The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Urgent, screw steam troopship, Commander
Hire, arrived at Spithead from Alderney yesterday
at 6.30 a.m. with Captain Vernon's battery of
Royal Artillery on board for garrison duty in.
Portsmouth, comprising Captains 11. A. Vernon and
M. E. Stocker, Lieutenants T. Cuming and 0. H.
Goodenough, five sergeants, two trumpeters, eight
corporals, 108 gunners, 14 women, and 28 children.
The Urgent, on her passage across to Alderney from
Portsmouth, the night of Thursday last, experi-
enced a very heavy sea in Channel, and lost two
boats from her quarters. At high water yesterday
she steamed into Portsmouth harbour, and, after
having disembarked the Artillery, embarked the
remainder of the 15th Regiment for conveyance to
Jersey. She sailed again last evening.
The 28th company of Royal Engineers arrived
at Chatham on Thursday from Aldershott in charge
of Lieutenants Lewin and Lambert, and the 29th,
from Portsmouth, under the command of Capain
Bridge and Lieutenants Luard and Crawford.

PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS.—INCREASE AND DE-
CREASE OF ESTA.BLISIIIIIINTS.—During the year 1858
there have been added to the staff of public employes 793
persons, viz.:-6 have been added to the State Paper and
Public Record-office ; 12 persons to the Convict Establish-
ment ; 1 to the Foreign Secretary's-office ; 4 to the Comman-
der-in-Chief's-office ; 2to the Adjutant. General's-office'; ' 2
to the Quartermaster-General s-otlice ; 1 to Chelsea Hospital
Establishment ; 23 to the Royal Military College ; 3to the
Naval and Victualling-yards at home ; 4 to the Naval
and Victualling-yards abroad ; 68 to the Customs Depart-
ment ; 661 to the Post- office ; 1 to the Commissioner of
Works-office; 1 to the Registrar -General's-office ; Ito the
Board of Works, Ireland ; 1 to the Board of Education,
Ireland ; and 2to the Constabulary-office, Ireland. Civil
service, viz. :-1 from the Privy Council-office, 2 from the
Board of Trade, 6 from the War-office, 2 from the Admi-
ralty, 10 from the Inland Revenue, 12 from the Audit-office,
11 from the Irish Poor-law Board,—Civil Service Gazette.

THE TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE
AND .RUSSIA.

(From the Times.)

Those who have studied the newspapers during
the last two days must have suspected the vanity
of telegrams and the baselessness of authentic in-
formation. Doubt has reigned as to facts which
ought to be notorious, and contradictions have been
given to statements made on the highest authority,
and believed by the Government of the country.
We endeavour to give the public all the information
which interrupted posts and jealously watched
telegraphs will allow; but we must forewarn them
that often during the course of the coming events
they may be misled for 24 hours or longer by the
unfounded rumours which prevail over the Conti-
nent. As yet, however, there has been no great
inaccuracy in the information received. First, as
regards the movements of the Austrians. From
intelligence received yesterday we learn that the
statement that an act of war was committed on the
night of the 26th by the entry of Austrian troops
on Piedmontese soil was perfectly correct. The
advanced posts of General Gyulai's army crossed the
Ticino, and took up, unopposed, a position on the
enemy's territory. But the advance of the main
army did not take place till yesterday, April the
20th. By all accounts the Austrians had deter-
mined on a vigorous offensive movement, and there
can be little doubt that they are desirous of strik-
ing a blow before French reinforcement can be
brought into the field against them. So much for
the proceedings at the seat of war, on which we
give as trustworthy information as is to be had.
With respect to the two Treaties or Conventions,
or engagements, between France and Russia, we
have nothing essential to retract. In fact, we may
leave our contemporaries to answer themselves, or
each other. One of them has reason to know that
the Russian Court has given our Government the
strongest assurances " that no agreement has been
entered into that can in any way affect the interests
of this country." Asa commentaryon this reassur-
ing piece of news, it states that a Russian army of
60,000 men has crossed the Dnieper, thereby
threatening the Gallican frontier of Austria. Ano-
ther journal, after giving the world to understand
that we were utterly, wilfully, and scandalously
wrong in stating that Russia had signed agreements
with France, adds, with startling coolness, that the
offensive and defensive alliance is only to take effect
in case Germany or England should meddle in the
quarrel. The moderation of France and Russia, in
restricting themselves to a contingent, and not a
direct, plot against a friendly and mediating
Power, receives, of course, its due tribute of admi-
ration. In the midst of these vagaries and contra-
dictions we have only to persist in the essential truth
of our statement. It is not in the nature of a Secret
Treaty to be known in its details within a week
after signature, and con-equently we do not 'pre-
tend to give the entire purport of the document
said to have been signed on Good Friday. But the
main facts are, we fear, beyond a doubt, and when
we are informed that " no secret Treaty or Con-
vention has been signed between Russia
and France, but that there exists an engagement
to place an army of observation on the Gallician
frontier," we are justified in believing that it is
only.. that part of the engagement which cannot be
denied that is confessed, and that the execution of
the other conditions waits only the development of
events. While people here are affecting to doubt
whether Napoleon and Alexander' have been trea-
cherous enough to deceive Lord Malmesbury, we
find that at Berlin and Vienna no doubt prevails as
to the movement of Russian troops, threatening
Posen and Galicia, and by the event we are willing
that the truth of our statements should be judged.
With regard to the actual state and the prospects
of the campaign in Piedmont all must be specula-
tion for the present. One thing alone is clearly
known,—that the French were unprepared for the
sudden move of the Austrians, and expected to
begin the war at their leisure, somewhere about the
end of May. The difficulty and delay on Mont
Cenis will be considerable, and, though the French
are being rapidly carried to Genoa, they are said to
arrive there without the means of entering on a
campaign for a fortnight or three weeks. It is
difficult to learn the truth in these cases, and the
French may have a direct object in inducing Gene-
ral Gyulai to believe in their difficulties ; but
belief prevails that they will be unable to offer a
serious resistance to the Austrians, should the
latter determine on a vigorous and rapid attack.
Our readers will perceive that we speak of these
events in a tone more guarded than they have been
accustomed to during the progress of the Crimean
war and the Indian mutiny. The fact is, that this
campaigning of despotic Powers will be carried on
iu a different style from the expeditions in -which
a British force is engaged. Swift, secret, silent,
will be the movements of the antagonists. ?t"
letters will be allowed to be written from the camp,
410 one unconnected with military duties will be
allowed to approach the lines. The action of the
telegraph might frustrate the best laid plans of
generalship. The state of the troops, the position
of a corps, a movement in advance or retreat, might
be flashed over Europe, and sent back to the
enemy's commander in the space of a few hours.
So the armies on either side are already shrouded
in secrecy. It is impossible to obtain certain Intel-
ligence from the seat of war. At Turin they know'
nothing more than in London. They see a great
commotion, troops coming in and going out, much
galloping of officers, and so on, but whether the
Austrians have crossed or are going to cross, when
the French are coming, how many they, will be, and
what will ly) the system of defence, they know a$
little as the Parisian or the Londoner. The same
ignorance prevails at Vienna, and even the numbers
of the Austrian Army of Italy are but vaguely'
known in the capital. The public must there•
fore be prepared not only for war but for rumours
of war, and those not only vague, but often false
and contradictory. To Distinguish the probable
from the absurd, to extract the small grain of truth
from the heap of fiction, is no easy task. Of one
think alone we may be convinced—that this will
be a great and protracted struggle, and that all
thought of peace has been laid aside by France and,
her new ally.

