The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-13 00:00:00

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MOM

CITY NEWS—YESTERDAY.
It will be remembered that in January, 1861, the
old-established house of F. Ede, Son, and Co., of
Great Winchester-street, suspended payment, with
liabilities to the extent of £951,000. The estates
have since been in liquidation, under inspectorship,
and Payment of 20s. in the pound, on the separate
estates of Mr. Francis Ede and Mr. Sam. Napper,
is now being made, and a first dividend of 12a. Gd.
,in the pound on the joint estate will be paid on
Wednesday next. A further dividend of at least
53• je the pound is expected to be forthcoming.
~The directors of the Alliance Bank of London and
Liverpool (Limited) have made a call of £5 per
Share, payable on Jan. 12, making £l7 per share
Called up.
The committee of the Stock Exchaßge have ap-
pointed Thursday next a special settling day in the
shares of the Union Bank of England and France,
and the Langham Hotel Company. The shares of
t„lae former company are to be marked in the official
'144 list, and those of the latter in that issued
twice a week.
Ie connection with a rise of 1 per cent., which
the,°lx place to-day in Great Western Railway stock,
was
Na a rumour of the resignation of Mr.
unders, the secretary.
The second call of L 3 id to be paid on the H
Iterlsion shares of the East Indian Railway Com.
Pany by Jan. 20.
The half-yearly meeting of proprietors of the
Union Bank of London is convened for Jan. 14.

Share

Railways.

Paid.

, Bir. \Vol., and Str. Val
Blythe and Tyne.
Bost.,Sleal.,and Mid. Co.
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Bork f. id Bandon •
Cornwall
Do A A 12;cLs PO div
Do. , ti 11 ilp c.n an.lia
been paid to B.
Dublin & Belfast Junc.l

Dun.,Perth,& Ab. unc.

Edinburgh Glasgow.
Wash. and S. Western.
Great Eastern, Ord. stk
Ditto A stock

Ditto East Ano,-lian st
GreatNorthot Scotland
Great Northern
Do A stock
Do ti do
Do. :c5 shares
t 4. an 1 W. of Ireland
Great Western
Do Str Val gua. stock I
Lancashire & Yorkshire!
London and Blackwall
Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast
Lon., Chat., and Dover
Lon. & North Western
Lon. Sr South Western
Man., Shef., & Lincoln.
Maryport and Carlisle.
Do # shares
Metropolitan
Midland
Do New ..
Do Birming. & Derby
Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland
Do. shares
'Mid Kent

Do Cray Line
North British
Edin., Perth, & Dundee
Nth. Eastern—BerwieL
Do, G.N.E. purchase
Do Leeda

CITY NEWg---THIS DAY.
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The
Money Market is quiet, but firm.
Since
bQBn Monday last the imports of specie have
about £200,000, and the exports £918,000.
Buis' rra.ngetzents are now in active progress for
yiPiCYiltny_
glavizant which has long been felt in
additional club accommodation.
aiThe eP
iumbr
existing establishments are overcrowded, and
of gentlemen have formed themselves
int° a provisional committee, with a view to the
establishment of a new club, under the Limited
Liability Act. It has been determined to form a
Joint-stock company, so that the limitation of
liability may be legally secured, and every person
10 be eligible as a member must be a holder of at
least five shares of £5 each, representing a total
liability not exceeding £25. The locality proposed
for the new club-house is central. The annual sub-
scription is fixed for town members at £5 55., with
an entrance fee of £lO 10s., but no entrance fee
will be required for the first 200 members ; while
regards country members the rate is fixed at
39-, with an entrance fee of £6 6s. The pro-
ti°Bed capital is £25,000, in 5,000 shares of £5
each, with power to increase, if necessary. The
Project has met with a very favourable reception,
a
numerous applications have been already for-
warded to the committee.

