The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-14 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY.
The Paris correspondent of the ?imes (second
edition) says :—The Government, or what is called
the semi-official press, has received instructions
from the proper quarter to deal as little as possible
iu invective when speaking of GARIBALDI, and of
his expedition in aid of what we must, for the pre-
sent, term the Sicilian insurgents. The Patrie,
which, since its last communique from the Minister
of the Interior, has suspended a contre cour its
flirtations with the Court of Naples, will not
soon resume its eulogies of the Neapolitan Sove-
reign. The word has gone forth from those who
direct its opinions, and "to hear is to obey."
Some of those journals which, until within the
last few days, dealt liberally in vituperation against
the celebrated chieftain, and applied to him various
harshly-sounding epithets, are gradually calming
down. We have as yet only a sort of negative
adhesion ; but, if the Home-office so wills it, the
man who, till Thursday last, was but a common-
place bucanier, will, probably, be depicted as a
modern Bayard, a " chevalier sans peur et sans re-
proche." The articles kindly prepared at the Bureau
de la Presse for the journals will, it appears, be
models of moderation. That the Piedmontese
Government were fully aware of the expedi-
tion, and connived at or encouraged it, no
one doubts, and, consequently, no one believes
M. Cavour's protestations of innocence. If it
be alleged that as the Minister of a constitu-
tional Government he hat( no means left to arrest
the expedition, it is replied that constitutional
hindrances did not stand in his way when the war
broke out against Austria. The expedition was
precipitated in order that time should not be left to
General Lamoriciere to organise the Papal army,
and guard the rest of the Roman territory from the
threatened dismemberment and certain annexation
to Piedmont. I mentioned on Friday a rumour
current here that some pourparlers were passing
between the English and French Governments rela-
tive to the Sicilian insurrection. If lam correctly
informed, the real object was that an understanding
should be come to by both Governments to set their
faces against all intervention in the contest,whether
coming from Austria, Piedmont, or the Pontifical
Government; and that the Sicilians and Nea-
politans shall bo left to fight out the quarrel by
themselves.

BOURSE, May 12.—The market continues in a
very agitated state, and prices have again declined.
Threes opened at 70f 10c, and after for a short time
improving to 70f 30e, are now a1,69f 771 c. Shares
have been less affected than Rente. Mobilier varied
from 677 f 50c to 667 f 50c ; Austrian, 515 f to 510 f ;
Lombard, 512 f 50c to 507 f 50c ; Lyons, 865 f to 860 f ;
Orleans, 1,325 f to 1,320 f ; Southern, 602 f 50c to
600 f ; Dauphine, 580 f to 570 f. The following are
the last quotations :

41 per Cents. 96
Do. end month 96
3 per Cents 69 95
Do. end month 69 85
Bank Shares 2875
Credit Mebilier
Do. Account 672 50

Credit Foncier 810
Belgian 4} —
Piedmonteso (5) B2 2;
Roman Bl N
Austrian

Spanish Threes —
Home Debt 45 50

RAILWAYS.

. •
Cash. Account.
Orleans
New•
Northern
ditto .. 975 978 75
Lyons and Mediterranean...... .. 865
Geneva
4uo
Southern
616 75
Western 565 .. 565
Eastern
Sardiniau 412 50 412 50
Austrian
Lombard
Each ange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 18c. • money,
25f. 17c.; three months, paper, 24f. 871 c. ; money, 241 86c.

MONEY MARKET AND CITY _NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

The accounts from the various manufacturing dis-
tricts are of a more satisfactory character. At
Bradford there has been a slight improvement in
the demand for both yarns and piece goods, and at
Leeds a fair amount of business has been done in
all descriptions of seasonable goods. At Manches-
ter only a limited business has been recorded, but
there has been more inquiry for goods suitable to
the India markets, and greater animation has been
apparent in the inquiries for cloths for hone use.
The hosiery trade at Leicester has shown increased
activity, and the operatives generally are well em-
ployed. In the various hardware districts little
change of importance has taken place, business at
Birmingham, Sheffield, Walsall, and Wolverhamp-
ton being rather inactive.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday
business was moderately active, and prices were
steady. The sales were about 8,000 bales. The
Railway Share Market continued dull, and quota-
tions tended downwards.

The half-yearly dividend on the Sardinian 5 per
Cent. Bonds has been advertised for payment.
There is a steady inquiry in the discount market
for commercial purposes, and money is also re-
quired for subscriptions to new undertakings, as
the practice is now invariably adopted of demand-
ing a deposit with applications for shares. The
available supplies being abundant, however, the
tendency of the rates is in the direction of in-
creased ease, and it is still imagined that a farther
decline will soon take place. At the Stock Ex-
change there is a more active demand, owing to the
large quantity of securities lately purchased by
the dealers.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £517,369, and the exports £172,660,
exclusive of the following shipments direct from
London to the Continent during the week ending
Thursday last :

Cold coin, Hambro'
)1 ff Boulogne
)1 Malta
„ bars Boulogne .. 6,000 „
„ Cadiz .
Silvercoin, Hambro' 78,387 „
ff Belgnira
Boulogne ..
~ bars Hambro' 476,000 „
There has been very little activity in the Eng-
lish Stock Market to-day, and the quotations have
not undergone any material variation. The open-
ing prices appeared rather flat, and a de-
cline of k per cent. has since occurred, Con-
sols being 94: I for money, and 941 for June.
The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced have
receded to 931-1, ; Exchequer Bills 4s. to 7s. prem. ;
India Loan is flat at 1064 ; ditto 5 per Cent.
Enfaced Paper is firm at 981 ; ditto 51 per Cent.
ditto has declined to 104 ; Bank Stock is steady
at 2261 and 227,1.

HALF-PAST TWO.
The Consol Market is better, Consols being 941 I
for money, and 95 for account.

A fair amount of business is recorded in Foreign
Securities, but prices are very depressed. Turkish
6 per Cents. are 75/ ; ditto New, 594 60 ; Buenos
Ayres 6 per Cents. have declined to 86; Mexican
to 214 ; Russian 3 per Cents. to 64 ; Sardinian
to 85i; Spanish to 47i; ditto Deferred to 37k, and
Venezuelan to 26.

The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2 i
prem.; Universal ditto,— 4 prem. ; and the Thames
and Mersey prem.
A downward tendency has prevailed in the Rail-
way Share Market, prices having sympathised with
the heavy tone in the English Funds. Caledonian
and Eastern Counties have declined ss. ; Great
Northern, North-Western, Manchester, Sheffield
and Lincoln, Midland, and South-Eastern, 108. ;
and Great Northern A stock, and North-Eastern
(Berwick), £l.

The Foreign and Colonial markets have shown
no material alterations ; prices, however, are flat.
Great Luxemburg 'are 61- d, San Paulo 19, East
Indian 101,,54- 101, Grand Trunk of Canada 329
321, and Groat Western of Canada 13 and 131

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shar es are
;reactive, and prices generally spew a downward

movement.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93a i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock 66 ••
Ditto 5 per Cent. ,
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 5.1 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 1858 97
___

Ditto Debentures, 1859
Consols for Account (6th June)
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11(1
i tto £5OO

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Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brasilian 5 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto 41 per Cent. 18:58 9l
B tenos Ayres, 6 per Cent B6
• :tiilian 41 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent 2li
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822,1 St . •
I )i tto Account
Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 GI
Sardinian a per Cent. Account.. . B5l
Spanish 3 per Cent. Account
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto June Account