The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-05 00:00:00

LATEST INTELL MENGE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

FRANCE.

PARIS, Feb. 5.

The Moniteur of this morning in its bulletin says

--" On the occasion of M. Benedetti, the French
Ambassador, presenting his credentials as the re-
presentative of France to the North German Con-
federation, the King of Prussia said that he was
happy to behold in that step a certain pledge of
friendly relations between the two Governments.
He also spoke of the remembrance he should
always retain of the reception he met with at Paris
from the Emperor and Empress of the French."
The Constitutionnel publishes a letter from
Bucharest stating that three bands of armed
individuals, each baud 450 strong, are assembled at
different points of the Danubian Principalities.
They appear to be under the command of foreign
leaders, and are preparing to enter Bulgaria to set
fire to the Turkish villages and renew the scenes of
brigandage which were suppressed last year. The
Roumain Government having been warned off their
intention is preparing to disrm• these bands, and to
prevent by every means at its command an expedi-
tion which would entail upon it so heavy a respon-
sibility.
BOURSE, FEB. 4.—The market is not altogether
satisfactory to-day.
Three o'clock. —The market closed as follows :-
4i per Cent.
End of month... Its Fan Loan
3 per Cent
End of month 6B 45 Mexican Loan ... 16 50
Credit, Mobilier 176 25 Do. Bonds ...... 128 75
End of month 175 Spanish Threes ... 37 50
Credit Foncier l3BO Home Debt......
.........
Deferred
End of month 1371 25

Account
Orleans ..... i BBO
Northern ll6O
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 540
Western
Eastern ............ .. 5371
Sardinian
Austrian 520
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Boman 47

RAILWA•

THE IJNIVEP.SITY OF EDINBURGH AND AGRICUL-
T URE.—We understand that a letter has been received
from the Treasury stating that a sum of 4150 will be put
on the estimates in support of the chair of agriculture at
Edinburgh ; and that, in consideration of the liberality of
passing
degrees,n g
the Highland Society, which also voted a like sum to aid
the salary of tho professor, the Senatus Acadernicus are
now engaged in organising a department of agriculture in
the Faculty of Arts, under which students in agriculture
students will be received into the U niversity systems of education
in h
through
the
in-
stead of being in a complete state of isolation, as they have
hitherto been.—Scotsman.
tir e same
curriculum manner
in the as
several other
aeulti s

REPRESENTATION OF BRIGHTON.---111 consequence
of a rumour which has been extensively circulated that
Lord Pelham, eldest son of the Earl of Chichester, Lord
Lieutenant of the county, will be a candidate for Brighton
at the next general election, his lordship has written to the
Association denying the
circumstances will I en-
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by standing against
the present members for Brighton."

THE LATE ACCIDENT IN THE HOUSE OF COR-
RECTION'.—The prisoners injured ou the treadmill of the
House of Correction on Monday last are in a satisfactory
state. The man Mortimer, whose leg is broken, lies at
present in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A Swede, named
Johnson, one of whose fingers Was top off,. is being treated
by Dr. Sniiles, the prison surgeon. Who other prisoners
(eleven in number) who Were hurt only received slight
injuries, and they are all recovered, or nearly so.
HEALTH OF ENGLAND.—The mortality of 1867
was below the average in almost every part of the king-
dom. The south-eastern division, as usual, stands first,
with a mortality of only 18.90 per thousand for this whole
, ,
section of the country, taking both bad and good. The
south-western also, as usual is next having
a mortality
of 19.13 per thousand; and then the eastern, 19.33. The
several midland divisions follow—the north midland,
.
20.31; the south midland, 20.32 ; the west midland, 20.70;
and Monmouthshire and Wales, 2u 68. The
place of Lon-
don is next, the mortality of 1867 being as low as 22.98 ;
Yorkshire, which has been commonly above London, is
on this occasion below it, having a mortality of 23 64 per
thousand. The northern division makes an extraordi-
nari y bad return of 24.73 per thousand ; but, now, as ever,
the north-western division (Lancashire and Cheshire) is
lowest of all, having to return a mortality of 25.89 per
thousand—a return which is a bad one even for this
district.

DEATH FROM AN OVERDOSE OF CIILORODYNE.—
An inquest was hold on Monday afternoon, at Bridgwater
on the body of Mr. Samuel Selfe, aged 63, in the employ
of the dock company. It appeared from the evidence
that the deceased for several days past had been a great
sufferer from toothache. On Thursday
night last he re-
mained upon the sofa in his parlour, instead of going to
bed, and at seven o'clock on the following morning, when
his housekeeper came downstairs, ho appeased to be very
ill. Upon the table she saw two bottles, one labelled
" Laudanum Chlorodyne." He died that day, and a post
mortem examination, made by Dr. Bent, showed that de-
ceased had taken opium and chlorodyne. The jury be-
lieved that he had taken an overdose of chlorodyne in his
effort to relieve the toothache, and returned a verdict
accordingly.
MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.--A bottle was picked
up on the Devon coast, about four miles from Barnstaple,
on Friday night, containing a piece of paper on which was
written the following, in pencil:
—" S. S. Vollestine. We
are now sinking fast off the Smalle, and we are taking to
the boat. Signed. William Kelly, was., 18, 1, 108."