The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, IE6B.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

'' Closing Business
Share NAME. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 124 ' 2
10 Do B lO 5 6
50 Albion
100 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 17 13 174
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all' 11 13
20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 ... ...
'25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lint.
25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 3J
10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19
50 British North American , all bl 63
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, ,nd China all 20 21
25 Chartered Mere. of India,
Loudon, and China all 291 301 30
20 City l9 11 12
100 Colonial 25 40 42
10 Consolidated, lint. 4 1 1 4 13-16
SO Delhi and London, lint
SO East London, lira 6 1 i 01
20 English and American, lint 10 ... ...
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro. lira lO ld pr
20 English, z cuttish, and Aug •
tralian Chartered
284 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all ... ...
281 Do new if i f
100 Imperial, lint 2O 17 18
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 4 1 111 1 1
15 lonian all 27 29
25 Do new b pr 1p
20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 34
100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6s, 30 all 76 78 62
30 London Bank of Mexico
and South America, lint. 20 9 7 121
100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 21 32
20 Do new 71 64 21
100 London & River Plate, Rm 4O 7 9
25 Do new 10 11 11
20 London Chart, of Australia all 221 231
50 London and County 2O SO 51
20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... •..
50 London Joint Stock 1 35 36 354 3
20 London and South African al 1) 12
100 London & S.-Wester; lint, 20 ... ...
50 London & Venezuela, lint._ 121 ... •••
100 London and Westminster 2O 654 664 661 3
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 621 6il 63
100 Merchant, lint 25 7 i
10 Metropolitan, lint all 63 71
100 Midland, 1int...... 2O ld pr
5 National of Australia . .
25 National of Liverpool, Ern l5 ... ...
100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ...
10 Do
50 National.. 3O 54 56
20 New South Wales all 42 44
20 North-Western 75
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 424 424 42/
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 6 if 44 f
100 Provincial of Ireland 25 91 03
10 Do new.. all ••• •••
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 12
100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ...
25 Union of Australia all 48 49
100 Union of Ireland, line
50 Union of London

THE FENIAN FIASCO.

A few days ago a startling paragraph appeared in the
papers describing a flying shot from a carriage of a train by
a supposed Fenian, at the engine-driver. The following
letter may throw some light epon it. It appears in the
Dublin Evening Mail :—" An alarming telegram of yes-
terday d scribed a flying shot at a railway train, which
was believed to provo that at least one armed Fenian
was coming back, per Sunday day mail, to invade Ireland.
It is a curious but indisputable fact that a young friend
of mine, ten years old, and a ' fine boy of his age,' came by
that identical train from London to Holyhead, and amused
himself en route by snapping off caps at passing trains and
other objects of inter,st. On leaving school for the Christ-
mas holidays, he had been presented with a toy-gun, guilt-
less of powder and shot, but fitted with a percussion lock for
cap. It is not a deadly weapon, when you examine it closely,
as I did yesterday; but it can make a noise, and at a dis-
tance looks formidable.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. JAMES
DISRAELI.

The death or this gentleman took place quite suddenly
on Wednesday morning about three o'clock. He had suf-
fered for some months past from frequent attacks of
heart disease, but latterly he had been so much better
as to attend at Somerset House, where he held the post
of Commissioner of the Board of Inland Revenue, and
he transacted business as late as Tuesday afternoon.
About three o'clock in the afternoon he left Somerset
House, and he appeared then in good health, but
soon after two on Wednesday morning he suffered from
an attack of heart disease, which lasted with great
severity until his death. The deceased gentleman was
appointed to the Board of Inland Revenue in 1858 ; and
previous to that he was for some years treasurer of the
County Courts of Lincolnshire and Derbyshire. Mr.
Disraeli was the brother of the Right Hon. B. Disraeli
(ex-Prime Minister), and of Mr. Ralph Disraeli, one of
the registrars in Chancery. The deceased gentleman was
a widower.