The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1859.

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BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
.21/ OA_E i -1/ii REF, T AND CITY NEWS. SRARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
r• Closing I Business
• ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. I •Paid. Price. Done.
CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ‘
Closing I Business i
Share Railways. Paid.
The markets for foreign and colonial produce Price.
1 all 83 85
Leased at 6 per cent. .1
during the last few days have not exhibited much 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. Do Atlantic &St Lawrence!
134 1 1 d 171
and Eastern Junr.l-ion 10 Si 64 18
activity, although a fair amount of business has 50 "Belfast and Bally- men 2.. all - - Borm:,sßpare Cent.lnd
all - -
been transacted in most of the principal sta 1 p es, 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 71 81
St ' Stock Birk., Lanc., and Chesh. 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 3 1 d
18 Do. Do. B 11 f 1 d
18 °dr
ceatt
chiefly, however, for home consumption. Tea con- Junction lOO 60 62 61
201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 64
25 Blackburn
204 Do. New l6l 8 9 d
tinues in active request, and prices show anupward 25 Birth and Tyne all 32 35
91 93 100 i Buffalo,Brant&Godrich / 100 80 85
tendency,the trade having bought rather freely owin g Stock
too Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 77 82
to the advices by the last Overland Mail. Sugars Stock Chester and Holyhead . 100 - - 190 Do. do. 1 June, 187 100 75 80
p
have been in steady demand, and in the refined Cork and Bandon
20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. 1 par
all - -
20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - --
market the dealings have been to a fair extent at 20 Cornwall all 5 51 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 1d lf
A roves. no div all - - 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - --
about former rates. Coffee has been inactive, but 10 Do. A until6p.c.per an I all _ - 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 71 1 I d '
10 Do. B been pd toB 174 Demerara - -
at public sale a fair quantity of the new crop of so Dubli has
• • 11
n andßelfast June. a - 20 Eastern Bengal.g-u.sp.c. 5 1 I d
Plantation Ceylon has been disposed of at about 25. Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc. all 84 9 Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 101/ 102 1011 1 2
100 15 16
Stock East Anglian 2O Do. C Shares all - -
former values. Rice continues in brisk demand Stock Eastern Counties losa 571 58/ 574 8 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 15 1 1 p
100 44 46
Stock Eastern Union A Stock 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - -
and at full rates, and ram has been in
Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 29 31 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - -
moderate request. For saltpetre there has 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - 131 20 Geelong•& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 18 20 '
all 12 14
25 East Kent
been a rather active inquiry, and prices remain Stock East Lancashire lOO 90 92 90i Sto. 1 Geelong Corporation 6 lOO _ -
L per cent. Bonds
Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 :33 35 34 1
firm. Tallow, in consequence of advices from St. v , East Suffolk Suffolk .. all - -
all - -
711 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 76 79 76
Petersburg, has again exhibited more firmness and s
rmness, Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 714 721
Stook Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 61 27 100 Do. 6 percent. Pref..... 100 91 93 , ~ ~
24 GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. all 994 101 mot *
prices show an improving tendenc PY C 10 Forth & Clyde
y, . . ~ on Junction all - -
100 - - 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 4d I
the s pot, being quoted 545. •; April to June delivery, Stock Furnessldb 92 94
Glasgow& South Westn,2o Do. do
20 5 Gt.S.of Ind.Llm.-Scrip 1 2a. _
• 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 -
545. 6d., and last 3 months 5 The
ss. per cwt. 100 loot loli. 100; ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 3
Stock Great Northern 2Ol Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 151 15f 161 1
public sales of indigo are announced to commence Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 85 87 85 201 Do. New
131 133
i on the 10th of May, andof F •and
y, those oreign
Stock Do. do. B Stock
Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld‘ 100
1" 104 105 ..,„,, , 100 I Do. Bonds pay. '76swlth 1 all 102 104
• ' 100 574 .58 °it 2 1 opt. till '6O
Colonial wool on the 28th inst. Stock Great westernloo Do. do. '73 till '6O all 102 104
Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 56 68 100 Do. do. ''/3 without opt all 102 104
The Liverpool Cotton Market t dclosed 12 Irish South Eastern. .. all - -
yes er ay B3/ 100 Do. 51 p. a do. '77 do
E heavily, and • prices remained unaltered. The sales 50 Lancaster and
161 Do. Thirds Carlisle. all 82 86
141 11 12 p 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 161 171
20 Do. do. 5 per cent, all 194 101
amounted to '7,000 bales. In the Railwa Sh y ar e 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 12 p . 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 175 18
• Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 924 93 921 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 15 ssd
Market business
was very inactive, and previous 16 Do.
