The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 183 g.

SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

FOREIGN.

Share Railways. Ipaid,l Closing 7313,111:88

1...- ~ Closing 1 Business
Sharei Railways. ram.l Price. I Done. 10 Antwerp &' Rotterdam all 41. 51
20 Ardennes , ..... all p
12.10 A niberg., A otting. Bost. 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lirri.7p.c. 3 1 d 1 p
and Eastern Junction 10 Ci 61 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 If
50 gelfae,t and Ballymena.. all 20 Beziers to Graissessaa.. all
13.14 fir., Wol., and Str.Val. all 71 81 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 2
Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh. 20 Dutch Rhenish ...., ~. 15 3d 1
Junction... France lOO 66 68 6 Eastern of Fran
...... all 27 27
25 Blackburn
25 Blyth and Tyne all 29 31 20 Great Central of Fran'. all
Stock Bristol and Exeter
Stock Caledonian -
Stock Chester and Holyhead - all
50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all —, '
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20 Cork, Blitrock,&Passage all 20 Lombardo Venetian....: 8 3t 11 P
20 Cornwall all 41 51 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all
10 Do. AIA rcves. no div . 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 24 2.5
until6p.c.per an I all
10 Do. 13 all 331 Maria Antonia .. , ... ... all
hasbeen pd.toß. 20 Do. do. Now .
~ • all 7 —,
50 Dublin andßelfaat June. all 20 Namur and Liege all 9 91
25 Dun.,Perthot Abr.-Tune. all 74 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref
ce
Stock East Anglian lOO 1 17 16 Northern of Fran.... all 39 404
Stock Eastern Counties lOO 63 64 20 Do. New Shares
Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 47 49 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 9i
Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent , 7 3 1.1
25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 3.5 354
25 East Kent all 12 14 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 55 46
Stock East Lancashire lOO 96 97 Recife& S. Fran. (Perm) IT 9. id i.
IP
20 East Suffolk all. .
10 Do
20 Riga and Dnnaburg. .. 4
Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 681 694 10 Rome and Frascati .:.. all
Stock Edin.,Perth. & Dundee. 100 28 29 281 20 Royal Danish ' all
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 5 Royal Swedish
Stock Furness
Stock Glasgow& South Resin ldh 94 96 20 Sambre and Meuse..... ' all 74 8
10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 10 Do. 54 per cent. Frei...: all 94 9
Stock Great Northern lOO 1061 1071 1061 20 Southern of France .... all 23 23
Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 21 93 81 West Flanders 'all 5 6
Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 • 10 Do. 51_p. c. Preference . all 9 9
Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 1041 1051 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 24
Stock Great Western
Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Slk. 100 55 57 20 Western of Switzerland all
12 Irish South Eastern.... all 6 Wiesbaden , 'all
50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 87 92 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all
161 Do. Thirds
1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p
Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 100 991 2
16 Do. do. F £l6 6 pBRITISH • POSSESSIONS.
9 . Do. do. £9 shares 7 1)
3 Do. West Riding Union 3 /Morel Railways. Closing Businoss
(Paid. Price . Mae.
20 Do. Southport
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1.6.3 London and Blackwall all 54 64
1.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh. 41 •
;took Lon.,Brighton kS.Coast 100 111 113 . 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all I
?tock London & North Westn 100 954 864 97 fit 73 Leased at 6 per cent..
121 Do. Eighths
toe London& South-Weatn lOO 941 1.5 i w° g 5 percent.
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Do all
25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all 18 S
25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all
.„n „. 40 lB Do. Addit, Capital A . 6 par 41)
Stock Stan., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 39 391 o 18 Do. Do. B 41 par fp
10 Metropolitan 3 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron . all 6 7 91 81
;took Midland lOO 1031 1041 1031 1 201 Do. New l6l 141 134 d
100 I 100 78 82
Buffhlo,Brant&Godrich
Rock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 77 79
50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 1 , t. bds. 1 Aug., 1872
100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 75 74
25 DO. }Shares ' all I— 10 . Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 73 76
1.00 Newcastle and Carlisle. all 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastm.Lim. L 3.0. 4 3 p
25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 111 124
20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 28. —lO . Newry & Armagh -(def.) 9 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. Pal
20 Newry, Waipt., & Ros all 1
Mock Norfolk lOO i 65 07 551 61 • 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. --
20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 1 liP
50 North. Counties Union 3l 31 3 d
tock North British lOO 61 611 614 1 1 171 Demerara
tock Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk. 100 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c • 5 4 IP
lock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div.
lock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 104 109 ICB4 9
20 Do. C Shares all -
tock Do. B Stock
until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 '2O Do. E Shares Ext. 10 —p
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'took North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 91 IS 95 2* 20 Do. Jubbulpore ...... 5
25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 11 d 4 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'.s9 all -
took Do. Leeds lOO 4 491 49 20 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 171 18
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took Do. York lOO 77 78 73 i 111 Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 _
tock North London lOO. 101 103 per cent. Bonds )
Grand Trunk of Canada leo 36 37 364 7
10 N. &S. Westn., Hampstd 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 76 78
and City Junction.... £3 Is.
20 North Staffordshire.... 171 41 4 d 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pre l9O 91 92
20 Gt.ln iaPenin.gua.sp.c all 214 21 211
20 North-WeStern
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10 No. & Sou. W. jon all 74 54 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 - I P
20 Do. do .4 p
lock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 30 32
10 Peebles all 20 f at.S.of Ind.Lim.—Serlp 1 21. _
20 Portsmouth io 7 5 d ( guaranteed kper cent
10 Rhymney lO 112— 114— 201 Gt W. of Canada Shares all 16i 161 161 1
201 Do. New
lock Scottish. Central lOO
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1001 Do. Bonds pay.
lock Sooth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 281 fat Opt till '6O
lock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 • 85 °7
5 47 100 Do. do, '73 till '6O •
lock Shropshire Union lOO 4 all 106 108
10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 2 d ' 100 Do. do. ''3 without opt all 105, 107.
100 Do. 5-i p. c. do. '77 do •‘. • atl, 99 100
lock South Devon lOO 37 38
lock South-Eastern lOO 75 754 754 6 20 Madras, guar„ 41 Ip. c. all 181 194
lock South Wales
20 South Yorks. & Riv. Dun all 13 15
20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.: 15 Id 1 d
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25 Stockton & Darlington. all 33 .
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25 Do. do. 1854 221 20 • Ry.&Land(Litn.)g.6pc 1:0
25 Do. do. 1855 7 Class ACapitl. S hare . . • 2 lid
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lock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20 Oude (Limited) - ss. _
50 ' Waterford & Limerick all
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Closing Business
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY)

