The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-25 00:00:00

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9Llatelll:da 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Cr, ov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd
Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do. Account . B3
Do Maremmana Railway 551
Moxicar: 3 per Cent -
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 —
Do g rer Cent. Anglo-French —
outoyi(l:;,an C per Cent. . —
v c Irish imperial 5 per Cent
Vow Grana 13 l5
Do 3 per Cen • —
Do. Deferred
Per:irial, :‘ I,r Cent. 1.865
Do Account .. 7fl I

Do 4 oor Cent. (Uril,arren)
Do 4,t, per Cent., 1862 ..... —
Do Account
P„rt, peso 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'•,U,'2.:.
Do. do. 1e67 —
Do. do. Sc:-ip, £2O pail _
11.1,sian 5 per Cent., 1.82 Z, ..t• St
",-/o 41 per Ct•nt . 1850
Do -1; per Cent., 18.60
Do 1 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, .£l.OO Bonth.,:_. --
Do. do. £Bl 15s. d 0...
!)0., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9l
Do. da £B4 1:•s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 661; 1
Sar tnian 5 por C•riat e• 2-
Spanish 3 per ('en ... •-•
DO. Acc,,nnt ..
Do. 1867 -
Do. Account
Do. New Deferr,c •••
Do. Account • 3l
Do. E'a.sivo...
Do. Cunt. Cert. of Coil!. not funded —
Do. Account .
Swedish Provincial Mortga,go Loan —
Do Government, 1864 • ___
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip
TuPdsh 6 per Cent.
z),, Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 Der Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do .£10( Rum's
Do 5 per Gent. 1865 . .-•••
DJ Account
Do 6 per Cont., 186 a
Do 1 per Cont., Guaranteed
Do 1,...i Warrnuts (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —

Do. ,icc= lilt
uo 6 per Cent. ]864
Po 6 per Cent., 1862
Dividends on the above payable iu 1,0, !.,
zins*.Tls.o opr Cent. Ex 10 Florins
13pliau, 41T per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch ::,k per Cent. Es. 12 Gui, , —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... . --
r),. A cco uI) t —
French lientes, 3 poi- Cent., Ex. 25f. —
ittlian 5 per dent. 1831, E.-- zsi. .....
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Do. Account, Feb. 4

NA VAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, Capt. S.
Henderson, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday after-
noon from the Mauritius, and other foreign ports,
calling in at Plymouth Sound on Saturday, with
the following officers and troops on board :—Lieut.
Kelsall, 21 battalion 11th Infantry, in military
charge of troops; Staff-Surg. Major Thornton, in
medical charge ; 171 time expired and invalided
soldiers from various corps, accompanied by 21
women and 37 children, and 23 invalided seamen
and marines. The other officers and passengers
comprise :—Capt. Coates, 99th Infantry ; Lieut.
Eccles, 9th; Lieut. Goldsmith and Asst-Surg. Creed,
20th; Dr. Cushman, Mr. Parker, Dr. Beddoes, R.N.;
Sub-Lieuts. Taylor and Lloyd, R.N., from West Afri-
can squadron ; Mrs. Kelsall and two children, Mrs.
Thornton and three children, Mrs. Cashman and
one child, Mrs. Ravenhill, Mrs. Quinn, and Mrs.
Mitchell. The Urgent has been engaged on a six
month's round of troop relief service, and sailed
from the Mauritius on her homeward voyage on
the 15th of November with the 321 Regiment on
board, which she landed at Port London on the 2d
of December ; she afterwards called in at Table
Bay on the 6th of December, at St. Helena on the
17th, and Ascension on the 24th ; St. Vincent was
reached on the sth inst., whence the Urgent pro-
ceeded to Gibraltar, and finally sailed thence for
England on the 18th inst. The troops will be dis-
embarked this morning.

The screw steam corvette Juno, 6, Capt. Wm.
A. B. Pearse, left Plymouth Sound on Friday night
for China.