. 6 1 4ct
do. F 216 2O Do. Fourth do.
9 Do. do. 29 shares.. 7 itid Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - -
quotations were barely supported. 3 Do. West Riding Union / - - Newßrunswick&Canda.
Subjoined are the particulars of specie on board •20 Do. Southport - - 20 / Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.epc 16 --d
r Stock London and Blackwell all 62 65 631 21
Class ACapitl.s hare..
f the Pera, which leaves Southampton to-morrow - Do.Newiss.at 2510sp.sh. - - .. Do. do. Land d 0... ..
Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 111 112 111 i
the 20th, for India and China :- 9 Stock London & North Westn 100 93 04 231 k 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 110 - --d .
.. Do. do. Land d 0... 3
' Ceylon, gold
__ _ Northof India Trararoad 9 - -
904 M 904 1 20
i , Stock London& South- westn. 100-a
Madras do.
' Ditto, silver - -
25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all f• 8 ,„ 20' Oude (Limited)
20 Scinde ss. - -
,_,.....; 15 / d Tar
Calcutta, silver
Hong Kong, silver
f Shanghai, silver
2
Manilla,. gold 6,000 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 75 77 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. bk,.," 10 :13 d
ii 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - -
Alexandria l,OOO 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - -
r 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 10 iTrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id par
100 Nevreastle and Carlisle all - -
9 Total £709,284 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 10 12
I, Of the above amount, £377,750 is forwarded on 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 - -
20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS.-
Stock Norfolk lOO 57 59
Government account. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 ' 5 45
;, 50 North. Counties Union 3l 34 3 d
Although well maintained, the demand for money Stock North British lOO 551 564 551 1 20 Ardennes all - - p
t created very little activity in the general discount
Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk Stk 100 - -
Stock DO.A Stk.- Aree.no. div: 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. 3 1 fd 21
5 Belgian East. Junction all f 1
a 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all - -
, market, where the supplies continue abundant, and . until 6p.e.hasbeenpdß 100 - -
Stock Do. B Stock lOO - - 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 2 21
the quotations moderate. Towards the close of the Stock No 894
North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 8 80 20 Dutch Rhenish
I 25 Do. 21
do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 d . d 6 Eastern of France
d week- the applications for allotments of the new Stock Do. Leeds lOO 45 161 451 20 Euphrates Valley 2s - - p
Indian Loan, which must be accompanied with a 'Stock Do. York lOO 74 70 741 20 Great Central of France all - -
,t Stock North London • 100 102 105 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs.. all 6-1 61 64
11 deosit of 2 per cent., may stimulate the inquiry, 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd 10 Italian Junction ....... 8 - -
p2O Lake Constance & Bale all - -
a and some further effect will probably be created and City Junction £.3 Is. - -7
20 North Staffordshire l7l 41 44. d 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all - -
1 by the payment of the subsequent instalments. 20 North-Western
20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all - -
IS 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all ~,? 8 ,i 1,,
Meanwhile the efflux of specie continues, upwards Stock Oxford, Wor &w 1 100 isz 33 "4 "
, - 0 Ter. 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - -
y of £lOO,OOO having been withdrawn from the g Peebles all - - 334 Maria Antonia all - -
20 Do. do. New - -
+ Portsmouth
20 Namur and Liege all 8 81
r Bank yesterday ; and under these circumstances, 10 Rhymney lO - 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Prof. all 191 201
Stock Scottish Central lOO 107 109
a especially if they should remain in operation, an Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 26 27 16 Northern of France .... all 355 36
i,Bl 83 82
Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 20 Do. New Shares - - p
)1 advance in the minimum may be looked for at an
Stock Shropshire Union lOO 44 46 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 84 94
f early date. 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 31 21 d • 20 Ottoman, gun. 6 per cent 7 - -
20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 32/ 33 49
Stock South Devon lOO 42 44 431
The .exact amount of gold withdrawn from the lee 68 684 681 8 20 Paris and Orleans_...... all 49 51
Stock South-Eastern
20 r Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.) 9 1.
