The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-26 00:00:00

ZIONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The general discount market appears somewhat
firmer this morning, with a slight increase in the
demand. Yesterday there was an easier tendency,
and in the course of the afternoon a few bills were
negotiated at 31 per cent., but to-day the rates have
reverted to their former point, and 3i per cent. is
again quoted as the general charge.
A further sum of £2,900 in gold was taken into
the Bank yesterday.
The Delta, which carries the Bombay mails,will
take out £203,110 in specie.
The John Duncan laws arrived from Otago with
£189,332 in gold.
The usual dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per
annum was declared at the half-yearly meeting of
the General Steam Navigation Company yester-
day.

Two O'CLOCK.

At the ordinary meeting to-day of the Southamp-
ton Dock Company—Col. G. Barlow in the chair—
the report, which was adopted, stated that the
accounts showed a net revenue after payment of
the interest on the debenture debt, of the dividends
on the preference stocks, and of all working ex-
penses, &c., for the six months ending the 30th
June last, amounting to £6,844. A dividend was
declared for the half-year of £2 per cent., payable
on the 2d September next, being at the rate of four
per cent.
A remarkable degree of dullness is apparent in
business at the Stock Exchange, the members being
almost exclusively engaged in settling the account
in foreign securities and railway shares. Scarcely
any new speculative operations are reported, and
the official lists consequently present an unusually
blank appearance. The few bargains entered into
have not influenced prices very materially, and
Consols are 931-- for transfer, and 931 f, for
the oth proximo. The situation of monetary
affairs, with quietude in discount circles, and a
flow of gold into the Bank, is in favour of prices,
although it has no effect in promoting transactions.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are again
037-, 9 ; the New 2:14 per Cent. Annuities are 77;
and Exchequer Bills ls. dis. to 2s, prem. The India
5 per Cents. Loan is 10S1; and the 51 per Cent.
Enfaced Paper, 1161.

There is very little business in progress in the
Foreign Market, but prices are generally firm.
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, 721 g ; do., 1862, 69 1 ;
do., Consolides, 51 s ; Greek, 34 1 ; do., Coupons,
161,- Z ; Spanish Passive, 334 341; do., Internal,
271 1; Mexican, 3841 ; Portuguese, 49 ; Rhseian,
821 I; and the Confederate Loan has risen 1 per
cent., viz., to 23 21 dis.

Business in the Railway Share Market has been
confined chiefly to transactions in connection with
the settlement. Prices, however, have in several
instances shown a slight advance. Caledonian, Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern, have
each improved 55.; and North Eastern (Berwick),
108.; while Midland have receded 55., and London
and Blackwall, 10s.

In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the
variations in prices have been unimportant. Turin
and Savona have improved about 55.; Great Wes-
tern of Canada have declined ss.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally con-
tinue in moderate favour, at about previous rates.
London and Westminster are dealt in at 77i 78 ;
and Loridon and County, at 491.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 93a
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 934
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 21 per Cent. Annuities
5 per Cent. Annuities
--
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Zth J an., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
India Stock
Ditto 5 pet Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent
ititto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66

Dittu Bonds £l.OOO —
Ditto under £1,000..
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account, Sept, 9
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent...,
March, 1
2} per Cent.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO .. 2pm
Ditto £5OO .. 2pm
Ditto Small

June,
2 per Cent.

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 1859. ..
.....
Brazilian 5 per Cent ................
Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ..
Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Ali Tian 6 per Cent.
Ditto 4/ per Cent. .. 87
Danish 4 per Cent., 1863
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825..
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian 7 per Cent lOl/
Ditto. Second Issue
Greek j 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 34h 4
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons l6/
Ditto Account
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway)
Mexican 3 per Cent ....
Ditto Account 3Bi
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Ditto 2 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 3 per Cent.
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account • •
'
Portu.nese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Acc0unt........
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856,
'7,'9,
'6O, 62.. 49
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St
Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 B9
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
i Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862
Sardinian 6 per Cent
Ditto Acc..ou.nt
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Ace,aunt
Ditto New Deferred
.oitto Ar.:count
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account 344
Spanis'a. Cert. of Coup not fancied
Dino Account.. Tuecish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account.. 93
Ditto 6 per Cet 18
D 723 litto Account 5B
Ditto' £lOl, Bonds
75
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account ..
Ditto Guaranteed "• per Cent —
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 ..
Dittoitto Account . ."
....................
6 per Cent. 1863 £l9 16s 8d pd. 3/ dis
Dividends on the above payable in London.
ButterpePeCreenetz.l,t.LE.xl.22Gsufil
tt2tlvrnenit itpey Cent. Certificates
Italian, bens',„.,e3 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
Ditto
•••••', nt., 1861, Ex. 25:francs 7ll
• .
THREE O'CLOCK.
Console, ;Money ................
nt
.................

