The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-06 00:00:00

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

Two O'CLoCK.
A meeting of the proprietors of the Ottoman
Bank has been held to-day, when the directors
were authorised to apply to the Treasury for the
power to increase the capital to £1,000,000.
Speculation in the market for Public Securities
continues very dull, and the operations for transfer
are too restricted to create animation. Consols
have been dealt in to a small extent at 931 94
for money and the Bth instant, and at 94 941
for the June settlement, showing firmness. The

New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are

steady, at 92k; Exchequer Bills, 19s. to 225. prem. ;
Bank Stock is 236 and 238; India ditto, 226; and
ditto 5 per Cent. has risen to 1081- 109.
Continued activity prevails in the Foreign
Market, and prices generally are well supported.
Spanish 3 per Cents. are firmer, at 54k ; ditto
:Deferred, at 441 ; ditto Passive, have improved to
201 ; but tbe. Certificates, after advancing to 111,
declined to 10, •and are now 10k %. Italian 5 per
Cents. femain at 70/- 71 ; Moorish 5 per Cents.
have improved to 91/ ; Egyptian Scrip is steady,
at 2k prem. ; and Mexican at 319 32, Turkish 6 per
Cents, are 811 ; 1858, 711 I; and the New
Scrip is 21 38 prem., being rather flatter.
The Russian Loan is a 1 prem.

Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued moderately active, and, in some instances,
prices have exhibited a slight advance. Caledonians
have improved 6s. ; London and Blackwell, 55.;
Great Northern, Brighton, and South Western, 10s.
North Eastern (Berwick), however, have receded 55.;
Great Western, Midland, and South Eastern, 10s. ;
and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s.
The Foreign lines have remained inactive. Sambre
and Meuse receded to 111; Great Luxemburg are
steady at 15 to 151 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam at
172 ; and Recife and San Francisco 151.
The Colonial undertakings are flat. Grand Trunk
of Canada have declined to 25 25-1 ; Great Western
of Canada realise 121 s ; East Indian, 104 to 1041 ;
and Great Indian Peninsula, 1021 I.
Joint Stock Batik Shares remain inactive, with-
out material change in values. London and West-
minster realise 801 ; Oriental Bank, 511 52; and
Ottoman Bank, 271.
The Alliance Bank Shares are 51 61 prem. ;
1 1 prem.; Northern Counties 2 3 prem. ;
and British Columbian, 1 prem.

In the Miscellaneous Market Peninsular and
Oriental Steam improvtd to 70+, ; Electric Tele-
graph to 100 i; and Crystal Palace Stock declined
to 361.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 92 it
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ...... .... 93-i 4 3,
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 / li 2/ 11r
New qi per Cent. Annuities 774
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 3-16 5-16
India stock
Ditto 5 per Cent. lOBl 9
_Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent i inn
Ditto 54 per Cent lOBl i
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001
Consols for Account, May 8 93i
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l9 22 pm
Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Dittu Account 314 /
Chilien 6 per Cent. lO2
Equador New Consolidated
Egptian, 7 per Cent 2 /
Italian, 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway)
Ditto Scrip
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Imperial Moorish Scrip 9l
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853..
Ditto Account.
'Russian .5 per Cent 1822 £St '
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 59/
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account 44 I _

Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
'Turkish 6 per Cent

Ditto 6 per Cent ,1858
'Ditto Account ..
. Ditto, £lOO Bonds '
Ditto 1862 (Scrip)
Ditto, Paid up Scrip
Dividends on the above payable in London.
13ef gian, 45 per Cent., Ex. 25f 9B
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861

THREE O'CLOCK.
Gone°ls, Money .........
... 934 4
Ditto Account