(From the Morning Herald.)
We have the highest authority for stating. that
no secret treaty or convention has been signed
between France and Russia. The Russians have
merely agreed to place 50,000 men in observation
on the Galician frontiers of Austria, and out of this
in all probability was concocted the false report that
has spread consternation in commercial circles and
caused the ruin of hundreds.
We have also authority to state that there is no.
foundation whatever for the report recently circu-
lated of a treaty of alliance having been signed
between France and Denmark. Nothing has been
done that could in any way justify such an an-
nouncement.

FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT HUDDERSFIELD.
—On Thursday a boiler explosion took place at Edward
Learoyd and Co.'s, Old Mill-lane, Huddersfield, which re-
sulted in the death of one person, and serious injury to six
others. The boiler had only been examined by the inspector
of the Huddersfield Boiler Association onffednesday even-
ing, and we gather that he pronounced the water-guage
and safety-valve were in proper working order. The boiler
was tubular, 7--feet 2 inches in diameter, and had two circular
flues of 2 feet 6 inches, the thickness of the plate being
5-16ths of an inch, and the boiler had a self-acting feeder,
thuli always keeping a fixed • quantity of water in it.
The engine tenter, Thomas Wadsworth, after greasing the
engine and looking at the gauge, went to his dinner at a.
quarter-past one o'clock, leaving the engine in charge 01
Thomas Binns who acted as assistant fireman for
the last twelve months, and in about twenty-five minutes
afterwards the boiler exploded, knocking down a one-store%
building adjoining, called the willow room, in which five
persons were engaged at work, three women and two men'
These were nearly buried in the ruins, but were speedill
extricated. One of them, a widow, named Hannah. Haigh,
died a few minutes after she was got out. Another, Sarah
Berry, who was taken to her home at Hillhouse, was found
to have one leg broken, and is so severely scalded that her
recovery is very doubtful. The three others, Catherinl
Baknall, James Ellam, and Samuel.Ellam, were conveys'
to the Infirmary, and the recovery of two of these is said to
be doubtful. There were also two men, Charles Tyne an:
Edward Haigh, working in an °fished near, who were We"'
scalded, and had a narrow escape of being buried in the
ruins. Manchester Examiner.
THE INDIAN TELEGRAPH.—At the present Inn"
ment the treatment of the Indian telegraph question arises
in all minds as one of the many grave charges against the
Government. While the underwriters are already exacting
heavy premiums for war risk in protracted cases even en
English vessels, we are without the means which, at an ea'
pense perfectly insignificant as compared with the object,
might have been in operation long ago of instantaneeln
communication with our Eastern possessions. Had this
Communication been effected it would have served us also
for our Australian colonies. The amount of Australian
gold at sea is usually between three and four millions
sterling, which would all be in jeopardy in case o
our being suddenly assailed. The utmost the tql
graph by the Euphrates route would have cost vo.kii d
have been about a fourth of that sum, and,
it not been defeated, in deference to the French
'alliance, it might have been at work last autumn ti
-
three years the importance of the, question has been peril
naciously but vainly urged, and the leaders of both P
have avowed in Parliament, that while the constitiactitiour,
both of the Red Sea and the Euphrates line was eteutt7e
desirable, the latter offered the greatest advantages a151,x,e,..4
to
abandon
regards economy and expedition. Yet the result i utn,
within the past two months Lord Stanley has givell
all the money they have expended under Governmentroese
answertoopthereaEtiounpsh,raanteds promoters athiliachloshsasofleodneth rem
couragement, while Lord Derby has damaged the p
of the cola-
in question and the bill for the incorporation
coofutnhet
bßyedal
allowing
np rgoj
hise t
oawnnd spelnetd
gietds agnh a
ar eras
nttoooa
tboebaev yoadniesd"
pany to be,thrown. over to the summer.

