The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-24 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there
was less animation, but the values of most descrip-
tions were unaltered. The sales were estimated
at 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed
steadily, and prices were fully maintained.
_ _ .

The Silver Market continues in a very quiet
state, owing to the subsidence of the demand
for the East. No change has taken place in
the quotation for bars, but the dollars brought by
the last Mexican steamer have been sold at 4s.
Hid. per oz., showing a decline of id. per oz.
Very small supplies of this metal are now received
from the Continent, and as the remittances of gold
from this side are proportionally limited, nearly all
the Australian and other consignments are taken
into the Bank and added to the stock of bullion.
About 29,0001. went in yesterday, which, together
With the amounts previously deposited there, has
raised the total stock of the precious metals to a
much higher point than was obtained at the last
weekly return. Yesterday afternoon the rates of
Continental Exchange tended upwards, and rather
more business was transacted. _ _

The negotiation of the Indian loan will probably
be commenced to-morrow, or on Friday. It is
generally understood that 5,000,0001. only will be
asked for in the first instance, and that the instal-
ments will be made monthly. If this be the course
pursued, the absorption of the whole amount, viz.,
8,000,000/.,t,wi11 not cause any material disturbance
in monetary affairs.

A reduction in the rate of discount to the extent
of per cent. to-morrow is not considered impro-
bable. It is true that the measure would not bring
very great increase of business to the Bank, for the
simple reason that, trade being dull, the supply of
good bills is very limited. At the same time, how-
ever, if the Court are governed by precedent, an
alteration will not be long delayed.
A meeting of the Alliance Bank has just been
held in anticipation of the general one to be held
in Paris on the 29th March. Mr. Stokes, the
manager, read a statement, which gave the ap-
proximate result of the profit of the last half-year
as 8,2001., for which a dividend at the rate of 5
per cent. per annum was proposed. A large
amount of securities remained to be realized, when
a bonus would be probably divided amongst the
shareholders at the next meeting.
The Stock markets remain in a most inactive
state. The daily reports of the business transacted
continue of the most uninteresting character, as
the quotations seldom vary more than 1, to per
cent. A few large purchases would, no doubt,
have the effect of causing a further improvement.
The market is strong with an upward tendency.
Consols have been 961 to 97, and 97 to 97k for
money ; for the account they have been 97 to 97f.
die March Exchequer Bills are 38s. to 40s. pre-
mium; and the June ditto 375. to 40s. premium.
The Bonds are 101 to 1011.
The following are the nominal price 3 of Foreign
Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6k; Mexican,
19120 k; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 81 82; ditl o 3 per
Cents., —; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ;
Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto 41 per Cents.,
99 101; Spanish 3 per Cents, 44 441 ; ditto New
Deferred, 26k t.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode-
itately active, and prices do not exhibit much
alteration. TUrkish 6 per Cents. are 1011 /, and
the 4 per Cents. nominal. Buenos Ayres 6 per
Cents. are 78 ; Equador New Consolidated, 14/ ;
Portugueie 3 per Cents., 45/ ; Russian 5 per Cents.,
1101 111 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 1001 ; Sardinian
5 per Cents., 91i ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44k ; and
ditto Passive, 6i.

In the Railway Share Market this morning,
rather more activity has been apparent, but in
most instances a slight decline may be noticed in
the prices realised. North British, North Eastern,
Berwick, and South Eastern receded 55., and
Caledonian, Eastern Counties, and Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 10s., Great Northerns improved about
be. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been
moderately active. Paris and Lyons have declined
about 55., Scinde, 55., and East Indian 10s.,
Grand Trunk of Canada improved 10s., and Great
Western of Canada, 15s.
Mining Shares have been very dull. Par Con-
sols were dealt in at 18.
For Joint-Stock Bank, and Miscellaneous Shares
the inquiry was extremely limited. Bank of Aus-
tralasia were at 85f ; London and Westminster,
45; and Provincial of Ireland, 62. Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Shares are at 78 ; and Lon-
don General Omnibus Co., 3i.