TILE LIVINGSTONE EXPEhITION;

MARLBOIWUGH-STREET,

ROBBING A CHILD.—A DARING THIEF.—John Brown,
a determined-looking fellow, who has several aliases, and is
well known to the police, was charged with stealing a silk
umbrella, of the value of 205., the property of Mr. Thomas
Mumford, of 6, Arden-street, Little 'Windmill-street, under
the following circumstances :

Thomas Mumford, a little boy nine years of age, said he
was going home the previous evening, with the umbrella
under his arm, when the prisoner came up and asked him
the way to some street. lie told him he did not know, when
ho said " You're a fool," and seized the umbrella and ran
away. Witness called " Stop thief," and ran after him,
and somebody stopped him. The umbrella was not quite
new, but was worth 20s.
Prisoner-20s. I why, he says it is not new.

George Peart, of 10, Richmond-street, Newport-street,
said he saw the little boy running after the prisoner, calling
at the time " Stop thief I" The prisoner had at the time
a silk umbrella under his arm. Ile pursued him, and saw
him, after running a short distance, return without it, not
having the umbrella with him. It-had a white handle.

Prisoner—Oh, yes, you were told that by the father of
the child.

The prisoner, in a very surly manner, hating pleaded
guilty,

Mr. Beadon said it was an-exceedingly bad case—robbing
a little child in the street—and was one the law required to
be punished with great severity, that it might deter others
from doing a similar thing.
Committed for six Months, with hard labour.

(From the Cape irgus of Nor. 20.)
Last week letters were received here from Dr.
Livingtone and other members of the exploring
expedition to the Zambezi River. The news they
contain of the progress of the expedition is alike
important and interesting. They had reached Tete,
where a supply of coals for the steam-launch was
obtained, the first ever taken out of the earth in
that country. Dr. Livingstone's Makololo friends,
whom lie had left at Tete previous to going to
England, were found to be still there awaiting his
return. A letter received by Governor Sir George
Grey- from the reverend doctor contains some inte•
resting details relative to these matters. Sir G.
Grey, we may mention, has uvailed himself of every
opportunity to assist the expeditionists, and his
kindness is gratefully acknowledged by Dr. Living-
stone, who afterwards proceeds to say :
" I shall commence, without preface, in the middle
of things, by saying that I have just come down
from Tete to the mouth of the river (Kongone) and
will start in a day or two for the same point. The
gentlemen there (at Tete), through the influence
of Major Lecard, at once acceded to my proposi-
tion to get me some coals, and in three or four days
we were furnished with a ton and a half, the very
first ever dug in this country. The engineer
pronounces them to be of a very good kind, though
being from the surface, where, in the bank of
the Muatize, they have been exposed to the action
of air and floods for ages. Mr. Thornton, the geolo-
gist, thinks equally well of them. They contain
very little sulphur. I could not ascend the river (Re-
vulene) into which the Muatize flows, to load at the
seam itself, as there were only a few inches of
water at a bar across its confluence with the Zam-

