The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-26 00:00:00

THE SUET, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, -NOVEMBER 26, 1869.

SHARE LIST.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing Businol49
Share] NAME, Paid. Price done
10 Agra Limited, A Lall 101 11 10:,
*lO Do B lO 3.1 4
50 Albion
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 231 241 p 2 t
20 Auglo-Hungarian
2U Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4
40 ' Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 i 3
20 Do issued at 2 pin._ , 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lint.
25 Bank of South Australia all 30 82
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 311
10 Bank of New Zealand all lb/ 16/
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, A ustra-
Its, snd China all 18 19
25 Chartered Mere. of India.
Loudon, and China
20 City lO 10 11 101
100 Colonial 25 36 37 421
10 Consolidated, lint.
50 Delhi and London, litu
so East London, lim 4 21 11
20 English and Aineriean,lim 10 ... ...
20 English Bank of trio de Ja-
neiro. hut l9 pr 1p
20 English, acottish, and Aus-
tralian Chartered
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 36 38
281 Do new lll 4 5
100 Imperial, lim ...... .
20 Imperial Ottualau lO 21 zi 121 I
25 lonian all t V 22
25 Do new & 6 3
Land Mortgage of India, lim 4 31 31
100 Do sp. e. Debs.lBB4, 33 all 76 78 80
100 London Banks of Mexico
and South America, lim. 20 5 4
100 London and Brazilian, Inn. 45 35 30
20 Do new 71 5 41
100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 11 13 511
25 Do new 10 11 2
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 24}
20 London and County 2O 491 4iol 491 1
50 Do new. iss at 20 p.ru, 16 pd. 11
London Joint 5t0ck...... ... ...
311 321 32}
Loudon and South African al 8 9 3
100 Loudon & S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11
50 London & Venezuela lim l2l ... ...
100 London and Westminster 2O 571 531 521 i
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm, 2O "' •"100 Merchant, 1im..... 25 61 56
10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 n
00 Midland, lim.
6 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool,
00 National rrovinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 141
10 Do lim. 16 3d 1p
...
...
50 National. . 42 ... ... 411
20 New South Wales.., all 41 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42
50 l'roviuc. Bank. Corpo., liin. 10 61 54
30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 92
10 Do new. all ... ...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, inn 25 14 14
100 Do issued at 6 put lO 0 6
'25 Union of Australia all 46 48
100 Union of Ireland, lim
...
50 Union of London l6 361 371 111

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

U Ang o-American ei:, lira all 191 204 20e
10 Anglo Meditor 10 17f 17: 17
et Atlantic Tolegraph lO 14i 154
et Do. 8 per cent.
at B. and I. ➢fagnetic Tel., lint lOO 178 183
st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 255: 26f
10 Do. Now 8 12 13p
25 Indo-European Tel., 10 Id pr
5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 4
1 Do. Prefer. 10 por cent all 1 I p
10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint, all 61 71
25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 St
20 Societe Transatlant., lint all 16 161 16
st Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 11 It
5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint, all 7
5 Do.. 10 per cent. Pref. all .1 d p

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 151 16
25 Australian Agricultural
25 Australian Mort. Land and
Finance, lim
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 8 bd
10 Berlin Water Works, lira all 13; In
10 Do. New all 111 15
100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. „ 20 ii it, ...
5 Bombay Gas, Inn.
5 Do. New 4 14 id,
Su British American Laud 44 15 17
20 British Indian Tea, bin.
20 British Ship Owners 7l
20 Canada Company all 63 t 6
10 Canadian Loan and invest-
maut, lim 2l ..
20 Ceylon Company, lint.
20 Do. A shares
10 City Discount, lint 6 _
___
25 City of Loudon Real Pro-
perty, lim 9 51 41d
30 City of Milan Improv. lhn all i, 6
25
City City
Oofffitos, lintscoiv Gas, bin all
50
25 23 22 tl 12/
50 Colonial, lint. s
Do.
60 Commercia; Union (Assur) b pr i p Et
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, lim.
20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 26 27
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 71 por cent.
100 Corporation of London
Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041
100 Do. 1879, 4/14er cent. all 1041 1051
100 Do. 1882, 4t per cent. all 103 104
10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 2/ 21
50 CreditFon.of Mauritius lina lO 31 2ld
at Crystal Palace lOO 21 23
at Do. Preference lOO 95 100
st Do. 6p. c Pexpetual Deb lO9 107 112
20 Darjeeling, lint.
10 Eastern Assam, lint
...
ss.d
50 East Indian Land Credit

