The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

In the market for Foreign Securities the trans-
Ite,tloas have been on a moderate scale, and prices
81°Nv increased firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are
,89 to 90 ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 79 to 791 ; ditto,
24 issue, 61 to 6 discount, and ditto 4 per Cents.
have receded to 1021, Spanish 3 per Cents. to 44?
the Deferred to 291, ditto Certificates to 51, and
Dutch 4 per Cents. to 1001 and 101/ ; Peruvian 41
The
Cents. are steady at 921, and Sardinian at 81.
4he Chilian Loan is nominally without alteration,
471 a the Austrian is I to 11 premium.
A Moderate amount of business has been trans-
netka in Railway Shares to-day, the market for
Which has become sensibly better, and an advance
er from ss. to 10s. has taken place in most of the
leng descriptions of sto* Caledonians have im-
roved 10s. ; Great Northern, ss. ; Great Western,
Lacashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; London and
"•
rth Western, ss. ; Midland, ss. North Eastern
(Berwick) and (Leeds) are, however, exceptionably
• t
; the former being 93, and the latter 471 I
ditto (York), are 781.
In Colonial descriptions of shares East Indian,
which closed firmer last evening, have again
',elapsed to 1011. Great Indian Peninsula and
Grand Trunk of Canada are, however, very firm.
Foreign Railway Shares are inactive. Lom-
14▪
'll'dt:o-Venetian old shares are 91 and the new 61 1.
furtherlle Victoria Government Securities have been in
request, at a fresh rise of 10s.
Joint Stock Bank Shares and Miscellaneous
securities are dull, and prices unaltered.

3 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
.3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 951 i ?i
P r Cent. Consols Annuities
"' 3 per Cent. Annuities 9si
Vlllia i t 4-
95i 6 €5/ 6
.( Stocic
)!tto Debentures 1) th,
1,!-- Bonds £l,OOO
Consols
under'£,oo
t•onsols for Account 951 I- 1 I
1, March J line.
Fxe .i I,.'equer Bills,
.40 4:500 £l,OOO, 33

, FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
P_ 411. ml 5 per Cent.
Dicta
4i per Cent 92 f 3
Ditto (Unbarren), 4f per Cent.
Ditto per Cent.
,Etrdinian, 5 per Cent Bl 79f 81
'Vanish 3 per Cent. 44
TDitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 29}
vanish Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded 5l
rkish 6 per Cent
Ditto New Loan
78 91 1
Ditto 2d Issue
Ditto Account
bitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuela, 5 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Doh Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 951 I
Consols for Account
Ditto Account

Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild have
left
Kingston House for Paris.
„„TILE GOVERNORSHIP OF GIBRALTAR.—We
understand that Lieut.-Gan. Sir 'W. Codrington, K.C.8.,
appointed Governor of Gibraltar, vice Sir J. Fer-
--fcisell) whose period of service has expired.
4u-ANCIIESTER, TUESDAY.—There has been a
quiet but firm market to-day. Prices are the same as on
"fliesd last. In cloth the inquiry is good, at full prices.
Mr. Edward Merewether, the agent appointed by
th• e
Govern.ment of New South Wales to organize a mon9aly
steam postal service between Sydney and Panama, arrived
,Y the Overland Mail on the sth inst. New South Wales
nu undertaken to contribute £50,000 a •year towards the
subsidyA committee has been formed in London to assist
Dierewether, composed of 11tessrs. E. Hamilton, D.
14arnach, Captain Towns, and Mr. G. A. Lloyd.
PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at
Paris, is about at par, and the short exchange on London
18 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparin these rates
With the English Mint price of £3 Igs. 7 100.
ellneeforstandard gold, it appears that gold is about 2- per
10ths
V2r cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from
Itamburg the
_price of gold is 424 i per mark, and the short
exchange on London is 13.4 k per ill sterling. Standard
sold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 3-10ths
Per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course
of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days'
Mtight is 1091 /I per cent., which, when compared with the
int par between the two countries, shows that the ex-
change is about at par ; ard, after making allowance for
charges of transport and difference of interest, the reent
rate-leaves scarcely any profit on the importationof s
old
froth the United States. g
.h. 4 NOVEL CHIMNEYSWEEP.—A curious freak of
is
-"o3llard the Fox" occurred last week at Dursley. Sir
int Maurice Berkeley's hounds met at Kingcote one day, and
• awing found, the fox made away,' skirting the hill right
to the sing Dursley. Here he got on the roof of a
eciland, gradually from roof to roof, at last gained
e tOP of a house lately occupied as a pawnshop, and
413°P,Ped" himself down tha 'chimney into the interior.
fCling rested perdu for some time, the hounds being at
ighbourin
, taihough. close to his lair, he mounted' the chimney,
_ survey from the top, and, seeing the hounds in a
g court-ard, he m ade off an oposite direc-
oe, completely transformed in colour.in Unfortunately his
ther town,
i.B.e aPo was soon discovered, and after
miming about a mile
he dropped from sheer exhaustion, and sur-
nme ed •his " brush,' which was black from its novel em-
us itz chimney siveeplug,—Mosfk,d(trfrtigr.