The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-05 00:00:00

Alsip
CO WMERCIAL INTXLLIGEI4OII,

CITY, Two o'CLocic.
The market to-day was dull owing to the Turkish
Ambassador withdraing from Greece and the Greek
Ambassador from Constantinople. This has in-
duced Turkish securities to fall, the Fives of 1868
being quoted at 394.. Consols also have been de-
pressed, but railway stocks are comparatively
firmer.
The rate for discount in the market is 2/ to 3 per
cent., and for loans 14. to 2.
ConsoLs are 92/ / / for money; ditto, for Ac-
count, 92/ ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 92/ ;
New Three per Cents, 92/ 4 ; Annuities, April,
1885, 12 5-16 ; Exchequer Bills £lOO and £2OO, 2
per Cent., 12 prem.
India Stock, 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 113 ;
12i ; ditto, Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 91/ ; ditto
51 per Cent., May, 1879, 1011 4 ; ditto Bonds
under £l,OOO, 10 7 prem.
Foreign Stocks are heavy. Turkish of 1835 have
declined 11 per cent. ; ditto of 1858 and 1862, 1 ;
Italian of 1861, 14 ; Spanish of 1867, / ; Mexican,
I, &C. The quotations are as follows : Brazilian
of 1865, 77/ to 781 ; Chilian of 1867, 961 to 4 ;
Egyptian of 1864, 831 to / ; ditto of 1868,
74* to 1 ; Italian of 1861, 56 to 4 ; Mexican,
151 to 1 ; Peruvian of 1865, 811 to 4 ; Russian
of 1866, 89/ to 901 ; ditto Nicolai, 65/ to 664 ;
ditto Orel, 80} to 81; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 79
to 8, ex div. ; Spanish of 1867, 334 4 ; Turkish of
1858, 62 to 63 ; ditto of 1862, 64 to 63 ; and ditto
of 1865, 321 to 40.
In railway stocks London and .North-Western
are 112 to 4 ; Great Western, 48/ to 49 ; Midland,
1124 to I ; London and South Western, 874.
to 88/ ; Great Eastern, 411 to 8 ; Brighton,
47; to ; South Eastern, 794 to 1 ; Metropo-
litan, 1034. to 103 ; Great Northern A, 1071 to
1081 ; Caledonian, 741 to 75 : London, Chatham
and Dover, 164 to 174.
About 24,000 sovereigns were taken irom the
Bank yesterday for Alexandria.
The sum of £24,000 in sovereigns was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday for Alexandria.
The intended issue of Five per Cent. Guaranteed
Capital Stock, to the amount of £2,000,000, by the
Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, is to be
made on Wednesday, the 16th inst.
The first report of the Societe du Cable Trans-
atlantique Francais (Limited) has been issued in
anticipation of the meeting to be held on the Bth
inst. It states that the whole of the capital has
been subscribed, and the full sum of £5 per share
bas been already paid upon 39,034 shares. Over
800 Shares have been fully paid up. The manu-
facture of the deep sea cable is proceeding rapidly ;
up to the present time 460 nautical miles have been
completed, and about 85 miles are being handed
over by the contractors weekly. The Great
Eastern is now being fitted out at Sheerness,
and will commence receiving cable on board in
January, It is also stated that the French
Government are making the necessary arrange-
ments for the erection of lines for special use be-
tween Paris and Brest and between Dieppe and
Brest.

The committee of the creditors of the Commer-
flat Bank Corporation .of India and the East have
Issued a circular stating that after much trouble -
ROme negotiation the heads of an agreement as
between the liquidator of the corporation, the
liquidator of the old bank, and themselves have
been arranged which must have been submitted to
.roraial meetings of shareholders here and abroad,
to be called under the direction of the Court of
Chancery. If adopted by such meetings, the
Court will then be asked to direct the liquidator to
Barry Such agreement into effect, its substance
being
to stop all litigation and to pay the creditors
178, in the pound.
, The directors of the Loud= and River Plate
Bank (Limited) have resolved to declare a dividend
of 5 per cent. for the half-year ended the 30th of
September last, together with a bonus of 3} per
cent.

The half-yearly report of the African Steamship
Company, to be presented on the 10th instant, re-
conivaenis the usual dividend of Bs. per share and
bonus of 2s.