2 11 d
Bank of England yesterday was £104,000. Stock South wales
20- SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 64 67 ..r• ' 1 gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... j -
20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - -
A call of £4 103. per share, or £125,000 becomes 20 Do, do lB - - 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - -
20 Staines Wok & Wek all 8 11
20 Royal Danish all - -
t, due to-day on the Bombay and Baroda Railway, 25 Stockton .: & D...rlington. all 36 37 '
O 5 Royal Swedish - -
and £2 per share, or £120,000, on the Ottoman 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all ' - -
~ 25 Do. do. 1858 7 - 20 Sambre and Meuse. .... all 61 61
r , Railway. • - Stockton & ilartlepool 161 - - 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... alt 9 94
11 Stock Taff Vale lOO - -
i The Indus has been announced this mornina•
Stock Do. Preference. No. 1 - 20 Southern of France .... all 19 20
81 West Flanders all 51 6
a from Alexandria with £13,950 in specie. 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 10 Do. 51 p. a Preference
is Stock Vale of Neath lOO 62 66 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 20 214
The half-yearly meeting of the Sambre and Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Western of Austria.... 6 - -
.0 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - -
a •
Meuse Railway Company was held to-day, Mr. 20 West Cornwall
6 Wiesbaden - -
>5 Richards in the chair. The report was favourable, 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - - 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - -
r 5 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Zealand all - -
1' and stated that the net available balance of revenue 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 31 35 31
all 7 71 7 1
for the half-year was £29,495 7s. Bd., from which 5 1A,313 London all - -
, ' • BRITISH MINES.
the directors recommended a dividend of 4s. 6d. per 10. Do. Ist Class all - -
share. The traffic was increasing, but the • question Do. 2d Class
20 all -
PREFERENCE SHARE-S. Share Mines.,
Paid. \ Closing Business
if Price. Done.
about the guarantee was not vet decided by the Closing Business •
T legal tribunal. After some further observations
on. Share! Railways. . Paid. Price. Done.
.• - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.19 I 61 71
✓ 20 British Iron
the general business, the report was adopted. 25 Blythe and Tyne if per _
.49 51 - Condurrow (Camborne). 20 ' - -
it There has been rather an inactive market to-day c. pref, (issued at 250) all
r Stk Brig. & Exet4p.ct.Stock 100 96 98 10 'Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 465 475
for public securities, but quotations, which opened 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - - East Bassett (Illogan). 30 215 225
.11- ' . . Stock Caledon 210, 41 per cent 100 99 101 101 - Great South Totems... 17s 134 141
rather heavily, have since tended upwards. The 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. t 7. 10 - - • -• G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack.) 11.18.8 , 2 3
(5 , - G. Wheal Vor (If elston) 91 4
intelligence received from the Continent this morn- Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc 100 - - .
._ • et • Stock Do. do. sp. ct. lOO ' - Ladd Bertha ' 18s 6d 5 1
- North Frances (Mogan) 81 71 8
t. mg confirms the pacific opinions expressed in Par- Cork & Bandon, 51 p. a all - - North Wheal Crotty- 7.9.4 8 9
Dun.Perth,&Aber.Jun. all 5f 61 -
liament yesterday evenino• • purchases have souse- Stock
t, , 21 E.Ang,n. Class A 7 & spc 100 98 101 - N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) nil. 84 91
itStock Do. do Class B 6 pc 4OO 112 116 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 13 ,14 ~
)0 quently been effected, which, although limited, '
Stock Db. do. Class C 7 pc - -
4 have created a beneficial influence. Consolsafter Stock E Coun. Ex 5 pct, No• 1 100 113 115 1141 .-1 - Sortridge‘Cons. Min. Co.
, E. •- • • 6s 1 1'
. - SmithCaradon (StCleer) 21 245 255
rt ' ,_, Stock Do do No .2 100 111 113
being 94a I, have since rallied to 941 -I and to U%-4 Stock Do.* New 6 per ct. Stock 100 129 131 130 ' -, Soeth C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 3 ,
4 SI .^. S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 195 205
Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 82 84
I, 95. The Government broker has h d £21,000 pure ase Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead
)0 stock for the Savings Banks. The New Threes 5 E.& W. York. fifths all - - Mining Co. ..,
10 Tin Croft 4l 2 21
9 41 44
Stock Edin &Glas SDC shares 100 - -
t 0 and the Reduced have receded to 93-2- 3; E h ' • 15 ice 70 72
17 xo c- Stock Edin. Perth,& un. 4 pc. - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - -
- Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 4
rt quer Bills remain steady, at 355. to 365., and India Stocksoc asFurness, 5 per cent .... 100 -1 -1
1 SrS West.- a. 5 pc. 100 1 0 1 2 - West Basset Ullman). 14 224 234 234
Stock at 2201 ; Bank Stock has improved to 224 -1, Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 1000 116 118 116 17 al card). 20 B'. 84
1-3 17 -
v74,eicarlarse(j_(lisilitogain):
5)
,
195 205 200
• Business in Foreign Securities is very quiet, and Stockoc Do.oo I.n.Ree.ddmo."-(ll°O.).c.Pna 100 103 iO4 1044 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 123 135
' 100 Do.lip.c.Redm.,s pc. pm. Go 63 64 64 Wheal Edward (Cal s.) 54 24 3
- Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 104 114
tf prices in most instances have declined, but there are 10 Gt. Nh of Scotld let of.
