The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL, 20, 186 P.

forward.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

GOVERNMENT _FUND&
3 per Cent. Consols gii 3
Ditto for Account,
S per Cent. Reduced 9ll 1
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 6 per Cen i an. 1873 .. —
A.unuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
Do. for 30 yrs expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 2O
Exclieque.r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Ct.
Ds £5OO
Pm
Do. XlOO & £2OO
Bank of England Stock, 4} per Cent
D. opening
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
inter-Colonial Ommuin
INDIAN dOVERNMENT ISECURITIEb
[ndia fkock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
Do. Opening, for Account -
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Pape,. 4 per Cent..,.. —
Do. S per Cert., Jan. 1872 ,e,.. —
Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 —
Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 lO5l
Dc do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
DL. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent 7Bf I i
Do., Scrip £.45 paid ..
Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
00. 41 per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do. 1858 —
Do. de. 186' —
Do. do., 1863 6Bl
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Uo Account Bo}
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cuba, 6 per Cont.
Oudian 6 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cent~
to. 6 per wit. 1867 96
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
C lo obien, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 , —
Dan, bian Principalities, 7 par Cent B9
Du S per Cent., 1867
b'qualor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
R ;mist), 7 per Cent...
ii,. Se.cood Issue
!)e. £5O. Bonds
Do. £lOO Bowls
Do. 1864
Do. Account
Do. ..£soo Bonds

..... 81}

Do. fIOG Bonds B7i 7
English Scrip, 1868 7651 6
Do do. £45 pd
Government Railway Delwnturea
Groot 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups —
Do. Account
1)o. Coupons
Do. Account
guatemala 5 per Cent ..
Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 8l
Itti;iau 5 per Cert., 1865
Do. Account .. E3k
Do Maremmana Railway
liexicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864
Do 1 per Cent. Anglo-French
gontevidean 6 per Cent. •
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada ---j
Do 3 per Oen,
Do. Deferred
Perurian b per Cent. 1865
Do Account .. 784
Do 44 per Cent. (Th:harren)
Do 44 per Cent., 1862

Do ACCount
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'i) 351 1
Do. do. 1867
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid
It assian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si
Do 41 per Cent , 1850
Do 44 per Cont., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 por Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.„ 891
Do. du. £B4 15s. do —
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O
Do. do £B4 15s. do
Do Nicolas Railway 651
Sar linian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 por Con .......
Do. Accr,unt .... 3ll
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferroo
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded —
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip — pt
Turkish 6 per Cent.; _.,..
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 72
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 7U
Do 5 per gent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 186 a 66 51
Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Accent
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do 6 per Cont. 1864 —
Dividends on the above payable in London
Austrisu a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent, Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil —
Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates —
Do. Account —
French Rented, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. —

CLOSING PRICES.
Jonsols, Money 992i',-3
Do. Account, May 6 3

Bo URSE, April 19.—Th
closed as follows :-
4i per Cent. ...... 102 Bank Shares 2850
End of month... ItaFan Fives 56 40
3 per Cent
End of month 7l '25 Mexican Loan 251
Credit Mobilier
End of month... 251 25 Spanish Threes
Credit
Foncier ...1522 50 Rome Debt — End of month... Deferred —
RAILWAYS. Cash.
01-leans ....
... 920
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.....
Western
Eastern 575
.......... .. .•
Sardinian
Austrian 51i
_Lombard
North of S 480
pain
Saragoasa
75 Roman ........... _

ace o'clock—The market

':a 1 ORDER. R.

EXECUTION OP SHEWARD.—TIIIS DAY.
The last sentence of the law was carried out this
morning, and Sheward was executed, after making
a full confession. Ile died almost instantly and
without a struggle,

shares, leaving a balance of £383 to be carried

Several el the large insurance companies, includ-
ing more particularly th,. Royal and the General,
have notified that they have adopted a plan of issu-
ing short time policies to midsummer next, and
thence annually, duty free. By this means insurers
will receive the full benefit of the proposed remis-
sion of duty.
Ottoman Railway and Yarns Railway shares
have severally risen to 5i to 6, owing to the hopes
inspired by the mission of Daoud Pasha. The
Ottoman Railway (second series) Bonds have also
advanced to 33 to 38.

