The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-01 00:00:00

FIL\NCE.

PARIS, July 1.
Yesterday the Emperor received the members of
;he Monetary Conference, who thanked his Majesty

for having placed Prince Napoleon at their head.

In the afternoon, at 2.30 p.m., the Emperor re-
ceived the Lord Mayor and some of the Aldermen
of the City'of London. The Lord Mayor read an
address, in which he referred to the late attempted
assassination, and also congratulated his Majesty on
the success of the Exhibition. In reply to the ad-

dress, which was written in English, the Emperor
thanked the Lord Mayor and the other members of

he deputation in the same languago for the cordial

step they had taken, and the hearty sentiments

they had expressed.
The Grand Duchess Marie of Russia has arrived
at Trouville, where she purposes passing three

weeks.

Prince Humbert occupied the Emperor's box at
the Gymnase the night before last to witness the
performance of " Les Idoes de Madame Aubray.''

Prince Mustapha Pacha has returned from his
visit to Switzerland. On the day of his arrival
he went to visit his brother, the Viceroy of
Egypt.
Prince Humbert entertained a number of distin-
guished guests at dinner on Thursday, at the Italian
Embassy ; among them were the Princess Mathilde,

Marshals Niel and Canrobert, General Molard, M

Rouher, &c.
A thunderstorm, attended with calamitous results,
broke a few days back over the mountain of Tar-
nague in the Ardeche. The lightning killed instan-
taneously a shepherd and 203 sheep.
The Roumain Government has appointed M.
Wiuterhalter its diplomatic agent in France in place
of M. Balatelrano, resigned.

The Portuguese Cortes were closed on Thursday.
All the Government bills brought in during the
session, the principal of which was that relating to
the Code, were adopted by the Chambers.
A letter from Suez of the 12th says :—" The
return of the pilgrims from Mecca by way of
this port is now almost entirely terminated.
Between the 27th of April and the 6th of June
the steamers of the Egyptian Azizich Company
conveyed 6,877 of those passengers ; 890 have
also arrived by land, and the great caravan
of the Holy Carpet, consisting of 3,500 pilgrims,
and which is arriving by stages, is also ex-
pected. The mortality has been insignificant,
notwithstanding the crowding of the vessels
and the exhaustion of the travellers ; no death took
place on the Azizich Company's boats during the
passage from Djeddah to Suez. Sunstroke, dy-
sentery, and fatigue made some victims among the
pilgrims of the caravan, but there is no need for
astoaishment at this fact when the length of the
journey and the state of misery of the fatalist tra-
vellers, crossing torrid deserts without tents or other
shelter and almost without bread and water, are taken
into consideration. The pilgrims by way of sea were,
on their arrival, subjected to a quarantine of obser-
vation for five days at a few miles from Suez.
Notwithstanding the orders which had been given

for providing them with food, their number was
so great and the means of transport from the
town so insufficient that they were without water
for two days ; tents had been sent to shelter them
from the deadly rays of the sun, but in addition to
the difficulty of providing room for so numerous a
colony in the midst of the Desert many neglected to
take the precautions rendered necessary by the cli-
mate of the country, to which the Circassians, Ana-
tolians, and Montenegrins were not accustomed.
Ten of them thus lost their lives. In fine, every
one admits that the mortality among the pilgrims
of the caravans was much inferior to that of pre-
ceding years."
The latest news from China reports the arrival at
Hong Kong, on the 9th May, of the Colorado.
The Chinese Government has prohibited the print-
ing of newspapers with movable characters. It is
intended to open branch post-offices at the Treaty
Ports. The Japanese Government has given notice
that it is prepared to open the ports of Yedo, Osaka,
Hiogo, and another (the name of which is not
mentioned), on the Ist of January next.
BOURSE, June 29, Two o'clock.—ln spite of
little business doing, and a decline in other securi-
ties, French Threes have advanced 71c., the quo-
tation being G9fr. 20c., whereas Italian Fives have
declined 20c., at 52fr. 45c.; Credit Foncier shares
sfr., at 1,455 f. ; Credit Mobilier lfr. 25c., at 373 fr.
75c. ; Spanish Mobilier fifr. 25c., at 250 fr. ;
Comptoir d'Escompte 3fr. 75c., at 775 fr. ; Im-
mobiliere 2fr.. 50c., at 173 fr. 75c. ; and Trans-
atlantic 51r., at 3971 r. 50c. Railway shares arc
likewise weaker, with slightly lower quotations.
Austrian have declined sfr., at 475 fr., and Lom-
bard 3fr. 75c., at 391 fr. The two telegrams from
London come each with a fall of e.
Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :
51 per Cents 99 Bank Shares 3220 --
Do. end month — Italian Loan 5.2 30
3 per Cents. 69 25 Do.end month 52 25
Do. end month 69 17i Mexican Loan l6 f'°
"„
Credit Mobilier 376 25 Do. Bonds 132
Do. end month 375 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier...... Home Debt
Do. end month 1.457 50 Deferred
11AILWAYS.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern l2lO -----
Lyons and Mediterranean •.• 886 25
Southern 573 75
Western 560
Eastern -.
--
Sardinian _-.
Austrian
Lombard 391 25
North of Spain 9B 75
Saragossa
Roman.