The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-20 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCA,

... AILITisx FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
ute'rfttuchtzarr ruNDO.
921 3
par baits. Consols
911 4 xd
I ~,:°• euoubt, Jane 8
904
' (3'31 :Lt. Reduced
Wl"' 0 per Cleat 9O 4 I
981
SV: 34 per Cent. Jan. 1894
I)°' b P Cent. Jan. 1873
4tauitia:r3o yrs, expire sth Jaa., 18805
1)o. for '3O yra, exptre sth April 1,88 _
MaheDo (lied Sea Tele6raph), Au,., 1U6,..
pm
quer Bills, £l,OOO, a and 4 per litm
Do
£5OO — P
b Do.
4100 & £2OO — pm
•-•ank of -r,
64 per Cent
1 ..ingland Stock.
torb-blan GovERrimENT SEcuarrres.
, , .._
DCI.- r'e___colc, 101 per Cent., April 1874
_2ll
Do ii.",,ii,a
112 4 i
1)0 4Pe l,ent, July, 1880
961
to oPer. °eat., Oct. 1888
°.
elliacat"
;
1;Do. Enfaced Pape."l: .. ..... ;Cent —
o: siPer °Bllk, Jan. 1872
0 rilt)rn.Celat., May 1879
13/)-.),-eu., 0 per Cent; Aug. 1878
15 Pm
, • --,oads, 5 per Cent, , 41,000 I
pm
'jo.ll44er £l,OOll ................ _,....,0cK.
Arze,,,,. IrII4IGPIT !11/TDB—TWO U La
-`tine Republic, 6 per Cent
tuttl3 sztirinaannllsoSbs per Cent, 1859
p nerd e t
4i Per Cent!, 1852-58-60
bO.
1863
De. 5
~.
1, per Dent., 1865
1-,13 Aecoliot .. ' ... ..
3,"°' 4106 •
-Bona',.,
L'ens Ayres 6 (Deferred
0"4 2 der C'ent 3 per Cent.)
Do'-1i" per Cent
41 por Cent
ii 6 per Cent A ................. .. ...
Dn.
1.1 ..
1)0. 71
II 1867 ... —
dis
0 )1)* ,Scrip, £4O paid
nilbi ,‘ titian, 8 per Cent.
?, 6 per Cent.
............
4-'art'hh 3 per Cent., 1825
~.,1)). 5 per Cent., 1864 ......................
",ttubittu Princlpitliti3P, 7 per Cent
Do.
D.
8 ~ 1867
Do.
_De. Scrip, £35 paid dis
....illaflor dew Consolidated, 1 per Cent 7_
tgyptiau per Cent
00. Second Issue "8!4
Do. XlOO Bonds
-110. Do. 1861
-00. #OO Bonds ........................... 4. 4
L Czeverntnent Railway I;ebenture, 631 z
Greek per Cents, 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Couo 145
-5. 5
. 3-
no. Ac per
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p

D ,upoliS
o. Account
k*alttP,,
J.,. -ao, per Cent .
%.,"ati 5 pot: Cert 1865 4-0, Account
.......... . .................
Aiareizunaua, Railway • „,t,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Business in the general discount market is very
quiet, at easy rates.
On Saturday there was an influx of £30,000 in
gold at the Bank of England.
The Tanjore has arrived from Alexandria with a
small sum of specie, equal to about £5,750.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
remain Steady at 28 30 ex-Coupon, and the Con-
solidated Mortgage Bonds at 214 22.
From the manufacturing districts the accounts
during the past week have generally been of a more
satisfactory character. At Manchester spinners and
manufacturers are fully employed under contract
for orders recently received from India and America,
and prices of cloths and yarns are supported not-
withstanding the increased supplies of cotton at
Liverpool. In the woollen districts of Leeds, Brad-
ford, aad Huddersfield only moderate dealings have
been reported in seasonable goods, while from the
autumn and winter trade the operations as yet have
not been very extensive ; prices, however, are gen-
ially sustained. In the lace and hosiery trades
of Leicester and Nottingham there has been a mo-
derate inquiry for seasonable goods ; while at Thr-
r°lnghain Sheffield, and Wolverhampton in most
.departments there has been a good demand for
home, requirements at fully late prices.
The following are some of the sales which have
taken place at the Open Stock Exchange :
Alhambra Company (Limited), £8 paid, sold at £4
175. 6d. per share ; Anglo-American Telegraph
1-,°4lParlY (Limited), £lO, fully paid, sold at £lB
6d. per share ; China Steamship and Labuan
Coal Company (Limited), £2O, fully paid, sold at
. 6d. to 628. 6d. per share ; Freemasons' Tavern
Coalpany (Limited), £5 paid, sold at 7s. to 103.
Pe r share ; Great North of Scotland Railway, Ori-
ginal Consolidated Capital Stock, sold at 20 to 204
per cent..
Grosvenor and West-end Railway Ter-
minus Hotel Company (Limited), .£lO, fully paid,
sold at
£3 12s. 6d. per share ; Hop Malt Exchange
and Warehouse Company (Limited), £lO, fully
paid, sold at £3 17s. 6d. per- share ; Otago and
Southland Investment Company (Limited), £2 paid,
Sold at 35e. per share ; Star and Garter Hotel Com-
pany (Limited), £lO, fully paid, sold at £2 10s. per
s,.aare ; Varna Railway (Rustchuck to Varna), £2O,
paid,ully
sold at £3 2s. 6d. to £3 7s. 6d. per share ;
oConfederate States Cotton Loan, £5OO " Schroder's
f an," sold at £5 12s. 6d per cent. ; Imperial Land
Marseilles, £ll 10a. paid, sold at 3s. 6d. per
Share.

