The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-21 00:00:00

HONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocx.
Console are now at 92/ to 92 for money ;
ditto, for Account, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 921 11; New Titree per Cents, 921 lf ;
Exchequer Bille £l,OOO, March, par ; June,
2 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock,
41 per Cent., 235 G.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 111+ d ; ditto 4
per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100+ ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
51 per Cent., —; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. ;
ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 25 prem.
Rather less business is doing in English Railway
Shares, but prices, with one or two exceptions,
continue firm. London and South 1V estern is 1
higher, at 92 to 94 ; Great Northern 1, at 109
to 110 ditto (A Stock) 1, at 1091 to 110 ; and
Caledonian f, at 771 to 771. On the other hand,
North Eastern (Berv,ick) is 1 lower, at 122/ to
122.1 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover f, at
151 to 151. Great Eastern is steady, at 371 to
8711; Great Western, 551 to 561 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1261 to 1271; Loudon and Brighton,
471 to 471; London and North Western, 1211 to
to 1221 ; Metropolitans, 83+ to 831 ; Midland, 120
to 1201; and South Eastern, 771 to 771.
The Foreign Market is quiet, but still steady.
Brazilian Bonds have risen 1, to 861; and Argen-
tine are firm at 86 to 861. Egyptian (1868) Bonds
have fallen 1, to 79. Turkish Five per Cents. are
a shade easier, at 441 to 441 ; the Six per Cents.;
67 to 68, and the new loan has advanced to 1 prem.
on the loan, proving a greater success than was an-
ticipated. Italian are firm at 56 ; and Spanish at
271 to 274.
All United States Bonds are 1 better on the New
York quotations. The Five-Twenties are 86 to 861;
the 1865 issue, 85 to 851 ; the 1867 issue, 81 to 841,
and the Ten forties, 821 to 831. Erie shares are
also 1 better, at 171 to 171. Illinois are firm at 991
to 1001.
Canadian Railway Shares are dull. Grand Trunk
is f lower, at 141 to 15+ ; and Great Western of
Canada 1-16th, at 161 to 161.
Continental Railway Shares are well maintained.
Lombardo-Venetian is dealt in at 211 to 211; and
Great Luxemburg is 121 to 121.
The only_feature in Bank Shares is an improve-
ment of 10s. in London and County, the price
being 48 to 49 ; London and Westminster is
steady, at 581 to 591 ; London Joint-Stock, 311
to 321 ; Union of London, 37 to 38 ; Imperial
Ottoman, 21 to 21 prem. ; Alliance, 121 to 13f ;
and Agra (A), 101 to 11.
Telegraph Shares are quiet, and prices generally
are without movement. Anglo-American is quoted
at 181 to 181 ; French Cable, 141 to 15 ; Atlantic
Eight per Cents, 1+ to 2 , and Construction and
Maintenance, 341 to 351.
There were no gold operations at the Bank yes-
terday.
The Weser, from New York, has brought
£17,284. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamers Ripon and Delta will bring £128,500 in
Australian gold. The former may be expected at
Marseilles on the night of the 24th instant, and
the latter at Southampton about the Ist of
January.
The allegations frequently made by persons
connected with our merchant shipping as to the
very large number of foreign seamen in that ser-
vice appear to be disproved by a return moved
for in the House of Commons last Session, which
has just been issued. According to this the re-
spective numbers of British and foreign seamen so
employed in the year 1868 were : " British seamen
employed in British ships registered in the
United Kingdom, 177,239 ; foreign stamen em-
ployed in British ships registered in the United
Kingdom during the same year, 20,263 ; appren-
tices employed during the same year, 4,975." In
the year 1864 the number of foreign seamen em-
ployed was 21,900.
At an adjourned meeting of the creditors of
Messrs. Halliwell and Son, at Bradford, it was re
solved to accept the amended proposal of the firm
to pay 9s. in the pound, in four instalments, the
last to be guaranteed.
The desire is in every direction manifested to
keep the Christmas holidays from Friday to the
Tuesday morning. A large number of the whole-
sale and retail houses have effected their arrange-
ments accordingly, and the announcement once
made will be followed out by the leading estab-
lishments in each department. It is quite possible
to limit the attendance on Monday at even the
banks and the discount establishments in such
a degree as to make the holiday on that day
harmonise with the general wishes of the com-
mercial community, who year by year appear to
recognize the proposed slight extension of the
system. The Stock Exchange will be closed
from Friday to Tuesday, the Committee having
latterly notified that the house will not be opened
on Boxing-day.

The movements in the position and prices of
Colonial and Foreign Railway Stocks by compari-
son with those at the close of last week were not of
a material nature, but pointed rather in the better
direction, there having been at the same time a more
extended business than of late.

In the Mincing-lane Markets transactions have
been on a moderate scale in the principal descrip-
tions of produce, with rather firm prices. The seed
oil market has shown increased firmness, tallow
increased dulness.

