The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-15 00:00:00

MINES

1 all Agua Fria
1 all 'Anglo Austen. Gold
10s. all Anglo Californian d ip
10 2 Australasian 1 d
20 6 Australian
1 all Australian Cordillera 4
1 all Australian Freehold
, 1 all Ave Maria
1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) #
50 all Blaenarvon Ir. &Coal 8 10
1 all araish Austrin. Gold * --
20 13.5 British Iron
35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued
at £5 pin 4 5 44
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 14 2 14
20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3l 30
1 Carson's Creek
1 t Clarendon Con. Min
Co. of Jamaica.—
40 all Cobre Copper 4O 42 414
5 1 Colonial Gold — 1*
15 Copiapo
Si. all Copper Min. of Eug 5O 60xd
25 all Do. Pref. 7. p. coat 2 4 p
5 all English and Austen
Copper Smeltg.Co 1 -
20 all General
2 all Great Nugget
2 all Do. Registred ......
3 all Great Polgooth
1 all Liberty
3 all Linares
1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold'
Quarts Crush. Co ,,,
1 all Mariquita -
10 9 Mexican &S.Americn si _.
1 all New Granada
1 all New Linares Mining
and Smelting Co
1 all Nouveau Monde
20 all Pontg,ibaud Silver
Lead Min. & Smelt. 15} 161
5 1 Port Philip *
1 all Quartz Rock
50 all Rhymney Iron
15 15 Do. New 8 —lO
30 10 Santiago de Cuba
1 all south Australian
10 7 Tin. Croft 2 4
284 all United Mexican 2i aid
1 all Waller — d
1 all West Granada
1 all West Mariposa
1 12s. Worthing Ming of
Australia —
1 all Yuba
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 all Australasia 72 74
40 all British Colonial Bank
and Loan Company
50 all British N. American
25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia
20 2 Chrtd. Iluk. of India,
Australia, & China 1* 1 d
100 25 Colonial
•••
100 20 Commercial of Lend.
20 12 English Scottish and.
Australian 5 4 d
20 18 Lond. Chart. Bk. of
Australia 3 2 d
50 20 London and County „,
50 10 London Joint Stock —
100 20 Loud. & Westminster
[O9 35 National Provincial
of England
20 10 Do. New
•
50 224 National of Ireland ..,
20 all- New South Wales —
25 all Oriental Bank of
Corporation 43 45 rd
25 5 Do. New
.00 25 Provincial of Ireland ... . 48
10 all Do. New
•
5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg.
& Gold Imp Co . . •
25 all South Australia 36
25 all Union of Australia.. 67 69
21 Do. New 6t
50 10 Union of London

done I
1 ay.

FREE TRADE IN FRANCE.-NEI V DECREES.
4

The Emperor of the French has take!' another step,
and a very important one, in the path of :5 ale trade. By
Article 3 of the Ordinance of Feb. 8, 182 f ;, the importa-
tion into France for consumption of any i a ierchandise the
produce of Asia, Africa, or America Ishii ped in English
ports was absolutely prohibited. The a ame ordinance
prohibited the importation under the I inglish flag of
European products shipped elsewhere t' la an in the ports
of the United Kingdom or its possessi ems in Europe.
These restrictions have frequently called t forth loud com-
plaints from commercial men, and vario 'us relaxations of
the rule have been made from time t; time. For in-
stance, in 1834, the prohibition was r t moved with re-
spect to raw silks, unbleached handkerchiefs, Indian
shawls, rums, and taffetas. The presen t government, in
December last year, swept away the restriction with regard
to cotton, and, at the same time, ordere d the Minister of
Commerce to consider whether the re gelation of 1826
might not with advantage be altogeth; 3r. repealed. M.
cent.
Magne now reports that he has satisfied / iimself that this
commercial legislation, introduced origin ;/ Ay by way of re-
taliation for correspon cling measures ad a pted in England
pursuant to the principle of the naviga t ion laws, is now
of no benefit to any interest whatever. .; I . decree was pub-
lished on Saturday in l',be Al oniteur to c I rrect this. It is
given in another colun tn. The decree or described by the
Minister of Commerce .as intended t( ) replace the com-
mercial and maritime a elations of Fl ,nce and England
upon the footing of co moron right (• `lroit commun), the
meaning of which phriLse is that th, ) special hostility of
the French tariff to En; gland, as co pared with the rest
of the world, is no longer to ' ,mist. The minister,
writing to Louis Nape .leon, adds, " Commerce and in-
dustry, sire, will apply ud a mea cure which affords an
die additional instance of 1;1 le interest your Majesty takes in
everything that may Cfa: ntribute t D the prosperity of the
country.'
By another decree in Saturday r's Moniteur, the duty
on raw wool imported i nto Fren; :h ports by French bot-
toms from countries be: fond Cap e Horn and the Cape of
Good Hope, including' Cape To wn, is reduced from 15
per cent. ad valorem, to duties v; crying from 25 centimes
to 55 centimes per kilo; gramme, the principle being to
- levy a duty of 10 per cent. as n ear as possible upon the
value in French ports, but regu dating this duty, for the
sake of simplicity, entir •ely by ts reight, and thus avoiding
- various practical incor even ienc as that have been cons-
xin plained of.