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MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
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Paid.l Closing Business
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Railways. Price. Done.
Share
Two o'CLocx. ----- ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
. Closing Business The Bank of England return, completed to the Share Railways. Paid. Price.
27th in shows some rather unfavourable features. -172-. TO ,---A-5-c-i• ff., _Notting. B-ost.l
The bullion, in consequence of the demand for the ' and Eastern Juproion 10 si 51 51 all 176 80 774
continent and the shipments 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all -
to the East, 13.14 fir., Wol., and Sir. Val. all 71 811 l - `-
hasStoek I Birk., Lane., and Chesil. 18 Do. Addit. Capital AlI 6 2/ 1/41
1::88 (()Atlantic
BA otil'Dmao..n,slt li
pcadre&o dra
et Sae (tln&P:Cer Lawrence)
nc et
. nlnt •d , 134 116 17
EI 44 125 14 d 3
been diminished by nearly half a mil- 18 Do. Do.
Junction lOO CO 62
lion sterling. In the reserve of notes there 25 Blackburn
ere foldurrBioc7ni,2, all
1100
_g d4l
is a falling off of over a quarter of a mil- St2osck trl,riTstlttoltnaddTe .
Ig. ig
85
Stock Caledonian Exeter
• •
lion, and the active circulation also shows a 100 72 74 724 2 3 1 00_2241
(6 P•
pu.tr Buffaloca Do.
ti N.O ,beaßdwnrsda iLI
t A 0
4. . ,
100 Do. do. 1 July, 187:11 100 - -
Stock (Chester and Holyhead . 100 - -
slight diminution. The other securities have been 50 Cork, and Bandon all --- - 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 -
20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Liin. 1. 3. 0. id par
-
increased about half a million, and the public and 20 'Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - -
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 1 - - _
20 Cornwall private deposits both show a moderate augmenta- io Do. A
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s._ 1 f la
A rcves. no div. ( all - - 20 Central Gude (Limited) 25. 6d. - --
2d par
tion. The other items of the balance sheet exhibit 10 Do. B rastile6po.c.per an. all _
b e pd.toß. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 74
174 Demerara - -
no change of importance; they will be seen in the 50 guunblipeaindßelf ast June. all -,i -9
20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. 5 n 14
92 4 90 3
P th,& Abr.J unc. all 8
Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO
subjoined table:- Stock East Anglian
20 Do. C Shares all - -
Stock Eastern Counties lOO 52 53 524
20 Do. E Shares Ext. 15 --- -
Active Circulation .. . • .. £21,938,625 Stock Eastern Union A Stock, 100 40 41
20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - -
Decrease .. ..
Bullion .. .. .. 63,765 Stock Do. do. B Stock; 100 25 27
100 D 0.45 p.e„„ lids. pay. '59 all 18 19
• • • • .. 17,640,342 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds)l 84 - -
20 Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. a
Decrease ..
• • • . .. 411,033 25 Fast Kent all 12 14
100 84 86
Rest Stock East Lancashire Sto. i Geelong Corporation 6 lOO _
( per cent. Bonds
• • • • • • • • .. 3,149,260 20 East Suffolk - -
Increase .
.. .. .. 7,801 10 Do - -
Public Deposits • Sltoclock
DGora.n6dp.Te.rDunebek onf.,Cpaanya.4B,a 100
all 2B
65
63,1
ult
• • • • •
.. 5,249,296 Stock Edinburg' and Glasgow 100 68 70
100 ,Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 85 90
Increase .
all 63 92 91 290 2
• • • • • . 169,394 Stock lEdin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 24 26
20 IGt.lndiareiim.gua.sp.c
Other Deposits •
10 (Forth & Clyde Junction all - -
20 Do. New, gua.s cer cent. 4 24 14d 24 4
• • .. .. 15,334,625
Increase . Stock Furness' - -4
- -
• • • • .. 213,32020 Do. do
Seven Day and other Bills 767,155 Stock Glasgow & South Westn. lob 91 93
10 Great North of Scotlane all 10 104 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip i 2e. 2 1 34
Decrease .. • • "
100 95 97 97 guaranteed 5 per cent.
40,802 Stock ,Great Northern
Government Securities* .... :: 11,371,118 . Stock) Do. do. A Stock lOO 78 62
2201 °Dot.. 1i;1,1
0144 d
8144 in
No alteration. Stock Do. do. B Stock IC3 126 130 128 INV.eowf Canada Shares 111
Other Securities .. .. •
.. 17,-505,501 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 100 102
100 51 53 52 i 100
t( Doa.pßt.otnildls,6poay.
)
all 102 104
Increase ..
696 981 Stock Great Western
'76•with 1, all 102 104
Notes Unemployed .... .... .... 9,494,645 Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 50 55 100 Do. do. "13 without opt. all 102 104
12 Irish South Eastern.... all - 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do
Decrease . .. • • • • 383,595 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 80 85 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. e all .14 16 155
Continued activity is reported in the general 10 11 p 161 Do. Thirds
discount market. The rise in the Bank minimum 1613 4,D0 New Thirds l6 10 11 p
20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 14 16 16
Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 85 87 88 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 15 25 15 d
has neither had the effect of checking the inquiry 16 IDo. do. F £l6 6 lid
20 Do., Fourth do.
0 Do. do. £9 shares.. 7 2 14d 54
for accommodation, nor the efflux of gold, which isStock IMelb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - -
3
Do. West Riding Union 1 -
k Ippoilonutahpo t 'Newßrunswick&Canda.,
causing a rapid. decline in the stock of precious stock all - -
)g.6Pe; 10 - -d
nd Southport
. all 58 6° 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.
Class ACapitl.Share..l
metals lodged in that establishment. Should these Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh. -- - .. Do. do. Land d0...1 ..
St-ock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 105 107
influences remain in operation much longer, the Stock London & North Westn 100 86 81 87 64 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 110 - - -(1
