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Do. 1106 Bonds B7 64
-English Scrip; 1868 - 1 6
Do do. £is pd — dis
Government Railway Debentures 9Bl
Gre,eK 5 por Cont., 1824 5, ox Coups —

l)o. Account
Do. Coupons -
Do. Account
'.l.tateinala 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov RaiL 1,05 n., 10 p. Ct., all pd 811 I
lt iiian 5 per Ct rt., 1865 —
Do. Account . B3
Do Maremmana Railway —
11 +xicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1861 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
.; outer idc‘an 6 per Gent ••• • . --
110 :wish imperial 5 per Cent -
N'ew Granada l7l
Do 3 per Con 374
Do. Deferred
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account - . 781
Do 41 per Cent. (iJi:tlarren) •••
Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -
Do Account. —
Portsguose 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2.': 351
Do. do. 1867 —
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —
R..issian 5 ear Cent., 182 z, £ St
Do 41 per Cent . 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cont., 1859
Do 5 por Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds —
Do. do. £B4 15s. do —
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O 89
Do. do £B4 158. do
Do Nicolas Railway —
Sar 'Mien ö per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Gen .. —
Do. Account —
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferred
Do. Account
Do. Passive —
Do. Coro. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip — Pn-
Turkish 6 per Cent. —.
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account
Do £lOO Bowls
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 7oi i i
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 —
Do Account
Do 6 per Cont., 1860 664 4
Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do. Ace. ant
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Dividends on the above payable in London
Austnan o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belo- - -t., Ex. 25f ..•

Jel gia 12, 41 per cent.,
Dutch 2i per Cant. Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
Do. Account
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
!Wiwi 5 per Cent. 1831, E. 25f.
Do Account 551

TWO O'CLOCK.
Jonso!s,Woney 93}
Do. Account, May 6 93i

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS. WEDNESDAY, April 21.

The Corps Legislatif is now at work upon the Ways
and Means Budget, and is rushing along with the
same feverish haste with which it disposed of
the Budget of Expenses. All amendments are
" not taken into consideration." The details
of yesterday's proceedings contain nothing really
noticeable. M. Glais - Bizoin brought forward a
formidable amendment, proposing to abolish the octrois in
all the towns of France, each commune to have the pro-
duce within its own limits of the taxes on dogs, doors, and
windows, licenses to trade and for shooting, and taxes on
moveables. M. Glais-Bizoin went to work very hotly,
characterising the octroi duties as a source of fraud, and
demanding another Finance Minister and a Government
which " better understood the interests of the country."
But undoubtedly the worthy deputy did break down alto.
gether in one particular—he did not shew how the taxes
which were to be handed over to the communes could be
replaced in the Imperial Treasury.
Yesterday the Emperor was 62 years of age, and a
grand dinner was given at the Tuileries in honour of the
occasion. His Majesty is rapidly advan,ing in life, and
may well begin to be peacefully disposed and anxious to
make all preparations for leaving a quiet inheritance
to his son. Every year that passes over France
in its present condition is of the greatest
moment to the whole of Europe. But people
here seem to be very little troubled with philosophic
reflections on the rapid flight of time, the sullen, discon-
tented humour of France, and the hesitation of the Em-
peror to satisfy the demands of his country. In fact, a
great event took place on Monday evening, and has
completely thrown the Emperor and his birthday into
the shade. The topic of the day is not the destinies
of France, but a new style of head-dress. At the Em-
press's ball, given the night before last, a complete revolu-
tion was visible in the style of coiffure which has been
worn for some time past by the leaders of the
beau-monde. In place of the lofty arrange-
ment rising to a great height above the head,
flowers and feathers were abandoned, and the hair worn
without mr--ment. The Empress, in accordance
with the new mode, had merely two thick plaits wound
round the head, and held in place by four diamond pins ;
and on the forehead a circlet of brilliants, in the centre of
which beamed forth the famous " Regent." This is an
important event indeed. The general conglomeration
which has lately been heaped on the back of the head will
come down with a run, and beauty unadorned will once
more be adorned the most. The change is so striking that
the Chinese Ambassadors will hardly be able to believe
their eyes.

The Figaro states that the Empress will go to Jeru•
salem by way of Tyre, Acre, and Nazareth. The Public
says that her Majesty may go to open the Suez Canal in
October, but nothing is known as to her intention of going
further.

At length the Duc d'Aumale's "History of the House
of Cond6" appears. For years the publication of this
work has been kept back by the authorities, but public
opinion has triumphed at last. The Duc de Persigny
thought to stop the book by seizing all the copies which
had been printed. He now finds that his labour has been
in vain.

The ignorance and superstition prevalent amongst the
rural population of France has once more been testified to
by a case tried at Bordeaux. The marriage of a farmer's
daughter, named Darriet, had been put off for some
reason or other, and the anxious mother went to consult
an oracle in the shape of a Spanish gypsy, named Soler.
The oracle laid down a plan of action which, as usual,
consisted solely in demanding different sums of money for
charms. The woman Darriet was compelled to borrow
right and left to satisfy the rapacity of Soler, until, being
at the end of her resources, she disclosed the imposition to
her husband, who had the prisoner arrested. Among the
articles produced in court, and with which the prisoner
pretended to work her miracles, were cards with caba-
listic figures, filters containing powder of cantharides,
bones, pulverized glass, and a book of necromantic rub-
bish. Altogether she had received for her valuable services
in charming the daughter's sweetheart into matrimony
the sum of £56. It appears that the father of the eligible
young man refused his consent, and his death by magical
art was declared to be the only resource. The impostor
was sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment.

Two marine velocipedes have lately been manoeuvring in
the old port of Marseilles. They progress with the speed
of a boat rowed by two men.

THE LOADON, CHATHAM, AAD DOVER

RAILWAY COMPANY.

The committee of the House of Commons, of which Mr.
Dent is chairman, on Wednesday declared the preamble
of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Bill to be
proved. This bill, with the alterations made by the com-
mittee, relegates all questions in dispute between the
company aid its creditors, and all agreements between
the company and other companies, to the adjudication of
Lord Cairns and Lord Salisbury.

THE SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION
PETITION.

The trial of this petition was resumed before Mr. Just'
ce
Willes yesterday morning. Mr. Sergeant 13allantine
opening the petitioner's env, said he should rely principally
on the allegations of bribery and undue iufluonce. 'rho trial
was really a battle between Messrs. Moffatt and Hoare,
and he was instructed to say that Mr. Moffatt was exceed-
ingly sorry that the coalition between Messrs. Gurney and
Hoare rendered it necessary for him to couple Dlr.
Gurney's acme with the inquiry. The petitioners called
as their first wituess,2s Henry Harrison and his son. Their
evidence proved the employment as a messenger by the
Conservatives of the boy first for three days, and then for
a week at 3s. a day. George Sillence said he sent his son
to tho Liberal rooms, and as the Liberal party would not
pay what they had agreed, he sent him to the Conservative
rooms. There he got 3s. a day fora fortnight. The judge
said this man's vote would come off on a scrutiny. Several
other witnesses gave evidence to a similar effect. In one
instance the son of a commercial traveller got sa. a day for
about Woo week&