The Price of Gold.
The quotation of gold at the short exchange on London 1-----747------
ar s is about 1 per mille pm., and
is 25.30 per 41 sterling, On
comparing these rates with then 2n
Mint price of 23
rs. Witt T)er ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about 4-1 Otha per cent, dearer in London than in Paris.
By adi lees from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark
"d the short exchange on London is 13.4 persterling.
Stands rd gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
' lOthF. per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg -The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
sight is about le3n9tto 1A 3/t
hpee
sre cepnritc.;: utdh theere ipremium
1 impc ortation of gold from the little
eteidf
profit on the
any
6oondr:aoylsc; about 26
Staf es.

NELSON LEE AND TILE DRAMATIC COLLEGE.--
lir' J. W. Ans" ,secretaryo to the Dratowie Col-
lege, has forwarded the following letter to Mr. Nelson Lee
-Dear Sir,—l have be
e
r ,
their
rted by the council to convey
t° You an expression of he
opinion in relation to the
benefits the College has obtained. from your services, and
I think I cannot better dm
of their minutes, viz.:
;al. ebreeerneadceerihveadviinrgomb
'warding the following copy
le:.',einchardon s
services of - -1.•
made to,, the
shoo great ea an td
l benefitl,.on
i whichbw
elpe
N. Nelson Lee
menagerie, and to the important
his isvaluable ideas and gene-
in seeing to their construction, --
aneJ, it was unanimously re.-,olved
zal mlrlagement, as well bcf.ge as on tthtehdeayths
aonflpsereifortmhe-
council be voted to him for his devotiontha to the interests of
the Qoilegi thuswinced,,,

27 29

46 47
39 41
104 106

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
;hart Closing
Railways Paid. Price. Business done
100 ;itlantie-& St Lawreno all 62 (4
stk Roln.,Baroda&-Cent Inc 10u 1071 1081 1081
Gu. 5 per amt... .....
20 Do. New . 8 1 IA p
20 Do. E. Shares. 7/ 1/ ID P
201 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 51 66
10 Do. Preference . all 71 81
100
Bulfalo,Brant,&Godria
lOU -
6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1871
100 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 100 - -
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 - -
st Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(Eit; ) 100 1071 ICBI
st Cape Town & Dock Scrii 100 105 107:
stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 109 110
p. stock Last Indian. gu. 5 c. 100 108 1,•9 108}
20 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 11 11p
20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 1 lap 111
stock Grand Trunk of Canada No 191 201
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 72 14
100 Do. ao. def erred-- all 54 57
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. all 63 do
100 Do. do deferred- all 46 49
100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock ... all 45 47
100 Do. do. deferred- all 36 38
100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock... all 25 27
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 14 231
stock Gt.lnchaPenm.g-ua.op.c. 100 108 109 104
20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 1 14;
20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 1 11
stock Gt. South.of India (Lim)
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 ICB 1071
201 Gt. W. 01 Canada Sharer all 10 )04 10}
201 Do. New • 18 101 10 71
100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 96 98 971
100 Do. p. c. do. '77-8.. all 90 e 2
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 a 1
stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 10U 107 108 lois
stock Do. 41 p. C. Extension 100 1011 102.1 1011
stock De. 4A do 100 i 8 ICO
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - -
stock 3lelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bladt• 100 - -
So llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 5" 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg Bds. alt -
Newßruclwick eand,.
Class A and B . all 3 5
N. 111.C'da5 pc Ist pt bdE 100 83 85
stock Scinde •• •• •• •• (100 1071 1084
St 5 Do. Delhi ' 100 1074 1081
Do, do ' LTA a 2 / $2l
20 Do. Punjaub e; all --P
st Do. Do. , , lvo 1071 It 8) 1071 S
-lock Do. Indus. St. % 103 105
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SBOURITIEr,
- ho.uov. p.c.J &J ut)
- 1877-84
Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 tt2 104
Do. dp. c.ylar. & Sept. 100 ICS 107
Do. tp. c. Jan.&July. 10u 941 051 90
Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 931
- ICape G.Ltope, 6p c,1871 100 108 110
Do.Ap Oct.& 1880 100 112 114
Do. 18P 100 113 115
- Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112. 115
- Ceylon, N0y.1878, 6p c 10u il3
115
- Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 1061 107/ 107
- Natal Goy. 6 per cent.. 100 au 112
- N.B.Goy.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 1051 1061 1051
- Do. op. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 -
- N. S. W. G oy. 5 p 18., 100 1001 1014
- Do. p.c.,18 to Lit 100 1014 102;
- Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 102 103 1021
- ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112
- (Nova Scotia Goy. 6p. c.
- sterling, 1875. lOO 1051 1064
- Queensland Gov. Hp. c. 100 1:1 113
- S.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 110 112 112 11
• Vic.Goy. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110
- 'Do. to io.c. A.n.&Oat.. 100 1131 114 1131 1

