The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, April 18.—The Emperor's letter pub
lished by the Moniteur, and the announcement of
the reduction to be made in the registration dues,
have produced a very great effect, and prices
have agein made an immense stride upwards.
Threes, for the Account, after having been
done at 68tr., are now firm at 67fr. 65e. Mobilier
have advanced to 1,2961. The Railway Market
has been similarly acted on, and most of the lines
are quoted higher. The quotations closed as fol
lows :--

41 per Cents .. 94
Do. ead month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 55
Credit Mobilier 1270
no. end mont h 1280
Bank Shares 3303
Credit 1 oncier 1320
Roman

Italian Loan 7O
Do. end month 69 40
New ditto —
Do. end month....
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes...,
Home Debt .. 49 75
Deferred

RAIL:YAM
Cash. Account.
900 902 50
983 75 .. 980

Orleans
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 955 965
New ditto 902 50 ..
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian .. 375 375
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain .. • .. 505
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

Railway and Public Companies in

Parliament,

The committee on the proposed new Metropolitan Rail-
ways met the first time yesterday, Lord Stanley in the chair,
the other members being Mr. Ingham, Lord Athlumney,
Mr. Cobbett, and Mr. J. Hardy. There was a great array
of counsel, Parliamentary agents, and other professional
gentlemen employed. The bills before the committee were
23 in number. The chairman said the committee would first
take into consideration the Great Northern (No. 1, Barnet
Branch), and London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 1), and
afterwards in their order of rotation the London, Brighton,
and South Coast new lines (Battersea) ; Metropolitan
Railway (additional powers) ; and London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway (No. 2, new lines). It would be
for the convenience of all parties that this announce-
ment should be made, as the inquiry into these cases
would no doubt occupy all the week. Counsel appearing
for the promoters of the Great Northern bill were Mr.
Denison, Q.C., and Mr. Davison; for the Regent's Canal
Company, in opposition, Mr. R. Gurney, the Recorder, and
Mr. Hope Scott, Q.O ; for the Metropolitan Railway Mr.
Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. V. Harcourt, and Mr. Holway ; for
the London, Chatham, and Dover Mr. Burke, Q.C., Mr.
Round, and Mr. Somerset; for the Midland Railway Sir W.
Alexander, Mr. Hope Scott, and Mr. Venables. There was
also a petition against the bill from two shareholders, Messrs
Archhutt and Pocock, Mr. Denison then at considerable
length opened the case for the Great Northern Railway,
statingalaat the principal objects of that company's appli.
cation were to empower them to make a branch line of one
mile 32 chains from the main line to Barnet, and an ap-
proach thereto to be completed in four years, to acquire
land for station purposes to the westward of their goods
station at King's-cross, to run over the Metropolitan Rail-
way between King's-cross and its Farringdon-street Ter-
minus, to run over the London, Chatham, and Dover be-
tween its junction with the Metropolitan Railway and the
Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and the Victoria Station at
Pimlico, and to agree with the London, Chatham, and
Dover for the mutual use of their undertakings. The pro-
moters also sought power to confirm an agreement of Dec.,
1t560, between the Great Northern and Metropolitan Rail
ways, for the use of working by the former company of
their trains on the before mentioned portion of the Metro-
politan Railway, and for an option to the Great Northern
to take on lease land for a warehouse at the east of the
Metropolitan Railway at Clerkenwell. For these purposes
it was proposed to raise a further sum of £200,000 by new
ordinary and preference sheres, and £66,000 by loan. The
opposition of the Regent's Canal Company was to the con-
struction of a proposed bridge ever their canal, and that of
other interests might be made subject matter of mutual
accommodation and clauses. Mr. Seymour Clarke, general
manager of the Great Northern Railway, was under ex-
amination until the committee rose. In Mr. Scholefield's
committee the case for the Chertsey Extension of the Lon-
don and South Western Railway was concluded, and that
for the proposed Staines, Egham, and Woking Junction
Railway opened by Mr. Phinn, Q.C. The Perth Extension
of the North British Railway still progresses in Mr. Has-
sard's conamittee,who are bearing the opposing parties. The
miscellaneous bills proceeding in other committees are the
Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance and Globe
Insurance Companies ; the Nottingham Gas and Belfast
Improvement. In the committee of which Lord Wodehouse
is chairman, ;Mr. Hawkshaw, C.E,, and other witnesses
were examined in opposition to the proposed Bute Docks at
Cardiff, and the case of the West London Docks and Ware-
houses Bill was opened by Mr. Burke, Q.C., in Earl Cath-
cart's committee. The object of the bill is to change the
name of the undertaking to that of the Railways Junction
Warehouses and Canal Company, to take additional lands,
to lay down tramways, and connect them with the London
and Brighton Railway at Battersea, to make working agree-
ments with that company and the London and North-
Western, Groat Western, and London, Chatham, and Dover
Companies, to raise in addition to their authorised share
capital of £130,000, a further sum of £40,000, and to bor-
row £130,000. Sir C. Fox, the engineer, was the chief
witness examined.

Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day,
Market firm. Sales about 6,000, Irnports,l2,l4l.
Previously, 83,977.

_
Proposed Purchase of a Permanent Income
for Garibaldi,

MEETING THIS DAY.

A. meeting of a few friends of General Garibaldi
was held this morning at Stafford House, for the
purpose of considering the propriety of presenting
General Garibaldi with a substantial testimonial
of the approval of his friends in England.

Amongst those present were the Duke of
Sutherland, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of
Harrowby, Lord Taunton, Sir F. Goldsmith, C.
Seely, Esq., M.P. ; D. Robertson, of Lady kirk, M.P.;
G. Moore, Esq.; W. Gore Langton, Esq., M.P.;
A. W. Dunlop, Efq., M.P.; R. Dalglish, Esq.,
M.P.; the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P. ; Sir Morton
Peto, Bart., M.P. ; W. E. Foster, Es., M.P. ; J.
Howard, Esq., Mayor of Bedford ; Alderman
Meehi ; Irving Hare, E,q., &c., Sze.
After a few preliminary observations from some
of the noblemen present,

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the fallowing
resolution :

"That this meeting is of opinion that General
Garibaldi ought not to be allowed to leave England
without some substantial token of the profound
admiration felt by all classes throughout the
United Kingdom for his unselfish patriotism and
disinterested services in the cause of freedom."

Mr,C. SEELEY seconded the resolution, which,
on being put by the chairman, was carried unani-
mously.
Lord HARROWBY then moved the next resolution,
namely, " That a fund be raised for the purpose of
procuring a permanent income to General Garibaldi
and to his family afar him."
Mr. W. E. FOSTER, M.P., seconded the resolu-
tion, which, like the former, was carried unani-
mously.
Resolutions appointing the Duke of Sutherland
chairman, Charles Seely, Esq„ M.P., deputy-
chairman, and the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P.,
treasurer of the fund, were then agreed to.
A working committee, to carry the above resolu-
tions into effect was then appointed, consisting of
the chairman, deputy-chairman, the treasurer, the
Earl of Shaftesbury, Samuel Morley, Esq., R. Dal-
gleish, Esq., M.P., and W. Gore Langton, Esq.,
M.P„ with power to add to their n‘mber.
The following subscriptions were announced :
F. Howard, Esq.
Hon. A. Kinnaird 5O 0 0
W. Leaf
U. Leverson, Esq.
G. Langton, M.P.
Samuel Morley,
Sir M. Peto
D. Robertson, Esq., of Lady Kirk .... 105 0 0
Duke of Sutherland .... 200 0 0
Duchess of Sutherland 52 0 0
Lord Shaftesbury
Mr. C. Bezin
Mrs. Main
Crossley, Brothers
Dunlop, M.P.
Mrs. Dunlop 2O 0 0
R. Dalgleisb, E q
W. F. Foster
Sir F. Goldschmid
Lord Harrowby
J. Howard, Esq.
C. Seely, Esq.
Mrs. Seeley

Some other minor sums having been handed in
the proceedings terminated.

GARIBALDI'S HEALTH.