The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-17 00:00:00

-IVION EY j A.RKET.

CITY NEWS—YESTERDAY.
The arrangements are advertised in connection
'with the payment of the half-yearly interest on the
shares of the Madras and East India Irrigation
Companies.
The gr.aranteed interest on Zealand Railway s
shares is announced by Messrs. C. J. Hambro and
Son. 2
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The half-yearly dividend is advertised on Portu-
guese Three per Cents., also on Peruvian Uribarren
.and Arica and Tacna Bonds, and on New South
Wales Government Debentures.

With regard to the over-issue of Indiana State
Stock, the circular cf Messrs. Cammann and Co.,
dated New York the 3d inst., has the following :
The total amount of the over-issue of Indiana stock
is net as yet ascertained; and, pending the investi-
gation, the 5 per cent. loan is not quoted at the Stock
.Board. It is, however, understood that all the stock
which has been transferred to the names of the
buyers on the books of the state is valid.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 23d
instant for the supply of 50,000 gallons of rum,
-15,000 gallons of vinegar, 5 tons of pepper, and 600
quartets of split peas.
The Royal Mail steamer Tasmania, for the West
Indies, takes out £21,150 h gold.
The advices from Paris state that the Lyons Rail-
way
Company have announced an issue of 340,000
new 3 per cent. obligations of £2O each, at the price
of £l2. The sum thus required will be £4,080,000.
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'Vienna letters mention that the Austrian Govern-
Tnent have sold to private capitalists £7,300,000 of
the 5 per cent. loan of 1860, lately held as security
for advances by the National Bank.
The £5OO and £l,OOO Bonds of the New Turkish 5
Loan are now in course of delivery, in exchange 8,
for the paid-.up scrip.
An inF"calment of 30 per cent. fell due to-day on 19.1 i
the LB:usanne •,..nd Fribourg Railway Six per Cent. 113 f,
Lowit for £300,000 stock.
About £5,000 in gold was bonght by the Bank
to-day. The Pera, from Alexandria, has brought
£76,058 in Australian gold.
Owing partly to the unsettled weather, English
wheat wes quoted to-day 2s. per qr. higher than on
last Monday.
The price of cotton is still rising. The quota-
flans at Liverpool to-day were id. per lb. above
those of Friday. The sales were extensive, reach-
ing 18,000 bales.
Another steamer has been captured by the
Federal fleet—the Nassau, off Charleston.
The following telegram., dated St. Petersburg
this day (Monday), eleven o'clock, is to the follow-
ing effect :—" We have had no more fires. Every-
thing is quiet, and the people are becoming more
composed." This very iate telegram consequently
casts strong doubt upon the accuracy of a rumour
which prevailed this day, according to which an
insurrection had broken out in Russia.
The half-yearly meeting of the Rhymney Iron
Company is called for the 2d of July.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY .
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

During the past few days business in the Foreign
and Colonial Produce Markets has been less active.
Sugars have barely sustained forme pries. Coffee
has brought steady rates, while ricer , teac, fruit, and
spices have remained without material variation.
Saltpetre has continued dull, but a slight advance
has been exhibited in tallow owing to the recent
advices from Russia announcing incendiary move-
ments in the interior, which it is thought are likely
to interfere with the supply.

Two o'cLocx.
There is not the slightest alteration of import-
ance in the discount market to-day. The inquiries
continue moderate and the quotations indicate

easiness. First class bills having only a short
period to run can be negotiated without the
slightest difficulty at 21 per cent., and 3 per cent.
is the general charge for three months paper.
In the Stock Exchange money is plentiful, and
'temporary advances are obtainable on exceedingly
easy terms.
A quiet tone has pervaded the Market for Public
Securities to-day, and the few transactions entered
into lave not led to any variation in prices, Consols
being 911 for transfer, and 911 92 for the account.
'The New Threes and th 3 Reduced have improved to
911 a; Exchequer Bills remain at 3s. to 6s. prem. ;
Bank Stock is 235 ; and India 5 per Cent. Loan,
1071-
Foreign Securities have shown increased buoy-
ancy, and rather more business has taken place.
'Turkish 6 per Cents. have advanced to 83; ditto
1858, to 70j ; ditto New Loan, to 3a / prem.;
Mexican are eat, at 301 ; Egyptian Scrip has
risen to 21 prem. ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. to 1001 ;
and Venezuelan 3 per Cents. to 231 ; Spanish Cer-
tificr.‘tes are steady, at 81 1.
In the Railway Share Market business has
again been exceedingly limited ; in a few instances,
however, prices have slightly advanced. South
Easterns, Brightons,and Lancashire and Yorkshire
improved Ss., and London, Chatham, and Dover
10s. Great Westerns declined ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines continued de-
pressed. Great Luxembourg have receded to 131;
Sambre and Meuse to 101; and East Indian to
106 k k Great Indian Peninsula remain steady at
1041.
Joint Stock Bank and. Miscellaneous Shares are,
in some instanees, at slightly higher rates. Otto-
man Bank have advanced to 241. New South
Wales realise 401 402 ; Bank of Egypt 221 9 ; Lon-
don and Brazilian 51 2; Alliance of London and
Liverpool 3/. Australian Agricultural have im-
proved to 241; and Red Sea Telegraph remain
steady at 191.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
:3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll I I
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9la
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 5-16
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 5i per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent. Oct 1863
dtito
Ditto .9 '7
1 April, 1864 99
.:Ditto /
'Dirt., Tinnda rimodoitt° Aug. 1861 or 66 99 a 1
911
Consols for Account, July 10
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 9ll
Ditto Small
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FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazili,o, 5 per Cent 1813 ..
Dittol813
Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60
Egyptian 7 per Cent
Ditto Paid-up Scrip
Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) .....
.................. 11 i
Ditto Scrip ... ! .....
Mexican, 3 per Cent ....
Ditto Account ................
95 4
Moorish Iperial 5 per Cent .
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.
Ditto Account ......... ~
Itussian 5 per Cent 182? £ St
Ditto, 5 per Cent., 1862, Scrip .......... .1.
Ditto, Paid up Scrip ........... :. .. . tt
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred .................. ... .
Ditto Account ... .............•.••••4 4.11 it 2
Ditto Passive. , ................. • ,isy 11 i
Spanish Cert. of 'Coup. not funded ...... bil -4
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 ..............
Ditto Account ...................... 83
'Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 ................ 701
Ditto Account
Ditto 1862 (Scrip) 3l 1 4 •
Ditto, Paid up Scrip 7ll 1 I
Venezuela, 3 per Cent'
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f 971
Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, ex 2sf.
THREE O'CLOCK,
Consols, Money
Ditto Account

-
A telegram was received by the members of Lord
Muncaster's family on Saturday from the Continent, an-
nouncing the serious illness of his lordship.
We understand that Sir Joseph Paxton is about
to construct at Passy, near Paris, for the Emperor of the
french, a now Crystal Palace of such dimensions that ours
at Sydenham would sink into insignificance
it.—gat denere Chronic/e. if placed beside
THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMSHIP.—This noble
vessel, one of the Liverpool awl Australian Navigation
Colllll9'll37's fleet, sailed from the Mersey yesterday morning
for Melbourne. She took out about 560 passengers, and
carries a valuable cargo.
Lord Arthur Hay has left town. for Paris, to join
Lady Emily Peel, whose health is still such as to prevent
tier immediate return.
.to England.,