The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-11 00:00:00

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

GoyznYmENT FUNDS.
a k9r Cent. Consols
a Ditto for Account,
per Cent. Reducod 9lf
.11„‘s cv 3 per Cent
Aeir 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894
, Do. 0 per Oen Jan. 1873
Annuities, S 0 yrs, expire sth Jun., MU —
Do. for 3U yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telel,reph), Aug., 1908 —
1 zchcquor Rills, £l,OOO, 21 per Ct.
Do £5OO
~ Do. £lOO & £2OO —
144afc of England Stock, 4per Cent
ru., D%. account
, anada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Oninium
INDIAN dOVEICSDIENT Szcuitinte.
India .`Ztock, 101 per Vent., April 1874 —
Do. Opening, for Account -
Do. 5 per Vent. July, 1880
Do. 4 pee Cent.., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 per Out —
Do. 6 per Cert., Jau. 1872
Do. si. per tint. May 1879 llOl
0.) 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —

D..
Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
O. Bonds, 4 per Cent., .£l,OOO
'it). under .Cl.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
"tr-.'eutine Republic, 6 per Cent ... .
Uo, Scrip 445
*kuitrian Bonds 6 per cent ..

Do. 18.59
nrvtilian 5 per Cent
00. If per Cent. 1852

Do- - do. 1818....
Pso. do. 186 ' . .
.4,0. do., 1863 —
801 80
tf 0.5 per Cent., 1865
b 'JO Account —
44 •enos Ayres 6 per Cent.
11b 6 - pe
, 1.),) 2 r Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent —
`6 per Cent.
..(titin 6 per Cent —
4k per Cent —
0.
0. 3 por Cent., D—
—
1)0•6 per ce t. 1867 —
1.,
0. 7 per Cent., 1866
Q
D
lo übtan, 6 per Cent.
. leatlish, 3 per Cent., 1820... ..... i —

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that they would powerfully deve!ope the great
natural resources of the country, coupled with the
faith in the financial honesty of the Russian Go-
vernment, which was especially strengthened by its
conduct during the Crimean war. But the Empe-
ror and his Ministers seem totally unable to un-
derstand that the best credit in the world may be
speedily destroyed by mismanagement, and a con-
dition of the market has at length been induced in
London for which there can be no remedy except
from a precise and unreserved declaration that no
further issues will be made, either directly or indi-
rectly until after the lapse of some distant and well-
defined period.
With reference to the tenders for the Victorian
(Australia) Railway Loan for £2,107,000, it ap-
pears that of the £643,200 which was applied for
at and above the minimum, about £300,000 was
written for under fictitious names and addresses,
including the tender for £150,000 at 1102. The
total actually placed is, therefore, only £343,000.
A petition, signed by 1,800 owners, lessees, oc-
cupiers of land, and inhabitants of the district, has
been presented to Parliament against the proposed
abandonment of the railway between Settle and
Carlisle, now sought by the Midland Railway
Company.
In connection with the affairs of the London,
Chatham and Dover Railway, it is proposed to
apply to the Court of Chancery far payment out of
the moneys in the hands of the company of the last
half-year's interest on the debentures of the com-
pany, excepting that on the debentures of the link
line from Farringdan-street to Earl-street, there
being an over-issue on this portion. Application
will be made to the Court that the amount on the
latter debentures, and of an other debts claiming
to rank before debentures, Le -paid into Court
to await the final decision. The proposed pay-
ment will in no degree affect the question of the
priorities.
At the adjourned meeting of the Metropolitan
Railway Company the chairman stated that since
the previous meeting the directors had been in com-
munication with Mr. Silisbury, by whom the in-
junction in Chancery had been obtained, and that
it had been arranged he should abstain from all
further proceedings, on the understanding that no
attempt should be made to divide the £42,000 re-
ceived from the contractors. 'I he board recom-
mended the shareholders to accept this proposal.
The report and accounts were then adopted, a re-
solution was passed to place the £42,000 to credit of
Capital account, and a dividend at the rate of 41
per cent. was declared.

The London and North Western Railway traffic

returns show this week an increase of £466 over

last year; the Midland au increase of £6,048; the
Great Northern an increase of £670 ; the Great
Western an increase of £1,147 ; the Great Eastern

an increase of £1,214 ; and the Loudon and Sjuth
Western a decrease of £222.
The transfer books of the Anglo-Mediterranean

Telegragph Company will be closed from the 17th
to the 20th inst., preparatory to the payment of an
interim dividend of 4e. per stare, free of income
tax, on account of profits for the three months end-
ing the 15th inst.

The General meeting of the Societe General de
l'ELupire Ottoman will be held on the 13th of May,
at Constantinople, to " receive and approve the
accounts of the fourth working year ending the
31st December, 1868, to hear the report of the
Council of Administration, and to fix the divi-
dend.,,