The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-05 00:00:00

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.

Canada. Government, 6 p c, Jan
and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 1051
Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 102 f
Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 106
Do, 5p o, Jan and July . .... lOO 941 95
Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96
IDo, bp a, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 951 96/
Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105
Do, 6 p a, April and Oct, 1890-
1900 100 111 113
Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90.100 109 111
Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO
Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15,
1900 100 1021 1031
_ _ _

Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111
Do, 1872 100 103 105
Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114
Mauritius, 6 p c,1873, Jan & July 100 102 104
Do, 1878, Jan and July 100 106 108
Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109
D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113
Natal Gov 6p c, April & Oct 100 108. 110
Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109
New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and
July 100 104 105 1041
N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to
1876, Jan and July lOO 100} 1011
Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and
July ...100 101 102 101
Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws,
from 1867 to 1875 ' 100 100 101/
Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872
to 1898 100 1001 101/
New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109
Do, 5p c 100 97 98
Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981
Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110
Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109
Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling,
1875, Jan and July 100 1021 1031 103 k
Do, 1886 100 104 1051
Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan
and July 'OO 1081 109
Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 109 f
S Australian Government, 6 p c,
1869-77 lOO
Do, 1878-92 100
Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111
Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and
and July 100 108 110
Do, 6p c red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110
Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and
July, 1891 lOO 113 114
Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1131 114
Doi 5p c, Jan. and July,lBol 100 101 i 102

ONE MORE SEA SERPENT.

Of all the disagreeable sea-serpents that have appeared
to ancient or modern mariners, not once can compare for
general repulsiveness with that which, on the 12th inst.,
was seen by Captain Slocum and the crew of the schooner
Saladin on her voyage from Jacmel, Hayti, with a cargo
of copper, to New York, According to the account
given in the New York Herald on the morning of that
day, the captain saw what he thought was a wreck, on
the starboard beam about five miles distant, bearing east-
north-east. On nearing the object it was discovered to
to be an enormous fish, larger than a ship. At 7.30 a.m.
the scohoner hove-to with the monster twenty feet dis-
tant on her starboard quarter. It is described as being
100 feet in length, its body measuring forty and its tail
sixty feet. The most curious feature about it was an
immense body of hard gristly matter, twelve feet in
height, forty feet in width, with the same length, en-
tirely void within, forming a large bladder-shaped balloon,
which, filled with air, buoyed the serpent on the
water. This oval buoy had regular ridges, running from
the apex or head (for this bladder preceded the body of
the fish) to where it joined,the main body. These ridges
extend fore and aft at intervals of four inches, with a
regular height of two inches, and gave to the surface the
appearance of the network of a balloon. The bladder
portion was elastic and yielded to the movement of the
sea ; it was two inches thick, but of a hard, dense,
impenetrable character, and would resist knife
or bullet. On each side of this floating dome
were two heavy paddles, each five feet long,
by which the monster made progress. The fish proper,
which was • but an appendage tailed on to this blown-up
bladder, consisted of a heavy fishy substance, with• brown
sides ; and about ten feet from the dome were two eyes,
one on either side of a large horn. From this point the
fish tapered on to a forked tail of material as heavy and
hard as iron. Captain Slocum declares that the tail would
weigh 100 lb. to the cubic foot, and the forks of
the tail stood horizontally in the water, but submerged
four feet, the rest of the monster " sitting lightly on the
ocean wave." He feared to fire at her or disturb her iu
any way, as one movement on her part would have sunk
the Saladin. He believes that she has some internal
engine by which 'she fills her balloon with air and dis-
charges it at pleasure, then sinking out of sight. Her
touch is poison and her contact dangerous. How this
latter point was discovered is not stated, but quite
enough is told to prove that a most dangerous monster
has been seen for the first, and everybody must hope for
the last time.—Pall Mall Gazette.