The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBIER 17, 1868.

NATIONALITY IN VOICES.

T(.losing Business
Share NAME. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A all 111 12 12 11;
ri Do B lO 51 61 5;
50 Albion
100 Alliance. Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, Cm all; 11 19
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....., I ••• •••
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim. ......
25- Bank of South Australia all 31 33
b 0 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 32
10 Bank of I\ cw Zealand all 17 19
30 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, . ud China
all 20 21
25 Chartered Mere. of India,
London, and China all SO 51 30
20 City
100 Colonial 25 40 42 41
10 Consolidated, lim,
50 Delhi and London, lint
50 East London, lim 3 11 05
20 English and American, Hui 10 ... ...
20 English Bank •f Itio de Ja-
neiro, lim lO ld pr
20 English, 'sottish, and Ana
tralian Chartered
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all ..
281 Do new 6l . .
4 I
100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 18
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 14 111 1
zb lonian all 27 29
25 Do new I pr 1p
20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 34 33
100 Do sp. e. Debs.lB6l, 30' all 76 78 t 2
30 London Bank of Mexico
and South America, lint. 20 9 7
100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 3 1 32
'lO Do new 71 61 54
100 London & River Plate, lim 4O 7 9
25 Do new 10 14 11
20 London Chart, of Australia all 231 244
50 London and County 2O 30 II Of 4
20 Do new.issat 20p m,16 pd ll ... ...
50 London Joint Stock., 1 35 36 351 6
20 London and south African al 1 . 12
100 Loudon &S.-Western, lim, 20 ...
/0 Loudon & Venezuela, lira 124 . ..•
...
100 London and Westminster 2O 66 68 674
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 031 611 641.
100 Merchant, lint 26 7 1
10 Metropolitan, lim all 04 74 61
100 Midland, lim
6 National of Australia ....•• 4 21 I
25 National of Liverpool, lim. 11 ... ...
100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 .. .. .
10 Do
50 National. II 54 11
20 New South Wales all 42 44
20 North-Western 7l
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 494 411 423
60 Provinc, Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 34
100 Provincial of Ireland 25 19 01
10 Do new, all ... ...
100 Stand; of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 13 11
100 Do Issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ...
25 Union of Australia all 48 49 49
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of Loudon

At the ordinary meeting of the Anthropological Society
of London, held on the 15th December, Dr. James Hunt,
president, in the chair, Sir Duncan Gibb, Bart., vice-
president, read a paper on "The Character of the Voice
in the Nations of Asia and Africa, contrasted with that in
the Nations of Europe," of which the following is an
abstract :—The subject was quite new, and difficult to
handle from the comparatively few facts bearing upon it ;
the author, however, trusted to these and to his general
experience in its elucidation. The voice of the Chinese
and Japanese was of low power, feeble compass, and
whining in its tone, possessing at ,times a sort of metallic
twang. Among the natives of Tartary, Thibet, and Mon-
golia, the voice was stronger, louder, more powerful, yet
still partaking of the metallic twang ; the female voice
was not inferior in power to that of the male sex ; the

