The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-28 00:00:00

THE CONFERENCE,

The Paris papers of this morning publish S
details respecting the Conference.
La France says :--
"At the meeting of the Conference on Monlei
the first question mooted was that of an artnisticei
The demand was made conjointly by France 8°
England. We are assured that the plenipotentioleo
of the German Powers had come without any int;
struotions on the subject, and that they have bend
obliged to refer to their respective Governments.
_ .

La Patrie says:— •
" We have received from various sources accnati
of the sitting of the Conference on the 25th jilt;
The proposition of an armistice was fornlall
brought forward, with the condition that the 1311:1;
•
pension of hostilities should not imply that Of t;
existing blockade. The plenipotentiaries of Anstri
and Prussia at once declared that they had no
structions on that point, but accepted the pr00°I;
tion ad referendum, that is to say, that they 01115
consult their respective Governments."
The London correspondence of the Independarics
Beige contains the following :
" The Conference met on the 25th. All the
plenipotentiaries were present. After having ell;
changed their credentials, Lord Clarendon brought
forward the proposal of an immediate armibtice.
The proposal was supported by the plenipnten°
tiaries of France, Russia, and Sweden. It gale
rise to a somewhat lively discussion between the
representatives of Austria and Prussia on the
one hand and of Denmark on the other, Final
the Austrian and Prussian plenipotentiaries asked
for the time necessary to refer to their Gorefir
ments fur instructions, and the Conference has heal
adjourned until they have received them."
The Journal des Debats says :—" We do not pee'
tend to know everything that passed at the Coufe'
recce on the 25th instant, but what results can 151
expect from a Conference which finds itself pare.:
:yzed in its action at the very outset by.such
o,:erutrigs as those of Austria and Prussia, ob°
already ro:ling heavy stones into the path t°
obstruct the action of dtploinac3. 9'
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated 26111'
.gives the following extract float the London corre
>purFlent (telegraphic) of the Abend Post, 11
journal puhasheci at that capital'—
°' Yesterd I (25th), the Conference met in plentli
A provisional suspension of hostilities by land arje
by sea was proposed, with the maintenance of 034
blockade,until a resolution has been adopted
respecting the armistice.
ero
" The plenipotentiaries of the belligerent Posy .0
have accepted the proposition ad referenda?",
await instructions from their respective Govelifid
malts."

The Abend-Post observes that the clause for 1.139
maintenance of the blockade during the armistics
scarcely admits of the probability that Austria Sad
Prussia will accept the proposition.

