The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-20 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Feb. 20.

A circular has been issued by Dr. Giskra, the
Minister of the Interior, to the provincial Governors
of Upper Austria and Styria.
The Minister calls attention to the agitation
fomented by the clergy in the above-named dis-
tricts against the new Constitution, and in-
structs the Governors to warn them against
encouraging intrigues. They are desired to inform
the Bishops that the Government has no intention
of interfering with the clergy in the execution of
their spiritual duties, but that it also demands that
they should not consider themselves as above the
laws. In case of non-compliance the Government
will be compelled to bring the disturbers of the
public peace before the tribunals.

FLORENCE, Feb. 19 (Evening).

The Chamber of Deputies continued to-day the
discussion of the estimates of the Ministry of Fi-
nance. The Report of the Committee proposed an
additional vote of 20,000,000 lire to cover the loss
sustained by the payments abroad in gold. Signor
Ferraris opposed the payment abroad in gold of
all coupons of the different debts without distinc-
tion.
_Count Cambray Digny, the Minister of
Finance, asked the Chamber to pass to the order of
the day on this question, and said that the adop-
tion of the proposal of Signor Ferraris would ruin
Italian credit abroad. Count Cambray Dign y
refused to accept a proposal made by Signor Fossa
to suspend the discussion of the question, declaring
that such an adjournment would have an equally
injurious effect. Signori Sella, Minghetti, and Finzi
condemned the proposal of Signor Ferraris as con-
trary to the national good faith. The close of the
discussion was then proposed, but not put to the
vote, the Chamber not forming a quorum. Signor
Ferraris will reply to-morrow.

THE COLENSO CONTROVERSY.

NATAL, Jan. 13. (via Plymouth).

Judgment has been declared in the suit of Bishop
Colenso against. Dean Green. The Supreme Court
has set aside the judgment of the Privy Council,
and declares that Natal was a Crown colony
when the plaintiff's patent was issued, that Pr.
Colenso is, therefore, trustee of all the
buildings, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The
judgment further ejects Dean Green from the
deanery, and prohibits him from officiating in any
of Dr. Colenso's churches.
„The friends of the Dean have since held a meet-
ing, at which it was resolved not to appeal against
the judgment, but to erect or hire temporary
churches, and that Dean Green should at once pro-
ceed to England.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, Feb. 19.—Three o'clock.--The market
closed as follows :

4 per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent • 68 5
End of mouth 6B 65
Credit Mobilier
End of month l9O
Credit Foncier 1422 50
End of month 1383 75
RAILWA:

Bank Shares 3230
It&P.an Loan
End of month 43 40
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred —

Account
Orleans ... 895
Northern ~ 1175
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 545
Western
Eastern • • 545
Sardinian
Austrian 560

Lombard B76}
North of Spain 7l}
Saragossa
Roman 47

0 r MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

A considerable improvement has taken place in
nearly all departments of Stock Exchange business.
The chief cause of this change is a prevailing opinion
that the foreign demand for gold is being checked by
the export of corn to France. The funds are about f
per cent. better. Foreign Government securities have
likewise adviinced, Egyptian, Peruvian, and Spanish
being in chief request. English railways are much
better. - Metropolitan have recovered 1/, and Midland
1. Bank and miscellaneous shares have more or less
participated in the reaction.
The inquiry for discount is but moderate, and the
minimum rate in the open market continues at 1g per
cent.

The Liverpool cotton market is excited, and another
farthing clearer.
Consols are firm at an advance of nearly per
cent., beinv quoted at 93 to 93i for mcney and
account. New and Reduced Three per cents., 93a to
93 ; India Five per Cents., 111: to 1121 ; Bank
Stock, 248 to 250 ; Exchequer Bills, 12s to 17s prem.
`The variation in Foreign Stock comprise a recovery
of -k in Peruvian (1865), at 75 to 76, and in Egyptian
(1864), at 87 to SS ; of in Greek, at 12A- to 13, and
in the Viceroy's Nine per Cent. Bonds, at 891-
to 89 ; Mexican are firm, at 15i to 16 ;
New Spanish, 36 to 36,4 ; Turkish, 32g to ;
Italian, 43:1 to 441 ; Portuguese, 391. to 40 ; Egyptian
(1864), 87 to 88 ; Viceroy Seven per Cent., 74i to
74:f ; Brazilian, 74i to 7r4 ; and Russian (1862), 85
to 86.

