The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1869.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing Business
Share NAME. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A all 12 121
i 9 Do B lO 4 41
50 Albion
00 Alliance. Limited.
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 191 2 1 201
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Angle-Italian 1866, limited 10 5$ 41
40 Australasian .........
20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13
20 Do issued at 2 pin ~.. :5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt ............... all 36 C 8 38
20 Bank of Otago, lint. ....... 10 5 4
25 Bank of South Australia... all 30 32
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39
10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, and China
25 Chartered Mere, of India,
London, and China.
20 City
100 Colonial
10 Consolidated, litre
50 Delhi and London, lint
50 East Loudon . , lint
20 English and American, him 10 ... ...
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro. lint
20 English, .!cottish, and Aus -
tralian Chartered
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation ......
281 Do new, 5l il4
100 Imperial, lim
20 Imperial Ottoman.,,, 10 21 41 124
.t 5 lonian ............. .
25 Do new
20 Lnd Mortgage of India, inn 4 34 31
100 Do Sp. C. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 7S
30 London Bank: of Mexico
and South America, lint. 20 5 4
100 London and Brazilian, hut. 4.5 31 28
20 Do new 74 64 41
100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 10 19
25 Do new 10 '2l 3p
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 234 244
20 Loudon and County ......... 20 51 42
50 Do neW iSS at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ... ...
Loudon Joint Stock,,, 1 1 31 33 321
London and South Afric. an al 91 101
00 Loudon & S.-Western, lint, 20 ...
150 London & Venezuela, lint._ ...
121 ... •-•
100 London and ‘Vestininster. 20 61 65 65 41
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm.. ....... 20 59 61
100 Merchant, lint .................. 25 6 4
10 Metropolitan, lint. ............ all 64 74
100 Midland, lini.. ................. 20 la 3
6 National of Australia ...... 4 2 3
25 National of Liverpool, litre. 15 3 1 d
100 National Previnc. of Eng'd 42 ... ...
10 Do
4'f.o National. au 46 43
20 New South Wales ............ all 42 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 45 431
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO il 4
100 Provincial of Ireland 25 87 b 9
10 Do new, all ... ...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 11
100 Do issued at 6 put. 10 ... ...
25 Union of Australia all 47 48 47
100 Union of Ireland, lint
50 Union of London

MISCELLANEOUS,

GOURESIONDENGE F U G PARIS.

(FROII OUR OWN COItRESPONDEgT.)

PARIS, WEDNESDAY, March 17.
There is very little that is new in re the railway dispute,
and that little is contradictory. The Independence
Beige, the Public, and the Patric all publish diverse
accounts of the progress of the negotiations. It is clear,
therefore, that we must wait until things are more deve
loped before forming any decisive conclusion as to the
result. But assurances and probabilities are as before on
the side of peace. One of the most interesting conse-
quences of this generally disagreeable complication is
that England's position in European politics has
been more keenly discussed than I have known
it for some, time. The tone of opinion here,
and especially in the official papers, betray considerable
jealousy of England. It is thought that British policy is
generally opposed to that of France, that British sympathy
mostly ranges itself on the side'of Prussia,'and that, even in
respect of events in Spain, French interests are very little
consulted on your side of the Channel. England supports,
or at least accepts, the candidature of the Orleanist Prince.
Now the fact is that England leaves Spanish affairs to
take their own course. When Dom Fernando was pro-
posed as King, there was, so far as I could observe, a
decided balance of opinion in England in favour of his
candidature. But Dons Fernando will not accept the
crown. The Spaniards have no prince except Montpensier,
and England has clearly no interest in preventing his
accession. But the Imperial party of France dislikes
the crowning of an Orleauist, and hence Eng-
land's indifference is taken to mean diversity of
interest. Then, again, England's content, if not satis-
faction, at the unity of Germany is interpreted as an
unfriendly demonstration against France. And lastly,
there is a decided impression here that the British
Cabinet in interfering in the Belgian affair has
done so in the interests of Belgium. The truth, however,
seems now to be definitely ascertained that this
intervention has been confined within strictly prudent
limits. Lord Clarendon has sought to bring about a
reconciliation, but he has in no sense taken the part of
Belgium as against France. The discussion which has
arisen out of this Belgian affair may be summed
up thus : people here see, or think they see, a revival
of English interest in foreign affairs ; and in the present
isolated position of France they regard with the greatest
jealously any British sympathy on the opposite side of a
question in which France may be concerned. Only this
morning the Etendard comes out with a long article
on "England and France." The burden of this song
is that English supremacy is everywhere threatened—in
America Canada is at the mercy of America, Russia
is approaching the frontier of India, the Suez Canal injures
our position in the East,-the Darien Canal, constructed by
America, must tell against our Pacific trade, &c. The
remedy for all this is alliance, strict alliance with France.
The Etendard is by no means one of the best representa-
tives of Parisian journalism, but it has advanced a step as
a semi-official paper, and as such is entitled to some consi-
deration in declarations of policy.
Mass was celebrated at the Tuileries yesterday in
honour of the birthday of the Prince Imperial. This
young gentleman now commences his fourteenth year, and
is becoming a political personage of some importance. It
is stated that ha may probably snake a tour through
France in the early siumner, in order, I suppose, to gain
popularity, and to let the people see their future ruler. In
another two years the Prince will be "of age," and will
then probably have a separate establishment. His health
seems better than it was formerly.
An electoral amendment to the Budget Las been pro-
posed. It is thought advisable to set apart a sum of £8;000
iu order to provide a number of uniform envelopes. These,
it is hoped, will ensure strict secrecy at the coming elec-
tion, because every voter could place his bulletin under
cover before putting it in the urn.
The right of pubic meeting is producing some lively
consequences. A meeting at Belleville has just been broken
up because an orator delivered a eulogium on Brutus and
Cassius. These two his' oric personages, I need hardly
say, were chiefly instrumental in the assassination of
Caesar ; all the world knows who claims to be the modern
Caesar; therefore, Q.E.D. The orator, in declaring that
the men who had killed Cesar had delivered their country,
excited the alarm of the commissioner, who put an end to
Use gathering.

A dreadful disaster took place yesterday at the Place
de la Sorbonne. A loud explosion took place in the shop
of a manufacturing chemist's firm, and the building was
directly afterwards enveloped in flames. Assistance was
-omptly procured, and the fire got under. The results of
e explosion were then seen, presenting a terrible spec-
Ladle. Human remains were found mingled with the ruins
and scattered around outside, a head being picked up at some
distance from the spot. In the confusion which prevailed
during the evening no r,:liable accounts could be obtained

of the number of victims ; three persons are, however,
known to hare perished, namely, M. Bal, one of the part-
ners of the Erin ; M. Bachimont, cashier; and a third
person, who could not be identified in consequence of the
remains being so dreadfully disfigured ; he is, however,
believed to be an assistant in the laboratory ; a son of
another partner is also said to be missing, and several
persons are stated to have been injured while passing in
the street. All the windows in the neighbourhood were
broken, including those of the College St. Louis. The
shock was so great as to displace the furni-
ture in the apartments of the adjoining houses.
After the explosion, and during the fire, the in-
ha,bitants •of the upper part of the house were in
considerable danger, their retreat being cut off. Ladders
were, however, raised to the second•floor windows, and
those persons who occupied the upper storeys, having let
themselves down by knotted sheets to the lower balconies,
all were rescued in safety.
Medical learning is snaking progress amongst women.
A young lady named Doumergue has just passed a brill:ant
examination in pharmacy at Montpellier. She has b n
admitted to the academy to follow the lectures on chemis-
try, botany, &c.