The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-13 00:00:00

BRITISH PIINDS-CLOSING PRICES.

UOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
931 1
Ditto for Account,
....................... 91i 2
New 3 per Cent.............
.............. 91 New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894
2
Do. 5 per Oen Jan . 1873 .
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Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., . 1880.. —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885...
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908... 191
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21., per Ct.
Do
.£5OO
Do. £lOO & 2 pm
£2OO ...........
Bank of England Stock,:9; per Cent •239
De. opening ...................................
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds ..........
Inter-Colonial Ommum .........
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
India Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1879 2lO 12
Do. Opening, for Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
DDo. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
..
o. Certificates
o. Enfacod Pape. 4 per Cent...».
Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872
Do. 54 per Dent. May 1879 ......
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Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872......... ......
Do do 1877.........
Do. do. 1882 .........
Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 ......
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent% 4/,000 .
Do. under £l,OOO ........
........................... 15 pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ....
Do., Scrip £45 paid ........ 794....................
Au4trian Bonds 5 per cent ................
Do. 1859........................
Brazilian 5 per Cent . .....................
00. 44 per Cont. 1852
Do. do. 1858....
up. de. 18G)
Do. do., 1863
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account
E..enos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Odilian per Cent per Cent )
=54
Do. 44 per Cent
Do. 3 per Cent.,
.Do. 6 per cent. 1867
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
C to nbian, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825
Dan.bian Principalities, 7 par Cent Do 8 per Cent., 1867
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent•
Egyptian, 7 per Cent
Do S
824econd Issue
.............
Do. £so(, Bonds
Do. £lOO Bonds ...
.....................
Do. 1864
Do. Do. £5OO Account
Ponds
Do. #.IOC Bonds
Donglish Scrip, 1868 . 761
dig
do. :£45 pd
Government Railway Debentures
Circe
5 pe r Cont., 1824 5, ox Coups
Do. Account
•
uourone
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Do. Acconnt ..
: ..........
Guatemala 5 per. ... ...
RondurasGov Ro.il.L ..
. ....... ........ .....
1t ilian 5 per C'ent , 18h.
DO. Account
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o Marolucaana'• ...
Moxicar. 3 per Cent ................ 563
Ditto for Account
Dn.
p 1864 .... . , .
alDo 6 er Cont. Anglo-Vre. .. c.ll ..
ontevid9au 6 per Cent. •........ "
Meoorish Imperial 5 per Cent . ••.....•--
DW Granada
o 3 per en
Deferred Peruvian 5 per Ceut. 1865
Do Account
78i
Do
44per Cent. ti ... ...
.. .... .........
) .........
Do 44 per Cent., 1861

Do Account
Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7,
Do. do. 1867 3G
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid
Russian 5 eer Cent., 1822, .£
Do 4f per Cent 1850
Dn 4f per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 .............
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondt 4, --
Do. do. £B4 15s. do —
Do., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds
Do. do £B4 los. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 651 5
Sar,linian 5 pbr Cent
Spanish 3 per Cen
Do. Ace/unt
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferred
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip
Turkish 6 per Cent. .
Do Account
Do 6 per Cont. 1868
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 67/

303

301,

Do Account
Do .£lOO Bonds 691 701.
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865 651
Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed
Do Laud 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 o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ...
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil.,
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
Do. Account
French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. —
Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. zof.
Do Account ssgl
.:ousels, Money CLOSINGJ3 PRICES.
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Do. Account, May 6 931

7IIE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.

(THIS DAY.)

The quarterly meeting of the shareholders was held
this day—Viscount Ranelagh in the chair—at the Norfolk-
street offices. _

Mr. GRTJNEISBN (the secretary) having read the adver-
tisement convening the meeting, the annexed report of
the Executive Committee was submitted :
" The Executive Committee have the satisfaction of
submitting to the shareholders of the Conservative
Benefit Building Society the subjoined returns, showing
the cash receipts for the Christmas and Lady Day quar-
ters, the number of shares issued for the half-year, and
the grand totals, to the 25th of March, 1869 :

Shares in Shares Total Receipts.
Qrs. ending progress. Complete. Shares.
-- -- -
Dec. 25,1568 .... 417 123 MO £3G,028 3 9
March 25, 1869 .. 516 110 6 6 42,t.50 10 6
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933 233 1,11'6 78,258 11 3
Totals to Mi
chaelmas, 1863. 2',631 5,923 30,5;4 1,283,94 G 7 3
Grand totals to
Lady Day, 1869 •;.5,561 6,156 31,720 1,367,205 1 6

The total withdrawals under the rules
since the formation:of the society (1852)
to Lady Day, 1869, are ... £336,589 13 8
The last share number issued to Lady Day,

1869, was No. 31,720.
The reserve fund to Lady Day, 1869 (ex-
clusive of office premises and furniture
account), amounts to ... £10,263 6 8
The half-yearly interest warrants to Lady Day will be
issued as usual, on the Ist of May. As regards the com-
pleted shares, iu addition to the 5 per cent. Fur annum in-
terest, the bonus of 1 per cent. declared at the last annual
meeting on the 15th of December will be included. 011
shares not completed, but paid a year in advance and up-
wards, the warrants will be at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, the 1 per cent. bonus having been added
to the account. Six per cent. will also be added to
the accounts of the members holding uncompleted
invested shares, not in arrear, and in respect of which no
interest has been paid. The rate of interest on shares
(completed) and shares in progress, paid a year in advance,
will remain for the present at five per cent. per annum.
The rate of interest for the deposit department, that is,
for investors who are not mambors of the society, will re-
main unchanged at four per cent. per annum, payable
half-yearly at the same period as the interest on
shares—namely, the Ist of May and the Ist of
November. Slnce the last meeting, 11. Pownall
Esq., has ceased to be a member of the board.
The Executive Committee have much pl Itsure in report-
ing that owing to the co-operation existing between them
and the directors of the United L and Co:npany (Limited)
a large increase in the building advance business may be
expected. The Board has every re ism' to anticipate that
the formation of the new company will give increased sta-
bility to the society, and that the harmony existing be-
tween the two associations will have a large intluenco in
promoting the prosperity of both. The estates reported to
tho Board as having been purchased by the United Land
Company (Limited) are in the Edgware-road, Willesden,
West-hill, Putney-heath, Fulham-fields, Muswell-hill,
Forest-gate, Sheerness, Portsmouth, and Wellingborough.
The members of the Conservative Land Society have still
the privilege of investing in the United Land Company
(Limited), if they think fit, the shares of the first issue being
offered to them in the first instance.

(Left Sitting.)

SHERIFFS' COURT.

CHALLIS V. HARGREAVES-BREACH OF PROMISE OF
MARRIAGE.-DAMAGES, £l,OOO.
. .

This was an action in the Queen's Bench for breach of
promise of marriage. Judgment was allowed by default.
The damages were laid at £2,000;
The plaintiff, Jessie Mary Challis, is in her 21st year
and the defendant 23. She was the orphan daughter of
a commercial traveller, and had been at her own wish a
governess, and now in the family of Mr. Carrington, the
brewer. The defendant is the son of Mr. Hargreaves,
of Leeds, in the wool trade, and under the will of
his father was entitled to about £14,000. Several
letters were read to the jury, and the defendant
described himself in his epistle as " Your's
for ever, Joe." The engagement was from November
1867, to June, 1868, when the defendant referred to his
health, and declined the intended marriage.
The jury retired, and on their return assessed the
damages at £l,OOO.