bezi, but large canoes brought them down. At other
times of the year we could have sailed up in this
launch, which draws 2ft. Gin., with the greatest
ease. There is no end of the finest (specular) iron
ore ; so with coal (of which many seams or parts of
an immense seam crop out) and iron; surely some-
thing will yet be done in Africa. This was the first
thing of the steamer kind ever seen at Tete, and we
were visited with as much interest as is the Levia-
than. Foremost among our visitors were my
Makololo companions. They grasped my hands
and arms convulsively, and lullilooed for joy. About
30 of them have died from small-pox, and six were
killed by a rebel chief, who, in defiance of Portu-
guese authority, holds a stockade at the confluence
of the Luenva. This grieves them and me more
than anything. The excuse is he did it in a fit of
drunkenness. There were three such rebels, half-
caste Portuguese of Goa, who defied the Portuguese.
One, who had a stockade at the mouth of the Shire,
has just now been conquered by the Governor
of Killimane. The war has been against us,
though we have gone from one side to the other,
without molestation, as friends of both, or rather
as English, for it is the English name that was
our passport. I came one night to a party
after dark, and created an alarm, but that was
quelled when I called out Mglze.' The river
is now nearly at its lowest ; and, unlike the muddy
rivers of the west, it may be styled one of sand;
there is very little mud comparatively. Be-
low Lupata it is spread out to from one mile to
three in width, with many islands. In the wide
parts I experienced considerable difficulty, and
especially in one part called Shigogo ; but when
we approached Lupata, wkere all the river is in
one body, our difficulties end. At Kelira Basa we
shall have another obstacle to surmount. It is
described as a number of rocks jutting out of the
stream, and narrowing the channel, Which is deep
and tortuous. There is no waterfall, but we shall
go and examine it carefully ar soon as we get
up ; and, this being low water, we shall be able to
give a clear idea of the whole. If we could travel
as geographers do, with the legs of a pair of com-
passes, we might have been there long ago. At
present we are taking up our luggage from stage to
stage, and having been deceived by a false report
on the engine of this vessel it is rather slow work.
It consumes an enormous quantity of fuel, and
half our time, when we have no coals, is spent in
woodcutting. This, however, led to our discover-
ing that. lignum vitae abounds, and there is also
ebony, and teak, or African oak ; but we cannot
yet say how much. The canoes pass us and look
back at the Asthmatic,' as I call her now. The
vessel herself is all very well, though drawing
much more than was predicted ; but the engine
turns out a wretched piece of gingerbread when
worked on wood alone. From the information I
formerly received from the Portuguese, I believe
that the river could be navigated during only six
or nine months in the year, but it is now not far
from its lowest, and I begin to think that a vessel
drawing only two feet might run the whole
year ; but this we shall be able to decide next
month. It begins to rise again in that fol-
lowing The Portuguese
ought to do something in the lighthouse way,
and if they would only be at the expense of a few
piles at three places all obstructions from shallow-
ness of water. would vanish. Taking the river as a
Whole, there is no Tack or Water—witness the
reports of Captains Gordon and Bedingfield ; and,
though it is now eight or nine feet lower, it has
still much the same appearance, and always makes
me wonder how our easy-chair geographers could
imagine it all to come out of a great interior sandy
desert.' When it spreads out into several channels
a few piles driven in at the part above where the
water takes the swing into a shallow one would in
one flood effect what is now done by snags,—
create a deep channel. A few piles would widen
the Kongone canal in one year."
He suggests that some sort of beacon should be
erected at the mouth of the Kongone, to prevent
persons being misled and going into the Luabo
instead. It appears that when the Pearl first
entered the river the steam launch Ma-Robert was
immediately put together although the day was
Sunday ; and this circumstance has been censured
by some persons who were ignorant of the motives
which led to it. But the best reply to such
criticism is given by Dr. Livingstone himself, who
in the concluding portion of the letter above
alluded to, says :
"When I came in among mangrove swamps
. . . . I pushed on the work with all haste to
get out of the Delta. People, I hear, blame me for
this; but they would have blamed me much more
had I lost nearly all the expedition. . . We take
quinine daily, and the short illnesses we had have
partaken more of the character of common colds than
fever. Here, in the mangrove swamps, two of our
number, who are now better, had, in addition, a
dry skin for some hours. But with quinine and
care I see no obstacle to passengers going up to
Tete from that disease, and there begins the healthy
country. Yet it is not to be trusted either ; irre-
gularities must be avoided."
It is stated that Capt. Bedingficld, RN., who
accompanied the expedition as surveyor, has re-
signed, and is to withdraw from the expedition.