.. 'Do. do. Land d 0... $ - -
a 24 11 d
public must be prepared for a further modification Stock Eoon. rl'oirth&tVouth-Westn. 1070- 85 87 B's 6 20 j f
Northof India Tramroad 1 2s.
of the official terms of discount. 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - Limited, Scrip
20 Oude (Limited) -
25 IL'derry & Enniskillen. all I 8 20 Scinde
20 d
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon stock,Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 33 35 34 20 Do.
26' allo
1 2 1 d
exhibited a further advance in the rates on Vienna sjooc 'Metropolitan
100 195 97 65 6 gsz ' s + 2 11 d 3+
k , Midland 2020
,IDDOo..
risTuenwi
and 'Trieste, but on Amsterdam and Hamburg a 70 72 Stsoock 'Do. Birming. & Derby. 100
Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - -
decline took place. 25 , Do. i Shares all - - 10 ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 4cl par
2200
BDto.Alnnddruesw. Ssatk.uFbQl.ou..ebeteri
1180
_2
_1 d 8/
100 INeutastle and Carlisle. all -
1-1
About £40,000 in gold was withdrawn from the 25 (New., Aber., & Herefd. all 9
Bank of England yesterday. 10 (Newry & Armagh (def.' 9 - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed st2ocokNNoewrfro7ll: Warpt., & Ros alOO
52 ll
54
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 34 44
with a very dull and inactive appearance, and all - - P
100 5' 53 a-4 1/
stsnOcklNNoorrtthh.BCrofutinshtles Union :3l 34 3 d
rr, .
20 Ardennes
3 1 d 11
20 BalidiE S.Fran.,Lim.7p.e. 3
prices tended downwards. The sales only Stock l'-Nor.Dev.ltail &Dk. Stk. 100 - -
Stock Do.A Stk.- A'rec.no div
205 BBeerierasn
amounted to 4,000 bales.
1 until 6p.c.liasbeenpdß 100 - -
5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 15 24
To-day the following Railway calls come due, ssttocockkiNDoor.ttili_SEtaocsktn.
20 Dutch Rhenish
tlo;ciasrta.isJsuensseatie'o.n
all
ll
_i
__l_
15 8 6 d
£2 per share, or £140,738, on the Great Western of --Berwick 1100°° 8-3 -85 85 45/ d
6 Eastern of France
25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 11000134
20 Euphrates Valley 2v. - - P
Canada ; £3, or £48,312, on the Lancaster and Stock Do.
Stock Do. Leeds
20 Great Central of France all - York
20 Gt. Luxem. Con. shs.. all 4 5 5 I
-
Preston Junction ; £2, or £93,280, on the Recife Stocklo N Northa,s. Londonw estn,lT lOO NO 104
10 Italian Junction ...... 8 - - and San Francisco shares, £9 aid, and £l, 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - -
pand City Junction £3 ls. - -
20 Licrre and Turnhout... all - -
or
51 51 d 12 111
20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 2 244 54
£1,360, on the £lO paid. 20 North Staffordshire 174
20 iNorth-Western
20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all - -
Since Monday last the imports of specie have 10 IN o. & Sou. 'W.:Junction, all 7 8 -
bout2B 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - been a £412,828, and, the exports £348,070, Stock 'Ooford, Wor. & WolTer lOO 27 29
10 Peeblesx ' all - - 331 Maria Antonia
20 Do. do. New - -
all - -
exclusive of the following shipments direct from 20 (Portsmouth
20 Namur and Liege all 7 8
10 ' lihymney lO - -
20 ,Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 20
LOll4Oll to the Continent during the week ending toocck S',cottisli Central
t k , Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 21 .n
20 IDo. New Shares - - P •
Thursday last :___ tock,no. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 79 I,lt 16 Northern of France all 31 33
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 84 94
tock , Shropshire Union lOO 42 44 Gold coin Oporto 250 oz. 10 , Sittine-bourne & Sheer. all 64 d
amPstd 1()°
649'3
2114 d 6943 27034
20 Ottoman, gr,tia. 6 per cept 7 - 7--
20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 28 30
Gold coin Belgium
20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 43 46
100 61 63 62 1
Gold coin ..... ..Boulogne 2,275 oz. Stock South-Eastern
100 60 454
Silver C0in..... 2,275
. . 5,600 oz. Stock South Wales
20 ISoutliYorks.&Riv.Dun all 63 67 gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... '
20 I Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) 1 „
A mu
20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - -
much quieter feeling has been observable in 20 , Do. do - - 5 4d, 7
10 Rome and Frascati .... all - -
the Stock Exchange market to-day, and the fluctua- 20 Staines Wok & Wok all 811
20 Royal Danish all - -.5 'Stockton, &185D2"rlington-. all 34 36
all - - 5 Royal Swedish
lions
ir, have been only of a fractional character. The 25 IDo do - -
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all - -
25 Do: do.' 1858 7 - -
20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 4 5
l' 11 LICIS ,as well as foreign stocks and railway shares, - Stockton & ilartlepool 163 - -
10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref.... all 8 9
tock,Taff Vale lOO - -
are all at a slight improvement, and as only StocktDo. Preference, No. 1 - - 20 Southern of France .... all 14 16
8/ West Flanders
Dk&Rail 22 - -
two failures have occurred affairs have settled tFO,S klharloe; LaLehn lOO 58 62 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . all 910
down •
20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 17 19
into a more tranquil state ; but whether the tock,Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - -
20 Western of Austria.... 6 - -
improvement will continue must of course depend 2500 lw.WeastetrcfoorrndwllLimerick
all
6-4 -64
20 Western of Switzerland all - -
6 Wiesbaden - -
upon the nature of the advices from the Continnt. 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - -
6 Do 8 per cent. Pref I all - -
After such a week of intense commotion the coin- 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till
7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 2/ 34
parative quietude thus experienced is most 4 IT).sl3all 64 7