all 11 114
- Wh '1 Mary Ann (111enhe) 8 46 48
10 now some indications of improvement, Turkish Stock .'
c) 4 1 100 - _
1 Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)
p. et. pref. Stock ... J - 41'1 Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 30 32
or 6 per Cents, being 86 to 861 ; ditto New Loan, so Great West. (Berks and 6 - -
Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. . .
FOREIGN MINES
.>' 761 to 77. Dutch 4 per Cents. have improved to Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pa. 100 95 97 951
981 99. ' Venezuelan Deferred have receded to 17 ; Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 86 88
il Stock Do. Irredeemable, d 0... 100 87 89 881 20 Australian
Spanish per Cents. to 44 ; ditto Deferred to 30 ; Stock Do. sp. ot. Redeem.Pre 100 100 102 1 Boil Acc,ordCopper,Lim lOB par t p
le and Bare nian to 771 Brazilian 41 per Cents. are 8 - Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 101 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25 p) 27 1 14
10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 12 13
0' firm at 94. shares all 16 17 5 Do. Land and Mimngeo. all - -
01 The following communication has been received SlO Do. do. sp. ct, pref all 91 104 1 Clarendon Consols Min-
tock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 72 74
ing Co. of Jamaica ... 1 -- d 1
il' by the Committee of Spanish American Bond- 264 Do. Ches
131 Do. do. do
ter guar.shares all 18i 191 .
all 91 01 • 40 Cobra Copper
- Ceplapo all 36 33
16 10 12
v, holders relative to the affairs of Venezuela:- 20 Do. do. do.
ril , • "The Committee of Spanish American BondholdersYork*6 c stock 100 140 142
Stock Lan. p, . N
Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. 0.1 100 - - 117 2 Fortuna
20 General all 15 2
all 23 25
et have receivecl, this day, a letter from his Excellency Senor Stock Do. pref., sp. a ...No. 2 100 - 3 Linares all 91 10 ,
Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct... 100 - - 5 Lusitanian
Rodriguez, enclosing the copy of a decree of his Excellency 16 1 Mariquita all 1 E 4 4
Stack Do. do. sp. a No. 4 100 - - 115
15 . the President of the Republic of Venezuela, confirming Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- 1 • New Granada all - -
ia, • . 'in all its parts' the agreement concluded between the eaton, sp. et.
Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 100 118 120 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 1 p
20 Pontg,ibaud Silver, Lead
of said Senor Rodriguez and the Committee of Spanish Ameri- late 3d shares lOO 160 165 Mining and Smelt.... all 31 41
,
' 5 Port Philip 1
f ; ' can Bondholders, on the Ist of March last. A copy of this 125 Londondy & Cole, 4 shs. all - -
to , communication will be published as soon as it shall have 125 Londondy.& Ennis 4 'sh. all 81 91 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 111
cl' Stock Man.,Sh., & Lm., 6p. ct. 100 123 125 28.2.8
t 1 United Mexican , all 21 21
been translated. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have 6 Do. 26 44 4 IP
at accepted the agency of the Venezuelan Government." Stock Do. 31 per cent.
124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - -
et The' Railway Share Market exhibited increased f Do. 4 per cent. .. - - Share Securities. p_ill Closing Business
12/ Do, - - "' Prices. Done.