intrriga FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( From the Official Lista
Business done.
3 per Cont. Cansols Annuities 97 i 6/ 71
CoLsols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 24d. March. June.
/AM l/..• 0.
6509 37 9 1
Small ........ .... ..... .. 37
Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cont.... 99/
Ditto, 1359
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayros Bonds, 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account ••
Equador New Consolidated l4i
Portuguese Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1853 -
Ditto Account 451
Russian Bonds, 1822, B St., 5 per Cent llOl 11
Ditto, 43/4 per Cent. looi
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 por Cent.
Ditto Account 444
Ditt, Passive 6l
T arkieh Bonds, 6 per cent
Ditto Account lOl3/4
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, money
Ditto, Account

A. letter from Turin of the 20th states that 120 poli-
tical arrests have just been effected in Lombardy, in-
cluding 50 at Milan. Among the latter persons are
MM. Brambilla and Perego, who bad been confined in
the citadel of Mantua for conspiracy against the State,
and been pardoned by the Emperor on the occasion of
his visit to Milan.
A. letter from Vienna of the 17th says :—" Count de
Buol had yesterday a long conversation with Prince Kal-
limaki on the affairs of Bosnia and the Herzgovina.
The count again insisted on the necessity of remedy-
ing the abuses which exist in those provinces, and of
energetically executing the hatti houmayoun. Prince
Zallimaki gave detailed information as to the intentions
of the Porte on the subject, bu! he remarked that,
before all things, it was necessary to repress the
insurrection, as otherwise moderation might be construed
into weakness. The Count de Buol approved of this
view, especially as the Porte expressly engages to exa-
mine the complaints of the rayahs as soon as its autho-
rity shall have been re-established."
Dos &DIALING AND ADULTERY.—A pretty young
woman named Bourguignon, representing herself to be a
singer in a cafe, was on Saturday tried by the Tribunal of
Correctional Police on the charge of swindling. A bard-
featured matron of the name of Gobet made a statement
to the following effect :—Three months ago she sent out
hir husband to take her dog, Loulou, for a walk, but he
returned withoutthe dog, and said that it had runaway.
Mme. Gobet immediately had placards stuck up, offer-
ing a reward of 30f. for its recovery, and in a few hours
the animal was brought to her by an old woman, who
received the money. A few days after she again sent M.
Geleet out with the dog, but he ante more returned with-
out it. She again bad placards printed, offering 30f. re.
ward, and the animal was brought back to her. A third
time the animal disappeared, but Mme. Gobet would not
give more money ; but in a day or two it was conveyed
to heal house by some person unknown. Some time
after she resolved to take M. Gobet and the dog on a
trip to Asnieres, and whilst waiting in the railway sta-
tion at Paris for the departure of the train she per-
ceived that the dog jumped on and caressed a dashingly-
dressed young woman. This latter seemed confused at
the animal's notice, and Madame Gobet noticed that
her husband was also somewhat disconcerted, As the
dog continued its caresses, the young man cried out,
"Get down, Loulou." On this the suspicion flashed
across Mine. Gobet's mind, " Since that creature knows
Loulou, my husband knows her too." Mme. Gobet
immediately instituted an investigation, and, to her
intense indignation, she discovered that her husband
had bad an intrigue with the young woman, and that
they had planned between them to detain the dog, in
order to extort money from her ! She at once had the
Young woman arrested, and would have wreaked her
vengeance on her husband, had he not, in terror,
lied to Italy. The prisoner frankly admitted that
she had received the visits of M. Gobet, and that
he, not being allowed money by his wife had
to recompense her, left her the dog, in order that she
might get a reward from Mme. Gobet for its restitution.
The tribunal decided that, under the circumstances,
/to swindling bad been committed, and it ordered the
young woman to be discharged ; the president gave her
h IMITO lecture.