The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-10 00:00:00

laok.fEt MARKET

AND
commacan INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TELVE O'CLOCK.
The idea that at any moment W
the Bank of Eng-
land directors may enhance the value of their
41411111 nm quotation still exercises paramount in-
Rune° in monetary circles, and occasions great
apprehension in the minds of the commercial com-
ttinnitY• The discount market shows very little
change, either with respect to the demand for so-
c°lnnaodation or the terms upon which it is granted,
9 per cent. being the general charge, and 8i per
cent, the exceptional quotation for the best short-
dated Paper. The supplies of capital are abundant,
the continued high rates having induced the
Public to loan their money out for short periods.
The report of the directors of the Mid-Kent Rail.
Way (Bromley to St. Mary) has been issued this
Inert
g• It states that terms have bean arranged
With the London, Chatham, and Dover Company
‘or the conduct of the Cray's company. A dividend
"4 per cent. per annum on the share capital is re-
commended.
The annual meeting of the Royal Insurance Com-
-13.)411 was held on the sth inst. at Liverpool. The
directors' report, as usual, was highly satisfactory.
The increase in the fire insurance has been extraor-
.ll
inery, the premiums of the year reaching £341,668
being an advance of £40,977 75.3 d over the
Preceding year. Another favourable circumstance
alluded to in the report is that the losses of the last
/ear have amounted to a less per tentage of the
oamount of the total premiums than for any period
aring the eleven preceding years. The progress
fthe life branch, as shown by the new business
transacted the last year, is also gceatly on the in-
crease, so much so that the chairman, in his remarks,
said it exhibited a rapidity of progress probably
unexampled, which he forcibly illustrated by re.
e'spitulating the astounding fact mentioned in the
1,e,130rt, that the net sum insured on new policies
"Min 1863 £752,646, upon which the net income
Q4B £24,069--with the still more astounding
et that the amount insured in the Royal
of 1864
new life policies for the first six months
1864 actually exceeded half a million sterling.
ISuch figures as those, to be found in the report
Which we give in another column), prove most
oc.enntestably that the Royal is, undoubtedly, one
I the safest, surest, and best insurance offices ever
established.

Two o'CLocK.
At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram,
the French 3 per Cents, were 66t, 40c.
The English Market has exhibited slight symps
ionv,
firmness, and business has been a little
"40re active. Consols formoney are 89, and for the
4,ceeunt at 89 3. The New Threes and Reduced
SAnnuities are BS4 ; the Annuities, 1885, 14 9-16 ;
zehequer Bills, 25a. die,; India 5 per Cents.,
Oakt 103; 1041.; and the Bonds, 25a, dis.
the
Foreign stocks there was, in the early part of
day, a general improvement in prices of the
principal speculative descriptions. Mexican (ex all)
are again 28, ;
the New Stock remains at 251, 26;
Greek continue at 231 S ; Spanish Passive at 291 a ;
bat Turkish Consolides have improved to 491
6.
The Confedr-rate Loan is 75; 76f.
Business in the Railway Share Market has
been very inactive, and prices have not varied to
any important extent. North• Western, however,
have improved 10s, and Metropolitan sa. The Fos
tllign and Colonial lines show no change of im•
Portance.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue de-
Pressed. Alliance have receded to 614, London and
County to 731 74, and Union of London to 491.
clid°o Financial shares have declined to 21i.
'4oudoo, Engineering and shipbuilding Company,
ij 2 Prem.; Maritime Credit, 2; prem.; and
'AMC Investment Company, 1 11 prem.

