The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-18 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Jan. 16.—A slight degree of buoyancy
has shown itself, and a larger amount of business
has been transacted than for some days past.
Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. 65c.
Kobilior have also improved to 1,028 fr. 75c, The
arrival of the English funds with an advance has
tended to impart firmness to this market. The
market closed as follows :

41 per Cents .. 94 30
Do. wad month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6O 70
Credit Mobilier 1025
Do, end month 1028 75
Bank Shares 3300
Credit F oneier 1235
Roman

Italian Loan 6B 70
Do. end month 69
New ditto —
Do. end month —
Russian -
Austrian .. BO
Spanish Threes 5O 50
Home Debt .. 49h
Deferred

RAIL

Orleans
Northern

Cash. Account.
990 .. 991 25
952 50 ..

New ditto
„ .
Lyogst and Mediterranean 925 .. 940
New ditto B9O
Southern . ... 655 660
Western

Eastern
Sardinian ..
Austrian
Lorpbard
North of Spain
Saragossa 590 590
Ditto to Barcelona 282 50 .. 285

Ironmasters' Quarterly Meeting.

DUDLEY, Saturday Evening.

The meetings of the ironmasters of this district
terminated for the current quarter in this town this
evening. The attendance was small, very few of
the principal members of the trade being present.
The amount of business reported was only moderate,
and was chiefly in pig iron, the prices ranging at
the meetings at Wolverhampton and Birmingham
—X4 10s. to £4 12s. 6d. per ton—being steadily
adhered to. In manufactured iron there was little
or nothing doing; all who are engaged in the
trade in this locality are well supplied with orders,
and are consequently careless about the acceptance
of any others which may be offered. It was stated
that the demand for sheet iron is increasing, and that
since the meeting at Birmingham buyers have been
anxious to place. orders for that description of
finished iron, bat have found much difficulty in
doing so where speedy delivery was made a stipu-
lation.

The large works in this neighbourhood, and in the
direction of Kingswin fur, Brettel-lane, and B rierly-
hill are all in full operation, the only drawback at
this moment being on account of the scarcity of
tabour in some departments. There is also a feeling
of disquietude among a section of the men on the
subject of wages. The general rise to all who are
engaged in the iron and coal trades takes place on
Monday next, and it is hoped that the uneasiness
which has of late existed on that subject will then
be removed.

The coal trade is nnprecedentedly brisk ; the
consumption is very large, and the demand consi-
derably in excess of the quantity raised. For native
ironstone there is also a ready sale, and a good quan-
tity of ore is coming in from other districts.
It was stated that there is a probability of the
number of furnaces in blast being increased, but it
is doubtful if this will be the case while there is such
a scarcity of fuel and of labour, the influence of
which must operate against any increase in the make
of pig iron in this district at present. Nearly the
whole of the pigs stacked some years since have
been sold off.

The series of meetings which concluded to-night
have passed off satisfactorily, and accounts have
been well paid.

MISS BRADDON, the novelist, was recently mar
ried to Mr. Maxwell, the publisher.

MDLLE. ROSA BONHEUR is engaged on a large
picture, about ten feet high, intended as a companion to
"The Horse Fair."

THE DUKE OF AUGUSTENBURG is described as
a tall man, over six feet high, with hazel hair,
blue eyes, light eyebrows, " good " complexion, man-
ner somewhat slow but stately, and speech sedate, with
a slight peculiarity. He talked " affably," as German
princes, when not opposed, generally do, and seems alto-
gather a well-intentioned, but somewhat slow and heavy
person, who will govern Holstein without many blunders,
but not be a very dangerous personage in Europe. German
princes seldom are, which is one reason why they get so
many thrones. Bonapartes are too troublesome, the House
of Sayoy too warlike, and the Bernadottes too now,