The Lords of the Admiralty appear determined
to follov‘ up the recent circular minute on the sub-
ject of the bankruptcy of Government clerks and
other officials recently issued by the Lords of the
Treasury, an order having bee❑ received at Chat-
ham Dockyard directing the susi.ension, prepara-

tory to his probable dismissal, of one of the esta-
blished clerks in the storekeeper's department at
that establishment, who has recently become insol-

vent.

Among the other alterations with the view to the
economy of lab3ur now being carried out at Cbat-
ham Dockyard, the Lords of the Admiralty have
ordere. 1 copying-presses to be introduced for the
first time for use at that establishment. Consequent
on this arrangement, the officials at Chatham have
been called on to report as to th=3 number of clerks
and writers whose services can be dispensed with,
and also whether writers may not be advantageously
substituted for clerks.

Forehzu. Itlail Palket LIST.

MAILS DUE.

New Zealand, via Southampton. ,Jan, 33
C,itto, via :0 'Arsenics Jai 23
Ditto, via Pt., area
t!,rtsil. Buenos Ayres, And Monte Video .......... Feb. 3.
Ditto, by French packet
.....j
Cape Verds. by Brazil packet .......Feb.an.
Cape of Good II ,pe. Ascension, and St. Helena.... Jan. 27.
,end Singapore, via Southampton.. Jan. 30.
..itbraitar, via Southampton
india.via Southampton ...... ..
..
......j
. .. . . . . :Jaan 3
u. 23
uitto, via Marseil es
!Malta, e:gypt, Sze. Jan 73.
Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 22
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southannton
Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 22
Newfoundland
Portugal ..... ........... lee a. 3.
United States,' anada, California, &c., by British
packet
Ditto, by Canadian packet Jan f.. 2
Ditto, by I. Lited States packet
Ditto (Mt' (Baltimore)
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Fob. 16.
West Indies and Paziflo (except Mexico and Baha-
mas) Jan 28

Falkland Islands
Cub and 'texico ..... •.. • ...Jan. 2S.
Bermuda. via Halifax. Feb. 10.
Btha.nas, via New Fork

MORE EVIDENCE TOUCFIING PLIOCENE MAN IN
CALIFORNIA.—The Amador Ledger of the 28th November
contains the following :—" Two or three years ago, John
Dane, while running an open cut for mining purposes,
through Grass Valley Ranch, in Amador county, unearthed
the skeleton of a mastodon of huge proportions, but most
of the bones crumbled to dust after a short exposure
to the atmosphere. The remains were found lying in a
strata of auriferous gravel with about fourteen feet of
alluvial soil over them ; but the most remarkable feature
in this discovery was that of several stone mortars
and pestles, unmistakably the work of human hands,
found in the same strata, and in close proximity
to the remains of the mastodon, evidently proving that a
race of human beings inhabited the mountains of Cali-
fornia, coexistent with the mastodon. Mr. Dane has seve-
ral of these stone mortars and pestles, together with some
of the grinders of the huge animal, now in his possession.,
We learn from the Journal Officiel that the
Emperor of the French " has just purchased at Orleans
the estate Lamotte-Sanguin, in order to found there an
asylum for convalescent workmen. The property, situate
within sight of the Loire, out of reach of the inundations,
on a superficies of more than 13,000 square metres, unites
all the conditions of extent, salubrity, and elevation desir-
able for such an institution. The Imperial munificence, in
endowing the said city with this valuable complement of
public assistance, in which it was deficient, will be a benefit to
all the working class of the towns and rural districts of the
Loiret, the sick of which aro received from all parts in the
hospitals of Orleans. The Hotel-Dieu there alone receives
more than 2,000 patients, who, ou leaving, will thus find
an asylum to await the complete return of their strength."
Assistance, nourishment, good air, and freedom from sor-
did care on recovering from an attack of sickness, has
often accelerated a retur❑ to health, and the power to help
and support others. We wish this institution every sue-
C2SS, and that the example may be imitated.
The report of the Fire Marshal of Chicago for
the year just closed shoes the total loss by fire to
52,000,000. The police of the city during the year made
23,000 arre-ts, and $27,500 worth of property was stolen.
During the last year there were 5,700 deaths, 4,084 mar-
riages, and 6,818 Dirtbs.
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