The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-29 00:00:00

BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK.

GOVERNMENT YENDs.
3 per Lent. Consols
Ditto for Accoui,t, Jan. 6
'''d
per Cent. Reduced 9lf
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. Itql4
Do. o per Cen Jr.i.n.167:5
innuitieg, SO vie, expire Sib Jau., ltibt, —
Do. for 3o yrg, expire 51. h April 18(45 —
Do (lied Sea Telekraphl, Aug., fl.oB , 191
.IxcLequ.:r Wils, £l,ool', 21 p. Ct. March 1 dis
Da. 3 do. Juno
D 3 £lOO, ..£2obgtt £5OO 3 pm
Outik of England Stock. 41 per Cent
D.:. opening —
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
nter-Colouial Onunum —
INDIAN LIONERNMENT SECURITIEe.
lndi t Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1'74„ Shut
Dc. Opening, for Account —
D ~ a per Cent. July, 1680
Do 4 per Cent. 'Oct. 1888
Do. Eufaced PareL 4 per Cent.... —
Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ..... „,,. —
Do. 51 per Cent. May 187 P —
DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Date,. 1872.. —
Do do. 18177 --
Do. do. 1882 —
U;,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ......
Do. under £l,OOO - —

FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
irgentine Republic, 6 per Cent B7i 71
Do..Ace,ount
Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent .. —

Do. 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 4} per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do 1838....
Do. as, M) —
Do. do 1863
_ ~ ,,1.•

,
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Dc. Account
Baenos Ayres 6 per Cent.
DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
°Lillian 6 per Cent —
t 0. 4} per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cent.,
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
Do. 6 per cent. 1867 991
0 lombian, 6 per Cent.
Danisu, 3 per Cent., 1825...
Dan,,bian Principalities, 7 per Cent B6l
Do. Account
Do 8 par Cent., 1867 —
Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Egyptian, 7 per Cent —
Pa Record issue •. —
Do. .£sot. Bonds —
Do. 1864 —
Do. Account
Do. £5OO Bonds —
Do..ilOG Bonds
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ~ ..
Do. £lOO Bonds
Government Railway Debentures 991 i
Greeir b per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups

Do. Coupons
Guttemala:o per Cent ..
Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p.. Ct., all pd 851
Do. Ace, tint
lt,iian 5 per Cent., 1865
-Jo. Account _

Do Maremmana Ilailway ... —
)1 exican 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account —
Dn. 1864 —
Do 13 per Cont. Anglo-French —
A outevideau 6 per Cent. ..... .....•
llocrish Imperial 5 rer Cent —
'New Granada l7l
Do 3 per Oen, —
Do. Deferred
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 par Cont. 1865
Do Account • .. 834
Do 44 per Cent. (Ui:liarren)
Do 44 per Cent., 1862 .. —
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent.,1862 —
Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'Zi
Do. do. 1867 —
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —

Russian 5 per Cent., 181 i, £ Si
Do 44 per Cent 1850 -
Do 4i per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do :do, Scrip —
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds., 901
Do. do. £Bl 15s. do —
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9Ol
Do. do £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway —
Sar litian 5 per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Con . —
Do. Accf,unt ..., —
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. Now Deferred -2-4
Do. Passive —
Do. Com. Curt. of Coui . not funded

Do. Account
wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
Do Government, 1864
Do dc, 1868
Turkish 6 per Cent • • 6...4. •
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account
Do XIOC Bonds —
Do 6 per Cont., 1862
Do. Account 69
Do £lOO Bonds 7O
Do. 5 percent. 1865 451
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865 —
Do. Accounts 6Bl 11
D, 1 per Cont., Guaranteed —
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do 6 per Cent. 1864 - —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian 5 per Cent. Ex 10. Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull, —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. -Lai
Do Account 56 f
TWO O'CLOCK.

ad
Oonsole, M0ney............
Do. Account, Jan. 6 , :22 11

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS.