The New Honduras Loan is steady, at i to 12-
Dre In .

In American Securities United States' Five-Twenty
Londs are better, at 721- to 72R ; Erie Railway is
14 lower, at 474 to 48 ; and Illinois ±, at 88 to 89.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have receded 4, to 26 to 27, but the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds remain firm, at 251; to 26.
English Railway shares are generally firm. Metro-
politan are 1± higher, at 110 to 110 ; Midlands 1, at
107 to 107 k ; London and North Western, at 118±
to 1181 ; Calenonian 4, at 82 to 83 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire I, at 127-}; to 127 s ; and Great Western
and London, Brighton, and South Coast, each ;on
the other hand, Great Northern are ± lower, at 107
to 109

Bank Shares are quiet, and the only movement is
an advance of in London and County, which are
now quoted at 52 to 53. Agra (A Shares) 11 to 111.
Alliance, 13.5 to 1215 dis. Consolidated, to 11 preen.
ex div. London Joint Stock, 34 to 35.
Foreign mining shares are flat. St. John del Rey
is lower, at 17 to 18. Chontales worse, at 2k to
dis. Port Philip, 1 5-16ths to 1 7-16ths.
In miscellaneous securities the dealings are unim-
portant. Hudson's Bay is 3; lower, at 14i to 14i ;
London General Omnibus flat, at 1 -16 to 2 15-16.
Anglo-American Telegraph, 19 to 19i. ex div. ;
Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent, 51, to 5i ; National
Discount, 10i to 11f.
The directors of the St. John del Rey mines have
issued a circular to the shareholders, containing
copies of letters received from Mr. Gordon to the 17th
ult. Little progress had been made during the
fortnight intervening since the previous advices,
in clearing the mines of the injurious vapour
which more or less prevailed throughout. Every,
effort was being made to obtain as much ore as pos-
sible for the stamps, and the expenditure was being
reduced as rapidly as possible. The quantity and
quality of the stone stamped at the Gaia stamps was
not yet such as to guide to any opinion as to the gold
contents of the lode.

The, traffic receipts of the Bahia and San Francisco
Railway Company for the week ending January 11
shows an increase of £632. The receipts of the
Buenos Ayres and Great Southern Railway for the
week ending December 22, 1867, show a decrease 01
£234, whicti is attributed to the dull state of business
caused by cholera.
The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
show an increase for the week ending February 1 of
£3,652.

A special general meeting of the Calcuttaand South
Eastern Railway Company has been called for the 28th
test, to confirm the resolution passed at the meeting
oi.
the 28th January, to hand over the railway to the
Secretary of State for India on the terms previously
mentioned.

An extraordinary general meeting of the Cape
Railway Company ha been convened for the 3d
March, to consider the report of the committee ap-
pointed to consult with the directors as to the best
steps to be taken to induce the Cape Government to
extend the railway system into the interior of the
COIOny.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank o
England yesterday, and in some quarters it is thought
Probable that the export demand for gold has received
a check.

