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The business doing in public securities is very
ilalited, and in the absence of important outside in-
fluences, no improvement is expected in this direction
until after next week. In the meantime, how-
ever, the funds are showing snore animation
than for some time past. The cause of
this return of activity is the present position
of the money and bullion markets. Nearly a million
and a half sterling in Australian gold is on its way
from Melbourne, and the influx from New York has
revived. At the same time there is more money
seeking employment at home, while the revival in
trade is insufficient to keep up recent rates.
Money shows increasing ease. Though the large
cdsbursements to take place in connection with the
Payment of the Government and -Milk dividends will
not commence till to-morrow, its effect is already
partially realized. Holders of bills hold back for a
day or two, and the decline of business has reduced
the rate to about I'l to 1 per cent.
Cotton in Liverpool has declined to g this
morning.
The English Funds are very firm. Consols aro in
request at yesterday's advance, at 931- to 93 for
money and account ; New and Reduced Three per
Cents., 91. k to 924 ; India 5 per Cents.,
R 1 ink Stock, 24-i '1
to 246 ; Exchequer 113.1 to 114 f ;
Bills, 1131 to
Foreign Stocks are steady, but there is very little
going forward. The prices current are as follows :
alexlean, 151- to 16 ; Greek, 12 to 13 ; New
Bpanish, 351
to 36; Italian (1861), 49 to 49/ ;
Turkish (1865),
to 3,41 ; Portuguese, to 1 prem.;
Orel-Vitebsk, 80- to 81 ; Egyptian (1864), 80i to
,811 ex div. ; (lido Railway Debentures, 89 to 89i ;
vieerors Seven per Cents., 721 to 731 ; and the Nine
nor Cents., 884 to 891.
The Spanish Colonial Eight per Cent. Loan is 11
1S prom.

