, Ilyde Park-street, Glasgow."
—Glasgow Morning Journal.

Colonel Stodare's Ente tainment.

Last evening Col. Stodare increased the attrac-
tion of his entertainment by introducing for the first
time a wonderful trick; entitled " The Sphynx : a
Mystery ;" and certainly the definition is correct as
far as we are concerned, because we fairly admit we
were puzzled during the whole of the performance.
Description, however, alone would fail to convey a
correct idea of " The Sphynx," but we may say
there is placed upon a very elegant little table, de-
void of drapery, a green box, about 24 inches by 18
inches, which the magician, or, as he delights to call
himself, the conjuror, informs his audience contains
the head of a Sphynx. A slight conversation en-
sues between the head within, and the colonel with-
out, the box, and eventually the front is opened,
and to all appearance a human head, coloured
and decorated in the Egyptian style, is dis-
covered, the features being in perfect repose.
Colonel Stodare then takes a start amidst the au-
dience at the opposite end of the hall, and in obe-
dience to his command the Sphynx opens its eyes,
bows to the right and left, and finally smiles on the
audience in the most cheerful manner. The Sphynx
declaimed about twenty sentences in good set Eng-
lish, and then delivered its message from the Pyra-
mids, which was as follows :—" In two months
and a month a Queen will return to life," the
mouth and lips moving in the most natural manner.
The applause, we need hardly say,was universal and
enthusiastic ; in fact the trick produced a decided
sensation. The Anthropoglossos was at one time
looked upon as a wonder, but the Sphynx beats it
hollow. How the effect is produced we leave to
others more ingenious to discover ; we can only say
it is one of the finest illusions ever attempted in the
Art Magique.

NOBLE DONATION.--A gentleman who will not
allow his name to transpire has sent a donation of £lO5 to
the Orphan Working School, Haverstock-hill, in token of
his approval of the proceeaiugs of the committee in receiv-
ing 40 orphans at the present election instead of 35, and of
their intention to receive 80 tinnuall7 in futre,