The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-26 00:00:00

of money at their disposal, and are therefore willing
to negotiate the best securities at 3i and 3 per
cent.

A public meeting has been held to-day of the
holders of Spanish Certificates for the purpose of
considering the present state of affairs with reference
to their claims. Mr. J. D. Rawles occupied the
chair, and stated that no specific proposition had
been made by the Spanish Government for the
liquidation of the debt. Resolutions were passed
expressing approval at the representations that had
been made by the committee, and the confident expec-
tation entertained that the time had arrived when
the settlement of this long pending claim may be
looked for, and a renewal of the interchange of
monetary relations between Spain and the rest of
Europe.

Two O'CLOCK.

At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to
Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f.
45c. Firm.

A. further improvement has taken place in the
English Funds, and a very satisfactory feeling has
been engendered. Consols for money are 91k, and
for the account, ex div., 89k exactly. The New
Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88! 89 ; the 2k
per Cent. Annuities, 1894, 74 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s.
prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 106 k.
There has been very little fluctuation in the
Foreign Market, and business has not been active.
Turkish 6 per Cents. (1862) are 731 ; ditto Con-
solides, 48i 49 ; Mexican, 24i 25 ; ditto New,
23i 24k ; Greek, 201 4 ; Spanish Passive, 30131* ;
ditto Certificates, 16k ; Italian 651; and Con-
federate Loan, 7 9.

Business in the Railway Share Market has been
rather more animated, and prices have in several in-
stances shown an upward movement. North-
Western have improved ss. ; Metropolitan, and
North-Eastern (York), each 10s. ; and Midland
and Great Northern A Stock, each £l.
The Foreign and Colonial lines have also been
a shade firmer.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in fair
demand at steady prices. Peruvian Railway Com-
pan)* Shares are quoted 11 2 prem. ; Lion Brewery,
31 prem. ; Ottoman Company, 11 11 prem. ;
Moore, M'Queen, and Co., par prem. ; Plymouth
Shipbuilding Company, 44 51 prem. ; London and
Mediterranean Bank, 11 2 prem. ; Colonial and
General Land Credit, 1 1i prem. ; South African
Land and Finance, 1 1i prem. ; Russian Iron
Works, 6i 7 prem. ; Northern Assam Tea A shares,
11 prem. ; and ditto B ditto, 1 1,1 prem.
The A Stock of Metropolitan Extension Railways
of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com-
pany is 31 4i prem., and the fully paid-up, 4i. 5i
prem.

BRITISH PUNDS—ONR O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, June 6 B9l
a per Cent. Reduced BB/ 9
New 3 per Cent BBl f 91
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 74
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908_
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 2
Do. £5OO
...,, .Do. £lOO and £2OO
bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent —
Do Account '
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.-
Do Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. Account
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
Do. 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 —
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO —
Do. under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'OLOOK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent, 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chilian 6 per Cent
Do. 41 per Cent
Colombian 6 per Cent.
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Do 5 per Cent., 1864
Do. Scrip, £55 paid
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Do. 4 per Cent., 1863
Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid —
Danubian Principalities
Do £B6 paid
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant
Egyptian 7 per Cent
Do., Second Issue
Do £lOO Bonds
Do. 1864 93i f
Do £lOO Bonds 93f
Do Scrip, £53 paid
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do Account 2Ol
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent. —
Do. 1839 and 1850 —
Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 721

_
Do 1865
Do Scrip, £5712 paid — dis
Mexican 3 per Cent. —
Do. Account
Do 1864 24± 4

Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French --
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c —
Montevidean 6,per Cent., £3O paid
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —
Do 2 per Cent —
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 4i- per Cent.
Do Scrip, £45 paid,*paid in Bonds — dis
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) —
Do 4-i per Cent., 1862
Do Deferred
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853

Do Account —
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do Account 4Bl 1
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St.,
Do 41 per Cent., 1850
Do 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do 1864
Sardinian 5 per Cent —
Do. Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do Account 4Ol
•
Do Passive
Do Account 3l 1 301
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account l6} 16
Swedish 4 per Cent.
Do. 41 per Cent. 1864
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Do Account 9oi
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account 7l 2
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 73} i I
Do. £lOO Bonds _ 73/

Do 6 per Cent. 1863
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOOl
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Account
Do. 6 per Cent, 1862
Do. Account
Do
_6 ,per Cent., 1864 3B

Do. leper Cent —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 4.1 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
'
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates —
French Rentes, 3 per Cent. —
Do. Account
talian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2sf.
Do. Account

TWO VOLOOL.
Consols

Do. Account

Provident Clerks' Benevolent Fund.

The election of twelve annuitants—three clerks, to £3O
each ; and nine widows, to £2O and £ls—to this admirable
institution took place yesterday, at the offices, 15, Moorgate-
street, City. The poll commenced at 12 and closed at 3
o'clock, when the election was found to fall on the following:
Clerks—E. Sanson, £3O ; H. B. Kemp, 30; R. Sanson, 30.
Widows—M. A. Collings, 15 ; H. Clarke, 20 ; E. Fisher,
20 ; A. King, 20 ; M. Briggs, 20 ; A. M. Galton, 20 ; S.
Glover, 20 ; E. S. Haggett, 20 ; A. Battle, 15.
At the close of the proceedings J. ABEL SMITH, Esq.,
31. P , the treasurer, addressed a few remarks to the clerks
assembled. He said he was sure some of the officers of the
association, although they would have to pay the annuities
(laughter)—felt as he did—viz., that those just elected
might live long to enjoy the benefits to which they had
become elected. He hoped the unsucessful candidates would
not be cast down by the results of the poll ; he hoped the day
would come when all the applicants of to-daywould become
participators in the fund. (Cheers.) The clerks were
under deep obligations to the members of the board for the
zeal and energy with which they administered the affairs
of the association which he thought ought to receive the
unanimous support of the clerks of the country. Thanks
having
been voted to the respected treasurer, the proceed-
ings terminated.

AN ABSCONDING BANKRUPT.—This morning the
City was extensively placarded by a notice offering a re-
ward of £lOO for the apprehension of an absconding bank-
rupt, named John F. Andrews, lately carrying on business
as a coal factor at 155, renchurch-street.