and Finance, lint.
20 East India Irriga. & Canal all ..
32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and
Coal, lint.
100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy.
Gua. by Egypt. Gov alli 941 151 114 5
20 Egyptian Coin. 'Tad. hat.
3 Eng.& Aust ral.Oopper, lim 24
15 English and Foreign Credit 74 44 34d
100 Eng. and Scot. .11 arine, hin. >i .a
10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 3 2d
20 Fore-stre,etWarehouso,litn l2 1 2 p 16a
100 For. & Cul. Gov. Trust and
Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 83 90
50 Gellivara, lint. 2O
10 General Credit & Die., lint 74 14 Id 6j
15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29
50 Home & Col Marine In. lint 5 21 2d
10 Hong Kong and China Gas all
20 Hudson's Bay all 124 13 13
20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar -
seilles, lim.
20 Interna.FivancialSoc. lint 5 2 14 2
20 Interna. Laud Credit, lint 6 6 44
50 Italian Land 5 Id p
20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 Si
100 Do. 6p. c. 13ds., redeem
1870, issued 90 all 67 69
50 Land Securities, 1im..,,.,,,,, 91 144
25 London African Trading lO 7 3d
25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ...d
10 London County Land and
Building, lim.
50 Lond. Financial Asso., lim 30 22 21
4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 24
50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer
and Iron Ship, 1int..,..,,,,, 25 21 164
20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 44 pr
at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua.
sp.c. by India Gov.
10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and
Agency, lira__
50 Merchant Shipping, Sin. all 32 37
60 Millwall Iron Works, Him 124 •••
10 Natal Land and. Colonisa-
tion Co., lint. 9 51 444
25 National Discount Co., lint 5 111 114
25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ••• • •
10 National Steam Ship, Stu, all 91 104
20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 31 3d
10 New Consolidated Die. lim. 3 14 144
5 New Quebrada, lira. 4.8.0 44 44
25 New Zealand Loan & Met'
cantile Agency, lim 24 1 IP
25 New Zealand Trust and
Loan, lint
10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 7
10 Do. B .............
at North Brit. Austral., 100 48 53
50 North Brit. & Mercan. In , 6/ 19 194
25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14
50 Oriental Financial, lint ll „..
o Oriental Gas, lim
6 Do. New
10 Otago and Southland In•
vestment, lint.
5 Ottoman Gas, lint l4 24
10 Panama, New Zealand, and
Australian R. Mail lim
5 Do. do.
et Peel R. Land & Miner', lim 100 31 34
60 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 6 48
00 Do. New 1867 lO 14 444 $
00 Rhymney Iron
1 Do. New
2 Rio de Janeiro City all 18 19
Do. Gas, lint all 21 1254 254
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 48 50
Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 78 83
Do. 6p. c. Guar. Prof. 100 ••• •••
Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 7 64
Societe Gen.de Ot. 8 24 34
50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint. 6 ...
25 South Australian Land
20 TelographCon. all 29 281 334
20 Thames and Mersey Marine _

