The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-19 00:00:00

4/ 5 ; Rio de Janeiro Improvements, 201 ; and SHARE
Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan, 42f. I

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, March 7 9l/ 1
3 per Cent. Reduced 901 1
New 3 per Cent 9Ol i 1
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
A.nnvities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sthAp:il,lBBs —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908
,'''chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent
~ P 1
P,
Do £5OO
Do £lOO & £2OO ,
Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... 252 3
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Lothau Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... 216
Do. Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. ?. per Cont., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent.. May 1879 —
Do. Deb.. 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 5 nor Cent, £l,000
Do. under .£1,000
YORINGA FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent —
lustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
‘3Tazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 —
Do Account 74f
Do. £lOO Bonds —
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Callan 6 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cent.

00. 6 per Cent A —
Do. „ g _
Do. „ 1867
Do. ~ Scrip, £2O paid i pm
Colombian, 6 per Cent.
!Alba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
D 3. 5 per Cent., 1864 .
'Da aubian Principalities
Do. Account
klivador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l2}
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Do Dam-zed
Egyptian 7 per Cent —
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1)o. Second issue —
De. £lOO Bonds
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Do. Do. 1864 B3l
Do. £lOO Bonds B4
Do Government Railwwv Debentures BO4 1 804
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
DJ. Coupons
Do. Account
Al-aatemala 5 per Cent. —
It 'Han 5 per Cent 1865
Do, Account .. 73
Do. Maremmana Railway —
11,xicaL 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
ilentevidean 6 per Cent. .. —
‘ioorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Do 3 per Con. —
Do. Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Ifeaa:es)
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Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account —
Do 41 per Cent., 1865
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarron)
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1855 '6,'7,'9,'60,'2, '3 —
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9Ol
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 1859 —
Do 5 per Cent. 1862
Do 5 per Cent. 1864 904 90
Do. Angle-Dutch, 1866, all paid BBr
Do. do. £25 paid ...
'lardinian 5 per Cent
ipanish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred —
Do. Account
Passive Do _
Do Account 224
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account
S wodish 4 per Cent.
Do. 41 per Cent. 1864
Do. Scrip, £6O paid
rurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account —
Do £lOO Bonds 561
Do 6 per Cent.,1863 494
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. 6 per Cent., 1862 —
i to. 6 per Cent, 1864 3ll
Ditto 14 per Cent. —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2* per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Itliian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f.
Do. Account 531
Consols M TWO O'CLOCK
Money TWO
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Do. Consols,
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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

(This Day.)

The Market opens rather quiet. Sales probably
7,000 bales.

Another very large
audience assembled at the
Free-trade Hall, Manchester,
and
on Saturday night, when Mr.
Charles Dickens made his es
and read his " Christmas C a reoclo"n an BI
?,eTarhance this season,
AUSTRALIA EXPORTING at Mugby."
WOOL :O
The Melbourne Argus.
says December 13 An
experiment of an interesting nature is about
to be tried
with one of the staple exports of this colony. Hitherto all
the wool exported from Australia has been sent to London
or Liverpool, almost exclusively to the former port. It
appears, however, that American buyers are not infrequent
at the London sales, and to test the United States market,
a fine ship—the Isabella Ilercus—has been placed on the
berth for New York direct, carrying wool. The result will
be looked forward to with considerable interest. It is very
rarely that a vessel sails from this port direct to any of
the cities of the east coast of America. This is only the
second ship which we can call to mind as haring been
placed on the New York line during some years past. If
tho Isabella Hercus finds a good market a new trade may
bo opened up."

PATENT-OFFICE MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSINGTON.
—Number of visitors for the week ending Fob. 16, 1,908 ;
total number since the opening of the museum, free daily
(May 12, 1858), 1,115,255.
KIRKWALL.----WHALE-HUNT OFF STRONSAY.--
On Friday morning last, about 8 o'clock, there was seen
off Stronsay, an island lying about 15 miles to the north-
west of Kirkwall, a very large number of bottle-nosed
whales sporting in the bay. The neighbouring inhabitants
were soon aroused, and in pursuit ; and after a keen con-
test of a little more than two hours, the "school" was
safely driven ashore on the beautiful beach of Rothes
Holm. The value of the catch is estimated at from £5OO
to £6OO. It will be divided among nearly 100 people who
were engaged in the capture. The excitement which the
sale reated was very great.—Scotsman.

EIDER Dows.---TA consular Report of this year
on Iceland gives an account of the way in which
down is exacted from the eider thick. Early in Juno the
bird, always repairing to the same spot, comes to sonic
small holmo or islet in a bay or fjord, and lays its eggs,
after lining its nest with the down plucked from its owu
body. As soon as the eggs are laid, the owner of the
hatching-ground robs the nest of the down and a part of
the eggs, both of which the poor bird replaces a second
and a third time, when she is left in peace to complete
the process of incubation, but with her body completely
denuded of down. This method is adopted because the
down of the dead bird loses its elasticity, and is of com-
paratively little value. The hen bird gives eight or nine
ounces of down to a nest, but when cleansed the weight is
diminished by half. The video of the cleansed down is
about 19s. per lb. The annual produce in Iceland is
valued at about .0,000. In some instances, one small
hohne will give its owner au annual income of £l5O.
Such is the care taken of these birds that during the
hatching season no guns are allowed to be fired in their
vicinity ; foreign vessels arriving arc forbidden to fire
salutes.

MINING MARKET.
TUESDAY, Two o'Cloek.
Less activity has been apparent in the Mining
Market. Great Retallack, West Chiverton, Great
South Tolgus, Chiyerton Moor, and North Crofty
continue at firm rates, but Prince of Wales, Clif-
ford, East Caradon, and South Condurrow are a
shade flatter. Annexed are the current quota-
tions:—

Cara Camborne, —s —s ; Chiverton Moor, 64 7 ; Chon-
tales Gold, 1 24; Clifford .Amalgainato, 6 C 4 ; Cooks'
Kitchen, —; Drakewells. —s —s; East Basset, 19 21:
E,lBt Caradon, 5 ; East Cam: Brea, 334 ; East Lovell
91 104; East BuSs.ll, East Wheal Grenville, 2 If ;
U;eat Lake), —; Great North Downs, —; Great
Retallsck, I;2s Gd 155 s ; Great South 'Folios, lla 14s;
Great Wheal Vor, 164 174 ; Marko Valley, 4 44; Korth
Crony, 5 51; North Roskear, 94 104; North Tre►kerby,
21 24; Prince of Wales, 34s Gd 365; Prosper United, 3 31;
Redinoor, 9s lls; South Condurrow, 15s 17s Gd ; Swath
Grenville, ts Os ; south Ilerodsfoot, —; Tineroft,
—; West Caradon, —; West Chiverton, 61 63 ;
West Drakowelle, —; Wheal Basset, 64 66; Wheal
Buller, 2b 30 ; Wheal Chiverton, 8.84 ; Wheal Grenville,
—; Wheal Seton, 1024 105.