The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

88t1431i FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO(Itt.

(From the Official Gist:)
rusiness done.
18Unk Stock
3 Per Cent. *educed Anunitleb
New Cent. Consols kunnities 93i 4 3f
1-4 Z.
bonds per Cent. Annuities 923 i a
la , 130(ill
Colitto, under £lOOO 4 d
-3()18 for Account 941 i
Etc or
Mlle, 24d. •• •
March. I June.
1000
1.560 4p 2d 1 p
Baud! ... 4 p 2d 1 p
... ..... .....
„!tt,o on 16 i p 58, 3er Cent.
•-•tto, B 1359 ds,
981
l'sill7oBOF
--`'ean 3 per cent
FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'tit,4l- 1( .
Account .
238
13,4nish 3 er (lent.
% Ditto New Deferred, 3 per men .
I,l'imlisti Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6i
rkibh 'fonds, 6 per cent
Ditto
itto Account
Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
bitto Account loo' i
Orvicendl on the above ony4n. to 1,,,,, • , n.
ennzols, money TWO O'CLOC 1i.933 4
Ditto for account

THE FRENCH TRANSATLATIC STEAM PACKETS.—The
Moniteur of yesterday publishes the following project of
law, to authorise the Minister of Finance to engage, in
the name of the State, to subsidise three lines of traffic,
by means of steam packets, between France and Ame-
rica. The law has been adopted by the Council of State
--Art. 1. The Minister of Finance is authorised to en.
gage, in the name of the State, to pay a yearly subven-
tion, which can in no case exceed the sumef
fourteen
Millions, for the working of three lines of traffic, by
means of steamers, between France and, first, New
York ; second, the Antilles, Mexico, Aspinwall, and
Cayenne ; third, the Brazils and Buenos Ayres.
Art. 2 Decrees to be inserted in the Bulletin des Lois
will determine the postage for letters, newspapers,gazettes kind, and publications, imprints, of any
that
44'1 be conveyed by the French transatlantic mail
steamers.
Tile Court of Common Pleas, on Saturday morning,
e
tiring the trial of the case Fitzpatrick v. Dillon—the
thYesurn Theatre—presented a somewhat unusual
ap-
pearance,heil. it being crowded by nearly all the managers
and 414(1 actors in London who came, some in obedience
14/. 3s.
811 peenas, and 'others from a desire to hear the
Pl'oceedings in this case. The action was to recover.
, which was claimed to be due by Miss
bet:Razpatrick for salary which had accrued whilst
defendantshewas
aged at the Lyceum Theatre, and the .
pleaded several pleas traversing various allegations in
the declaration, and he also paid 1/. 6s. 8,1. into court.
verdict was entered for the plaintiff for 1141. 3s. 4d.
°LITRAGE AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Saturday
"l'orLing, information was received at the chief police-
'lse Great Scotland-yard, from the county chief con-
lia—o".le 'lnce, Carlisle, of an assault that was committed
fa men on Mr. George Nicholson, cattle dealer and
;rill", who, when riding from Carlisle to Longtown, to
1111'01)48e cattle, was attacked, dragged from his horse,
t'ad. beaten by two powerful fellows, who succeeded in
i4liln g possession of his money bag, containing 4651. 10s.
hef..°l(l, and 535/. in rit. Bank of England notes, the num-
of which are, unfortunately, not known. Imme-
o,'lY the information was received, two detective
I.incers evere despatched teinvestigate the case tboroughly.
ridclition to the reward offered by the county, Mr.
Nicholas /la off red a large sum for the apprehension
of the hidLe
uwaymn.
in Ile navigation at Cronstadt is again free from
09 for steamers up to St. Petersburg, and one Lu-
a.e:•)utinhindTtsle was,
city vessel had already effected her passage to t'sat
Y
however, according to the last
great deal of floating ice in the Gulf of
hi.: a re
eL ,T11(1 new line of steamers from Kiel to St.
nextrsb urg will commence funning on Saturday
t,O • Two splendid ships have been built at Glas-
.orly for tbil route—the Or:ent and Occident ; the
naer is already at Kiel in readiness,