'
O heaviness the few transactions reported being at Stock Mi. Con. 6p. c. Stock. 100 - - t -
; - , 0. decline of about ito 3 per cent. on previoas rates, Stock Do.Con.Brishßir.6p.ct. 100 140 142 140
- Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1141 1154 1141 15 141
, Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 101 103
e ~- Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 114
although more firmness is now exhibited. Edit:- 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 I P
0. Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. at. 100 93 95 - Do. 6 p.e.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 114
burgh and Glasgow, Lancashire and - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 1105 1111 111
Yorkshire, 10 ( NewportAbet&c.pret.s 1 all ...
et 10 1 , - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 -
North Western, Midland, and Oxford, Worcester, 1 P• c• redeem, at sp.c.n m i
- N. S.W. Gov. sp. a Deb. 106 1004 101/
10 Do. Perpet, 6p. a with
and Wolverhampton declined 55.; Great Western, option till 1866 all 111 111 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St.
a,
i
Norfolk Deb. 4 p .c. shares all 9 91 9 Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112
h E
London and Blackwall, Brighton, Nortastern 10
Stock Do. sp. a Ext. Stock,lB46 ICo - - - S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 111 112
(Berwick), and South Eastern, 10s. Stock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - -
1 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - .
The Foreign lines have been exceedingly quiet, Stock North British, sper cent 100 109 111 JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 - -
Lombardo-Venetian being the chief undertaking
Stock Nth.Dev.Rlol.& DA.Co. 100 - - Closing Business
dealt in ; the old shares were steady at 81 and the Stock N-East. ii: 4 red. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - Shari Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. price:, I Done. •
Stock Do. Berwick, p. a Pref. lOO 964 975 261 ;
new at 81. 17 Do. do. do. 8 13.4. 1 1 d
In the Colonial Market Great Indian Peninsula
Leeds, 6p. a No. 1. 13 - -
20 Do.
121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 9 - - 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 68 70 I
40 Australasia all 82 84 83
have receded about ss. ; East Indian advanced 55., 25 Po. York, H. &S. Pure h. 10 1 d par .
11 '3 1
North Staffordshire .... a ... 23 • 25 Bank of Egyt all 24 241
and 100 Bank of London 5O 45 47
the New Debentures and shares are a shade StWock Dx. Wr. & Wol. ape. Ist g 100 122 124 122
40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all - -
firmer. Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua lOO 118 120
60 British North American all - -
Joint Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 99 101
20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 12 11 lid
all - -
Stock Bankand Miscellaneous
almost neglected,Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - -
100 Colonial
l London and Westminster have Stock Do. 35per a pref. stock 100 - - 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - -
declinedto 81 .100 - -
Do.Aberdeen.f.tua.6p_c.
155 -
100 Commercial of London. 20 18 19
Electric Tel Australian Agricultural to 30 301 ; Stock
egraph Stock Do. 7p. a pref. stock.• 20 Eng., Scet., & Aus. Ch. all 151 161
have improved to 1033• 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 101
20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - -
10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all - -- 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 21/ 221
BRITISH FUNDS 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 50, London and County - -
Bank Stock ...... - -
. 3 per Cent. Reduced A ... '. . - ........ 224 1 Stock Do .41 per cent ....... 100 102 104 102 31 100 London & Westminster 2O - - 481 1
millthes
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ......... 93 5 4 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is . 100 102 104 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - -
New -3
Per Cent. Annuities .......... 9„4„ . i 5 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 - - 20 Do. new lO - -
Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - 50 National Bank 25 - -
LonF Annuities, expire sth Jan. .. : •ii 36 •.... u° '1 /di 3 100 - - 20 New South Wales -
Stock Do. 41 per cent
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, •1885* * 17a 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua all - - 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all -- -
India Stock ...... . ................ ..
• ' 4 i 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e all 28 29 20 Ottoman Bank all 181 191
.. 2201 all 321 335 Provincial of Ireland
Ditto Delientiires ...................... 961- 25 i Do. 6 per cent
faC ~ Consols fcir 'Account (May 5) .......... 9.4
• 4l ii 5 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny,
6 percent.- all 50 5 10 Do. New
25 South Australia
all 294 304
Mardi 25 Do. New - -
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d,.. 36 3 ,
. J,me, nn e. 25 Union of Australia all - - 501 50
____
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Do. New 2O - --
I Ditto L5OO ... ................... 36 3
- - 50 Union of London lO --.-
to , . Ditto Small, lid. ................ 36 3 Leasing Closing Busines
- 100 Unity Mutual --
FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES, Railways. Paid. Co.'s. price, Done.
100 Western Bk of London 50 22 21 d

Share Railways. Paid. Closing I Business I
Price.
12.10 Amberg., Notting. Boat.
and Eastern Jupi,*ion 10 51 61
50 I.lelfast and Ball-ymen 2 all
13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 74 81
Stoek Birk., Lane., and Chesh
100 60 62 61
Junction
25 Blackburn
25 Blyth and Tyne all 32 85
Stock Bristol and Exeter .. 100 91 93
Stock Caledonian
Stock Chester and Holyhead
50 Cork and Bandon all - -
20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all
20 Cornwall
10 Do. A no div all 551
10 Do. BIA roves. I all
msitil6p.c.per an. all
hasbeen pd.toß.
