The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-11 00:00:00

Do. Second Issue
£5OO Bonds

Do. £lOO Bonds B6l
Do. 1864

Do. £s')O Bonds

Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 881
Government 'Lai I wily Debentures . ...
Greel, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups —
Do. Account
..
Do. Coupons

Do. Account
G tatemala 5 per Cent ..
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p
It .intn 5 per Cert., 1865
Do, Account . _

Jo. Maremmana Raiway
M.)xicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account

Dn. 1861 —
Dc 6 per Cont. Anglo-Fronch —
lontevidgau C per Cent. • • ••
Iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Now Granada —
.
Do 3 per Con —
Do. Defer•ad
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Per.ivian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account —
Do 41 per Cont. (Urileuren)
Do 41-. per Cent.. 1862
Do Account
Port.iguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,';- 391
Do. do., 1 67 —
Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid — pm
R(liiiiall 5 per Cent., 1822, ..t. st —
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 41 per Cont., 1,Q.60
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 18'62
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds,„ 871
Do. do. £Bl 15s. do ,„.
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds...
Do. do. £B4 15s. do —
Sardinian, 5 per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Oen . 361
Do Acc,/unt ...
Do New Deferred 3ll
Do Account
Do Passive —
Do Acceaut
Do Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded

Do Account
Turkish 6 per Cent. B5l 5
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 65
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 6ll I
Do Account
Do .EIOC Bonds 631 3 4
Do. 1863
Do 5 per Cent., 1865 33 1 21
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865
Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela, 3 per Cent.
Du 6 per Cent., 1862 ..
Do 6 per Cent. 1864 • -
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... —
I )ividenos on the anove payaUle in London:.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Austrtsn o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian. 4* per cent., Ex. 23f.
Dutch 2* per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil 5ll
Do Account
Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, E. 25f.
Do. Account _ 451
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 93 1
Do. Account, March .. 93 -1

MARKETS—(This Day.)

CORN.

The general features of the trade are barely so good as
on last market day. From the import markets in the pro-
vinces the reports speak of a degree of heaviness, with
prices a shade less firm. From continental consuming
markets the accounts still bring improving prices, and
purchases are still continued here on continental account.
Nevertheless the floating cargo trade has not been quite so
good in tone as last noticed, and although business of fair
extent has been concluded the numbers of arrived cargoes
of wheat on sale has increased to 87. Of other grain the
cargoes on the coast were not numerous.
At Mark-lace this morning the market opened with
light supplies of English grain of all kinds, fair arrivals of
foreign wheat and barley, but a limited quantity of oats.
The general ,stone of the market was quiet, without
pressure to sell, and rates unchanged.

The small supply of English wheat was taken off slowly
at Monday's terms.

Foreign purchased sparingly, but not offered on lower

terms.

Grinding barley met a fair demand, and supported :quite
late rates. Malting attracts but little notice.
Beans remain without change in value, and a slow sale
both for landed and floating.

Oats firmly held in consequence of the small supply, but
not sufficient demand to establish any advances.

Flour may be quoted steady, at late rates.
Maize inactive, with a good deal offering.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Meat.—Supplies of dead meat are short, and the late
advance for best qualities is fully maintained, whilst mid-
dling and inferior descriptions are again dearer, Mutton,
4s 2d to 4s Gd ; middling, 3s 10d to 4s; inferior, 3s 8d;
beef, best ox, 4s to 4s 2d ; second qualities, 3s 8d to 3s 10d;
inferior, 3s 4d to 3s Gd ; veal, 4s to Os 44 ; pork, small, 4s
Oa 4v r 2‘l you
stone of 81b by the carcass.

Poultry.—Supplies are getting very short, and comprise
a great proportion of rough. As an exception, the supply
of pigeons is very plentiful, consignments arriving from
Fiance, Belgium, and other parts of the Continent. Ono
house alone (Mr. S. H. Miller) had 5,000 pigeons last
evening. Prices consequently are much lower than
usual, and range from 6d. to 9d. each. There
has been a good arrival of Ptarmigan. Those
from Norway are in good condition, those from
Russia bad. Prices vary from is to is 6tl each. No tur-
keys worth naming. Guinea fowls, 3s Gd. Rabbits, wild,
is to is 3d ; tame, is 6d to 2s. Fowls, ducklings, &c., as
before quoted.
Wild Ducks 2s to 2s Gd ; widgeon, ls ; plover, la 6d.

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Eggs remain at is French, 9s English, per 120.
COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, March 11.—Sales probably 15,000 bales.
Market active and advancing.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, March Il.—Minnie, from Shanghai ; Napoleon,
from Gravelines ; Flora, from Trieste ; W aterloo and
Batavier, steamers, from Rotterdam ; Charente, steamer,
from Lisbon.

Sailed.—ldas, for Guernsey; Lord John Russell and
Nova, steamers, for Dunkirk.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Anchored.—Villafranca, from London, for Cardiff.
Passed.—Bengal, from Tuticorin, for Loudon.

