The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-18 00:00:00

ATO.\: EY M.A RKET.

CITY NEWS—YESTERDAY.
The annual meeting of the Oriental Inland Steam
Company is convened for the 27th inst.
It is announced that the coupons of the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway (New York division),
due on the Ist January, will be paid on and after
that date at the bal,king• house of Messrs. Hey-
wood, Kennards, and Co,, at the rate of 4s. to the
dollar.
The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland
bare declared a half-yearly dividend at the rate of
4 per cent., and also an extraordinary dividend of
30s. on each £lOO share, and 12s. on each £lO
there,

The remittances of specie to the, East by the
steamer of the 20th inst. will be principally fur
China, the large amount of government bills to be
4rawn monthly on India having caused for the time
an almost entire cessation of purchases of silver for
that quarter.
log he
The total of gold by the Etna and City of Wash-
from New York has not yet been clearly
stated, but it is supposed to be over £200,000. As
the Continental Exchanges continue to show firm-
ness, and the latest quotations both from China and
Brazil are more favourable for this country, there
seems to be some likelihood of a portion of the
aaimint being taken to the Bank.
Thirty bales of Queensland cotton have just ar-
rived by the Centurion from Sydney, shipped laty
the Ipswich Cotton Cumpany, for sale in the English
tlarket, being the first instalment from the Booval
.state, where they have over 100 acres in cultiva-
n.
Samples of this cotton, which has been valued
s. 6(1. to 3s. per lb., can be seen at Messrs.
la yd, Cattell, and Co.'s, 2, Royal Exchange-
Qaildings.

CITY NEWS-THIS DAY.
There is a m CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
oderate inquiry for discount accom-
modation to-day, and the rates remain steady.
The second general meeting of the Metropolitan
and Provincial Bank proprietors will take place
On the 19th proximo for the declaration of a divi-
dend, &c,.
, The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
'0 ttils day, are in round figures hS under :
1862. 1861.
treat Western
North-Western £52,861
83,030
youth-Western
17,202
Brighton
li
Greatldland Northern
40,184 38,738
27088 27871
ttalacashir e and Yorkshire 31,,452 32,,449
istol and Exeter
orth- astern
treat Eastern
katic,
nester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 15,205 15,076
-;-';(llnlyargh and Glasgow
Vreat Western of Canada 13,915 9,958
These returns, in several instances, show some
:,,tlavourable features. On the Great Western
Nre is a decrease of £1,344; on the Great
borthern of £783 ; on the Lancashire and York-
al,',iste Of £999; and on the Great Eastern of £853.
The North Western, however, exhibits an increase
4.e928 ; the South Western of £628; the Brighton
; '11896 ; the Midland of .£1,446 ; the North
cuter°.
of £2,342 ; and the Great Western of
taua of £3,957.
From the official return issued to-day it appears
barriohe revenue of the South Austrian and Lom-
d4, -Venetian lines (extending over 1,203 miles)
or ing the week ending the 9th inst. was £42,121,
fP1)586 less than the company received in the
r:te time in 1861. On the Central of Italy branch
that° Illaisance to Bologna, a distance of 91 miles,
sameeceipts were £3,510, against £3,169 in the
Th Period of last year.
e directors of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
44.7 e announced the payment of a provisional divi-
Zd of 10s. Bd. per share on the shares with £l6
—di and of 13s. 4d. on the shares fully subscribed.

