The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-28 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AND

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK,

1863. 1862.
Or Eat-Western
North-Western . 95,226 86,781
South-Western - 29,128 21,819 Brighton•
Midland
22,928 16,943
41,873 37,357
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 34,330 30,680
Bristol and Exeter,
North Eastern
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
Edinburgh and Glasgow ....... 8,052 7,507
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada
These returns are in most instances ofa very satis-
factory character. On the Great Western there is
an increase of £7,390 ; on the North Western of
£8,445; on the South Western of £7,379; on the
Brighton of £5,985; on the Midland of £4,518 ;
on the Great Northern of £3,130; on the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire of £3,650 ;• on the North
Eastern of £2,780 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln of £1,821 ; on the Edinburgh and
Glasgow of £545 ; on the Grand Trunk of Canada
of £1,952; and on the Great Western of Canada
of £494. The South Eastern, however, shows a
decrease of £2,064.

Two O'CLOCK.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentea were
69f 42c.—inanimate.

Speculation has continued quiet in the market
for the English Funds, and the few dealings re-
ported have created very little fluctuation. Consols
for transfer are still quoted 931 a; and 921 I-, less
the dividend, for the account. No change has
occurred in the New Threes and the Reduced, busi-
ness having again taken place at 91t, 8 ; and Exche-
quer Bills are ss. dis. There has been a bargain in
Bank Stock at 233, and India 5 per Cents, have
improved to 1101 1.
Business in the Foreign Market is rather active,
but the only movement of importance is an advance,
viz., to 511 52 in the value of Turkish Consolides,
owing to large purchases. Turkish 6 per Cents.,
1858, are 7041; do., 1862, 711 72 ; Greek, 32! e ;
6.., Coupons 141 15 ; Spanish Passive 331 34; do.,
Certificates 12 121 ; Portuguese 498 50; Italian
72; do,, Marenamana Rlilway Loan 80; New
Granada 16/ I; do., Deferred 91 101; Peruvian
88 1; and the Confederate Loan is heavy at 2 to
1 dis.

Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued moderately active, and owing to the favour-
able character of the traffic receipts on most of the
principal lines prices have shown an upward ten-
dency. Great Western, Brighton, and South-
Eastern have advanced ss. ; Caledonian and Great
Eastern, 10s.; Great Northern A Stock, 155.; and
North-Western and North Eastern (Barwick),
In the Foreign and Colonial markets there has
been little change of importance. Bahia and Sin
Francisco are steady at 201 a ; San Paulo at 231;
and South-Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian at
223 ; Cape Town and Dock realised 110; East In-
dian, 1091 i; Great Indian Peninsula, 1091.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have generally sustained former rates. City Bank,
however, have improved to 112 113; Imperial
Bank are quoted 211; London and South African,
261; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 461 471 ; and
South Australian Land, 321 ; International Finance
Company's shares are quoted 4Z-, 51 premium;
London Finance litto, 11, 1 prem.; and General
Credit and Finance ditto, 21 2,1 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
233
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
931
Z per Cent. Consols Annuities 1
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885
New 21 per Cent. Annuities...
India Stock —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 6 per Cent. _
Consols for Account, June 9 921
Exchequer Bille, £l,OOO 21 per Cent —
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60'
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto 41 per Cent
88
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ,ns 324
DDitto Account ..................... • 32t
itto Coupons
Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana R.ail way) 80 Mexican 3 per Cent
New Granada
......... 16i
Ditto 2 per Cent
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ..... 9/ 101. 71
Peruvian 41 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1862 884
Ditto Account —
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Ditto Account
i 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 494
Account ....... .•
Ditto Scrip, (1862) £35 i;ala
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St..
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859.
Spanish 3 per Cent .. . . ...
............... ---
Ditto Account. ............ ... . . ...
Ditto New Deferred .......
Ditto Ditto Account ....
Passive
i Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 341 4
... . 121
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account -
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds 73
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
. 72
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent....... ...
Venezuela, 3 per Cent ......23/
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 ..............
Ditto 11 per Cent ................ 121
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ........ --
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. 72

...... 31
Consols, Money ........ TWO O'CLOCK.
........ 9
Ditto Account ...................... 92i xd

A NEW " ALABAMA."—It is now well known--
especially among those iLterested—that Captain
Semmes of the Alabama is about to change his flog and
hoist it upon a more substantial but equally fast ship.
Captain Bullock, who for the last year and more has been
in this country superintending the construction of vessels
for the Confederate service, is now about to leave the Clyde,
and will probably call at Cardiff, with a large iron vessel
for the Confederates. Captain Bullock will afterwards take
the new privateer to a port at present "secret," and there
torfatnhsofeAr
Alabama
command to Captain Semmes. The command
will then devolve upon Captain Bullock
until such time
ime as Captain 11Ioffit of, the privateer Florida
is enabled to take command of the Alabama. The Florida
will then be underatphpeoiguntiddance of Captain Bullock, until
Captain Jones is
Captain Bullock. is
The last transfer is easily
at:counted for.
test than an energet!c more of a naval archi-
zn%peesrhienced seaman. The new
vessel on which Capt.
gun''
his flag is a large iron
screw vessel mounting 21
and, as we have before
stated, combines the two great 'requirements of a man-of •
war—speed and strength.
The auxiliary screw steamer Saint Andrew,
Greencastle at 2.40
Portland on the 16th instant, arrived at fromp.m. yesterday. Her news has been anticipated.
Full benefit of reduced duty obtained bv
chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s -4d.Pau
thnrd-
-45. “High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s Bd.)s
strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every
town supply it in packets.
Tire quotation of gold at Paris is about i per mile pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On
compaiimg these rates with the English Mint price of £3
17s. 101(1, per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold Is
4:41.1Y 1-20t1 per cent. dearer ill Xiodokthan in Paris.

The settlement in foreign stocks and railway
shares has exerted more than ordinary influence
upon the general market. This has arisen from
the recent extensive speculation in such securities
as Turkish Cansolidos, Greek Bonds, Spanish Pas-
sive, the Certificates, &c. The dealers requiring
very onerous terms for continuing transactions
until the middle of June, many of the operators
have preferred to take up the stock rather than
submit to the exaction, and a large temporary
demand for money has been consequently pro-
moted. The mercantile classes are now enabled to
negotiate three months' hills on lower terms in the
open market than at the Bank of England, and a
larger proportion of the paper brought into circula-
tion is therefore taken into that establishment.
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are, in round figures, as under :