refreshing; and although fears are expressed 10 I Doe. lst London -
BRITISH MINES,
Class all
that serious difficulties may arise from the Consol 20 !Do. 2d Class all I -
Closing laminas
PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Mines. Paid. Price. Done.
settlement, it is hoped that the result may not
prove Share,' Railways.i Price. Done. 1
- Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11. I 10 I 6 7
so adverse as some parties appear to appre- 1 Closing Business
head. Paid.'
20 British Iron
25 ' Blythe and Tyne 1( per
- Condurrow (Camborne). 20 I - -
COnsols, which have been 90 to 1,„ are now (two Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.St£oscoK) 100 all
c. pref., (issued at . . go 95
149 in
10 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) 1 ?CIO 470
- East. Bassett (Illog•an). 30 1210 220
o'clock) about 90 sellers, and rather less firmness is 20 I Do. do. do. Shares - -
- 'Great South Tolgus.... 17s 134 144 13
tockCaledon £lO, 44 per cent! 100 98 100
- ,G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 2 3
reported in the other markets. Except in 12.10 ;Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2., 7.10 - - -
-G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 95 . 1
COntlexion with the settlement, the bull- ttoocckk (joie. sdtoe.rs4;pl.lcotl.yhd, 54 pcl 100
_-
_-
1 100 - ;Lady Bertha
- North Frances (Mogan) 84 ' 8 9
tet Bank transacted has been comparatively limited. 61 ?Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c., all - -
- ;North Wheal Crofty 7.9.,! 7 8
61 'Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 51 61
- i N.Wh '1 Basset (roily.,;
nil. 8 9
Stock has receded to 215 to 219 ; the New tock ,E.Angn. Class A 7&. spc 100
105 lig
- ,Par Consols (St. Waxy) 14 Threes- to 881 891 ; the Reduced to 881 89 ; and tocm- Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 -
ikc I goo: do.o. Clans •1;',o p 0........ 100
100 100 110 the 21
, per Cents. to 75. Long Annuities are steady l'lliii.c.csoun. Ex. 5 pct. lIo: 1000 108 112 - Sortridgc Cons. Min. Co. 6s 4 Z
- ,SoutliCaradon(St.Cleerl 24 240 250
at 17 11-16ths ; and Exchequer Bills at 18s. to 255. - rSorth C. Brea; Mogan). 2 24 3
- S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 195 205
Pretnitomekl Do: New 6 per ct. Stock 100 126 128
Stock Eastern Tinton, 4 per et. 100 80 82
5 Tamar Silver and Lead
um ; Indian Scrip has receded to 215 ; and Stock East Lanc. 6 per ct lOO - -
Mining Co 44 2 24
the Debentures to 891.911 The New Indian Scrip 5 k l'1,;116 Wa)arsk.sjTcen'tfliaftrhesa ItIO ----- 1.-- 10 ,Tin Croft 9 44 44
- 'UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - --
is flat at 881- to 90, being a" t a discount of 61 to 8- Vale of Toomey (Carm.) 12s 6d _
_1
_1
Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... leo - -
Stock°e E. dinn:Perth,& Duns. 4 pc. 100 68 70
- IWest Basset (Illo.:Jin). , 14 21i 224
Per Cent.
Stock Glas. &S West. ^• a. spc. 100 107 102
- [W. Caradon (Liske:rdi, 20 ,85 84
Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 112 115
- Wheal Basset (Illogan)., 54 1195 203
Only a very limited number of transactions are
- Wheal Buller (Iledrethy 5 120 130
100
2
recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices in all Stock Do. 5 pciledm.,lop.c.pm, 100 1108 111 107
Stock Do. 44
o p P.lf. cr. dsop.e pm 106 g 161 1.3 12. 63 Wheal Edwart-•(Cals.) ' 54 11 1
- !Wheal Kitty (U. Lelatit)i 1.7.2 91 !Oil
instances have advanced. Turkish 6 per Cents. lio Gt..'Nlic..ofeScmoifd, 14 pf:l all 11 114 I
47
- ;WWI Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 45
are 64 to 68 ; ditto New, 52 to 54 ; and the 4 per Stock I Gtp*Seni.trwet(W4l w(lreland)4 1100 - - I - cirh'l Trelawney (Lisk.)l 44 j
305 3141
- 1
Cents. have receded to 99 ; Mexican to 171 ; 50 Great West. (Berks and 6 ---
Hants) Ext. 5 p.et.... Russian 41 per Cents. to 88 ; and Sardinian to 67. Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p ct. 100 93 95 FOREIGN MINES
p,rerderemabalbel,e4 p.io ct., lgoo 8.3 L5l
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have Stockt
o Stock i)
Do.o. 20 Australian
1 Bon AceordCopper,Lim lOs 4 1 d
been rather restricted, but a rather firmer tone has Stock Do. sp. ot. Redeeni.Pre'f.! 100 98 100 100
8 Do. firm. Fret. Shares) all 94 10 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £.5p.) 27 1 i
prevailed, an improvement having taken place in 10 Gt. West.. Ches.' 8 p.c.pf. 1 I 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 10 12 104
11 116 17 :5 Do. Land and Mining-Co., all -
Mite instances of about Ito 14ese per cent. Eastern shares a Min
-
10 Do do. sp. et. pref ' all 121 1.01 1 Clarendon Consols
d
Co t•
fig Co. of Jamaica...) i - --lin les and Great Wtrns have advanced
lOs.; Stock Do firming. guar. stock, 100 170 72
C 118 19 244 Do. Cliesterg,uar.shares all
all , 9 0 40 Cobra Copper all 33 35
Caledonian and Midland, £l, and North Eastern 13l Do. do. do - Cepiapo 1 16 10 12
Ber •
20 Do. do. do. I all 134 14 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co, all i
Berwick L 1 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire have
2 Fortuna I all 14 11
declined ' Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, 100 1133 138
20 General , all 21 23
£l, and North Western and South Stock Lon.&firip...spc.g•u. No.l, 100 ' - -
Eastern, £1 lOs. Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2; 100 - - 3 Linares all 84 94 9
6 Lusitanian
Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct... I 100 - -
1 Mariquita all 4
The Foreign lines have been ve ry inactive, the Stock Do. do sp. c. No. 41 100
1 New Granada all - - Chi • Stock Lo.&Nv. &Nun- I
1 N.RhineCop.,of S.A us.L 10 ? par 4 p
chief dealing,s. being in Lombardo-Venetian which eaton, pet. ' 100 - -
20 Po;alnbradn.Sdilnekrlliie.a.d. I
all
3,
44
are at 54 6 for the Old Shares, and 5 for the New. Stock Ilmiip& *fC4S;l,l7rieis.ct. stock,
100 155 165
5 Port Philip 1
In the Colonial Market East Indian have ad- 12:1 Londondy & Cole, 1 slis. all -
9-
30 Santiago de Cuba la? I 15 4 1;
