The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-17 00:00:00

Bo[rnsE, June 16.—Th]
closed as follows :

4} per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 50
Credit Mobilier
End of month 313 75
Credit Foucier 1527 50
Endiof month —

Bank Shares 3160
Ital'an Loan
End of month —
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes „
Home Debt 34
Deferred
Cash
Orleans
N orthern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... GOO
Western
Eastern
Sardinian

RAILIVAY

Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

5681-
378-1
65

The religious conflict which has been kindled in
Prussia by that very little spark, the foolish words
of Mr. limak about the solar system, is already
burning somewhat fiercely. The. pastoral con-
' ference in Berlin has published an answer to the
proceedings and resolutions of the Protestantentag
at Bremen, the upshot of which is pretty nearly
equivalent to denying the Christianity of the mem-
bers of the last-mentioned association. Besides
this, a very numerously and respectably signed
petition has been addressed to the mastrates at
Berlin (a body somewhat analogous to a first_
chamber in the municipal constitution), requesting
them ; 1, as patrons of the Berlin churches, to
protect the Liberal clergymen who have been at-
tacked by the Synod ; 2, to procure a more efficient
representation of the congregations in the manage-
ment of the churches ; 3, to prevent the encroach•
ments of the influence of the clergy in the new
organization of the town schools. The petition has
been brought before the Town Council by Pro-
fessor Gneist, an active member of that body, and
was carried unanimously.
THE FRENCII COURT AT FONTAINEBLEAU.—The
Aforningf Post publishes a letter from Fontainebleau
which gives some account of the daily occupations
of the Emperor and Empress and Court circle. It
appears to be the intention of their Imperial
Majesties to avail themselves as much as possible
of repose from the cares of State and courtly in-
flictions. The Emperor receives his Ministers at
an early hour in the morning ; in fact, immediately
after rising, about nine o'clock. Having transacted
the business of a particular Ministry, his private
secretary, M. Conti, presents his Majesty with
the various letters which are daily addressed to
Napoleon HI. not through official channels. These
letters are generally promptly attended to, and
wherever assistance can be given, provided it is

deserved, the elected of the French nation does
not fail to practise his accustomed benevolence.
The Emperor and the Empress frequently walk

before breakfast, and often at an early hour, in
the Jardin Anglais, and they as frequently avail
themselves of one of the boats of the various nations
which decorate the lake, on which the Emperor
looks from his study. The Emperor and Empress
breakfast generally at eleven o'clock, after which
his Majesty indulges in cigarettes. The Empress

avails herself of what is called the Chinese Salon,
a spacious room on the ground floor, which is
furnished with grotesque and often hideous objects,
pillaged from the Imperial Palace of Pekin to
decora'e the Imperial kalace of Fontaineblean.
The writer says that the Emperor has quite re-
covered from his rheumatic attack, and may be
considered in good health.. His Majesty is, how-
ever, according to the estimation of the gentleman
who addresses me, by no means so active either in
body or mind as he was three years ago. None of
his old friends, such as the Due de Persigny and
Count Walewski, are seen in the Court circle.
Marshal Niel and M. Rouher seem to be the
favourites of the moment. The Emperor is
certainly going down to Chalons, and-takes great
interest, in fact, directs all that activity which is
now taking place in the Ministries of 'War and
Marine. The Empress is described as taking a
daily interest in the education of the Prince
Imperial, and particularly insisting upon the
mode in which his religious instruction h ad-
ministered.

The Liberte says that Prince Napoleon has an-
nounced to his friends at Vienna that he means to
write a pamphlet containing "revelations and
curious observations" on the state of Austrii. In
this work ho intends frankly to abjure many erro-
neous opinions he had formed about Austria before
he had an opportunity of judging for himself.

INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY.--A cor-
respondent of tho Glasgoe Herald states that on Friday

!ast there was discovered on the farm of Arnieb T, in the
parish of Cumbernald, on the line of the old Roman
wall of Antoninus, which runs across that farm, a large
,tone, on which was sculptured in alto relieco, within a
square moulding, a flaked figure bending on one knee
in a suppliant attitudo, with the hands tied behind the
back. The figure is about ten inches in height from the
lower moulding, upon which the knee rests, and from the
3
foot to the other knee of the figure aboutinches. The
stone is a hard coarse-grained freestone, and is evidently a
portion of an altar erected to commemorate some conflict

or skirmish between the Roman soldiers employed on the
wall and/301M of the Caledonian tribes,

June 17, Extreme Sea
B. T. 1.. a W. Ito F. D. WR. Ito
--_---
Wednesday, r,.52 F.
8 a.m. X 12 i 1
1 9
----- - Nairn ...... 2917 f, iL6 51 W.S.W. 6 1 S. !o.rc o'o4' 2
Aberdeen .. 29-92 f. 56 50 S.W. 1 4 S.S.E. :b.ro -1 1
Leith ...... 30'02f. 543 61 W. 5 1 S. i r.c. 0'66 -
Shields .... 30'08f. 64 57 N.W. 2 2 N.W.- c. - 2
Scarborough 3011 f. 64 58 W. 3 4 S.S.E. c.b. - 2
Yarmouth.. 30175. 65 62 W.N.W. 2 3 E. c.o. - 2
Helder .... ._- - - -
Cuxhaven ..- -I - - - - - - -- -
Skudesnms - -I - - - - - - -
Valentia.... 30Th. 59 ,57 W.N,W. 2 5 W. c.of o'os 2
Cape Clear.. 30 18f. 61 160 W.O.W. 2 2 S.W. c.f. -, 2
Roche's PL 39'20f. 61 159 S.W. 2 4 8-W• o. -j 2
Holyhead .. 3013 f. 63
.58 S.S.W. 3 4 S.S.W. c. -'-
Liverpool .. 30'18f. 65 59 N.W. 2 2 H. c.o. -1 1
Ardrossan .. 30'685. 55 50 W.N.W. 2 7 S.W. r.c.,0'25, 1
Greencastle 30'11r. 51 52 W.N.W. 2 5 W. • .W. r.c o'o'o2 ] -
Penzance .. 30'255. GO 58 N. 2 1 N.N.W.o C. -• 2
Plymouth .. 30175. 60 56 N. 2 2 N.N.W. cb.- I 2
Portsmouth 30'22f. 64 160 N.
WeYmouth
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c,- ....- -.i.
London -• . 30'26f. 661 62 W. 1I 3 S.E. c.b. -
UpeG.risNez 30'21L 611 59 S.S.W. 3 3 S.S.W f. - 1
Brest - 1
L'Orient . - 1
Rochefort 3o'lsf. 73 IC6 I E. 3 4 N. b. - 1
Biarritz - 2
Corunna .... - - _ _ _ _ _
-
Paris - - - - - - - - _—
Strasbourg - i.- - - _ _ - -
Lyons - - - - - - - - - -
Toulon ' 30'10s. 79 77 E. 3 3 E. b. -' 1
Heart's Con-1
tent (6 a.m.;
local time) , 30'00s. 118 37 , E.N.E. 1 1 E.N.E. ..b.,015, 3
EXPLANATION.

Barometer con ected and reduced to
r., rising; f.. ; a., steady—lndic
mercury within last 14 hours. The
Extreme Force with its Direction du
Weather: b.—blue ; c.—clouds,
I.—.lightning ; m,—misty, hazy • o.—ove
t.—thunder. anew or bail (
Sea disturbance.

ndcg. a sea level. Thelettere
'ate d h ecticn of moth nof the
cinKrneter exposed in shade.
Iring last 24 hours. Z.—calm
detached ; f.—fog ; h.-1511;
°least, dull; r.— rain; A.— snow;
(melted) during last 24 hours.