The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-14 00:00:00

TA SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1868.

THE PREMIER'S ADDRESS.

Closing Business
Share, NA 3113. Paid. Price. done
_. 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121
;,•,..t0 Do B lO 51 6/
50 Albion
100 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint alll 14 19 .13
20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 3
20 Anglo-Italian 1666, limited 10 6 4
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13
20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 6 ... •••
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lira.
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25 Bank of South Australia all 91 33
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 30
10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, ~nd China all 20 21
24 Chartered Merc. of India,
London, and China all 30 31
20 City
100 Colonial 25 4U 4!
10 Consolidated, Um. 4 :1 1
50 Delhi and Loudon, liui
50 East London, lint 5 11 ei
20 English and American, lint 10 ... ...
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro. lim lO ld pr
20 English, .sottish, and Aus
tralian Chartered
181 Hong Rung and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all ... ••
281 Do new 5l 1
100 Imperial, Um 2O 17 1)
20 linporial Ottoman lO 1 II Ilf
25 lonian all 27 29
25 Do new o pr 1p
20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 31 81
100 Do sp.c. De b 5.1861, 80 all 1,76 76 bl:
30 London Bank of Mexico
and South America, lim. 20 9 7
100 London and Brazilian, lira. 45 32 27
20 Do new 71 5 41
100 London &River Plato, lim. 40 2 6
25 Do new 10 11 11
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 211
50 Loudon and County 2O 51 52 51
20 Do new iss at 20 p.m., 16 pd ll ...
50 London Joint Stock 1 351 364
20 London and South African at 1 12
100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... •••
50 London & Venezuela, Um._ 121 ... •••
100 London and Westminster 2U 67 69
100 Do Scrip, isa at 10 pm 2O 641 651 63; 41
100 Merchant, lim 26 7 6
10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 7
100 Midland, lira—. ..
0 1d Pr
6 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 ... •••
100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 "' •••
10 Do . 42 ... •••
1,0 National. SO 64 56
20 New South Wales all 42 44
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 484
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., Hui lO 6 54
100 Provincial of Ireland 26 99 91
10 Do new. all ••• •••
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 21 13 11
100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ...
21 Union of Australia all 47 49
100 Union of Ireland, lira
50 Union of London

The following is the full text of Mr. Gladstone's n.adress
so the burgesses of the borough of Greenwich seeking re-
election.

"11, Carlton-house-terrace, Dec. 10, IS6B.

Gentlemen,—Since the time when you were pleased to
elect me as one of your representatives, the Government
srlaich was then in power has resigned, and I have been
called upon by her Most Gracious Majesty to meet the
public necessity thus created, by the formation of an
Administration to conduct affairs, and to prepare for
Parliament the' proposals which the condition of the
country demands.
"After the share I have taken in recommending the mea-
sures which have been principally under the view of the
constituencies during the recent elections, it was impos-
sible for me, consistently with loyalty or honour, to
decline the commission thus entrusted to me by her
Majesty.

" I have accordingly accepted the office of First Lord
of the Treasury ; and I have been and still am actively
engage,l in the endeavour to form an Administra-
tion which may, I trust, deserve the confidence of the
country, and will certainly use every effort in office to
give effect to the- great measures which, out of office, its
members generally have agreed in recommending to the
country.

"It is under these circumstances that I solicit a renewal
of my trust. lam aware that I must rely wholly on your
indulgence, for my time and thoughts are absorbed by
imperious demands, which do not leave to me the usual
opportunities of appearing among you before the day of
election, and which suggest that others might be more
capable of doing full justice to your local interests. But I
have felt it my duty to place the question before you in a
broader view ; and, grateful, as I have just reason to be, for
the past, all that it has taught me of your public spirit
now renders me not less confident of the coming issue,
which I very respectfully leave in yourhands.—l have the
honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient and faithful
" W. E GLADSTONE."