The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-21 00:00:00

FRANCE.

A letter from Brussels states that the enlist-
ments for the Belgian Guard for Mexico go En bui
slowly in that city. Pamkthlets have betn pub-
lished on the occasion to show that those enrol-
ments are a violation of the neutrality of Belgium.
Austrian recruits have, it is said, come fot ward in

great numbers.
The Lyons journals announce the death of M.
Gerard, director of the park of the Tete-d'Or,
caused by the bite of a venomous fly. He was
bitten on Wednesday and died on Saturday.

Cardinal de Bonald, who had baen detained fir
some days at Marseilles by a slight indisposition,
has arrived at Lyons.
The Brussels journals mention the arrival of the
Duke de Brabarit in that city, on his return from Paris and
Nice.

BOURSE, April 20.—The market has become
rather heavy. Threes, for the Account, which
opentd at a slight imcrovement on yesterday's
closing rates, have since rec.' ded, and are now at
67fr. 30c. Mobilier last quoted at 1,262 fr. 50c.
Railway Market also dull, and wit,`' a trifling fall
The quotation,' closed as
on some of the lines.
follows :-
41 per Cents .. 93 75 Italian Loan 6' 80
Do. end Do. end month 6B 8t:
3 per Cents
Do. end month.... 67 15 Do, end tuuuth —
Credit ib10bi1ier....1225 itussian
00, end month.... Austrian
Bank Shares 3305 ipard,h
Credit 1, onefer 1300 dome Dobr . 5O
Roman
aiaLwAyis.
C ash. Account.
Orleans 892 50 897 50
Northern
New ditto • •
Lyons and Mediterranean
New ditto
Southern
Western
Eastern •••• ..... $ll3 e•
Sardinian
Austrian
Gorr bard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

- -
955 - 930 -
900 - -
667 50 , 672 50
503 75 .„
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485 - ~ 485 -
375 - ~ 372 50
417 50 „ 425 --
555 - 557 50
498 75 „ 500 -
575 „ 580 -

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

LIVERPOOL, April 21.
The mail steamer Armenian, with the West
African mails, arrived at Liverpool this morning.
Her dates are Benin, February 24; Fernando Po,
29; Cameroons, March 1 ; Old Calabar, 2; Brass
River, 4; Bonny, 7; Lagos, 7; Accra, 12; Cape
Coast Castle, 14; Cape Palmas, 16; Sierra Leone,
24 ; Bathurst, 28 ; Teneriffe, April 8 ; Madeira, 10
She brings 583 oz, of gold dust, 10.914 dole., 1,247
sovereigns, 6,655 francs, nd 25 passengers.
The Confederate steamer Florida and the Federal
cruizer St. Louis were at Madeira on the 8113; but
the St. Louis sailed 24 hours before the Florida.
There is little news of importance from the
Rivers,.

SOUTHAMPTON, April 21.
The steamer Tagus, lately belonging to the
Peninsular and Oriental Company, which sailed
hence yesterday fir Glasgow, has returned, having
broken down.

The biddings for £300,000 in bills on India took
place yesterday at the Bank of England. The pro-
portions alloted were, to Calcutta £160,000, to Bom-
bay £llO,OOO, and to Madras £19,900, The mini-
mum price was, as before, Is. 111 d. per rupee on
Calcutta and Madras, and ls. it d. on Bombay.
The applications within the limits amounted to
£1,670,00. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at
ls. 111 d. will receive about 63 per cent., on Bom-
bay at 2a. 02d. about 41 per cent., and all above
these prices in full.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.--LIVERPOOL, Wednesday
Night.—The coxswain of the New 13, ighton life
boat of the National Institution reports as follows :
"At 3 15 p.m. yesterday, during Equally weather, saw a
bark on Taylor's Bank, mustered crew of nine hands, and
proceeded with the tubular lifeboat of the institution under
canvas. Reached the vessel at 430 p to., found her very
leaky and badly strained. She proved to be the bark Core,
of Guernsey, 400 tons, with 11 hands and a pilot on board.
The crew asked us to stay by them and assist their vessel
off, which took place abuut 733 p m. Vessel making fivt
feet of water per hour. Assisted crew in working pumps
and getting warps to tug boats. The lifeboat's crew re
mained on board at the pumps until we got the vessel :afel3
on the gridiron in Liverpool at 11 pan.

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