Our letters from Frankfort state that a fresh rise
Or 5 per cent. has been established in French-Aus-
trian Railway shares, and of 4 per cent. in Lom-
bard
; the first are continuously bought on French
account. The most extraordinary feature of the
present movement is that only those securities are
.1111P,raving on which the banks make no advances—
',llea eaas shares, preference railway bonds, and United
'tate& stocks—while the descriptions in which ad-
vances can be obtained show for the most part a
downward tendency.
The Rrementschug Russian Railway loan has
Znet been introduced for subscription at Frankfort,
„tit it is said another not guaranteed issue of Rus-
sian railway preference shares will be tried.
. Forged Austrian bank-notes of 100 and 50 flo-
rl4 by Printing, have been discovered at Frankfort.
oThe rinderpest has, it appears, broken out at Ka-
fe,,,ll and Lublin. In consequence the Government
Posen has ordered a quarantine in the depart-
reeat of lialisch.
Ihe latest Brazilian advices announce the final
acceptance of the San Paulo Railway line by the
Izttihne firsttlhorities as from the Ist of August last. This is
Anglo-Brazilian railway that has been for-
ally acknowledged to have passed all the require-
meats of the Government. The £200,000 deben-
b.
'e es of this line falling due in January have all
a renewed for a term of five years.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
8 P.DerttCoe7:7c..F.l37sl)B.
92} I 1 xd
921 1 xd
New Per Cent. Reduced 92-f
li 3 per Cent
eit2Rl- per Cent. Jan. 1894
A - u per Cent. Jan. 1873
s'l; for 3 Searle pire sth April 1885 l2 5-16
:',.° (Red vaph), Aug., 1908 —
-e4equer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per tit — Pm
Do.
.£5OO
Do
km: £lOO & .£2OO l2 pm
" of En 1 d Stock, 4 per Cent
80. g In
e_. account
I,,nada 4 per Cent. Bonds — 4mter-Colonial Uranium
Ind; t,I3TAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
1)-4 LOCk, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
Do.°. Opening, for Account —
l. ,b Per cent.
Oct
1880
1"' 1 peer Cent., Oct. 1888
0• Certificates —
'l,O. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Clint 9ll
""'"'• 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 tin
1101 /
.0,-* 5i Per Cwt. May 1879
- Doer Cent., Rup. Bob. 1872 —
do. 1877 —
1)0• do. 1882
•• Deb , 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873 ~ —•
80. ci 4 Cent., .£1 000
11 ns, per , pin 'lO. under £l,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Arne
tine Republic, t per Cent
Oo 8
An a...' trip £45 paid .. .. —
- .4xan Bonds b per cent
Lra , . LO' 1859 _
11°6 4
-4111 en. 5 per Cent
De. per Cent., 1852
• I
bo do. 1858....
Lo .
~ uo., 1860
Do 5
do., 1863 671
I) • . per Cent., 1865
It ° Account 7B
1e)°08 Ayres 6 per Cent. , —
et,,,') 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
-.0
,1,, 6 per Cent.
.rat' 6 Per Cent—
b,°,-;i Per Cent —
1. DO o,
per Cent.,
Do. 6 per cot. 1867 961
0 l 7
.Per Cent., 1866
oab 6
Bau. IKn , per Cent.
jja.Bl.. 3p;,. Cent., 1825
Liutaan Principalities, 7 per Cent 74
t-, ' 8 Per Cent., 1867 B4l
.C 1 lad°l. New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
%Ptio", 7 per Cent —
, oacoad Issue
•• 1/9
i, o. Xsw, Bonds BO
•u0..£100 Bonds
...•• 83
Do.
1864 - -
Account
Etilt)n°t)g ..14XiDs15 h (u).
4°°Bl3l3c°r°inildasalB6B B3l
84
Do P'do. 415 pd 71
41 1
Clove dis
Greek rnilltnt Railway Debentures 96
Pe
°r Cent. 1824.5, ex Coups —
,
juo count
• Coupons •
444-,0. Account ,•
(141441 a 5 Per cent .1 —il
•

A '4-t.ci "1:1 17:f
!,;

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Dundas (L) ...
Riddle (C) ...

HAY.

•"] aP, ; A 91)

0..‘. Account
Do :A:actin-nal-it. Railway -
IlexicaL 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
De. 1864 —
Do g per Cont. Anglo-French —
dontevideau 6 per Cent. .. —
lloorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —
Do 3 per Con. 36
Do. Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account Bl
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'3 381
Do. do. 1867 3Bf
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —
Russian 5 por Cont., 1822, £ St
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
De 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Du 5 por Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO flonde., 90
Do. do. £Bl 15s. do.
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l 90
Do. da £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 6s'' 1
Sar liniau o per Cent —
Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarron) •••
Do 11 per Cont., 1862 • —
Do Account - -
Spanish 3 por Con ...
Do. Acc/Junt
Do. 1867 ~
Do. Account
Do. New Deferred —
Do. Account
Do. Passive —
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded •••
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868 ... —
Do do, Scrip
Turkish 6 per Cent.
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 6l 2
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6ll 1.
Do I por Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela 3 per Cent.: —
Do. Account
Dividends on the aboyo payable in 1 ondon.
Austrian a per Cant. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent.; Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. —

33

Do Account —
Italian 5 per Cont. 1951, Ex. zsf.
Do. Account 56
CLOSING PRICES,
Consuls,'Money 921 1 ad
Do. Account, Jan. 5 921 ad

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

STATE OF TUE POLLS.