metallic and deafening tones of the voice in those
peoples were a well-marked and distinctive peculiarity.
In India and Birmah the voice was generally soft and
very feminine, not so powerful as shrill ; the natives of the
hills had a more robust voice than those in the plains,
the former possessing a somewhat metallic twang, and the
latter a plaintive and whining tone. In Africa the negro
was taken as the type, whose larynx was of intermediate
proportions between the Chinese and Tartars, but differed
from all other races of mankind in certain peculiarities,
which the author described. The negro wanted vocal
power in whatever part of the world he was placed,
but possessed the elements of a bellowing or roaring voice
a deafening noisy sound, without harmony or distinctness.
In speaking, the voice was smooth and harmonious, or
rough and husky. Considered generally, the various
nations of Europe possessed strong, powerful, sonorous, and
clear voices ; variations as to character and tone might
and did exist, but, as a rule, they all agreed in power, full
compass, range, clearness, and loudness of sound. The
German had the most powerful voice in Europe, for
reasons which the author gave ; but in strength of voice
he must yield to the Tartar, who, without exception, has
the most powerful voice in the world. The condition of
the larynx, with length of the vocal chords, and other cir-
cumstances bearing on the subject in the various nations
of the three great continents, were considered, and the
reasons given for the general conclusions arrived at. The
following gentlemen took part in the discussion : Mr. L.
Owen Pike, Dr. Carter Blake, Dr. Roden, Mr. Mackenzie,
Dr. Charnock, Mr. Allan, Rev. Dunbar Heath, Dr.
Campbell, and Dr. King.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 Anglo-American Tel., lint all '2ll 211 211
10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., 1im.... 10 4 fp 101
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint........, all 15 16
at Atlantic Telegraph lO 27 29 281 0
at Do. 8 per cent.
25 Australian Agricultural
26 Australian Mort. Land and
Finance, lint.
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 Sd
10 Berlin Water Works, lint, all 134 14
10 Do. New 6 8 Si
100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint.
5 Bombay GIB, lint
5 Do. New 4 11 01
51 British American Land....., 41 17 20
st B. and I. M tguetic Tel., hut. 100 186 170
20 British 1 nlan Tea, lint-- all 21 31
20 British Ship Owners
29 Canada Company all 67 72
10 Canadian Loan and Invest-
ment, lint lll 21 11 d
20 Ceylon Company, Em...., lO 6 26
20 Do. A shares
10 City Discount, 41 6 Sf
25 City of London Real Pro-
perty, inn 8 41 Sid
30 City of Milan Improv. lint, all b 10
25 City of Moscow Gas, lint.., all 2 8
80 City Opines, lint 26 21) 23/d
50 Colonial, lint.
Do.
10 Commercia. Union (Assur) 6
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, lint.
20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 171 181
20 Copper Miners of England,
prof 74 per cent.
100 Corporation of London
Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent, all 104 IQS
100 Do. 1879, 4i per cent. all 104 1084
100 Do. 1882, 14 per cent. all 1031 1041
10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all It 24 24 1
50 Credit Fon. of Mauritius lim lO 8 2
t Crystal Palace lOO 20 22
st DJ. Preference lOO 96 101
at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 106 110
20 Darjeeling, lint.
10 Eastern Assam, lint. 65
50 East Indian Laud Credit
and Finance. hut.
20 East India Trriga, & Canal all 17 13
32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and
Coal, lint.
100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy
Cue. by Egypt. Gov all 894 891 8.
20 Egyptian Cont. & Trad. lint 6 41 4,6
st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 109 235 240
10 Do. New 8 a llp
3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 411 1
15 English and Foreign Credit 74 L 4d.
100 Eng. and Scot. al arine, lim. 8 ...
10 Fairbairu Engineering 5 lf Ild
20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p
100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and
Loan Scrip, issued at I:80 all 831 841
50 Gallivant, Inn. 2O
10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 2' 14 61
10 General Stcant Navigation 14 28 29
50 Horns & Col Marine lu. lim b 41 Sid
10 Hong Kong and China Gas all
20 Hudson's Bay all) 13 141 11).
20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar-
seilles, lint.
25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO
20 Interns,. Financial Soc, lim b 11 11
20 Interna. Land Credit, lint. 6 6 4d
50 Italian Laud
100 Do. 6p. c Btls., redeem
1870, issued 90 all 63 cb 641
50 Land Securities, lint 5 31 '216
20 London African Trading lO 7 Id
20 Lon. & Caled, Marine, lint 6 ... •..d
10 London County Land and
lim.
5 Loud. Pov rincial Tel.. lim all 34 34
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 4 fp
50 Loud. Financial Auso., lint 30 23 221
4 Lond.Gen.Otnnibus.Co.litn. all 14 2
50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer
and Iron Ship, lint
20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr
at aladras Irriga, & Caul. Gus.
sp.c. by India Gov.
10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and
Agency, lint__
lint ll
10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel ,
all 4 41
50 hlerchant Shipping, all 36 41
50 Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 ...
10 Natal Land and Colonisa-
tion Co., lint.
......
... 9 84 216
25 National Discount CO . lint 5 12 124
25 National Prov. Marine,. lint. 4 4 3d
10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 84 95
20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 26
10 New Consolidated Dia. lint. 3 15, ld
sl\ ew Quebrada, lina ......... A. 4.0 41 34
25 New Zealand Loan & Mer
cantile Agency,
......... 21 1 Si'
25 New Zealand Trust and
Loan, lint. ............. 11 11
10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 7 .5
10 Do. B ..................... all 1 2
at North Brit. Austral., lint... 100 46 51 50
50 North Brit, & Mercan. 1n... 01 181 194
25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 141 15
50 Oriental Financial, lint ll ...d
b Oriental Gas, lint. .. all 7 74
5 Do. New.....~,
10 Otago and Southland In
vestment, lint ,•,.. 2 id fp
5 Ottoman Gas,
10 Panama, New Zealand, and
Australian R. Mail lint all 2 21 11
Do do.
at Peel R. Land & ...lim 100 39 34
50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steal* all 54 be
50 Do. New 1867
26 Reuter's Telegram
50 Rhymney Iron
15 Do. New
26 Rio de Janeiro Cit . y
Ira a ts all
all 171 181
20 Do. Gas, lint all all 23 24
100 Royal Mail Stearn
at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint. 100 107 113
at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• •
20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 7 ••66
20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 3 8 4p
60 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint I •••
25 South Australian Land all 85 30
at Submarine Telegraph,
1 Do. Scrip,,,, all 114
20 Telegraph Con.all 154 16 164
20 Thames and Mersey Maria,
(Insaranco), lim
t., 9 91 24
20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint., 84
10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 1p
10 Do do. do. all ...
20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 id p
60 Union Marine L'pooi, lint, 6 4 41p
20 Union Steam Sbip, lint all 22 24
is United Discount Corp., lint, 6 14 Old
6U. Kingdom Tel. Co., ire. all 41 54
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. allst„
20 Unisersal Marinean.), lira. by
1-- 1 6,
all 3 4 g
3160
rUpper Assents TLeaan,
dl m
284 7 3
00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per
cent.
BO Warrant Fiortnagncgae,e)
lim. Loan all 784 764
764 6
50 West India and ?acids 12 12 10d
Steam, lint
20 West London Wharves sad
Warehouses lO

