The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-02 00:00:00

871 / both for money and account. The other
Government Securities are firm.
Foreign Stocks continue to exhibit steadiness•
Turkish Consolides are 484 1 ; Mexican 251 ;
ditto, New, 24* 51; Greek, 171 1 ;ISpanish Passive,
281 1 ; ditto Certificates, 148 15 ; Italian, 641 ;
Confederate Loan, 8 9 ; and the Brazilian Scrip, 21
prem.

United States Government 5-20 Bonds are $64 5 ;
Erie shares, 591 ; and Illinois, 821 831.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Consoli-
dated Bonds, Ifr 2 prem.

In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been limited, and increased deprsssion has prevailed.
Great Eastern, North-Western, and North Eastern
(Berwick) have each declined I. Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and South Eastern each ; and Metro-
politan, 4.

The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
material change, except Grand Trunk of Canada,
which have recovered 2, viz., to 311 32.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very quiet.
Imperial Ottoman have declined 151 ; Metropolitan
and Provincial have improved to 18i ; Fore-street
Warehouse are dealt in at 111 ; and Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. at 21 ; Bank of Turkey shares are
quoted 2k 3 prem. ; Naples Public Works Co., 21
prem. ; Fred. Symons and Co., par 1 prem. The
Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (old) shares,
31,- 4 prem., ex all ; and the new issue, 34 4 prem. ;
the St. Saviour's Wharf Company (Limited)
shares, 1 1,3- prem. ; the American Oil Wells
Trading Campany, 21 23- prem ; the Anglo-Swedish
Steel and Iron Company, 11 prem. ; the London
Steam Towing Co. (Limited), 1 11 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, Dec. 7 B7l A,
3 per Cent. Reduced B7t i
New 3 per Cent 874 i
New 34 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
March June
Exchequer. Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & per Cent. 9 dis
Do. £5OO — 8 4 die
Do £lOO and £2OO
Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent
Do Account : —
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, 109 per Cent., April 1874 — _
_,..

Do Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July,- 1870
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 5i- per Cent., May 1879 —
Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 —
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — pm
Do• under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING- Reaus.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent s —
Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 1865
Do. Scrip, £25 paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Do. Account
Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Chili= 6 per Cent
Do. 3 per Cent
Colombian 6 per Cent. B2l
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid —
Danubian Principalities

Do Account
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Egyptian 7 per Cent —
Do., Second Issue —
Do £lOO Bonds — •
Do. 1864 924 3
Do £lOO Bonds
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
Do. Coupons —
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Do £B6 paid
Do. 1839 and 1850
Italian 5 per Cent, 1865
Do. Account
Do. Maremmana Railway
Do 1865
Do Scrip, £674 paid
Do 5 per Cent., 1864
Mexican 3 per Cent
Do. Account
Do 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c
New Granada
Do 2 per Cent
Do Deferred —
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 —
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
t'eruvian 44 per Cent
Do. Account
Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds
Dd 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) —
Do 44 per Cent., 1862
Do Account —
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do. Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 44 per Cent. 1850
Da 44 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 1859 —
Do 5 per Cent. 1862 9O 891 4
Do 5 per Cent. 1864 924
Sardinian 5 per Cent

Do Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto account —
Do New Deferred —
Do Account —
Do Passive —
Do Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Do Account 144
Swedish 4 per Cent. —
Do. 48 per Cent. 1864
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Do Account —
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account —
Do £lOO Bonds 7Bi
Do. 14 per Cent —
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 744 4
Do £lOO Bonds 744
Do 6 per Cent.,1863 72 701
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 —
Do Scrip, £35 paid
Do Account
Do £llO Bands .., 444
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do Account

Do. 6 per Cent., 1862
Do. Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austriim, 5 p3r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21 ivr Cont., Ex. 12 Gail
Do. 4 r Cent. Certificates
French Eentes 4i per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols for money
Do. Account, ex div B7l x d

A STAFFORDSHIRE COALPIT ON FIRE.—THREE
LIVES LOST. —A serious calamity has occurred at
the Brockhouse Pitt, at Bucknall, near Hanley. After the
colliers had left work on Tuesday, the engineer, W. Bates;
a blacksmith's striker, Ephraim Dovey ; and a fireman, W.
Cooper, proceeded to affix new conducting rods, and in
order to fix the tops of the rods it was deemed necessary to
cover the pit shaft. This probably led to an accumulation
of gas in the pit, but the possibility of such a result does
not seem to have occurred to the men, who, on descending
the shaft in a "bowk," a sort of large bucket, in order to
see that the rods were right in the shaft, took with them
candles instead of lamps. Aftor they had been down about
ten minutes a cry from one of them was heard, and in about
half a minute it was observed that the shaft was on fire.
The "bowk" was rapidly drawn up, but it seems that no-
body took the trouble to look into it, although three men
had gone down alive in it. The "bowk" was drawn aside,
and the people about proceeded to smother the fire in
the shaft. In about an hour a man went to the side of the
" bowk," and found therein the dead bodies of Bates and
Dovey. The presumption is that the third man was blown
out of the "bowk" by the explosion. The fire raged in the
pit all night, but it was hoped that the accumulation of
water would enable tho•men to get at Cooper's body. Mr.
Wynn, Government inspector, has been informed of the
circumstance, and no doubt there will be a strict inquiry
into the matter.

LEECH'S SUCCESSOR.—We are informed, says the
Guardian, that the sketches in Punch signed "G. B. M.'
are the production, not of a young lady at Manchester, but
of a young artist, a native of Tisbury, Wilts, Mr. G. B.
Goddard.— The Reader.

LEIGH HUNT.—MCSSrS. Roberts Brothers, of
Boston, have in the press a hitherto unpublished work, by
Leigh Hunt, entitled, The Book of the Sonnet." It con-
sists of a critical and historical introduction on sonnet
writing, with copious extracts and reviews of those Italian
and English poets, from the earliest almost to the present
time, who have excelled in this kind of composition. To
give to the book completeness, Mr. S. Adams Lee, of
Philadelphia, a correspondent of Hunt's, and the editor of
the American edition of his poetical works, will add a
critical essay upon the American sonnet writers.
G. W. GORDON'S INSURANCES.—We have heard
with satisfaction that the directors of the Star Insurance
Company, with whom the life of the late Mr. Gordon was
insured for £2,500, have unanimously resolved to pay over
the amount at once to his widow. The significance of this
fact is obvious. The policy would naturally become void
in the case of a man executed as a felon ; but the directors
of the Star Company have, as we are informed, justly de-
cided that Mr. Gordon's case is simply that of a man un-
lawfully slain. The directors deserve the highest credit
for this course of action.—Morningyaper.