The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-14 00:00:00

MINING MARKET.

FRIDAY, Two o'Clock.
1, 'lle Market to-day has been moderately active.
'lnce of Wales, North Crofty, Chiverton, Clif-
°lll, East Basset, and Marne Valley chiefly dealt
in Annexed are the current quotations:—
001iiverton Moor, 41 5 ; Chonzales Gold, 2/ ; Carnarvon
ousolidated, ——; East Basset, 201 21}; E.ist Cara-
°' 41 j; East Lovell, 9 91; East Russell, —; East Wheal
ci
reuville, 1/ 2 ; Great Laxey, ——; Great South Tol-
L118.4' ; Great Wheal Vor, 141 151 ; Marke Valley,
44. ; North Crofty, 2/ 3; North Treskerby, 24 ; Prince
k Wales, 24s 255; Prosper United, 1/ 21; South Condur-
-63 lls 13s ; West Caradon, 13 13i ; West Chiverton,
w 55 ; Wheal Agar, —s —a ; Wheal Chiverton, 6/ 7/ ;
Beal Crebor,- —8 —s ; Wheal Grenville, 22s 6d 25s ;
heal Seton, 1271 1321; Clifford Amalgamate, 51 6.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
a OevERNALENT FUNDS.
bir Cent. Consols - 1 1
8 hno• Account, Jan. 10 BBi 1
4r'l. ent. Reduced B7l t
4j,4- 3 per Cent B7i 1
j 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 .—
Au ' 5 Per Ceut. Jan. 1873 —
lattities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880

Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 121
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908
;achecpier Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 3 7 pm
Do' £5OO .77 3 7 pm
Do £lOO & £2OO ' , 3 7 pm
Bank of England Stock, 6 per Cent ...
Ditto for Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Itifitan otock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — •
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do: Certificates
Do. Eufaced 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,4 per Cent., £l,OOO — pm
Do under £l,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK,
rzentine Republic, 6 per Cent
Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1852
...ttzilian 5 per Cent
Do. 41 per Cent.; 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 1865
Ito Aceount
Do. £lOO Bonds
II renos Ayres 6 per Cell,
Do. Account
Do .ClOO Bonds
D 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Ceut )
6 per Cent
Do. 3 per Cent.
Do. 6 per Cent A
Do. „ B
Colombian, 6 per Cont.,
Juba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Do. 5 per Cent., 1864
Danubian Principalities
rio. Account
tlquador New Consolidated, I per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant
Do Deferred
igyptian 7 per Cent
Do., Second Issue

68
684

Do £lOO Bonds —
Do. 1864 B3l
Do £lOO Bonds B3l
Do. Government Railway Debentures B3l 41
51reek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons

Lb Account _
Jo. Coupons
G tatemala 5 per Cent.
It3iian 5 per Cent 1865
Do, Account

Do. Maremmana Railway
‘lexicar- 3 per Cent
Do. Account
Do. 1864 l3
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Vlontevidean 6 per Cent.
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
--
Mew Granada
Do 3 per Con
Do. Deferred
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865
DO Account 691
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 4,i per Cent., 1862
Do Account -
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ..
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 43
Do. Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 1859
Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B5 41
Do 5 per Cent. 1864
Sardinian 5 per Cent

Do. Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do Account
Do Passive
Do Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded

37 61

Do Account.
S wedish 4 per Ceut.
Do. 4-4 per Cent. 1864
Do. Scrip, £6O paid
urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 7B

Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1863
--
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account
Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do. 6 per Cent, 1864
Ditto I.} per Cent.
Dividencts on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2} per Clint. Ex. 12
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
Ratko. 3 per Cont. 1831, Ex. 25f.
Do. 5 per Cent. Account 551 1
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money
Do. Account, Jan

• 881 I
88H

PARAGUAY AND BRAZIL.

We have been surprised to see Mr. Balcarce, the
Argentine Minister at Paris and London, has
thought fit to address himself officially to a
French journal impugning the correctness of
the recently published news from the seat
of war in Paraguay—news, be it understood,
received mostly from the Allies themselves. In un-
dertaking this task Mr. Balcarce,!allowing himself to
be carried away by an extreme of zeal, has attacked
Paraguay and its Government in terms not at
all of a di-21omatic character. This is an unusual
proceeding of the Argentine Minister, and it is
not the first time he has taken a similar
course. The representative of Paraguay is placed
under the necessity of showing the false position to
which Mr. Balcarce has committed himself. As
etiquette will not permit foreign diplomatic agents
to enter into controversy in a neutral and friendly
country, the following editorial remarks have
appeared in the Gazette de France:—
_

" We find ourselves all at once engaged in a cor-
respondence with the Ministers of South America.
The day before yesterday we have published a letter
which Mr. Balcarce had directed to us. To-day
we receive one from Mr. C. Bareiro, Minister for
Paraguay, who thought proper not to let pass
without protest the attacks directed against
his country by the Minister of the Argentine Re-
public. Mr. Bareiro, understanding perfectly
well that diplomatic agents could not well enter
officially into the discussions of newspapers, his pro-
test is only made as " citizen" of Paraguay. As we
have opened Our columns to the Argentine Minister,
we cannot do less than to open them also to the
Minister of Paraguay.

(Signed)

"AUBRY FOUCAULD."

A Mr. le Directeur de la Gazette de France.
Paris, le 8 Decembre, 1866.
Monsieur,—l have read with much surprise the
letter which Mr. Balcarce, in his official character,
as Minister Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Confe-
deration, has thought proper to direct to you for the
sake of making France believe that the defeat of the
allies at Curupaity was only a very slight repulse,
and that Paraguay was a country hermetically
closed to foreign commerce and systematically hostile
to the European element. Through this open official
act it seems Mr. Balcarce wanted to put the represent-
ant of Paraguay under the obligation of contradicting
his assertion publicly and officially. The represen-
tative of Paraguay is fully aware that be would act
with very little civility if he would enter into a
controversy, because he cannot forget that he as
well as his colleague are on neutral ground, par-
taking of the hospitality of a friendly nation, and
has therefore to leave the entire responsibility to
Mr. Balcarce, as to allegations which the ordinary
usages of society will not allow to be treated officially.
The representative of Paraguay has nothing to
add, as the report speaks clear enough, and will be
still clearer yet. I will allow myself only one simple
and last question : Because General Mitre has been
unlucky on the battle-field, has his representative
at a foreign Court the right to forget so far that
reserve which his public and official character should
oblige him to observe ?
The above observations do not emanate from the
Paraguayan Legation, but are entirely and per-
sonally my own. In asking you for the insertion
of these few lines, I appeal to your high sense of
impartiality, and beg of you to accept, &c. —C.
BAREIRO, Citizen of Paraguay.

M. DEAK ON POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS.—The
Moderate party in Hungary, wishing to manifest its sym-
pathy for M. Deak, that statestimn declined the demonstra-
tion, and explained his reason in the following language :
"It is not seemly to manage public affairs in the streets.
Those manifestations might be admissible when public life
was at a deadlock, but they are.useless when the represen-
tatives of the country are deliberating."
THE WAR OFFICE CLERICS' WIDOWS' FUND.—
We hear that it is in contemplation at the War-office,
where there are numerous grades, to establish a widows'
fund, oa equitable principles, such as will provide a decent
empetency for the widows of clerks who may require such
aid. The Civil Service Superannuation Fund, for which
a small percentage is deducted from every clerk's salary
in the Civil Service, does not include widows or orphans,
only providing for the superannuation of civil servants on
retirement from ill-health or old age.