50 Dublin andßelfast Juno. all
25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.June all 8/ 9
Stock East Anglian lOO 15 16
Stock Eastern Counties lOO 571 58/ 574 8
Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 44 46
Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 29 31
25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81
25 East Kent all 12 14 13
90 92 901
Stock East Lancashire lOO
20 East Suffolk .. all
10. , Do
Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100
2711
27721 71
100 1
Stook Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 61
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all
Stock Furness
Stock Glasgow & South Westn, ldb 92 94
10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101
Stock Great Northern lOO 1004 1011. 1004
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Vienna. Before he went there he came to a perfect under-
standing with the Court of France as to their ideas respect-
ing the Italian difficulty, and he had a complete knowledge
of the particular points which the French Government
seemed anxious to reform and to settle. At Vienna he was
received, as I informed your lordships before, with the
greatest frankness and cordiality by the Austrian Govern-
ment. Lord Cowley and Count Buol, the. Austrian Prime
Minister, discussed those points calmly and with all the
feeling of personal friends—as they were—and of political
allies. I cannot, indeed, venture to predict what would
have taken place under those circumstances ; but I must
say I believe that if the negotiations had followed the course
in which they were first commenced•—if Lord Cowley
had been permitted to continue as the sole mediator
between the Emperor of the French and the Emperor of
Austria, the negotiations would have been further advanced,
and we should have had a greater hope of their success than
we have at present. (Hear.) I say this, my lords, because,
if one mediator alone had been employed, and such a media-
tor as Great Britain, through her Ambassador, Lord Cow-

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY).
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The Earl of DERBY laid on the table, by command of
her Majesty, the report of the Civil Service Commission.

THE RED SEA TELEGRAPH.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said, in the short dis-
cussion that had taken place on Thursday last, he under-
stood the noble earl opposite (Derby) to state that
the guarantee of the Government would not commence
until the line was in working order, but he saw, from a
letter signed by a gentleman named Deane, that the
contract entered into came into force immediately it was
agreed to by the Treasury. He also understoodthat an actual
instalment of the 4/ per cent. had been advanced, although
no vote of Parliament had sanctioned such a payment. He
wished to ask whether any such payment had been made.
The Earl of DERBY said he was inaccurate when he
stated on Thursday evening that the Government were
not to make any payment until the line was
in working order. It was quite true that an instalment
had been paid, in anticipation of the sanction of
Parliament, but in making that payment they had only
followed the precedent of the late Government in the case
of the Mediterranean Extension Company. He would not
at that moment enter into any discussion as to whether
such a course was regular, but the late Government had
initiated the course, and the present Government had fol-
lowed it.

ley, I think that difficulties would have been avoided which
are naturally brought forward when a more formal and
complex mediation is placed before the eyes of- Europe.
When Lord Cowley returned on the 16th of March to Paris
he found that some communications had been going on be-
tween Russia and France, the result of which appears to be,
that Russia proposed that a Congress should sit upon the
affairs of Italy, that Congress to be composed of the five
great Powers. This was stated to me first by the French
Ambassador in London, who told me that such a Congress
was to take place, and asked whether I should approve it,
observing that France entirely supported it, and wished to
know what England was inclined to do. My lords, my
conviction with regard to the best means of settling these
matters was that which I have just explained to you ; but
I felt that if that plan should fail a very heavy responsi-
bility would fall upon me if I refused the invitation
which the Russian Government gave us to enter a
Congress and make a combined effort to settle the
Italian difficulty. I don't think that I should have '
been justified in declining to take part in that Con-
gress, whatever my private opinion may have been as to
the result. I therefore did assent. But before I re-
ceived the Russian proposition, knowing as I did what the
ideas of France were in respect to the particular points to
be discussed in the Congress if it took place, and knowing
also what were Count Buol's views on those points, I
thought it better to anticipate the offer of the Russian
Government, and to submit a basis for the Congress. This
I did on the 20th of March, and on the 22d of that month
Baron Brunow brought me the official proposition that a
Congress should be held, and at the same time agreed that
it should be based on the four points which I had laid
before the Russian Government. My lords, the four
points were these :—First, the means by which peace should
be preserved between Austria and Sardinia; secondly, how
the evacuation of the • Roman States by the armies of
Austria and France might best be accomplished ; thirdly,
whether any, and if any, what reforms could be made in the
internal administration of these and other Italian States,
whose present administrative defects might obviously be
attended with danger to the peace of Europe; and fourthly,
the substitution for the treaties between Austria and
the Duchies of a confederation of the minor States
of Italy for their mutual internal and external protection.