Neat
a meeting to day of " Liebig's Extract of
-1"-eat Company,
Limited," the supplementary re-
port stated as follows :—Referring to the report
already printed and circulated among the share-
holders, the directors have much pleasure in handing
Cher balance sheet and Auditor's report
t.eereon, showing the result of the first year's work-
g of the Company, which they venture to believe
will, under the circumstances, be considered very
B_Ettisfactory. Out of the balance of profit and loss,
X 18,437 2a. 5d., the directors proposed to pay, on
and after the Ist proximo, interesr at the rate of 6
per cent, per annnum on eah share of £l4 poid up,
Iron' the average date of the respective calls (the
dath of April) to 31st of December, 1866, say 11s.
1-:'„per share, and further a bonus of 3s. per share,
h amounts freelof income tax, after which to de-
duct £.3,303 7s. 6d. for preliminary expenses and
the managers' and directors' per centages, and carry
forward a balance of £2,334 ls.7d. to new account.
The dividend warrants, payable at the bank of
England, will be forwarded on the Ist proximo ; and
for the informatitn of foreign shareholders, it may
be mentioned that by way of receeipt the signature
Alone on the back is sufficient.

Two O'CLOCK.
A full average amount of business has beg trans-
acted to-day in the market for the English Funds,
and the quotations are still advancing under the
favourable influence of easy money and steady
Purchases for investment as well as speculation.
F oreigr. politics now present little if any discourag-
ing feature, and at home confidence is felt in the
policy adopted by the Government. Consols, there-
fore, are more in the ascendant than for a consider-
able period, and at a higher price, viz., 93 with
dividend for transfer, and 91 9-16 11-16, less the
half-Year's interest, for the account.
The New Throes are 90; 91 ; Reduced Annui-
II", 90 New 31 per Cents., 98i ; Bank Stock,
.2,`)2/ ; India. Stock, 219 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1121 11;
kntto 4 per Cents., 96} ; and ditto Bonds, 555.

Considerable activity is apparent in the Foreign
"tek Market, and prices in most instances show
vail advance. Greek have advanced f, to 14i 15 ;
Ltalian I-, to 511 ; Spanish. Passive f, to 224 23 ;
sl'urkwi r
aterTo per Cents. t, to 311 j. ; and Russian
par to I prem. Spanish Certificates are
eanY at 144 15 ; and Mexican, 17
4.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been to a fair extent, and a further advance has
lleen exhibited in prices. Brighton have improved
.; Great Northern, 4 ; Great Eastern, 4 ; and
....,1 43c11
and South Eastern, each 1 ; and Great
Fester and North Western, each f•

MINING MARKET.
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
The market to-day has been inactive. Wheal
et
°11) however, have advanced to 120, buyers.
Ali ...
fluxed are the latest prioes:—
ehivert
hord.:3ll Moor ...... 4} 5
Oliffor7" Gold ...... 8 3}
t bßecet Amalgamate 4} 5 5)1!8- ...... ... 16 18
-,,,7,0/1 Cit. C0u.5.0.15.-
,x 5 g Car °a . 51 6
~„•''',4Bt L0ve11..., 5}
Iliast ...... ......
Igutvcrussell
....... 21 23
great Th"-laTenville --
Or -4t2te), ...... 17} 181
eat it 4 tilll'ok ...
Oraat Wh 1 ..... ..... ___
- -Gal Vor... 17i 18}

Marko Valley
North Crofty
North Beta. Hick
Prinee of Wales 51s Od 53s Od
Providence Mines
South Caradon 340 350
Tincroft l4 15
West Caradon
West Soton
West Chiverton 65 671
Wheal Basset
Wheal Setou l2O 125

Mlxicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864

Do 6 por Cont. Anglo-Fronch —
llontovidoall 6 per Cent.
Nl•)orish Imperial 5 per Ceut
New Granada —
Do 3 per Can —
Do. Deferred

Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Pe -u Tian 5 per Cent 1865
Do Account 7O 69f f
Do 4-1 per Cent., 1865
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
P ,rtagneso 3 per Ct., 181i3,'6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 42
lussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Do 41 per Cont.. 18M)
Da 4} per Cent., 1860
1)0 3 1)31 Cent., l R 59 531
Do 5 oer Cent., 1862 853 6}
_ . '

Po. 5 pm- Cent., 1861 8
D Anglo-Dutch, 1861;
861
1.•

_ Do. - do. '£6o paid -
iardinian 5 poi- Cont
Sp &nisi' 3 per Cent
Acc,,tint
Do New Deng led
Do. Account
Do Passive
Do Aectunt •)•)"4 3 2
Spauish Cort. of Coup not funded
Do Account
Swedish 4 por Cent.
Do. 41 per Cent. 1864
Do. Scrip, £6O paid
Turkish 6 por Cont. 1854
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cen,t. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1863
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account
Do, 6 per Cent., 1865
Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austnau, a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch z per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil,. —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ••••
French Routes, 3 por Cent., Ex. 25f.
Italian 3 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 251.
Do. Account 5l/ 1
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money with div 921 3
Do. Account, ex div. 9lj xd

Grand Ball at the British Embassy in Paris.

PARIS, Saturday Evening.

" There was a sound of revelry by night" in the
halls of the British Embassy from last eve's sunset
to thit morning's sunrise. The greatest fete of the
season was given there to the Prince of Wales.
Something was said in the French papers about
Lady Cowley's visiting list having been severely
expurgated for the occasion. Far from this being
the case, everybody was at the embassy who
habitually goes there, and a great many who never
were there before. Although a temporary room,
nearly as largo as all the rest of the salons put
together, had been built expressly for this ball, the
crowd was greater than any of this generation
remembers in the same place. The improvised
saloon of which I speak comprised the large
square space in the garden between the wings
of the embassy palace in which are the new ball-
room and the supper-room. This saloon was
covered throughout with a rich Aubusson carpet ;
there was a fountain in the centre ; seats were
tastefully arranged among flower-beds and arbours,
and the light was brilliant and most artistically
managed. At the far end next the garden was the
buffet, and behind this the high was covered
from the ground to the roof with fresh flowers,
Amidst these flowers, high up above the right and
left of the buffet, appeared handsome transparen-
cies representing the Prince of Wales's feathers, with
the motto Ich Dien. As to the company present,
you will find long lists in the chronicles habitually
devoted to such subjects. I shall only say that all
the 80 personages whose names you will read in
yesterday's Moniteur as having dine I at the Tuileries
on Thursday were there; and, in addition, all the
official and diplomatic personages usually seen at
fashionable fetes, and a very large proportion of
those English residents and visitors to whom, for
one reason or another, the embassy extends its
hospitality. The number of cards of invitation
issued is said to hays been 2,500. The ball was
opened by a quadrille (the quadrille (l'honneur), in
which the Prince of Wales danced with the Empress
of the French, having for vis-a vis the Duke of
Edinburgh and the Queen of the Belgians. The
side couples were Prince Joachim Murat and the
Princess Eugenie of Leuchtenburg, and Lord Roys-
ton and the Duchess of Manchester. You will read
in the France that the Emperor opened the ball
with the Queen of the Belgians, having the King
of the Belgians and the Empress for their vis-a-vis.
But this is a mistake ; neither the Emperor nor
the King of the Belgians danced during the
whole evening. Prince Napoleon came late, and
stayed but for a very short time. He did not join
the Imperial and royal party at the supper-table.
Both the Queen of Portugal and the Princess
Clotilde sent excuses. The cause of their absence
was a very homely and simple one. The Princess
Clotilde had a toothache, and her royal sister,
Queen Pia, said she preferred keeping her com-
pany, passing a quiet evening, and talking about
their babies, to going out. At this ball there was a
great sprinkling of knee-breecha
jeosraitnyd, tibgnhttsf.ormTehdeya
were far from being in a majority,
very respectable minority. Some wore at the knee
bows of black ribbons. Lord Royston had on a
blue coat with velvet collar and gilt buttons, such
as was the fashion iu London a quarter of a century
ago. His lordship, who is ou intimate terms with
the Prince of Wales, may perhaps bring this coat
into fashion again, but last night he was alone in
his glory. The Prince of Wales wore a black
coat and white waistcoat, across which was the
broad red grand cordon of the Legion of Honour,
tights, and garter on the knee. The Duke of Edin-
burgh was dressed in precisely the same way, with
the exception that he wore the blue ribbon of the
garter across his white waistcoat. They both had
a rosebud in a buttonhole, the freshness of which
throughout the evening is I understand attribut-
able to a new and ingenious tailor's contrivance, by
means of which the rose stalk is placed in a little
phial of water hidden in a pocket made expressly
for it. Both the princes looked extremely well,
entered into the amusements of the evening with
all the spirit of their age, and made themselves
most agreeable to all who had the privilege of
speaking with them. I need not enter into
many details as to the order in which the
Imperial and royal personages sat at supper,
which lasted a long while ; beards wagged merrily,
and most of the dishes handed round were not
tasted merely, but done justice to in a serious and
business like way. The Empress held a particu-
larly animated conversation with the Prince of
Wales, who seemed to amuse her greatly. When
the Highland Piper went round the table with the
bagpipes the Prince directed her Majesty's atten-
tion to some ladies who were stopping their ears,
and laughed good-humouredly at their want of
appeciation of Highland music. At about two
o'clock the cotillon began. It was conducted by
the Marquis de Caux. The Prince of Wales chose
for his partner for this dance, which lasted fully
two hours, the beautiful Marquise de Galliffet. In
the broad daylight of five o'clock, dancing was still
going on.

ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—Having obtained
the necessary authority from the Privy Council, thissociety
has decided on having a cattle show. Mr. Du Cane, M.P.,
writes to the committee —" The recent outbreak at Lime-
house, which is close on the borders of Essex, will prevent
any cattle being sent to.Braintree for exhibition from any
place in Essex which is within 20 miles of Limehouse, and
the effect of this must be to exclude a considerable extent
of the metropolitan end of the county from the exhibition.
lam sorry for this restriction myself, as I consider it
would have been amply sufficient for the county to have
been free of cattle plague for four months preceding the
exhibition; but I was assured by Dr. Williams that the
Privy Gentled had attached groat importance to this con-
dition, and that there was no chance of their being induced
to alter it.

THE AMERICAN IRONCLADS.--The Patric says:—
"We have reason to believe that Prussian agents have
been despatched to New York with the view of purchas-
ing the ironclad vessels built during the late war in the
United States, but which since its conclusion have become
iu excess of tho wants of that country. Among other
vessels are mentioned the monitor Onondaga and the ar-
moured frigate of 5,000 tons, the Dunderberg. The state-
ment contained iu a private despatch that the latter vessel
had been purchased by France ie erroneous."

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL/.
Hull and Selby, 109
London and Madman, Sl

FORM ON RAIL WA YP.
Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per cent., 13
;real Luxembourg, 101 .1
Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum, AZ
Sambre and Meuse, 71
south Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 1151
leo It KIUN MAN 11. b.
Capula Silver, limited,
Cuontales Gold and Silver Kining,tai
von l'edro, Nor,h Del Rey, 21 I pin
Pestarenna Gold, 3

DOCKS.
ondon and St. Katharine, 5a

BAriAB.

li n., 141 1
Australasia. 64
flank of Egypt, 3,i
('hartered •aler. of India, London, and Chinas 30
ConsolidatA, lim., 4 7-10
Imperial Bank, lan., :1
imperial Ottoman, 11111., 9 1
London Chartered !Sans of Australia, 23
London and Coutity, 551
Ditto, new, 231
Loudon and a% estminster, 91}
New South Wales, 41 4
Oriental Bank Corporation, 131 4
South Australia, 251 4
Standard 01 British South Africa, lim., 12
Unio a or Australia. 471
Union of London, 371 9

fiIIBCELLANNOLIb,
Anglo-American Telegraph, 171 18
Atliutic relegraph, 4i
Dit o, 8 per cent., €5
Ceylon Company, AI
City Offices, tim., 41
Uo..imercia.l Union, Insuranle.
Credit ronclor 01 ...1 3
l'.yyptian Coin. and Trading, 11m.. 2
Gen. Credit and Discouot, lint.. t 1
• Hudson's Bay, 161 1
International loinancial ,ociety, lim.. 21 1
Loudon Financial Association, lim., 5
London Ueneratiimnibus Company, lim, 3
Notional Discount Company, I 2
New Quebrads,
Trust and Agency of Australasia, lirn.,
Viceroy of Et ypt. Mortgage Loau, 74 1

LUNACY INQUIRY.—Mr. Samuel Warren, Q.C.,
and a jury concluded an inquiry at Gateshead, on Friday
as to the state of mind of Mr. Charles Murdue, a gentle.:
man who took a somewhat prominent part in public affairs
in Newcastle some time ago, and who has recently been an
inmate of a private asylum at I )unston. A few years since
Mr. Murdue lost a lawsuit, and in consequence, it was
alleged by his son, a medical man, ho took to drink and
became subject to hallucinations. lie had been confined
in an asylum upon the certificate of two medical gentle-
men asserting that Mr. Murdue was, and another set that
it was not., insane. The jury examined the alleged lunatic
themselves; and after a deliberation a majority of 12 de-
termined that he was of sound mind and capable of ma-
naging his own affairs, an announcement which was hailed
with groat cheering outile the court.