The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-14 00:00:00

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ONE! MARKET

AND
qOIIIIIEROIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The Stock Exchange re-opened this morning. In
Sympathy with the relapse on the Paris Bourse, the
Funds have receded 5„ and they are dull. Foreign
Stocks are also dull from an absence of demand and
from the adjustment of engagements at the settlement
which is now in progress. British Railway Stocks are
without any material change, but there are no fresh
transactions in them of any importance.
The Discount Market is quiet. The supplies of
money are full, and the general rate for first-class bills
s 11 per cent.
93 Consols are 5 lower, at 935 to 931 for money, and
1 for account New and Reduced Three per Cents.,
91k to 92 ; India Five per Cents., 114 to 1144 ; Bank
Stock, 241 to 210 ; Exchequer Bills are 3 higher,
itt 153 to 20s prem.
The Foreign Stock market is flat, partly in sym-
pathy with Paris prices, and also from realizations in
Connection with the settlement now in progress. The
decline in Italian (1801) is 11, the price being 461
to 47. There is also a fall of in Greek, at 125 to
; in Turkish (1805), at 33;,', to 335 ; and in Vice-
r°Y's Seven per Cents. and Nine per Cents, at 721
ttiore an'i 881 to 891 respectively ; New Spanish
at 351 to 37.) ; Oriel-Vitebsk, 80/ to 801 ;
and Egyptian (1804), 81 to 814.
The letters of allotment of the Spanish Colonial 8
'Per Cent. Loan are issued, and the fully paid-up
stock is 93 to 93A, and the Scrip, to 1- prem.
The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
nave receded A to 27, 29, but the Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds hive inmroved 4 to 325, ni•
American Securities are hat. United States Five-
Twenty Bonds are lower, at 721 to 725 ; Erie
shares,
-5 worse, and Illinois, the prices being 46 to
47, and 925 to 935 respectively.
Colonial Bonds are quiet. Canada Six per Cent.
S
quoted at 100 to 101 ; ditto Five per Cent., 865 to
per •,
South
; Mauritius Six Cent., 104 to 106 •New
°ent,li Wales Five per Cent., 99 to 101 ; New Zealand
Six per Cent., 105 to 100 ; Queensland Six per Cent.,
103 to 104 ; Victoria Six per Cent., 111 to 112.
English railway shares are but little inquired for,
and Prices generally are dull. North British and
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire are each
lare ower and Great Eastern 5. The following
125 the prices : Lancashire and Yorkshire,
Sonarto 126 ; Midland, 105 k to 1051 ;
Eastern, 731 to 73'1 ; London and North
.103 Western, 1141- to 1141 ; Great Northern, 1025 to
; ditto A, 97/ to 971 ; Great Eastern, 34i to
'4l-; Great Western, 50 to 504 ; London, Brighton,
and South Coast, 505 to 51 ; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 431 to 431 ; Metropolitan, 1121 to
LI-31.; London, Chatham, and Dover, 185 to 19 ;
J.lorth British, 33 to 34.
Canadian Railways Great. Western of Canada is
firm at 151 to 15., and Grand Trunk, 15± to
155.
, In Foreign Railways, Lombardo-Venetian is /
lower, at 145 to 141, while Luxembourg is 5 better, at
91 to oq,
Bank Shares are in little request, and with the
exception of a decline of 5 in Imperial Ottoman, prices
are unaltered. The following are the quotations
95 to 105 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Anglo-
ustrian, 41 to 41 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 28
t° 29 ; Consolidated, 44 to ‘l4 ; Imperial, 17 to 175 ;
linden and County, 51 to 52 ; London and West-
:lll,llster, 674 to 653 ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ; London
nt 31; to 32' • Union of London, 31-to 32J
hn.
n Mining Shares the only feature is St.
"no del
being Rey, which are firm at an advance of 5,
si
, quoted at 224 to 235. Port Philip Mining
eady, at 1)- to 14. Chontales, 35 to 45.
11,1 n. Miscellaneous Securities business is merely
Arnal, and prices are without movement. Anglo-
Ap.lll?rican Telegraph is quoted at 221 to 225 ; At-
11,_areheriul
tie Telegraph 8 per cent., 5 to 51 ; Fore-street
, 2 to 15 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 145 to 14/ ;
%Idol! General. Omnibus, 11 to 2.
-`lO bullion operations were reported at the Bank
h 9.
Yesterday.
ordinaryT general meeting of the San Paulo
azthan) Railway Company has been called for the
2re th instant, for the purpose of receiving the directors'
authorise
after which the meeting will be special, to
'ariBe the directors to borrow on debentures, with
or without the Government guarantee, such sum or
8.111-as of money rot exceeding in the whole £lOO,OOO,
llson addition to 'the money already authorised to be
borrowed
:Toefiegurzitiraordinary general meeting of the Atlantic.
Comparw has been called for the 28th inst.,
_le! the purpose of passing a resolution or resolutions
rwohttive to the contract for carrying out an amended
rlring arrangement between the Atlantic Telegraph
°a'Paity and the Anglo-American Telegraph Com-
pany.
new he -Union Runk of Australia will remove to their
p ses remi
lust, (Batik Buildings, Lothbury) on the 16th

