The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Feb. 19.—Two o'clock.—The market
to-day is heavy, and the amount of business trans-
acted exceedingly limited. The most noticeable
feature is the continued movement of Italian Fives,
which have fallen 50c., the present quotation being
53f. 50c. French Threes are sc. lower—viz., at
69f. 60c. Credit Foncier shares have receded if.
52c., whilst Mobiliers show an advance of 2f. sPc.

at 495 f. Railway shares
maintain yesterday's closii

aro tolerably firm, and
lg prices.

Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :-
4-1 per Cents 99 50 Bank Shares 3565
Do. end month — Italian Loan 53 30
3 per Cents. 69 721 Do. end month 53 37,i
Do. end month 69 60 Mexican Loan 2O
Credit Mobilier ... 495 Do. Bonds 135
Do. end month ... 495 Spanish Threes
Credit Foucier — Home Debt —
Do. end month 1531 75 Deferred

RAILWAYS.

Orleans

Nortliorn
Lyons and Mediterranean

For Account.
. 922 50

Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian

1218 75
931 25

578 75
585 -
552 50

Austrian

408 75

Lombard..
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman, —

WAR IN PARAGUAY.

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(From a Correspondent.)

We have received files of the Buenos Ayrean

Standard up to the 13th of January last, and from
which we take the following extracts from the
Standard's able correspondent at the seat of war :
" A Paraguayan, of the 7th Cavalry Regiment
deserted to the lines, and stated that his name was
Juez Martinez, of Villa Rica, sent out to catch some
deserters, and deserted himself. He was sent to
General Mitre's tent, and when I was there they
were taking down his declarations, which I believe
are all pure inventions. These Paraguayans are far
too wide awake for the Allies. They come over as
deserters with uplifted hands, swear they are dying
of starvation, and when they get all they want, in
the way of information, they are gone. The only
way to stop this is to send all these deserters
to Corrientes and lock them up; but then, if this is
done, there will be no more deserters; there is the
rub. Meanwhile Lopez knows everything that is
going on in the Allied camp as well as the Com-
mander-in-Chief, and this is proved by the fact
that whenever the Allies attempt to move in the
morning the bugle sounds in the enemy's camp
an hour earlier than usual.
" The Paraguayans are ceaseless in their hos-
tility, and are as active to-day as when President
Mitre landed first in Paraguay with his sword,
cloak, and his fortune. I can compare them to
nothing else save the ants, for they are everywhere ;
click, click, on every side. These eternal
guerillas,' they amount to nothing you think in
Buenos Ayres, but believe me that it is not so ; and
more inen have perished in these guerilla' fights
than in pitched battles. This I have from a
Brazilian officer who knows what is going
on. Then, again, the lightning in this
country is fearful, and scarcely a storm
passes that there are not one or more stricken
down. A soldier of the 7th of the Line, Brazi-
lian, was reduced to ashes, and his wife terribly
burnt also, the other day. Even the very elements
seem to conspire in favour of Lopez, for the last
floods have been a feather in his cap ; but I leave
others to tell that story.
" When up at the camp I learned that the most
ferocious and daring of Lopez's troops are some
regiments of slaves recently brought down from
the interior ; and I am given to understand that a
very large force of these slaves is being concen-
trated at an estancia of the Patria, a few leagues
from lluniaita. These men fight in the true sense
of the word for their liberty, for their names are
enrolled ; and on the conclusion of the war Lopez
not only agrees to give them their freedom, but
also a farm of land each in the new Paraguayan pro-
vince of Matto Grosso.

" The expedition through the Gran Chaco has
been abandoned, and the story about the matiny in
Lopez's troops proves to be, after all, a mere
canard,' an invention of some Paraguayan spies to
find favour with the allies.

" The men and boats sent up the Parana by the
Marquis Caxias have been ordered to stop the con-
traband trade going on, and not to look after the
Paraguayan rebels. How long the present rule and
system of Government may last in Paraguay it is
difficult to say, but the English public of Buenos
Ayres should not swallow the ' rot' and nonsense I
see published in the native papers. The people of
Paraguay stand by Lopez with an adhesion, which
is the most convincing proof of the vitality of the
Paraguayan people and the innocence of the masses.
Corruption has as yet made little headway in Para-
guay, and the dream of politicians to subjugate a
people who hold true to themselves is a political
error which can with difficulty be excused or exte-
nuated.. I cannot now dilate on this topic (heat
113 Fah. in the shade), but if the Allies are ever to
effect anything in Paraguay, it must be by means
of their own strength and power, and not by the

defection or debility of the enemy.
44 In March, they say here, the war will be all
over. This is believed both in Argentine and Bra-
zilian head-quarters. I can give you no reason or
motive for this, but it is the belief here."
From the interior provinces of the Argentine Con-

federation the news is very unsatisfactory. The re-
volution against the Central Government, daily
gaining strength in the provinces of San Juan,
Mendoza, and Cordoba, and Chili, and Bolivia,
are assisting them in all ways they can, thereby
assisting Paraguay.

In the provinces of the Empire they were pressing
all and every one in the ranks to swell the army ;
married men,l and children, from 10 to 14 years of
age, were also forced to take arms ; and no one as
yet sees an end to this prolonged and disastrous
war. Seven hundred and ninety-three criminals,
from Fernando Noronho, had also been sent to join
the army, being pardoned by the Emperor, if not
killed by the Paraguayans. Senor Octaviano had
handed in his resignation, which was not accepted
by the Emperor.

MARKE TS. —This day.

MARK-LANE.

From Essex and Kent very little wheat was received
fresh up, to-day, coastwise as well as by rail, and the
quality of the supply was by no means satisfactory. Both
rod and white parcels were puchased cautiously, and the
prices realised wore barely equal to Monday.
Millers restricted their transactions in foreign wheat as
much as possible, and refused to operate beyond their
immediate wants. Leto rates wore with difficulty sup-
ported. The show of foreign wheat was moderate.
Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late
fates.

Barley was in moderate request, and prices ruled firm
The supply was moderate.

In malt sales progressed slowly, at about previous cur.

rencies.

Oats commanded rather more attention, at full prices.
The quantity offered was. rather limited.
Beans and peas changed hands to a moderato extent, on
former terms.
Flour was firm, at stationary prices.

SRIP ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 860 88U 2,060 40 1,920
Irish
Foreign 3,580 2,510

850 960 sacks
610 brie.

COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND YRICES OF GRAIN.
For the week ending Feb.! For the corresponding week
16, 1867. last year.
Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Ayer.
Wheat 42,727-59s 10d , Wheat 61,055-453 9d
Barley ..... —.42,045-43s 9d Barley ....63,364-33s 9'
Oats 8,718-23s 6d Oats