The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
(FroM the French Papers of Thursday.)
THE INUNDATIONS.—Yeaterday afternoon, the river
had diminished in height a little. At Bercy the scene is
most frightful. The water has not only got over the wharf
and the road, which can only be traversed in boats, but
has risen to the height of six or seven feet in the houses and
stores, and upwards of 50,000 stores of wine and other li-
quors are covered. The plain which extends from Gre-
nelle to Vaugirard, Issy, the foot of Mendon, Sevres, St.
Cloud, and Boulogne, is covered with the waters ; and all
the innumerable manufactories and other establishments
at Beau Grenelle, Javella, and the other places arc
flooded. The plain of Puteaux is completely submerged,
and the river reaches the wall of the Bois de Boulogne
next the gate of Longehamps. The houses and bnild-
ings opposite Suresne are filled with water up to the first
floor ; Charenton, Alfort, Saint Maur, Villeneuve Saint
George's, Corbeil Ris, and Vitry, are inundated ; and the
country within this circle is covered by the flood to the es-
t„ .t of four leagues. M. Tour, ho is the owner of
-It the wharf near the wiwne-market, was cros-

many barges a'.
g yest,:rday from one of them to another, by
sin means of
a plank, wht,:n his foot slipped, and he fell into the river.
He was carriesdown by the current with such velocity
that it was impossiLle to save him.
The Rouen journakls represent the inundations in the
surrounding valleys to be creasing, and that many of the
t into the garrets and lofts
inhabitants are forced to mom:
to get out of the water.
Lhat from the force
The Memorial Dieppois announces
of the sea, driven in by a powerful gale fri:Yo the south-
west on Friday night, the cold baths arld a part of the
terrace between one of the pavilions and did
loi itt
restauntrant
were carried away. The next tide the round ;
front of the above-mentioned pavilion, which formed
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reading-room, was so completely undermined by the waves,
that every one expected the building itself would be car-
vied away by the night tide ; but, fortunately, the storm
abated, and these apprehensions were not realised.
The Courrier de l'lndre et Loire relates that in the
night of the 9th a water-spout burst over the town and
neighbourhood of Ambroise, and so completely overcharged
the land with water that even the smaller rivulets be-
came torrents, and the small river which runs through
the town has inundated the houses. At seven in the
morning following the river abated, but in the meantime
great damage bad been done, notwithstanding the authori-
ties were up all night exerting themselves with workmen to
prevent the evil as much as possible.
We learn from Bordeaux, that all the cellars in the Rue
Sainte Catherine, Canernan, and Bohaut,'are full of water.
The workshops of Belleville are inundated, and the whole
of the road from Palestine is covered so deep, that at the
wine market of La Grave there are three feet of water, and
the only way the officers of the Customs and entrance duties
have of getting into their offices is by the windows at the
back. At Medoc the greater portion of the corn lands are
under water, and it is feared that it will be impossible to get
any seed into the ground this season. We are told that the
sea encroaches greatly towards the Pointe de Grave. A
fissure has been made which seemed likely to destroy the
Ics,ntinuity of the Downs, and to overwhelm the village of

Verc3on.
The Courrier de Lyon of the 11th ha: the following :
" The Ithone increased yesterday again, in e,;..7sequence of
the rain wbi;th fell the night before last. The SaoL'e ,con-
tinues very high, though its level has not greatly varL."
within the last week. Yesterday, however, it rose a few
inches, in consequence of the backwater from the Rhone.
It covers about one-third of the breadth of the Quai St.
Antoine. During the last three weeks the navigation of
the river has been at a complete stand still, from which our
trade has suffered severely."
FRENCH FUNDS.—Pants, DEC. 15.
Five per Cents., 107 f. 50c. 55c. 45c.
Four per Cents., WC 15c.
Three per Cents., 791 78f. 95c.
Bank Actions 2,340 f.
ttente de Naples, 97f. 20c. •
Roman Five peCents. 1001 .
Spanish Actives, 20% •11 20v/y ,:
Spanish Passives, 5%74%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 101!..?.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 30% 30.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
Onemonth, paper, '2se. 37%c. ; money, 85c
Three months, paper, 251*. 11 je. ; money, 251. 10C.
Authentigae.

BOURSE. QUARTER TO FOUR.—Little business was done to-
day on 'Change in any of the securities. The conclusion of
the telegraphic despatch from Toulon, which was posted up on
the Bourse, had no effect on the French funds. The Three
per Cents. fluctuated all the time between 791. 15c. and
791. 20e.
The Spanish Actives, after showing a tendency to rise, and
being done at 21, closed at 20.
LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 1071. 75c.; Three
per Cents., 791. 20c. Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Gueb-
bards, —; Diffcres, —; New Loan, —; Actives, 2q ; Pas-
sives, 5i.; Ducats, ——; Romans, 1001; Pedros, —;
13elp.,lans,'; 1011 • Dutch, —l. ; llaytians, —f. --c. ; Mi-
gnon, _; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 33 ; Con-
tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, —; Five per Cent. 'Perpe-
tuelles,—; Royal Loan. Three per Cent. Portuguese, 291 ;
Bank Actions, 2,340 f. ; Austrian, —; Rente de Naples,
971. 45c.