The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

A very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of
Cannes—English and Fiench—was held on the
21st, for the purpose of proposing an address to
Queen Victoria on her late severe bereavement. The
idea originated with Lord Brougham, and was fully
approved of by Lord Dalhousie (late Secretary of
State for the War Department when Lord Pan-
mure), and by Lord Rokeby (sent by her Majesty,
on Sir Edward Bowater's death, to take charge of
Prince Leopold). The meeting was held at the
English Consulate, and not a British subject at
Cannes was absent. Lord Brougham, being ealled
to the chair, expresged himself in a very feeling
manner on the great merits of the late Prince Con-
sort, and dwelt particularly on the exertions of his
Royal Highness in faysur of popular education—
his aid to Arts and Manufactures by the Exhibition
of 1851—his presiding at the British Association
of Science at York three years back—his forming
the International Statistical Congress—and his
known intention of presiding at the Congress
of the National Association of Social Science
to be held in London next year. So many impor-
tant acts not only entitled the Prince, his lordship
observed, to the national gratitude, but had ren-
dered his name famous the whole world over, and
hence his loss was a source of deep grief not only
to the British nation, but to foreigners of every
, country. His lordship then moved the following
address :

" We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, residing
at Cannes, are desirous of expressing the sorrow that we feel,
in common with all our countrymen at home and abroad,
for the irreparable loss which your Majesty has sustained,
and which is rendered still more grievous by the affliction
of last spring depriving you of your royal parent's sympathy
and consolation under this heavy blow.

" It may afford some comfort to reflect on the grateful
sense so universally entertained of those rare qualities and
great virtues which have been lost to your Majesty and the
country, who derived from them benefits of inestimable
value. But we devoutly trust that Divine Providence will
help you to support with resignation, for the sake of your
family and your people, a calamity which presses so severely
upon all."
The address was seconded by Lord Dalhousie, who
spoke in eloquent terms of the domestic virtues of
the late Prince, and after a few words from Lord
Rokeby and Admiral Pakenham, was carried una-
nimously, Every Englishman in Cannes attended
and signed the address, which was forwarded by
the same night's post to Sir George Grey, at the
Foreign-office. M. Legoff, the Mayor of Cannes,
attended the meeting and signed the address, as
representing the feeling and sympathy of the town
of Cannes, which appeared as sincere as that of any
town in Great Britain.

BOURSE, Dec. 24.—The market varies but little
either as regards animation or prices, the quota-
tions of yesterday being well maintained in the
limited amount of lousiness doing, Threes, for the
Account, being now at 67f 25c. Railways also
quiet.

The following are the last quotations :
ft per per Cents ... 94 80 Credit F oncier llBO
Do end month.... 94 80 Belgian 4f

3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 25 Roman
Bank Shares 2960 —1 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 720 —; Spanish Threes 49
Do. Account.. 722 501 Home Debt
RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1295 1297 50
Northern
Now ditto . 910
Lyons and Mediterranean 1005 1006 25
Geneva 355 3.56 25
Southern 658 75 660
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lour bard , , ••• 510 .. 502 50
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