z'gYptian Nine per Cent. Bonds are 884 to 89.
The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem.
In American Securities, United States Five-Twenty
Bonds arc -4- better, at 74 to 72a. Erie shares steady,
at 48 to 49 ; Illinois 92 to 93.
English Railway Shares' are firm, and prices gene-
rally are better. Great Northern advanced # (ditto A),
and Caledonian ± ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Mid-
18'141_ South Eastern, Great Western, and Lon-
don, Brighton, and South Coast 4 each. The fol-
lowing are the quotations :—Lancashire and Yorkshire
1254 to 126 ; Midland, 105 to 1054 ; South Eastern,
721 to 731- ; London and North Western, 114 to
1144 ; Great Northern, at 1024 to 1034 ; ditto A,
97 to 98 ; Great Eastern, 341 to 34- ; Great
Western, 491 to WI ; London, Brighton, and South
Coast, 501 to 503, ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, 434 to 44 ; Metropolitan, 1121 to 113± ;
Caledonian, 70* to 701.
Bank Shares are quiet, and prices generally are
unaltered. Agra (A shares) are quoted at 10k to 101 ;
Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 41 to 4,1
prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Consoli-
dated, 4- to 4H; Imperial, 17 to .174 ; Imperial
Ottoman, 1 to 1 prem. ; London and County, 51 to
52 ; London and Westminster, 674 to 684 ; Oriental,
42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 31 to 32 ; Union of
London, 31 to 32.
Finance shares are steady. Credit Fonder, 21 to 3 ;
l3reneral Credit, 2,i- to 2'4 dis. ; International Finance,
2 to 14 dis.
In Foreign „Mining Shares St. John del Rey is
quoted at 21 to 22.'' Port Philip, 1± to 14 ; Chou-
tales, 1 to.l dis.
In Miscellaneous Securities there is little business
°°ing, and prices are without change. Anglo-
.A.tnerican Telegraph, 224 to 22.1 ; Atlantic Tele-
graph 8 per Cents., 5 to 5.1 1; Hudson's Bay steady,
144. to 14g- ; London General Omnibus, 11 to 2.
There were no gold operations reported at the Bank
of England yesterday.
The Oneida, from Brazil, has brought £20,033 in
Specie, the City of Cork 12,001 from New York, and
the Delta, from Bombay, with £1,564.
The Australian gold shipped from Melbourne in
January, for Europe, amounted to £367,500, thus
increasing the total known to be at sea from this
dueport to . £1,300,000, a portion of which is already
A net sum of £506,600, represented by 4,273
°°nds of the Brazilian debt, due in this country, was
cancelled last week with the ordinary formalities, in
accordance with the contract with the bondholders
represented by Messrs. Rothschild. Of these bonds,
there., were 583 of the Loan of 1852, for £58,300 ;
Loan of
of of the Loan of 1858, for £131,400 ; 928 of the
1860, for £92,800; and 1,448 of the Loan
of 1863, for £224,100.
Sir Stafford Northcote, the Secretary of State for
India, has arranged with the Bank of England for the
Payment of the interest on the Indian Funds without
eiwsing the transfer books, the new system to coin-
inence with the dividends due in May.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
Pointed Thursday 9th inst., a special settling day in
the Four per Cent. Preference (Convertible) Stock of
the Caledonian Railway Company, to be marked.
It is stated, with regard to
o
of Belgium, that the applications for the obliga-
tthe ions exceed one million in number, and that, after
number had been reduced one half, it was only
1,),.Y the controllers (Messrs. Rothschild) giving up
their own reserve that the larger subscribers were
enabled to obtain one-seventeenth part of their re-
quirements.
The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of £958 over last year, and the
the an increase of £1,703. The traffic return of
Ine Great 'Western Railway of Canada for the week
ending the 3d inst. shows an increase of £846 over
the corresponding period of last year.
At a recent meeting of some of the principal
Shareholders in Overeud, Gurney, and Co. (Limited),
tha committee of four gentlemen. were appointed for
e. purpose of taking proceedings at common law
agaust some of the directors to recover, if possible,
portion of the losses incurred. The committee
have issued a circular inviting subscriptions from
the shareholders at the rate of 3s. per share, to
meet the exr.enses connected with the action. It
appears from the circular that the committee intend,
la the first place, to select one of their subscribers as
plaintiff, and that the action will be taken against such
of the directors as are known to be wealthy. In
the event of any compromise arising from the pro-
posed' litigation the directors will certainly insist
on the committee handing over to them the whole of
the evidence obtained during the protracted and
costly investigation ; otherwise the directors would
lay themselves open to further action from shareholders
who have not subscribed to the fund. The committee
are, it is stated, supported in a highly satisfactory
Manner.
Yesterday the Birmingham houses advanced the
price of English tin £2 per ton, making present prices
for refined block £lOl per ton, and common block
£9B per ton.

BRITISH FUNDS —TWO O'CLOCK.
4 OcVERNMENT FUNDS.
° Per tient. Consols
.+ll Do. Account, May 5 931 4
a
914 21
per Cent. Reduced
114,eW per Cent 92 n 2f
"er,'w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
ijo 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
Annuities,
30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
"10. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
E 1--)0 (Red Sea Televaph), Au,;., 1908 —
(etlequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct.
Doo ,
D
£5OO —.Pm
£lOO .t £2OO l4
ex
%Ilk of England Stock, 41 per Cent 216 4
—O. Account
na;INI)IAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
L.,,N0, took, 10-1-per Cent., Aprill87l
Ur,o. Account
1131 141
nu°. 5 per
Oct
1880
"„°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
UO. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent
88°. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1872
,
per Cent., May
1879 —
Do P•
Do o per Cent ,Ru Bob., 1872 lO2
~, Do. . do. 1877 —
do. 1882 —
Do. Wpb',-uk;. e 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
1)0 underncs,
£l, 5 per
000 C ent., £l,000
A.r..orai,,FoltElGX FUNDS—TWO CLOCK.
_
Ail' -*Le Itopublie, 6 per Cent
ilraitrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859
,;114015 per 'Cent _
ji3' 41 per Cent., 1852 _
~°- do , 1858....
,o. do.,'.
18-i0
-1-,t)°• do.,
4,0 5 1863
b_ Per Cent., 1865
1)11_0 Account 751 ill 51
trooe Ayres 6 per Cent _
C
b 2 Per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent.) -
11
a. 6 , •
c;-, , Per Cent.
,101.16 per Cent 69
"*4l Per Cent...
uo. ,
~.......
,0 0 per Cent., B -1.,-,Joi 1867
I)) , 7,, Per ,Cent., 1863 ....
C ~ °',,,°el'iP £32 paid
:i'"a, en
1;4,41 ~ °P P;i Cent 1825
~, Ibit•n Principalities, 7 per Cent —
4)0 8
73i
ccii, per Cent., 1867
I;
,a(l9r New Oonziolidated, 1 pr Ce 111••• 7,-,
c''',.).pt lan 7 -.
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b.).
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811 2
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Do. £lOO Bowl, B3 2
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ci.r9overnir.,Lt liail way Debeninl'eS ...• 89i
-1,(4) 5 per Cent. 1824-5 ex Coups _
-.- 3. Acco n 4 ' 7
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:DO. ACC%IIt .
Ut................... .......... ..• --
liouraala 5 per Cent . —
itv,i. uras Gr. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p 'Alt 6 ptv cent., i.qc, .. —