(Insurance), lira 2 21 3
20 Trinidad Petroleum, lira," 81
10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,liru. 1 -fp
10 Do do. do. all
• •..
20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 " ,
50 Union Marine L'pool, Um 5 44
20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24
15 United Discount Corp., Rm g
20 Universal Marine(ln.),llm 5 3" 1",
10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 14 2
30 Van Dieman's Land 284 6
100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per
cont. (Mortgage) Loan all 79 80 814
50 Warrant Finance, him. l2 11 led
50 West India and Nelda
Steam, lim 2O 5 3
20 West London Wharves and
Warehouses
••••

t.'OLONIAL UOVJCBRAUCNT 81CCUEITINb

- British Columbia, 6 per
0ent.,1872..•• - -..
(lanAlov.6p.O.JanNtJuly 100
~..
1
1877-84
- Do. 6p. 0 7eb. Az Aug.." 100 102 104
-: pl./0.. 5 pp.. 0.0 Slay. Az Sept lOO 102 104
Jan. ez July lOO 92f 03i
. . .
.....
Cape DD
00 . .
A 5 p.
pu, . .
u&o.oolponet 6. 061 r
spi9b.ool
98807:3...
:0
1100:21
1190121
- Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 100
- Do. Jan.itJuly, Mil
- Do.an7l 6er
00e0.
016:1 00195Apnl
100 08 100
- etylon, Nov 1878.6 1)."' 100 108 tic
- 1)0. 1872, do• •
- .81auritlue, 6 p. 0, 1876,
- Jan. and July
- Do. 1878 ... ........ .• 100 icy 106
- Do, 1&89, flay and lac' r OO 106 to,
- D 0.1805, Feb. .t; Aug A v 100 i.a
- Melbourne Corporate.,
- 1867-75, 0 Per °cut •-•• Ito 100 100
- N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja..t•lttly lOO 103 104
- Natal 6 p ot, Apl at Oct- OO
Do 8 p a, Stay Ar Nov lOO it 6 105
N. S. W. 5 p•c., '7l to 76 lOO 09 101 102
- Do. 6 p.O. 1888 to 1896- 100 1/9 100
- Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75
N.Zealand, 6p. Ct. 1891 lOO _ __
- Do. 6 per cent....
- DoJan, Aprl, July, O. t lOO 91 92 Z 91f
Do 6p c. Mar .tz Sept '9l lOO 108 110
- Do J Live .t Dec , 1591 •••• 100 109 ,11
- (Do Prov.. 1 At•okld. 1
11.0 - ...•
. / boles 1& 2, 1895...
- Nova Scotia 6 p c.Jan.,,
- and July. 1876
- DO 1880.. ........
- Quscualud. Ap. c. 'B2-L - 100 ..07 losi
Do 1891 ......... lOO 107 1084
- Tasmanian 6 pee 6.1 895 . 107 109
_ Do 1891 97 ......
- Victoria 6 per cent.lB9l lOO
-... Do. April and Oct . ~........‘1,14

THE CAREER OF AN AMERICAN

SPEC UL A TOR.