BRITISH FUNDii—Tiyo O'CLOCK.
Got-.ElonstENT FUNDS.
931 1 4
. per Cent. Consols
93±
3 Ditto for Account
911 24
N.Por Cent. Reduced
911 24
11(30"7 3 per Cent
Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
A 1)0. per Cent. 1873
'`nnuities SO yrs expire sth Jun., 1880 —
ExDO• for b 0 yrs, o' xpire sth April 1885 l2 9-16
T)o (Red Sea Tele,: raph), Aug., 1908 —
•'hc.quer Bills, £l7OOO, 2 per Ct 2O pm
Do.
£500
11 Do.
£lOO & £2OO l5 20
41k. of England Stock, 41p 3r Cent 2_4l 6
Do. Account
, INDIAN GOVEMENT Anclin tock, 101 per Ceut., ApriIIB74SECURITIES.
00. Account-
Oct'
1880
0. 4 pec Cent., Oct. 1888
101
Do. Certificates —
88;
O. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent
'-',,,e. 5 erpercent., Jan. 1872
D°`"°. 51 Cent., May 1879 —
5 per Cent Ru Deb. 1872
.i P.
Do,
Do do. 1877 —
.
D, Deb., 5 per C do. 1882 —
ent 9O. Aug. 1873
~
. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO
0 under .£l,OOO
pm
Argent. FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK.
_
e Pepubbc, 6 per Cent
Au • '
61
t itrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
xd
r;4lian 5 per Cent — tin 41 per Cent., 1852
,
lie do., 18.,8
iln• do., 1810
I.l°* do. 1863 1863 6.54
---°• r *ent., 1865
U 0
741
t Account
-r,lOB Ayres 6 per Cent
uti`b-'0 2.por Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cont )
_____
0 :1,, 6 per Cent.
,"E'll a per Oen' —
4JO. 41 per Cent —
1)▪ 0. 6 per Cent., B ..
D°o.'
, 1867
98
•,.,, i Per ,Cent., 1866 r,"0., Scrip £32 paid
o Inbian 6 per Cent.
xd
batusti 3Pq• Cent., 1825
Battinub Principalities, 7 per Cent 6B 9
/)0 per Cent., 1867 734
,InUador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —4
°. 7 per Cent
D`'
Se_cond Issue
IN )..f 010 ponds
("0. 410 C Bonds —Do
811 4, i
• 1861
,0 Bonds Bll
'-',,°. XlOO Bonds
I 0 .011 824 3/
(h.e7ye.rntuent Railway Debentures ..... 894
Dok °per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups
r, 4ccount
..
G.-,e Coupons
• --
bo. Account
ottaternala 5
per Cent
11, !Idttro.sGov.Rail.Loan., 10p. Ct.,.£25p
D°'Man 5 per Cent 1865 7-4
• : Account ”
ti., ` nemtnana Raiway —
xica 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Acco t.
Dog o,
1864
mooorizeirliCent. Angle-French
.. ntevidean C per Cent. —..
perial 5 p r Cent
&'4 air Granada . - e
uo 3 Per
eel; ....................
00. Deforr a 4
61
be r a
Pol., .:44tid Warrants (Hectares)
Ilan per Cent. 1865 794 180 791
...o A
, 4.ccount ..............................
.....,0 A
1:1 4 per Cont. (Uri barren) NO• '...
u° 4/ Per Cent.. 1162 • —
bo 0 Account .
~ rtagnese Per Ct. 1853 '6 '7 '9,'60,'2,'S 39/ 4
t) ,
1 9 1
bc. do., 1P67 4O kis •n• do., Scrip, £lO paid — 0841 5 per Cent. 1822, £St
o° 4,, i Per Cent. 1850
i;) ',./ Per Cent., 1860
b ° Per Cent., 1862
.... . B5; 41 51
b°olAnglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bondg.„ 85
do.
.t,l)°*, 18G6 £lOO Bonds
15s. d 0...,
851 1
Do. ,
Sardinian do £B4 los. do B3l
, 5 per Cent
Pani,h ~
Lou-,,_ A) Per L .
1:4(33
~,,,,nnt
Do„, ~,r7 Drf-Tr Act
A , -,• ,
00
...3ct,ount
bo it, -sive
- cc., :ant
Do
U 0
(4111. Cert. of Cool, not funded
.
1, —0 Account
tki6ll. 6 per Cent. Bl
Lo 0 Account
ijo 6, p:or Cent 1858
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-
Do -.`; n _
Bo £lO9 Bonds
r, 6 Der Cent 1862 634 4
.-,e ACcount ~
'DO •CIOC Bonds
Do.
I)0
5 per Cent. 186-
331. 1
Do Acco t " 1863 0
Do 6 nu
, Per Cent., 1865 561 764
DO o 4 POZ Cent, Guaranteed