The City of London, from New York, has brought
£3,000 in specie.
The outgoing mail to the East takes to-day £7,940,
of Which £7,000 is gold for Egypt.
The committee of bankers in London have refused
to alter the hour of commencing business, upon the
ground that the hf,ur from nine to ten not being occu-
Pied by counter work, the mere opening of the doors
au hour later would make very little difference.
It has been currently reported in Paris that the
Italian government contemplate the imposition of a
tax of ten per cent. on the holders of the Italian debt.
The last letters from Florence, however, state that
the Finance Minister will make, in the event of such
a tax being imposed, certain reserves in the case of
foreign holders of Italian rentes equivalent to a pro-
tection from the duty. It seems certain that some
amountt of tax will be proposed, as money must be
had at any price. The National Bank of Italy has
opened a subscription for the sale £1,200,000 capital
of the obligatory loan, at 71f. 20c., and the amount
has been sold, and this is said to be the explanation
of the high prices obtained for the church property.
Madrid advices state that the Bank of Spain will
accede to the wishes of the government, and employ a
portion of its revenues in the purchase of the public
stocks.
The biddings for £200,000 in bills in India were
held yesterday at the Bank of England. The
amounts allotted were :—To Calcutta £186,000, and
to Madras £14,000. The minimum price was fixed
as before at is loid on Calcutta and Madras. Tenders
at is 10d on these Presidencies will receive about 33
Per cent ; those above will be allotted in full. No
tenders on Bombay were invited. These results show
a slightly increased demand.
The Metropolitan District Railway have made a
call of £4 on the £2O share of this company, making
£l7 paid, payable the 14th of March.
The creditors of Messrs. Walsh and Sons, of
Tipton and Deepfields, met yesterday at Birmingham,
When it was decided to allow the estate to go into
bankruptcy.
The report of the directors of the London General
Omnibus Company recommends a dividend for the
past half year of is per share, being at the rate of 2!
per cent, per annum.
Petitions have been presented to the Court of
Ch Lncery for the winding up of the Tamar Bank
tiramte Company, and the Reinnie
Mining
Company (Limited).
The liquidators of Overend, Gurney, and Co.
(Limited), have intimated their willingness to meet
the wishes of the creditors, as expressed at the meet-
ing held on the 3d instant, by the issue to them of
Promissory notes, at six, twelve, and eighteen months,
for the balances due to them, with interest at four
per cent ~ on condition of the notes being dated on
t
the 15th March, 1668. Mr. Oppenhenu considers
hat this modification is one which the creditors ought
to accept.
The Rossa Grande Gold Mining Company's produce
1."1: December was 1,692 oitavas. 137 tons have been
extracted from Upper Formation first workings ;
Jrte id 11 oitavas er ton.
L silbscriptiopn list of. the Australian Gold Mining
InPany will close on Saturday, the 29th inst.

BRITISH FTINDS —TWO VOLOCIE.
(IOENMENT F
8 Per ueV.c.R Cotwols UNDS.
93 2i 31. it
a 130. Account, March 5 93
mlaer Cent. Reduced 93} i
Kew per Cent 93i
BW 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
g
4 Ina e• per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
per Cent.
yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 —
1)0. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 'lBB5 —
E "e (Red Sea Televaph), Au,., 1908 —
"e
(Red
Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. — pm
Do £5OO — pm
II , Do. £lOO & £2OO pm
"i.sino of England Stock, 4-} per Cent 249
• Account
1.44.1Nn1AN GOVERNMENT SECURITIEV. ,
Lla locir, 10 per Cent., April 1874
o
• Account
De. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 Oct. 1888
Certificates —
'O. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
be• 5 per Cent.,
M.
1872
71°. 5i- per Cent May 1879 —•
••,c) ,s--- " - .1-- - - -

~..
0 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 187° _
D do. 1877 —
Do
D• do. 1882 _
°.
~-)eb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
1),?,: I,ollc-1,3,7? per Cent., £l,OOO

• undpr'El..o110
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK.
4;',entine Republic, 6 per Cent _
13r,,tri.4n Bonds, b 5
per Cent. 1859
-gll an 5
per Cent —
)
•4i par Cent. 1852 —
ji,°' do lB7B —
—1,0• (10"
,-). */ 18 it
bo. do., 1863 65-i
, 5 per Cent 1865
up - —0 , . Account 751 5
0 '`.):. 6 Per Cent.
4risuan 6 per Cent —
44
4k Per COJI
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00. 6 per Cent., B .
Do., 1867
Do., 7 per ,Cent., 18:36
Do., Scrip £32 paid
C :• rabian, 6 per Cont.
`)anisti, 3 p 31' Cent., 1825
D ,nubian iYncipalities, 7 per Cent__ 70 1. 69}
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ".> —
Eouador New Consolidated, 1 per Cenl —
t!gyptian, 7 per Cent B9
!to. Second Issue
.
D .. f 510 Bonds
D0..£106 Bonds —
Du. 1864
90. 15 .0 Bonds B7l
Do. £lOO Bonds ,.... 89}
Governt.6ut Railway Debentures .... 91; 1 2;
Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups —
Do. Account
Du. Coupons
Do. Account ...
Glatemala 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., f 25 p
Its.ian 5 per Cert., 1866 —
Do. Account _ —
Do. Maremmana Rai way —
A !xicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1864
Lle• 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
lontovid4w, C per Cent .. —
",ot.n.ish Imperial 5 per Cent
\Tow Granada —
t:2O 3 per Con —
Do. Defert•ad
Do LeitU Wet-rants t Hectares)
Peravian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account —

Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 4 per Cent.. 1862
Do Account
Port.,„ruese 3 per Ct.. 185:i, 'O, '7,
Do. do., 1" 67
Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid 1 pin
Ruisian 5 per Cent., iezz, £ D, B7-1-4
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1,62
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds —
Do. do. £B4 los. do.
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds
Do. do. £B4 15s. do —
Santinian, 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per (Jen
Do AcciAint ...
Do New Deferrod
.••
Do Account
Do Passive
Do Accent
Do Cora. Cert. of Cou not :ded...
Do Account.
Tu .kish 6 per Cent.
~,o Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 •••
Do Account.
• Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ..
Do Account
Do £lOl Bonds --
Do. 1863
Do 5 per cent., 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865
Do 1 por Cent.' Guaranteed
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
tio 6 per Cent, 1862
Po 6 per Cent. 1864
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .....
)ividencts on the above payable in London.
French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gup,. 864
Do Account
Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, 25f.
Do. Account 44
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 93
Do. Account, March 93

211E7ROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

RESIGNATION OF MR. DOULTON,

Last night Mr. John Pollard, clerk to the Metro-
politan Board of Works, received a communica-
tion from Mr. Doulton, M.P., resigning his seat at
this Board as one of the members for Lambeth.
There can be no doubt whatever that the cause of
the resignation of the member for Lambeth has been
brought about by the late discussions on the Fur-
ness contract for the Thames Embankment, and
especially as regarded the large number of the mem-
bers of the Metropolitan Board of Works who
were ready to join in a vote of censure on
Mr. Doulton for his conduct in that matter.
Of course the decision to which the honourable
member for Lambeth has arrived will mate-
rially simplify the future proceedings of the
board in reference to this subject, 113 it would
hardly be becoming in the board to revive discus-
sions involving very serious charges in the absence
of the person who.is most materially affected, and
whose conduct has been so freely canvassed, not
only amongst his colleagues, b* by the public at
large.

ALARMING FIRE IN FARRINGDON

S 7 1? EET.—This lla f.

SIX LIVES SAVED BY TEIE FIRE ESCAPE.

This (Thursday) morning, between one and two
o'clock, the premises of Mr. Coad, late Hubbard,
tobacconist, 21, Farringdon-street, City, were dis-
covered by the policeman on duty to be on fire. At
that time the inmates were in their beds asleep.
They were at once aroused and made sensible of
their danger, but the smoke arising from burning
tobacco was of such a suffocating character that the
parties were prevented from getting down stairs,
and they therefore made for the second floor,
and cried loudly for help. Conductor Watson
immediately attended with the fire escape,
and succeeded in bringing down his escape
five persons, namely, three men, two women,
and an infant. Several engines, both manual and
steam, quickly attended, and plenty of the New
River Company's water having been procured the
firemen went to work, and happily succeeded in
confining the flames to the basement and ground-
floor warehouse, but considerable damage was done
to the stock in trade and also to the building and the
furniture. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Conductor Puzey the previous day saved five lives
at the fire which occurred at a linendraper's in Bath-
street, City-road.

_ -
MARKETS—(I his Day•)

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE.
SUGAR.—The market is firm, with light supplies. Sales
of Manilla on the spot continue to be made at 268 for
unclayed snd 28s 6d to 29s 3d for clayed. No. 12 Havan-
nah and Mauritius floating may be quoted at 25s fully. Re-
fined sugars in steady request.
COFFEE.—Demand continues steady for the better qua-
lities.

nu—Common to medium black leaf kinds meet a fair
demand at the late advance.
RICE maintains its value, but is inactive.
SALTPETRE realises 19s 6d to 19s 9d for good Bengal
on the spot.

JUTE in moderate request and as last quoted.
Ons.—Rapeseed firm, at 37s for English brown, on the
spot ; coceanut selling steady at 49s 6d Ceylon, and 55s
Cochin.

TALLOW.
Market a shade firmer at yesterday's currency.
HAY AND STRAW.

There are few supplies on sale, at both Whitechapel
and Smithfield, and trade was dull at late rates. Meadow
hay, 60s to 81s; clover, first cut, 80* to lOUs ; second, 50s
to 84s ; straw, 28s to 33s per load.