The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-14 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCI.

Symptoms of increasing easiness are still per-
ceptible in the general discount market, although
the demand is tolerably well maintained. Repay-
ments to the Bank of England to-day have exer-
cised some effect, but there is plenty of money, and
bankers appear desirous of emp'oying their resources
in the negotiation of commercial bills at the current
rates, evidently in anticipation of lower quotations.
A further sum of X 86,000 in gold was taken into
the Bank yesterday.
During the last few days there has been very
little animation in the foreign and colonial produce
markets. Sugar has been rather cheaper, while
full prices are maintained for tea, coffee, and spices.
Rice has been dull, while a heavy tone has prevailed
in the tallow market, in consequence of a pressure
of sales. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 425., and last
three months' delivery 455. per cwt.
At the annual meeting of shareholders of the
Accidental Death Insurance Company, the report,
which was adopted, stated that the premiums re-
ceived from all sources during the year amounted
to upwards of £6b,776 against £47,878 in 1861.
The claims during the year were £34,579, giving a
total, since the commencement of the society, of
£215,579. The office of managing•director has
ceased, and his duties are now performed by the
board in rotation.

Two O'CLOCK.
At the first half-yearly meeting,held to-day, of the
North British Australasian Company, Mr. Samuel
Ellis presiding, the report presented for the appro-
val of the shareholders stated that in consequence of
the anxiety occasioned by the late unsatisfactory
result of the colonial management, the directors
had commissioned Mr. Euatace Anderson, the
chairman, to undertake the task of visiting all the
properties, with the view of making a thorough
examination of the company's affairs, and a full
report of his labours is promised at the next annual
meeting.

The return issued by the East India Railway
Company shows that the traffic receipts far the
week ending the 26th April last, amounted to
£14,117, on 604 miles open ; while in the corre-
sponding week of the previous year on 359-1- miles
the sum received was £8,605. On the North-West
Provinces Division for the same period the receipts
represented £5,522, and for the corresponding
week of 1862, £2,729
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were
heavy, at 68f. 80c. to 68f, 45c.

A rise of * per cent. has occurred this morning in
the English Funds, and the market is consequently
'very buoyant and animated This improvement is
attributable to a variety of favourable circumstances,
such as reinvestment in consols, the easiness of
money, and the encouraging hopes regarding the
coming harvest. Consols are 921 d for money, and
92; for the account.

Foreign Securities are dull and rather heavy.
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 6711 ; do. Consolides,
50Z 1; Mexican, 371 ; Greek, 351 1 ; do. Coupons,
164 9 ; Portuguese, 481 ; Peruvian, 87 ; Spanish
Passive, 331 ; do. Certificates, 121 d ; Venezuela,
56 57; Egyptian, 1041 ; and the Confederate Loan,
die. to par.

In the Railway Share Market the operations have
again been on a very limited scale, prices in one or
two instances being ratner firmer. Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and North Western have advanced 55.,
and North British. 10s. ; while Caledonian have
declined 58., and Great Northern A Stock 108.
Business in the Foreign and Colonial Lines con-
tinues very inactive, and there is no change of im-
portance to record in values,

For Bank and Miscellaneous Shares the in-
quiries were of the most limited description. Lon-
don and County have improved to 44i 5 ; Char-
tered of British Columbia are firm at 11 to 11*; and
Crystal Palace Stock at 384 ; London Financial s hares
are quoted li to 1Z prem. ; International Financial
ditto, 4j to 6k prem. ; General Credit ditto, 14 to
li prem.; Hudson's Bay Company, ditto, par to i
prem. ; and Egyptian Trading Company, ditto, 1
to 14- prem.

BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
237 9
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
;Iper Cent. Consols Annuities 921 I
New 3 per Cent. Annuities .
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2ll
India Stock
227
Ditto 5 per Cent ... 108 1 1
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent.... ,
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 1001 I 1
Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66
Dirt,' Bonds £l,OOO —
Ditto under £l,OOO l9 pin
Console for Account, Aug. 6 921
Exchequer Bills, :Xl,OOO 2 March
1 per Cent.. 3 1 pm
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small ..
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 43/4 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Egyptian 7 pet Cent lO4l
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 3si 1
Ditto Account.. -
Ditto Coupons
Italian 5 per Cent. (Dlaremman.a Railway) 791
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
New Granada l5l
Ditto 2 per Cent. .
Ditto Deferred —
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 41 per Cent. .......... , ... ._
Ditto 1862
Ditto Account —
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 4Bl 1
Ditto Account ..
Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St 941
Ditto 41 per Cent.,
,1850
Ditto 1860
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 5Bl
Ditto 5 per:Cent. 1862
apanieh 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred .
Ditto Passive .....
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account —
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account —
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd.
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account s6f 7 61
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account —
Ditto
Clonsols, Mone TWO O'CLOCK.
y
August Account
92! 1
•
Li

June

rerpool Cotton Market--This Day.

