The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric situation yesterday :
" Bad weather visited all the French coasts on Wed-
nesday night. In the Channel the wind blows
strong in the regions S.E. of Boulogne, very hard
on several points of the English coast, and rather
sharply at Havre, where the sea is quite rough. It
is the same at Penzance and Brest, and also south
of Bordeaux. Finally, the Mediterranean, stormy
on the coast of Provence and in the Gulf of Genoa,
runs high at Antibes, where the wind is strong, as
well as at Leghorn. There are no despatches from
Ireland, Portugal, or Spain. In Sweden, Norway,
and Russia, the wind is generally light, and the
thermometer marks 32 Fahrenheit at St. Peters-
burg."
BOURSE, Oct.' 19.—Two o'clock.•—A certain feel-
ing of anxiety seems to pervade the market, and
transactions are in consequence very few. Quota-
tions are all lower, though from Loudon a rise of
is telegraphed on Consols. French Threes arc
doing at 68f. 621 c., with. a loss of 5c., and Italian
Fives at 55f. 5c., a decline of 15c. Credit Mobilier
Shares have fallen 6f. 25c., the quotation is 616 f.
25c., and Spanish Mobilier 2f. 50c., at 340 f. Credit
Foncier are sf. lower, at 1,355 f., and Comptoir
d'Escompte lf. 25c., at 875 f. Railway Shares con-
tinue to show greater firmness than other securities ;
nevertheless many of these are quoted with a slight
decline.

Three o'clock.—Towards the end the market
suddenly became more animated, and quotations ob-
tained an advance. They closed as follows :

4f per Cents 96 60
Do. end month —
3 per Cents.
Do. end month 6B 671
Credit Mobilier

Bank Shares 3575
Italian Loan 55
Do. end month 55
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —

Do. end month .„ 623 75
Credit Fonder
Do. end month 1358

Spanish Threes —
Rome Debt
Deferred

BAIL'

-AYB.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1173 75
Lyons and Mediterranean 903 75
Southern 5BO
Western 552 50
Eastern
Sardiuign
Austrian
Lombard 415
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

SAXONY.

133 75

LEIPZIG, OCt. 16.

The Town Council of this city has forwarded an
address to the King of Saxony, containing an urgent
representation of the present condition of the coun-
try, and asking for the speedy conclusion of peace.
The address begins by depicting the paralysis of the
productive power of the people, which feels itself
doubly burdened by the sacrifices the situation re-
quires. This evil is greatly increased by the uncer-
tainty as to the future weighing upon all material
transactions. The address then proceeds :
" But nothing is more calculated to paralyse the
strength of the people, to oppress the public
mind, and to annihilate all moral life, than
such a condition of uncertainty, such material
necessity for the cessation, or at least the alle-
viation, of which nothing is wanting in the
general opinion save a resolution of the sove-
reign, which, however, is awaited in vain. But
ocular demonstration irrefutably proves that Saxony
finds herself in this state of distress through the war,
and the inevitable sufferings that have followed in
its train, and feels it daily more bitterly, notwith-
standing her constant readiness to make sacrifices.
Every day of the continuance of such a state of
affairs increases the aforesaid dangers therefrom
arising. But while we feel conscious that all our
actions hitherto have been guided solely by the most
faithful devotion and respect for your Majesty and
the entire Royal House by the warmest love
for our country, we also esteem it our duty
to represent these our opinions candidly and
truly to your Majesty, for we should be
wanting in fidelity were we longer to preserve
silence. It is our most sincere conviction that these
dangers and hardships can only be met by an un-
conditional recognition of the force of recent political
events, and we dare not therefore hesitate to entreat
your Majesty, with the full warmth of our hearts,
and in the deepest respect, to deign, in recognition
of these events, to conclude peace with the kingdom
of Prussia, with the closest connexion of Saxony
with the North German Confederation, in order to
be able to disband your army and allow it to return
home."
The reply given by King John at Karlsbad to
the deputation that waited upon his Majesty from
Zurckau with a similar address has now transpired.
Advocate Heubner, the President of the Zurckau
delegates, reports to that assembly as follows :
"The deputation entrusted with the presentation
of our address, Burgomaster Street and I, had an
audience of his Majesty upon the forenoon of the Bth.
The King followed the report given in the address
of the sufferings of the town of ZUrckau with
visible sympathy, and at once replied in a long and
fluent speech. Although, of course, unable to
transmit his Majesty's exact words, my colleague
and I are agreed that the tenour of the reply was to
the following effect. Alluding to the prayer of the
address for the speedy conclusion of peace, the
King first stated that he was glad of the oppor-
tunity of replying to the insinuations of the
press that the delay was any fault of his.
This was by no means the case. Immediately after
publication of the Nikolsburg preliminaries he had
himself written to the King of Prussia, and declared
his readiness to enter the North German Confede-
ration at any possible sacrifice, expressing a hope
that such entry would be permitted upon moderate
terms. To this he had as yet received no reply. He
had there instructed his plenipotentiaries to nego-
tiate for peace in the sense of that letter. If the
negotiations had not as yet led to any result, this
fact was not attributable to him. He was himself
even now not acquainted with the Prussian demands.
So far as he was concerned, he should certainly do
everything in his power to bring about a conclusion,
for he bad peace as much at heart as his people."

Mr. John Rolt, Q.C., M.P. for West Glouces-
tershire, will succeed to the appointment of Solicitor-
General, rendered vacant by the promotion of Sir W. Bovill
to the Attorney-Generalship. These changes are conse-
quent upon the selection of Sir Hugh Cairns to fill the
office of Lord Justice of .Appeal,