The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, P,68.

BANKS -

Closing Business
Sharp NAME, Paid. Price. done
10 Agra
Do Limited, A al
111 124 121 114
.0 B 0 51 6
50 Albion
100 Alliance Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, Bin all,' 1 i 19 171
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4
90 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13
20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 ... ...
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lira.
25 Bank of South Australia._ all 31 33
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39
10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, pnd China all 20 21
25 Chartered Mere. of India.
London, and China ' all 30 31
20 City
100 Colonial 25 40 42
1:110 Consolidated, lim.
50 Delhi and London, li
50 East London, Jim 5 11 01
20 English and American, lim 10 ... ...
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro, lim lO Id pr
20 English, z.cottish, and Aus
tralian Chartered
284 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all ... ..•
281 Do new...,., bi i 4
100 Imperial, irn
20 Imperial 0tt0man............ 10 1 14 111
s 5 lonianall 27 29
25 Do new
20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 31 33
100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 78 82
30 London Bank of Mexico
and South America, lint 20 9 7
100 London and Brazilian, Jim. 45 32 27
20 Do new 74 5 41
100 London & River Plate, Jim, 40 2 4
25 Do new 10 14 14
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241
50 London and County 2O SO 51
20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... •••
50 London Joint Stock 1 351 361
20 London and south African al 1 12
100 London & S.-Western, lim, '2O ... •••
50 London & Venezuela, lim_ 121 ... ...
100 London and Westminster. 20 66 68 661 7
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm........, 20 631 644 64 4
100 Merchant, lint 25 7 S
10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 7 64
100 Midland, lim 2O id pr
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 ... ...
100 National Provinc. of En,g'd •41 ... ...
10 Do
42
50 National.. B2 54 46
20 New South Wales all 42 44
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 424 481
50 .Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 54
100 Provincial of Ireland 25 89 91
10 Do new, all ... ...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 24 13 11
100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 • ... ...
25 Union of Australia all 47 49
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of London

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 211 1
10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 pr 4p DI 11
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16
st Atlantic Telegraph lO 27 29 281
at Do. 8 per cent.
25 Australian Agracultural
25 Australian Mort. Land and
Finance, lim
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 bd
10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 141
10 Do. New 6 8 81
100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim.
5 Bombay Gas, lim.
6 Do. New 4 If 1
50 British American Land 44 17 201
st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 165 170
20 British Indian Tea, liin all 21 81
20 British Ship Owners 7l
29 Canada Company all 67 72
10 Canadian Loan and Invest-
ment, lim 2l 21 lid
20 Ceylon Company, lim.
20 Do. A shares
10 City Discount, hill 6 41 54
25 City of London Real Pro-
perty, lim 8 41 31,1
30 City of Milan Improv. Hui all .5 10
25 City of Moscow lias, lim all 2 3
50 City Offices, lim '2s 24; 235 d I
50 Colonial, lim.
Do.
50 Commercio.7, Union (Assur) 5 p ip
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, lim.
20 Continental Union (las, lim all 171 181
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 71 per cent.
100 Corporation of Loudon

Bonds, 1877, 4/ per cent. all 1031 1041
100 Do. 1879, 4 per cent. all 104 105
100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent, all 1031 1041
10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all lk 2/ 21
50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lira lO 3 2 d
st Crystal Palace lOO 23 23 21
st Do. Preference lOO 97 102
at Do. 6p. c PeepetualDeb lO9 107 111
20 Darjeeling, lim.
I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l
...d
60 East Indian Land Credit

and Finance, lim.
20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18
32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and
Coal, lim.
100 Egyptian 1, per cent. V'roy
Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 901 911 8) I 1
20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 41 4id
st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 235 240
10 Do. New 8 9 lip
3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 2/ i
15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4d
100 Eng. and Scot. Alarine, lim. 6 ... ...d
10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 11d
20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p i
100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and

Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 831 841
50 Gellivara, lint
10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 2 " 14
15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29
50 Home & Col Marine In. lint. 5 41 34d
10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ...
20 Hudson's Bay all# 15 164 13; 14
20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar-
seilles, lint
25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO
20 luterna. Financial Soc. lint 5 •11 1 /
20 Interns,. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4d
50 Italian Land 5 11 id
20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 2 21
100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem.
1870, issued 90 all 60 62
50 Land Securities,
25 London African Trading lO 7 5,1
25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ... •••€1
10 London County Laud and.
Building, lint.
5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 34
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 4 fro
50 Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 23 221
4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Colim. all 11 2 1 15-16
50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer
and Iron Ship,
20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr
at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua.
sp.c. by India G0v..... 100 1011 105}
10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and
Agency, 1im...... ...........11 4id
10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint all 4 4#
50 Merchant Shipping, Rm..— all 36 41
50 Millwall Iron Works, lint 121
10 Natal Land and Colonisa-
tion Co_,. lint, ......... 9 31 214
25 National Discount Co., lint 5 12 121
25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3d
10 National Steam Ship, lint all 84 94
20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Jim, 6 3 2d
10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 11 ld :
5 eNV Quebrada, Jim.,,,
~.4.0 ... A. 4.0 41 34
25 New Zealand Loan & Mer
cantile Agency,litn ......... 21 iP
25 New Zealand Trust and
Loan, lint
10 Northern Assam Tea, lim 5 7
,t
10 Do. B
st North Brit. Austral., lim 100 38 42
50 North Brit. & Mercan. 1n... 6# " 21
25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15
50 Oriental Financial, 1int.,,,,, 11 •••(1
5 Oriental Gas, lint, ............ all 7 75
5 Do. New ................ 1 iP
10 Otago and Southland In
vestment, 1ien.,,,..
. 2 id IP
5 Ottoman Gas,
.......... ........ all 14 21p
10 Panama, New Zealand, and
Australian R. Mail lint all 2 21
' 5 Do do. ............ all 1 14
et Peel R. Land & Miner!, lint 100 32,
.34 30
50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 54 56
50 Do. New 1867 ...... 10 4d pr
25 Reuter's Te1egram....,...:..
'24 30 35p
50 Rhymney Iron ............... all 19 20 .
15 Do. New ........... all 51 654
I.nt
25 Rio de Janeiro City all 131 19/
.
20 Do. Gas, hat..,,,, all 23 24
100 Royal Mail Steam ............ 60 48 50
st Scottish Aust. Invest., lint. 100 110 114
at Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref. 100
20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, Jim 10 7 6d
20 Societe Gen.de !'Empire 01. 8 3 4p
50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lira. 6 ...
25 South Australian Land all 35 36
st Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip ... all 4lf
20 Telegraph Con. &111ain.,lim. all 154 16 16# 16
20 Thames and Mersey Marine
(Insurance),
20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl
10 Trust &Agency of 1 # 1p
10 Do do. do. all
20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 id p
60 Union Marine L'pool, lint. 5 4 41p
20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24
15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 14 614
SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint, all 44 51 si
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 34 34P
20 Universal Marine(lu.), lint S 1 lip
10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 3 4
30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 8
00 V icer
cent.o y(
ga
oof rt Egypt,ge) 7 per
Loan.., all 74 765 764 54
50 Warrant Finance, lint. l2 12 10d
If
50 West India and Pacific

Steam, inn
20 West London Whams and
Warehouses lO

COLONIAL GOVICI3NMENT SNCURITIJCS

British Columbia, 6 per
0ent.,1872....
Do. 1895.. lOO
- Can.Gov.6p.c.JanNJoly
1877-84
Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & 100 Hz 10
Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 105 10
Do. bp. 0. Jan. do July lOO 93 04 9
Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk lOO 90 92
Cape G.Hope, 6 p. 0.1873.• 100 102 104
Do.Apl.&001 100-1900 lOO 11/ 113
Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109
Do. Jan.&July, 1891
Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and IS Oct., 1900 lOO 103 102
Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110
Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107
Mauritius, 6p. 0,
Jan. and July
Do. 1878 .. . . ...•• 100 106 108
Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 jos
Do. 1895, Feb. & Auit lOO 106 108
Melbourne Corporate.,
1807-75, 6 per cent lOO _
N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Jadauly lOO 102 104
Natal 6 p ot, Apht Oct lOO _
Do Op c. May & Nov lOO 100 108
N. S. W. 5 ire., '7l to '76 lOO 99 101
Do. 6 p.c. 1888 to 1890 lOO D 9 109 1004
Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to VI lOO 09 101
N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891.. 100
Do. 5 per cent....
DoJan, Aprl, July, Oct... 100 974 984 051
Da 6p c. Dlar &Sept '91.. 100 108 110
Do Jive & Deo , 1-91 .••• 100 109 ill 1074
Do Prov. Abo.l4' it.•
terie3l St 2, 1896..
Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan...
and Jnly, 1875
- Do 18:6 lOO 101 103
Queenslnd. Cp. c. '52 5 100 1, 8 1(0
Da 119 t .•••,,,, 100 1054 1004
S. Austral. 6 p 0.180 77 lOO _
Do 1878
Do 1E93 1908. 10) 107 108
Tasmanian opc, 1 95 lOO 106 107 104
Do rd. 1E93 to 189/ lOO IC7 108
Victoria 6p.0. Ja...tJuly lOO _
Do. 1891
7 Do. do, April & Uot.••• 100 109 410 104