Two O'CLOCK.
The Liverpool cotton market to-day quiet, and
prices steady ; sales about 6,000 bales.
At Paris this morning, Three per Cent. Rentes
°laeo-pd at 70f. ioc., being -1 per cent. higher than
Yesterday.
tThe Bank of England minimum remains at 3
et Cent., the directors at their meeting to-day not
ing found it necessary to alter their discount
regulations.
Altho
the ugh there is no improvement to report in
tamount of business negotiated in the market
'the English Funds, the tendency of prices is in
it asuendant,'a further advance of per cent. hav-
isttaken place to-day. This upward movement
ot—easiened by a few speculative purchases based
markete more favourable prospects of the money
consols Now Nowthat the efflux of specie has subsided,
for
thelB have advanced to 921, for money and 92,
ttroaihacemant. The New Threes and the Reduced
preen at 92 I; Exchequer Bills are firm at 12s.
eett,' 'auk Stock is at 233 ; and India 5 per
140 an at 1071 1-•
ktrkete has not been much activity in the Foreignd
TUrkie' but prices have been well suppoi.te
1868'n 6 per Cents., 1854, are 84 1,-; ditto,
714. 74; and the New Loan has improved to
tu4 I ; It
9411 e 4lian to 71i ; Mexican are 31,1 ; Por-
," Scrip, 3i 4 prem. ; Russian New Loan,
have
ads Passive, 24 ; and the Certificates
aid th4uaticed to 87 N-; Venezuelan are 244 21;
39ire Scrip 2 dis. ; Turkish Consolides have risen
susi
11, nes
8 in the Railway Share Market continued
e4t4.,„." a heavy tone has prevailed in prices.
aid Aorthern A Stock has declined £l, London
\Vest hkekWall 55., and South Eastern 10s. ; North
Ihe erus, however, have improved Ss.
yell reign and Colonial lines generally were
19i ;,,UPPorted. Bahia and San Francisco brought
Lkta7; Great Luxemburg, 14 ; Grand Trunk of
seeds improved to 224, and Great Western of
4. 1084 '411• to 139
East Indian remained steady at
it Bank and Miscellaneous Shares fully
lled previous quotations.

apot BtI3IIITISH. FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
r t-,eelt
u3Per °lt. lteduced Annuities 233
92/ 1 a
a„ 3 ta. console Annuities
kottee, t' Cent. Annuities 921 1
Ind; tt ,30 3rt•s, expire lith Jan., 1880 — " " for 30 Yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5l
b., Stook 30
, IN) ..........
t)itt u Per Cent .
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent.. ,
, ,0
bltto "I Per Cent.
bebentures. 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100/ 1
Ditto
ditto April, 1864 1001
tobittoLl3itt° ditto Aug 1864 or 66 1001 1
Lichee4;3 Path! Ow
27
for i, ` ..
„,,..i. _..ccount, Jau 8 92 iI , -I."' Bills £l,OOO, 21per Ct.
.oitt:Tte,
£5OO ; l2 9 13
..,
~,,"" z,roall
12 9 13
Bra. -r 0 ,.
„a:4ilial, z IGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
4-litt--4 u Per Cent
eon `2 Per Cent 1852-58-60
h AVr .9
. 98
--Ptiali -4e3 6 per Cent
vto Se Per Cent.
Nit d Orld Is
Itli)iiitto 'Pt:,,eoruCoent.,'lB2l-5, ex-Coupons
6-2
4,,e;itle4,ll6PerPCennst. (11,1arenimana Railway) 74
eitto 1 d Per Cent
'lv o,."'ecellnt
_
. ,ell.,
bitto "ua, 2 per Cent
°l'o ex over-due Coups. & Hectares .. 121
I). Nese 3
~itte. A per Cent., 1853
psi% "'eeoUnt ...
1,41, 140 sePri, Cent., 1862
bf'ihn 5 P, £2O pd
kujte6.,.,Per
,Cent 1822 X St .. 97i
--f\giriitt ",er ent , 1862
SD'4lO lAl' Per Cent.
S
bit,-" Se
t" or e
,_ob_• ent
Trrti,,,',;',riive, ,
2413 / 4/
4r,31 uert. of Coup. not fuuded
fl, ii' A 6 Per Cent. 1854
ki,itt, `l.6eceunt
Otto A Per Gent. 1858 —
uitt- `'eeount
Otto tlOb Bonds
b.bitt,3°l6, Per Cent., 1862, Scrip, £6O pd ipm
v!,b,ezt„, aid-up Scrip
I)itt 'a, 3Per Cent
.uitte Account ..s
....
25 41
, ° A,6 Per Cent , 1862 (Scrip), £53
-elgi. .`iridendson the above 'payable in London.
41 41 paid 2 dis
bittc. z Per Cent., Ex. 25f.
4ccou'it
ef,
-4401,4.
bittu., ...tortes.
Accotait, Jan. 8 921 1
The

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-4°l at •
of having killed his mother,
hag be, Dumfries on a charge
ex‘-,1 liberated, the medical men who made a post
arrived
the anlination of the body of the deceased havingar
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bEtbilik.'ouclution that death arose from syncope, in all p
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