GLASGOW AND ABERDEEN UNIVERSITIES.
FOURTH DAY.—GROSS POLL AT 10 A.M.—THIS DAY.
Moncrieff (L) ... ... ... ... ... 2038
Gordon (C) ... ... ... 1091
ORKNEY AND SHETLAND.
FINAL CLOSE IN ORKNEY.

(Shetland poll not included.)

MARKE7 S-1 HIS DAY.

... 578
... 345

COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Deceember s.—Sales prolmlily 8,000 bales.
Market flat.

Smithfield—Prime clover, from £5 lOs to £6 6s ; infe-
rior ditto, £4 5s to £5 ; prime hay, £5 5s to £5 15s ; in-
ferior ditto, £4 5s to £4lsx; and straw, £1 6s to .£1 14s
per load.

COVENT GARDEN.
Supplies are well kept up. All the broccolis are now
coming unusually good.

MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,

The Elk and Hornet, composite-built, unarmoured
gun vessels, each of 2 guns, 464 tons, and 120-horse
power, have been commissioned at Portsmouth, the
former by Commander Algernon G. Wootton,
and the latter by Commander Duncan G. David-
son. The latter officer, like Capt. Brooker, has
made for himself by his past services a reputation
in China. He was attached to the Naval Brigade
at the storming of Canton in December, 1857,
at which affair he assisted Capt. Sherard Osborn
in burning the houses in the vicinity of the North
Gaie, a service, according to " O'Beirne," of
considerable difficulty, and executed under a sharp
fire from the enemy. He also assisted at the de-
struction of the Peiho Forts.

Capt. E. B. Rice on Thursday entered upon his
duties as the officer commanding her Majesty's ship
Asia and the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth.

'I he following officers at Chatham Garrison have
received orders from the Horse Guards to hold
themselves in readiness for embarkation, to join
their respective regiments at the stations named :
Major W. F. J. Rudd, 2d Battalion of the Ist
Royals, to embark for India ; Major F. Connor,
Lieut. H. Flood, and Lieut. Shirley, Ist Battalion
of the 2d Royals, to embark for Bombay ; Lieut.
R. L. Leir and Lieut. W. F. H. Majendie, 31st
Regiment, to embark for Malta ; Lieut. J. 11.
Campbell and Ensign F. F. R. Burgess, 109th Re-
giment to embark for Calcutta ; Ensign G. L. H.
Star, and Ensign J. Ritchie, 3d West India Regi-
ment, to embark for Jamaica.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Frederick R. Board-
man and Lieut. John R. E. Pattison, to the Scor-
pion ; Lieut. Edward C. Hall, to the Juno ; Lieut.
John Bruce, to the Asia ; Lieut. Robert H. C. Law-
son, to the Warrior; Sub-Lieut. Thomas Heath-
cote, to the Hornet ; Sub-Lieut. Frederick Mait-
land, to the Elk ; Dr. 'William B. Balby, surgeon,
additional, to the Britannia ; Francis G. Toms,
surgeon, additional, to the Implacable ; Edward
H. Jago, assist.-paymaster, in charge, to the Elk ;
Alfred Clement, assist.-paymaster, in charge, to the
Hornet ; John S. Andrews, assist.-paymaster, to
the St. Vincent; Charles Baxworthy, assist.-pay-
master, to the Excellent; John H. H. Smale, chief
engineer, to the Scorpion ; Joseph L. Rastrick,
Thomas Audremartha, and Henry White (b), en-
gineers, to the Scorpion ; and Alfred Woodward,
clerk, to the Juuo.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—John B. Palmer, acting
navigating sub-lieut., to the Victory, as supernu-
merary ; Stuart B. Roupell, midshipman, to the
Hercules ; Henry F. Haszard, midshipman, to the
Warrior ; Frederick J. Robins, paymaster to the
Scorpion ; and James Drysdale, clerk, to the
Scorpion.

It having been brought to the notice of the Sec-
retary of State that cases have recently occurred in
which filled shells have been found among empty
shells returned into the charge of the Military Store
Department ; also that filled cartridges, lucifer
matches, and other dangerous substances have been
mixed with empty cartridge cases delivered into
store, under clause 6, Army Circular, 1867, Secre-
tary Sir John Pakington has called attention to the
very serious danger, both to life and property, aris-
ing from such acts of carelessness, and desires to
impress upon all officers and others concerned the
necessity for the exercise of the utmost care and
vigilance, in order to prevent the introduction of
any foreign substance whatever among the Labora-
tors stores returned to the military store depots or
to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich.
Intelligence has been received of the departure
of her Majesty's Indian troopship Malabar from
Suez on the Ist inst. for Bombay, with tips 3d Hus-
sars and drafts.