The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-19 00:00:00

THE KING OF PRUSSIA:

A Berlin letter of the 15th says :
" The strength of the King is becoming gra-
dually exhausted ; his Majesty has almost entirely
lost his intellectual faculties, and his death would
be a happy release both for himself and for the
Queen. Although the King has no longer any
influence over the Government and direction of
affairs, his death would nevertheless be of im-
portance. The reactionary party have hitherto
had a right to say that the Government was not
in conformity with the principles of the King, and
in open contradiction with the system of Baron de
Manteuffel. With the death of the King this
foundation of the resistance of the reactionary
party falls to the ground, and perhaps they will
rally round the new King with the object of
making him abandon the salutary path of the in-
ternal development of Prussia which he has
hitherto followed. The disarmament is going on.
A great number of horses have been sold, but the
export of them still remains interdicted.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

A letter from Saint Sauveur says :—" The Em-
peror and Empress will arrive at Tarbes on the
18th. Their Majesties will sleep at the chateau of
M. Fould, and will take their first bath at St.
Sauveur in the morning of the 19th. They are to
take in all 18 baths, one per day. At present
masons, carpenters, and gardeners are employed in
and about the bathhouse, and amidst the confusion
and noise they create, the bathers have to manage
as well as they can. Two bath-rooms have been
constructed, one for the Emperor, the other for the
Empress. They are elegantly fitted up, and the
baths in them, like those of the other bathers, are
in grey marble. The Emperor and Empress and
their suites are to occupy three houses situsted at
one of the extremities of the village, which consists
of only one street. The furniture for the three
houses has been brought from the palace at Pau.
Sixty infantry and ten cavalry soldiers of the guard
a-fe to be in attendance on their Majesties. It is
by direction of Dr. Bayer that the Emperor and
Empress are going to pass their short season at
Saint Sauveur."
" Prince Poniatowski, senator," says the lilessager,
"has left Paris for Italy, charged with a special
mission by the Emperor."
Another Vienna letter, in the Cologne Gazette,
says :—" A very active exchange of despatches is
taking place between France and Russia. It is
stated in diplomatic circles that the latter insists
on the definitive regulation of the Italian question
being confided to a European Congress. She in-
vokes the convention agreed to, at the beginning
of the war between her and the French Govern-
ment, by which she undertook to maintain neu-

trality favourable to France, and the latter under-
took to return to labour after the war to obtain
the meeting of a congress, which should decide not
only on the Italian question, but on modifying, in
conformity with the wishes of Russia, the treaty of
Paris of 1856. Russia has faithfully fulfilled her
engagement, and France is now bound to fulfil
hers."

PARIS BOURSE, Aug. 18.—The market was very
dull at the opening, but afteiwards rallied. Threes,
after having been done at 68f. 70c , and 68c. 60c.,
rallied to 68f. 95c., and are now at 68f. 85c. ; Mo-
bilier varied from 810 f. to 820 f. ; Austrian, 552 f.
50e. to 557 f. 50c.; Lombard, 556 f. 25c. to 557 f. 50c. ;
Orleans, 1,347 f. 50c. to 1,357 f. 50c.; Lyons, 860 f.
to 865 f. ; Eastern, 640 f. to 645 f. ; Northern, 915 f.
to 922 f. 50c.; Southern, 600 f. to 505 f. The follow.
ing were the last quotations :-
41 per Cents. 97 25 Credit Fonder 660
Do. end month Belgian 4
3 per Cents 6B 90 Piedmontese (5) .. 85
Do. end month 69 Roman B6
Bank Shares 2BOO Austrian —
Credit Mobilier .. 822 50 Spanish Threes
Do. Account ..... 825 Home Debt 4l 50