The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-19 00:00:00

CITY NEWS-THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Ceylon, leaving to-morrow with the Indian
and China mails, will take out £410,250 in specie.
The Liverpool cotton market yesterday continued
to present a. very excited appearance, and 15,000
bales were disposed of at a further slight advance.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to tials day, are in round figures as under :

Great Western 1862. 1861.186 60,286
North-Western
South-Western ..........,,
23,8252 5,978
25,729
Brighton
Midland 41,653 37,499
,South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter
1f 6,939 6,672
orth-Eastern .. 37,100 41,228
Eastern Counties
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow and South-Western
Great Western of Canada
These returns are, in most instances, of a satisfac-
tory character. On the Great Western there is an
increase of £1,620 ; on the North Western of
_410,034 ; on the Brighton of £1,833 ; on the
Midland of £4,154 ; on the South Eastern of
£4,137; on the Great Northern of £353; on the
Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,030; on the
Eastern Counties of £3,549; and on the Great
Western of Canada of £1,607. The South Western
statement, however, shows a decrease of £1,904;
the North Eastern of £4,128, and the Edinburgh
and Glasgow of £197.

Bank Stock
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
234 5i
..................
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities O4 2
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
liew 21 per Cent. Annuities •...
75
India Stock
1071 8 71
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
1031 3
Ditto 5f per efe.nt. ......... . . ...„ 109
Ditto DebentrAres, 4 per Cent., Oct. .
~ 1863 991
Ditto dtito April, 1864 991
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991 I
Ditto Ponds aOOO
Consols for Account, July 10
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .. . •
108
Excheainer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Br,milieu, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
31(
Egyptian, 7 per Cent
Ditto Paid-up Scrip .. 85 2
i I
Mexican, 3 per Cent
291 8 9h 8,
Ditto Account
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
,ilissian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1800
Ditto, O per Cent., 1862. Scrip
Ditto, Paid up Scrip
93i 1
Fardinian 5 per Cent ...........
Ditto Account ... ...... 821
Spanish 3 per Cent.....
Ditto New —
Deferred ............ i
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive. „
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 ..... • . 81
Ditto Account -
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
,
Ditto Account
(5crip)................ 71 '
Ditto 1862
..............
Ditto, Paid up Scrip. ...
Voneatuela, 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account .....
I:%videnda on the above payable in London.

Two O'CLOCK.
Very little interest has been manifested today
in the weekly meeting of the Bank of England
directors. A week ago their proceedings were
watched with some anxiety, because it was pre-
sumed that a change in the discount regulations
Was imminent on account of the large withdrawals
of sovereigns for transmission to Turkey. The out-
flow, however, suddenly ceased, and since then the
movement has been in an opposite direction, a
large proportion of the late Australian arrivals
having been disposed of to the authorities. The
last balance-sheet exhibited a !decrease of £453,623
in the stock of bullion, being a smaller diminution
than most persons interested in the subject had
anticipated, and it is not improbable that the return
completed this afternoon for publication to-morrow
will show a reactionary tendency, because as much
as £220,000 has been sent in to the establishment,
While the contraction of the circulation, usual at
this period of the year, will no doubt have econo-
mised the supplies of coin in the hands of the
public. To-day the market presents a very easy
appearance, and instances are recorded of bills of a
superior class being negotiated at 21 per cent., but
2i in the general charge for three months bills.
The English Stock Market to-day has presented
a firmer appearance, and Consols are nearly
per cent, higher, viz., 911 92 for money, and 92 I
for the 10th proximo. Speculation, however quiet,
indicates an impression on the part of the operators
that prices will improve rather than otherwise
Owing to the abundance of money, and the tendency
to accumulation in the bullion of the Bank of England.
The New Threes and the Reduced have improved to
911 1. Exchequer Bills remain at 3s. to 6s. prem.;
Bank Stock is flat, at 234 and 235 f ; but the India
5 per Cent. Loan has advanced to 1071 108.
In the Foreign Market Mexican Stock has expe-
rienced a considerable decline, dealings having
taken place at 281, the latest price being 281 29.
Most of the other securities, however, are well sup-
r;z:r3teld. Egyptian Scrip has further advanced to
dniaBnPBr2ein; Moorish 6 per Cents. are 951; Sar-
Spaniah Deferred 44/ • l9: ditto Passive ; ditto Certificates have improved to 81 9; And
More to 234 24,
More activity has prevailed
American Securities during the the past
week, and
Mr. 14 market for
s_.
F. Satter-
prices have tended upwards.
thwaite, in his weekly report, states that "the
markets for American securities in London, to-day,
have been characterised by unwonted activity, the

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news received by Hibernian having been of that
nature as to induce extensive purchasing for ship-
ment to New York; in fact, the market has been
completely stripped of all bonds offering at anything
like late rates. The plethora of the American
Money Market, with the inflation of the currency,
had caused an unusual speculation in stocks and
shares of both fired and doubtful value; and not-
withstanding the advance in the rate of exchange
to 115 k, and the increasing efflux of gold, specula-
tors seemed evidently bent upon forcing prices still
higher. The mrrkets close firm, with an active in-
quiry for all descriptions of bonds."
Business in the Railway Share Market has exhi-
bited slight symptoms of improvement, although
there is little change of importance to record in
prices. South-Western and North-Eastern (Ber-
wick) have advanced about 55., and North-Western,
10s. ; Caledonian, however, have declined 15s. ;
Midland, as. ; and Norfolk, 10s.

For the Foreign and Colonial lines there has
been only a limited inquiry. Bahia and San
Francisco remain steady at 17t ; Sambre and
Meuse have declined to 107 g ; Grand Trunk of
Canada, to 23; and Great Western of Canada, to
111; East Indian are steady at 1061 ; and Great
Indian Peninsula, at 104 to 1041 ; Bombay and
Baroda are very flat at 1024.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
barely sustain former quotations; Strand Hotel
shares are prem,

Consols, Money THREE O'CLOCK,9Ii 2
Ditto Account