BRITISH MINES.
2 leambrian Consol. Gold 1
36 38
- luhtlord Amalgamated..
East Bassett (Illoganl.. 3
!Devon G. Con: ffavist.,
.td pare
1 East Clogau Gold Ltd., 52. a 11. 29
East Caradon ...... 283/4 3/4
0 57690 681
East Cam . 1 3.4.0 8 84
E. W'lltusselaavistk.;l 8.6.6 354
Gain.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 1.84 7 10
Great South Tolgus.... 17s 33/4 31
G. Wheal Vor (11elston 40 p 75
Grenville .. 6.16. t 64
Flerc..d's-Foot .. 8.12 t 8 40
ingston Downs 4.18.0 n 2
Lady Bertha
Margaret Lelant, 94 32 31
.Marke Valley.
4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2J. 13/4
New Setun
North Downs .. .. .
Baseet(lllo.fan 2.1- 34
North Wheal Crotty 2.4. V 84 34
Par Consols (et, Blazey) 13/4 4 6
20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 t 1 43
South Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 415 425
—3. Cam Brea (Illogran) 5.15.61 14 24
z.7.Wheal Fran.
(Illogan) 18.1-..0 60 70
5 srtarma yarPsairivkA. Lead
- fin Cron .... ~ .
'W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 21 23
West Seton
•• • • 473/4 235 145
Wheal Basset (Mogan) 53/4 60 65
Wheal Buller (Redrutli) 5 35 45
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6
Whealliadcott
Wheal MaryAnnisUen )
3.178
2124
3114 114
Wheal Seton 584 215 12
Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 15 17
Wheal Union

PREFEMENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. text., 13, 6 per cent., 108

LINES LEASED Al` FIXED RENTALS.
London and Chatham 4, per Cent., 94
London, Tilbury, and Southend, 97}
Wilts and Somerset, 93i

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 24-1
N Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent.,7104
Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent, 17i
Sambre and Meuse, WI
San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent.,
Ditto (ad), 22/
Turin and Savona, 21
'FOREIGN MINES.

Cobre Copper, 29 k
Port Philip, 1%
St. John del Rey aim.), 55
Yudanamutana of S. Austrillla (lira.), 3
it
JOINT-STOCK BANKS,
I ia, 763 3 7
Alliance Bank
ko
fLondon and Liverpool (Urn.), 36 5f
Ditto, new, 311
Bank of Egypt, 261
Brazilian and Portuguese, lien., 33 4
Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China., 30k130
Chartered of India, London, and China, 553
City, 108
English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 22k
Hindustan, china, and Japan (lird.), 23k
Imperial Bank (lim.), 221
Imperial Ottoman, 173 183
London and Brazilian (lira.), 43 f
London and County, 49 83 93
London and South African, 26k
London and Westminster, 77,,, 8 7
Oriental Bank Corporation, 571
Standard of British South Africa (Um), 19 183
Ditto, new, 133
Union of Australia, 51k 4
Union of London, 351

DOCKS.