(REUTER'BTELEGRAM.
Previously 237. ) ,
Bales about
4,000 bales. Dull. No Imports,

nocording to ft " -------------.""
and Co., of ionrcular of Messrs. Arles•Dufour
result of the silk crop in
Europe, which is now' dt,e
:lug to a close, is found to exhi
bit, with the exception
with the last as regards quan-
improvement in comports,: voif. Spain and Syria, a decided
tity as well as the yield of the
From the issue of
el
:rave:del:feet decline n e o f the dima 8 e , 0 r
Whether this im-
nexvtaymeeanFts cmayrop
biet w
ascribedillbe ta:ct
pro
LEverywhere in
merely to the exceptionally fine
been moderate,
France and Italy the price of cocoons ehra.B
enabling the throwsters to make contractsolireinraw silk at
rates about 10 per cent, below the corresp
very
Period of
last year. Contracts for thrown silk have
greatest aenart?°-
thoat recloon
the stock of old silk being still rather heavy, saidrY32ilinnted,
turers being disposed to operate with the
so long as the American trade shall remain wi
very.

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OP CANADA.
—lt appears that the directors of this company
have been informed by their financial agent in Canada
that the loss on through traffic collected and converted, as_
certained up to 27th June last amounted to 249,938 dolts.
(£51,357), :lad that there remained a further sum of Ame-
rican funds for conversion at that date of 8,819 dole. In
addition to which there were balances in account with con-
necting railways still unajdusted.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Closini?
lhart Etailways Paid. Price. Business don,
100 tt 'antic Az St Lawrene( all 61 63
4,,k j flom.,Baroda&Cent 107 I€B 1074
qu. 5 per cent.
20 Do. New
20 Do. E. Shares
zO4 Buffalo and Laae Huron at. 5 6#
10 Do. Preference
100 I
Buflalo,Brant,&Godrirli
6p. et. bds. Aug. 1, D-72 tQ
100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 let,
100 tio. do. Jua, I L-• 100
st Clcutta.NS.Kastn. , 100 106 107
et Cape Town Az Dock Sent 100 1(84 1094
stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. t 100 1084 1094
stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. ion 1664 1076 106; 74 6/
20 Do. do. G Ext lO 14 lip
20 Do. do. H do.
stock Grand Trunk of Canada too 20 21
100 Do. Ist Prel. Bonds all 73 75
100 Do. co. deferred. all 57 60
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 65 67
100 Do. do deferred all 60 63
.100 Do. 3d P ef. stock
100 Do. do. deferred all 35 37
100 Do. 4th Pref. sio k all 26 30
100 Do. do. deferred all 22 24
stock Gt.lndlaPenui.gus.sp.c 100 1071 1030
20 Do. New gua. sp. 12 1 2
20 Do. January, 1862 8 1 14
stook Gt. South.of India(Lim)
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1064 1071
204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 114 114
201 Do. New ...... . 18 96 9
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 97 100
100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8 all 90 12
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1; P
stock Madras guar., sp. c.
stock Do. 15 p. c. Extensioi, 100 100 101 100 1004
stock Dc.4t do lOO 117 99
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2
stook Melb.Corp. np. o. find, 10e -
50 Moth. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 54
100 Do. 7 p.c. 51ortg. Bds. al,
20 Newßr mama a Candi:
Class A and B.
N.ltl.C'da6 po Ist 1 bds 100 84 86
stock Belinda (100 1084 1094 1081
st Do. Delhi
( Do. do ... tr.? 2 fp
20 Do. Punjaub 15 16 14'
et Do. Do. ........ 100 106 107
took Do. Indus. St. Flo.) , 1100 103 104