Do York
Do Carlisle
North London
Do New
North Staffordshire
N. and S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Scot N. E., Aber. stock
Do Scot. Mid. stock
Shrews. and Welchpoo'
Shropshire Union
South Devon
S. Durham Jr Lane. tin
South Eastern
South Wales
S. York. and River Dun
Stain es,Wok.,an dWok.
Stockton & Darlington

Do

Do New, 180
Taff Vale.
Do B
Do C
Ulster
Do

Do
Vale of Neath

Victoria sta. and Pim.

Waterford & Kilkenny.
West Cornwall

IW. Hartlepool Har.&R.
West Midland--Oxford
Do Newport.
Do Hereford,

Two o'CLocrc.
The market for Public Securities has closed with
a eery qu,!et appearance, the dealings, as usual. at
Ca: end of the week, having been of little impor-
ti,-,,ee* alterltion has taken place in the quota-
-10;8"-ConsOls still remaining at 921 I for transfer,
arrit92ti! for account , 'The New 3 per Cents.
eh- 'rill at no ; the Reduced steady at 92; Er-
rEceall-„, r 'ills, 7s. to lls. prem.; Bank Stock has
ed to 231 233 ; Indian 5 per Cents. remain
at 10% b.
13118 in: -
dun, but in In the Foreign Market has been very
c tit prices have undergone no material change.
can"k Bonds are 151, ; ditto, Coupons, 61. Mexi-
ti Stock remains at 31!:. Peruvian Scrip is 11 1
8. Portuguese ditto 31 prom_ Russian New
IR°Aal is 93p ; Spanish 541. Turkish 6 per Cents.,
-vo, are heavy at 691 70 ; ditto, 1862, 701 71;
and 'Venezuelan Scrip, 3i n dis.
Business in the Railway Share Market continued
leery dull, but prices were well maintained. Great
Aresterns advanced £1 to £1 55.; London and
Brighton, 10s. ; and South-Eastern, 10s.
change
Foreign and Colonial lines exhibited no
of importance.
I.:Ant-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares gene-
tallymaintained previous rates. Ottoman Bank
234vaheed to 321 ; London and South African, to
and Bank of Australasia to 72. Crystal
ii4lace Stock declined to 361 ; and Soutn Austra-
qh Land remains steady, at 33.

Ilan
Per ), Stook
FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 - Qtock 233 1
, c
"Per Cent, Reduced Annuities 92
kw 3 nt, Consols Annuities
14(141 Per Cent. Annuities 22 k
Dittto ek ...... .
„., Ditto Per Cent
ohsoi()B",°llfie £1,000
Ritclie 1' Account, Jan. 8 . 92±
quer Pt
jo —MS £l,OOO, 21 per Ct.
11
bittr, itto
£5OO
u Small
11 7
ft. OD, ..
-reek 6 FEIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
~,titttr, Per Cent., 1824-5. ex-Coupons
13,;ea:, 3 vpeur silent
,ccft, - ,0t.,,,)„,_ - -
6h 1 6
31$
bitt° 1' 4i Per Cent —
I' 4/ N
"rtug-u,„ ,Tiv, 1862, A Scrip, £B3 paid
uitt, re . Cent ent., 1853 —
bb, 44; ,Pel , 1862
..„.,RiF,,,,,crilD, £2O pd .... 3± I Pm
R uitto CPerneent 1822 £ St —
. nt h peer, 1862
t ' 4rltlith7n Cent 54
Ditto ,s' Per Cent. 1854
Ditt ' Per Cent 1858 691 70 Ve ° Paid '
nilezitel,„ ,-11 P Scrip
uitto n" , i3-up
Cent
-n'l3er Cent 1862(Scrip), £43 paid 21- 31 dis
e in
t '"'iclends.On the above ayabl - London.
3Ni. TWO 0' c 7 L.O( 7.:
tlittu'' l roney
- Account, Jan. 8 92± g