vanced £2 ; Grand Trunk of Canada have declined stock
11%,roalnwl. onidy.&i}:innn, ii.
it set: 100 7
115 120 28.2.811 United Mexican
sl ~ &
108. -
; and Great Western.of Canada, ss. 6 Do. 46 , 44 i ll' 1
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Stock Do. 34 per cent. I 100 65 67 Joint-Stock Bank sad Miscellaneous Shares are 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - -
about former quotations. 124 f Do. 4 per cent... ... ... all - -
Paid I Closing Business
Do, - - Share Securities. • Prices. Done.
Stock
?loidCoCniirlisp.&iiSr.Tpact lOOlO
133 136 -
100 108 111 110
BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES, Stock Do. 44 p. C.
prof. stock.. 100 99 101 104 100 -- Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July
- Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 107 110
Bank Stock
110
- Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 107
Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 89,4 94 Stock Do. Leic. &Hit. Hit.pref. ■st. 100 90 92
~,, Newport,Aber,&c.pset.s
- N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 108 111
New
Cent. Consols Annuities - --
.;.4,00; 3 per Cent. Annuities
;10 25 per Cent. Annuities - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S.
Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 108 111 109
4-' ng Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860.. - 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.e.shares all 85 9
S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 108 110 1084
Ditto 30 Year's ex • sth lBB', *1"11 16
, pro April, a.. i - Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lBl6 16b - -
- Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 -
India Stock Stock Do. 51p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - -
215 Stock ,Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - -
Ditto Ditto Debentures S'Jl 91?, Stock, North British, 5 per cent 100 - - - -
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Loan Scrip
.. 995 90 881- Stock Do. New, gua. 5 percent 100 - -
-- - -- ------- - -
Consols for Account (May 5) •
894 9 1 904 Stock Nth.Dev.lZail.,t Dfk.Co. 100 - -
I 1 Closing i Business
Stock N-East. irred. 4p.c. Deb.' 100 , - -
Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. i Paid. Price. , Done.
Pxc March. June.
hequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d & lld 18 9- I Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref.' 100 192 94
, ...._
,5.13.4.' 15 1 d
Ditto f,500
I ---.
17 Do. do. do.
1 I
.......... 2,5 18 Ditto Small, 14d. ...... - - - 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1.1 13 - -
1 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 - - 1
~
all - - d 9 8°
.......... lo 2o I - 124 IDo. do. Quarters:lB46 I 9 , -
40 Australasia
I all 20 22
FOREIGN FUN DS--CLOSING PRICES 25 i 80. York, 11. &S. Purch.' 10 ;4 d par 91
25 Bank of Egypt
Mexican 3 per Cent. ...... . ' • 174 ' 20 North Staffordshire .... all 122 23
100 'Pink of London 5O - - 1
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent..... ........
. Stock 10x. $7Vr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g- 100 1115 120
40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo.l all - -
.... - Ditto 41 per Cent. ...Stock ,Do. do. do., 2d gua .. 100 .115 118 116
00 British North American, all - -
StocklDo.ftp.c.Db.stk.inperp 100 9B 100
20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c' 12 - -- d
Sardinian, 5 per Cent. ........................ 6'87 50 - -- 621
' 84.71 Scottish Central, new pi all - -
100 City
,:nrkish 6 per Cent. ........................ GI 7 5 Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 -___ -___ 100 Colonial -
Ditto Account ....................... 64 8 Stock) Do. 34 per e. pref. stock 100 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - Ditto New Loan .................... 54 Stock' Do.A berdeen.g7ua.6 pc. 100 - - 100 Commercial of London 2O -
Ditto Account
52 8 Stock' 'Do. 7p. e. pref. stock. 100 - - 20 Eng., Scot. & Aus. Ch. all - -
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. - los. ,South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 104 '
20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - , 10 I Do. Fixed 44 percent. all - -- 20 Lon.Char.Bk.of Austral. all - -
Dittoiiecerunt • 99 1.0.6.50uth Eastern (Reading 50 London and County ... 20 - -
Dividends on the above payable in London. Ann. 10 6 ) all 23 24
50 London Joint Stock ... 10 - - 30
TWO O'CLOCK Stock Do .4,1 per cent lOO 100 102
100 London & Westminster. 20 - - 48 75
• Stock Do. Fixed 41p.c.lst is. 100 100 102 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - --
Consols, Money
Sellers. Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 - - 20 Do. new lO - - Consols for Account (May 5) .. •. 90 Stock South Wales, gm.. 4 p.c. 100 - - 50 'ational Bank 25 - -
---_
St2oock Do. 44 per cent lOO - 20 New South Wales -
25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all - -
, The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea have left 251 .1-ocll.7;nkns and Dfri're.s'p.se: all -274 -284 20 Ottoman Bank all 15 17 15 17
" he St. George's Hotel for Eastwell Park. 25 i I Do. 6 per cent all 32 33 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 - --
• Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 10 Do. New all -- -
Vicomte de Thury leaves the B s run wick Hotel 6 Percent. - -
4.
17a - -
to-Morrow for Paris. ---- _____________ 1 25 Do. New
25 Union of Australia all - - 49
Lord And Lady Ashburton are on a tour in Egypt,
__LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
_____ 25 Do. New 2O - -
--,
59 (Union of London lO
and will not return to England until June. Railways. ! paid 1 Leasing I Closing Busines
100 'Unity Mutual 6O - - 1 I
Lord and Lady Burghersh have left town on a _ _
_________ •.co 's , Price'; Done.
, • • 1100 (Western Bk of London 50 :7; -di
Visit to Mr. and Lady Charlotte Sturt. at Critchill House, Bedford and nt....,,__ I __ I I . ' -

