The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-16 00:00:00

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is still a tendency towards greater firm-
ness in the general discount market, but it does not
at tract the slightest notice, because the applications
generally increase during the last few weeks of the
quarter. The rates, moreover, show a little more
firmness, but this also is regarded as altogether un-
important, because accommodation is still obtain-
able on terms which must be considered much
below the average, while there is a vast abundance
of money for which there is not likely to be em-
ployment for some time to come, sufficient to pro-
duce Fn y permanent alteration.
An instalment of 20 per cent. becomes due to-
morrow (17th inst.) on the Peruvian Loan for
£5,500,000 Stock.
The directors of the New York Central Railroad
Company have declared a dividend of 3 per cent.
for the half-year, payable in London on and after
the 20th inst.

The half-yearly meeting of the Oriental Bank
Corporation has been called for the 23d proximo,
for the declaration of a dividend, &c.
Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets during the last few days has been more
animated. Sugars have slightly improved in value,
*while coffee, rice, tea, and cocoa fu ly supported
previous quotations. There has been a good de-
mand for saltpetre, while tallow has been rather
depressed, particularly for forward delivery. P.Y C.
on the spot is quoted 485., last three months 482. to
48s. 3d., and spring delivery 495. per cwt.

Two O'CLOCK.
The market for Public Securities to-day bas been
just the turn lower, Consuls being only 93? for
money, and 93;3- for the Bth pros., instead of 931
and 93-2- a respectively, at which they closed
yesterday afternoon. This slight degree of heavi-
ness is attributable to some sales of money stock.
Business in other respects is extremely inactive,
and presents no feature of public interest. The
New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 929 ;
Exchequer Bills, June, are firmer at 20s. to 235.
; Bank Stock has advanced to 244; India 5
per Cent. Loan is steady at 109-1-.
Foreign Securities have been well supported, but
the dea:ings have been of a moderate character.
Turkish 6 per Cents,, 1854, are 85 86; ditto, 1858,
661 674; ditto New Loan Scrip is 19 dis.; and the
Consolides 37 a ; Mexican Stock is firmer at 311 32 ;
and Spanish Certificates have improved to 108
Egyptian are 91 ; ditto Scrip, 2d issue, 6 4 prem. ;
Portuguese Scrip is firm at 28 prem. ; Russian
ditto at 1k prem.; Peruvian ditto, 1 dis.; Vene-
zuelan 3 per Cents. have improved to 272; and
Italian 5 per Cents., 70.

A firmer tone has been apparent in the Railway
Share Muket, but the dealings were limited. Great
:Easterns, Great Westerns, North-Westerns, and
South Westerns have improved 58., and Lancashire
and Yorkshire, £l. London and Blackwall, how-
ever, have declined 55., while Great Northerns,
Midlands, and West Midlands have remained at
about previous rates.
The Foreign and Colonial lines continued inac-
tive. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian t,
have receded to 22 ; Paris, Lyons, and Mediter-
s
ranean realise 461 ; Great Luxembourg, 141 I; s
East Indian have improved to 1051 ; Great In-
s
dian Peninsula to 103 k 6 ; and Great Western of
Canada are firm at 121. 2s.
Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
are in one or two instances a shade flatter. London
and Westminster have declined to 771; Oriental I
Bank to 531 ; Alliance of London and Liverpool
realise 121 ; and Oriental Inland Steam, 81 81.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK,
Bank Stock '
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities....
.... 52 k
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. •
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 14 15-16
Red Sea Telegraph, 1908 .............. 21/
India Stock
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent O3l
Ditto 5 per Cent . lO4l 5
Ditto êt per Cent.
D ,toy bonus el.!100
Ditto under £l,000
'Consols for Account, Oct. 8 931
11Iarch. Jun 9.
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Ct. .. 20 3
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small —
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLO'2li.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent
Dittoptian, 74i per
per Cent ~ Cent., 1852-
Scrip 58-60
E gy 911 4
Ditto, Second Issue, £4O pd
111,xican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
P •rrivign 41 per Cent —
Ditto New, 1862, A Scp, £l3 paid
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. Ditto Scrip, £l5 pd 2/ !to,,ihn 6 per Cent 1822 ....
£ St —
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862, Scrip, £2310s pd l/
Si. aiusti 3 per Cent
191
Spanish Cert. of.
/Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
bitto 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Ditto Aoctount . .
661 7/
Ditte, £lOO Bond; ..
. ..
..
Ditto 6 per Cent , 1862 ...
; .41?
Ditto, Paid up Scri . (Scrip)
Venezuela, 3 per Cents, 66/
5/
6
bit.,.. Account
Dividends on the above navable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 -Guil —
Dart„ Certificatcs. 4 per (lent.
ltalisn, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
Ditto Account -
Consols, Money ..................T.W O O'CLou E.. 93i
Ditto Account . .