The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-24 00:00:00

MUD

KET,

CITY NE WS-YESTERDAY.

the famine year of 1846-47, when Ireland was
chiefly supplied with that grain, and the total was
2,145,000 qrs. The average of Indian corn shipped
to the United Kingdom during 16 years has been
734,000 qrs. The quantities of this grain sent to
the Continent have been unimportant.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The demand for money is not very active, but a
steady business is nevertheless reported, and the
dealers and discount houses show a disposition to
ask rather higher terms for the business they ne-
gotiate. Superior descriptions of commercial bills,
however, are still taken freely at 1 per cent.

Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris, and about 2-10ths per cent.
higher here than in Hamburg.
Notice hay been given that tenders for bills of
exchange on India for the sum of 38,00,000 rupees
will be received until the Ist proximo.

The firet annual meeting of the East Del Rey
Mining Company will take place on the 2d pros.
A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. is announced
by the Protector Endowment Loan and Annuity
Company,

Two o'CLocjc.
The Liverpool cotton market was very inactive
to day, and sales small, at lower prices.
The Three per Cent. Rentes, at Paris, this morn-
ing, opened at 69f. 15c., and improved to 69f. 20c.,
being k per cent_ better than yesterday.
The half-yearly meeting of the London General

Omnibus Company took place to-day. The report
of the directors states that the result of the opera-
tions for the past six months is more satisfactory
than that of any corresponding half-year. The
receipts exceed those of 1861 by X 16,787 16s. ld.,
and the expenses were £7,280 13s. 4d. less
than in the same period of last year. The net
profit of the six months is given at £24,289 Os. 6d.
This increase of the profit is partly attributable to
the traffic occasioned by the International Exhibi-
tion ; but, independently of this, it is stated that
the returns for the months previous to the opening
of the Exhibition show a large increase in corn-I
parison with the corresponding dates. The direc-
tors also anticipate to place before the shareholders
at their next financial meeting a report which will
show that the company's affairs are highly sound
and satisfactory.
Although very little business has been transacted
to-day in the Market for the English Funds, a
few speculative sales have been effected, which
have caused slight heaviness. Consols are 934
for money, and 931 a for the account.
The dealings in the Foreign Market have been
moderately active. Egyptian Loan is fiat, at 9'► ;
ditto, 2d issue, at 891 90 ; Mexican at 314 4 ;
Moorish remain at 931 ; Russian 5 per Cents. are
951 ; ditto New Loan, 941 ; Spanish Passive have
been rather actively dealt in at 211 to 22. The
Certificates are firm at 101 ; Turkish 6 per Cents.,
1854, 851 86; ditto, 1858, 681; ditto New Loan
Scrip, 14 1 dis., and the Consolides 37* I.
In the Railway Share Market the operations
have been very restricted, and the few dealings
entered into have been at a slight decline. North
Western and South Western have receded 55., and
North British 10s. ; Great Westerns, Midlands, and
South Easterns continue at about previous quota-
tions.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings, in some
instances, exhibit more firmness. South Austrian
and Lombardy realise 22; Bahia and San Fran- t
4,:sco, 20k ; Great Western of Canada have improved
to ; 121 1 and Great Indian Peninsula to 104-i. .2 8

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneoss shares re-
mained without material change in prices. The
shares of the Cambrian Gold Mining Co. are steady
at a to -3- prem., and shares of the Royal Forest of
Dean are quoted to prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
!>.,tuauities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 1-16
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2ll
India Stock ...... —
Ditto 6 per Cent.
-, lino Effaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
1
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent. Oct. 1863 104 5/
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100/
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO March. June.
, 3 per Ct. .. 20 3 17
Ditto
£5OO
Ditto Small ..................... 0
...
220 3 21
3 2 1 17
adIiFOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Dan 3 per Cent. ....
itto 41 per Cent ................
Egyptian, 7 per Cent., Scrip ...........
Ditto aid up Scrip. ................ 891 9
I'alian 5 per Cent. Naremmana Railway) 721
Mexican, 3 per Cent -
Ditto Account
.............. 34a k
'Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent ...... 931
eruvian 41 per Cent
Ditto 3 pet Cent.
Ditto Account
891
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853., Ditto Paid-up Scrip .....
Ditto, Paid up Scrip ................. ~ 94± k
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account ................. 84
Spanish 3 per Cent .....
.....
s DDitto New Deferred ................... 45
itto Passive.,, ............... ~.... 211 2 11 i I a
pinish Cert. of Coup. not funded
T u,
j,
,r 1
Ikii
ttti
tttsoooh
Account
cpceorun Cent,Account •
1854
85
3,itto
~ _
cpceoructietnt... 35.!
6-81 8
.pavelirdenexdSrip
Ditto, pPe.rdeent , 1862 (Scrip), £5O paid 14 6 I
Dutch 21: F 4 on the above Payable in London.
Ditto i'!,,,,tifi,ea?..t., Exchange 12 Guil.
Italian, 5 per Cen'tB., 1861, Ex. ren 25.
Ditto Ac3ornat
f.
Conols, Money THREE 0' CLOCK.
Ditto Account
931 a
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..._.,,_.._..,_____________ -
_PRICE OF GOLD
---,eh_ -
21.15.20 about at par,
The quotation of gold at
on
and the short exchange on London is
itntriseteeroltin L.
it appear:
ptifaaritagold is
on comparing these rates with the English 3PILr
17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold,
about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than i
11Y advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 4 451 Per mark,
2tl the short exchange on London is 13.51 per .£1 sterlino:
Btandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about.
219ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
CO days' sight is 1301 to 1311 per cent., and the premium on
Pelt is i 9 to 191 per cent. At these rates there is a profit
he importation of gold from the United States.

6 5,1 6 51

Place6ngular case of somnambulism has just taken
Erie at Ang
to ouleme. A labouring man, while on a visit to
nti, g‘-)t up from his bed, and opening the window, fell
into the street from a height of about 15 feet wi'hout
bt• awa-
ktllhHe then walked through the town, and did not awake
e had arrived at the barrier, where he was surprised
klad hilze9lf akin in his ;light dram

The Vienna exchange exlllbits7further move-
ment in favour of Austria, the exchange on London
having declined yesterday from 126.25 to 125.70.
About £B,OOO in gold was bought by the Bank
to-day. About £25,000 in bars and sovereigns have
been sent to Portugal.
The bar silver brought by the West India packet
has been disposed of at 611 d. This establishes a
decline of id. from the price realised for the amount
by the previous steamer, in consequence of a dimi-
nution in the demand for Bombay. The Mexican
dollars are not yet sold.
The current New York advices contain a full
statement of the exportation of grain and flour
from the United States to Europa during the com
mercial year from Sept. 1, 1861, to Sept. 1, 1862.
From this it appaars that the total quantity of
Wheat and flour sent to the United Kingdom in the
twelve months was equal to 5,000,500 qrs., or about
2 per cent. in excess of the previously unparalleled
total of the year ending Sept. 1, 1861. This amount
is nearly three times as high as the highest attained
during any of the previous 14 years, the total even
in the memorable season of 1846 and 1847 having
been only 2,604,000 qrs. The average of the 16
Commercial years ending the let inst. was 1,676,500
qrs. The shipments to the Continent this year
have amounted to 1,367,782 qrs., against 925,000
qrs. in 1861. The Continental accounts extend over
only eight years, and the average for that space has
been 470,000 qrs. per annum. Of Indian corn the
shipments to the United Kingdom for the present
year have been 1,586,000 qrs., which is also higher "
than on any former occasion with the exception of