SCOTTISH NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO THE PRINCS
CONSORT.-A meeting of the acting committee
promoting the Scottish national memorial was held e:
Edinburgh on Tuesday, under the presidency of the Doge
of Buccleuch. His grace reported that he had not bad
opportunity last summer of ascertaining the Queen's wiollej
on the subject, but ho had lately been in communicatO
with General Grey, to whom he intimated that there 0111
considerable anxiety felt as to what form the memoril
should take, both in regard to the site and the design, $11:
her Majesty had been pleased to follow very much the pr%
cedent set in London of naming a small committee of edit
to assist her with their counsel in the matter. Her Ma.lestJt
had already decided that Edinburgh, as the metropoile.6,
Scotland, was the most appropriate place for a Scottie
national memorial, but nothing had yet been determined:
either as to the mode of obtaining designs, whether opee,;
or by express invitation to leadingartists, or as to the preei'it
situation and character of the design. On these points
would be the duty of the committee to give the best adv;
in their power. The committee named by her Majesty ceo r
'''
sisted of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Right
Sir William Gibson Craig, the Right Hon. Sir J.
Sir John Watson Gordon (president of the Royal Scott
Academy), Dr. Lyon Playfair, and himself, A long "."";
cussion took place as to the position of the acting non110';;
tee in the present circumstances, when it was resolved
thank the Duke of Buccleuch for the steps he had taken '1;
accordance with the request made to him, and to await the
further expression of her Majesty's wishes as to the site°
nature of the memorial, Several members expressed thoe/;
selves in favour of an open competition, but this °tiler°
feared would deter many eminent artists who might el
forward on invitation. A statement of accounts was red
trom which it appeared that the fund amounted to 819°-
13,000. Five designs which had been scat in to the eel
committee were produced, several of them consisted e
sculpture, others combined architectural compositions:wiof
sculpture. They were handed over to the committee
advice. A vote of thanks was th,n tendered to the Duke
of Buccleuch for presiding.
great
SIIAKSPi RE'S REPRESENTATIVES.-10 tbis
year at Jubilee, We 30Utb. of Silakspere the WE'
sad the last, it will be singular if something new concellvt
tug him, his family, his fellows, or his works, does 0°
come to light. W 3 tear the chance of learning unYti3ilf
uew,,ei corroborating anything old about him, is but stea
As to his family-, the mine has been pr....,ity nearly werl‘3d
It,
out. Mr. Harnesss Sound a new husand for Mrs. Siltird
spere, one _Richard James; Mr. Collier provided the 19'1
with a new son: of the name of Edward ; and foreastaucP
as the line of Snakspere's own descendants ceased on tuft'
death of Lady Barnard, in 1670, it seemed difficult, to 0-1
the least of it, to furnish him with a new legal reproec7;
tative. Yet even that feat was essayed by one 1
Peshall, who, in 1341, made public her claim to that dis-
tinguished honour. We do not remember how slit' ai
tempted to prove her claim; nor do we see how she C°ll,
have done so, unless she established an illegitimate bran f
from the unknown lady who, thanks to the forgetive wit;
Armitage Brown and Thomas de Quincey, has been
brated as the joint mistress of Lady Pembroke and
spere.—Once a Week. By
CHEAP EDITION OF LES MISERABLES."
Victor Hugo.—Messrs, Hurst and Brackett have
just issued a rare and cheap edition of the authorized E,
eg;
lish translation of Victor Hugo's celebrated novel`ji by
Miserables," in a single volume, beautifully illustratedt
Millais, price ss. bound, forming the new volurane.o their
popular standard library. In its present cheap a elegant
continent, " The
form, the work will doubtless find as many
England as it has already met with on the cota'a,
merits of Les bEserables,' " says the QUartelV ALetnere.
of it as a who
" do not merely consist in the conception
It abounds, page after page, with details of unequalled
p :chasers in
beauty."

)IONIA,IY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE o'CLocit.
There is rather less activity to-day in discount
tireles, and the rates remein unchanged.
. An important undertaking is the Provincial Bank-
ing Corporation with a capital of £2,000,000 in
40,000 shares, half to be first issued, of which
10.000 have been: already subscribed, and the quosi
Cation on the Stock Exchange to-day is 3to 4 prem.
The threction is highly influential, and very remu-
nerative results are expected from the purchase of
country establishments, and their development on
the joint-stock principle. The directors do not
propose to transact business in London.
The last week's rai.way receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are, in round figures, as under :-
1864. 1863.
Great Western
57,553
North-Western
:South- Western • 22;148 21,654
Brighton
19,292 17,395
Midland
South-Eastern 30,705 29,927
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Bristol and Exeter .......... 6,6)2 6,651
North •Eastern .................... .... 58,280 52,7
61479
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ...... 15,953 15,
North British ........................ 13,123 12,220
Great South-Western of Ireland ........ 9,586 9,280
These returns, compared with those of the same
toriod of last year, show some very favourable fea-
tures. On the Great Western there is an increase
of £3,606; the North Western, of £8,390; the
South Western, of £494; the Brighton, of £1,897 ;
the Midland, of £4,225 ; the South Eastern, of
£778 ; the Great Northern, of £2,377 ; the Lance-
cashire and Yorkshire, of £5,240; the Bristol and
Exeter, of £l6l ; the North Eastern, of £5,501
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £339;
the North British, of £903; and the Great Southern
and Western of Ireland, of £306.