Do, Account ~ 741 4
Do. Maremmana Raiway —
11oxican 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 —
Dc ( per Cont. Anglo-French —
4 ontevickau 6 per Cent. .. —
Iloorish imperial 5 por Cent
Now Granada _

Do 3 per Cen
Do. Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares) - -
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account - 801 -I- 4
Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 -.
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 394
Do. do., 1867 3-
Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid 1
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822,
Do 44 per Cent. 1850
Do 44 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO BondF.s,, 85/
Do. do. £Bl 15s. d0..,_
Do., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds
Do. do £B4 15s. do —
Sardinian, 5 per Cent
Spenish 3 per Gen
Do Account
Do New Dcferria..
Do Account
Do Passive
Do Acc, ant
Do Cern. Cert. of Coup not funded ...
Do Account
Turkish 6 per Cent.
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account

Du .£10( Bonds
Do. 18G3
Do 5 per Cent., 18G5 ,

35i

67E
561

6i 71

Do Account . 34i I
Do 6 per Cent., 1865 s7k i il :
Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela, 3 per Cent. —
I'u 6 per Cent., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... ...... , —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French lientes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. —
Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 4; per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutchii per Cent. Ex. 12 GO, .

D., Account
tnlitua 5 per Cent. 1831, zsi.
Do. Account 494

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 931
Do. Account, sth May 931

THE FENIAN PROSECUTIONS.

BO W-STREET—Tms DAY.

This afternoon the prisoner Peter Monohan, alias
Maugham, was placed at the baron remand, charged
with inciting soldiers to desert her Majesty's ser-
vice, and inducing them to join the Fenian brother-
hood.

The prisoner has been frequently examined and
the charge against him substantially proved, but he
was remanded after the last examination in order
that one of the soldiers who left his quarters, and
who was at that time suffering from illness, might
be able to attend.

Mr. Poland prosecuted on the part of the Trea-
sury.
The witness Michael Farrell, of the Royal Artil-
lery, was this morning examined. He stated that
he with some others lef t Woolwich, and went to Vine-
court,Whitechapel, where he was supplied with plain
clothes, which he put on, leaving his regimentals on
the floor. The number of his brigade was stamped
on his regimentals ; it was 772. After the men had
changed their clothes they went next morning to the
railway; there the prisoner changed somebank notes
in payment for their tickets for their going to
Dublin. That was two days after they left Wool-
wich. On the first day after they left Woolwich
they were about to depart for Ireland, when two
of their party were missing on the road, and
thinking something was wrong he (witness) and some
of the others went back to Vine-court to get their
uniforms in order to return to Woolwich ; but
whisky was placed upon the table, when the
men began drinking, and all got so intoxi-
cated that the object of their return was entirely
lost sight of, and they remained in a state of pros-
tration from drink until the morning he had men-
tioned when they were all taken in cabs to the rail-
way station, en route to Dublin. The prisoner was the
man who paid the fares to Ireland. Gough, Malony,
of the Military Train, Farrell and Sullivan, of the
Royal Horse Artillery, accompanied him (witness)
to Dublin. When we got to Dublin we met the
men whom we had lost in London the morning he
had already referred to. When they got
to Dublin we saw two of the men we had
seen at Woolwich, and they paid their fares across
the Liffy to Cumberland House. After that eight
soldiers, of whom he was one, lodged at Mrs. Flynn's
iu High-street, Dublin. About a month after the
soldiers had got to Dublin he (witness) met the pri-
soner there, and he (witness) asked him how things
looked. He said, " Pretty fair; there's an expedition
about leaving America." He (witness) said to pri-
soner, " You've made a pretty mess in letting my
boots be found," to which he replied that he didn't
think they were in the place until the police dis-
covered them." He remained in Dublin some time,
then corning to his sober senses he found he had done
wrong. He went round to the other soldiers, got 6d.
from each of them, by which means he was enabled
to pay his passage to Liverpool, from whence he
walked to London, and from there to Woolwich,
where he gave himself up as a deserter. He was
sent to prison, on coming out of which he was called
p evidence against Conolly and other
soldiersuonanfd gordaevse ertion. He did not personally know
Corydon, but he had seen him in different places
whilst he (witness) was absent from Woolwich.

