The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-22 00:00:00

MONE-77--MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The prices to-day were firm, but business was on
a very limited scale. Consols maintained the im-
provement of yesterday, but in foreign and miscel-
laneous shares business was quite at a stand still.
Consols are 933 3 for money; ditto, for Ac-
count., 933 3 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 913 3 ;
New Ti.reo oer Cents, 911 3 ; Annuities, April,
1883, 11 13-16 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2 prem. ;
ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 2 prem. ; Bank of
England Stock, 4 per Cent., 241 40.
India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1133 3 3 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 1003 ; ditto Enlaced Paper, 4
per Cent., 923 2 ; ditto Debentures, 1033.
In the Foreign Market, the Turkish of 1865
have improved 1 per cent., while Nicolai
and Ori,l Vitebsk have declined 3. Brazlian
of 1865, 803 to 1; Chilian of 1867,
.953 to 963 ;
Egyptian of 1664, 86 to 3 ; ditto of 1868, 76
to 3 ; Italian of 1861, 551 to 3 ; of 1868, 84 to
3 ; Mexican, 143 to 3 ; Peruvian of 1865, 781 to
3 ; Russian of 1866, 893 to 903 ; Nizolai, 65 to
3 ; Orel, 783 to I ex div. ; Moscow, 783 to 79 ;
ditto Charkof, 763 to 771 ; ditto Charcow, 763 to
774; Spanish of 1867, 301 to ; Turkish of
1858, 633 to 64 ; ditto of 1862, 67; to 881 ; ditto of
1865, 413 to 42.
In the Railway Market prices are now :—Lon-
don and North Western, 1153 to 3 ; Great
Western, 483 to 493 ; Midland, 1151 to 4 ; London
and South Western, •87 to 89 ; Great Eastern,
34 to ; Brighton, 473 to 3 ; South Eastern,
761 to 763 ; Metropolitan, 1023 to 1033 ; Great
Northern, 1063 to 107 ; ditto A, 1083 to 1093
Caledonian, 783 to i ; and London, Chatham, and
Dover, 171 to 173.
American 5-20 Bonds are now 801 to I ; Erie
Railway shares, 223 to 23i ; and Illinois Central,
98 to I.
In Bank shares prices are as follows :—City, 113
to 121 ; Imperial, 163 to 173; London and County,
50 t.) 3.
In Miscellaneous Shares Hudson's Bay are 131
to ; Telegraph Construction, 173 to 1 ; Atlantic
Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 33 to 1
and Anglo-American, 22k to 3. •
The BUM of £21,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday, making a total of £58,000 since
the date of the lazt weekly return.
The William Davey, from Sydney, has brought
£25,000.
Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. have issued the
prospectus of the Spanish Governm nt Three per
Cent. Loan. Subscriptions are invited fvr
£8,000,000 nominal, part of a loan of 50 millions
of dollars effective, in bonds of the consolidated
debt. The price in London is 293, payabt 5 per
cent on. application, 5 per cent. on allotment, an-I
the remainder by three instalments, the last of which
ib on the 2d August next. Interest dates from 31st
December last, and, taking accrued interest and
other advantages into consideration, the return to
subscribers is estimated to be equal to 103 per c, nt.
The particulars it is thought are favourable, espe-
cially as the interest is equal to 103 per cent. The
usual discount is allowed for payments in advance,
and every endeavour will be made to give vitality
to the operation.
At a meeting of the proprietors of the Chartered
Bank of India, Australia, and China a dividend was
declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.
The directors of the Australian Mortgage, Land,
and Finance Company have issued their report.
A dividend is recommended, for the half-year end-
ing the 31st December last, at the rate of 10 per
cent.

The directors of the 'Varna (Rustchuk) Railway
have commenced negotiations with the"furki:4ll
Government for the sale of the line. The capital of
the company is R 900,000, in .15,000 shares of £2O
each, which it is proposed to exchange for Turkish
Five per Cents. The obligations or debentures are
also to be provided for. The line would then be
handed over to the South Austrian Railway Com-
pany, which lately obtained a concession for the
whole of the intended system of Roumeliau rail-
ways. Alternative proposals have ben made to
the Government, but it is considered that the plan
above stated is the one most likely, with certain
modifications, to be adoptel.
The advices from Buenos Ayros by the present
mail quote the Internal Argentine Bonds at 51f.
The Manchester papers state that Mr. William
Blarnires, spinner, of Bradford, has stopped pay-
meat. His liabilities are estimated at 112,000 or
£155,000.
Au extraordinary general meeting of the Don
Pedro Company is convened for the 27th of May,
to authorise the directors to pay an interim
dividend.

