The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-19 00:00:00

7TY NEWS. 1 SHARE

• 310.NEY 111,1

The Pera which leaves on the 20th inst. for the
East, will convey £126,397 in specie, the greater
portion of which is in silver.

In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon
there was no change of importance.
Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. dearer in
Paris, but 2-10ths per cent. cheaper in Hamburg,
than in London.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a
steady demand was experienced at former prices,
and the sales reached 8,000 bales, 4,000 of Which
-were for exportation and on speculation.
The half-yearly meeting of the Oriental Inland
Steam Company took place to-day. The report
stated that the additional steamers in the service
of the company were being satisfactorily employed
on the Ganges and Indus Rivers, and that the mail
service was easily performed. In due time the
company would occupy their natural position as
Oriental General Carriers, both by land and water.
A. large increase was anticipated in the general
river traffic of India, and measures would be taken
to open up the channels of internal trade in all
directions.

There has been very little business in the English
Stock Market to-day, and the Funds have remained
'without the slightest alteration. Consols are 92i
93 for money and the account, but the quotations
are very little better than nominal. Notwith-
standing the continued paucity of business, how-
ever, the market upon the whole exhibits a firm
appearance. The New Threes and Reduced are
931 I; the 5 per Cant. Annuities 109; Exchequer
Mills, March, 13s. to 16s. prem. ; and ditto, June,
15s. prem ; Bank Stock is 241 2421 ; India ditto
224 226; ditto 5 per Cent. 1064 y ; ditto 4 per Cent.
Enfaced Paper 89; ditto 5 per Cent. 1011; and
ditto Debentures 994.
Rather less animation has been apparent in the
Foreign _Market, and lower prices have been cur-
rent for several of the principal stocks. Turkish 6
per Cents, are 84:1 4 ; ditto, 1858, 7441, ; Chilian
103.1 ; Equador 18,1.; Mexican 341 35 ; Portuguese
47i ; Russian 102 ; Spanish 532; ditto Passive 20;
ditto Certificates 81 ; Venezuela 26 ; French 41 per
Cents. 99f. ; and Italian 5 per Cents. 68k. The
Ottoman Loan is 651 66.
Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued moderately active, but prices have exhibited
a downward tendency. Eastern Counties, Great
Northerns, Great Westerns, and South Westerns
declined 55.; Caledonians, Lancashire and York
shire, North Westerns, and South Easterns, 10s.;
and Midlands, £l.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
also shown less firmness. Austrian and Lombardo-
Venetian have declined to 197,- ; Great Luxembourg
have improved to 103 71; Grand Trunk of Canada
have receded to 251; Great Indian Peninsula to
1001; and East Indian remain steady at 102 and
1021,

Joint S',ock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
suEtaia about previous rates. City Bank realise 96;
London. and County, 401; Oriental Bank, 541;
Union of London, 311 32; Crystal Palace Stock,
32 to 321.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
-Bank Stock
a per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93/ 5
93 25
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 935 :1
5 per Cent. Annuities lO9
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent B9
Ditto 5 per Cent. lOll 2
Ditto 51 per Cent lO7l
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO ~ ... ... . ....
Consols for Account, March 6.. .. . 93
India Stock for Account, 5 per bent ......
Juno.m
1065
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.., March.
16 13 p 1.5 pm
Ditto Small ...
Ditto £5OO ...... 16 13 pm 15 pm
............... 16 13 pm ! 15 pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1852
Chilian 6 per Cent 914
Ditto 44 per Cent , 1031
. B5l
Equador New Consolidated •..
Greek
81
Imperial Moorish Scrip
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. —
Ditto Account .
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St lO2 11
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 61 1
Sardinian. 5 per Cent. ..
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto A.cco int
Ditto £lOO Bonds • 75 4/ i
6
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
,i)itto Account
7 ertenuela, 3 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
Italian, D:vidends on the above payable in London.
elle,. Rentes,
nt., 41 er Cent., Ex. 25f 995 f.
5 per Cent 68
1
Consols, Money THREE O'CLOCK,
925 3
Account

CITY, Two o'CLoCK.
The Money Market remains in a quiet state, with
a steady demand for commercial purposes, and the
terms accented by the Joint-stock establishments
and private firms continue to range a fraction below
the Bank of England minimum.
The bullion operations at the Bank of England
yesterday comprised the withdrawal of £lB,OOO in
gold.