The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-08 00:00:00

the Crown to King Ferdinand before authority for
such offer had been voted by the Cortes, while the
assertion that the Portuguese Minister has been
ordered to volunteer a categorical refusal in an-
ticipation of it seems equally improbable. The
question at the present moment is creating much
excitement at Madrid, and every hour new rumours
are circulated by the various political parties.
Among other reports is one to the effect that,
although King Ferdinand will not accept the
Throne, it will be taken by his second son, Dom
Augusto, now 22 years of age, with an understand-
ing that his father shall assist him with advice.
Complaints are made of the absence of any dis-
tribution to the creditors under the liquidation of
the General Estates Company, which was ordered
to be wound up nearly three years ago, and placed
in the hands of a professional accountant, together
with one of the directors of the concern.
At the Mincing-lane markets business continues
upon a very moderate scale, owing, in some cases,
to the small supplies offering, and prices are conse-
.quently, as a rule, firm. The public tea auctions
have closed, having passed off steadily without
altering previous quotations. Dye goods are
generally quiet; at the periodical sales of cochineal,
however, a fair demand prevailed, and rates were
steady, except for silver grain, which was sold
occasionally ld. per lb. cheaper.
An extraordinary meeting of the Italian Irriga-
tion Company (Canal Cavour) will be held on the
10th of May, at Turin, for the purpose of deliberat-
ing upon the report of the delegates appointed by
the general meeting of the 29th November, 1868,
and the appointment of the directors who are to
come in to form part of the new council of admi-
nistration so soon as approval is given to the con-
vention stipulated with the Ministers of Finance
and of Agriculture,. Industry, and Commerce on
the 7th March ult., for carrying the concordat into
effect.

The suspension has been announced of Messrs.
Ferguson, Kemp, and Co., cloth manufacturers, at
Glasgow. The house was supposed to be weak and
their liabilities are small.

At a meeting at Manchester of the creditors of
Mr. John Hamer, manufacturer, who recently
stopped for £27,000, and proposed a composition
of 10s. in the pound, it was agreed to accept 13s.
4d. in the pound, in four equrd instalments, in
four months, eight months, 12 months, and 18
months.

The transfer books of the Australian Mortgage
Land and Finance Company (Limited) will be
closed from the 15th to the 28th inst.

The eleventh ordinary general meeting of the
Standard Bank of British South Africa will be held
at the office of the company on the 23d inst.
An extraordinary general meeting of the share-
holders of the CreditFoncier of Mauritius (Limited)
is convened for the 14th inst., to confirm the resolu-
tions passed on the 25th ult.
At the annual general meeting of the Florence
Land and Public Works Company (Limited) the
report of the directors and balance-sheet were
adopted. The company has made a profit of more
than £22,000 on public works alone, by which their
own property has been materially improved, while
17 acres of land have already been granted to the
company by the Municipality, on a portion of which
building operations are far advanced towards com-
pletion.

SAITISLI FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK

GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account,
I per Cent. Reduced 92f
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Con Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchcqu-...r Bills, £l,OOO, 2f per Ct.
Do £5OO
Do. £lOO & £2OO
Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent
De. opening
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Ornmum
INDIAN UOVERNMENT 6ECURITIV
Uvula stock, 101 per Cent., April 1879 —
Do. Opening, for Account -
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - 4
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Pape' 4 per Cent.... —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .... .., lO5
Do. 51 per Cznt. May 1879 1094
DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Dob. 1872 _
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
D;.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.OOO

FOIMICIN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCI(.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
Do., Scrip £45 paid ..
Anitrian Bonds 5 per cent .. —
Do. 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Oa. 41 per Cent. 1852 ..........
Do. do. 1858....
Do. . do. 1861
Do. do., 1863 —
Do. 5 por Cent., 1865 —
Do Account
B "enos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) ;
Cuba, 6 per Cent.—
(Lillian 6 per Cent —
Do. 44 per Cent •••
Do. .8 per Cent., —
Po. 6 per cent. 1867
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
O•dombian, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825
Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent —
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 —
Vquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Esyptian, 7 per Cent —
Do Second issue
Do. £stit Bonds •• •• ... ..
Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 831
Do. 1864 —
Do.
D. .£5OO Bonds ccount -
Do. .1.100 Bonds
English Scrip, 1868 761 7
Do do. :IAS p —
d
Government Railway Debentures —
Greelt 5 per Cont., 182.1. 5, ex Coups.
D.p. Account ............................ . .
!Jo. Coupons
Do. Account ~ —'—
ilaatemala 5 per Cent ..
Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd
ltsliau 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account .•
Do Maremmana Railway —
ldexicas 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
dontevideau 6 per Cent. .. —
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Do 3 per Cen
Do. Deferred
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account . 791 9
Do 41 per Cont. (Ui:ilarren)
Do 44 per Cent., 1862 . —
Do Account
Porttiguese 3 per Ct„ 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,': 351 1
Do. do. 1867 36
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, I; St
Do 41 per Cent . 1850 -
Do 44 per Cent, 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent, 1862 . .....
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds._ 904 /
Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0...,
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll
Di).
do .£B4' 15s. do —way 66 4
Do Nicolas Rail
Sardinian b ~r
spaniel' 3 pep Con ent
DDoo.. AlcBe64nt ...... •..................
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Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup,
not funded
Swedish Provincial Mortgage . LCZ --
1868 -51
DDoo Goveddrnoo:ment,
Scrip
1 pu
Do
Turkish 6 per Cent.! ........ . ..........
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6
per Cent., 1862

Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 7O 691
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1866
Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864 —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian 6 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f

-Oigian, per cent.,
Dutch 24 per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
Do. Account
French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ez. 25i.
Do Account
TWO O'QLOCI.
t:lonsols, Money 9311
Do. Account, May 6 931