The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-06 00:00:00

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
titived moderately active, and, in some instances,
prices have exhibited a slight advance. Caledonians
have improved ss. ; London and Blackwall, ss. ;
Great Northern, Brighton, and South Western, 10s.
North Eastern (Berwick), however, have receded 55.;
Great Western, Midland, and South Eastern, 10s.;
an .d Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s.
The Foreign lines have remained inactive. Sambre
and Meuse receded to 111 ; Great Luxemburg are
steady at 16 to 151 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam at
172.; and Recife and San Francisco 15,1.
The Colonial undertakings are flat. Grand Trunk
of Canada have declined to 25 25§; Great Western
sof Canada rejklise 1211 -Z-; East Indian, 104 to 104*;
and Great Indian Peninsula, 1020

Joint Stock Bank Shares remain inactive,with
out material change in values. London and West•

minster realise sot ; Oriental Bank, 514 52 ; and
Ottoman Bank, 274.

The Alliance Bank Shares are 51 61 prem. ; Im-
perial, a 1 prem. ; Northern Counties 2 3 prem. ;
and British Colombian, I 1 prem.
In the Miscellaneous Market Peninsular and
Oriental Steam improved to 701; Electric Tele-

graph to 1001; and Crystal Palace Stock declined
to 36-1.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93/ 4
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92
New 24 per Cent. Annuities 77k
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 3-16
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 5} per Cent ..
_Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 k
Consols for Account, May 8 931
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l9 22 pm
Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS--.ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Chilian 6 per Cent
Rquador New Consolidated
Egptian, 7 per Cent 2 /
Italian, 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway)
Ditto Scrip
Mexican, 3 per Cent
,Ditto Account
Imperial Moorish Scrip 9lg
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .
.Ditto Account 46
Rrosian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St 96
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. —
Ditto 6 per Cent, 1858
Ditto Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 1862 (Scrip) ......
Ditto, Pain up Scrip
Dlvidends on the above payable in London.
Italian, 5 per Cent. 1861 , . 71 701

Consols? Money, TWO O'CLOCK
Ditto Ace,,m);„ ..... ............... 934 4
Ditto June, ditto .. • .............. 934 4
............ 94 k

MARKETS-THIS DAY.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os ; clover £3
,
10s to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load.
Hay trade slow—straw firm.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover
do., £3 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load.
A slow demand. _ _ .

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Oa to £5 Oa; clover
£3 10s to £6 Os ; and straw, to £1 18s £2 a per load.
Trade inactive.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—There has been a very limited business transacted,
and prices have remained without any material alteration.
S UGAR.—The market has been dull, but good grocery
descriptions have maintained previous quotations. In the
refined market the operations have been to an average ex-
tent without any change of importance to notice in values.
COFFEE.—OnIy limited dealings have been recorded in
colcsaial descriptions, but full rates are current for good and
fine qualities.

R fcE.—There has been a moderate demand, and late
quotations are generally fairly maintained.
S ALTPETRE.—Business has been active and quotations
gen(frally show an upward tendency, particularly for Bri-
tish -cefined.
TA id.ow.—The market has continued dull, without, how-
ever, any material change to record in values. P.Y.C. on
spot is-quoted 46s to 46s 3d,
_and last three months 48s 9d•
per cwt.

COAL MARKET.
(frfoes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market
s. d. Walls; End.
BudAle's-West Hartley 15 0 s. d.
Tan, qeld Moor Butes..l2 6 Cassop l6 0
Wyly an ..15 6 Heugh Hall 15 0
CaIIVNT and Duffryn ' South Kelloe.. 16 0
Maliting ..
24 0 Framwellgate l5 0
Do. Anthracite.. 21 6 Hedley l4 9
BelPs Primrose .....12 6 Hartlepool.. l6 6
Bate 's West Hartley— 14 3 BrrAdyll's Hetton 15 9
Lam oert's West Hart- Iletton .. l7 0

ley _ 14 91

aswell l7 0
South Hartlepool 15 6
Caradoc
ecuth:Hetton ...17 0
Acorn Close ..15 0
Russel's Iletton . l5 6
Relloe .......... 16 0
Ships at market, 106; oat 63.

14 9
Wall':er Primrose 12 6
West Hartley 15 0
Craig 7head Steam 14 0
Easi ogton .... l2 6
Hast ings Hartley l5 0

Two O'CLOCK.
A meeting of the proprietors of the Ottoman
Bank has been held to-day, when the directors
were authorised to apply to the Treasury for the
power to increase the capital to £1,000,000.
Speculation in the market for Public Securities
continues very dull, and the operationd for transfer
are too restricted to create animation. Consols
have been dealt in to a small extent at 931 94
for money and the Bth instant, and at 94 948
for the June settlement, showing firmness. The
New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are
steady, at 92k; Exchequer Bills, 19s. to 225. prem. ;
Bank Stock is 236 and 238; India ditto, 226; and
ditto 5 per Cent. has risen to 108/ 109.
Continued activity prevails in the : Foreign
Market, and prices generally are well supported.
Spanish 3 per Cents. are firmer, at 54* ; ditto
Deferred, at 441; ditto Passive, have improved to
20k ; but the Certificates, after advancing to 114,
declined to 10, and are now 10k 9. Italian 5 per
Cents. remain at 701 71 ; Moorish 5 per Cents.
have improved to 919 ; Egyptian Scrip is steady,
at 2/ prem. ; and Mexican at 31-1- 32, Turkish 6 per
Cents. are 811; ditto, 1858, 71/ ; and the New
Scrip is 29 38 prem., being rather flatter.
The Russian Loan is / 1 prem.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
t easing Closing Bilsiness
Railways. pid. L Co. s Price. Done.
—____. _.—.....
' Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Y—
—
Birkenhead.,
Buckingh maaire.
Chester & Holyhead lOO Do 54 56
Do. 58 per cent 100 Do 126 'l2B
Do. 5 „ 100 Do.
Clydesdale Junction 100 . Cled on
Colchester, Stour Val. 100 EX.&EC
E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 Gr.Nerth. 136 138
E.Union,liarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 41
Do. Woodbridge.. 100
Gls•Barr.&Neils.Drci. 100 Cledon
Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West ... .. •
•• •••
Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112
Do. halves
Do. quarters
Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N. W 199 202
Lon. and Chat. Ext. B
6 per cent
Do. Bromley. 6 per c all D 0....... .. ..
Do• New Sh 1861, 4 p.c all Do. .... ... 20 22
Do. W,'. Ext. A, 48p c all D 0........ 8 0
Loudon & Greenwich 100 S.Eastern 62 64
Do. Preferen 5
Lon.,Tilb.& S.. -thend 100 Peto &Co B6 89
Lowestoft gua 4 p c.. 100• Norfolk
Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M • 3,', 41,
Mid. Bradford Prefer-
ence 81
stock
Nwmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. P i P
gua. 5 per cent...
Northm&Eastn. sp. c. all Do.. 66 58 pm
Do. 6 per cent.
Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do.
N. Eastn=Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber. .. ..
North Western
Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. ' 100 Gt. North. 92 93 924
L &N. W
Preston and `Eyre. , all & L yk. I 44 40.
Do. 4 shares A. all Do. •• • •.. .. .
Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 135 137
ch....,...ur 4t. 11 usodi .Id. mu T Brassey 125 130
Do. Do.
South Staffordshire
Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94
Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 88 98

I 92 94
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