Lord and Lady Burghersh have left town on a
visit to Mr. and. Lady Charlotte Sturt, at Critchill House,
Dorset.

Baron Stutterheim has arrived at Fenton's Hotel,
troul Germany. - .
.
LMlNEs._we have been accustomed to look upon
ashr week as one of half-holiday, and quiet; but this has
beencue of most extraordinary exeitement, with
great fluc-
tuations and almost unprecedented depression in the funds
And. other public securities. It is not our custom in this
Place to enter-into political questions, or discuss the subject
tirtiropean war. We have only to notice its effects on
esetarY affairs and mining investments, and to
we shall now confine ourselves. When we
lit t wrote funds were at 95, and they have since
..,,veen at est, showing a fall of 61 per cent. On
'-' ednesday. the Times calculated the depreciation in the
funds and different railway shares at 50 millions sterling*;
and, as funds were then over 90, the fall which has taken
place will make the total depreciation nearer 100 millions,
While some of the- foreign securities and railways have
scarcely been negotiable at any price whatever. Unfor-
tunately, it so happens that abroad, and even in this
country, the fluctuations in the funds are looked upon as
the barometer of public opinion,
wrong impressions, especially on the Conatnindent,thaerereftoorea,
certain extent created. In reality, however,
the great
fluctuations, and the panics that invariably succeed, are
Erincipally caused by large speculatives sales in the Stock
xchange, and by mere gambling transactions. The
public who are holders of stock see the daily fall, and
becoming
.alarmed, rush eagerly to sell, and
geto
the satisfaction of the "bears." This time, however, the
Stock
.Exehange suffers the most severely, and already up-
wards of 50 failures have taken place, one of them alone it
is said being for £140,000. The chief cause of these disas-
ters is understood to be that the banks refused to advance
Money upon foreign securities, and very little upon any
others. Among all this, it is not surprising that the
Mining Share Market should be dull, and comparatively
inactive ; but there has been no kind of panic on the mar-
ket, nor any particular fall in price ; in fact, the market on
the whole has been well supported, and as there is not-
ely to be a fall in metals, good dividend and progressive
'Niles will, as we have before remarked, become greatly in
semand, and be the safest and most profitable means of
and, and
Journal of this day.

