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

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

MESSINA, June 16.
The Syria, with the above mail, passed Messina
at 6 30 p.m. to-day, en route for Marseilles.
MALTA, June 17.

The Nyanza, with the heavy portion of the mail,
leaves at 8 a.m. to-day for Southampton, where she
may be looked for about the 26th inst.

The Ceylon, from Southampton on the 6th inst.,
areived at 9 a.m. on the 14th, and left at 9 a.m. on
the 15th for Alexandria.

BOURSE, June IG.—Th
closed as follows :-
41 per Cent.
End of month... Itantn Loan
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 50 Mexican Loan ... 22
Credit Mobilier
End of month... 313 75 Spanish Threes
Credit Fonder ...1527 50 Home Debt 34
Eadiof month... Deferred
RAILWAYS. Cash
Orleans
N orthern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 6OO
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman..

see o'clock.—The market

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The religious conflict which has been kindled in
Prussia by that very little spark, the foolish words
of Mr. litiak about the solar system, i& already
burning somewhat fiercely. The pastoral con-
ference i❑ 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 magistrates 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
repreentation of the congregations in the manage-
ment of the churches ; 3, to prevent the encroach.
menu 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 FRENCH COURT AT FONTAINEBLEAU.—The
Morninpost 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
Napo!eon 111. 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
lopks 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 grotesqueand often hideous objects,
pillaged from the Imperial Palace of Pekin to
decorate the Imperial Palace of Fontainebleau.
The writer rays 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 i 3
certainly going down to Chalons, and takes great
I 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 is ad-
ministered.

The Liberte says that Prince Napoleon has an-
nounced to his friends at Vienna that, he means to
vrite a pamphlet, containing "revelations and
curious observations" on the state of Austria. In
&his work he intends frankly to abjure many .erro-
neous opinions he had formed about Austria before
!le had an opportunity of judging for himself.
INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN DISCoVERY.--A cor-
espondent of the Glasg9o Ilerald states that on Friday
ast there was aliscoverod on the farm of Arnicb in the
;ark!' of Cumbernald, on the line of . the old 11 llnan
:vall of Antoninus, which runs across that farm, a large
tone,- on which was sculptured in alto rellero, within a
square moulding,
a naked figure bending on one knee
a a suppliant attitu 10, with the hands tied behind the
'rack. The figure is about ten inches in height from the
tower moulding, upon which the knee rests, and from the
foot to the other knee of the figure about 31 inches. Tho
stone is a hard coarse-grained freestone, and is evidently a
oortion of an altar erected to commemorate some conflict
or skirmish between, the Roman soldiers employed on the
wall and some of the Caledonian tribes.