The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-26 00:00:00

P ort!iguosv 3 per Ct.,1853, '6, 7,'9,''0,'2,': 34'
Do. do. 1867 —
Do. do. - Scrip, 1:-.:0 pai:l —
ttussian 5 par Cent., 182; £ bt
Do 4i per Cent . 1850
Da 4i per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859 -
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do do, Scrip _
Do. Aniu-Dutol,, 18u4, £lOO Bundt. ._
Do. do. £B4 135. d 0...,
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds ... ... ... . —
Do. (11 £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway
Sarliniau 5 pt,r Cent —
Spanish 3 per Con ...
Do. Ac,,,nnt
Do. 1367
Do. Account
Do. NOW Deferreu --
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. nut I uudod
Do. Account
S wedtsh Provincial Mort. age Loan —
Do Government, 1861
Do do, 18,:8

Turkish 6 par Cent.
t.),, Account
Co 6 ptr Cent. Dias ...
Do Account.
Do kW() Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do £IOC Bonds 6B}
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
DJ Account
Do 6 per Cent., 186 a 66} } 6
Do I per Cent., Guaranteed
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Acc•aut
Do 6 1 er Cont., 1862
Do G per Cent. 1864
Dividends on the above payable iu Loadou.
Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch z; I•er Cant. Ex. 12 Gull..
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... —
Do. Account
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
Italia): 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f.
Do Account 564
CLOSING PRICES.
JonFols, Money -93}
Do. Account, June 1 93i 4

BOutts.i:, -May 25.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows : • . .
41 per Cent. - Bank Shares . '2990
End of mouth - ItAlFan Fivos 57 65
3 per Cent
End of month 7l 80 Mexican Loan ...
Credit Mobilier
End of mouth... 260 Spanish Throes
Credit Fonder -.3615 -- Home Debt —
End of month... Deferred
Cash
Orleans
Northern ...... lO7Bl
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.- - 6 18f
Western
Eastern •4 -
41
Sardinian -
731
Austrian
Lombard 476i
57
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

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BALMORAL) May 23.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, au t Pliace
Leopold, with the ladies and gentlemen in waiting,
attended Divine tcrvice yesterday in the parish

church of Cr Lthie.

T11:3 Prince of \Vales rode out yester lay fore-
noon, attended by Major Grey, and visited Prince
and Princesi Christian at Frognaore.

THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.

PARIS, May 26.

The results of 290 elections are known, and of
the deputies elected 41 have never before had seats
in the Corps Legiihitif. The Oppozitiou have
gained Els and lost three scats.
Ballots will be necessary in 59 cases.

THE RESERVE FLNET.

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(BY TELEG 111.)

PLTMOUIII, Weilnes,lay Morning.

rive shipt belonging to 0,3 Coast Gun: d
Stint dron, from the eastward, arrived in the Sound
this moraine—viz., the Valiant (24), Capt. Pullen
(Shannon) ; the Mersey (36), Captain Seccom!)e
(Queenstown); the Black Prince (41),Capt. Gordon
(Greenock) ; the St. George (72), Captain Nolioth
(Portland) ; and the Donegal (81), Capt. Tutuour
(Birkenhead).
A considerable number of the Royal Naval Re-
serve men have already landed from the ships' boats.
Others are being conveyed in the steam-tender Bann
from the Sound to Hamoaze.

10 A.M.
Signals are hoisted which indicate the approach
of other ships.

ENORMOUS RAINFALL.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)

BIRMINGHAM, Wednesday Morning.
Violent thunderstorms have occurred here. A
perfect deluge of rain has fallen since midnight.
Mr. Plant reports that his observations show that
the rainfall since May 3d has been unprecedentedly
large.

SCHOOL TREAT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.--Mr•
Saville writes to uses follows:—" 1 beg to make the
annual appeal through your columns to the charitable
public to enable the committee of St. Peter's schoo!s,
Bethnal-green, to take upwards of 300 children to Epping
Forest this summer. Subscriptions, however small, will
be thankfully received by the Rev. \V. Baird, St. Peter's
Vicarage, or at 1, Prince's-terrace, Bonner's-road, N.E."
LADIES' WORK SOCIETY.—A society is in course
of formation for procuring work for ladies, and to be the
means of offering it to the public for sale. Such an insti-
tution is needed, for the long list of " reduced gentle-
women" seems not to lessen, but daily to increase. It is

confidently expected that the society will be the suecessfu
means of affording remunerative employment tD many
who are silently and hopelessly struggling to gain a liveli
hood. The names of those favourable to the project will
be received by Miss Emily Faithful, at tho Victoria Press,
Princes-street, Hanover-square.
" COLONIAL TARIFFS."—A valuable pamphlet has
been recently issued by the Financial Reform Union, con-
taining a complete statement' of the various customs
tariffs of the British colonies, a table showing the duties
levied upon British produce and manufactures, and an
analysis of the expenditure and taxation of each colony.
A Cork telegram states that throe men have been
arrested at Queenstown for Fenian drilling.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT OLDHAlL—Yesterday
morning a lamentable fatality occurred in the chief
thoroughfare of Oldham. some heavy coping stones fell

from athree-storey building, bringing down with them a
quantity cf building material, and demolishing a very
subkstsen.nnt, and hisialstruc child
iilnd, ware buried be
their descent. Apnoeleitah hemtane, uttmed
Jackson, stones,
and were so much injured that they died in a few minutes
after they had been extricated. Other parsons wore seri-
ously hurt ; ono man so severely that it was found neces
sary to amputate his leg.
NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND FESTIVAL. The
arrangements for the annual dinner of the Newspaper
Press Fund, which is to take place on Saturady at
Willis's Rooms, are sufficiently advanced to ustif the
managing committee in believing that the sixth anniver-
sary will be at least equally successful as any of its prede-
cessors. Up to yesterday nearly forty members of the
Houses of Peers and Commons had intimated their inten-
tion of supporting, by their presence, Lord Iloughtou,
who takes the chair; and, as on previous occasions, dis-
tinguitled repro: entatives of art, science, and literature,
indeed of nearly all troche pngs. rufe:.biThe musicaous, express l
thprogramme,eir desire to
take part iu the pceli
proverbially excellent at the Press Fund dinners, will be
of a most attractive character, Mr: Benedict kindly pre-
siding, and various artists of eminence gracefully volun-
teering their services.
A committee, conting of Capt. Digby,
Major Cooke, and Mr. ti. W. Walker, Deputy-
Acountant-General of the Navy, with Mr. C. D.
Loveless as secretary, 'are engaged in bringing to
an uniform sys'etn the methods of procedure at the
several divisions of Royal Marine Artillery and
Light Infantry in referencJ to pay and accounts.
The committee have concluded their investigation
at Plymouth and Easncy barracks at Portsmouth,
and are now pursuing their imp:irks at Eaton.
The officers of the 92d (Gordon Highlanders)
dined together yesterday evening at the London
Tavern, J3i,hopzcoate-street. _
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