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. 15c. per Si sterling.
Un e)niparing these rates with the English Mint price of
i l'ta. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold is about one-tenth dearer in Paris than in London.

The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at 60 days' sight is about 109) per cent. At this rate there
is no profit on the importation of gold from the United
States.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.—Sit R. Napier
writes to tho Secretary of State for India that he has been
reluctantly compelled to allow Dr. Krapf, who was en-
gaged as Amharic dragoman, to quit the expedition, as he
has lost his health in the performance of his duties, and
has been recommended by his medical attendant to pro-
ceed immediately to Europe. Sir R. Napier speaks very
warmly of Krapf's services, and says it will be difficult to
supply his place.

TIIE MEMBERS FOR OLDIIAM ON CO-OPERATION.
On Saturday night the members for Oldham, Messrs.
.1. T. Hibbert and J. Platt, attended a fleeting at
Shaw, on the occasion of the opening of a new central
store for the Crompton Co-operative Society. Mr.
Hibbert said he cordially sympathised with societies
of that nature, which were based on the 'principle
of self-help. Neither Mr. Platt nor himself cane
there with the desire of supporting the co-
operators in antagonism to the retail shopkeepers
He thought that if the retail traders were to exist
satisfactorily and successfully, they must take one or
two leaves out of the books of the co-operators. One
of these leaves was the system of ready money pay_
meats, to which he believed they would have to come.
He thought these societies were a great means of in-
creasing the provident habits of the people, and he
could not believe that there ever was much crime,
pauperism, or drunkenness amongst co-operators.
He was glad to find that in all large societies of
that kind, not merely was attention paid to the
material wants of the members, but a certain amount
was set apart for a library and reading-room ; and he
regarded this as one of the best features of these insti-
tutions. These, societies, however, appear,.] to be
merely the first step in co-operation. There was
another step which they had not yet taken ad-
vantage of---that of production. Stores seem to have
icceeded in England ; societies of credit best in
Germany ; and those of production best in France.
But there was no doubt we were destined in this
country to see working men uniting for mnay other
objects than those now in existence (hear). It must,
however, always be borne in mind that if we were
to succeed in retaining our prestige as a manu-
facturing country they would have to avoid as far
as possible anything which interfered with the
proper relation of capital and labour. With this
view we had a duty to perform in the matter of edu-
cation, and he thought we should be obliged to come
to some system in which a little compulsion would
be employed, as was the case with the Factory
.Acts (hear, hear).—Mr. Platt observed that co-opera-
tion was the rival of the retail dealer, but it was only
such a rival as every trade and society in the kingdom
met with, and it was a question whether rivalry did
not produce the best results, He looked upon these
0940E1 Ali very Maui. vac

PREFERENCE SHA.RES,
North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 106

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Nottingham and Grantham R. and C, 92}

FOIUJGN 11,&1LWAYt.
Dutch Rhenish,
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 111

FOREIGN MINER.
Don Pedro, North Del Rey, 21-
Port Phillip, I]
Scottish Australian, Um., 1
St. John del Rey, lim , , 7

BANES.

Consolidated, litn.,"4i
Imperial (Woman, 9}
Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 1
London and V. estminster,
Oriental Bank Corporation, 42}
Union of Australia, 50
MISCELLANEOUS:

Anglo American Telegraph, 2lf
Atlantic Telegraph, 55
Ditto, 8 par cent., 105
Credit Foncier of En2:lan d, lim.. 2}
Credit Fonder of Mauritius,
Crystal Palace.
Ditto, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 1081
Hudson's Bay, 14i
Madras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent, by
Government), 103)
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements. 162
Telegraph Construct, and Maintenance, lim., 111 t
Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance,
Viceroy of Egypt (Ilortgage) Loan) 7

THE CAPTIVES IN EASTERN AFRICA.__.The Go-
vernment has resolved to send out Mr. Angelo, the dis-
tinguished African traveller, to the Somali country, to in-
quire into the alleged existence of British captives there,
and provided with means with which, if possible, to effect
their liberation. Mr. Angelo is better acquainted with
this part of Eastern Africa than any man living. He is
confident of meeting with a good reception from the chief
tains of a tribe which he represents as more humane and
more civilised than the majority of the natives of this part
of Africa. Ile is to go out as the paid agent of the Go-
vernment ; but wo understand that it is not yet decided
whether or not ho is to be accredited in an official capacity.
We can well believe that Sir Stafford Northcote and his
colleagues hesitate to incur a risk which may involve the
necessity of another expedition like that of Abyssinia.
Mr. Angelo, however, is willing to bear the whole respon-
sibility, as far as his own personal safety is concerned.—
Morning Herald.

FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning a young
man, about 18 years of age, a porter in the employ of
Messrs. Bell and Daldy, booksellers, of York-street
Covent-garden, was shaking the carpets on the roof of the
house, which is about 40 feet from the ground, when he
overbalanced himself and fell into the back yard. A medi-
cal miu was 5011 t for, but We was extinct,