Bedford and Bletehley
Buckinghamshire
Clydesdale Junction,. .
Colchester, Stour Val.
E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.e.
E Union,llarwichShs.
Do. Woodbridge
Gis.Barr.&Neils,Drct.
Do. New

Glosier& Dean Forest
H a rtlpool. Dek. &Rail
Hull and Selby
Do. Shares
Do. Shares
London&Greenwich
Do. Preference
h
Lon.,Tilby.&Sontend.
Do. Barking Sares
Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct
Do. 6 per cent
Manc.,Buxtn. &M
6p c.
atk.
Mid
sb. & Redcr, g..
Mid. Bradford Prf. Stk.
Newmarkt.,BuryEx I
guaranteed 5 p. C.
Northn.& Eastn. 50. c.
Do. do. 6 per cent
Do. Fixed 5 per cent.
Preston and Wyre.

Ln & N.W
Ln & N.W
Caledonin
E.T.I. &E C
Gt. North.
E.Counts.

Cal nnnnnnnnn
Do. ..
Gt. iy„7. *
Ykli•Mcf.
D 0.....
Do. ...
S. East... :
Do.

Norfolk
Do.
LN W&3l

IStk.& Dart

'Midland

Do. Shares A.
Roystn,Hitch.4 Shep
Shf.ltoth.&Gol.g.sp.c.
Shrowsbryk Hereford
South Staffordshire ..
Wear Valley, g. 6 p. c.
Do. do.
Wilts and Somerset
Wimbledon& croydn

97 99
101 103
164 174
135 140
4/ 411

Docks.

E.Counts.

all Do.
all Do.
all Do.
L&N W
all &
all Do
100 Gt.Nort h
18 11 6 Lan.& Yk
all T Brasssy
all M'Clcan .
all Stk.& Dar
all Do.
100 Gt. West
:all L.&Brgtn

DOCKS.

105 110

64 -64
115 120
'BB 92

21 1
CO 9.51
I tF,
54 56

1135 140

91 n
101 101

Alfred Consols (Philack)l 2.11.10 6 7
20 British Iron IISI 2 3
Condurrow (Camborne) 20
10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 ;460 470
!East Bassett (Illogan). 30 1210 220
'Great South Tolgus 17s 134 144 13
IG.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 2 3
G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 94
;Lady Bertha
North Frances (Illogan) 84 8 9
!North Wheal Crofty 7.9.,!' 7 8
- IN.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 8 9
- ,Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14
Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9
Sortridgc Cons. Min. Co. 6s
,SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 240 250
- rSorth C. Brea; Mogan). 2 24 3
S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 195 205
5 Tamar Silver aLd Lead
Mining Co 44 2 21
10 Tin Croft 9 44 44
'UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40
Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d
'West Basset (I110,21m) l4 214 224
jW. Caradon (Liske:rd) 1 20 85 88
Wheal Basset (Illogan) ! 51 ;195 203
Wheal Buller (Redreth)' 5 'l2O 130
Wheal Edwari., (Cals.) 54 14 24
!Wheal 'Kitty (U. Lelant)i 1.7.2 ;91 101
;WWI MaryAnn(Meshe), 8 145 47
--Trelawney (Lisk.)l 41 301 314
1
FOREIGN MINES
20 Australian
1 Bon AceordCopper,Lim. 108 4 I d
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1
20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 10 12 104
5 Do. L and and Min in gCo. all
1 Clarendon Consols Min
ing Co. of Jamaica ... I d
40 Cobra Copper all 33 35
Copiapo l6 10 12
1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1
2 Fortuna
20 General all 21 23
3 Linares all 81 94 9
4 Lnsitanian
d
1 Mariquita all 4
1 New Granada all
1 N.RhineCop.of S.A us.l lO par ip
20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead
Mining and Smelt.... all 31 44
5 Port Philip 1 ,
30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1
22.2.84iUnited Mexican

, 90 92
i 8 9

Paid Closing Business
Price. Done.

Stock Commercial lOO
Stock Do 4 perCent.Pret .Min lOO
Stock East and West India lOO
Stock London lOO
Stack St. Katharine lOO
Stock Southampton lOO
Stock Victoria
40 Do New 1 48 17.

Share)

100
10
Stock)

St-.Ockl