Venezuela, 3 per Cent.
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 N

Dividends on the above payable in Loudox.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M.
o psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins 51
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. _

Dutch 24 leer Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„ Bs}
Do Account —
Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, E. zSL
Do. Account 47
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 934 i
Do. Account, sth May . 934 i

MARKETS—(This Day.)

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE.

Business continues to be interrupted by the holidays,
which terminate with to-day. Thn public sales for to-
morrow, and the two following market days are not
numerous, and will offer moderate supplies. During the
last few days, however, large arrivals of cllonial and fo-
reign produce have taken place, which will more amply
furnish the markets shortly.
There is still an inquiry for both landed and floating
parcels of sugar, but without so much actual businesq.
Rates fully maintained. Coffee and tea also firm. In
other produce nothing of moment passing.

TALLOW.
The market is firm, at 45s to 45s 3,1 spot ; 45s 3d to
45s 6d June; 45s Gd to 45s 9d last three months.
HAY AND STRAW.

I' hero was only a light supply of haystuffs at Whiteehapel
and Smithfield markets this morning, but it was quito ade-
quate to tho demand which ruled : Meadow hay, Gus to 81s ;
clove, 50s to 100 s ; straw, 28s to 31s per load.

POTATOES.
The trade is quiet with ample supplies, and prices are
unchanged.

COTTON.
LIYERroor., April 14.—Market held firmly unchanged.
Sales probably 12,000 bales.

MANCHESTER, April 13.—Prices have been very steady
here to-day, and although only a small business has been
done, Saturday's full rates have been paid on whatever
transactions have occurred. There have been very few in-
quiries for either yarn or cloth for India, but sellers are
firm. A few purchases have been made in low and medium
yarns for Germany and Italy. Home-trade yarns have
been in limited request, and many manufacturers will not
have their looms working above three days this week.

RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES.

CALEDONIAN..

Yesterday Lord Ormidale issued the following
interlocutor in the case of " Glen v. Caledonian
Railway :"—" The Lord Ordinary having heard
counsel for the parties, and considered the argu-
ments and proceedings, passes the note and recalls,
lwc slatu, the interdict formerly granted." In the
note appended to •the interlocutor the Lord Ordi-
nary says he has come to the conclusion that, while
it is proper that the note of suspension and interdict
should be passed in order to the trial and determi-
nation of the questions in dispute, there are no suf-
ficient grounds for an immediate interdict, the more
especially be thinks he would not be warranted in
now granting the interdict, seeing there is no ad-
mission, but, on the contrary, a distinct denial by
the respondents of complainers' allegations of by-
gone misappropriations. He also thinks the grant-
ing of an immediate interdict might, and probably
would, give rise to great inconvenience, if not seri-
ous and irreparable injury to the respondents, and
to the parties and interests represented by them ;
while, on the other hand, the non-granting of the
interdict at present cannot possibly inconvenience
the complainer or occasion him any loss. Mr.
Glen is to reclaim to the Inner House, and to ap-
ply to the Lord Ordinary to prohibit the issue of
the certificate for the recalling of the interdict until
the question of interdict shall be disposed of in the
Inner House.

DEATH OF A POLISH PATRIOT.--The death is
announced of Colonel R. H. Bertold Wiercinski. De-
ceased was born of a noble and ancient family in the pro-
vince of Volhynia. He served with distinction in the
revolution of 1830 and 1831. On the retreat of the Polish
army into Galicia he was taken prisoner by the Austrian;
and confined 18 months in the dungeon of Spilberg. After
that period he passed his life in exile. His father
banished to Siberia, died there ; and of two brothers, one
was killed in battle against Russia, the other died in exile.
Col.Wiercinski was born on the 29th March, 1812, and ex-
pired at Boulogne, after a severe illness, on the 22d March
last. His remains were followed to the grave by the
French officers and officials of the town.

AN His Tonic PERSONAGE.— The death is an-
nounced of Mrs. Maria HardinE,, of Labor, Non Jera,,y.
This lady was one of the eye-witnesses of the execution
of Major Andre. It was she who gave to Major Andre on
the morning of the execution a handful of peaches. The
Major carried the fruit some distance, and then gave it to
a little girl. Mrs. Harding was accustomed to speak of
this event, and to describe in enthusiastic terms the gal-
lant bearing of the ill-fated officer, always concluding her
description with the nail comment, "Somehow, he did not
seem to have any appetite."

