The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Sept. 19.

Au Imperial decree, dated the 12th instant,
has been promulgated to-day, permitting the
importation of merchandise from any foreign
port, and sailing whatever
at the Frenchset undertlements any flag
ontheGold Coast
and the Gaboon. Suchlmerchandise will be subject
to a minimum tax of 4 per cent. on the declared
Yin
nnts when foreignvessels from the
imported into
aboveaule.Merchandiseet t me
mentioned
France will be subject to a surtax of 20 francs on
the bottom. This decree is to come in force on the
Ist of January, 1869.
BO URSE, Sept. 18.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :-
41 per Cent.
End of month
3 per Cent
End of month 69 05
Credit Mobilier 278
End of month 275
Credit Foncier _1422
End of month —

RAILWA"

Bank Shares 3]3o
Ital4an Loan —
End of month —
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred 32
Ye.

Orleans n..........
Northern

Cash
... 902
1175

Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 950
Southern..... ................................. 582
Western ....................................... 585
Eastern • • 565
Sardinian
Austrian
I.4mbard
North of Spain 53
Saragossa
Roman 39

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

FALMOUTH, Saturday Morning.

The London, Belgium, Brazil, and River Plate Com-
pany's steamer Union, Carolan, commander, arrived this
morning, having left Buenos Ayres on the 7th, Mntevideo
10th, Rio Janeiro 20. h August, and St. Vincent Sept. 4th.
She brings on freight in specie £1,065, a genend cargo, 19
passengers, and four bags of mails. The Union passed,
27th August, off Fernando Noronha, a screw steamer,
showing two blue lights and v. rocket, supposed to be the
royal mail. Her Majesty's sloop Penguin left St. Vincent's
3d Sept. for England.

GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, July 18.—Germania, steamer, from Hamburg;
Taurus and Eider, steamers, from Tonning ; Catharine,
from Archangel; Crescent, from Froclerickstad; Danko-
lar, from Cronstadt ; Dumphite Castle, from Madras ;
Noddies, from Dantzic ; City of Norwich and Tonning,
steamers, from Tonning; Marshland, steamer, from Ko-
nigsburg ; Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp; Panther
steamer, from Boulogne ; St. LaWrOrICO, steamer, from
Montreal ; Hollandia, steamer, from Harlingen.
Sailed—Triton, steamer, for Boulogne ; Holland,
steamer, for Ostend.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Sea Belle, from Chins, for London ; Arichat,
West, from London, fGr Boston ; Lalia, from 'Jarmo*
for London.

TILE BALLOT.—Sir Massey Lopes having, in a
recent speech, asserted that "Lord Atnberley, at L cede,
changed his opinion on th'a ballot in twenty-four hours,"
his lordship, in a letter to a gentleman in Devonshire, says
—"1 gave no pledge upon the question of tho ballot when
contested Leeds, or when I was returned for Nottingham,
as I was desirous, before committing myself,
of giving the
subject a longer„,consideration. What I have heard since
then of the conduct of landlords towards their tenants
has been amply sufficient to convince me that the ballot
is indispenably necessary in order to secure freedom of
election."
THE SCOTCH MINERS.—An open air meeting of
minors belonging to the Lanarkshire district was held on
Thursday at UdJingston, wiLich is distant about seven
miles from Glasgow. At this meeting it was unanimously
resolved to make a demand for an advance of wages to the
extent of Gd. per day. In May last the employers granted
an advance of Gd. per day.
We are authorised to state that there is no foun-
dation whatever for the rumour that the Attorney-General,
" finding his case hopeless" at Exeter, will not go to the
poll.—Law Times.