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London, England, 1869-08-12 00:00:00

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Do. £lOO Bonds • •••• 881
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Do. £5OO Bonds
D0..4.106 Bonds
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868
Government Railway Debentures 9el
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Fionduras Gov Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd
It3lian 5 per Cert., 1865 —ll
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Do 51Aremmana Railway
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Do. Deferred
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Do 41 per Cent. (Ul2)arren) •..
Do 44 per Cent., 1862
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Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —
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Do 41 per Cent , 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
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Do Nicolas Railway 6B 4
Sarliniam 5 per Cent —
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Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded
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Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
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Do do, 1868
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Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do IIOC Bonds
Do 6 per Cont., 1862
Do. Account 671
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 4ll 4
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860 674 64 7
Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent. '
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Do 6 per Cent. 1861
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Dividends on the above payable in London
Austrian 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail, —
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PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.

WEDNESDAY.

The political world finds itself compelled to exercise the
virtue of patience, for the work of the commission on the
Senatus-Consultum proceeds very slowly. If rumour is
to be believed, more disputed points have as yet been
adjourned than disposed of. Even the appointment of
the reporter is still undecided. It was expected that he
would be nominated yesterday, and, as I informed you,
the election of M. Delangle was confidently anticipated.
To-day it appears that 117. Delangle has -declined to be
put in nomination, owing to the state of his health. He
suffers from an acute affection of one of his eyes, which
would effectually prevent him from filling the office. The
choice of the Liberal members of the commission is conse-
quently circumscribed, and M. de Manpaa.is talked of.
The list of presidents, vice-presidents, and secretaries
of the Conseils GoWra.ux, has been published, and differs
little from that of last year. The presidents are almost
all senators, deputies of the majority, or magistrates.
With few exceptions they belong to the class of the up-
holders of personal government. The Libertg fears that
under these circumstances the discussion is not likely to
be more free this year than in the preceding sessions, and
expresses a hope that this is the last time that the Conseils
Gdndraux are nominated by an Imperial decree. The
appointment of Emile de Girardin as President of the
Conseil Ge'lnlral du Var is the most noticeable feature in
this list, and seems to indicate an improved understand-
ing between the Government and the former deputy of
the Seine. However, the well-known journalist renews
his attack upon the Ministerial measure in this morning's
Liberte, and prefers a plebiscitum to a senatus-Consultum,
a new constitution to an attempted reform. A plebis-
citum, says M. de Girardin, would have been the whole-
sale reconstruction of the Constitution ; the Senatus-
Consultuni is its destruction in detail. M. de Girardin
finds it impossible to understand why the Emperor should
attach so much importance to his personal responsibility
to the people. That he should retain the right of a direct
appeal is just and reasonable ; but to entrench himself
behind the word " responsibility" is neither to gain
strength for himself nor to give a guarantee to the nation.
It is necessary to choose between the Charter of 1830
and the Constitution of 1852. If the Ministers are
to be constitutionally responsible, the head of the State
may be so in a revolutionary sense but not in a constitu-
tional one. M. de Girardin concludes his article by asking
what is the use of a prolonged discussion on the Senatus-
Consultum? Would it not be as well to vote it by accla-
mation as the Senate voted the substitution of the Empire
for the Republic? At present the commission. are not
inclined to take this hint. They are proceedulg very
leisurely, and yesterday held a discussion on two impor-
tant points—the rights of interpellation, and of amend-
ment. Hitherto the Council of State played an important
part in regard to amendments. Under the new system it
will only have a consultative function, and even this office
is begrudged to it by some members of the Commission.
M. Bonjean intends to introduce an amendment giving to
the Senate the right of initiative already granted by the
Ist article to the Emperor and to the Corps Legislatif.
This amendment, I hear, has no chance of being accepted
by the Commission.
La France has ventured on a timorous defence of the con-
duct of the Government with regard to the prolonged deten-
tion of MM. Quentin and Cournet, of the Blveil, a deten-
tion which, as I have already informed you, is exciting great
indignation. M. de Laferriere, the lawyer, who was
arrested at the same time as the two journalists, was
released the next day, owing to the exertions of members
of his profession. Writers in the press are not, unluckily,
able to release their fellows, but they are revenging their
order on the Government by asking what sort of a con-
spiracy is that which requires two months to prove its
existence. The National remarks that the case of the miners
of Saint Etienne, which was one of the most considerable
ever tried in France, from the number of the accused and
the length of the sittings, has been completed in a month,
though 1,200 documents were deposited and there were
120 witnesses. Meanwhile M. Quentin remains at Mazas
for two months, without the legal authorities finding it
possible to interrogate him.
It is supposed that the Emperor and the Empress will
leave to-morrow for Chalons, in order to pass the fete in
the midst of the camp. The Emperor is evidently
desirous of retaining his popularity with the army.
The health of Marshal Niel gives rise to the greatest
anxiety, and the deepest interest has been felt in his state.
His recovery is not despaired of, but an unfavourable
impression prevails concerning him.
The insecurity of velocipede travelling was illustrated
the other day by a curious incident. A clerk of a
banking establishment, having to go a long way, took a
velocipede, and went swiftly about collecting money in
all directions. All at once he made a wrong movement,
and came suddenly to the ground, the pieces of money
rolling about the pavement. The passers-by collected
some of the scattered coins, which were put under the care
of a commissary of police. The unfortunate young man
broke his leg and was taken to the hospital.
Madame Rossini refused to give to the Conservatoire
de Musique at Paris the bust in terracotta of her late
husband, but she has parted with it tp_M. Taffoli. The
present is said to have been made in consequence of a
promise given by her to allow M. Taffoli to select some
work of art belonging to the great composer, and his
'ihoice fell on the bust in question.
Yesterday the ceremony of opening the Exhibition of
the Central Union took place at the Champs ElysZes, and
the crowd was very great. The success of the affair was
undoubted, and great skill and taste were displayed in the
arrangements. The Exhibition contains the most rare
collection of ancient pictures that has been seen in Paris.
The condemned miners of the Loire district have
addressed a petition to the Emperor soliciting
pardon. It has been taken to Paris by M. Cuisson, the
counsel.
A sad case which occurred the other eay proved the
danger of going under trees in storms. During a violent
storm at Biesheim (Haut-Rhin) two persons, N. Trouil-
let, a farmer, and an old woman, being overtaken by the
rain, sought shelter under a poplar, and were both killed
by the lightning. The electric fluid struck M. Trouillet
first on the forehead and pmsed out at the back of the
neck, re-entered the body under the shoulder-blade, and
escaped thorough the chest, having perforated the heart.
No marks were found on the other body.