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—The Warrington Guar-
dian reports a fatal accident on Saturday morning last, at
Lymm. About nine o'clock Mrs. Brigham, the widow of
the late Dr. Brigham, who resided at Rush-green, was in
the breakfast room, in company with her son-in-law, M.
Henri Perreon, a French Consul. M. Perreon was clean-
ing a revolver, and, Mrs. Brigham expressing a desire to
see haw it was loaded, he handed the revolver to her, at
the same lime describing the way of loading the weapon.
Mrs. Brigham then returned it to M. Perreon, but she had
no sooner
.done so than the weapon went off, and the
ball entered her left temple and killed her instantly. The
unfortunate lady was about to start for London, in com-
pany with her son-in-law and daughter, who had just re-
turned from their marriage tour.

gymnast and equestrian, well known in
Cafo wass, lately marriod in New Zealand to a
daGuligehortrnieegr3Of Ros
Major-General Kirby, of Nottingham, Eng-
land. At least so says the San Francisco Dramatic
Chronicle.

WIFE MURDER AT DONCASTER. —Yesteray after-
noon, a bricklayer's labourer, named James Burke,
iis wife.ll,re
siil
ing in Sepulchre-gate, Doncaster, umr-
They had been out with an Easter
abed 2
rret;l.and both were the worse for drink. After they
returned house a quarrel took place, and the wretched
man beat and kicked his wife until she fell dead. On
being apprehended he said, "She is dead ; but I
haven't done it, although I know I shall swing for it."
He will be brought before the magistrates to-day.
SINGULAR ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM PR iSON.—
An extraordinary case was tried yesterday at the
quarter sessions for the borough of Birmingham.
Two young men named George Syron and Henry
Stone were charged with conspiring to assist Stone in
escaping from prison under the following remarkable
circumstances :—lt seems that, on the 23rd of De-
cember last, the two prisoners had been con-
victed of some petty offence, for which they were
sentenced—Syron to seven days and Stone to three
imprisonment respectively. Stone was par-
ticularlyanxious to evade the full period of incarcera-
tion mouths'
that had been assigned to him, and with this
view, by the promise of a sum of £2O, he succeeded
in inducing Syron to agree to a plan by which each
should personate the other, and thus exchange
sentences—a plan which seemed capable of being
carried out, as they were both about the same age,
and not unlike each other in personal appear-
ance. In accordance with this plan, while the two
prisoners were being conveyed from the police-court to
the borough gaol in the prison van, they managed to
dress themselves in each other's clothes without the
change being noticed by the officials in charge of the
van. On being handed over to the prison authorities
each answered to the other's name, and the deception
was not discovered till afterwards. Both prisoners
pleaded guilty, and were sentenced—Stone to six
mouths' and Syron to two mouths' imprisonment.
DESPERATE STABBING CASE AT PRESTON.--At the
Preston Borough Police-court yesterday,a respectable-
looking young man, named Williatn Stephen Scott,
was charged with stabbing a man named Alexander
Ferguson and his wife, Charlotte Ferguson. The wife
appeared in court, hut the man was so seriously in-
jured that he was not able to attend, lying at present
in a very dangerous state. Mrs. Fe-4uson stated
that on Saturday evening the prisoner and her husband
came to their house at about half-past eleven o'clock.
They were both in liquor. She accused the pri-
soner of taking her husband out to drink:, contrary
to her wishes. He became enraged, and told her,
iu the face of her husband, that she had been guilty
of some immoral practices. She then asked her hus-
band if he would "stand that," whereupon lie and
the prisoner commenced to fight. They struggled
desperately for some time, and ultimately the pri-
soner succeeded in getting a knife from his pocket,
with which ha inftcted a severe won't.' 00 Mrs.
Ferguion's head. She commenced to scream, and
afterwards saw her biLihand covered with blood
and fall on the ground in a fainting condi-
tion. Inspector Hornby, of the po:ien force, ap-
prehended the prisoner, and on Searching him 11l
found three knives in his possession. Dr. Smith, of
Preston, was called in to attend the sufferers, when he
found that the prisoner had stabbed Mrs. Ferguson in
the head, but did not think it would prove fatal.
Alexander Ferguson had received a gash under tht
right eye, nearly an inch in length, from which blood
flowed copiously, and at present it cannot be ascer-
tained whether the eyesight will be lost or not
Prisoner also stabbed him in the loins, blood flowinh
from tlke wounds iu large quautities. A remaud w
aft
Est.