The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-24 00:00:00

Equator Now Ocnsolidated, 1 per Cent,
It:ayptian, 7 per Cent.... —
"c Second Issue
Co. .£SOC Bonds B5l
Do. .£10t) Bondsp ..... 86i- 6
Do. 1864
Do. Account
Do. £sno Bon& —
:M. .4.10`e. Bonds 9O 1
English Scrip, 1868 751 61
Do do. £45 pd — dig
Government Railway Debontures
Grey 5 por Chat., 1824- 5, ex Coups

Do. Ajccunt
Do. Coupons -
Do. Account
13lateruitia. 5 per Cent ..
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all
ltliian 5 per Cert., 1865
Account N
Do M.tremmana Railway
--
iencar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864.
per Cont. Anglo-French
.10111(A-idea,: 6 per Cent.

ilc:zish Imperial 5 per Cent
Vow Granada lsi 4
Do 3 per Cen 361
Do. Deferred
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account .. 7z41 4
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 -
Do Account
Portsguese 3 per Ot., 1853, '6, 7, '9;60;4%, 361
!Do. do. 1567 O, ..-
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid...— —
Wissian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Do 41 per Cent . 1850
Do 44 por Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds , 931 4
Do. di,. £B4 15s. do —
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 931
Do. do £S4 lee, do —
Do Nicolas Railway 67
Sar Tinian 5 per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Con .
Do. Acce,unt
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferred 323
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 Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 674 74
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 6B i
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 421 i
DJ Account
Do 6 per Cent., 186 e
Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed
Do Ladd Warrants (He3tares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1864 - —
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Dividends on the above payable in Lou,i,
Austrisn o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch z 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gni,
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... —
Do. Account —
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Italia,. 5 per Cent. 1831, E. 25f.

~... 321 1

Do Account
...a.
a....

CLOSING PRICES.
1.
3ou,n's, Money l;2 3
93 1.
Do. Account, March 4

GREAT WESTERN RAILIVAY-THIS DAY.
- •
SPECIAL MEETING-T HE DIVIDEND.

A special meeting of the proprietors was held to-day at
the Paddington Station, at which the consent of the meet-
ing was given to two bills for further powers now in
Parliament.

In reply to a Proprietor,
The ChAIRMAN said the acc,onnts for the half year had
not yet been completely audited, yet he thought he might
announce the proposed dividend. (Hear, hear.) The
South Wales dividend would be at the rate of X 3 52., the
Great Western Stack X 1 10s., the Great Western and
Newport 175., and the Great Western and Oxford 155.,
carrying over X 17,0.00.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

GRAvEsEND, Wednesday Morning.
_ _

Arrived, Feb. 23.—Norfolk, from Melbonrne ;
Chal-
grove, from Foe-chow ; Sverre, from Frederickstadt
Hero, steamer, from fit. Michael's.
Arrived, IFeb. 24.—Waterloo steamer, and Mountain
Ash, both from Rotterdam ; Moselle, steamer, and Princess
Royal, steamer, both from Antwerp ; Cologne, st,amer, and
Giraffe, steamer, both from Boulogne; Flecha, steamer,
from Ghent; Hebrides, from Drobak ; Samuel, from Siva-
tore ; Provincie Trenthe, from Groningen ; Johan, from
Landscroua ; Stayperayder, from Guernsey Holland,
steamer, from Ostend; Blanche, steamer, from Dunkirk;
Argus, steamer, from Calais.
Sailed—Sir Robert Peel, steamer, fOr Dunkirk; Sea-
bird, for Jersey; Chloe, steamer, for Calais; Vigilant,
steamer, for Rouen.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Wind W., moderate.

Passed, Feb. 23.—S wanley, for Jamaica; Fredon and
Cerbe o, both for Cardiff; Ernie, for Madeira ; Undine,
for Liverpool—all from London ; Gibraltar, screw steamer
from Cadiz ; Crested Wave, from Falmouth—both for
London.

111ARKE7 S-2 HIS DAY.

LIVERPOOL COTTON.

- - -
February 24.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market
quiet, and unchanged.
MARK-LANE.
Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English
wheat were only moderate, and the condition of the
samples was inferior. Trade ruled very dull for both red
and white descriptions, but prices remained without
alteration.

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 251.15 c. per £1 sterling.
On comparing, these rates with the English Mint
price of
tia. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appe.rs that
gold at the above price is abut 140th per cent. dearer in
Paris than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1 81 per oevt.
At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold
from the MAI cd states.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.
&uetralta and New Zealand, via Southampton ..... Feb. 27,
Ditto, via 1r Areeilles . .... ..... ,lur. 22

Ditto, via Pa.i.ama Feb --•
brazil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Mar. 7.
Ditto, by Frenoh packet Mar. 22.
Cape Verde, by Brazil paokct . _.....Mar. 7.
Cape of Good [Lips. Ascension. and St. Helena.... Feb. 27.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Feb. 27.
utbraltar, via Southampton Feb. 27
India, via Southampton
unto, via Marseilles
Malta, Egypt, &o. Feb. 27.
Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 28
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Sc uthami ton
Ditto, Marseilles Mar. 19
Sewfoundland F. b 24
Portugal Mar 7.
United States, Canada, California, &0., by British
packet
Ditto, by Canadian packet _
Ditto, by L Lited States packet .Feb 4

Ditto - Mt( (Baltimore)
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife 5
West Indies and ra3iii(3 Lexcept Mexico and Baha-

mae)
Mar 1
Cub, and M ..— ....Mar. 1.
Bler. 10.
exico
Bermuda, via Halifax...
Blhamas, via New York .
Feb.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evemng.

Short •.. 12 ••• 12
Amsterdam
3 Ms. . 12 114 12 11
Do
12 12 14
Rotterdam
- 25 ... 25 40
Antwerp
Brussels - 25 33 ... 25 40
ilamburgh l3 10± 13 10}
Paris
Ditto ....... • 3 Ms. ... 2') 32f 25 374
25 32f ... 25 371
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ..• 119 i ... 120}
Vienna l2 35 12 bU
Trieste l2 35 ... 12 50
3
Petersburg
9 2U 9 24
Copenhagen
Berlin - 6 261 ... 6 27
484 •48k
Madrid.
Cadiz 4Bl 4FI
Leghorn
Milan
- 266.
33(0)
21
4400
Genoa, .. — ••• -
26 30 26 40
Naples
Palernio 26 30 ... 26 40
Messina
Lisbon 521 ... 52k

Oporto 1
524 52
Rio Janeiro ao•

Ne w York

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.—On Sunday afternoon, as
a young man named Thompson or Turner was taking a
little exercise on horseback his horse took fright and the
rider attempted to jump out of the saddle. In doing so
his foot caught iu the stirrup, and he was dragged a
distance of fifty yards. He was found shortly afterwards,
but was quite dead. His body Iles waiting an inquest at
the Queen's Arms, Bamber Bridge. The deceased was 25
years of age.