The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-29 00:00:00

AUSEB.ALIA.

MELBOURNE, July 27.
Great floods have occurred in New South Wales.
The shipments of gold to England during the
month amount to 7(1,000 oz.

FRANCE.

Finis, July 29.

The Moniteur of this morning publishes the fol•
lowing article on the present foreign relations o'

France :

" Several French and foreign journals publish
statements calculated to trouble and disquiet the
affairs of conunerce and industry. It is said that
our international relations tend to authorise the
presentiment of a conflict more or less removed—
the formation of two camps and military prepara-
tions is announced. Th,se reports arc unfounded,
and they owe their origin and diffusion only
to hostile passions, interested speculations, or
lamentable credulity. The truth is this,
.that the
Government of the Empire has no diplomatic ques-
tion of a nature calculated to modify its peacfeal and
friendly relations with various Powers. The Cabi-
net of Florence has already taken energetic mea-
sures to protect the Papal frontier. The September
convention will be strictly carried out; no new camp
is about to be formed either in the interior or on
the frontier."

Tho classes of 1860, 1861 have all been sent
back to their homes since the first of June. The
contingent of 1866 will be incorporated at the end
of August, but it is the intention of the Govern-
the contingent of 1862
The effective strength of
the cavalry is considerably increased on account of
uorfathtaottthiemire
htoomaellso.w
mtoernett
the .urchases made last April, but the Minister of
War has determined that these, some 8,000 or
10,000, shall be disposed of for agricultural pur-
poses, and this measure is now in course of execu-
tion. The Government is confident that these pre
cise statements will dissipate the feelings of un.
certainty which has pervaded public opinion.
BOURSE, July 27, Three o'clock.—The marke
closed as follows :

t} per Cent 5......... 99 50
Do. end m0nth......
3 per Cent 5.......... 68 65
Do. end month.... 68 62}
Credit Mobilior 332 5u
Do. end month ... 332 50
Credit Foncier ......
Do. end m0uth...... 1365

Bank Shares 3310
Italian Loan 4B 75
Do. end month 4B 75
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred
,w LYS.

RAIL

For Account.
Orleans 877 50
Northern ........ 1147 50
Lyons and Niaditerranean 872 50
Southern 547 50
Western —
Eastern 537 50
Sardinian . —
Austrian 446 25
Lombard 363 75
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman.

Mr. Gyc, the manager of the Royal Italian Opera
t snuff-boaion
w ith as a mark of his satisfac-
tion Covent Garden, has received from the Sultan a diamond
wthoortShtatie,opoeorfgourtinnaenacs'e on the 15th inst.
THE RECENT INDISPOSITION OF ALDERMAN
SALOMONS, M.P.—We learn with gratification that the
severe bilious attack from which the hon. member for
Greenwich has been suffering for the last few days has
yielded to medical treatment, and that he hopes to be pre-
sent in the House of Commons this evening in the dis-
charge of his Parliamentary duties.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT TO A RAILWAY GUARD.
A young man, aged 23,
named Joseph Miller, a guard on
the Bristol and Exeter Railway, was killed on Monday
last in a most extraordinary manner. Ho was in charge of
the train from Taunton to Watchet junction. At Taun-
ton a gentleman and his wife got into the compartment
next to the guard's van alone. When the train was pro-
ceeding they were startled by a sudden crash of the glass,
awl horrified to see that the bleeding bead of a man had
boon forced through the thick plate glass, and that the
body was hanging through the aperture of the fractured
pane.
A MAl'j SIWT BY A VOLUNTEER AT HARTLE-
rooL.—On Tuesday night, about 8 o'clock, two
members of the 19th Durinun (Hartlepool) BilleVolunteers
were practising. rifl,.t shooting over a space Of
ground front-
ing the Hough Battery, on Hartlepool cliff. They had
erected a square piece of such
which was pizt,;,qi at a. distance of about 1)) yards. Before
theye,"l"'ne` d jog they looked along the sands and
coast to ascertain if there- weri any boats, o: per ;ens,
plaoki et!, to 6,`l'ye as a target,
within range of thou fir, and seeing that the coast was
char, they began their practice. Iu the illeailtilne the fish-
big bAat,
manned I,y Archibald Minter, an old man, and
John Poun 'er, passNl unseen close to the cliffs, and whoa,
at a distance of shoat 400 yards from the battery was
brought to in order that the fishermen might cast their
lines. They had no sooner arrived at the spot before two
or three rifle balls struck the water near to the boat. The
fishermen called out as loud as they could for the riflemen
to desist firing, but their cries bad apparently not been
heard, for some more shots were fired, and one of the balls
t' at had evidently passed through the target, stru •k
Hunter at tat side of the mouth and passed through a por-
tion of his cheek. Three or four more shots were fired
and fell within sight of the brat, and Pounder at last called
out and another boat pulled towards them. Some of the
crow got into the boat and assisted Pounder in pulling the
boat ashore, as Hunter was becoming insensible from the
loss of blood. By the united cries of the fishermen the
riflemen were made aware that an accident had happened,
and they cased firing. On Hooter being conveyed ashore
his wound was dressed by a surgeon. The poor man is in
a very weak state fiomn loss of blood.