The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-18 00:00:00

Paris and Strasbourg April 28, Paris.

Sambre and Meuse — - .
April 30, Jardines.
Southern of France April 30, Paris.
South Yorkshire May 12, London Tavern.
West Flanders. ~ . April 19, Bruges.

Official returns give the tonnage of sailing vessels
registered in all the colonies last year at 530,417
tons. _ _

The Stock market has been very quiet, and the
speculators refrain from business, with the desire
to await the presentation of the Budget. Consols
have been 1001 to for Transfer, and 1004 to if for
Account. The Bourse at Paris had an upward
tendency on Saturday, and the news from Constan-
tinople is decidedly pacific. The New 31 per
Cents. have been 1038 to 5, and the 3 per Cents.
991 to par. Bank Stock has been very firm at 2251 to
2261, and East India Stock rather fluctuating at 260
to 2611. Exchequer Bills of June have been quoted
55., and East India Bonds 38s. to 40s. premium.
Foreign Stocks are firm generally, though not
very active. Buenos Ayres have risen to 64* and
65 upon the prospect of even a temporary cessation
of hostilities. Mexican Stock has been steady at
28k to , and Equador is exceedingly firm
at Q. Grenada Deferred have been quoted
11i. Peruvian Deferred Bonds have realised 67.
Spanish New Deferred Stock is worth 24* to
and the Certificate remains at 6i to I. Portuguese
Four per Cents have been at 40g. Russian Five
per Cents. are 1194, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. 66.
The Railway Share Market has been steady
though very quiet, and higher prices have been
current for Great Southern and Western of Ireland,
Brighton, South Eastern, and the York lines.
French Shares are very firm.
The Gold Mine Shares have been mostly at the
former values, but the Land Companies' Shares are
flat, and also the Australian banks.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
( From Else Official List.)
Business done.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99i .51 100 99 100
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3,1 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16
India Stock 26oa a6O
India Bonds, £l000
Ditto, under £lOOO 3B
I°ol
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills June. March.
£lOOO..
£5OO ............ . ........
Small .....................

59

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent 99f
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 641 5
Equador Bonds -
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 4A per Cent lO4
Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6 i 7 p c
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull.
Ditto 4 por Cent. Certificates ......
TffREE O'CLOCK.
Consols..
Ditto May Account lOOl 1

THE FACTORY QUESTION.—On Friday last a meeting
of the Central Short-time Committee of Yorkshire was
held at the New Inn, Bradford, for the purpose of con-
sidering the present position of the factory question, and
of determining, or otherwise, the propriety of joining
the agitation now going on in certain parts of the county,
to alter the present law. The Rev. Dr. Burnet, vicar of
Bradford, presided, and, after a most careful considera-
tion of the subject, the committee fully approved the
course pursued by the local committee, and the following
resolution, moved by Mr. William Walker, and seconded
by Mr. Joshua Pollard (two of the magistrates for the
West Riding) was unanimously adopted—" That the
central committee is willing to co-operate with the cen-
tral committee of Lancashire in an effort to secure for
the operatives a strict enforcement of the law as it now
stands, but until this be effected the committee is not
prepared to join in any further agitation as to a change
in the law."
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.- Some painters were work-
ing in the yard of the Dolphin Hotel, in Southampton,
on Saturday. One of them was on the top of a ladder,
about 60 feet high, when a gentleman, named Chamber-
layne, of Cranbury Park, Hants, drove his own carriage,
into the yard. The carriage touched the ladder, and
the man on the top was thrown from it. In falling to
the ground he fell on some iron pailings ; one of the
pales snapped in two with the force of the concussion,
and on another he was impaled literally alive. Several
persons rushed immediately to the spot and took him
off, and Dr. Wiblin, a surgeon of the town, who was
passing, was called in, but the poor fellow lived but a
few minutes. His name was Holloway ;he had but
recently married. Mr. Chamberlayne banded over 501.
in the course of the day for the benefit of the widow.
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.—A public meeting of
the inhabitants of Manchester is to be held on Thursday
next, to take into consideration the present condition of
the British West Indies, with a view of securing to that
great country the blessings of good government. The
Mayor has called the meeting
This
in compliance with a
numerously signed requisition.will be the second
first
meeting respecting India, the having_ dealt only
with commercial matters; this is to deal with the poli-
tics 9f -the question,