The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-06 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Oct. 6.
The Imperial decree, dated Ist inst., orders the
execution of a detailed geological map of France
at the expense of the State, and upon the same
scale as the military map. M. Elic de Beaumont
is appointed to superintend the work.
BOURSE, Oct. s.—Three o'clock.—The mark
ti
closed as follows :-
41 per Cent.
End of month... —•— Italian Loan
3 per ent -
End C
of month 69 93 Mexnican Loan ... 23 ...-
Credit Mobilier -
End of month... 270 Spanish Threes -.
Credit Foacier —l4lB Homo Debt .... ..-.
End of month... Deferred _—.
RAILWAYS. Cash
Orleans , .... 908
Northern llBO
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 578
Western 585
Eastern ........ .. 567
Sardinian
Austrian 553
Lombard 4OB
North of Spain 571
Saragossa
Roman 44i

EMIGRATION FROM THE MERSEY.—The returns for
the past month and quarter show a steady increase in the.
emigration. During the month of September there sailed
from Liverpool, under the Act, 27 ships, with 11,497 Pae-
sengers, of whom 5,067 wore English, 421 Scotch, 2,292
Irish, and 3,777 foreigners. Twenty-two ships wont to
the United States, with 9,992 passengers. To Canada there.
were five ships, with 1,505 passengers. The number of
short ships that sailed from Liverpool during the month
was 26, with 1,233 passengers, making a total emigration
for the month of emigrants, under the Act and not under
the Act, of 12,720. The total emigration for the quartet
ending Sept. 30 was—under the Act, 3,165 cabin and
29,155 steerage passengers; not under the Act, 2,479 cabin
and 919 steerage, making a total of 5,644 cabin and 30,014
steerage passengers, or a total of 35,718 passengers, which'
left the Mersey during the quarter, making an increaser
when compared with the previous month,;of 1,003.
On Sunday afternoon last Archbishop Manning
blessed and opened a Home for Poor Girls, in connection
with the Franciscan Convent, Portobello-road, Bayswater/
This new establishment is intended for the reception of
destitute girls, where they may receive a good training
so as to enable them to earn their own livelihood as (I°,
mestic servants. Besides religious instruction, many wilt
be taught reading, writing, and the elements of arithmetic'
The remainder of their time will be spent in learning
household, laundry, and needle work.
THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY AND THE ELtC.'
TioNs.—The following circular has been issued :—" Circa"
lar to Station Agents and all parties concerned.—Gene"!
Election.—l.ain instructed by the directors to state that "
the general election of members of Parliament i; is to h°
understood that the officers and servants of the compaq
are to exercise their own discretion in respect of tiaeir
votes.—FREDERICK CLARK., S ecreta ry." It is dated
Lnodon and South-Western Railway, Secretary's-otnA
Waterloo. bridge Station, S.E., Sept. 19.
LINCOLNSHIRE FARMING.—In no county in Eng:
land do farmers' sons go more thoroughly into the practi-
cal work of a farm than in Lincolnshire, where they f";
quently contend amongst each other for the honour 191'
clipping sheep in the best style, thatching stacks, plough:
ing, dce. At Langrick, near Boston, on Thursday last, at
the All-England Ploughing Match, several farmers' sons
competed, and after doing some first-class work that prao_
tised champions might well be proud of, the honours we"
carried off by Mr. Henry Goodyear, with one of MessrS•
Ransome's ploughs, against seven competitors. Consideri
able additional interest was created by the fact that be WI
against him the Mr. Creasey who ploughed for Meseta
Howard at the Leicester meeting of the Royal &clot?:
We understand Messrs. Ransome's ploughs were succosf
ittl in winning five All-England matches during last vtooP