The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-03 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

An active demand is still experienced in the
general money market, and the rates exhibit firm-
ness.

At the Bank of England yesterday the bullion
operations were rather important, £39,000 in bar
gold having been sent into the establishment, while
90,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for transmission
to Constantinople.
The prospectus has recently appeared of the Pho-
togenic Gas Company, the object of which is to
purchase M. Mangruel's patent, with a view to its
general introduction throughout the kingdom. The
light is said to be obtainable either from ordinary
gas or atmospheric air, to possess great brilliancy,
and to be free from ammoniacal and sulphurous
acid vapours. Besides these desiderata, it is stated
to be less costly than ordinary gas, and that its use
will not necessitate great alterations in existing
fittings. Application for licences by sub-companies
have been made to the patentee to apply the atmos-
pheric air to the lighting of railway stations, vil-
lages, &c. The capital is fixed at £200,000, in
shares of £5 each.

The Dunaburg and Witepsk Railway is a Rus-
sian line, projected under a concession granted by
the Imperial Government, and the company has a
fixed nominal capital of £2,600,000, on which the
Czar guarantees an annual interest of 5 per cent.
for 85 years, and an additional one twelfth per cent..
to redeem the capital at par at the expiration of
that term by annual drawings, commencing the first
year after the completion of the works. The com-
pany is constituted according to English law,
with directors residing in London, and an agency
in Riga. The Government guarantees to pay the
interest in sterling money, and not, as in previous
cases, in roubles, and to pay the interest and sink-
ing fund half-yearly. The net receipts of the line
are applicable in relief of the guarantee, but the
company is authorised, in priority, to set apart 10
per cent., to the extent of £lOO,OOO, to form a re-
serve fund against contingencies, and the share•
holders are to be entitled to all profits up to
6 per cent., and to one half of all further
profits, above 6 per cent., until the Government be
reimbursed the monies it may have paid in respect
of the interest; after which the shareholders are
entitled to the whole of the profits. The line will
be 161 English miles in length, convect Dunaburg
with Witepsk, and enable the wheat-growers of
Sindlensk, Mohilew, &c., to transport their produce
at all seasons of the year, as well as at a less cost
than the present cumbersome means afford. The
shares are quoted t 14 prem.

Two O'CLOCK.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were
firm at 69f 60c.

There has been very little animation to-day in
the market for the English Funds, and the tendency
of prices has been rather unfavourable, Consols
having receded to 91i 92 for money, and 91
15-16ths 92 1-16th for the account. The New
Threes and the Reduced Annuities are 918 ;
India 5 per Cents. are 1072 -1-; and the 4 per
Cents. Enfaced 96. Bank Stock is 233 235.
The general tendency of the Foreign Stock
Market has been rather unfavourable, and the deal-
ings have been upon an extensive scale. Turkish
6 per Cents., 1858, have continued steady at 704 I;
those of 1862 have been 71/ since recovering to
72 a ; and the Consolides have declined to 51i f, ;
Greek are quoted 328 331, and the Coupons, 15* 80
Spanish are also flatter, the Passive being 34 I, and
the Certificates 12 4; the Confederate Loan is de-
pressed, at. 3 2 die. Dealings have been recorded
in Portuguese 3 per Cents., 1853, at 491 I, and
in the 1862 issue at 494 al. Russian 4* per Cents.
have been marked 91/, the 3 per Cents. 59, and
the 5 per Cents. 922.
Business in the Railway Share Market continued
inactive, and prices have shown a slight downward
movement. Caledonian, and Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln have receded 58. ; Great Eastern, Great
Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Berwick),
10s.; North Western, 155.; and London and Black-
wall,

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have re-
mained without any material variation. Dutch
Rheinish realise 17-1-; Recife and San Francisco,
16k; Grand Trunk of Canada are firm at 201; and
Great Western of Canada flat at 111 ; East Indian
are quoted 1094 ; and Punjaubs, 1071.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
generally remain steady at about previous rates.
International Finance Company Shares are quoted
t- prem. London Financial ditto, 1-'1 21 prem. ;
General Credit ditto, 221 3k prem. ; and London and
Lisbon Cork Wood Company ditto, 4 11 prem.

—RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
hank Stock
233
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New per Cent. Annuities
New 2i per Cent. Annuities —
NewN 31 per Cent. Annuities
lnuitie, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
itto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
India Stock,
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per
Cent .........
.... ...
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto Bonds
..
Bank Stock for Account ....... ..........
Bank Stock for Account ..........
Consols for Account, June 9 .......
92 1
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent —
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-68-60
Chinon 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent. .............
Equador New Consolidated, Pper Cent l7l
Ditto, Provisonal Land 'Warrant -
Egyptian 7 per Cent
Ditto, Second Issue • ...........
reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Con pone
Ditto Account
331 2/ 31
Ditto C0up0n5............. .
Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 80/
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
New Granada
.... 34a / 1 4 I
..........
Ditto 2 per Cent ........... 33/
Ditto Deterred ..
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ..... 9/
.
Peruvian 41 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
49/ a t
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St ......
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1850
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859.
SDitto 5 her Cent., 1862
Sardinian pe cent
panish 3 per Cent
Ditto New
Ditto Account ..................
iliac, Passive ................
Ditto Account ........... 34 /
Spanish Cert. of Coup TVA funded ..... 12}
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
t Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
I i Ditto Account 7l/ 2 2la
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
26
1
Ditto Account 5 a
59 81
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
ividendson the above payable in London.
Dutch 2 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 5 per Cent 1861, Ex. 25 francs -
Ditto A.ccourtt. • 72k
..........
Consols, Money .... THREE. 10'CLOCK.
Ditto Account .. .
................. .92 xd

An exceedingly gracious tribute has very re-
cently been offered to
tish manufacturers of eskill and taste of our Bri
Napoleon 111. Although furniture,tevhy his Imperial Majesty
long been noted for the elegancerench themselves have
u and cunning of their
workmanship in the producNtiaop ofe furniture and other home
decorations, the Emperor
brevet, conferred upon Messrs. rackaas yet,
" Fournisselleanl ,civ by ;
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hmapme r, i
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Oxbrd-street, the title of
STATUE OF SHAKE:WERE OVER
1)--,mpereur."
in refer-
RIMY-LANE
PORTICO.--A correspondent Writes t
in aid
ence to the proposed performance at " OldoIt)r8u
fora very
of the Shakapere Monument Fund, that the at ti;ye,o"ver the
portico in': Brydges-street might be obtaineda
small sum of money, and that, in that case, twoor
tages would result, namely—having a very good 4".
ready to hand, and securing its removal from a spot where
it is lamentably inappropriate and out of place, for there
Ike image of the immortal bard stands, pointing
With sarcastic significance to a blank playbill,
YinK, as plainly as a statue can say, " There is
norhin_
find a in my way going en here!" Where th.y will
be
iablo place for the Aatue, adds the write,r, remains
to suit
abo him
but at any rate, they do not appear to care much
Ilt Aina in that neighbourhood.