The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-03 00:00:00

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
( Prom the Official List.)

Bank Stock

_
Business done.
216

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 4 34
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 4i 54 4 54 1
New 34 per Cent. Annuities 9si 64 54 61
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 , —
Dittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 9-16
India Stock 253 50 49
India Bonds, £lOOO ........
Ditto, under £lOOO
South Sea Old Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 2d.
£lOOO
£5OO , 25 p
Small 2 5 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Cuba 7 per Ct. (Matanzas &Sabanilla Bonds) 101
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 26 g
Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. 7li 24 11 2}
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 414 2
Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 384
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St ll3
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... 92 3
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent • 444
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 214
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 44 5 p c
Venezuela Bonds, 34 per Cent. ...... 32 3
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Gu.
Belgian Bonds 4i per Cent. ex. 25 fr
Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols 944 54
Ditto November A ecoqut 94-t 5

2d 1 p
993
95 41 58 4'l

EPSOM'RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

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Nine ran.

td I LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(Tlll2 DAY.)

QUEEN'S BENCH.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
Mr. Phipson applied on behalf of the justices of the
Borough of Grantham for a rule calling upon a Mr.
Robert Fletcher, of the same town, to show cause why
a criminal information should not be filed against him
for libel. In August, 1852, two persons, named Bur-
ridge and Smith, applied to the justices for spirit licences,
which were granted, and in the present year the same
licenses were renewed. Burridge was the son of one of
the justices, while Smith was son-in-law to a 'town
councillor, who was Mayor of Grantham; and Mr.
Fletcher, who was a spirit-merchant at Grantham,
having been unsuccessful this year in his application for
a license, he published a handbill reflecting upon the
character of the justices, and imputing to them corrup-
tion, by declaring that it was impossible for any one to
obtain a spirit licence who was not in some way con-
nected with the bench of magistrates, or related to the
mayor or a town-councillor. This placard was headed,
"Grantham Justice," and it was in respect of its con-
tents that the present application Was made.
e I Rule granted.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
EMERY V. WEBSTER.

This was an action brought by Mr. Emery, the
comedian, to recover from Mr. 'Webster, the lessee of
the Adelphi Theatre, compensation for an improper dis-
missal from service. It appeared that in September,
1850, Mr. Emery entered into an engagement with Mr.
Webster to play at the Haymarket and Adelphi Thea-
tres for a period of three years, the remuneration being
61. a week for the first year, 71. a week for the second,
and 81. a week for the third. But when Mr. Webster gave
up the Haymarket, in March last, he dispensed with
Mr. Emery's services without giving him any compensa-
tion, and the re§ult was the present action. Soon after the
declaration was filed, the defendant paid 321. into Court,
which was the plaintiff's claim for a month's salary, and the
plaintiff's attorney, thinking he could bring separate
actions to recover the prospective salaries as they be =,
came due, he agreed to accept the 321. and stop the pro-
ceedings. Accordingly, an order was made at Chambers
for the purpose, and the defendant paid the costs, besides
the 32/. ; but it now turned out that as this order re-
lated to an action for an improper dismissal from service,
it barred all future claims, and the plaintiff's attorney at
once took steps to have it set aside, as the defendant
had already offered to pay 1001. in satisfaction of the
plaintiff's demand. Mr. Bramwell, with whom was Mr.
Wordsworth, appeared this morning to resist the order
to reinstate the plaintiff in his former position ; but the
Court having heard :Mr. Hawkens for the plaintiff, de-
cided that the 321. had been accepted in mistake. The
rule for staying all proceedings in the action was th ere-
fore ordered to be die ;charged.

SIU ;RIFFS' COURT.
(Before. R. Gurney, Esq.)
CATCHPOLE V. COLD DL-LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE TO

