The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-14 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Dec. 13.—The market has been less
firm to-day, and stock having been rather offered
quotations are lower. Threes, for the Account, are
now at 67f 60e. Railways also heavy, and in some
cases lower.

The following are the last quotations :-
4i per per Cents ... 95 20 ; Credit Fancier l2OO
Do. end month.... 95 30 ! Belgian 41 —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 6211 Roman
Bank Shares 2930 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.. 731 25 , Spanish Threes 49 25
Do. Account 732 501Horno Debt

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans 1290 .. 1291 25
Northern
New ditto 9lO
Lyons and Mediterranean 1003 75 .. 1005
Geneva 347 60 .. 350
Southern
Western
Easterni
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard

PLYMOUTH, Friday.—T.hic vicinity has during
the last 24 hours been visited with a heavy storm of wind
and rain from the southward, amounting occasionally to a
hurricane. The ships of war in Hammze have struck
lower yards and topmasts. The brigantine Pride of Lime-
rick, Capt. 111acdnald, of and for Limerick, with coal from
Newcastle, ran into this port at neon for shelter, and let go
two anchors in the month of Catwater. Both cables parted
immediately, and she was blown on the rocks under Queen
Anne's Battery. An effort to get her clear failed, in con-
sequence of the warp breaking.

SAXOLINE OlL.—This oil, which is a very recent
introduction, is attracting a good deal of attention amongst
scientific men, and, as far as it has been tested and proved,
promises to become a valuable domestic adjunct. The
Sexoline is pronounced to be as good as the Bel rnontine and
other Burmese oils, and, although of such a qualby, the
price of it is very little more than the finest Paraffin, the
ordinary lamps for which are used for its consumption. It
is altogether colourless and free from smell. The specific
gravity is about 800, and, although so light, it is an oil
which is not explosive. Its luminous power. while equal
to gas, is much softer. The commercial dissemination of
this valuable product has, we are informed, been entrusted
to the well-known firm of Messrs, Lawrie and Co., of Old
Broad-street, City.—ewo,

INDIA, CHINA, AUSTRALIA.

We have received in anticipation of the Overland
Mail our letters and papers, under date of Calcutta,
Nov. 8; Singapore, Nov. 2; Madras, Nov. 14;
Hong Kong, Nov. 1; Sydney, Oct. 21 ; Melbourne,
Oct. 26.

The Bengal Hurkaru (Calcutta, Nov. 8), says
. _ _

" The great event which has occurred since we
last wrote is the investiture by Lord Canning at
Allahabad of the Maharajahs of Gwalior and Put-
tiala, the Begum of Bhopal, and the Rajah of Ram-
pore, with the order of the Star of India. There
was a brilliant assemblage of natives and Europeans,
including a number of ladies, in the Durbar tent to
witness the ceremony.
"The indigo districts are again unlucky. There
has been a late rise of the river which has destroyed
all the seed that had been sown, and more is not
procurable. One of our correspondents, however,
congratulates the sufferers that they will have no
October plant to lose when the decennial gale takes
place in May next. In 1842 and 1852 we had most
destructive gales in that month, and it is not un-
likely that one may occur next year.