The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-29 00:00:00

FRANCE.

rrhe Minister of the Interior has addressed the
, followingM circular to the Prefects :
4 ‘-
onsieur le Prefet,—The Emperor, as made known by
tttle° inserted in the .3foniteur of the 16th inst., has de-
th '4 that from the Ist January next, and by reciprocity,
e subjects of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland,
t t:ll..,ing into France, will be admitted to circulate on the
-'tcry of the Empire without passports. I request you
consequence, to give the necessary instructions that
deer subjects may be received in France on the simple
etaration of their nationality. Such among them as shal
desire to be provided with a voucher which will allow them
Pelairil the advantages which are accorded to foreigners
I,4°l:4ded with passports for visiting the public buildings
I, 2, only have to present to the special agent at the frontier
visiting card, on which that agent will affix the stamp of
administration ; or they may provide themselves with
sPecial card which will be delivered to them, on applica-
tiO4) by the Prefect of Police. I request you, M. le Prefet,
to
cal/se these instructions to be published in the form of the
4_annexed notice, which you will take car 3 to have posted up
tora ports and the different points of entry on the terri-
.----Aecept, &c.,

" F. DE PERSIGNY."

BOURSE, Dec. 28.—The market has been heavy,
'lid the business dons has been at prices below the
el°sillg rates of Saturday. For the Account,
Threes are now at 67f 75c ; Mobilier, ' 740 f ; Or-
-9obBl 1,370 f ; Northern, 985 f 25c ; Mediterranean,
1; Austrian, 490 f ; Lombard, 450 f. The fol-
lev,,m•
4, " g are the last quotations :
if Per per Centft.• • 96 80 j Credit Folder 940
a ° "id rnonthr.... ! Belgian 4} 9B 50
Deer Cents . 67 75 j Piedmontese Fivea 79 50
B°' NM raonfh.,.. 67 75! Roman
• Shares 2852 50 I Austrian
Do
'Llt MoWier.... 740 Spanish Threes —
out 740 Home Debt
P
I 7.AILWATS.
o
i Cash. Account.
Oxcans 1375 .. 1371 25
N them
W ditto 892 50 .. 890
~,,10113 and Mediterranean 905 .. 902 50
peneva .. 367 50 .. 367 50
;Southern
S Western
Lantern
Sardinian
w- Austrian
Lombard , 463 75 .. 462 50
I .a

AMERICA.

RESIGNATION OF THE SECRETARY OF

STATE.

LONDONDERRY, FRIDAY EVENING.
. The Montreal Ocean Company's steamer Cana-
than, Captain Graham, from Portland (Maine) on
16th inst., has arrived, and landed all her mails.
Mr. Cass had resigned the Secretaryship of State.
The event created a profound sensation.
%mural Scott had expressed his opinion that it
tla necessary to send reinforcements to Carolina,
:t the protection of public property. The Pres-
ident, for prudential reasons, was opposed to such a
, -"ettlittre.
.14 Was understood that Kansas would shortly be
admitted into the Union.
was rumoured that Senator Douglas would
declare in the Senate that it was the duty of the
1,
eFildent to resist secession by force.
kr. Daniel S. Dickenson, of New York, will
probably succeed Mr. Cass as Secretary of State.
Many of the Southern members of Congress have
ai
~411 ed a manifesto declaring that the day of com-
promise has passed, and that nothing can avert
eeession.
President Buchanan has issued a proclamation
bl3Pointing the 4th of January next as a day of
4eliliation and prayer.