The Government of the Argentine Republic have
arraugLA for a national exhibition to be held in the
City of Cordoba in 1870, and have invited the co-
operation of manufacturers of machinery in general,
and especially of agricultural implements, &c. Don
Belisario Itoldan, chief partner in the house of
%Man Herma.nos y Amara', merchants, of Buenos
Ayres, has been nominated representative in Europe
of the Commission intrusted with the management
of the exhibition, and is now in London arranging
for the
purchase and forwarding out to the River
Plate of such machinery, &c., as may be suitable
to the wants of the country and of sufficient interest
for exhibition.
At a meeting of creditors of Messrs. William
Dickinson and Sons, cotton spinners, manufacturers,
and machinists of Blackburn, the statement of
affairs submitted showed liabilities of £73,604, of
which about £40,000 is secured. The assets show
105. 61 in the pound.
A telegram from Athens states that the Prince
and Princess of Wales passed over the Athens and )
irliezis Railway, which has been constructed by an
English company in six months (after 13 years'
previous discussion of the subject), and is the first
railway opened in the country.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVEUNMEXT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, ..... 93i
931
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent
New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Ceu J %n. 187 3
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jau., 188 i.
Do. for SO yrs, expire sth April 1885 ll 15-16
Do (lied Son 'reluva,pli), Aug., 1908_ ____
Exotic,par Bills, £l,OOO, 2} por Ct.
Do £500
Do. £lOO k £2OO 2
Bank of England Stock, elf per Cent
Do. opening —
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Oninium

INDIAN GOVERNMENT 6ECUILITIE6.
India V tack, 10i per Cent., April 1b74
_ -
Do. Opening, for Account
1 i
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent.., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent....... 921 2
Do. S per Cent, Jan. 1872 ..........
Do. 54 per Cent. May 1879 —
Da 5 per Cent., Rep. Deb. 1872 —
D• do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
D. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1875
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under .£l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
A.rontine Republic, 6 per Cent
Do., Scrip 4:45 paid ..
Au Arian Bonds 5 per cent
D.
lirazilian 5o 1859
per Cent — .
Do. 44 per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do. 1858....
80. do. 186 i
Do. do., 1863 63
Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 —
Do Account BOl /9L
13 .enon Lyres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cuba, 6 Cent.
( p
er Lillian 6 per Cent —
Do. 4i per Cent
Do. 8 per Cent.,
Do. 6 per cent. 1867
Do. 7 per Cent' 1866
C lo nbinn, 6 per Cent
Dau‘sn, 8 per Cent., 1825
...
Ditip Lien Principalities, 7 pr Cent
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ~....- 88}
Vqnalor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
E,syFtian, 7 per Cent...,.
De Second Issue
Do. £s,d. Bonds
Do. £lOO Bonds 0 . OOD -

Do. £lOO Bends B7 64
English Scrip, 1868 761 1 6
Do do. .Cl 5 pd — dis
Government Railway Debenturtb
Greet 5 por Cont., 1824- 5, ex Coups —
Du. Account
Do. coupone -
Do. Account
laattquttia 5 per Cent .. —
RondurasGov Rail. Loti n., 10p. Ct., all id 611 1
ltilian 5 per Cer. t., 1865
_ _

Jo. Account ~. B3
Do MAremmana Railway • —
1 ,xicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 —
Do A per Cent. Angto-Preach —
,lontevidvan 6 per Cent.
11cDrish Imperial 5 per Cent ........
Vow Granada l7l
Do 3 per Cen
Do. Doferred
Perwrian b por Cow. 1865
Do Account
Do 4' per Cent.. ( CJl:t.artfi to
Do 41 per Cent., 162 • ----
Do Account —
Po:•taguese 3 per Ct.. 16537'6, 7, '9,'6U,'2.': 351
Do. do. 15.'67 —
Do. do. Sc; ip, £2O Ind i —
Russian 5 ecr Cent., 182 z, £ St
Do 4i poi- Cent . 1850
Do 41 per Ccut., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Du 5 Per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861,1;100 80ndi..., --
Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0... —:
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O 89
Do. dl ..£B-1 15s. do —
L'o Nicolas Railway —
Sarlinian b lAA. Cent —
Spanish 3 per Con ... —
Do. Account
Do. 1867
Do. Account_ 3Ol 1

Do. New Deferred
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Com. Cert. of Con . not fuuded...
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip PIL
Turkish 6 p‘r Cent. ..... ......
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 185 s •••
Do Account.
Do £lOO Boxds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 •
Do Account,
Do X 10( 13onde 7oi
Do 5 per Oont. 1865
D 3 Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860 66; I
Do per Cent., Guaranteed
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. A.ccsunt
Du 6 per Cent., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Dividends on the enure payable in Loudon
Austnau a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 251.
Dach •i:it per Cant. Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .....
Do. Account
French Relates 3 per Cent., Et. 231.
!Winn 5 per Cent. 1831, z.sf.
Do Account 551
CLOSING PRICES.
J3nsols,ploney l3l
•
Do. Account, May 6 n3;

CORRESPONDEECE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

rAr,is, WEDNESDAY, April 21.

The Corps L4gislatif 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 derails
of yesterday's proceedings contain nothing really
noticeable. M. Ma's 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, doers, and
windows, licenses to trade and for shooting, and taxes on
moveables. M. Glair-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 tJ 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 advancing 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 jute
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,
flog era and feathers were abandoned, and the hair worn
without much ornament. The Empress, in accordance
with the new mode, had merely two thick plaits wound
round the bead, 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-
Belem by way of Tyro, Acre, and Nazareth. The Public
says that her Majesty may go to open the Suet Canal in
October, but nothing is known as to her intention of going
further.

At length the Due d'Aumale's " History of the House
of Conde appears. For years the publication of this
work has been kept back by the authorities, but public
opinion has triumphed at last. The Due 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 mancenvring in
the old port of Marseilles. They progress with the speed
of a boat rowed by two men.

THE LOADON, CHATHAM, AIVD DOVER
RAILIV AY 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 ar-d its creditors, and all agreements between
the company and other companies, to the adjudication of
Lord Cairns and Lord Salisbury.