The Sun. — 1866-08-09 (London, England)

FRANCE.  Great efforts are being made in Hanover to save the independence of the kingdom by the abdication of King George in favour of his eldest son. A proposal was made in that sense by the municipality of the capital to the Queen, who, however, declined to transmit it to her husband. A mission of the same nature being attempted by Count Munster, at the present moment at Berlin, has met with but an indifferent reception, and will not have the least success.  The ceremony of reconsecrating the ancient Abbey of St. Michel, on the coast of Brittany, has just taken place, and was attended by a large number of high ecclesiastic; amongst whom were the Archbishop of Alby, Mgr. de Charbonnel, formerly Bishop of Toronto, the Bishop of St. Claude, and the Bishop of Coutances and Avranches, who presided. Mgr. de Charbonnel pronounced an address, in which he referred to some of the patriotic legends attached to the old abbey, and amongst them that of 119 knights, assisted by 119 soldiers, Bretons and Normans, who, in the long war with the English, defended on one occasion the French flag against 20,000 enemies. The religious ceremony on the occasion of restoring the old building—for so many years used as a prison—to its religious destination is described as exceedingly imposing, and the crowd from the surrounding country immense. The bulletin of the Paris Obsertatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday : —" A gale is passing over the British isles and France; its centre was this morning on the west of Scotland, and its action extended on the Bay of Biscay as far as Rochefort. The wind is blowing strongly between S.W. and W. over Holland, and the sky is overcast throughout that region. Bad weather has again visited the Baltic and Russia. Near the Alps,the weather.is calm and fine. Some squalls coming from the Atlantic are traversing Spain." At Paris yesterday the weather was threatening in the morning and rain fell at intervals. At three o'clock the thermometer marked 20 Cent. (68 Fahr.) The Droll relates that M. Ferdinand B—, 62 years of age, cashier in a house of business, blew out his brains with a pistol the night before last at the house of a friend in the Rue de Richelieu, with whom he had dined. The suicide is supposed to be attributable to financial embarrassments.  Marshal Vaillant, Minister of the Emperor's Household and of the Fine Arts, yesterday presided at the distribution of prizes to the successful pupils of the Conservatoire de ➢susique, and delivered an appropriate address, in which he insisted on the  necessity of assiduous study in order to become remarkable. He announced, in terminating, that the Emperor had conferred the cross of the Legion of Honour on M. Dorus, professor of the flute, the best pupil of Tulou. It may not be generally known that the prize of honour at the grand distribution at the Sorbonne exempts from the conscription and all the fees of examination and inscription in the various faculties. The Minister of War having been consulted as to what localities were proper for firing salvoes of honour or rejoicing has decided that they are not to be permitted except in places where there are a troop of artillery and the necessary material, and that in no case ought they to be attempted where there would be a necessity for recurring, for the service of the pieces, to other than trained artillerymen. The various colleges yesterday were occupied with the ceremony of distributing the prizes to their most deserving pupils. At Charlemagne, M. Ravaisson, Member of the Institute, Inspector of Public Instrtiction, presided ; Bonaparte, M. Vandal, Councillor of State, Director of the Post-office; St. Louis, M. Giraud, Member of the Institute, Inspector of Public Instruction ; Louis-le-Grand, M. Dutrey, also Inspector ; Rollin, Ni. Boulatignier, Councillor of State ; Stanislas, M. Walon, Member of the Institute ; and Napoleon, M. Bonjean, Senator. Likewise at the College Chaptal, M. Blanche, Councillor of State, presided ; and at Sainte-Barbe, M. Paravey, formerly Councillor of State. PARIS, August B.—Two o'clock.—The market has again been very depressed and but few transactions have taken place. The dread of further political complications prevails, and quotations are again lower. French Threes were done at 68f. 50c., or 35c. lower. Italian Fives at 51f. 10c., or a fall of 90c. Mobilier at 631 f. 25c., a decline of 12f. 50c., and Credit Foncier at 1,240 f., a fall of 67f. 50c. Paris Gas 1,540 f., 10f. lower. The Railway Market has also exhibited a downward tendency. Three o'clock.—The market improved during the last hour, but has not recovered to yesterday's prices :  41 per Cents 9B  15o: and month  3 per Cents. 6B 55 Do. end month 6B 65 Credit Mobilier 635 Do. end month Credit Fonder 1295  Do. end month 1292 50  Bank Shares — Italian Loan 5l 40 Do. end month 5l 20 Mexican Loan 3O Do. Bonds .. . Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred • 'AYE).  For Account. Orleans 867 50 Northern ll3O Lyons and Mediterranean B7O Southern 525 Western 560 Eastern Sardinian  Austrian  Lombard 3Bl 25 North of Spain lO2 50 Saragossa 122 50 Ditto to Barcelona — Roman —