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 on but
slowly in that city. Pamphlets have been 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 forward 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 Bo3ald, who had been detained far
some days at Marseilles by a slight indisposition,
has arrived at Lyons.
The Brussels journals mention the arrival cf the
Duke de Brabant in that city, on his return from Paris and
Nice.

BOURSE, April 20.—The market has become
rather heavy. Threes, for the Account, which
opened at a slight improvement on yesterday's
closing rates, have since receded, and are now at
67fr. 30c. Mobilier last qaoted at 1,262 fr. 50c.
Railway Market also dull, and with a trifling fall
on some of the lines. The quotations closed as
follows :

41 per Cents. 93 75 Italian Loan 6B 80
Do. end month.... Do. end month 6B 80
3 per Cents
Do. end month..., 67 15 Do. end month....
Credit M0bi1ier....1225 Russian
Do. end month.... Austrian
Bank Shares 3305 Spanish Threes....
Credit k onder l3OO ilome Debt ...... 50
Roman .. 76 75 Deferred
BA iL WAYS.
Cash. Account.
892 50 a. 897 50
980 .. 980

Orleans
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean
New ditto
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard .
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

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955 - .. 950 -
900 -
667 50 .. 672 50
503 75 -
485 - 485 -
375 - 372 50
417 50 „ 425 -
655 - 557 50
498 75 .. 500 --
575 - .. 580 -

THE WBST COAST OF AFRICA.

LIVERPOOL, April 21.
The mail steamer Armenian, with the West
African mails, arrived at Liverpool this morning.
Iltr dates are Benin, February 24; Fernando Po,
29; Cameroons, March 1 ; Oid 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 dols., 1,247
sovereigns, 6,655 francs, ind 25 passengers.
The Confederate steamer Florida and the Federal
eruizer St. Louis were at Madeira on the Bth; 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 for 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. 11/1 on Bombay.
The applications within the limits amounted to
I:1,670,00. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at
ls. 11T-,d. will receive about 63 per cent., on Bom-
bay at 23. Oil about 41 per cent., and all above
these prices in full.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday
Night.—The coxswain of the New Brighton life-
boat of the National Institution reports as follows—
"At 3 15 p.m. yesterday, during squally 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.m., 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 about 730 p.m. Vessel making fivt
feet of water per hour, Assisted crew in working pump,
and getting warps to tug beats, The lifeboat's crew re.
mained on board at the pumps until we got the vessel safely
on the gridiron in Liverpool at 11 pan*