We further required as a condition to our assent to the
Russian proposal that it should be distinctly understood
that the Congress would not entertain any question of in-
terference with the actual state of the territorial possession
of Italy, or in any way disturb the articles of the treaty of
1815. Now, my lords, these four points were received and
admitted by all the other Powers as the basis of the Con-
gress. But there were collateral questions which arose ;
and the two principal collateral questions were, first, the
composition of the Congress ; and second, the disarmament
of the three great Powers who were antagonists to one
another. Your lordships will observe that the question of
disarmament involves the first of the four points which I
had laid down—viz., the means by which peace should be
preserved between Austria and Sardinia. With respect to
the question of disarmament there occurred a difference of
opinion. It was proposed by some that that disarmament
should be accepted only in principle, and that its details
should be the first question considered in the Congress. By
others it was supposed to be much the preferable alternative
that disarmament, real and effective, should precede the
Congress, and that the Congress should be entered into
upon grounds entirely political, and with a
.peaceful
atti-
tude. My lords, I have no hesitation in saying that it was
the opinion of her Majesty's Government that a previous
disarmament was the preferable course. (Hear, hear.) It
seems consistent with sound policy and common sense that
persons who are antagonists', and who have to discuss
thorny and difficult questions, should not enter the council
chamber armed ; that they shbuld nbt have the power, if
they disagreed, of having recourse to force ; and that they
should have the means of violence taken from them before
they engaged in discussion. (Hear, hear.) That point,
as I will tell your lordships later, was considered And is not
yet settled ; but the question of the composition of the
Congress was, after some discussion, arranged. Your lord-
ships will recollect that the Russian Government pro-
posed that the five great Powers should alone sit in Con-
gress. This has been the custom of Europe for a great
many years when the great public law of Europe has been
discussed, and there appeared to none of us any reason why
we should depart from the usual practice, and make an
exception by calling in any other Power to assist us. But,
my lords, it at the same time seemed to me, inasmuch maw
were going to discuss social and politital questions of the,
greatest interest to Italians, that Italians ought somehow
or other to be heard before the Congress ; and, although
upon the different points we had no intention of imposing
either reforms, or confederationsor any other improvement
which we might wish to propose on any one of the Italian
States—(hear, hear)—although it was our intention, if we
entered into Congress, only to recommend those reforms
after we had deliberately entertained them, yet it appeared -
to me that it would 'be of very great-advantage to those
deliberations that theitalian nations• should be represented,
and shOnld, on the one hand, hear what we had to propose,
while we, on the other hand, should hear what they'had to
say to bur propositions. (Hear, hear.) I therefore proposed
that they should be invited and admitted whenever we
wished to hear them during our deliberations. (Cheers.)
And that no want of respect might appear implied in this
proposal. I reminded the great Powers and the Italian States
of the analogous case that occurred in this country in 1830.
At that time your lordships will remember that the dispute
between Holland and Belgium was proceeding, and the
important operation of dividing that kingdom, and erecting •
Belgium into a new monarchy, was settled in London. Hol-
land and Belgium were the principal parties to that arrange-
ment, but they were not received into the Congress,
or rather conference, as principals. They were heard in
the conference through their respective Ministers, who
were first called commissioners, and afterwards commis-
sioners extraordinary, to that conference. It appeared to
her Majesty's Government, that there would be nothing
derogatory to the dignity of the Italian States in following
that precedent. But there is also another, that of the Con-
gress of Laybac,h held in 1821; Russia, Prussia, and Aus-
tria, made the nucleus of a Congressl which, after sitting
some time, came to certain decisions with respect to Italian
affairs, and then they invited the Italian States to sit with
them, and share the discussion. But Sardinia, when the
proposition of her Majesty's Government was made, claimed
to sit in the Congress as one of the antagonists ; all the
great Powers resisted that demand, and agreed that it
would be very inconvenient to depart from the usual prece-
dents. If Sardinia claimed to sit as a principal in the Con-
gress, because she is interested in Italian affairs and the
preservation of the peace of Europe, then the same claim
might be made by Switzerland, the smaller German States,
or any other country on the confines of Italy. It was, there-
fore, completely determined .by all the five Powers that
Sardinia and the other Italian States should be invited to
sit on the Congress only after it should have assembled ;
then those States might send delegates to inform the Con-
gress of their wishes. My lords, while this discussion was
proceeding another was taking place with respect to the
question of disarming. Austria put forth, with con-
siderable tenacity, that she would not attend the Congress.
