The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-23 00:00:00

Brizilian 5 per Cent
no. I} per Cent., 185? —
Do. do. 1858....
Do. do., 18.;('
1)o. do., 1863 63
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 —

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Oo Account 79
B ;epos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per lieut ')
Cn')3., 6 per Cent.
C.alian 6 per Cent —
Do. 4/ per Cent
Do. 6 per Cent., B —
Do., 1867
Do., 7 per Cent., 1866
C . nibian, 6 per Cont.
D tnish 31.1.- Cent. 1825... .....
Drubian Principalities, 7pm Cent 721
01Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .... •• • 81
•'uador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cell,.
E fyptian, 7 per Cent ... --
Do Second Issue
D.'. ciou Bonds ... —
Do. 1100 Bonds —
1),,. 18i4
Do. Account
90. .15ot, lionis B2l
Do. £lOO Bondi - . 811
English Scrip, 1)68
Do do. £l5 pd — dis
Clovernment 4-Away oeil ,ot ure 961 4
Greet: 5 per Cont., 1824: 5. ex Coups —
1)0. AuCJlllit
I). ~ tlourui s
Du. Ace ::nut
Du i oor Cent. A ugio-Frenci, —
G ut,l,4ll:thl 5 per Coat .. —
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all! d 911
It . Aau ii 'del :Cert., Litii"..,
:,,,. Account . —
Do Uxreinmana Railmay —
4,-,‘lcar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Dn. 186} —
I ontovidoan i per Cent. . —
loorish trnwial 5 per Cent
Yew Granada
Do 3 per Con —
Do. Deforrad
Do Laud Warrants (ttectares) -
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account .. 82 14
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 44 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
PJ.I aguose 3 per 0 t., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,12,'b 37/ 4
Do. do. 1867 —
Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail —
It tssian 5 per Cent., 1822,1 St
Do 4/ per Cent. 1850
Do 44 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 por Cent., 1859 . 564
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
• Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1864, 1100 Bonds.,, 90/ 1
Do. du. £B4 15s. do. ~
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds...
Do. do £B4 15s. do —
Po Nicolas Railway 684 1
Sar.linian o pta. Cent —
Spanish 3 per Con ... —
Do. Acc,iunt ..
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferrea
Do. Account
DO. Passive
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. nut funded —

Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 186$
Do de, Scrip 3l pm
Turaish 6 per Cent.

Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account
Do £lOO Bostic —
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account
Do .£IOC Bonds 72f
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
D,, Account
Do 6 per Cont., 1865 6l 7.1
Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela, 3 per Cent. —
Do. Acc&ant
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 I —
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 .. —
Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
Dividencis on the above payable in Lonnoi.
•
Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Italiab 5 per Cont. 1831, Ex. 25i.
Do. Account —

Belgian, if per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2 per °Ant. Ex. 12 Gail
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
French Routes, 3 per Cent.. E. 25f.

Do Account
CLOSING PRICES.
C))nsuis, Money 94}
941 Do. Account, Nov. 5

EXTRAORDIAARY .SCENE AT AS'TLEPS THEATRE
LAST NIGHT.

Last night being the benefit of two of the mem-
bers of the late Commonwealth, who for a few
days carried on the management of this theatre, a
very strange scene took place. The pieces to
be produced were " The Ticket-of-Leave Man "
and " Oliver Twist," and at a little before seven
o'clock a considerable audience had assembled to
witness them. The band played two overtures, and
then left the theatre in a body, sending shortly
afterwards for their instruments and music. No-
thing then succeeded to occupy the attention of the
audience, who naturally became impatient, and t-s-
-tified it by hooting and hissing, many of them de-
manding their money back, which was refused. Mr.
Stacey at length appeared and stated that the band
refused to play until they were paid, at the same
he deprecated this conduct and said it would take
the wealth of the Bank of England to pay off the
old debt—they would do the best they could
without music. After another long interval,
" Peculiar People" was performed amidst hisses
and commentaries of all kinds. Another
long interval occurred, during which the audience
amused themselves with every description of chaff,
and at length two scenes in " Oliver Twist" were
gone through, when the curtain dropped finally
and the audience dispersed. It was fortunate that
this contretemps occurred on a benefit night, as a
large number of spectators were frienda of members
of the company; if it had not been so, mischief
would most prboably have ensued.

THE GUARD-ROOM AT THE HORSE

GUARDS.

To what tortures is poor humanity put for the
sake of appearance ! As if the misery of being
compelled to sit on horseback for hours together,
in a stiff and complicated uniform, for the special
admiration of small boys and nursematis passing
by, were not sufficient, the splendid fellows who
form our Household Cavalry are compelled to un-
dergo other sacrifices which, if not so public, are
not the less real on that account. Passing from
the office of the Quartermaster-General we re-
quested a tall and bearded Scotchman, who was
lounging about the Horse Guards gate, to show his
guard-room, which, of course, we expected to find
in keeping with the whiteness of his breeches or
the shining of his boot and helmet. Alas! nothing
of the kind. He offered to show his quarters with
a species of apology: " Take care," said he, as
we passed along the d►rk corridor, with its
glimmering of gas to replace the daylight we
had left, " take care, for it is care dark and
ye may tumble up the steps." And so we
groped our way into a wretched guard-room,
with a miserable fire and a few bare benches and
tables, from which the remnants of dinner had been
but just removed. Not a single comfort to be seen.
The windows small and dark, and the place more
conformable to the back kitchen of a pothouse than
to a place where decent men, in a clean and splen-
did uniform, might be expected to abide. There
were 13 men on guard, two corporals being lodged
in separate rooms—one in a solitary cell below,
the other in a dirty and neglected room above,
where, most erroneously, he is supposed to sleep.
Ascending an open staircase we reached a large
and comfortless barrack-room, where several weary
Warriors were resting on their beds, encased in
uniform, not, we may reasonably suppose, in expec-
tation of being called to sudden duty, but simply
because the day was cold, and a single gaslight did
scant duty for a fire. Nor was their kitchen in a
better state. Descending below the surface of the
earth, we found ourselves beneath an ancient-look-
ing crypt, reminding us strongly of cathedral vaults.
Three coppers and a table constitute its furniture.
All the food is boiled, and, to our astonishment,
these fine guardsmen, like woodcocks, live by
suction, although our Scotch conductor assured
us that the soup was " vera gude." We were told
that an oven had been promised several years ago ;
but, alas ! it was:an extravagance beyond the public
means, and has never yet arrived. Emerging into
the air, we passed the! mounted statue in his
canopy, waiting patiently for the moment when,
like the Commandant in "Don Juan," he might
descend to supper, with the reflection that if the
nation indulges in absurd vagaries, it is bound at
least to see that its victims are housed and fed with
some regard to deoeney.—ne Lancet,