The traffic receipts of the Cape Railway Com-
way for the month of February were £3,938
against £4,079 in the corresponding month of last
year, which was one day longer. It is announced
that the Board have decided to recommend a divi-
dend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the
ordinary stock of the company for the half year
ending the 31st December last, is addition to the
agreed dividend of G per cent. on the Preference
Stock.

The amount of Australlitn gold known to be
now on the way to England is £835,500, of which
upwards of £300,000 is due. Annexed are the par-
ticulars :--'TieliJckliff, £20,000 ; Siam, £72,000 ;
Ernestine, £24,500; Donald M‘Kay, £54,000;
Wellesley, £26,000 ; Niagara, £31,000 ; Sussex,
£51,000 ; Red Rover, £33,500 ; Maid of Judah,
£115,500 ; Highflyer, £lOl,OOO ; City of Man-
chester, £41,500 ; Lansdowne, £66,000 ; Reigate,
£56,500 ; Essex, £72,000 ; and the Sobraon,
£71,000.

Warrants for payment of the 10th half-yearly
interest on the shares of the Central Argentine
Railway Company were posted to the shareholders
yesterday.

The following are the receipts of the Melbourne
and Hobson's Bay United Railway for the four
weeks ending the 25th February : —For the four
weeks ending Feb. 4, 1869, £3,700 ; corresponding
week, 1868, £3,412. Feb. 11, 1869, £2,541 ;
ditto, 1868, £2,055. Feb. 18, 1869, £2,340 ; ditto,
1868, £2,195. Feb. 25, 1869, £2,001 ; ditto, 1868,
£2,452.

SHARE LIST.

ORDINARY sIiAiNS AND STOCKS.

Share Railways. Paid. Closing Busbies
Price. dene.
at Bristol and Exeter ....... 100
78 77 79 78 71
et Caledonian
... 100 77i 77} i 1 1
et Ciimbrian ........ . lOO 18 Z 3
20 Cornwall.-- ... . ... ... all 21 31
at Dublin Sc .Belfast June... 100 27 79
it Dun„rertli, & Ab. June... '*oo 70 70
2) East London all 6 7
30 Do 15 - -
21 Do 10
it Glasgow &S. Western lO3 97 99
at Great Eastern .. 100 37 371 37 f 1 1
at Do. E. Angl. No. 2. 100 ... ...
s t Great North of Scotland lOO 15 6
at Great Northern lOO 108 108 1071 q
at Do. A 5t00k...... lOO 109 104 10.. 81 1
at Do, B stock lOO .. ...
st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO i.l v 7
s, Gt. Western -Original lOO 491 001
st Do. South Wales lOO 04 86
st Do. W..11id.-Dxlord lOO 21 27
at Do. Newport lOO 28 20
at Laneastlire & Yorkshire lOO 123 .21
at Lon., tirigh.,& S.Coast lOO 471 43 48 71
0) Do scrip ... - -
at I on., Chat., and Dover lOO 17 k:171 171
at Do. AI etrop. Ex. A lOO - -
at Lon. A.N Linn Western lOO 111 151 111}
~t Lou. .5 South Western lOO 87 ris st; So
at Man., Shet., A Lincoln lee 57 171 561
st Aietr.., o ltan . .
st Do Extonsi )It .. .. 100 10J 1 'tz
10 iso. New c}
..
St Me .repoli tan District. all 43 AO
10 Metrop „it. John's NS 001 6
at iluinukl
st Uo, Birinin. & thil bj
at Nato ISCILIIIII
st U., Ed., 1't1.1., at Dun... 109 - -
st 1' or. kiaetern-berwies.. 100 1021 A3l 103 2/
23 Do. 3. N.lO purohase..ls.l3.l - -
st Do Leeds ...... ....... 100 88 59
st Do York
st Do Carlisle ... • lOO 122 !2.1
st Do Stoc c. &Darling ICO 131. 135
st North Lon ion . . 10) 114 .21
10 Do New I.BtB
at North Staffordshire . . 100 Si 56 551
at North and S.-W. Jnnction 100 VS 100
10 Do 5
6: New £lO shares 7 •8
'
at Rhyntuey ..
at Shropshire Union 1(0 67 58
st South Devon:-
at South Eastern lOO 701 77 761
at Staines, Wok'hann, & Wok all 12 13
st 'tau V ale
-- Do. C ...
- Waterlord & Kilkenny 1(0 -- -
10 Waterloo & Whiteha,l 6 - -

RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SBARES AND STOCKS.

et Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88
at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ...
at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO ...
st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ...
at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... ..•
st Do. do. Ordinary_ 100 81 83
st Do. Midland
et Du. Dundee and Arbroath 100 •••
20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all •••
stj Dundee, Perth, and Aber-
deen Junction lOO 105 107
st Do. Ist Class preference lOO
st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO
at fit. Eastern, E.G. Ex. No. 1 100 91 99 98
at Do do N 0.2 100 91 93
et Do do 6 per cent 100 109 112 1101
et Do East Anglian A sp. c. 100
at Do do B 6 do. 100
at Do do C 7 do. 100
st Do de No. 1, 5 p.c. 100
•• •••
et Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 7U 75
st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100
st Do do 5 p.c.Wav•Val.lB47 100 ••• •••
at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 )
at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100
at Do 4, do do do 100
at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO
at Do Leeds, Bradford, and
Halifax, 6 per cant lOO
stl Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100
64 Great South. and Western
(Ireland) 4 per cent
tit) G t.West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Bent
chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 10 103
at Do. Orig. (B. &IL Ex). I P•c• 100 95 11).)
st Do do 41 per cent. 18/0... 100 87 89
st Do do 4 do do ... 100 77 79
st Lo do 5 per cent. redena. 100 95 97
at Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 66 70
at Do do do pref... 100
•••
st Do do Chester gua lOO 80 85
st Do do do 8 per cent lOO
st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100
st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO
at Do do 41 P•e lOO
at Do do 41 1858—* 100
t Do do 5
at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 111 113
at Do do 2d gua lOO in 111
st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 89
91
do 2d do
st Do 100 97 100
at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 loci
100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all • •.•
st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1-1.1 135
at Do Barnsley, £5 35 lCd p.c. 100
at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 1:7(.1 135
at Du 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 100
stl London & Brighton, 5 p. c
Meal No 1
guara 100
at Do 1 per cont. gua. No. 2. 100 • •••
at Do 6 do do
at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO •••
at Do 7 per cent lOO
at Do 6 do (W.E• & 1-3. P.) 100 "•
at Da 4 do 1859 lOO ••• •••
at London, Chatham, & Dover ••• •••
5 per cent lOO
at London and N.W., C. and
Nuneaton 5 per cent...... 100 108 110
at Do Bedford &Cambridge 100
at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO
at Loudon and S W. 7 p,c. •••
late 3d shares lOO 140 150
2s 60. Do (Purism. perp ans. 2:ilia) all
st Man., Sh ef., &Linda. 6 p.c 100 117
6 Du
at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 66
10 Du redeem. 6 percent 5
st Mid. Consolidated., Gp. C lOO 130 135
st Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c... IOJ 112 131
91331 21
st Do 41 per cent. redeem... 100 wi 104
et Do 41 par cent. irredeene lOO 98 111
st Do Leicester & 4 p.O lOO 39 91
et North k'xitish, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO ... ..•
st Do E. &G.4p.e. S. & D lOO
at Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO
at Do Border Union, 51 pm 100 ••• •••
at N.-Eastern--Cous. 4 p.c 100 87 89
at Du 41 per cent. redeem..... 100 91 97
at Do (I- N.E. 4 per cent., lOO
17 Do Berwick capital S. 13 ••• •••
Do York, If. &S. purchase lO 11)
Do Stcktn & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 106 108
at Do W, U.artlepoot It and It lOO 81 86
20 North Staffordshire
108 ri. Devon Annuities 1 a all 810
102 Du Tavistock Anna., 10s all 84 94
105 Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81
40.6. S. east. (Read. Anna1.0.6) all 22 23
at Do 44 percent * lOO
at Do Fixed 41 per cent
at Taff Vale No.l lOO 14.1 153
at Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Bus
sing iness
Share NAM C lo
E. Paid. Price. clone
10 Agra Limited, A all 11 12 101
10 Do B lO 21 :ii 3
50 Albion
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 20 '2l 201 f
20 Anglo-Ilungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1300, limited 10 51 41
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13
20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lint.
25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia '25 37 32
10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18
50 British North Aink,rican
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, , nd China all
25 Chartered Mere. of India.
London, and China all
20 City
100 Colonial '2s
10 Consolidated, lint
50 Delhi and Lon.lou, lint
50 East London, lint 5
'2O English and American, lim 10
20 English Bank of Mu de Ja-