ta BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
G
3 N's.x7sErir FUNDS.
Per Cent. Consols
be
891.
3 Account, Aug. 8
kiaer Cent. Reduced BBl / i
"Wew 3 Per Cent
w 2i Per Cent. Jan. 1894 72}
A b°
5 Per Cent., Jan. 1873 —
Do''''azuiti 30 y , expire ath Jan., 1880 —
b° fors,o yr" "Xn're sth April, 1885 l4 9-16
(Red Seas'Teelegraph), Aug. 1908 —
EatheqUer Bills, £l,OOO, March, June.
die
Do
£5OO 3& 31 per Cent
Do
£lOO and £2OO
13441( Ragland Stk, 5t per Ct. '
jP° Account.
~. .151,,,,.
A • '",4 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
_i_ rtt:
,tock, 103 per Cent., April 1874.... 2.0
D
Account
1031 4/
oo° 5 per Cent. July, 1670
, Account ..
"1" 1 Per Cent 888
• 9 Oct,.
....
D°
Do Certificates
E. zi.faced Paper, 4 per Cent
b° 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 ..
Do 53 per Cent. May, 1879 ...
b°o 134 Per Cent., 'Aug. 1866
U 0 ondsoo9 25
Under £l,OOO oils* ......
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
4464
-au Bonds, 5 per Cent
kW} ; 11)0 1859
DOr'", 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. —Br Aecount —
rthan 5 per Cent
° 4i Per Cent., 1852-58-60
Buenos
De
A 1863
1)o ; Ayres 6 per Cent
3), ....., ecount
Chic? i Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
-6:448 Per Cet
Coin" 9 pei Cent.
C, "tauien 6 per Ce
414) 6 Cent.—
~_ , per
t„''',° 0 Per Cent. 1864
tbgalil),l'l3lB4. dtioar3tiNpeerweCeonnt.7lllBd2asted, 1 per Cent —
7 er Cent
(1110, Second Issue
1,-,eek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons —
,'-'0 Account
,-'''o Coupons
Cina°te4rocael°4'lslll;l: Cent. ..
_
. ,_
14 be 1839 and 1859
l';llian—
-12per Cent.(Maremmana Railway)
...ezican6 3 per Cent
0 Account ..... DO 6 per Cent.
1864
D 0 French Scrip, Ex 25f 200 dill
Do 6 per Cm% Anglo-French
Ditto Scrip, £23 paid
NBoorish Imperial 6 per Cent
...
91 die
ew Granada —
Do 2 per Cent. ..............
Do Deterred -
Po Land Warrants (Hectares) ........
Do Debenturdoes, 4 per Ct., April 1864..
—•
~ Do
---
Peruvian 41 per Cent Aug" 1866
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... Do
43 per Cent., 1862 Do
Account ........................
• ortngueso 3 per Cent., 1853 ..........
1),i) Account ........................
I,'"° 3 per Cent., 1866, '7,'9, '6O, 62,'3..
11.„`"0 Account
471 I
-:Bian. 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St
4-'0 44 Del. Cent 1850 .. 851
Do "•• - "1860 ..........
I_l° 3,. Per Cent 1859
Do
" ° Per Cent, 1862 BB/
bo Anglo-Dutch
Pm
kiara• crip, £4O paid
itli44 6 per Cent
81),:i A,ccount
.1),,.4 3 per Cent
1)- -account
--
b NOR' Deferred
0 ACC° t
00 p all
--
0„, Aftesive
30k 29/ /
8 " *Q-ceount
P&Ilis11 c
rio ert. of Coup not funded .
lli 12i
sweeczount
, 84, 4 per Cent.....
-.Jo s •
TurkisheriP, £6O paid - Pm
Los 6 per Cent. 1854
titooo I.,llpcie()ro:lßnie;nnta.slBsB
_
711 i 2
D 0
1.) per Cent. 1862
1.) Account
••
0 4100 Bonds 69/
0 pc) 1863 -
-1,•_40 Gnarattee,d, 4 per Cent.....
. Q,,, eztiela 3 per Cent.
D0.4-?0 Account ..
221 3
6 ......
Per Cent., 1862 -
:Ike_
00 ,r-nant
—1.),", ?tit) £3O paid dis
"2 Per Cent:
Dividends on the above payable in London
Beli, ,
Dnt-0,,-;,13 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
124-- '2 Per Cent Ex. 12 Gail --
o 4 ~
It aliah Per Cent. Certificates
DO "" u Per Cent.,. 1861, .Ex. 25 francs •••-
p re ° ACCOUIIt .. .
p lilich Relates, 2. per Cent--
Pijvi't4 el tea,
Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s.
-Alontese, 6 Ker Cout„ Ex. 2•5:
C 'No
TWO O'CLOCK.
ele RoneS'
89
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le
',mi.. t• SI 89i ,I

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Closing
Share
100 • 2tlantte .3z St Lawrence all 58 60
sk Bom.,Baroda.t.Cent Int] 100 ICO 04 ICI
Gu. 6 per cent. .
20 Do. New
20 Do. E. Shares.
204 •httialo and LAKC Huron all a 54
10 Do. Preference
,0„ 6 liuffalo,Brant,&Godrich
. 100 75 80
" Bp. et. bds. Aug. 1, 18,2
100 Do. do. July 1, 187 lOO 75 80
00 Do. do. June 1, lb;y 100 75 80
et Clcutta.&S.l4.:aatn.(Lhn 100 97 9J 98
et Cape Town 1 Dock Seri! 100 94 96
dock Eosin. Bengal gu. 6p. ( 100 101 103
Stook East Indian. gu. 5 p. 11 0 1004 100 j
20 Do. do. (1 Ext l5 par j p
20 Do. do. H do.
stook Grand trunk of Canada 100 19 29
100 Do. Ist Prti. Bonds all 71 73
100 Do. do. deferred all CO 63
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68
100 Do. do. deferred all 55 67
100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock
WO Do. do. deferred all 43 15
100 Do. 4th Pref. stook all 27 29
100 Do. do. deferred-- all 26 28
stool, OtandusPenin.gua.sp.c 100 101 102 101}
SO Do. New gua. sp. c l2 par 41, llf
Do. January, 1882
Stook Gt. South.of India(Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent 100 98 100
$O4 Gt. W. oi Canada Shares all ft
20 Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 8J 91
100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. •. all 82 84
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 f d in
stook Madras. guar., sp. 0... ICJ 99 HO
stock Do. if p. o. Extenaicn, 100 92 94
stock Dc.44 d 0........ 100 83 eo
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2
!took Melb.Corp. Ap. o. Buds. 100
60 Mello. & Hobson's Bay. all 60 62
100 Do. 7p. c. tdortg. Bds. all
f 0 Newßrunswiok t Candu
Class A and B all
N.lll.C'da6 po ISt pi bds 100 82 84
,does Soinde (100 99 101
stock Do. Delhi I 100 09 110
110 Do. do ' 2 id
at Do. Punjaub r • all ,99 110
Do. Do. ....... , _
sock Do. indus.St. F 10..) 000 93 95