The annual meeting of the supporters of this in.
stitution was held yesterday at the London Tavern,
under the presidency of Mr. George Moore, the
treasurer. The secretary, Mr. Henry Lendon, read
the report, which stated that the income for 1869,
derived from the ordinary sources, showed a falling
off of £759 ss. 11d. from that of 1868. This,
however, could not be considered as unsatisfac-
tory, as the income of 1868 included a large
amount contributed for building a new wing. The
general health of the children for the past year
h been good, and the favourable progress made in
the educational department of the institution was
very satisfactory. Four boys had been sent to
the Oxford middle-class examination, and thus
had passed : one in the first divisio❑ of the
junior classes, and two in the second. The late
Mr. John Underwood, of Wood- street, had be-
queathed a legacy of £3OO. The value of
this institution was shown by the large number
of applicants for the benefits of the schools,
which increased every half-year. The results
of the simultaneous collection on the "orphans'
day" (October 20th) had been £1,116 14s. 10d.,
which sum bore a fair comparison with that
of the previous year. The annual dinner in aid
of the funds of the charity would be given to-day
(Dec. 29), so as to give the large number of the
subscribers which were at present in town an op-
portunity of being present. The balance-sheet
showed that the income for the year from all sources
amounted to £12,319 10s. 4d., and the expenditure,
including a deposit of £2,000 at the bankers and a
purchase of £2,423 10s. railway stock, had been
£11,955 15s. 5d., leaving a balance of £363 16s. 11d.
The report was adopted, and Mr. IL S. Way
moved :--‘, That, with a view to the further edu-
cation and advancement of boys who while
in the schools have displayed unusual intellec-
t ial ability, and have given promise of future
eminence in literary and scientific pursuits, the
board of management be empowered, at their dis-
cretion, to make provision from time to time for
sending stult boys to the City of London or other
public school for three years after leaving the in-
titatiou." The motion having bee❑ seconded, a
I)ur, di.eussiJn followed, which resulted in Mr.
Way withdrawing his proposal, so that the sub-
s.e:ibers might have au opportunity of considering
the question. The treasurer and committee were
re elected, and the election of 14 boys and seven
gir:s oat of a list of 4 t candidates was proceeded
with.

THE WELSII FASTING GIRL.—The Treasury
;Authorities contemplate taking tin) Welsh fasting- girl's
case into their hands and instructing codusel to conduct
1) prus cutiou at the assizes. _

A necdiewom,ln, aged 70 years, was found dead
on 111 19fil of December, Lt 11, Elorcstau-streA,
Mile-cud Old-town ; " want of sufficient nourish-
fiLlit, and from other privations." (Inquest.)

DOCIiS.
St Ells: ankl We:.,, India lOO I'l 14
l.oDlou and St. liatherioe 100 L 0 52
WO D oDeb. stock, 1p r cent ail
Freehold Land
st Dock 0 :4 3 i
st Suuthamptua
st I:;urrey

Closing
Share NAsnt. raid. Price
10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11
'll • Do • 13 lO 44 54
50 Albion l5 10 S
00 Alliance, _Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lin'
20 Anglo-Hungarian • 8 1/ 21
20 Anglo-Italian 1863, limited 10 5 4
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia - all 19 'a
20 Do issued at 2 pm.— , 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lint.
25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32
50 Bank of Victoria, Austialia 25 37 314
10 Bank of ;New Zealand all 151 161
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, A ustra-
lia, k, lad China all 17 18 17
25 Chartered Mere. of India
London, and China all 31 32
20 City l5 10 11
100 Colonial 25 1 4;
10 Consolidated, lint.
50 Delhi and Loudon, lift
SO East London, lim 5 21 14
2o English and American, lint 10 ..•
20 English Bank ltio &
.Ja-
neiro 1int......
20 English, ;-..euttisli, and Aus-
tralian Chartered i all 164 163 171
281 Hung Esing and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 35 38
281 - Do new lll 4 5
100.. Imperial, lim 2O 15 16
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 24 14 4
a 6 lonian all 19 '22
25 Do new 5 6 3
Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 34 31
100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 16 160
100 London Banki of Mexico
and South America, lint. 20 5 4
100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 ::')
20 -Do new 71 5 41
100 London &River Plate, lim 4O 11 13
25 Do new 10 11 2• p
20 London Chart, of Australia all 231 241
20 London and County 2O 991 504 431 4
50 Do new, issat 20p.m,16pd. 11 ... ..
London Joint Stock 3ll 321
London and South African al 8 9
100 London & S.-Wcstern, lim, 20 13 11
50 London & Venezuela, lim.,. 121 ... ~.
100 London and Westminster 2O 571 581
WO Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O
100 Merchant, lint 25 61 51
10 Metropolitan, lim '
00 Midland, lint 2O 11 1
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, Hai l5 3d 1p
00 National Provinc. of Enz,''d 42 "' "'lO Do . 42 ... ...
60 National...... 3O ... ..
20 New South Wales all 41 43
20 North-Western - ---
95 nr;...,,..1 ii,,,,,aa e.,,,0,,i0.4.1uu all 41 42
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., Sm. 10 64 51
30 Provincial of Ireland '2s 90 92
10 Do new all ... ...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 13
100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6
25 Union of Australia all 46 43
100 Union of Ireland, Hui
50 Union of London l5 37 38