Corydon, the informer, having given evidence to
identify the prisoner as one of the deserters he had
seen in Dublin,

mr. Poland said that would conclud3 the evi-
dence on the part of the prosecution.

fir T. Henry [then fully committed the prisoner
for trial on two charges of treason-felony, and in-
citing soldiers to desert her Majesty's service.

iIIARIs:ETS—(This Day.)

HAY AND STRAW.

Supplies of haystuffs at Smithfield and Whitechapel wore
only moderate to-day, but fully equal to the demand, which
is dull. Ordinary qualities cheaper. Meadow hay, 60s to
84s; clover, first cut, 80s to 100 s; ditto, second cut, 50s to
84s ; straw, 28s to 34s per load.
COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—Prices are firm, in consequence of the small
supplies offering, and a fair demand prevails. Floating
2.58 61 is paid for No. 114 and 11 to the United King-
dom, and 2Gs for 124- to 13. Manilla sells freely at
293 Od to 31s for clAyed. Refined sugars 'aro very firm,
supply being small. Dutch crushed is held for stiffer prices.
Deliveries are good, and keep in excess of last year's at this
time. Stock of raw, 50,070 tons, against 66,330 tons last
year. _ _

Molasses—The demand is increasing, and rates are firm
West India, 15s Gd to 16s.

Coffee—Clearances large, but stocks well kept up by
recent imports of Ceylon. The market opens steady.
TEL —Sm al 1 public sales have opened with fair spirit o
private contract rates.
Rica is firm, with a fair inquiry. A small parcel, 700
bags white Bengal, at auction, bought in at 12s Gd per
cwt.

Saltpetre maintains a firm position, but the amount o.
business passing is moderate.

Ihmr.—The market is firmer, but still inactive.
Oils remain without quotable change. Linseed, 34s
English brown rapo, 355.

COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, April 7. —Market quiet, and drooping to
lower. Sales probably 8,000 bales.

THE WEATHER 1N YORKSHIRE.—The weather
is so fine that farmers say the season is one month in ad-
vance of date. Cornfields and pastures are allowing
vigorous growth, wheats having in some places outpaced
the roller, and are now quite covering the ground.
Clovers are ready for sheep, which, however, are still on
turnips, which are so plentiful and for ward that some
fields are in full flower. In some cases farmers have had
their turnips to crush and plough in as manure. The
plentiful supply of fodder yet remaining and the great pro-
mise of the spring herbage together tend to keep up the
pt ices of lean stock, which is and must fel some time re-
main in good demand. Everything in farm and garden
promises well.

WORKING WOMEN'S CLASSES, KENSINGTON.—
Reginald Stuart Poole, Esq., delivered a lecture on
Thursday last to the working women's classes, at the Class-
rooms, Newton House, Church-street, Kensington. The
subject was "Egypt." The lecturer's remarks bore parti-
cular interest on account of his extended personal experi-
ence in the country concerning which ho discoursed. John
Dunkin, Esq., will deliver the first lecture after the Easter
Vacation, ou April