The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-16 00:00:00

sense.

During the meeting loud cries of " Down with
the present system! away with its supporters !" were
uttered.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 16.
The North German Lloyd steamer America, from

New York, has arrived here, with 109 passengers
for this port, Havre, and Hamburg ; 48 sacks of
mails for London ; $92,000 in specie for England,
and $156,000 in specie for France.
NEW Yonx, Dec. 5 (Morning).
The Senate has passed a resolution calling for

papers relative to the Alabama claims, and has also
passed a bill declaring five to form a quorum of the
Supreme Court. A resolution has been laid on the
table denouncing those portions of President John-
ion's Message in which he condemned the course of
Congress as a breach of official propriety, and re-
commending Congress to express reprehension
thereof. Senator Sumner, in a speech opporing the
printing of extra copies of the President's Message,
denounced the Message as incendiary, and calcu-
lated to stimulate rebellion and provoke civil war.

It was evidence, he said, of a coalition existing
between Mr. Johnson and the rebels. Mr. Davis
whose successor Mr. Johnson was, would have sent
just such a message.

Mr. Dixon, a Conservative Republican, defended
Mr. Johnson, and declared that Congress was mis-
representing the people, and that it should reflect
on the lessons taught by the Conservative victories
in the recent elections, which were a rebuke to the
Radicals.

A resolution has been referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, declaring that no claim of a
foreign Government over na turalised citizens of the
United States shall affect the right of such citizens
to Federal protection, and that the Government
shall at all hazard protect naturalised citizens both
at home and abroad.

General Hancock has reinstated several judicial
officials in Louisiana who had been removed by
General Mower.

The Alabama Convention have passed an ordi-
nance suspending all civil courts with the exception
ordered of the Supreme Probate and Criminal Courts.
Convention to
theinjuring re-
construction.
adjourn General
on ithe hasgrounded
er
of its action

The Virginia Convention has elected Judge
Underwood as President. lie addressed the Con-
vention, advising it to exercise all Christian charity
consistent with future safety.

Governor Brownlow has published a card denying

the evidence of Chief Detective Baker before the
Impeachment Committee, and declaring that he
never testified, and does not believe, that President
Johnson ever corre3pondecl with Mr. Davis or any
other rebel during the rebellion.
The negroes of Bullock county, Alabama, have
organised courts of their own. They were armed
and threatened to seize the property of the whites.
General Swayne sent a detachment of troops, who
dispersed them, and arrested fifteen of their ring-
leaders.

Mr. Hoffman, a Democrat, has been re-elected
Mayor of New York by a majority of 22,000 over
the Opposition Democratic and Republican candi-
dates. The Republican vote showed a decrease of
7,000.

Intelligence from Mexico, of the 20th ult., pub-
lished by the New York journals, mentions a rumour
that a messenger had arrived in that capital from the
Emperor Napoleon to President Juarez.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Dec. 14, T►vo o'clock.—The market
opened very weak, and transactions generally mo-
derate. Three per Cents. lose 121 c., at 69f. GOc.
Italian Fives are steady at 45f. 70c., losing only sc.
Credit Mobilier are firm at 170 f., without change.
Spanish Mobilier are higher by If. 25e., at 1971. 50c.
Comptoir d'Escompte at 142 f. 50c., losing 2f. 50c.
Credit Fonder shares arc weak at 1,370 f., less by
2f. 50c. Gas shares firm at 1,432 f. 50c., with a gain
of 2f. 50c. French Railway securities arc in rather
more demand. English Consols are telegr►phed
with a fall of at 928 93.
Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :
Bank Shares 3350
Itid'an Loan
End of mouth 45 80
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home, Debt —
Deferred

41 per. Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 69 621
Credit Mobilier
End of month l7O
Credit Foncier 1375
End of month 1370 -
RAILWAI

Account

Orleans .......... ..........
.. B63}
Northern 1177-f
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 555
Western •
Eastern . 5334
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 360
North of Spain
Saragossa
Lyman