The name of James Fisk, jun., occupies a very prominent
place in American trade, commerce and finance, and has
been especially conspicuous in connection with the two
speculations of tho Gold Room, and the Erie Railroad.
The Neu, York Hera/(/ has accordingly placed bins in its
gallery of oontemrorary portraits, undeterred by the drea,l
of Mr. Fisk's wrath which is supposed to threaten all
meddlesome journalists. Mr. Fisk is now only thirty-
seven. He was born at Poultncy, Vermont, and his
first entry into life was not under very brilliant
auspices, his father being a pedlar. The boy attended
the district school but received no other education, though
his remarkable memory enabled him to pick up a great
deal of practical information. It is popularly believed
that Mr. Fisk drove a caravan for Van Amburgh, and subse-
quently took charge of the animals, but this story the
Herald sets down as "pure fiction." However, if he did
not tame wild beasts, he soon showed that he could in-
fluence his fellow men, and began his successes by super- -
seding his own father. The young man's daring specula-
tions, and the six-horse teams, which he patronised in
driving through the country districts with their store,,
alarmed the old man, who was already liable for heavy
amounts. His remonstrances witls his son were met by
the proposal that James Fisk should buy out his father's
interest, giving the father a salary as clerk. This the old
man agreed to, and so matters went on, the business
prospering fairly. In 1861, however, young James
appeared as clerk to a firm in Boston, having engaged to
serve them with the view of liquidating an old debt. At
first he made no exertion, and his employers were disap-
pointed, after the tales they had heard of his energy.
However, they subsequently agreed to give him six
months' trial, his salary depending on the value of his
services. This led to a sudden change in young Fisk's
fortunes, for the war broke out directly after-
wards. He foresaw that the soldiers must be
clothed, that there would be a scarcity in cotton goods
and a rise in prices. He did not rest until he obtained an
introduction to Mrs. Moore, the lady who had the contract
for furnishing the troops in the field with underclothing.
Mrs. Moore had already awarded her first sub-contract,
but Fisk induced her to revoke her engagement with the
rival firm, and the profits derived from the contracts he
obtained were immense. His employers, Messrs. Jordan
and Marsh, took him into the firm, and he proved
eminently successful in his speculations. They had a
large quantity of cotton blankets on hand, which had been
in store for years, and were little valued. Fisk on
ascertaining this went to Washington, and began giving
entertainments to the officers of the army. Among
his guests came the Quartermaster-General, from whom he
soon learned that the army wanted blankets. Fisk
" happened " to have a few hundreds with him, and the
result was that the Government bought up all the stock
at a fabulor price, and awarded a contract for more. The
contracts respecting this transaction were estimated at a
million dollars, of which at least one-fifth was clear profit.
The next enterprise was buying cotton, which in New
York and Boston was selling at $1 80c. per lb., and inside
the rebel lines was to be had at 20 or 30 cents.
The rel.: el lines were not going to stop James
Fisk, though, like some European worthies, he did
cot intend to sun the risk himself. He took a
trip to Memphis, arrangedfor the co-operation of some mili-
tary officials, secured his father's services, and those of a
woman inside the rebel lines, and returned to lb ton. His
plans were carried out under his direction, the cotton
shipped and landed, and a profit of $1,000,000 realised. It
is less satisfactory to add that his father's hopeless lunacy
is attributed to some unfortunate circumstances connected
with this journey. The war gave James Fisk many other
opportunities for profitable speculation, all of which he
turned to account. Thus, hearing there was likely to be a
great demand for a certain kind of flannel, he telegraphed
srders for the purchase of the only mill in the country then
engaged in the manufacture, thus securing at least a
temporary monopoly. lle did not always succeed in his
sperations, however, a store in Summer-street, Boston,
failed, and the opera house late'y attached during the gold
fever was a losing concern. Mr. Fisk's role in life is evi-
dently not that of a theatrical manager. At first it seemed
that he was equally out of place in Wall-street, but though
many anticipated his complete break down, his habitual
daring and self-reliance brought him successfully through
his difficulties. Ho made the acquaintance of Comn:;:odora
Vanderbilt and Mr. Drew, two prominent, lipeculators.
With the latter he was at first on ver; friendly terms,
but afterwards they quarrelle;,',, Mr. Fisk having
ts the Herald observes, 'gained the benefit of the
old gentleman's long 'experience. Of late, however, Fisk's
name has been chiefly known in connection with the Erie
Railroad, which, in company with a few Bostonians, he
succeeded in capturing in 1867. The line had always been
in trouble, but the bold movement of Fisk took everyone
by surprise. The intrenchment of the new manager over
in Jersey, the issuing of new stock and the locking up of
currency, the consequent excitement in Wall street and
ill over the country, and the accompanying details
of all these transactions are still fresh in the public
mind. Fisk, it will be remembered, out-gencralled all of his
opponents and obtained and now maintains the supreme
management of the road—a thoroughfare hardly second in
importance to any other in the country. The means by
which this advantage was obtained were, it is needless to
say, very severely criticised, and Fisk's railway coup d'dtat
involved him in endless litigation. There is probably, says
the Herald, not a court in New York, and few in New
Jersey, where the name of James Fisk, jun., does not
appear upon the records in from one to a hundred cases, in
which the Erie Railroad is involved as plaintiff or
defendant. There were not wanting rumours that Fisk
had purchased the co-operation of the law makers and law
administrators, but these charges were never substantiated,
though great discontent was excited by the decisions given
in some cases which were said to be "very remarkable."
Those who joined Fisk in the first movement withdrew
one by one, feeling they had little chance of competing with
him, and Fisk and Jay Gould remained in possession of
the field. The Erie Treasury was empty when Fisk ob-
tained control of the road, but he contrived so to manipu-
late the stock as to send it up not only in America, but
in England, where capitalists bought it up with enthusiasm.
The recent history of the Erie troubles are familiar to the Eng-
lish. The Erie managers were anxious to obtain possession of
a road to Albany, opening the way to the extensive coal
regions of that district. An order was obtained appoint-
ing Fisk and another receivers of the Albany and
Susquehanna Railroad Company, on what pretext is not
clearly comprehensible. This led to scenes in the
courts, and skirmishes on the road, ending by the military
taking possession of the road, and a military officer being
appointed to direct the line by order of the Governor of
the State. After this came the gold fever and the panic
in Wall-street, in which James Fisk played a very
conspicuous part. Add to this several important
transactions in steamboat speculatier'a, and some
idea can be formed of Mr. James Fisk's
career. Though he began pedlar, he is now a mil-
lionaire; but, to guardisgtAn possible disasters in future
speculations, he ht's settled a large sum on his wife.
He is
.c,lesa'aibed as a warm friend and a still
warmct enemy, as "he will go far out of his
Way to obtain redress for a real or fancied wrong."
Nevertheless, though his conduct has been very
unfavourably commented on, he has troops of friends (as
what millionaire has not ?) and the Herald concludes its
biography by assuring its subject in true Yankee phrase-
ology that "he can make his exit from the world with
the proud satisfaction that he once made considerable stir
in it."