TELEGRAP II COMPANIES.
Tt AnZio-Aineriean fel., arl 181 IS/ i9l
10 Anglo Meditcr i 0 17/ Ilt 171
et Atlantic Telegraph lO 12 14
et Do. 8 per cent. lOO 4) 45
at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., him. 100 178 I:i3
et Electric tt Inter. Telegraph 100 2GJ 265
10 Do. New 8 12 13p
25 Indo-European Tel., lint all 23 21
5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 21 3i
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1p
10 Mediterra. Exteu. Tel., lim all 6 61
25 Reuter's Telegram all 78 60
20 Societe Transatlant., lira all 16 161 lei
at Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 11 11
SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., him all 7 n
5 Do. 10 pe: cent. Prof all p

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 Auglo-Mexican Mint ,
ail 111 ii-t
25 Australian Agricultural
25 Australian Mort. Land and
Finance, lint. . 4. i id
10 Baugarah Tea, Estates, Inn 3 5.1
10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 111 141
10 Do. Now all _ ....
(00 Bolckow Vaughan, litre.
5 Bombay G. lint.
5 Do. New 4 It i,d
5.) British American Laud 4l 15 17
20 British Indian Tea, Inn— all 21 31
20 British Ship Owners 7l
29 Canada Company all
10 Canadian Luau and luvzst-
mont,litn 2!
20 Ceylon Company, lint.
20 Do. A ultarci
10 City Discount, Btu .5
25 City of London Beal Pro-
perty, lint 9 51 4
30 City of Milan lmprov. lint all 5 6
25 City of Moscow Uas, litre.., all
50 City Offices, lint 25 21 22
50 Colonial, lint.
Do.
...
... i
50 Commerciai Union (Assur) 6 pr i
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, lint. a
20 Continental Union UttS, lint all 25 27
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 71 per cent.

64 I 6

Yd

SUNDAY TRAFFIC IN 7HE METROPOLIS.

Last night a meeting was held in the Baths,
Lambeth, to cousidcr what steps should be adopted
to stop the existing Sunday traffic. Mr. Thomas
Chambers, Q.C., M.P., occupied the chair. The
Chairman, in opening the meeting, said he had
taken a deep interest in the Sunday traffic ques-
tion, and his opinion was still the same as it was
many years ago, that the working man should en-
joy a day of rest. Last year he had the pleasure
of introtlucing a large and influential deputation to
Mr. Gladstone for the purpose of pressing
the question on the attention of the Govern-
ment, and almost immediately after they left
another deputation was introduced to the
Premier in support of the other side of the ques-
tion. He (the chairman) took occasion, when the
Sun lay Trading Bill came before the House of
Commons, to state that it was his belief the great
mass of the working men of the metropolis were in
favour of keeping the Sabbath rest. Ho thought,
if the Government were satisfied the public spirit
favoured the closing of shops on Sunday, they
would take up the
question. When their bill was
brought into Parliament last year he did not think
that it met the requirements of the case, and he
therefore put upon the paper a long series of
verbal amendments. But there was a hostile
minority against whom they had to contend
in the House, who brought serious objections to
the bill being discussed at a late period of the Ses-
sion. After he had got two or three of his amend-
ments passed, he found it impossible to get the
bill through, and it had, therefore, to be abandoned.
This year care had been taken to provide against
objections. He was sure that the Government
would take up the matter, and the Home Secretary
was in favour of it, though he did not pledge the
Ministry to introduce a measure. He held that
the working men must take up the question them-
selves, and they were deeply interested in maintain-
ing a day of rest. On the Continent the working
men wero endeavouring to recover the day
of rest which had been taken from them. He
did not put the question on religious grounds alone,
but he put it on the social aspect of the matter,
and every class of working men should bestir
themselves in the hour of danger. He did not re-
quire to tell them that there was a hostility be-
tween the interests, arising out of the competition
of business and the working men, and the unwill-
ingness of employers to allow that the labourer
should have a day of rest. There had been an
effort made by some well-disposed persons to
put the old Act of Charles 11. into force, but
the magistrate fined the party a penny without
costs; that was, to his mind, bringing the Act
of Parliament into contempt. No Act of Par-
liament could make people go to church or chapel,
but it was for them to command that the
day of rest should not be infringed upon. The
Rev. Thomas Nolan, 8.D., moved the first resolu-
tion, which sat forth a recommendation to the
working classes to refrain from making their pur-
chases on the Sabbath, but rather buy their goods
on Saturday, so that all the metropolitan trades-
men might enjoy a day of rest. The Rev. John
Mongan seconded the motion, and stated that from
the published reports of the London City Mission,
he found that there were in 1869 36,888 shops open
in the metropolis on Sunday, and there were on an
average not less than 70,000 servants employed in
these businesses. If each shop had only 12 customers
they had close to 500,000 people engaged in trade.
The evil was on the increase, and they should
therefore put a stop to it. Mr. Dickson supported
the motion, which was put to the meeting and
adopted. Judge Payne moved the second resolu-
tion, which was, in effect, that as there were 70,000
shopkeepers employed on the day of rest, they be
askel to desist from the practice. In supporting
the resolution, he said that the keeping a day of
rest created wealth, preserved health, and was the
means of avoiding stealth. The Rev. Mr. Murphy
seconded the motion, which was pat to the meeting
and agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman
closed the roeudings.