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.
General Baraguay d'Hilliers left yesterday
morning for Marseilles, to embark for Constan-
tinople, accompanied by the secretaries and at-
taches of his embassy. Of the generally pacific
nature of his instructions, as regards the present
difficult question, little doubt appears to be enter-
tained. The written instructions were brought to
a conclusion on Monday night, but the General
had subsequently an interview with the Emperor
and the Minister for Foreign Affairs; Firmness it
was scarcely necessary torecommend, but particular
care was taken to remind him that moderation in
manner, and prudencein counsel, were not inconsis-
tent with the more-manly quality. He was recom-
mended also to consult as much as was consistent
with the dignity and power of the nation he repre-,
sents, the amour propre of Austria, with the view
perhaps of securing her neutrality in the event of
the present negotiation not succeeding ; but above
all, and in so far as the General is personally con-
cerned, this caution was not necessary, to keep on
the best of terms with the English Ambassador at
Constantinople. The suite of the new ambassa-
dor is unusually numerous, and military in its
character. Ten field-officers of the different
branches of the service have been ordered from
Metz and Valence to accompany General Baraguay
d'Hilliers on his mission.
The following are the names of some of the of-

ficers who accompany the General to Constant.
nople :—Lieutenant-Colonel Dieu, of the Imperial
staff corps ; Captains Foy and Melin, of the same
corps ; Major de Bourman, of the artillery, and
Major Jourjon, of the engineers. General Bara-
guay d'Hilliers, and his staff, are to sail from Mar-
seilles for Constantinople, on the 4th inst., on
board the Promethee steamer.
A correspondent, in writing of General Bara-
guay d'Hilliers' mission, says :—" Instructions
given to General Baraguay d'Hilliers leave him
entire liberty in everything that regards Russia.
In this respect he will be almost complete master
to order the French fleet to commence hostilities
against that country. As regards Austria, the
new ambassador has been instructed to take care
not to' afford that country any pretext for aban-
doning the neutrality which it professes to main-
tain. I. need hardly say that these instructions
show how little foundation there is for the rumour
that General Baraguay d'Hilliers goes to Constan-
tinople for the purpose of constraining the Porte
to make peace."

M. de la Cour has not added to his reputation
as a diplomatist, by the manner in which he has
conducted the negotiations. Complaints have been
made of his slowness and his hesitation. His good
intentions have not been called in question, but it
is understood that in the highest quarters a very
strong opinion has been expressed on his deficiency
in tho conduct of the present question. Govern-
ments not rarely throw the blame from their own
shoulders on their agent, but in the present in-
stance it is thought that M. de la Cour has laid
himself open to censure.

For the last two days it has been reported in
Paris that the visit of the King of the Belgians to
London has another object besides the ostensible
one of presenting his daughter-in-law, the Duchess
of Brabant, to Queen Victoria. It is said that 'he
has received a mission from the Emperor of Russia
to be the mediator between him and the Western
Powers, with respect to the Eastern question. The
Emperor Nicholas has, it is said, written an auto
graph letter of four pages to King Leopold on the
subject, which allows him almost carte blanche to
settle the question on any terms he may think
honourable.

General Jomini, aide-de-camp to the Emperor
of Russia, is at present in Paris. The other day
some persons were conversing before him of the
amount of stock jobbing that had taken place
within the last twelve months at the Paris Bourse.
The general allowed the conversation on the point
to arrive naturally at its conclusion, and then
said, " Gentlemen, a nation cannot live by the
differences of Bourse transactions, or by specula-
tions in railway shares. To me it appears inevit-
able either that France will become enervated by
such a course, and consequently be lost ; or she
will again become the great nation she formerly
was, both in politics and in military affairs—in
which case she will be saved. But there is no
medium between the two."

A rather important change is about to be made
in the French army. It appears certain that the
regiments of light infantry are about to lose that
appellation, and that they will be assimilated in
name, as they are already in instruction and or-
ganization, to the regiments of infantry of the line.
At the same time the battalions of sharpshooters,
or chasseurs de Vincennes, will be raised from ten
to twenty, which measure it is needless to say will
augment the effective force of the French army.
Prince Napoleon has returned to Paris from
Stuttgardt.

General Narvaez left Paris yesterday morning
for Madrid.

The price of Government securities underwent
various fluctuations at the Bourse yesterday. The
Three per Cents. opened at 72f. 65c., and fell to
72f. 60c. They rose again, and reached 73f. 40c.,
at which they closed for the end of the month. The
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 60c. ;
Orleans Railway Shares, 1,145 f. • Rouen, I,ooof. ;
Havre, 477 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 842 f. 50c. ;
Parisand Strasburg, 900 f.; Paris and Lyons, 895 f. ;
Lyons to the Mediterranean, 720 f. ' • Western of
France, 680 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 580 f. ; Great
Central, 511 f. 25c. ; Shares of the. Bank of Credit
Mobilier, 692 f. 50c.