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COLONIAL 00V1aikiliNNT SEUUKITIE6

British Columbia, 6 per
cent., 1872....
1)0. 1895.. lOO
- 0an.U0v.6p.c...1an.9,3;Ju1y
1877-84
Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug— luo 105 1,,
Do. sp. o. Mar. At Sept lOO 165 10
Do. sp. o. Jau. tt July lOO 93 94
Do. sp. C. Inscribed Bk ICO 90 92
Cape G.llope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 101
Do.Apl.Broct 18904000" 100 111 113
Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 100
Do. Jan.&July, 1891
Do. 5 per ocut. 15 April
and 15 00t., 1900--
Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c luo 108 140
Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107
Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,-
Jan. and July
Do. 1378 ..
Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108
Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 1%9
M.Jbourne Corporate.,..
1667-75, 6 per cent...." 100
N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja,t,luly lOO 102 101
Natal 6 p c., Api..t. Oct lOO
Do 6pe.31 y & Not lOO 108 ltB
N. S. W. 5 p•e. '7l to '73 NO 99 101
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1890 lOO 99 100
Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '75 lOO 9, 101
N.Zealand, 6p. at. 1891 lOO
• 1)o.5 percent....
DoJan, Apl,,lu y, 0 t. 100 974 94° 96
-- 1)o 6p c. Mar .1z .r4,t 'Ol ItO 103 Liu
Do J u
.e dz oth, 101
Do l'rov. l Aec Id.
1.0
rieJ 1 2, 1:,56
Aova Scotia 6p. Jae...
- an‘; July, 1875
Do 1.5_6.. .... lOO 10i 103 1051
- Qaeensind. op. c. 'B2-5 100 lib 1(9 108
Do 189,
B. Austral. p 0.1869 77 lOO
Do 1e78.02 lOO 103 110
Do 1893 19v3. lOl 107 It 8
Tasmanian pc, 1593 lOO 106 107
Do rd. 1803 to 1.!•:9i
Victor:a 6p.c. Ja..tJuly lOO ._. _
Do. 1891
Do. do, April ilz Oct lOO 100 lit/ 10