The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

CITY NEWS-SATURDAY.

About 196,000 in bar gold was bought by the
Bank to-day, and a considerable amount of Russian
is expected to be taken there next week.

The directors of the London and South African
Bank have issued a circular, announcing the pay-
ment of a dividend of Gs. per share in anticipation
of the annual general meeting.
With reference to the disaster to the Cape Town
Railway, caused by the recent floods, we are offi-
cially informed that the advices received in no way
Warrant the report in the abstract of Cape news
given by a contemporary, that damage to the ex-
tent of £50,000 had been done to the line. The
important injury appears to have been confined to
the destruction of a 30 feet and 12 feet bridge. The
traffic, however, was only interrupted from July 28
to August 2.

A dividend of 111 d. per share is announced as
klyable on the shares of the Tourney to Jurbise
and Linden to Hasselt Railway Company.

Messrs. Rothschild and Sons announce that
bonds representing £59,300 of the Brazilian Loan
tof 1824-25, £5,200 of that of 1839, and £3,200 of
that of 1859, will be paid off at par on the Ist of
October.

The arrival was announced this morning of the
Fiery Cross, from Foo-choo-foo, with the first
supply of the new season's crop of tea. It is the
otatom to allow the first ship that comes forward
with the new season's tea from 10s. to 20s. per ton
beyond the usual charge for freight.
The Flying Spur has also arrived from China
With 871,0001b5. of tca.

CITY NEWS--THIS DAY .
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is a moderate demand for discount accom.
modation at firm quotations.

The Asia, with £5,270, and the Bremen, with
£8,700 in specie, have been announced from New
York.

The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway
of Canada for the week ending the 12th instant
amounted to £9,890, against £8,017 last year.
A general meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
CoLipany has been convened for the 22d proximo.
The directors of the London and South African
Bank have determined to distribute 6s. per cent. on
account of the next yearly dividend.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts
for the past week are generally of a satisfactory
character. Business at Manchesterrhowever, has
been inactive, operations having been in some in-
tances restricted by the advices from America. The
woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, and
Huddersfield has been moderately active, and the
operatives generally are fairly employed. In the
hardware districts, viz., of Birmingham, Sheffield,
amd Wolverhampton, there have been symptoms of
a gradual improvement.
The Tasmanian, announced this morning from
the West Indies, has brought £433,685 in specie.

Two O'CLOCK.

An i►'npr'ovement of /r- per cent. has taken place
today in the English Stock Market, and for the
moment a :midi better tone seems to prevail. The
transactions, however, still indicate dulness of
speculation, and very limited business on behalf of
the investing classes. A few purchases have never-
theless been effected, and hence the symptoms of
buoyancy now perceptible, Consols being firm at
931 a, both for money and the Bth proximo. The
New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced remain at
911 92 ; Exchequer Bills, March, 19s. prem. ; India
.5 per Cent. Loan is steady, at 1082 f
A rather buoyant tone has pervaded the Foreign
market, and a fair amount of business has been
recorded. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 851; 86/ ;
ditto 1858, 68 69; ditto New Scrip, 11 0 dis. ;
and the Consolides, 374 38; Mexican are-31c, ;
Egyptian, 90 4; Peruvian Scrip, 14- dis. ; Portu-
guese, 2± I prem. ; Russian paid-up ditto, 944 ;
Sardinian, 831, being flat ; Spanish Passive have
improved to 22± ; and Italian 5 per Cents to 711.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings
have been to an average extent, and prices gene-
rally re a shade firmer. Bristol and Exeter, Great
Eastern 3, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North West-
erns, and North Eastern (Berwick) have improved
Es.; Great Westerns and South Easterns, 108. ; and
Great Nortt,erns, 15s.

The Foreil,•n and Colonial lines continue dull,
Without any change of importance to notice in
values.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are
in limited favour. London and Westminster realise
; London and South African, 212-; Crystal
Palace Stock, 341
The shares of the Cambrian Gold Mining Com-
pany are steady ate to ,1 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l/ 2
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent. lOBl f
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864 1011
Consols for Account, Oct. 8
June. I March.

Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Ct. ..
Ditto £500: I
Ditto Small ...... . 119 pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent
101
Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ...
90/ 90
Egyptian, 7 per Cent., Scrip
89
Ditto Paid-up Scrip
34/
Mexican, 3 per Cent
34
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto 41 New, ` 18697 A Scrip, £33 paid
2
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853..
Ditto Scrip, £l5 pd
Russian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St —
Ditto, Paid up Scrip 94i
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Passive..
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 .. 68 1
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 (Scrip), £5O paid 1$ 1
Ditto, Paid up Scrip 66a 74
Dividends on tha above nayable in London.
Italian, 5 par Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
Ditto Account - 7 l 7l i

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, :Money
Ditto Account

THE WOMEN RATHER LIRE THE INVASION..—A
letter from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where the rebels
were expected every hour, says :—" The women rather like
the invasion. It is odd that far loss anxiety was exhibited
by women. than by men. They sat tranquilly on their
deor-stepa, and only the older ones appeared desirous to
leave. Th e young ones had heard that Southerners were
gentlemanly and often good looking. Female curiosity was
excited, an d anticipated no harm. The girls, therefore,
Were as lively as at a strawberry festival, and trotted about
with supreme indifference. ' I just feel like laughing all
the time,' was the remark of one maiden, which well illus-
trated the sentiment of the rest.''
SUGAR DIITIES.—There can be no doubt what-
ever that the consumption of sugar in Great Britain is
capable of very large increase ; moderate cost, and the re-
movalofsugars
of restriction as to the general use of the finer class
gars
being the main element required to bring it
about.
The question of revenue must, of course, be a
material consideration with Government; but recent expe-
rience certainly leads to the conclusion that it would not
suffer under
a furtherduties which took i reduction of duty. The reduction of
an formed of it, as regards the increase
ee in 1845 may be said to have an-
swered the expectations
of production.
cannot be concealed that consump-
tionstill
its
is checked by the heavy and vexatious existing duties.
Nearly as much sugar was
scarcely
in 1347 as in 1860,
and even last year there was el
an increase of three-
quarters of a million cwt, over the
importsof 15 years ago>
—The Grocer.
A gentleman once jocularly said that he had three
fine, daughters, to whom he should give £lO,OOO
no one had yet come forward to marry thin. " each, and,
eleave, doctor," said an Irishman who Was With your
up and making a respectful bow, ,4
I'll
taizeentswoto,fstepping
Commodore Yelverton, C. 8., the Inspector! hem."
Gene-
ral of the Coastguard, having completed his inspection
the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, is now in Walesanl
will very probably return to his office in Spring..gardens
about the middle of next week.—Army and Navy Gazette.
CELERY BLIGHT.—The Nottingham Journal re-
ports that a severe blight has fallen on the celery at East
Rettord, where it is extensively grown for the Sheffield
rnarket. Within the last week or two the craps, which were
looking most promisingly, appear to have been smitten all at
°nee, and large fl ' ,
flats of it have now the .
appearance of dried
furz,
e. At first this state of things was attributed
earlys frosts, which it was thought had caught the plant in
Iteehearlier stage, but on examination it was foundtohaysoe
u caused by a small green maggot or grub, which is
neatly embedded between the fibres of the leaf as at first to
e scarcely cliAtivpiNlaaDle.