The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-15 00:00:00

On Wednesday the shipping intelligence an-
nounced the burning and abandonment of the ship
Omar Pasha, from Brisbane for London. Mr.
Chatteris, the father of one of the passengers, im-
mediately telegraphed to Gibraltar, and has received
a reply that the passengers, 43 in number, were
safely taken on board an Italian barque, the Anita
Tagliavia, bound for New York.
The suspension has been announced of Messrs.
Evans and Co., of the Borough, hop merchants.
Their debts and liabilities are placed at £lOO,OOO,
and the assets, it is believed, will be satisfactory.
The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit-
tance of £l,lBB on account of the dividends on the
debt of Ecuador.

The half-monthly accounts in foreign stocks and
railway shares have passed over with only one de-
faulter.

The shareholders in London of the Erie Railway
are organising a movement with the view of pro-
tecting their interests, and of securing some in-
fluence in the management of their affairs on the
other side of the Atlantic. It will be very satis-
factory if they shall succeed, especially to prevent
the ruinous fluctuations which have taken place in
prices.

The directors of the Union Bank of Scotland
have issued their report. The balance of profit
available is £143,170. It is proposed to apply it
as follows :—ln payment, on Ist June and Ist
December next, of a dividend to the proprietors at
the rate of 11 per cent. per annum, free of income
tax, £llO,OOO ; by transferring to rest account
£20,000 ; by carrying forward to credit of profit
and loss account fur the current year the balance of
£137,170-4143,170.
Mr. A. 11. Phillpotts, a director of the Bank of
British North America, has been elected to the
board of the National Bank.
The ordinary general meeting of the Madras Ir-
rigation and Canal Company will be held ou the
31st instant.
A special meeting of the Rhymney_ Railway
Company is convened for the Ist of June.
A general meeting of the London, Italian, and
Adriat:c Steam Navigation (Limited), in liquida-.
tion, is called for the 24th instant.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

UOVERXMEXT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account,
B Per Cent. Reduced 9l/
New 3 per Cent
ew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891
Do- 5 per Con J an. 1873
Annuities, 30 vrs, expire sth Jan., 1881' —
Do. for 30 yrsi,expire sth April 1885 ll 15-16
~ Do (Pod Sea Telegraph), A ng., 1908 —
zzetioqw:m Bills, £l,OOO, 21 21 per Ct —
Da •
Ban X5OO
£lOO & £2OO lO dis
of England Stock, 41 er Cent
De p
. opening
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds. —
later-Colonial Omnnun
INDIAN dOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India stock, 104 per Cent., April 1879 —
Do. Opening, for Account
Do. 5 per cent. July, 1880
Do. 1 pe,r Cent, Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per Cent.
...
Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ....... lO4
Do. 61 per Cent. Nay 1679
DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
IL. Deb., 5 per Cent An .18 -,
Do. tends, 4 per Cent., £l,O g 73
~
00 3 dis par
ho. under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, t; per Cent ... .
Do., Scrip £45 paid ..
initrian Bonds 5 per cent
. 1859
trazilian 5o per Cent
Do. 41 per Cent. 1852
Do. do. 18:,8....
Do. do. 186 '
Do. do., 1883
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account. 79 81
Bi7enos Ayres 6 per Cent.
yo 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
(Juba, 6 per Cent.
Cuilia.n 6 per Cent —
Do. 4/ per Cent...,
Do. 3 per Cent., —
Do. 6 per cent. 1867
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
0 lo übian, 6 per Cent..
Danish; 3 per Cent., 1825
Dan•iiiian Principalities, 7 ler Ceut
_76
Do 8 per. Cent., 1867
ICquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent• —___
~
V,gyptian, 7 per Cent
Do Second Issue "'
Do. £6Ol. Bonds —
Do. XlOO Bonds •••••
• Do.. ' 1869
_
',... Do.. Account
X. 500 Bonds
861 7 Do. UK Bonds
75 ii
English Scrip,:lB6B
Do di
do. £45 pd
Government Railway Debentures 984 8
Greek 5 per Cent., 1821- 5, ex Coups. —
Do. Account . • 10i
.
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
7
Guatemala 5 per Cent ..
RondurasGov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ot., all pd 821
itstian 6 per Cent., 1865 —
Do. Account
Do hlaremmana Railway Mc 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
~, Do. 1869 —
'At 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
montevidattu 6 per Cent. .. _
MO crisp Imperial 5 per Cent • New Granada -
Do 3 per Con 37
Pel:uov. ipat"f 135pe4 Cent. 1865 —
Do Account
.. 761 7
Do 41 per
Cent..r Cent. (18 62 Ui:Liarren) ------ •••••
Do 44 pe ..
Do Account • -•• 95
l'or
Do •tsguese 3 per et , 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.':' 311
Do . do. 1867 .
. do.
Russian 5 ear Cent. 81782, £X2Sotpaid —B3l
Do 41 per Cent , 1,850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 .,. 841 4
L'c' do, Scrip
Do:Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO 130ndE.... 89
Do. do. £Bl 15s. do.
Fn-
Do:, 1866, £lOO Bonds BBl
Do Nicolas Railway '''' ''
do 84 los. do —
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BaNliitia 5 tg,r Cent. - aW.