The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-24 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Dec. 23.—The market has not shown
much animation, but the prices of Saturday have
been maintained with but a very slight variation,
Threes, for the Account, being now at 67f 30c.
The following are the last quotations :
ft per per Cents 95 Credit Foncier llBO
Do end month.... 95 25 Belgian 4i 99a
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 30 Roman
Bank Shares 2960 —1 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 717 50 Spanish Threes 49
Do. Account 720 Rome Debt ..

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
New, ditto . 910 .. 912 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 1006 25 .. 1007 50
Geneva..
Southern 657 50 660
Western
Eastern
Sardinian 335 .. 337 50
Austrian
Lombard 5OB 75 .. 510

THE MEXICAN EXPEDITION.
La Presse has the following :

" A despatch which arrived in Paris this morning, and
which we give with all reserve, announces that the Spanish
expedition assembled at Cuba has lett that island withzut
awaiting the arrival of the English and French divisions.
It is said that Spain intends commencing operations against
Mexico immediately. Marshal Serrano is said to have as-
sumed the supreme command of the Spanish troops."
La Patrie says :

"It is asserted that the Spanish expedition against
Mexico left Havannah on the 3d December, under the com-
mand of Marshal Serrano, Captain-General of the Island
of Cuba. The Marshal, it is said, proposed storming Vera
Cruz, and marching on Mexico. It is said that Marshal
Serrano has received despatches announcing the existence
of a vast conspiracy against the lives of the Spaniards living
in Mexico, and it is with the object of saving his country-
men that he has started without waiting for the last instruc-
tions sent from Europe."

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Route and State of Weather—Jan. 20, on the ice, St.
John's River; bright and clear; wind, N.W., strong. 21st,
on the ice, St. John's River; clear; wind, N.E., calm.
22d, on the ice, St. John's River; bright and clear; wind,
N., calm. 23d, on the ice, St. John's River ; fine; wind,
N. morning, S. afternoon. 24th, on the ice; thick, with
snow, mild; wind, S. and S.W. 25th, partly on ice, and
partly on road; warm and cloudy; wind, S. nearly, calm.
26th, chiefly road ; last hour heavy rain and fog; wind, S.
nearly, warm. 27th, chiefly road ; clear and fine ; wind, N.
28th, chiefly ice; cloudy ; wind, N.E., and N. in the even-
ing; snow very deep. 29th, chiefly ice; boisterous ; wind,
N.W., strong. 30th, chiefly ice; blowing a gale; wind,
N.W., with thick snow. 31st, on the ice; very cold; wind
N.W., with some snow ; snow very deep and sloppy.
Feb. 1, on the ice; wind, N.E., with some snow; road
heavy. 2d, road; fine and clear; wind, N.; night v.ry
cold. 3d, ditto. 4th, road ; clear; wind, S.E., gentle
breeze, sth, road ; wind, S.W. and W. ; a little snow.
6th, roads hilly; wind, after noon, N.E., and cold. 7th,
wind from S.W., very strong.

THE DEATII OF COLONEL KIN OSCOTE.—The
Gloucester Journal records the death of Colonel Thomas
Henry Kingscote, after an illness of only a short duration.
at his scat at Kingscote-park, Gloucestershire, on Thurs-
day last. "He had been labouring under an affection of
the heart, and about a week ago the disease assumed so
aggravated a character that he was compelled to take his
bed, and though rature made one or two attempts to rally,
the vital powers at length gave way. To all to whom he
was known his death will be a subject of sincere lamenta-
tion, and to none more than those who lived in his own
immediate noighbourhod."