The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-10 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
The Siecle, in speaking of the delay which has
taken place in signing the two remaining treaties,
says :—" According to the information which we
have received, the cause of the -postponement is a

dispute between the Austrian and Sardinian pleni-
potentiaries as to the value of the florin, which the
former want to fix at two francs and some odd cen-
times, while the atter assert that it should be two
francs only. In the sum of a hundred millions, the
difference would amount to two or three millions."
The Nord, after alluding to the florin question,
says :—" To that obstacle may be added the ques-
tion of the convents, and more particularly the pre-
tension of Austria to continue to exercise over the
Lombard railway the control which was given her
by the deed of sale of the Austro-Italian lines, the
principal office of which is at Vienna."
A number of clerks belonging to the 2d section
of the army works corps have left Paris for Toulon,
where they are to embark 'with the troops of the
Chinese expedition. The second battalion of the
Foot Chasseurs, now in garrison at Vincennes, has
been fixed on to form part of the expedition, and
will shortly leave Paris. Before embarking each
man will receive a straw hat, a blouse, and a pair
of linen trousers, under which uniform they will
show themselves to the Chinese. The strength of
the battalion will be raised:to 2,000 men. The
men who belong to the class of 1853, and whose
term of service expires next year, will not form
part of the expedition. Officers who are not strong
enough to undertake this distant campaign, and
those who are married, will be allowed to exchange.
The 101st and 102 d regiments of the line, now at
Lyons, have also been designated for the expe-
dition, and are now making their preparations for
departure.
The young Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, son of
the Prince de Canino, who was lately married at
Rome to the Princess Ruspoli, has arrived in Paris
with his bride. His age is 20 and that of the
Princess 17.

A report is current in fashionable circles that
the Duchess of Malakoff is in an interesting situa-
tion.

Count de Keratry, ex-Peer of France, ex-Coun-
cillor of State, and the oldest member of the last
Legislative Assembly, died the day before yester-
day at Port Manly, near Saint Germain, aged 90.
The army ordnance authorities have just com-
pleted in the ateliers de precision a new field picoe,
which was taken out to be tried for the first time
yesterday. It is stated to be an American inven-
tion. The gun is of wrought iron, loads at the
breech, and is of considerable size, requiring six
horses to draw it.

The Russian screw liner of 84 guns, the Gorgcut,
is reported as having arrived at Ferrol, consider-
ably damaged by the late gales.

It was stated some weeks back that the Auda-
cicuse steam frigate had brought from China to
Brest 36 pieces of cannon which were part of those
taken by the Anglo-French forces in the first attack
on the forts of the Peiho. Eight of these guns
are of large size, the rest being culverins. All
bear Chinese or Tartar inscriptions, and some are
elegantly ornamented. The largest of all is about
101 feet long, and bears a Chinese inscription, of
which this is a translation :
" The Great General, who extends power and secures
victory (this is the name of the cannon), was cast in the
sixth year of the reign of the Emperor Ilion-Fong (1856) ;
it weighs 9,0001 b., it receives 91b. of gunpowder, and a
271 b ball. The great Minister Kko-chi, who by Imperial
favour has been admitted as a Prince into the Imperial
family, President of the Committee of Arms, &c., and
Prince Botalkatai, Dando, Badouro, and Senggerintsin,
Directors of the Mantchou Fire Arms Manufactory, have
ordered this cannon to be made. Ming Tai, Chief of the
Wings of the Camp of Fire Arms, and Soui-Khi, a man of
letters, employed as reader to the Privy Council, have
superintended the casting. The principal workmen were
Sietouan-tching and Ou-sing-kie."

The inscription on the cannon next in size shows
that it was cast in the year 1841, under the reign
of the Emperor Tao-Kouang, and that it bears the
name of " General of - the First Class, who corn-
mands the sea."

TILE BoußsE, Nov. 9.—The market has been
very flat, with a slight depression in prices.
Threes, after having been done at 701. 15c., de-
clined to 69f. 95c. Mobilier varied from 790 to
780 f. Austrian, 518 f. 75c. to 547 f. .50c ; Lom-
bard, 5521. 50c., to 5511. 25c.; Lyons, 8931. 73c.
to 892 f. 50c ; Orleans, 1,367 f. to 1,365 f. ; Southern,
515 to 513 ff. 75c. ; Northern, 947 f. 50c. to 945 f.
The following were the last quotations :

41 per Cents. 95 40
Do. end month I
3 per Cents
Do. end month 7O 5
Bank Shares. 2825
:,"`redit Mobilier
Do. Account

Credit Foncier 695
Belgian 41 —
Piedmontesa (5)
itoman B5 50
Austrian
Spanish Throes
Home Dcbt

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Niorthern 950 .. 947 60
New ditto 825 .. 827 50
Lyons and Mediterranean B9l 25 .. 893 75
Geneva — .. 530
Southern
Western 571 26 ..
Eastern
Sardinia. . .............. 410 ..
Austrian
Lombard ..
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 12fle. ; money,
25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 241. 971 e. ; money, 24f. 95e