The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Council of State met last night under the
Presidency of his Majesty the Emperor. It is re-
ported that it was decided that the general elections
should be adjourned for one month as new levies
are being made, and recruiting is prohibited by law
within 60 days of the elections. The Chambers
will also probably be prorogued till the financial and
banking law now under discussion in the Senate, and
which will most likely pass the third reading to-day,
is adopted by by both Chambers.
On Monday an elderly man, apparently between 60
and 70, threw himself from the column of the Bastille,
and falling on the tarpaulin stretched at the base-
ment of the column to protect the workmen employed
in repairs rolled thence to the ground, without re-
ceiving any apparent injury. Lie instantly scrambled
on his legs, picked up his cap, and was deliberately
walking off, when the guardians politely requested
him to accompany them to a neighbouring guard
house, to give BA-account of his sensations de voyage.
Two brothers, named Gamouel, were tried at
Prevas a few days ago for attempting to murder a
man named Riffard under peculiar circumstances.
Riffard had accidentally killed their father whilst he
was plundering an orchard, and the filial sentiments
of the brothers impelled them to take vengeance on
him. They shot him with a pistol, but the wound
did not prove fatal. The court acquitted the
younger brother, but sentenced the elder to two
years' imprisonment.
A melancholy incident occurred the evening before
last during the performance at the Opera-Comique.
A lady, the wife of a merchant in the Rue de Clery,
was seated in one of the upper boxes, when she was
suddenly taken ill, and although taken to the cor-
ridor and seated at an open window in the hope
that the fresh air might revive her, she presently
became quite insensible and expired about an hour
after. The cause of her death is supposed to been
been an aneurism. The deceased lady had not com-
plained of any indisposition during the day.
A lad aged 13 was killed yesterday by falling from
the scaffolding of a house in course of construction
near the Champ de Mars.
BOURSE, Sept. 18.—Two o'clock.—The market
has fallen back into the inanimate state which has
been the prevailing characteristic lately, now that
the half-monthly liquidation has been completed.
But although little business is being transacted Se-
curities remain firm, and prices are quoted at an
advance. French Threes were done at 69f. 40c., or
17p. higher; Italian Fives at 57f. 80c., or a rise of
55c. ; Mobilier at 680 f., or an improvement of 3f.
75c. ; Credit Foncier at 1,370 f., or 2f. 50c. higher ;
Comptoir d'Escompte at 920 f., or a fall of sf.
Railway shares show an upward movement.
Three o'clock.—hardly any change has occurred,
the closing prices being as follows :-
4-} per Cents 96 75
Do. and month

Bank Shar©a 3510
Italian Loan

- - -
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 30

Do. end month 57 50
Mexican Loan 67 80
Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —

Credit Mobilier ... 672 50
Do. end month ... 675

Credit Foncier —
Do. end month 1375

Deferred
'AYB.

For Account.
Orleans BBB 75
Northern ll7B 75
Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO
Southern 570
Western 570
Eastern
Sardinian . —
Austrian 375
Lombard 420
North of Spain —
Saragossa 147 50
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman —

THE WAR IN THE BRA zuS.--
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 24.

The following details have been received here
relative to the late fighting between the Allies and
the Paraguayans :
The Paraguayans had been gradually opening
trenches, and surrounding the allied camp with forti-
fications which would have enfiladed the flank of
the army, rendering the position untenable, when
Marshal Polydoro Jordao took command of the Ist
corps of the Brazilian army on the sth July. He
immediately detected the disastrous consequences
which would follow the completion of the works; and
after a council of war it was resolved to attack and
carry the enemy's position on the following day.
At daybreak on the 16th the attack commenced,
and the nearest trenches were taken by the 4th
division of the Brazilian army under Brigadier-
General William H. de Souza. The Paraguayans,
however, fought hard, and returned to retake the
position with strong reinforcements, but were re-
pulsed and driven back in disorder. The fire lasted
all day and through part of the night-16 consecu-
tive hours.

On the next day, 17th, there was but little firing,
but on the 18th the attack was renewed, and the
third line of fortifications carried by the 6th divi-
sion. The general of this dixigicn, however, directed

the attack very imprudently, and the losses of the
Brazilians were very heavy.
Marshal Polydoro immediately fortified, in an
inverse sense, the positions conquered, and thus
rendered the camp much more secure and less sub-
ject to bombardment. He has also opened com-
munications between the fleet and the new positions
by making a road through the woods, not more than
two miles across separating naval and military forces,
whereas by water the distance was nine leagues. The
commissariat and the hospitals have also been placed
on a far better footing. General Porto Allegre had
arrived with the 2d corps, 9,000 strong, and horses
and mules for the cavalry and artillery were also
rapidly arriving at the camp. News is now daily
expected of a great and decisive battle.

The losses of the allies on the IGth and 18th July
were 2,500 men hors de combat, the proportion of
officers being very large, as the Paraguayans under
cover of the woods picked them off with a cool aim.
Colonel Pallejas Flores' intimate friend and corn-
panion was among the killed.

The:weather at the South has been very boisterous,
and two Brazilian transports have been totally
wrecked, the Oyapock at the mouth of the River
Plate, and the J. T. Roman, near St. Catherine.
No lives were lost.