The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-30 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Dec. 30.

The Emperor received yesterday the Papal
nuncio Monsignor Chigi in a private audience.
His Majesty also granted an audience to General
Salomon, the Haitian Minister, and to Baron von
Perglas, the Bavarian Minister, who presented his
letters of recall.

➢lr. Leplay has been appointed a Senator.

BOURSE, Dec. 28, Th:

.ree o'clock. —The market

closed as follows :-
41 per Cent.
End of month... Ital'an Loan
3 per Cent
End of month 32 50 Mexican Loan ... 13 25
Credit Mobilier 161 25 Do. Bonds
End of month... 162 50 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier ...1340 Home Debt
End of m0nth...1335 50 Deferred
Account
Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 550
Western
Eastern • • 530
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 3431
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

In accordance with instructions received at
Aldershot and Colchester from the Horse Guards,
all leave of absence for officers, and furloughs for
non-commissioned officers and privates, is sus-
pended until further orders ; and no man, either
officer or private, is to be absent from barracks for
more than six hours at a time.

On Friday night telegraphic orders were received
at Woolwich from the Horse Guards, the Board of
Admiralty, and the Commissioners of Police, in-
structing the officials and heads of departments
there to be prepared in strong force to repel an at-
tempt which they had received information was
intended to be made during the night on the mili-
tary storehouses at Woolwich and the Tower.
A strong detachment of the Royal Marine Light
Infantry, consisting of Lieut.-Colonel M'Arthur,
Capts. Connolly, Despard, Cairncross, and Collins,
Lieuts. Birch, Jervois, Le Breton, and Ileathcote,
Dr. Fisher, and 200 rank and file, were marched
down to the Royal Arsenal, and took up the night
duty, being distributed in sub divisions along the
river front and the various positions assailable
from without. The Thames Police, armed with
Colt's revolvers, and the Fisgard's and other
ships' boats mustered in large numbers to assist
in protecting the establishment, as well as the
floating and land magazines. These precautions
were considered necessary, as the instructions
intimated that the attack would probably be
made on the East Store, adjacent to the river
bank, in the Royal Arsenal, in which are deposited
a number of 9-pounder Armstrong guns. Blue-
lights and other signals were forwarded to be used
in case of alarm, and the guards were two hours on
and off duty until 8 o'clock, when they returned to
barracks. The roll-call was again made on Satur-
day, at 8 o'clock, and similar precautions were
taken for that night also. Detachments of the
Riding-house and the B Brigade, Royal Horse
Artillery, were kept saddled during the night in
command of Majors Stirling and Saunders, and
the Arsenal duties were carried out by the
Military Store Staff Corps in command of
Capt. Magin, Lieut. Blaxlaud, and other officers
of the Royal Marines on duty. Col. Boxer and
Captain Gordon accompanied Mr. Inspector Cor-
nelly at intervals during each night, and interro-
gated the police sentries as to the result of their
watch, but no symptoms of alarm were apparent.
Immediately ou these proceedings being known
throughout the town sonic hundreds of the special
constables hastened to the ArSenal-gates, and
begged that they might be permitted to add their
services to the night watch. This was declined with
thanks, the precautions on that score having been
judged amply sufficient.
Ensign F. M. Stowe, Military Train, in command
of a detachment of that corps, doing special duty
in Egypt, returned yesterday to head-quarters,
Woolwich, having landed on Saturday at South-
ampton from the mail steamship Ceylon. Ensign
Stowe was engaged at Suez and Alexandria, and in
the interior of .Egypt, in passing mules purchased
for the Abyssinian expedition.
In consequence of the sickness of the captain of
her Majesty's ship Doris, she has bean ordered by a
medical board to proceed from Barbadoes to Ber-
muda. The captain is afflicted with diphtheria.
The Wolverine arrived at Water Island, near St.
Thomas, on Dec. 15.