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

4i 5 ; Rio de Janeiro Improvements, 20i ; and
Vieeroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan, 42i.

MINING MARKET.

TUESDAY, Two o'Clock.

Less activity has been apparent in the Mining
Market. Great Retallack, West Chiverton, Great
South Tolgus, Chiverton 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 :

Carn Camborne, —s —s ; Chiverton Moor, 61 7 ; Chon-
tales Gold, 11- 2 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 6 61; Cooks'
Kitchen, —; Drakewolls, —s —s; East Basset, 19 21;
East Caradon, 5 1 ; East earn Brea, 3 31,-; East Lovell
9 101; East Russ(ll, 31 ; East Wheal Grenville, 2 21;
Gl•er.t Lakey, —; Great North Downs, —; Great
Retallack,. 52s Gd 55s ; Great South Tolgus, 12s 148;
Great Wheal Yor, 161 171 ; Marko Talley, 4 4}; North
Crofty, 5 51; North Roskear, O 1 101; North Treakt•rby,
\2l 21; Primo of Wales, Us Gd 365; Prosper United, 3 3;
Redmoor, Os 118; South Condurrow, 15s 178 Gd; South
Gretiville, 8s Os ; South Herodsfoot, —; Tincroft,
—; West Caradon, —; West Chiverton, 61 63 ;
West Drakewells, —; Wheal Basset, 64 66; Wheal
Buller, 2b 3Q ; Wheal Chiverton, 881 ; Wheal Grenville,
—; Wheal Seton, 1021 105.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GCYEnNMENT FUNDS.
per Cent. Console
Do. Account, Merch 7 9ll 1
3 per Cont. Reduced 9oi 1.
vow 3 per Cent 94liiii
New 2f per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Do. 5 per Cont. Jan. 1873 —
A.unuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent.......--_ pin
Do £5OO ii pin
Do £lOO & £2OO
Bank of England Stock, 61 por'Cent ... 252 3 4

INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
ludian Stock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 216 15
Do. 'Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, li480
Do. 4 per Cont., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 por Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 54 per Cont., May 1879 —
Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent —
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 —
3razilian 5 per Cent
Do. 9 per Cent., 1852-58-60

go.
1863
Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 —
Do Account 74/
Do. £lOO Bonds
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
o..ihan 6 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cent.
Do. 6 per Cent A
Do. „ B —
Do. „ 1867
Do. ~ Scrip, £2O paid......... IPm
Colombian, 6 per Cent.
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cont., 1825 —
D 3. 5 per Cont., 1864 o
Da mbian Principalities ..................... 66 1
Do. Account
Xi ivador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent— 12}
Do., Provisional Land Warrant Warrant
Do Deferred
E .rfptian 7 per Cent —
Do. Second Issue —
Do. £lOO Bonds
Do. Du. 1864 B3 } 2}
Do. £lOO Bonds B4 31
Do Government Railway Debenturep BO/ 1 80!
Greek E. per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account

D,. Coupons
Do. Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Itllian 5 per Cex t 1865
73
Do, Account
Do. Maremmana Railway —
31 ,xicat 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
V ontevidean C per Cent. .. —
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Do 3 per Cen

Do. Deferred
Do Laud Warrants (Hoctaros)
PeruTian 5 per Cont., 1865
Do Account
Do 41 per Cent., 1865

Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account
P .aNguese3 per Ct., 1853 '6,7,'9,'60,'2, '3 421 i 1
ciassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9Ol
Do 4* per Cent. 1850
Do 4* per Cent., 1860
Do 3 pci Cent. 1859
Do 5 por Cent. 1862 BBl
Do 5 per Cent. 1864 9Ol 90 891
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid BB*
Do. do. £25 paid — pin
'ardinian 5 per Cent
=Tallish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred —
Do. Account
Passive Do —
Do Accsant 22}
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Do Account
Swedish 4 per Cent. —
1)o. 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 49/
Do 5 per Cont., 1865
.... —

Do. Account
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. 6 per Cent., 1862
00. 6 per Cent, 1864 3lk
Ditto 1/ per Cent.
Dividends ou the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
44 per cent.,,Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2* per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil,
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
French _Routes, 3
per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
!Winn 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 2f
Do, Account s3i
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9O/ 1
Do. Account

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, on Saturday night, when Mr.
Charles Dickens made his secondap appearance ihmen
Boyee this a
at
season,mu,bv,
,
and read his " Christmas Carol" and
AUSTRALIA EXPORTING WOOL TO ERICA.-
The Melbourne Argus of December 13 says :—" 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 aro not infrequent
at the London sales, and to test the United States market,
a fine ship—the Isabella Hercus—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 having been
placed on the New York line during some years past. If
the Isabella Herons finds a good market a new trade may
be opened up."
PATENT-OFFICE MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSINGTON.
—Number of visitors for the week ending Feb. 16, 1,908 ;
total number since the opening of the museum, free daily
(May 12, 1858), 1,115,255.
KIRKWALL.—WHALE-ILIJNT OFF STRONSAT.—
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 rented was very great.—Scotsman.

EIDER DowN.---A consular Report of this year
on Iceland gives an account of the way in which
down is exacted. from the eider duck. Early in June the
bird, always repairing to the same spot, comes to some
small holme or islet in a bay or fjord, and lays its eggs,
after lining its nest with the down plucked from its own
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 value of the cleansed down is
about 19s. per lb. The annual produce in Iceland is
valued at about £5,000. In some instances, one small
holme will give its owner an annual income of £l5O.
Such is the care taken of these birds that during the
hatching season no
guns are allowed to bo fired in their
vicinity ; foreign vessels arriving aro forbidden to tire
salutes,