Another decree assin iilat es t he import duty on grease
of all sorts, except th: tt o„? fi 3h, to that paid on raw
1m tallow.—Daily News.

RAILWAY &IA RE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOI MAT 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—InfIue aced br the closing of the
account, the market has been fi nn and good all day, closing
at its best point. Lancashire 1 Ind Yorkshire, 59a ; Lon-
don and North-Western, 954 , ; Midland, 57a ; South-
Eastern, 17 11-IG. '

MANCITESTE R, MAT 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The bu siness has been slack to-day,
and only two sales have been . made. They were—Leeds,
09 ; Dovers, 17 9-16.

BIRMINGHAM
STOCK EXCHANGE.—An avers
done on 'Change to-day, and pri
proved. The transactions to-da;
Birmingham Wolverhampton, s
8, sellers 8i; London and Noi
North Staffordshire, buyers Gi,
and Birmingham (guaranteed 1
Western), buyers 50; South S
sellers 2 7-16 dis.

MAY 13.

.ge amount of business was
ces in a slight degree im-
were :—Ali(iland, 57i 4 ;
:nd Stour Valley, buyers
•th Western, sellers 96 ;
sellers 6Bd ; Shrewsbury
L oudon and North-
taffor datire, buyers 2i,

BRISTOL, MA T 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho marke t was rai 'her firmer to-
day, but there was not any groat
tta lona of b x usiness trans-
acted.

ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—
The annivA n '
corporated , ary din-
ner of this excellent institution, in ' by Royal
'
charter, took place on Saturday in t he Freemasons -hall,
Great Queen-street, the Right Hon. Earl of garb orough
in the chair. The attendance was rather small,
there
being under 50 gentlemen present. After the usual
standing toasts the noble chairman ProposE d tho pro-
sperity of the institution, which consists of tt vo dist. "If,
.;
branches—the artists' annuity fund, and tl to artiE '',:e
benevolent fund ; the former being s upporte dby tt
contributions of members for their own relief in si.cknes ',
or superannuation ; and the latter by tl ie donat tons avc,
subscriptions of the patrons of the A 3ne arts for tletv.
relief of the widows and orphans of the men a .ers of
the annuity fund. He stated that d• wring the 1; le t year 7691. had been paid in the way of div idends to v rin I°ws I
,
53 having received, with one or tw, e exception g, 151.
each, and that during the same per iod dividem Is 1 'tad
been paid to the extent of 1621. to 33 orphans. I 'he
noble earl pointed out the importat ice of such an . in-
stitution, the object of which was to mitiga le the
privations and sufferings of persons er !gaged in art , a), d
to extend assistance to those who wl to were neat • a
,ud.
dear to them, and pressed upon the c,,)rnpany th e im-
portance of contributing to the funds. He was Ina „v
to state that her Majesty continued to . g' ive her gran;i'oru''s
patronage to the fund, and that her .1 7th donati
100 guineas had been placed in the I/ ends oft 'ae on of
' surers. Several toasts, including tb '• • trea-
,
vice-presidents of the fund, the Ro:, a res;,.len t and
p 'dery
British Institution, the noble chair la' Acs, ena y, the
posed and responded to Mr. Hart, ' .an, &c, x 'el '.e pro-
Solly, F.R.S., whose 43d donatir -i-tA.M., 1%; - 13- H.
.
nounced to the meeting, Mr. 4 in of Si, ss. wa 3 an-
Weekes, A.R.A., and other gen 4 jodwin, F.R. S. P Mr.
a list of subscriptions amount; Jetnen, and at t be close
t
announced amid the cheers c ng to 332/. 7s. id. was
~1
effective glee party was in at if the company. . very
i tendance, and the a i'mnge-
ments of the proprietors of
she Freemasons Tavel
in every respect excellent. ~ mere
THE PRESTON STRIKE. •
—The reconciliation corn raittee'
regretting the ill effect,
of Preston from the re' , which have arisen to th e :•°wn
tial, have sent are iumption of work being on ty -par:
winders, pointing e quisition to the spinners an c 1 self
trades by a contini ut the. evils inflicted upon the o ther
spinners have prr .ranee of the struggle. The ope ra; t,ive
favourable consi iinisecl to take the requisition into ni ,eir
the mills of tl• Aeration. It is stated that there ;,ire in
and that of .e associated masters 1,011,127 sp naille s,
thirds, area these nearly 700,000, or more tha n twi '-
old hands' .t work, although comparatively few of th 3
cave gone in. From this it is conclud ad that '
, rs are likely to be proportionately
greater
stuhffee spina
rrr
e
teratio• than the weavers ; for, independent of
the al-
hands e, of hand-mules to self-actors, a large nu 0 tber of
strikt have been trained to supply the places , c ,f the i
agai.
a,g:men, many of whom, consequently,in lever
LEW, tee employed here at all, unless there is a not., lder-
sai i number of additional mills erected. Soveraiii mu- •
id weavers are out of employment, and sufkrin„r eat
17 ...ivation. At the last meeting of the board. 'of gua;cla 113,
‘here Were 240 additional applications for rclie --1