The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-11 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The business transactions in the general discount
market show that the demand is well maintained,
and the rates continue firm.

The failure has been announced of Messrs. John
'Wilson, jun. and Co.: Russian merchants, of Old
Broad-street, s;;lih liabilities estimated at below
£40,00q. Their suspension has been produced by
'the stoppage of Messrs. Dye and Co., of St. Peters-
burg, for whom they were agents in this country.

At the second ordinary general meeting of the
Westminster Brewery Company, held to-day, the
directors proposed that a dividend of 6 per cent. per
annum, free of income-tax, be paid out of the avail-
able balance of £3,950.
About £77,000 in gold was taken into the Bank
yesterday.

The North American, from New York, has ar-
rived with £ll,BOO.

The prospectus has appeared of the Adelaide
(North Arm) Port and Railway Extension and
Land Company, South Australia, with a capital of
£400,000, the first issue of which will comprise
10,000 shares of £2O each. It is proposed to con-
:Millet about 2,000 feet of wharf frontage, where yes
eels of the largest tonnage may lay alongside, and to
erect wharves, warehouses, and other conveniences,
affording ample accommodation to the shipping re-
sorting to the port ; also to lay down two miles of
-railway to complete the line already laid down by
the Government, from the city of Adelaide to the
North Arm, and a short line of four and a half
miles to the Dry Creek Station on the Great North
and Murray River Railway, which will effect a
saving of twelve miles of carriage between the great
producing districts and the port of the colony.
Interest is to be paid at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum on the subscribed capital until the works are
so far completed as to enable the directors to com-
mence business. The object of the company may
be regarded as national, if the dangerous, narrow,
and tortuous channel leading to the present port of
Adelaide be compared to the intended harbour,
which possesses deep water and safe anchorage. The
question of constructing a new quay appears to
have been long under the consideration of the
Legislative Council of the colony, and an appendix
is furnished with the prospectus proving the desi-
rability of the project.

The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :

Great Western 1863. 1862..................... £60,183 £64,231
North-Western
95,539 94,274
South- Western
Brighton
18,384 28,352
Midland
South-Eastern 22,243 23,306
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 34,170 31,964
North Eastern 39,250 41,105
Bristol and Exeter
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 13,708 14,296
Great Western of Canada
These returns are generally of an unsatisfactory
character. On the Great Western there is a de.
crease of £4,048, on the South Western of £382, on
the Brighton of £9,968, on the Midland of £3,654,
on the South Eastern of £1,063, on the North
Eastern of £1,855, and on the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincoln of £587. The North Western,
however, shows an increase of £1,265, the Great
Northern of £229, the Lancashire and Yorkshire of
£2,206 and the Great Western of Canada of £1,322.

Two O'CLOCK.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were
69f. 55c., 69f. 45c. Animate.
The general situation of business in the market
for the English Funds presents no change of im-
portance, and the tendency of quotations is still
rather unsatisfactory. Speculation is very much
curtailed, but the few operations daily reported
show that the operators are more inclined to pro-
ceed for a fall than an advance in prices.
Consols have been 91Z .73- for money, and 92 k for
the July account, but they are now e per cent.
better—viz., 918 92, and 92i 4 respectively.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are at
911 ; the New Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Annui-
ties, 761 ; and the Thirty Years ditto, 15. Bank
Stock is marked 234; India Five per Cent. Loan,
1071; ; and the Five-and-a Half per Cent. Paper,
1154. The Bonds are 10s. prem., and Exchequer
Bills 4s. dis. to par.
In the Foreign Department the most important
feature has been a rise of 3 per cent. in Mexican
Bonds, viz., to 36 1, owing to the receipt of the
capture of Puebla by the French; Greek Bonds,
however, have declined to 371 38 ; do., Coupons, to
184 4 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1562, are 714 a ;
do., Consolides, 50Z ; Spanish Passive, 331 348 ;
do., Certificates, 118 121; Portuguese, 491; Vene-
zuela, 58 4; Italian, 724 73; Egyptian, 100 k
The Confederate Loan is 2 to 1 dis.; and the New
Venezuelan Loan, 1 to 1 prem.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
rather inactive. London and Blackwall have de-
clined about £1 10s. ; London, Chatham, and
Dover, ss. ; and North Western, ss. ; while Great
Northern have improved 15s. ; the A Stock £1 ss. ;
and South Eastern, ss.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have re-
mained in moderate request at about previous quo-
tations.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
dull, but generally sustain previous prices. Lon-
don and County have improved to 441 Union of
London to 37, London Joint Stock to 371, and
Crystal Palace Stock to 371. Oriental Inland
Steam realise 48 5, Royal Mail Steam 63, and
South Australian Land 331. International Finan-
cial Shares are quoted 6 to 61 prem., London Finan-
cial do., 12 to 2k prem., and County do., 21 to 22.
prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock.,,,,
......... 234
3 per Cent. Reduced An
3 per Cent. Consols Annuitieies s
......... 90111
New 3 per Cent. Annuities ........... 91!
New 21 per Cent. Annuities.. ..
............ 76-k - -
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire iitlajJan. IABO.
IDitto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 15
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent lOB n
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .....
Ditto 51 per Cent