_
44' 4-DVENTURE TVI7H LIONS.
•
ttl4
lowW. ere waked up suddenly by hearing one of the oxen
4)41 Imo the dogs barking. It was moderately dark,
1,
-40Whi—'4ed Clifton's double rifle and rushed out, not
Of a where. when I saw the driver perched on the top
Leto
toarin Porary hut, made of grass, about
%het, hlstily for a doppe (cap). I scrambled up just as
44C1 Q 1 Ceased his cries, and heard the lions growling
Ith on. the top of him, not more than 14 yards from
'We Were, but it was too-dark to see them. I fired,
tsclY:et' ill the direction of the sound, and just above the
it Wax the ex, which I could distinguish tolerably well, as
kanda 4 black one. Diza (the driver) followed my example,
teco 4 the lions did not take the least notice, I fired my
N,ll‘,,,clharrel, and was just proceeding to load my own
sittßie i,lch Jack had brought me, when I was aware for ae
41314 11:41tant only that the lion was coming, and the samd
off th,tit,l was knocked half a dozen somersaults backwards
gem_ the brute striking me in the chest with his
at a fen' Ratherpa rny.olf up in a second and made a dat,h
hand just behind me, and scrambled through it, gun
then but the muzzle was choked with dirt.
elade for the waggon, and got on e
.44414114 re I found all the Kaffirs, who could nott get
''`iteil'tiel'ing like monkeys, and Diza perched on thele,ohp..
'44,11 e got there seemed to me a miracle,. os he was a
ftegr.
'7„lcihen the brute charged A minute or two a
re
`stherBeci7 of them marched off a goat, one of five that we.
et'setiat the foot to the hut which we had so speedily
Dof the biz; thinking he had a chance, fired from the
p°llt. to thet-14Waggon', and the recoil knocked him baecsktwiahrddis,
I.,`erit, which broke his fall. It was a
41c1 tholl "t altorrether, After that we were utterly defeated,
e htlita '
Vleh th 8 were allowed to eat their. meal unmolested,
I the
,eY continued to do for some time, growing. fie_rcely,
,gre(lolhlte• Thejilaffirs said there were five in
sahlilv.
41g with again, but without effect ; and we all sat
er-
e'c'ldt Without any clothes on, till near daybreak,
;tltri i4hen
-1. enemies beat a retreat, and I was not sorry to
`lsR.et between the blankets. I was just beginning
'll,ll'l t Attt,te again when I was aroused by a double shot,
i;4CI °IIt on hearingeu that the driver anid.ound a,, n
after-ridere
I.:ees hon. We went to the spot and _
"ter • with a bullet through the ribs from the after-
s' a
after-
el (:'°e
„d 4hot as she was at least a hundred and fifty
c''
-anotr entered the eck just behind the
th and
e traveled allhad along the spine n
nearly to the roof of
her' I claimed that shot, and forthwith proceeded to skin
I:l4ft°ll' eta the ball ;it proved to be my shot out of
1e after. I'4lB ; this accounted for her ferocious onslaught.
'At° tCtider was rather ho fallen at having to give her_
the ti" tightful owner. eDizaP got a claw on his thigh, and
Ket t%ll'c'thich he had n his han was frightfully scratched
"affir stock : rather sharp practice. A strong-nerve
door
anytlvillenlay in the hut the whole time, without a
kept
atillitta. whatever between her and the lions, and ?et;
'ete/ €:ana. mouse all the while,—African Hunting f r
''`e Zambesi. By William Charles Baldwin.
Tl,
itlb' "cfaete relative to the closing of the shoot-
(leNrtro,4B°4 iB, it iS said, terminated. A certain number of
ieti tit have declared in favour of adopting the re-
Ittls,4l Bernetaashre ou the Ist February, instead of at the
f
40.6-13 hitherto fixed, but the majority are in favour 0
•-•443344c0 of tll9 Rigout system,

]'lr MARKET. 'SHARE MARKET...THIS DAY.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUKS.

Closing Business
Price. done.