The Frankfort advices describe some return of
animation, and state that all kinds of speculative
stocks have improved, although the upward ten-
dency has been checked by the demand for money
usual at the .lose of the year, when banking and
other establishments have to draw in large sums in
preparation for the dividends due on the Ist of
January. Lombard shares especially have been in
good request, being supported by a powerful syndi-
cate at Paris and Berlin. American descriptions, it
is said, " have lost the favour of many capitalists,
since it appears to be really intended to reduce the
interest, which was the only inducement of the
majority of holders." The new Bavarian 4i per
Cent. Loan has been allotted to Von Erlanger and
Sons, at 90 13-16ths, and as the amount is only
19 millions of florins, it will not be brought out for
subscription, but sold privately in Bavaria, where it
will be absorbed in a short time. The subscription
for the 6 per Cent. Turkish Loan has not, at Frank-
fort, met with success. Early in January there will
be a new issue of Russian railway bonds, and a
great many new issues of other bonds, shares,
and preference shares are advertised in the Ger-
man papers. Forged French crowns, bearing the
date 1797, have been discovered ; the outside is
good silver, but they are filled with lead. As they
appear old, the trick can only be discoverel by
strict examination.

BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT rUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, Jan. 6
8 per Cent. Reduced 921 1/
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cen Jan. 1873
knnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March par
Da. 3 do. June 2
Do £lOO, £2OO Jr £5OO Bank of England Stock, 4} per Cent
Do. opening —
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
rater-Colonial Oninituu
INDIAN UOVERNMENT SECURITIES
loth , ;:tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Shut
P. Opening, for Account —
D 5. a per Cent. July, 1880
Do 4 pot Cent. Oct. 1888
U3rtia 3 &tog
Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent"... —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 --
DJ 5 per Cent., Rnp. Dsr. 17L
'Jo do 1817 T..... —
Do. do. 1882 —
Do. Deb., 5 per Cent.,
Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cont., .£I,COO
Do. under £LOOO 25
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.

rKoutine Republic, 6 per Vent
Do. Account

Austrian Bonds 5 per cent —
Do. 1859 —
Br‘y.ilian 5 per Cent —
Oa. 41 per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do 1858..... •
Do. ao 1860 73
Do. do., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Dr. Account
B _ienos Ayros 6 per Cont.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cuba, 6 per Cont. —
Ouilian 6 per Cent —
?'o. l per Cent.., 751
Do. 3 per Cent.,
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
Do. 6 per cent. 1867
C lo tibial), 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 p3r Cent., 1825
Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent —
ho. Acccunt
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 —
Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Egyptian, 7 per Cent •••
oo Second Issue
Do. £5Ol, Bonds
Do. 1864
Do. Account .
Do. £5OO Bonds
De. 41 It'• Bon Is 9O
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .....
Do. £lOO Bonds • •••.
Government Railway Debentures .....
Greek. 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups —
Du. Coupons
G t ttemala:s per Cent .. —
liondurasGov Rail.Loon.,lop.,Ct.,allpd
Do. Acc•unt
itaitan 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Jo. Account . —
Do Maremmana Railway
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
dontevidean 6 per Cent...... ....• —
liccrish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —
Do 3 per Cen —
Do. Deferved .•
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account .• 84
Do 4} per Cent. (Ur:barren)
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent.,1862
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'5
Do. do. 1867 —
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —
IZussan 5 eer Cent., 1822, £ St -
Do 4i per Cent 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do S per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do 'do, Scrip —
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, .£lOO Bonds.,
Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0...,
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll 2
Do. do £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway —
Sardinian 5 per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Con . —
Do. Account —
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. Now Deferred —
Do. Passive —
Do. Cont. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864 —
Do dc, 1868
Tnrkish 6 pvr Cent ......

. 853 -}

Do Account
Do 6 per Cont. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOl Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do. Account
• ,o £lOO Bouds
Do. 5 per cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860
Do. Account I
_671
Da 4 per Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in Londi.
Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f.
Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f
Do Account ss'k 6
TWO 0 'CLOCK.
Cionsolsi Money
Do. Account, Jan. 6 924 4 xd