D Lioxide 01,000
Ditto under £l,OOO .... 10 pm
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2f per Cent.... par
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Ditto Small 4 die
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Egyptian 7 pet Cent lOO/ /
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.ms —
Ditto Account 3B 17a
Ditto Coupons
Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 81
Mexican 3 per Cent ....
Ditto Account. ..................... 344 51 I 6
'New Granada ........ 15f 16
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1863 ........
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62..
Ditto Account
49}
Sardinian 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred ..
Ditto Account 4Bt
Ditto Passive
.
Ditto Account 34/
I:lll,nish Cert. of Coup not funded .. —
Ditto Account .. 121
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account
92i
Ditto 6 Ditto Account
2,1 Ditto, £lOO Bonds 7
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
11
Ditto Account 7li 1
Ditto 1863, £3 19s 4d pd ll pm
•
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 florins 68
Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —_
Ditto Account •
Ditto Scrip, 1863, £l4 4e, .............. p 73
31 2l
Consols, Money Two O'CLOCK.
Ditto Account
.........

MADLLE. PICCOLOMINI.--Mr. Lumley, for whose
benefit Madlle. Piccolomini has taken a leading part in the
recent operatic performances at Drury-lane, On Tuesday
presented to her an elegant bracelet. The bracelet, nave
expressly for the lady, is of elegant Etruscan design In
the centre is aarge boss of turquoises, surznonnted
large brilliant star. On the exquisitely chased go with a
gold band
are vine leaves in turquoise. The inside bears the follow-
ina• delicate and graceful inscription :—" Marie Piccolomini,
Marchioness Gaetani. Souvenir of esteem and gratitude.
B. Lumley. London, Bth June, 1863,"

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41 5

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Eastern, E.. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 112
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Eastern, 4i per cent., pf., 96}

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81
Bahia and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 19/ 20 19,
Dutch Rhenish, 17i
Namur and Lie.; e, gua. 6 per cent. pt., 21
Sambre and Meuse, 101
San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., 9*
Ditto (all), 21: 2
FOREIGN MINES.
Don Pedro, Nor h "Del Rey, 1*
St. John del Rey (lira.), 55 5
United Mexican ), 7t, e I
Vallanzasza Gold, lim., 1* f

JOINT-,TUCK RANKS.
AMulsiatrnacleasßiaa,nk7soif London and Liverpool (Urn.), 324
Bank of Queensland (lira), 9
ClmhapretreiraeldHßananOlotnif
.I),n2dlit Australia, and China, 29
Imperial Ottoman, 191
London, Bu nos Ayres, and. River Plate, 344
Lonoort and County-, 444
London Joint Stock, .7
London and Westminster, 804
New South Wales, 52 4 14
Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim.l, 21
Union of London, 37
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MISCELLANEOUS,
Crystal Palace, 374
Crystal Palace, 6 per cent perpetl. deb., 1111
International financial Society, lim 81
madras Irrigation and Canal, 31
National Discount Company aim.), 95
Oriental Inland Steam, lim., 44 5
Royal Mail Steam, 63

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
SteadiFr. 6,000 bales or more. Import, 1,510
Previously, 37,068.

The directors of the Queen's Hotel Company
Upper Norwood, have issued their report for Company, of
he
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past year. They congratulate the proprietary on
the continued satisfactory progress of the under-
taking, and propose to declare a dividend of £lO
ps;r cent. per annum, amounting to £3,753, leaving
the unappropriated sum of £1,941, to be carried
forward to the new account. A proposition is also
to be submitted to the shareholders for discharging
mortgage incumbrances of the estate, by the issue
of debentures to the extent of £lB,OOO at interest
of per6hea
cent, per annum.
The amount of specie to be taken out by the
Ceylon, which leaves on the 12th for Bombay, is
4366,00,