The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-06 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Friday Evening.
The Moniteur publishes letters from Mexico to the
3d December which completely confirm the news of
the dispersion of the bands who had endeavoured to
invest Matamoros. Repulsed from that point, some
of the fugitives marched upon Monterey, which
they hoped to surprise at the moment when the
town should be almost destitute of troops. They
entered the faubourgs, but the Mexican garrison
held out until the arrival of reinforcements, which
rendered Monterey secure.
Financial matters for the moment have the as-
cendancy over mere politics. The Bank of Eng-
land and the Bank of France have just raised the
rate of discount. The weekly return of the Bank
of France, issued yesterday, exhibits such
various changes as to require some words
of explanation. There is a decline of 25
millions in the metallic reserve, and the discounts
have increased to nearly 70 millions, viz., 39 in
Paris, and 30i in the various branch banks. There
is an increase in the advances in bullion in Paris of
four millions, but a decline of one million in the de-
partments. There is not, however, much change in
the advances on Rente and Railway Securities. The
amount of the liabilities of the Bank shows an in-
crease of 68/ millions, which is about the sum ad-
vanced on commercial bills. The current account
of the Treasury has declined 51 millions, but a
great deal of money is now paid for the quarterly
dividends. Private accounts have advanced more
than nine millions. The total amount of the metallic
reserve in the Bank of France at present is 4181
millions, and there are notes in circulation to the
amount of 956} millions. These apparent financial
difficulties have no unfavourable effect upon the
Bourse, because confidence in the policy of the Go-
vernment is daily increasing. The Journal des
Debats of this morning says—" The pacific hopes
expressed in the reply of the Emperor to the Diplo-
matic Body have produced an immense impression
upon the public. The feeling, in fact, is every-
where in favour of peace, and the assurance that it
will not be interrupted is one of the first conditions
of general prosperity. It is only necessary to look
at the present state of Europe to be convinced that
all the causes of perturbation which have for so long
a time excited uneasiness have disappeared, at least
for the present.
The mysterious murder of a child at St. Denis,
near Paris, has created a good deal of consternation
in that town. About two o'clock in the afternoon
a boy of four years old, named Antoine Sorel, was
playing in the street with some children of his own
age, when two individuals drew him aside upon
some pretext or other, and he was found strangled
in a lonely spot at tke back of some houses. The
child's head was afterwards broken to pieces with a
stone.

The official tables of exports and imports for the
month of November exhibit increasing commercial
prosperity. The imports amounted to 243,473,.000f.,
the exports to 331,373,000 f. Total, 574,846,000 f.
The imports and exports for the first eleven months
of 1864 amounted to 5,007,112,000 f. There is,
therefore, an increase for the same period of 1865 to
the amount of 399,138,000 f. The increase of ex-
ports since the month of August has been very
considerable.

M. Etienne D., an insurance agent, residing in
the boulevard du Temple, met hia death the day