The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-14 00:00:00

The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The
Emperor of Mexico had entrusted the Portfolio for
War to General Osmond, and that of Finance to
M. Friand, Chief Superintendent of the French
Army in Mexico. The military duties of these two
superior functionaries attached to the army being
incompatible with their new functions, they have
not been authorised to accept them."

BOURSE, Sept. 12.—Two o'clock.—The market
is again very inanimate, hardly any transactions
are taking place, and quotations, though little more
than nominal, are a shade lower than yesterday.
Business seems to have fallen into a state of almost
complete stagnation. French Threes were done at
70f. 10c., or sc. lower ; Italian Fives at 57f. 45c.,
also a decline of sc. ; Mobilier at 676 f. 25c., or a loss
of 3f. 75c. ; Credit Foncier and Comptoir d'Es-
compte at 1,375 f., and 915 f., or a fall of 7f. 50c.
But little doing i❑ Railways, and prices weaker.
Three o'clock.--Very little alteration has occurred,
the closing prices being as follows :

41 per Cents 97 40
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 7O 021
Do. end month 7O 10
Credit Mobilier 677 5U
Do. end month
Credit Fonder —
Do. end mouth 1375

Bank Shares 3615
Italian Loan 57 GO
Do. end month 57 50
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred
.15.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern ll7O
Lyons and Mediterranean--
Southern 555
Western 570
Eastern
Sardinian . —
Austrian —
Lombard 415
North of Spain l2O
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

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THE PRUSSIAN ARMY.

BERLIN, Sept. 12.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has issued
the following General Order to the Second Army
upon its return home :

" Peace with Austria is concluded. A campaign
as brilliant as any chronicled in history has been
brought to a victorious conclusion in less than three
months. Prussia's reputation and position are
greatly increased, and, so God will, the foundations
of a successful and happy development of the future
of Germany have been gained.
" The Second Army has had a decisive share in
the result of this campaign. By the engagements
of Nachod and Skalitz, of Schweinschadel, Soor,
and Koniginhof, we had at one and the same time
preserved the fine province of Silesia from hostile
invasion, had beaten four Austrian army corps in
succession, and had effected our junction with the
First Army, when the honour fell to our lot of de-
ciding the victory of the famous battle of Konig-
gratz, gained under our Sovereign's chief com-
mand. When afterwards, untiringly and continu-
ously pursuing the beaten enemy, we had gained
several victories at Tobischau and in the vicinity of
°Mintz, and had finally arrived before the gates of
the enemy's capital, Austria commenced negotia-
tions for the conclusion of peace.

" You may look back Upon your exploits with
justifiable pride. Each of you has done his duty
in the full sense of the term, and the deeds of the
Second Army form a worthy pendant to the
greatest recorded in our history, so rich in fame
and honour. With you I thank God, who has led
us on from victory to victory, and conducted us to
an honourable peace, after a short and brilliant
war. As long as I live, it will always be to me a
source of gratification, a dear and ever-memorable
recollection to have stood at the head of the brave
troops of the Guards, and of the Ist, sth, and
6th Army Corps during this remarkable struggle.
" While addressing to my I a y And dear Second
Army a hearty farewell, I thank the generals and
officers, the sub-officers, and soldiers for their
valour, endurance, and fidelity, and express the ex-
pectation that each will be mindful, during peace
also, to uphold, uninjured and undiminished, the
ancient reputation of the Prussian army, so glori-
ously displayed anew.
" FREDERICK WILLIAM, Crown Prince,
General of Infantry, Commander-
in-Chief of the Second Army Army,
Military Governor of Silesia."

Preparations are now being rapidly carried on
for the triumphal entry of the troops into Berlin,
fixed to take place upon the 20th and 21st inst.
Addresses to the King will be delivered on the first
dey; on the second a grand Te Deunz will be per-
formed in the Lustgarten, and the metropolis will
be brilliantly illuminated in the evening. The city
authorities will give a banquet of 1,000 covers to
deputations from the various regiments on the 22d
in the Turnhalle. The King and the Princes are
are expected to be present upon fhe occasion. During
the entry the troops will be accoutred exactly as
they went into action. A commission of architects
has been entrusted with the decorative arrangements,
to which has been unexpectedly added the construc-
tion of a large saloon, in which the King is to be
received at the banquet at the Turnhalle.

The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway for the third week in August
amounted to $141,956, against $159,614 in the
corresponding week last year, showing a decrease
of $17,649,