The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-04 00:00:00

FRANCE.

THE BOURSE, Aug. 2.—The settlement of the
Rente account is nearly terminated, and has been
got through without difficulty. The market has
been firm, and with a slight improvement on the
closing price of yesterday, Threes, for the Account,
being now at 69f. sc. The settlement of the rail-
way account is also progressing satisfactorily.
Shares are firm, but not much doing. The market
closed as follows :
It per Cents .. 97 70 Bank Shares 3200
Do end Credit P under llB5
3 per Cents
Do. end month.... 69 10 Italian Loan 72 80
New 3 per Cents .. Roman
Do, end month.... Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 841 25 Spaniz,h Threes 5O 75
Do. end month.... 845 Home Debt
RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans lOl5 .. 1013 75
Northern -
New ditto — • •
Lyons and Mediterranean 1102 50 .. 1108 75
Geneva 355
Southern 822 50 .. 825
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian
Lorr•bard

487 50 .. 486 25
620 20 .. 617 60

ST. GEORGE, HAN OVER-SQUARE.—On Thursday
last, about 400 of the children belonging to the South-street
schools were treated to an excursion to the Rye-house at
Hoddesdon, Herts. They were conveyed from the school-
house in vans to the Eastern Counties Railway, Shoreditch,
and from thence by an express train to the Rye-house,
where they arrived about 12 o'clock, and soon began to en-
joy themselves in several rustic games. At 1 o'clock they
partook of an excellent dinner, abundantly served in the old
nail, to which they did ample justice; after grace and two
hymns had been sung, they gave hearty cheers for the
Queen, the Marquis of Westminster, the patron of the
schools ; the rector, Mr. Knox ; and the masters and mis-
tresses. Open air amusements were again resumed until
5 o'clock, when tea and cake were plentifully supplied to
them. The gentlemen composing the school fete
com-
mittee dined in the conservatory ; the rector, the
and Rev.was
Henry Howorth, 8.D,, presided as chairman,
supported by his curates, the Rev. Messrs.
Eagsa Goode, Mr.
wain ; Drs. Brewer and Aldis, Mr.
apprrho;liate toasts were
Knox, and Mr. Englefield. Stan
drunk, am' some neat speeches made, particularly one by
cwhhtce
nktio d n
.a n Christian d
A ck
that old and benevolent inhabitant of St.
George's, Dr.
Brewer, and late churchwarden, s
remarks were listened to with
the children were collected togetheraot, andin after singingl the
national anthem proceeded on their return journey, having
with all present spent a delightful day, the pleasures of
which were heightened by the fineness of the weather.
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Brothers, :
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Emigration
thers, of London, to sail from Plymouth or Southatap.
ton, as may be hereafter decided, in the first week in Sep-
tember, for Adelaide, South Australia, at £l3 78. per statute
adult. •

THE EXCITEMENT IN NETY FOREIGN
LOANS.

(Front the Money 21arkit Review.)

IVe drew the attention of our readers last week
to the probability of the introduction of a large
number of new projects, and even of a sort of mania
arising for new foreign loans. This anticipation is
tieing realised even more rapidly than we had ex-
pected. The week now closing has been marked
by the announcement of no less than three new
foreign loans—namely, the Venezuelan, the Peru-
vian, and the Egyptian, all of which are at consi-
derable premiums ; thus indicating a decided ap-
petite on the part of the public for this kind of spe-
culation. Including the Portuguese, which is not
yet allotted, there are now four foreign loans on
the market tcgether. Yet the market is not strained,
and the high premium on both the Egyptian issues
combined with the enormous extent of the applica-
tions for the Portuguese, and with the fact that the
Venezuelan Loan had already, up to last evening,
been subscribed for seven times over, argues a very
large capacity on the part of the speculative public.
It must be borne in mind that the individual amount
of each loan is limited. For example, the new
Venezuelan stock is so small in amount that the
whole will probably speedily disappear amongst the
numerous connections of the great house which has
brought it forward. Again, the Peruvian Loan is
to consist in part of a mere fusion of the existing
Peruvian stocks, which are to be taken in lieu of
cash. Although we believe that there will yet be
in the future a vast deal of speculation and even ex-
citement in the foreign stock-market, and more par-
ticularly in the scrip of new loans, there seems rea-
son to apprehend that for the moment the market
will have a fit of indigestion unless it observes more
moderation.