The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGENCX,

TWELYE O'CLOOK.

No change of importance can be reported in the
general discount market ; the supplies on offer con-
tinue abundant, and the rates remain at 24 3 per
cent., except in a few instances, where first-class
short-dated paper has been negotiated at 22. per
cent.
There were no gold operations at the Bank of
England yesterday. The following are the latest
prices of bullion :-Bar gold, 775. 9d. per-standard
oz. ; bar gold, parting, 775. 11d. per oz; doubloons,
Spanish, 745. Gd. to 75A. per oz. ; doubloons, Mexi-
can and South American, 745. per oz. ; United
States Eagles, 765. 2id. per oz.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debenture
are arm at 32 34 ; and the Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds at 24i 25g.
The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :-
1867. 1866.
Great Western ... 66,705 66,818
North Western ..• ...112,353 109,302
South Western ... ••• ... 20,643 21,300
Brighton ..• 17,694 16,251
Midland ... ••• ... 49,094 48,539
South Eastern ..• ... 20,514 19,071
Great Northern ••• ... 34,281 33,765
Lancashire and Yorkshire... ... 45,150 42,780
Bristol and Exeter... 6,140 5,880
North Eastern ... ... 68,198 64,474
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln „. 20,694 19,648
Great Eastern ••• 32,055 30,502
London, Chatham, and DoTer 8,000 7,810
Glasgow and South-Western ... -• 10,190 10,803
Metropolitan ... 4.034 3,718
•North London ... 4,736 4,532
Great Southern and Western, Ireland ... 9,107 7,843
Midland and Great Western, Ireland ... 5,441 4,778
North British 23,815 22,946

The returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are with a few
exceptions of a favourable character. On the North-
Western there is an increase of £3,051 ; on the
Brighton of £1,443 ; on the Midland of £555 ; on
the South-Eastern of £1,443 ; on the Great Northern
of £516; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of
£2,370 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of £260; on the
North Eastern of £3,724 ; on the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,046 ; on the London,
Chatham, and Dover of £190; on the Great Eastern
of £1,553 ; and on the North British of £869;
while the Great Western show a decrease of £ll3,
and the South-Western of £657.

The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 13th March is not of an extraordi-
nary character. The bullion has been slightly
diminished, as also the other securities ; but there
is a considerable increase in the reserve of notes.
The public balances, owing to the collection of the
revenue, have been largely augmented, while there
is a corresponding decrease in the private balances.

Annexed are the particulars :
Public Deposits... ... £8,237,911 Increase ...X991,888
Other Deposits ... ... 16,789,161 Decrease... 794.811
Rest ... 8,839,837 Increase... 5,499

On the other side of the account :
Government Securities £13,111,068 No alteration.
Other Securities... ... 18,604,404 Decrease... 48,848
Notes unemployed ... 11,187,465 Increase ...X293,630
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,495,515,
being a decrease of £447,715 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,256,235, show-
ing a decrease of £117,730 when compared with the
former return.
The return of the Bank cf France for the week
ending this day shows the following changes com-
pared with that of last week :
INCREASE.

Cash in hand
Current accounts 373,320

Grenville, s —d ; South Herodsfoot, —; Tincroft,
14 15 ; West Caradon, ; West Chiverton, 59 61;
West Seton, ——; West Drakewells, —s —s ; Wheal
Basset, ; Wheal Buller, ; Wheal Chiverton,
7 71 ; Wheal Grenville, ; Wheal Seton, 1021 1071.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account. April 10 94
per Cent. Reducmd B9'4 1
low 3 per Cent B9l
New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891
Do. 5 per Cont. Jan. 1873
kunuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l2l
Do (Red Sea Telegraph;, 1908 —
3 Ct., Mnrrh. Itl Ct., June.
I,7achepter Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per GI. 17 11 I p 11 pm
Do .V.OO I
Do £lOO & £2OO „
Bank o: England Stock, 61 per Cent ...
Xl)'
s GOVERNMENT SEcuitlTiEs.
luilan Stock, 101 per Cont., April 187.1... 216

Do. Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, lißo
Do. 1 per Cent. Oct. 1888 93

Do. 07,rtiiicates
Do. Enlaced Paper 4 oer Cent
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872

Do. 5C per Cent... May 1879 lOB
Do. Deo., 5 per Cent., Aug 1873
Do. Bonds, 5 nor Cent., .£l,OOO
Do. under .£10)00
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Gen'. —
A.ustrian Bonds, 6 rer Cent, 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cou'L.... • —
Do, 4i per Cent., 1802-58-60
Do. 1863

Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account 73 1 2i
Do. £lOO Bonds 731
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
C-ilian 6 per Cent
Do. 41 per Cent
00. 6 per Cent A
Do. „ B
Do. „ 1867
Do. „ Scrip, £2O paid ll dis
4
Colombian, 6 per Cent.
o,iba, 6 per Cont.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
D. 5 per Cent., 1864
),,nubian Principalities, 7 per Cent
E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional_ Land Warrant —
Do Deferiecl
egyptian 7 per Cent —
1)o. Second Issue
Do. .£lOO Bonds
00. Do. 1864 B3l I
Do. £lOO Bonds —
Do Government Railway Debentures —
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
D",. Coupons
Do. Account
G intemala 5 per Cent. '
Itaihn 5 per Cc:: t 1865
Do, Account .
Do. llareznmana Railway —
Mexican. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 lll
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French,
tilontevideau C per Cent. .
II orish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —
Do 3 per Cen ---,
Do. Deferred
Do Laud darrants (Hectares)
Pe -uvian 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account —

Do 4f per Cent., 1865 —
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 4f per Cent., 1862
Do Account -
Portnguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 421 1i
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si —
Do 4f per Cent. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 par Cont., 1859 --
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 BBl }
Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 9oi 1
D ~ Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid BBl i
Do. do. £25 paid — pm
iardinian 5 per Cent
Spnish 3 per Cent
Do Accfmnt
Do New Deferred —
Do. Account
Passive Do —
Do Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —

sDo Account .
Swedish 4 per Cont. —
Do. 44 per Cent. 1864
Do. Scrip, £6O paid
Turkish 6 per Cont. 1854 —
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds —
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 514 41
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1863 —
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account
Do. 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 3Ol I
Ditto 11 per Cent. —
Divileuas on the above payable in Loudon.
lustmu, 0 p.m. Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
13,Algian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch ii• per (`Ant. Ex. 12 Gull, —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .
French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251. ....
Do. Account 531
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9l 4
Do. Aecount 914 4

E thuologic J 1 Society.

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An ordinary meeting of this society was held on
Tuesday evening at their rooms in St. Martin's-place
—the president, Mr. J. Crawfurd, in the chair. The
first paper read was "The Ethnology of the Chinese,"
contributed by Dr. Lamprey. The purport of the
paper was to show that the Chinese do not possess
that uniformity of race-character commonly supposed
and that they are in physical appearance and in
language as great differences between the inhabitants
of different parts of China as are found among other
races. Though supposed to be homogeneous, and to
be all of the Mongolian type, there are great varie-
ties observable in their countenances in different
parts of China. The distinguishing characteristics
of the Chinese as usually considered are wide cheek
bones, round faces, small eyes placed at considerable
distance apart, and set very obliquely, small promi-
nence of the nose, and little nostrils. In these pecu-
liarities, however, there were great distinctions, the
Chinese of Canton and of Shanghae, for instance,
being very diffyrent from those of Pekin, and being
more distinguishable from each other than from the
surrounding nations, especially the Malays. The
colour of the inhabitants of the north of China also
differs materially from the people in the south, the

latter being much darker than the former. Dr.
Lamprey estimated that there aro indeed as many
as 82 groups of differently coloured Chinese.
Throughout the whole of China there is not observ-
able any taint of negro blool. The dialects of the
inhabitants in various parts are apparently distinct,
the inhabitants of the north not being able to
understand those of the south, and even the persons
residing in villages a few miles apart are not able to
understand each other. There was, nevertheless, a
general similarity in the language, not only of the
Chinese, but of the Japanese, Mongols, and Turks,
which seemed to indicate a common origin.
Dr. LOCKHART, who had resided for many years

in China, said he considered the Mongols and
Chinese to be physically different, though there
were many marks of similarity between them. He
thought it probable that the Chinese were descen-
dants of Mongols, and that their physical condition
had since been altered, :partly owing to mixture
with the Japanese. The Chinese he regarded as the
connecting link between the north and south of
Asia.

The apparent differences of dialect in different
parts of China, Dr. LSIIPREIC said, were entirely
attributable to variations of pronunciation. The
written language was the same, but there were many
ways of sounding the vowels and of accenting the
worth that the spoken language in one part of China
is quite unintelligible in another. He did not think
there was any radical difference between the people
of different parts of that empire. Dr. Lamprey
further said, in answer to questions from Mr. Craw-
furd, that, though the number of words in the
Chinese language was comparatively small, consist-
ing of only 1,200 or 1,400, there were so many
varieties of utterance that there seemed to be no
deficiency in the expression of any sentiments. Ile
also mentioned a curious fact, that some of the
Chinese written characters are identical with those
of the Mexicans.
General Balfour, Dr. Donovan, and Mr. Craw-
furd made some further observations, after which a
second paper was read on the " Non-Hindu Tribes
of the Borders of Hindustan," by the Hon. G.
Campbell, and after a short discussion the meeting
adjourned.

TUE MURDER NEAR NOTTINGIIAM.—At the Not-
tingham Assizes, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Smith,
John Watson, 28, cottager, and Mary Watson, 31, his wife,
were charged with the wilful murder of Henry Raynor, at
Carlton, on the 17th November last. Mr. Boden, Q.C., and
Mr. Bristowe were for the prosecution, and Mr. Sergeant
O'Brien and Mr. Cave appeared fo the defence. Thu pri-
soners pleaded not guilty,