The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-05 00:00:00

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CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

CITY NEWS-THIS DAY.

Two O'CLOCK,

There is a dull but steady market for' Public
Securities. Speculation is chiefly directed to
foreign investments, but Consols are maintained at
931 1-4 for money, and at 93 94 for the June ac •
count. Dealings have been officially recorded in
the New Threes and Reduced Annuities at 917, 911;
in Indian 5 per Cents. at 1084 -I; in 4 per Cents.
Enfaced at 91 911 ; ditto 5 per Cents, at 103 to
103 E; ditto 51 at 1089 ; Exchequer Bills are 21s.
prem. ; and India Bonds, 275. 30s. prem. ; Bank
Stock is 236.

Considerable animation has pervaded the Foreign
Market, and prices have experienced a further im-
provement. Spanish Certificates have been in
especial request, dealings having taken place at
11, the latest quotations being 101 1, showing a
slight reaction. Italian 5 per Cents. have advanced
per cent., viz., to 701 71 ; Mexican are firm at
32, and Venezuelan at 231 24 ; Egyptian 7 per Cent.
Scrip has risen to 11 21 prem., and Sardinian 5 per
Cents. to 841 ; Turkish 6 per Cents. are main-
tained at 801 811 ; ditto, 1858, at 711 ; and the
New Scrip at 31 prem.

A noticeable feature has been an improvement in
Russian Scrip, from a discount to zi t premium. It
appears that Messrs. Rothschild received applica-
tions for about£ls,ooo,ooo,whereas the amount for
appropriation represented £10,000,000. This result
has created some little surprise, owing to the
apathy shown on the Stock Exchange, and the
apparent indifference with which the operation
was viewed by the public at large. It is under-
stood, however, that the Continental Markets have
largely contributed to the success of the affair.
In the Railway Share Market, the dealings
have been moderately active, and a slight advance
has taken place in the prices obtained for several
of the principal British undertakings. Caledonians
and Eastern Counties have improved ss. ; Great
Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Wes-
terns, and Midlands 10s. North Eastern (Berwick)
and South Easterns, however, have declined ss.
The Foreign lines continue in fair request, but
the Belgian have slightly given way. Great
Luxemburg have receded to 15 and 151; Dutch
Rhenish to 181- ; and Sambre and Meuse to 12 and
121. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian,
however, are firm at 211 21/.

For the Colonial undertakings the inquiries were
limited. Grand Trunk of Canada have declined to
251 26; Great Western of Canada realise 121 i;
East Indian, 104Q7 and Great Indian Peninsula,
1021 1021.

Joint Stock Bank Shares show a slight improve-
ment. Oriental Bank realise 514 ; London and
County, 401; Ottoman Bank, 271; and Union of
London, 33.

The Alliance Bank Shares are 51 61 prem. ; Im-
perial, 2- prem. ; Northern Counties 2f 31 prem. ;
and British Colombian, $1 prem.
In the Miscellaneous Market Crystal Palace
Stock has improved to 361 37 ; London General
Omnibus Co. brought 11 11; and Peninsular and
Oriental Steam declined to 691.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 'per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93i 4
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 1/ 2i
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 5-16 t
India Stock
Ditto 6 per Cent. lost i
Ditto Enfaced Paper, .4 per Cent 913/4 1
Ditto 5 per Cent lo3} i
Ditto 53/4 per Cent lOBl
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 27
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account, May 8
India Stock for Account, 5 per edit
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 2l pm
Ditto £5OO .. .. 21 pm
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 6 per Cent
Ditto, S per Cent., 1839 & 1859 99t
Egptian, 7 per Cent
Italian, 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) _