The following deaths of two persons who were
killed by horses or vehicles in the streets were re-
gistered :—The son of a farrier, aged 15 years,
" fractured skull and compression of brain ;
knocked do;r•n by a cab in Piccadilly when riding
a bicycle." Died on the 12th December in St.
George's Hospi:al. (Inquest.) A man, aged 50
years, " frac',ured pelvis; knocked down by a horse
and cart." Died on the 18th December in the Lon-
don Hospital. (Inquest.)

TUESDIT,

The long-looked for change has come. Ministers aro bold-
ing office only until their successors are appointed, and the
chief of these successors is M. Emile 011ivier. The Liteete,
in publishing the Imperial let ter calling upon the favoured
deputy to form a Cabinet, declares it to be exemplarily pf;r.
liam entary, leaving no doubt that it has been dictated by per-
solinl sincerity, and must facilita to the task which M. 011ivier
has undertaken. Where is the politician, asks M. do
Girardin, who, after the insertion of this letter iu the
-Journal Officiel, would not regard it as an honourable duty
to assist by the formation of a homogeneous Cabinet in the
loyal application of parliamentary reform? A refusal,
adds the writer, would be a rejection which could only
injure its author, as. whatever increases the difficulty of
M. 011ivier's task, increases also the glory of his
success, without diminishing the probability. This phrase
would seem to hint that the editor of the LiberU is
doubtful about the willingness of politicians to serve
under the banner of the Deputy of Var. The Journal
Its Debats is a little doubtful of the issue, and thinks
that the Ministerial crisis may last longer than
is expected. It is led to this conclusion by
the report that M. 011ivier intends to await the
nomination of the Bureau of the Chamber to.morrow, in
order that he may judge of the temper of the House, and
also by the fact that the two Centres were to hold a meet-
ing last night, with the view of arriving at some common
standing ground. The Constitutionnel accepts the Imperial
letter as a sign that we can no longer go backwards, but must
march resolutely forward on the path of progress, and
believes that the Emperor is thoroughly imbued with tha
spirit of the new regime. The Siecle is less sanguine. The
letter, it says, is carefully worded, the mission of M. 011i-
vier is rigidly circumscribed. His task is to designate to the
Emperor those who can form a homogeneous Cabinet, but
there is not a word about the presidency of the Council.
The Emperor defers to no one, to M. 011ivier even .less
than to others. Napoleon the Third, therefore, intends to
preserve that privilege, and in deliberating with his
new Ministers he does not mean to resign what
nursing to him of personal power. The Siecle mercilessly
analyses the relative strength of parties in the Chamber,
awl skews that M. 011ivier to secure a majority must
detach some members from the Centre Left and from the
Right. In the latter direction ho may succeed; in the
former, success is improbable.

The extraordinary session, which has just closed, has in
its second division numbered twenty-three sittings. Nine
drafts of measures, twelve demands of interpellation, one
demand of bringing Ministers to trial, one draft of amend-
ment have been brought forward. Nino questions
have been put to the Ministers, some of which
tltcy answered, others they found it more convenient
fo defer to a later opportunity. The extraor-
dinary session brought its labours to a close by an act of
unexpected severity, which, if not undeserved, was at
least inconsistent. After verifyin,gtbe election of M. Justin
Durand, it has annulled that of M. Isaac Pereire, which
might net unreasonably have been weighed in the same
balance.

M. Rouher and M. Forcade have been received at the
Tuileiies. Arc they to form part of the new Cabinet?
If we arc to judge from the votes given in these election
disputes they would not inaptly represent the majorik,
inutile of the Chamber.

The arrival of the Crown Prince of Prussia is regarded
as :in event of diplomatic importance. He will be received
to-morrow at the Tuileries, on which occasion he will be
accompanied by two English princesses. In returning the
visit the Emperor will, it is exp.2cted, have a private
!nterview with the Prince.

There was a fall of snow during the whole of the 27th
:111,1 for a great part of the night. The snow was much
:nose plentiful here than it was in England, although the
change in the weather was first felt there.