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

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
During the past week the prowess of business in
the textile mar afacturing districts was again satis-
factory. At Manchester a fair amount of business
Was transacted in cloths and yarns for the India
and China markets at fully previous *rates, The
woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Hudders.
field continued moderately active, owing to opera-
tions for the autumn and winter demands. In the
hosiery and lace departments at Leicester and
Nottingham there has been a seasonable inquiry for
most description of goods, and the future prospects
of trade are considered encouraging. Business at
Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, and
several of the hardware districts, however, remained
inactive, owing to the absence of foreign orders and
the diminished inquiry for home use.
The Europa, from America, has brought £20,681,
and the Marco Polo, from Port Phillip, £43,420, in
Specie.

The royal mail steamer Magdalena has arrived
at Lisbon from the Brazils, with £1,339.
The attention of the members of the Stock Ex-
change, and also of the investing and speculative
elaeses, is still directed to the foreign loans and
other projects recently introduced. Numerous
transactions are reported in the former, and sub-
scribers are now anxiously looking forward to the
allotment. The Portuguese has been issued, and
the price is 3 I prem. The Peruvian and Vene-
zuelan remain steady, with rather an upward ten-
dency.

The commercial engagements of the 4th of the
month having now been provided for, the demand
for
money has slackened, and the rates for first-
class bills show greeter easiness, being 11 per
cent. The consequence is an extremely limited
inquiry at the Bank of England. There appears
11
to be no diminution in the available supplies among
the joint-stock and private establishments, and
competition being exceedingly active unusual faci-
lities are offered the mercantile community.
A dividend of £2 10s. per share, free of income-
tax, for the half-year ending the 30:h of June 8
last, was declared today at the half-yearly meet- :I
ing of the Kent Waterworks Company.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The English Stook Market to-day has been
exceedingly heavy, Consols at one time were as low
es 931 for money, and 93: 2 for the Sep-
tember account, bat they are now 1 per
cent. higher, viz., 93: 2, and 932 ; re-
spectively. The prevailing depression results
from sales encouraged by the new loans which
attract the attention of investors and speculators.
The New Threes have receded to 93-2 ; the Re-
duced, to 931 Exchequer Bills are fiat at 265.
prem.; Bank Stock is firm at 240; India ditto fiat
at 226; and the Five per Cent. Loan at 1081 2.
The transactions in the Foreign department have
not been very extensive, and prices have shown
no important variation. Turkish 6 per Cents, are
881 ; ditto, 1858, 741- 75; ditto, New Loan Scrip,
3 prem. Egyptian Scrip is firm at 151 161 prem ;
ditto paid up 971 981. Italian 5 per Cents. are firm at 722 ; ditto Railway Loan, 74/. Peruvian 41
per Cents. are 1011 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 891 90 ;
Portuguese, 46q; Russian Scrip is 4 prem.; Sardi-
nian have improved to 851; but Venezuelan remain
kit 264 271.
The New Portuguese Loan is 2; 31 prem.; Vene-
zuelan, 2 1 ; Peruvian, 1 f prem,; and New Egyp-
ti-913, 9 10 prem.
this Railway Share Market the dealings have
been limited, and prices in most instances have
shown a downward movement, owing to a few spe-
culative sales. Bristol and Exeter, Great Northern,
and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have receded
58.; Great Western, 10s. ; and Caledonians and
South Westerns, 15s.
The F neign and Colonial undertakings show
little change of importance. South Austrian and
Lombardo-Venetian realise 22:; Great Luxem-
bourg, 14-2 ; Dutch-Rhenish, 171 ; Great Western
of Canada are firm at 12: 6 ; East Indian at 1044;
Great Indian Peninsula at 1021 103 ; and Bombay
and Baroda at 1012.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
generally support previous quotations. Ottoman
Bank have improved to 281 2, London and West-
minster to 80, Union of Australia to 45/ 461; and
Rio de Janeiro Improvement Scrip to 3.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
240 38
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
D3t 4 f
New 3 per Cent. Annuities C3$ I i
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
limo Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Vitt° 5 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864 101
Consols for Account, Aug. 7 93i i i i
xctiequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 26 29
Ditto £5OO .....
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...,.._
Ditto Small - -
26 29
I
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES_
trazilian, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
tuenoso
AyreA 6 per Cent
P 2
DittAccount ...
.
ehilian .._6 per Cent.
73
~,,., 'Ditto 3 per Cent
• lB
',..squador New Consolidated
151 16k 15
z''YPtian, 7 per Cent., Scrip
no, 7f si 7 8
... Ditto Paid
en
Scrip • • ~- . Ital. - f.-. a Railway) 741
lan o per Cent. •,kviaretnman
e.,:ilvign 4} per Cent
101 i 4 1
-1-)i'to Account
...s Ditto 3 per Cent , 892 90
l'ortituguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Dto Account 461 7
o....s'iNian 6 per Cent 1822 £ St --
Ditto-uitto 1 per Cent.
_ 1862 (Scrip)
44 are •
..1,., -iman 5 per Cent ...........
Dit,l-)ith 3 Der Cent.
Ditto New Deferred
to Pasaive.„
~Panish Cert. of Coup. not funded
...orkish 6 per Cent. 1854
)ii-t
- 0 Account ............ 861 6
:Litto 6 per cent. 1858 ............... 741
„...yiitt° Account
tto, 4100 Bonds
...I)itto 6 per Cent., 1862, Scrip .......... 3 24 3,1
,v,D, itto, Paid up Scrip. ............... 704 i 1 701
13ezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account ...... 27i 6i 71
P, Dividends on the above Davable in London. 4
furh 21 per Cent. Exchange 12 Gail. .. 64i
Italian 6 per Cent,, 1861, Ex. 25f. ..... 72a 2 14
THREE O'cLocz.
conAols Money..
Ditto'Account
_ A1rid1.10...........
Pri,, LATE
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L MURDER AT LUDGATE-HILL.—Mrs.
th",,'°, Who was acquitted at the Central Criminal Court of
is - murder of her two children on the ground of insanity,
altill c.onfined in Novgate. Tho health of the unfortu-
Prisouer is greatly improved.