The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-13 00:00:00

FRANCE.

In the Paris corn market last week the six marks
of flour were 25c. higher—at 75f. 25cthe157 kilos. ;
wheat was unchanged--at 461. the 120 kilos. ;':_rye fell
50c.—to 25f. 50c. the 120 kilos ; barley was unaltered
at 221. the 100 kilos. ; and oats were unvaried—at
26f. 50c. the 100 kilos. At the last cattle market at
Sceaux, oxen- sold at lf. 40e. to lf. 68c. the kilo. ;
calves, at lf. 58c. to lf. 95c. ; and sheep, at If. 36c.
to lf. 72c.
A murder was committed the evening before
last in the Bois de Vincennes. An artilleryman,
named Tainare, was on terms of intimacy with a
young married woman of light character—the
husband, a workman, apparently concerning him-
self but little with the misconduct of his wife, and
spending a large portion of his time in wineshops.
Tamare had incurred some disciplinary punishment,
and while confined to his barracks for a few days
was told that he had been replaced in the good
graces of his mistress by his corporal, and the first
evening after he had recovered his liberty, he, in
fact, met the two walking together. He exchanged
a few words with the corporal, and then offered his
arm to the woman, who accepted it ; then conduct-
ing the woman to a lonely place in the wood be-
neath some trees, he stabbed her in the heart with
a large clasp knife, killing her on the spot. He
afterwards allowed himself to be arrested without
resistance.
The bulletin of the Paris Observatory of Saturday

morning gives the following as the atmospheric
situation :--" The glass rose since Friday by 4mrn.
at Brest, and 5 min. at Paris. Gentle winds pre-
vail. A centre of depression exists in the Bay of
Biscay ; and a storm may not improbably burst
forth in that region. The borometer is low in the
Baltic, and marks 754 mm. at Riga."
BouasE, August 12, Two o'clock.—The market
is fir►u, and though the attendance is but thin quo-
tations exhibit considerable -improvement. Threes
have advanced 271 c., to G9f. 70c. ; and Italian Fives
25c., to 491. 15c. Credit Mobilier have improved
5f., at 328 f. 75c. ; Spanish Mobilier 3f. 75c., at 217 f.
50c. ; and Credit Foncier 7f. 50c., 1,392 f. 50c.
Cotnptoir d'Escompt3 shares gain 111. 25c., which
is attributed to the success of the Russian Loan just
fully subscribed to. Suez Canal shares are also in
demand, with an advance of 101., at 325 f. Railway
shares are at an advance generally of from sf. to
7f. 50c. English Consols are likewise telegraphed
I higher, at 95.
Three o'clock.—The following were the closing
prices :--
4I per Cents lOO 25
Do. end month —
3 per Cents.
Do. end month 69 75
Credit Mobilier 330
Do. end month
Credit Foncier 1390
Do. end month 1390

Bank Shares
Italian Loan 49
Do. end mouth 49
Mexican Loan l3O
Do. Bonds ll5
Spanish Threes 34
Home Debt
Deferred
WAYS.

ItAILV

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1162 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 896 25
Southern 555
Western 566 25
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 376 25
North of Spain —
SaragosEa — - -
Roman.

DREADFUL CAYASTROPHE.

A fire broke out on Friday evening in an oil and
lamp warehouse at Bordeaux, situated at the corner
of the Rue Sainte-Eulalie and Cours-Napoleon, in
the occupation of M. nuart. It appears that one
of the men belonging to the establishment hap-
pened to spill in the cellar some petroleum, and
another in endeavouring to wipe up the oil set fire
to some of the inflammable materials about, and
the flames spread instantaneously. Assistance was
immediately forthcoming, and after an hour's labour
the conflagration was got tinder where the danger
seemed greatest. But at that moment a frightful
explosion of petroleum and gas took place, blow-
ing up the cellar and injuring a great number of
persons iu the street above. Not fewer than 80
were more or less wounded, and some of them
severely. Thirteen of the firemen had to be taken
to the hospital, badly burnt, as well as ten soldiers
of the 81st Regiment. M. Chambret, son of the
officer of firemen, who died from the effect of the
injuries received when the Magazins-Generaux were
burnt down last year, has been grievously wounded
by the explosion. Lieut. Bouillet, of the same corps,
had an arm broken and his face burnt. There are
upwards of thirty cases sufficiently grave under treat-
ment in the hospital of Saint-Andre, besides a great
number of persons les3 seriously injured, who are at-
tended at their own homes. No death, however, is
up to the pr sent time reported. The excitement in
the city was for some hours intense, and as soon as
it hal somewhat subsided a subscription was opened
in favour of the sufferers, the municipality giving
I,ooofr. No doubt is entertained that a considerable
sum will be ra!sed.

A DoG's FIDELITY.—A gentleman belonging to
the staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley took a
long walk iu the neighbourhood of Southampton last week,
accompanied by his dog, a fine Newfoundlander. In the
evening he missed some letters from his coat pocket and
his dog. The latter did not surprise him, as his dog often
wandered from him in his walks. The next day the gen-
tleman felt annoyed and puzzled at the loss of his letters,
and he thought it possible he might have drawn them out
of his pocket with his handkerchief during his previous
day's walk. He resolved, therefore, to repeat the walk,
for ho might have dropped the letters in an unfrequented
path, and they might be there still. About four miles from
the hospital he came suddenly upon his dog lying on the
ground, with the letters close by. 'l'ho dog must have
laid by the side of the letters for 16 hours, including the
whole night. The animal has been rechristened " Post-
master-General." Au artist has sketched the Postniaito r
General guarding the letters.