The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-05 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, APRIL 22, Evening.
Exchange, 1121. ,Stocks steady. New York
Centrals, 83 ;Illinois, 601- ; Erie, 368. Cotton firm
and advancing. Sales in two days, 2,000 bales.
Middling Upland, 291 c. to 291 c. Flour in good
demand for export, sc. higher. Wheat dull. Corn
firmer, and in moderate demand. Provisions quiet.
Coffee inactive. Sugar in good demand. Molasses
steady.

QUEENSTOWN, MAY 4.
The royal mail steamship Asia, from New York
on the 23d ult., arrived here at 5.45 p.m. to-day,
with 157 passengers and 157,226 dols, in specie.
She landed 81 sacks of mails and 13 passengers,
and proceeded at 6 p.m. All well.

THE WARD OF LANGBOURNE AND THE LORD
MAYOR.—The inhabitants of the ward of Langbourne, of
which the Lord Mayor is alderman, have invited' his I)rd-
ship to a complimentary banquet at the London Tavern, on
Thursday next, in testimony of their high appreciation of
the able manner in which he has performed the duties of
his important office, and the esteem in which he is held by
the ward over which he presides. Among the list of
stewards are nearly a hundred bankers and all the principal
merchants and other inhabitants of the ward ; and the
entertainment is intended to be of a most splendid and
recherche character.

THE MUSIC OF THE WEEK.—For the informa-
tion of visitors from the country and from abroad it may be
stated that the current week offers an unusual variety of
attractions in the musical way. To-night Mademoiselle
Patti appears at the Royal Italian Opera in "La Sonnam-
hula ; the Philarmonic Society gives its fourth concert in
the Hanover-square Rooms under the direction of Professor
Sterndale Bennett; and Mr. Charles Halle takes his bene-
fit in S. James's-hall, at the 84th Monday Popular Con-
cert. To-morrrow night Signor Mario makes his first ap-
pearance for the season at the Royal Italian Opera; and
Mademoiselle Trebelli, a new contralto, her debut at Her
Majesty's Theatre in "Lucretia Borgia." On Wednesday
sight Dr. Wylde holds his second Philharmonic Concert.
On Thursday night Mademoiselle Patti appears as the
Traviata at the Royal Italian Opera; on Friday night the
military band from the manufactory of John Broadwood
and Sons give a grand concert in St. James's-hall ; and on
Saturday afternoon one of those admirable entertainments
is held at the Crystal Palace, through which Herr Auguste
Manns has conferred a musical reputation on Sydenham
second to none in England ; and these, it should be under-
stood, are only a part of the operatic and other musical
performances announced,

THE SUEZ CANAL COMPANY.—The shareholders
of the Suez Canal Company have just held a general meet-
ing in Paris, M. de Lesseps in the chair. A report was
read, from which it appeared that the total expense effected
in the last year amounted to 17,127,447 f., comprising the
interest paid to the shareholders. A call of 100 f. is to be
made from the Ist to the 15th July. A financial conven-
tion with the Viceroy of Egypt having for object to
date his Highness's subscription by means of an issue of
Trentenary bonds at 9 per cent. interest was agreed to by
the meeting. The report confirms the account already
given of the opening of the canal bringing water from the
Nile to the centre of the Isthmus, at which point 26,000
workmen are now collected. The length of time which
M. de Lesseps considers necessary for terminating the
works to Suez is 15 months from the present date. All the
resolutions proposed to the meeting were voted unanimously
and the share holders, before separating, passed a vote of
thanks by acclamation to the president.
THE BANK ROBBERY AT GENOA.—A correspon-
dent writing from Genoa, on the Ist, gives the following
details of the extraordinary bank robbery already an-
nounced by telegraph :—This city has been thrown into
the greatest excitement by a robbery, perfectly.unparalleled
for its magnitude and audacity, which has just been com-
mitted on M. B. Parodi and Son, the well-known bankers.
To-day at half-past one o'clock a band of armed men,
about twenty in number, entered M. Parodi's bank, situ-
ated in Strada Nueva, one of the most frequented tho-
roughfares, and overpowered and tied down to their desks
all the clerks, who were seated in one large room
with their employers, these latter being treated
in the same manner ; and while some of the intruders
held their captives still with loaded pistols and drawn
knives held to their throats, the others coolly made a
clear sweep of all the notes and cash within reach. The
sum taken amounts to 735,000 L, Messrs. Parodi having
unfortunately the habit of keeping their balances on their
own premises in preference to depositing them at the
Bank. While the process of rifling was going on, two or
three customers happened to enter the bank, and were
secured and gagged by the burglars, who after having
emptied out the tills and safes, left the office quietly
by twos: and :threes, in: the same way as they came, so as
not to excite suspicion in the streets. So complete was the
success of the whole manoeuvre that the alarm was not
given till some time after the last of the robbers had disap•
penred, when one of the clerks succeeded in freeing him-
self from his fastenings, and ran out to inform the neigh-
bours of the fact. It must be unders'ood that the
office is situated on the top floor of M. Paredes
palazzo, and quite at the back, so that even if any of the
clerks had had the time or courage to shout for help, their
cries would probably have passed unnoticed. M. Parodi,
the head of the firm, is at present in the hands of his medi-
cal atteniant, his frame having suffered a most severe shock
from the effects of the outrage, and, as he is old and feeble,
it is feared that the consequences may be fatal.
Mr. James Shoolbred, of Tottenham-court-road,
was buried on Saturday, at Kensal-Green Cemetery, at the
age of 69. By the spontaneous request of the assistants in
the establishment of the deceased, about 160 of the number
took a part in the funeral procession.