The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
The Senate held a sitting yesterday, M. Trop-
long presiding. The bill recently adopted by the
Legislative Body for opening a credit of 400,0001.
for the baptismal fetes of the Prince-Imperial, and
several other bills, were brought forward, and
ordered to be referred to committees. The re-
Inainder of the sitting was taken up with hearing
reports on petitions, one of which led to some dis-
cussion, in which Marshal Vail'Ant, Generals de
Bourjolly, Gemeau, and Carrelet, Baron Dupin,
and the Marquis de la Rochejaquelin took part.
The sitting then terminated.
The Archduke Maximilian yesterday paid visits
t 0 Prince Jerome, Prince Napoleon, and the, Prin-
cess Mathilde. The Prince afterwards went to the
Austrian Embassy, where the members of embassy
and a number of Austrians of distinction now in
Paris were presented. In the evening a grand
dinner was given in his honourat the Palace of St.
!9leud, at which the Princes and Princesses of the
Imperial family, and the Austrian ambassador, the
vlinisters, the grand officers of the Crown; and
1 heir ladies were present.
Prince Oscar, Duke of Ostrogothie, whose de-
arture from Sweden for France has been already
a'ranounced, is expected in Paris on the 19th. He
!!‘l to remain in the French Capital about ten days.
'le Prince is twenty-seven years of age, and, like
the Archduke Maximilian, belongs to the navy.
BOURSE, May 17.—The following were the last
quotations

Cash. ft. s. End of Month.
li per Cents O4 25 --f. —c.
,sl)r Cents 75 40 75 6)
be v Loan 75 20
...t'ank Shares 4,000 Roman .w.
Belgian
Mobilier 1,950 Austrian
I,lgian Fives 96i— Spanish Threes......
'4 idreontose (5) 94 Home Debt .........

RAILWA YEll'OB CASH

tr. C. fr. o
,deans ........ ...... 1,4' 0 Western 970
l'ltrthern
.40....
, ... 1,487 50 New Ditto
11.4-Kriterranean 1,692 50 Grand Central
'"'''ons Geneva Bl7 50 Taste ...... .. ...
Cotte B2O Austrian Corn. ..... . 948 75

IONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

CITY, Two o't%oos
The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday
"ed without much animation. The sales were
tireated at 6,000 bales, 500 for export,
t"d 800 on speculation, comprising Americans,
'A. to Bd. ; and 1,000 Surat, 4id. to 51d.
Di3r lb. The Railway Share Market closed steadily,
!lad a fair amount of business was done, with a
:‘ight advance on the current rates of Friday.
The advices from New York state that money
1:," in active demand, and the rates charged for
the negotiation of business paper tended upwards.
Daring the week ending May 3 the imports ex-
‘.l.eded the exports by 5358,965, so that the balance
't trade being still against the New York flier-
lants continued remittances of specie may be
'.Xpected.
In the market for English Securities a moderate
vCount of business has been done, and the quota-
°4B current at the close of business on Saturday
4 beenwell maintained. The Stock Exchange was
Zened an hour earlier than usual, viz., 10 o'clock,
:c1 a good deal of anxiety was manifested
tc
ascertain the price at which the New Loan was
tl'ken. Consols have risen to 93'j, and 94i for
k"eY, and to 94i 8 for the account. The New
ill 7, has been largely dealt in 1 1 prem. The
zew 3 per Cents. are 921; to 93!, and the Re-
-4 92,1- •a. Bank Stock is 2141. The Juno
• chequer Bills are 9s. to 4s. discount.
The Foreign Market is quiet but firm. Buenos
IZres Stock maintains its recent improvement.
,tZe quotation for the Bonds this morning is 76
'79. Mexican Bonds are 23i. Turkish 6 per
eats. 98a, and Sardinian Bonds 94. Dutch 4 per
✓ents. have been 941
4toThe following are the nominal prices of foreign
ttt :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7± ; Mexi-
till) 22i ; Peruvian, 77 9 ; Ditto 3 per Cents.,
6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents , 49 51 ; Russian 5
l3' Cents., 104 6 ; Ditto 44 per Cents., 94 96 ;
finish 3 per Cents., 441 451 ; Ditto Deferred,
25i ; Ditto Certificates, 51 51 Ditto Passive, 7
The Railway Share Market is active, and the
totations have generally improved. North-
stern Berwick, however, and one or two others,
zits flat. The foreign are quiet, but firmer. The
ei,_w Undertakings are at previous prices.
'alines, banks, and other shares are dull.

tilIT-ISR FUNDS THIS-DAY AT ON CLO K.
From the Oficial List.

einQ.nes done.

:4b.k Stock
tr ‘A-mt. Red Iced Atinuitiee...
irr Cent Consols Annuities 93i a A 4
ew 3
/,,,per Cent. Annuities
''g Annuities, expire sth Jan 1860...
..!I%ittßon o 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885... IC7 1-16
ds, ZlOtiu . 4 d
',Rola tor Account
11%1 Scrip li A 4 p
E 4eiletvidr-Sills, ?,,I.d. March. June
tlOOO
...._ ttoo . -
'ICE
—'il.h
--%tt.,..tet OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE 0,!%, . ...
-"'"ian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
B "itto New, 1852, 4. per Cent.
)41:,'"5 Ayres Bonds, 6 per Ceut.
tj:.'rtia coo Cent —
Ate Account
:di,6a. Bon,is, 5 per Cant. ••
T Ilitto Account
tirkith Bonds .: par cent —
Ditto Account' 983
.L, Dividends 0,-. tn. above Nz.blt, tr, !,,m.,,,
b-ria, n Bonds, 10 Guil., £, 5 per Cent. 83
1,-"Fn Exchange, 2,1 per Cent., 12 Guilders
Alto 4 per Cent. Cortificaies
TWO O'CLOCK.
_... 94 i
944 i

Consols for Money
Ditto Account

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.)

Bt.
+t.

20
IS

,04,

WL"bo
s. • May 12.—Wind this ,lay at noon. W. to
; fresh breeze with alternate clouds and sunshine.
(i"(ouTii, May 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—H.M.S.
140
u
, and ll.Strs. Orion and Archer, from Ports-
; Tchernaya, M.
Liverpool. for Quebec, put back.

(PEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB.
LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning.
rnin:""d—Fanny, from Bonny ; Enterprise, St. Do-
.uar ; Lempa, Cadiz ; Anna, Dantzip ; Rtiggia, Memel;
_; Jersey ; Tanianlipas, screw-steamer, Santander.
erc,,,,Tu-Creole, for Rotterdam; Robert WbitewaY,
-adt • Saconia steamer, Constantinople; Grecian,
-4tner, Vrieste.

Wind S.
Arrived.—Norman, from Crimea, with troops.
DUBLIN, May 17.

KINGSTOWN, N ay 17.

Rim W.
Arrived.—Jenny Lind and Elizabeth, from Barbadoes.
QUEENSTOWN, May 17.

Wind W.
tew
triy
ed.
—W. B. Deane, from Baltimore ; G. A. Hop'
Charleston William, Liverpool.

(BY EMBNARINR :,SITISH tra.E3RAN-i.l
mind GRAVESEND, Monday,
W. ; tide, two hones' flood ; cloudy.
10.30 a.m.
Arr'
Ito„,_ 'eti, May
Sayre fr Aarhuus ; Admiral, from
`4vll; Tasmania, from
.