The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Prince Lucian Murat is at the present moment
engaged in writing a history of his father, which
will appear about the end of the year.
The Moniteur publishes an imperial decree making
one promotion to the grade of commander, two to
that of officer, in the Legion of Honour, and six
nominations to the rank of knight.
A nailmaker named Joly yesterday appeared
before the Tribunal of Correctional Police to
answer a charge of having used threatening lan-
guage towards several nailmakers to induce them to
leave their work and join him and others in a strike
for higher wages. The offence having been
fully established by the evidence of M. Segrun, a
master nailmaker, and of one of his men, the Tri-
bunal sentenced the accused to three months' im-
prisonment and 16f. fine.
The new buildings of the College of the Prince
Imperial at Vannes were inaugurated yesterday in
presence of the Archbishop of Paris, M. Dump,
Minister of Public Instruction, and M. Monnier,
Rector of the Academy. The ceremony was pre-
ceded at eight in the morning by the first commu-
nion of a great number of the pupils. The boys, to
the number of 450, were afterwards inspected, and
two of them addressed short speeches to the Arch-
bishop and M. Duruy. A breakfast afterwards
took place.

A Marseilles letter says that at a general meeting
of the shareholders of the Rostand Sugar-refining
Company, held on Saturday last, the balance-sheet
showed that the liabilities were 26 millions and the
assets 19. The deficit is therefore 7 millions, esti-
mating the premises and plant at cost price. The
meeting appointed M.M. Grandoal, jun., Roux, and
Rivet as liquidators, to wind up the affairs of the
company.
The journals of the centre and south of France
state that a general rain set in there on Thursday
morning, and appeared likely to continue, greatly
to the satisfaction of farmers and gardeners, whose
crops had begun to suffer from the long drought.
Vegetables have seldom been so dear in those dis-
tricts as during the last few weeks.
BOURSE, June 30.—The market has presented an
appearance of activity to-day, and the tendency of
transactions is again towards improved rates. French
Three per Cents., for the Account, are quoted at
66fr. 70c., and Mobilier Shares at 722 fr. 50c. The
Stock of the Italian Loan remains stationary, at
66f. 80c. The markets have evinced less firmness
towards the close. Credit Mobiliers have receded
15fr., and the other Securities have been done at
lower rates, and left off as follows :-
41 per Cents 95 45
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 66 65
Do. end month 66 60
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month 707 50

Ditto Threes 4l 25
New Mexican
Do. Bonds 320
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
Roman 73

Bank Shares
Credit Foncier 1255
Italian Loan 66 75
Do. end month 66 70

'ATS.

Cash. Acct.
Orleans Bl6 25 ... 815
Northern lO5B 75 ... 1055
Lyons and Mediterranean 833 75 ... 833 75
Southern 577 550 ... 575
Western 523 7 ... 522 50
Eastern
Sardinian . 307 50 ... 305
Austrian —: ... 418 75
Lombard 486 25 ... 486 25
North of Spain 155 ... 156 25
Saragossa 313 75 ... 317 50
Ditto to Barcelona lO5 ... _

THE NETHER STOWEY MONEY-ORDER ROBBERY.
—Henry Norris, the clever rogue who, by pretend-
ing to be a Post-office inspector, obtained a number of
money-orders from the Nether Stowey Post-office and
afterwards uttered many of them in London, obtain-
ing cash to the amount of over £5OO, was arrested on
Thursday in Dublin. Two accomplices were arrested
with him. In 1852 Norris effected a very clever
robbery of a mail bag at Bridgewater, but he was
caught, convicted, and sentenced to ten years' penal ser-
vitude. In 1856 he was released on licence, but was
convicted in the same year of uttering base coin, and sent
back to prison. In 1859 he was again released on licence,
and in the same year was once more convicted of uttering
forged notes. In March of this year he was, for the third
time, released on licence ; in May he perpetrated the fraud
at Nether Stowey; and in rather less than six weeks from
the date of that fraud he is again in custody. His clever-
ness has done so little for him that in 13 years he has
had but six mouths of liberty. Nur has it done much
for his confederates. The man who assisted Norris at
Nether Stowey is undergoing a sentence of ten years'
penal servitude. Up to the time of his arrest on Thurs-
day Norris had managed to get cash and goods to
the value of about £lOO from tha Dublin shopkeepers, by
means of forged Post-office orders. One hundred and
ninety-one blank orders, the Nether Stowey metal stamp,
a cheque upon the Union Bank for £5OO, as well as other
valuables, were found upon the prisoner. Norris gave his
name as Captain Hamilton, Confederate navy, but other-
wise called Henry Norris, and several aliases. His com-
panions described themselves as Charles Somerville, tailor,
Plymouth, and William Harris, professor of languages,
London. The prisoners have been remanded. According
to present arrangements the prisoner will not be examined
at Bow. street, the Irish charge against him being of a much
more serious character.