Two O'CLOCK.
At Paris this morning, according to Iteuter's
telegrams, the Three per Cent. Bean were 66f. 95c.
Flat.
There is an increased degree of heaviness to-day
in the market for the English Funds, several specu•
lative sales having led to a decline of 3 per cent.
Consols therefore are 911 3 for money and the sth
proximo. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities
are 891 3 ; June Exchequer Bills, 9,5. to 4s. prem. ;
India 5 per Cents., 105 1 ; and Enfaced 4 per
Cents., 941 ; the Debentures, 1866, are marked 993.
Foreign Stocks exhibited depression, and there is
very little animation. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, 711
72; do., Clnsolides, 523 3 ; Mexican, 453 4 ; do.,
New, par 3 prem. ; Greek, 241 25 ; do., Coupons,
113 3 ; Spanish Passive, 353 36; do., Certificates,
123 ; Portuguese, 483 ; and Confederate Loan,
58 60.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
rather dull, although prices in several instances
show an up ward tendency. Metropolitan and
North Eastern (Berwick), have improved £1 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 108. ; Midland, 10s. ;
and South Eastern, ss. ; while Brighton have de-
clined 55.; and North Western, ss.
In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
is very little change.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in fair re-
quest, and generally support previous rates.
The following are the current quotations for some
of the principal new projects :—Provincial Bank-
ing Corporation, 3 to 4 prem. ; International Con-
tract Company, 13 23 prem.; Telegraph Construc-
tion, 13 11 prem.; International Land Credit, 23
prem.; Sabloniere Foreign Hotel, 1,3 2,1 prem.;
North Australian Company, 1 3 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols 9lf f I
Ditto Account, May 5 9ll t
per Cent. Reduced B9l ,
New 3 per Cent. B9l 1 1 I
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 . . --
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873.........
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Bth J au., 1880
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1835 14 9-16
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.
March. Juno.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 6 4 9 die
Ditto £5OO
Ditto £lOO and £2OO
Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct.
Ditto Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1670
Ditto Account
Ditto 4 per Cent.,'Oct, 1888
Do Certificates
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 941
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .........
Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879
Ditto Debentures, 4,per Ct., April 1861
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 99i
die
Ditto Bonds.£l,ooo ...........
Ditto under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 Cent., 1852-58-601
Ditt per
1863
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Chilian6per Cent
Ditto 41 pet Cent.......... ....
9/ 8/
Colombian 6 per Cent
e, p
6 er
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 .
.Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Egyptian 7 per Cent
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 241
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons
Ditto Account ....................
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway, 451 1 1
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
14 1
New Granada
Ditto 2 per Cent
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 41 per Cent ...........• —
Ditto Accourn,...i . ,
Ditto 3 per ©
(Uribarren)
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 ...........
Ditto Account
Portuoliese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account .................... . • —j
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7,'9, '60,481
Ditto Account
Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid....... • Pca
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, R. St
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859
Ditto 6 per Cent, 1862
Sardinian 5 per Cent 86
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive ...... 35/
Ditto Account 361
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Ditto Account
Swedish, 4 per Cent
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account 691
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds 721
8
Ditto 1863
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account ..................
Ditto 11 per Cent ..................
,11
Dividends on the above payable in Land
Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. ...-
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f .........
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gu11........
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs..
Ditto Account
Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f -
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 412 per Ct. Ex. 4s.
THREE 0' (LOCI.
Console Money
Ditto Account

Mrs. Macready will commence a series of her
Dramatic Recitals at the Queen's Concert Room, Hanover-
'quer°, on Tuesday, May 3. The series will terminate
with a morning recital, on Saturday, May 28. The pro-
gramme will be entirely changed on each occasion,
A woman named Mace, born in 1763, and now
aged 101 years, is living at Gros Caillou. She is the
Widow of a soldier of the Guard under Louis XVI.,
and who fought later at Marengo and the Pyramids.
An only child was born of this marriage—a daugh-
ter, now a widow, aged 70. This latter does wash-
ing, and supports her mother. The latter still pre-
serves all her faculties ; her legs have, however,
become weak.
A COSTLY CANARY.—The Lyttellon 2 imes
(Australian paper) says that, at a sale by auction there
the other day, a canary bird realised the extraordinary
Price of Xl7 17e-