The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-06 00:00:00

'CET.

CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY.

The directors of the London and Middlesex Bank
Bank announce that the allotment of shares will
take place on an early day next week.
The report of the liquidators of the North of
Europe Steam Company to be presented on Friday
announces a final distribution of Bs. per share.
A request from a considerable number of the
dealers in the Egyptian Loan having been made to
the committee that, in consequence of the new issue
of Egyptian stock, a special settling day be fixed
prior to the 11th instant, the committee have re-
solved that Friday next, the Bth instant, be fixed
for that purpose. Members who, after this notice,
do not complete on Friday next the bargains made
for the settlement of the 15th or 31st instant, will
be required (analogously to Rule 94) to deliver the
new stock attaching to the old. The above resolu-
tion of the committee of the Stock Exchange was
posted in the house this afternoon.
Th 3 decline in Turkish Bonds to-day was pro
moted by an attempt which is being na'ade to sell
here some parcels of the Turkish internal stock at
low prices. The introduction of a stock of this
sort can of course never be countenanced by the
committee of the Stock Exchange, if only on the
ground that there is practically no limit to the
amount of the issue, nor any of the usual safe-
guards.

300,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the
Bank for transmission to Constantinople on ac-
count of the last Turkish Loan.
It appears that about £280,000 in specie was
despatched from New York for Europe by the
steamers Borussia, City of New York, and Great
Eastern. The latter vessel has arrived off Queen--
town,

The dividend on the London and Blackwall Rail-
way stock is announced at the rate of 3 per cent.
per annum against 24 for the corresponding period
of 1861.
With reference to the new Peruvian Loan the
following notice has been issued this afternoon by
Messrs. Heywood; Kennards, and Co.:—Messrs.
Rey wood. Kennards, and Co. beg to give notice
that they will proceed to the allotment of the new
issue on Thursday next, and that after tomorrow,
at 4 o'clock p.m.. no application from holders of the
old bonds entitling them to a preferential con-
sideration will be entertained, after which, and
until further notice, holders of the old bonds will
only be allowed to make the simple exchange.-4,
Lombard-street, London, August 5, 1862.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Swiftsure has been announced from Mel-
bourne this morning with £191,000 in specie.
Gold is now of about the same value in London
and in Paris, but about 3-lOths per cent. higher
here than in Hamburg.
The liquidators of the North of Europe Steam
Company announce a final_ distribution of Bs. per
share.

At the forthcoming meeting of the Great
Northern Railway Company a dividend at the
rate of 44 per cent, will be proposed on the ori-
ginal stock of the company.
Business in the general discount market continues
quiet, and there is still an active competition for the
small supply of commercial bills brought forward
for negotiation. As the rates current in the open
toar,ket are as low as 1-1-2 per cent. for first-class
bills, the applications at the Bank of England are
Very
limited, and it will not create surprise if the
retiarn to appear to-morrow evening should show
a further diminution in the stock of other securities.