The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-03 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The French Senate met yesterday at 2 o'clock,
and held an extraordinary sitting. The order of
the day consisted of, Ist, the admission of new
senators; 2d, communication of a project of senatus-
consulte.

The Debuts publishes the text of the project :
" Article 1. The budget of expenses is presented
to the Legislative Body, with its divisions in sec-
tions, chapters, and articles. The budget of each
Ministry is voted by section conformably to the order
annexed to the present Senatus-Consulte. The divi-
sion by chapters of the credits granted for each Minis-
terial department is regulated by a decree of the Em-
peror rendered in a Council of State. Special decrees
rendered in the same form may authorise the trans-
fer (virement) of one chapter to another in the bud-
get of each Ministerial department.
" Art. 2. No supplementary or extraordinary
credits can be granted except by virtue of our law.
Nothing is done against the enactments of the
existing laws insomuch as they concern the expenses
of the budgets closed still due, the expenses of de-
partments, communes, local expenses, and the funds
subscribed (fonds de concours) for the expenses of
the public interests.

" Art. 3. Articles 11 and 12 of the Senatus-Con-
suite of.the 25th December, 1852, are modified in so
much as they may be contrary to the present Sena-
tus Consulte."

BOURSE, DEC. 2, Two o'Clock.—The operations
of the settlement have proceeded without any mate
rial difficulty, and prices, for the end of the month
have been maintained at about the closing rates o.
Saturday, Threes being now 69f. 35c.
Three o'Clock.—The following are the last quo•
tations :-
4t per per Cents ... 95
Do. end month.... 95 40

Credit Foncier llBO
Belgian 4f lOO
Piedmontese Fives 67 70
Roman —
Austrian
Spanish Threes —
Home Debt .. 47 50

3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 35
Bank Shares 2965 I

Credit Mobilier 74?, N
Do. Account 743 75

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans 1332 50 .. 1335 ..
Northern ...
New ditto 915
Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 1027 50
Geneva 345 347 50
Southern 660 .. 661 50
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian 350
Austrian
Lowbard e 517 50 .. 518 75

IIIR MAGAZINES.

The _Dublin.

" The House by the Churchyard" is continued,
and it is very entertaining in this instalment. The
lovers of genuine fun will delight in the poisoning
scene and the passage at arms afterwards. Pud-
dock, with the best intentions, concocted some won-
derful compound for his friend O‘Flaherty which
was to be applied outwardly, but in the flurry of
an agitated moment the unhappy patient swallowed
a small bag, containing the deleterious mixture.
In the excitement of the crisis they called in a doc-
tor who made bad worse, and gave the sufferer for
mental anxiety some vile stuff that gave bim phy-
sical torment and was the cause of much confusion
on the field where the affair of honour was to be
settled. The scenes altogether are admirably de-
scribed, and it is impossible to overrate the sense
of wit and humour which pervades these ludicrous
events. Mrs. Becky Chattesworth is another
good character, and altogether this portion of
the tale is first-rate, and a great improvement
on the previous parts. The ability displayed in
this striking story is a great advantage to the
readers of this periodical. There is a very sensible
article called. " A Remonstrance against Strikes,"
which contains much to improve and enlighten
those whom it concerns. The forcible and yet
temperate language in which the writer speaks of
the suicidal policy and the detrimental agency of
this egregious blunder and often great crime is very
impressive, and a more able advocate of a good
cause could hardly be found than the composer of
these few pages on this insidious evil which strikes
at the root of labour and undermines the stronghold
of capital. This passage forcibly illustrates the
fallacy of the procedure in many instances where
" those who conquer do not win, nor those receive
who gain."