unless Sardinia previously disarmed. That appeared to
her Majesty's Government an unfair proposal ; but it sug-
gested this course—that if Sardinia would consent to dis-
arm, it would invite France, together with England, to
guarantee her from any attack on the part of Austria ;
Austria at the same time offered to make a public declara-
tion that it would not make any attack on Sardinia. (Hear,
hear.) But that proposal fell to the ground because the
•French Government declined to make such a guarantee.
Her Maiesty's Government, therefore, have never proposed
to Sarftia to disarm, because it could not obtain for her
the necessary security. (Hear, hear.) But after consider-
able discussion, with which I will not weary yourlordships,
thee ise stands at present in this form :—Austria and France
have agreed to the principle of a disarmament, but have
not agreed as to the time and manner of it. Austria pro-
poses a disarmament previous to the Congress. France
proposes that the principle of a disarmament shall be ac-
knowledged before the Congress meets ; but that the details
of that disarmament shall be considered after it has met.
But I think the Congress is not the most competent body
to discuss the details of the disarming of three great armies.
This would be better done by a commission of officers of
the three armies, so that when the several Powers enter
the Congress there would be nothing to disturb the minds
of the representatives but the questions they are sent to
discuss, which will be entirely of a political nature and
having nothing to do with military operations. (Hear.) I
am sorry to say, therefore, that the question of disarming
is not settled, it stands as I describe. Sardinia has also
been invited to disarm by Austria, exactly on the same
footing as Austria and France ; but she has not consented,
grounding her hesitation on her exclu4ion from the Con-
gress. My lords, it is a source of considerable regret, as you
may well imagine, to her Majesty's Government that it is
not able to give a more satisfactory account of the negotia-
tions that have been so long pending on this subject. I feel
all the responsibility and all the gravity of the situation.
Her Majesty's Government having such a task on its bands
would for its own credit have applied all its energies to it.
But there is an object• much greater than the credit of indi-
i viduals or of the. Government, that object is the peace of
Europe, and when you consider, if unhappily we are to have
war, what a war it will be, the responsibility of those men
who have refused or neglected any occasion of averting it
is great indeed. (Hear, hear.) It will be no common war;
it will be no conflict between the chivalrous nations in a
distant land, like the Russia war in the Crimea. By a
war in Italy, elements will be upheaved, that will scarcely
be settled again within our time. It will excite the hopes
of persons without the slightest patriotism, who will endea-
vour to obtain their own desperate objects by such a war.
It will evoke every wild theorist, aLd every impossible
theory, of Republicans of every hue and colour ; all will ex-
pect to find their account in this war ; there are exiled
princes who will expect to reap advantage from it ; it is
impossible for any human being, whatever his experience,
to say when such a war would end, or what would ae its
termination. Then, my lords, I may be' permitted, as the
Minister of a country as great as either of the Powers in
volved,
,to implore the Ministers of those countries, to think
once more, how serious is the responsibility of the question
in, which they are engaged, and how great may be the
calamities that may be caused by any neglect, or hesitation
on their part, to adopt the measures that may prevent hos-
tilities. The only consolation we have, personally, is that,
as her Majesty's Ministers, we have neglected no single
ate (hear, hear)—or means of averting such disasters ;
and if they do occur, may Almighty God pardon those who
are the occasion of them. (Cheers.)
The Earl of CLARENDON said,—The speech of the
noble lord has laid bare a state of things so perplexing and
so difficult that I do not wonder the noble lord postponed
it till the latest possible moment. I do not wonder he
wished to postpone the communication while there was any
hope of bringing these protracted negotiations to a conclu-
sion that might have realized the expectations he held out
to your lordships, that unless some untoward and almost
impossible event occurred, the Congress might assemble at
the close of this month. lam not complaining of tho de-
lay that has taken place ; I think it is not unnatural that
her Majesty's Government should have wished to wait, in
the hope of being able to give a more satisfactory account
of the negotiations. I think it not unnatural that the
rs
Go-
vernment should have feared the effect of Parliamentary
discussion upon them; though I believe in this case