44

BUDGET OF PEI:SONAL.—Edwin Forrest's engage
ment at the Walnut-street Theatre, just closed, was ono
of the most successful of his life.—Senator Patterson of
New Hampshire, Senator Spencer of Alabama, and Re •
presentative O'Neill of Philadelphia had left New York for
Washington.—Louis Reille, the commander of the insur-
gent forces in the " Winnepeg war," is a young French-
man, aged 24.—The guardians of John C. Bigelow, the
boy who was injured in the Carr's Rock Railroad disaster,
have obtained a verdict of $15,000 against the Erie Com-
pany, in the Orange County (New York) Supreme Court-
-Father Hyacinths and Henry Ward Beecher met at the
house of the Rev. Dr. Henry M. Field, at Now York, Nov
30, in accordance with the wish of the former, whore they
spent three or four hours in conversation, Mrs. Field act-
ing as interpreter. The pore returns to Europe, Dec. 15. --
Chief Justice Dillon, of the lowa Supreme Court, will be
nominated United States Circuit Judge for the District iu
which lowa is comprised; and T. J. Durant, of New
Orleans, will be appointed Judge for the Fifth Judicial
District, including Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, and Texas.—Gen. Sheridan is slowly recover-
ing Lis health, though still confined to his bed.—Prince
Satsuma and suits from Japan were to arrive in Chicago
on Sunday, N0v.28, and remain there a day or two before
proceeding eastward. —Mrs. General Custer goes with her
husband on Indian campaigns, and is a good shot with th 3
rifle.— General Hooker, who spent most of the
sumnier in Cincinnati, has returned to Now York
to spend the winter.—Father Hyacinthe left New
York last Saturday for France in the Pereire.—
The General Rawlins' family fund collected in New York
now amounts to sl3,2oo.—Thomas H. Talbot, of Maine,
has been appointed by the President Assistant Attorney-
General, to succeed Mr. Dickey, resigned.—Gen. Custer
is designated as the " blonde" cavalry man by Western
papers.— Thurlow Weed will spend the winter in Florida.
—Ex-President Johnson has declined the nomination for
delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention from
Greene County.—We learn from Mrs. Ellet's book, "The
Court Circles of the Republic," that " Miss Louisa Cathe-
rine Johnson—who became the wife of John Quincy Adams
—was born, educated, and married in London. She was
the daughter of Joshua Johnson. In advanced age her
children were accustomed to call her 'Madame,' and their
father 'the President.' The utmost deference was systemati-
cally paid to both parents. In person she was petite, with
lively manners, very fluent and brilliant in conversation."—
Ex-Minister Harvey (to Portugal), whose salary Congress
stopped, has received back pay to the amount of $21,000
gold.—D. D. Sprague, charged with perjury in a divorce
suit, was arrested at Buffalo on the 20th Nov., and taken
to Connecticut on a requisition from the Governor of that
State.—Dr. Albert Day, superintendent of the New York
State Inebriate Asylum at Binghampton, was stabbed by
a patient 26th November. Tho wound is severe, but not
considered dangerous. General Burnside has arrived
in Europe, and is in London at the Langham Hotel.—
Jeff. Davis is to get $15,000 a year salary from that in-
surance company over whose fortunes he is to preside.—
Dr. L. R. Waring, who died recently in Richmond, Vir-
ginia, is said to have given away in charity all his earn-
ings during 20 years, amounting to half a million dollars.
The 17th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. John
Russell, of West Concord, Vermont, was to be celebrated
with a pearl wedding Dec. I.—Thomas W. M'Elrath, the
old Tribune publisher, received a $6OO gold watch from
his subordinates on giving up his position as appraiser in
the Now York Custom-house, Tuesday, to General Geo.
W. Pahner.—Nathaniel Lord was knocked dawn and
robbed in Peabody, Massachusetts, on Saturday evening,
Nov. 27. He has since died, and two of the men have
been arrested.—The New Orleans Times says that
General Twiggs was for many years the wealthiest
general officer in the United States Army.—Yerger,
who shot Colonel Crane, is in prison at Jackson,
Mississippi, guarded by tho military. He belongs to a
prominent and wealthy family, who will exert every nerve
to save him.—Cornelius Vanderbilt, jun., publishes a card,
saying he has reformed, and asking the public to forget
the wild oats ho has sown. He says:—" lam striving to
remove the false impressions of the public regarding my
character. The smallest molehills have been made mountains
and false reports concerning me have run over the city like
wildfire. Because nature made me the eon of a wealthy
father—one stern and stolid as iron, but certainly kind and
just—my acts are scrutinised and vilified as if I were some
distinguished character."—The Rev. Dr. Justin Perkins,
for 36 years a faithful and successful missionary to the
Nestorians, is seriously ill.—Professor Alpheus B. Crosby,
of the Dartmouth Medical College, has received the ap-
pointment to a. professorship in a western medical college.
—Rev. Dr J. B. Bittinger of Burlington, Vermont, has de-
clined the Presidency of Washington and Jefferson Col -
lege at Washington, Pennsylvania. David M'Farland,
who shot Mr. Richardson, has been removed from the
assistant-assessorship of Internal Revenue of New York,
and Edward R. Ryan has been appointed in his place.—Mr.
Edward Kepple Hall has arrived in London, and is at the
Langham Hotel. When last we came across his name it
was in the register of the Hotel d'Amerique, Naples,
where by the way Mr. and Mrs. A. Bigelow were stopping,
as were Mr. and Mrs. Winslow.—General Rosecrans from
California, and Senator Ross from Kansas, have arrived at

St. Louis, Missouri.
BREAKFAST.— EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COM-
PORTING.—The very agreeable character of this prepara-
tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service
Gazette remarks : —" The singular success which Mr. Epps

attained by his honweopathic preparation of cocoa has
never been surpassed by auy experimentalist. By a
thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the

operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap-
plication of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr.
Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc-
tors' hills." Mathe simply with boiling water or milk.
Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JAMES Errs and
Co. LiQraceopathic Chemists, London.