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

!FROM OUR OWN t,ORRESPOKOErr

PARIS, TUESDAY, December 10,

The deputies of the Corps Legislatif are returning in
large numbers to Paris for the reception of January 1.
The meeting of the Corps L6gislatif is fixed for the 11th,
as I mentioned in a previous letter. It is probable that

there will be a severe contest for the seat left vacant by

the death of M. Berryer. DI. Gambetta, the rising
lawyer, is the Opposition candidate. He is ono of the
most rising men in France, and one of the most unpre•
possessing in appearance.
The Imperial villegiatura has come to an end. The
fourth and last series of guests at Compiegne,
has taken leave of the Emperor and his family, and left
for Paris. The Imperial party will shortly follow.
It is pretended that Senor Olozaga has been dining with
his old sovereign in the Rue Rivoli, and that Prim and
Serrano, discouraged by the aspect of affairs at home,
were disposed to treat with the ex-Queen. All this is
absurd. What does seem probable is, that Olozaga has
asked to be received formally as the Spanish Ambassador
at Paris, and has been definitively refused by M. de
Mous tier.

Sojourn in Paris—which is not, by the way, the most
likely place for moral conversion—has produced a great
change in the ex-Queen Isabella's mode of life. She
promenades the French capital incessantly, goes to the
Palais Royal in the morning, then to the Champs Elysees
or on the quays, and afterwards to inspect some of the
sights of Paris. These expeditions are of the most deco-
rous character, the Queen being invariably accompanied
by the King and the Prince of the Asturias, who look
terribly tired of acting as escort—whilst Marfori, who
is undoubtedly in Paris, is rigorously kept in the
background. The evenings are almost invariably spent
en famille. Her Majesty has become completely acclima-
tised here, and has so far forgotten her misfortunes as to
take in the Liberte, where she will see her people exhorted
almost every day to establish a republic. Father Claret
is said to be a great conversationalist, and likewise no small
gourmand.

" Miss Milton," the dramatised " East Lynne," has had
a most favourable " run "at Compilgne. It created great
emotion amongst the loyal ladies, the Empress weeping
freely at the harrowing situations which Mrs. Henry Wood
has conceived so well and executed so indifferently.
The Aloniteur de l'lndre says that two inhabitants of
Vierzon have so perfected the construction of the
velocipede, that it can now be moved by the mere weight
of the body, This is one of the nearest approaches to
perpetual motion that mechanical ingenuity has yet
devised.

A woman has just died at Avranches, aged 105. Her
husband, who survives her, is 103 years of age—a concur.
rence of longevity which I believe is without parallel.
Admiral Persano, who was condemned to the loss of his
grade for the faults committed at the battle of Lissa has
been refused his pension.

THE IVE.ATHEB TABLE.-THIS DAY.

METEOROLOGICAL REFORM

Extreme Sea
Wednesday, o
Dec. 16, B. T. ! W. Ito F. D. W to
8 a.m. 12 9
Nairn
Aberdeen
Leith
Shields
Scarborough 2917 f. 46 144 W. 6 7 W.S.W. b.cr'o'4o 4
Yarmouth 29•40f. 47 44 S.S.W. 3 3 S.S E. ' r.b.10 18 3
Helder
Cuxhaven _
Skudestnes
Ardrossan 2912 f. 43 42 S.S.W. 2 611 S.W. c.r f o'2l 1
Green castle 29T6f. 45 44 S.S.W. 2 4 W.S.W. r.c.
Holyhead
Liverpool
Valentia .• 29 17r. 47 45 W. 6 8 V.N.W. r.c.10'251 6
Cape Clear 29 14r. 47 45 W.N.W. 9 11 S.E. 0.c.0 -201 8
Roch e's Pt 2918r. 44 43 W.S.NV. 5 9 SS.
o. 'o'3s 4
Penzance 2944 r. 49 48 W. S. W. 4 8 S.W. o. ci; 0 '59 4
Plymouth
Weymouth 29 46r. 49 47 S.W. 5 6 E.S.E. 0.r.,0'54 2
Portstno uth 29195. 47 45 NIT.S.NY. 6 8 S. 0.r.!0'35 3
London ,
C. PeGrisNez 29 55f. 50 48 W. 7 8 W.S.W. r.c.10'03 4
Brest .
L'Orie
Rochefort
Biarritz 29'93r. 59 59 8. 8 o. 9
Corunna —
Brussels _
Paris
Strasbourg —
Toulon
Heart's Con-
tent (9 a.m.
local time) — —