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Ditto Scrip — 1 2 11
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Imperial Moorish Scrip 9lh
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 451 /
liussian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St —
Difto 4i per Cent.
91
:Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive .... 44±
Spanish Cert. of Coup_ not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent......... ... lOl i 11a 10,1
Ditto Account ..... .
Ditto 6 per Cent ,1858
Ditto Account .. .
Ditto 1862 (Scrip) 3/ 3 i
Ditto, Pain up Scrip
Ven.zuela, 3 per Cent • .
Diti,o Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Ga —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861
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TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money • 93f 4
Ditto Account
Ditto Tune, ditto 93i 4

THE Fox CLUB.—The third meeting of the Fox
Club this year took place on Saturday evening at Brookes's ;
present :—Earl of Albemarle, Lord Chas. J. Fox Russell,
Lord LlanoTer, Earl of Camperdown, Lord Cremorne,
Colonel C. B. Challoner, Mr. John St. Aubyn, M.P., Mr.
E. K: Tenisonf Hon. W. C. W. Coke, M.P., Viscount
Dalrymple, Colonel J. M. Caulfield, Hon. Edward S.
Russell, Lord Ssndis, Mr. Edward Ayshford Sanford,
Earl of Fife, Hon. Ha:nilton H. Duncan, Lord Carew, Sir
Geo. R. Philips, Mr. Augustus Keppel Stephenson, Right
Hon. J. W. Fitzpatrick, General Sir H. Ferguson Davie
M.P., Earl of Gosford, Right Hon. Stephen Lushington,
Mr. Frederick Dundas, M.P., Right Hon. Edward Ellice,
M.P., Viscount Eversley, Hon. Leopold Agar Ellis, M.P.,
Mr. Edward Ellice, Jun., M.P., Lord Deere, Earl of Straf-
ford, Col. R. A. Shafto Adair, Marquis of Hartington.
A destructive fire occurred two days since at
Cysoing, near Lille, by which sixty-three houses, occupied
by weavers, were reduced to ashes. As all the buildings
were thatched, the flames spread with the utmost rapidity,
and all efforts to arrest their progress proved in vain.
Several persons were rather seriously injured, and 163 are
left houselese and destitute, but the authorities have taken
active measures to relieve their most urgent wants. The
fire is supposed to have been caused accidentally.

A new line Of railway, which connecte the Pateley
Bridge district \with Leeds, Bradford, and Manchester has
been opened. T.he line is dearly twelve miles long.
A fine health.iv child has died at Bradford from
the effects of eating 3 quantity Putrid
of orange peel, which
the deceased had
pid:ted up ill the /market place.

The progress of business in the manufacturing
districts generally has exhibited little change of
importance during the past week. At Manchester
there has been a better demand for cloths and yarns
for China. The result of the American advices,
however, has caused a further advance in the value
of both. The woollen trade at Leeds has been dull,
except for light fabrics for home requirements. At
Bradford, HaliLx, and Huddersfield there have
been a few inquiries for goods on French account,
and prices have remained steady. The hosiery and
lace trades at Leicester and Nottingham have ex-
hibited more animation owing to the fineness of the
weather; but in the hardware districts, viz., at
Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, no
particular improvement can be reported.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday
business was moderately active, and prices wero
steady. The sales were 5,000 bales.
About £33,000 in gold was taken into the Bank
of England on Saturday.

The Magdalena, from the Brazils, has brought
.£39,588 ; and the Asia, from New York, £31,445
in. specie.

The Niagara, for New York, took £4,000 in specie.
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway
of Canada for the week ending the 18th ultimo,
amounted to £10,184 against £9,970 last year.
The demand for discount accommodation is quieter
as usual, just after the monthly liquidation of com-
mercial accounts, but the market still retains a very
Arm appearance, and it seems to be the general
opinion that the rates will shortly exhibit a fur-
ther upward tendency, through the transmission of
specie to Turkey and Egypt, on account of the
loans lately introduced, and other influences. The
quotations at present, however, are indicative of
abundant supplies and moderate requirements, the
Bank of England minimum being 2i per cent.,
while accommodation is obtainable in other quar-
ters as low as 21 per cent.