The Bishop of Exeter (elect) intends to hold an
ordination at the Cathedral of Exeter on the Feast of the
Epiphany. His lordship has appointed Mr. Arthur Burch,
secretary to the late Bishop of Exeter, his secretary.
THE LATE Mn. GEORGE PEABODY.—The Rev.
J. Thornton, Independent minister, communicates to the
Stockport News an extract from a letter received from Mr.
Charles Reed, M.P., one of the executors, in which he
says : " Take my word for it, our late departed friend was
a Congregationalist of our own order. I closed his eyes
in death."

THE VALUE OF AUTOGRAPHS IN NEW YORK.—
The sale of autographs in this city seems to show that the
spirit of "hero worship," as Carlyle would term it, is sub-
siding somewhat. A letter of Daniel Webster went for 50
cents. A letter or two of Dickens brought but 2 dols.
each ; Lady Blessington's, 1 dol. 15 cents.; Longfellow's 75
cents ; and the last translation of Homer (Lord Derby),
2cents. Remarkable enough, the autograph of Edgar Poe
brought 5 dols.—just as much as was paid for ono of Sir
Walter Scott's. We cannot help thinking that, just at
present, a good autograph of Lord Byron would bring over
10 dols.—New York Times, Nov. 7.
A FORTUNE FROM GOETHE.—A letter from
GolAhe, dated 1797, was found the other day in the firm
of the publisher Vieweg in Braunschweig. It is addressed
to the gentleman who was head of the fu m at the time,
and runs as follows :—" I send you a manuscript in a
sealed cover. If Herr Vieweg will not pay 200
rriethichs d'or for it he Will have the good•
ness to return the packet without unsealing
it." The c tutious publisher, it seems, took some
days to consider the course he ought to pursue. At
last, on the principle that " nothing venture, nothing
win," he broke the seal. The enclosure turned out to be
no less a work than the poem " Hermann and Dorothea,"
one of the most charming and artistically complete that
Goethe ever wrote. Herr Vieweg had certainly no reason
to complain that he raid more for the manuscript than it
watomt4.