The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-11 00:00:00

CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY.

We are officially informed that, in conformity to
the provisions of the Ottoman Loan of 1862, as
stated in the prospectus, the following gentlemen
have been appointed members of the commission
created in Constantinople for attending to the re-
ceipt of the hypothecated revenues and the regular
transmission to the Bank of England of the re-
quisite funds for the balf-yearly interest and sink-
ing fund, viz.: Messrs. Edward Gilbertson, George
Guarracico, and John Stewart.
The steamer Hansa brought from New York
£27,000 in specie for England.
The Liverpool cotton market to day was again
irregular, and prices were quoted about 2d. per lb.
below the extreme point lately reached.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of £7,218, and
the Great Northern an increase of £3,580.

At the meeting of the Scinde Railway Company,
convened for the 25th inst., a resolution will be
submitted to convert all paid. up shares in the Delhi
Railway into stock.

A meeting of the shareholders of the Northern
Counties Bank took place yesterday at Manchester,
when a proposal to amalgamate with the Man-
chester and Counties Bank was unanimously ac-
ceded to. The shareholders of the latter had pre-
viously agreed to the same proposition.
The news of the safety of the Great Ship has
caused a renewed demand for this company's shares.
An instalment of 10 per cent, fell due to-day
upon the Russian Loan. The next instalment
is due on the 10th November, and it is 15 per cent.,
less the dividend of 21 per cent.
The last draft of 300,000 men by the United
States Government appears at first to have given
some uneasiness to Mr. Kennard, the engineer in
chief of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad,
but the difficulties appear to have been successfully
surmounted, so that the opening:to Akron will not
be retarded. The permanent way is pushing on
fast, both on the main line and the oil branch. The
works from Corry to Meadville are about com-
pleted.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The directors of the Bank of England have held
their weekly meeting, and, as expected, have sepa-
rated without announcing any change in their dis-
count regulations. Owing to the steady position
of monetary affairs the possibility of a movement,
either way, now engages but litte attention, ana
almost everyone seems prepared for undiminished
easiness and abundance some time longer. The
mercantile classes, consequently, limit their opera-
tions to immediate requirements, and the banks and
discount houses, while negotiating choice paper, as
low as 2f per cent., offer proportionate facilities
with regard to long dated securities.

In the Stock Exchange also capital is pletiful,
and 1 to 11 per cent. are the current terms for tern
porary advances on Conso s, New Threes, Re-
duced, &c.

The Delta, which leaves to-morrow with the
Bombay mail, will take out £401,870 in specie; of
this £381,870 is in silver, and the remainder gold.
At the half-yearly meeting today of the Cr3stal
Palace District Uas Company, a dividend, at the
rate of 8 per cent. per annum, was declared on the
ordinary shares.
The particulars have been announced of a num-
ber of Portuguese Bonds, amounting together to
the sum of £985,600, which have been cancelled.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

Great Western 1862. 1861.
£66,683 £59,435
Great Northern
Great Eastern
South-Eastern 31,459 25,851
South- Western ..........
orth-Western
101,574 94356
Midland
45,822 43,021
Brighton
Lancashire and Yorkshire 42,264 42,901
North Eastern 47,087 45,678
Bristol and Exeter 7,737 6,914
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Grand Trunk of Canada
These returns, with one or two exceptions, are of
a very favourable character. On the Great Wes-
tern there is an increase of £7,218 ; on the Great
Northern of £3,580; on the South-Eastern of
£5,605; on the South-Western of £5,438; on the
North-Western of £7,218; on the Midland of
£2,801; on the Brighton of £3,987; on the North-
Eastern of £8,409 ; and on the Grand Trunk of
Canada of £1,723. The Great Eastern, however,
shows a decrease of £874, and the Lancaster and
Yorkshire of £637.

Two O'CLOCK.

Towards the close of business yesterday afternoon,
the Funds assumed an appearance of buoyancy, and
a further slight improvement took place this morn-
ing, Consols advancing to 93n for tranßfer, and
934 f, for the Bth proximo. Continued firmness is
stilt apparent, but there is very little business in
progress. The New Threes and the Reduced are
; Exchequer Bills, June, 235. prem. ; ditto
March, 20s. prem. ; India Stock is 232; and the 5
per Cent. Loan, 109 k t.

The chief feature in the Foreign Market has
been a decided advance in the Turkish Conselides,
viz., to 351- 361 ; the 6 per Cents, of 1834 are 85
86; ditto, 1858, 671; ditto Scrip, 1,1 a ; Mexi-
can have declined to 3111 2 ; Egyptian Bcrip,2d issue,
is 6.& prem. ; Portuguese Scrip, 21 prem. ; Russian
Scrip. 1 prim. ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 541- a ;
ditto De erred, 441 ; ditto Certificates, n ; Italian
5 per Cents., 702; and Venezuelan, 27,1
Business in the Railway Share Market continued
inactive, and in one or two instances prices have
shown rather less firmness. Great Easterns acd
Great Northerns have declined lOs ; North
Westerns, however, have improved 10s., Midlands,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Easterns
realise previous prices.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive.
Recife and San Francisco improved to 181 ; Cape
Town and Dock to 1081, Eastern Bengal declined
to IU3I.

Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
were in fair request at about previous quotations.
Alliance of London and Liverpool realise 12-7-, ; Lon-
don Chartered of Australia 26Z- ; Ottoman Bank
28 ; Australian Agricultural 234 ; Crystal Palace
Stock 34;; and South Australian Land 134.

Cambrian Gold Mining shares were in good de-
mand at 3 premium.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK,
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 924 i
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 141
Red Sea Telegraph, 1908
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Itittn Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent lO4 1
Ditto .11 per Cent lllt
Consols for Account, Oct. 8 934
Exchequer Bills' 1,000, 3 per Ct•• • M
23arch. J 209 un
Ditto
D
Small
e.,,ntiatOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Ditto 2.7 per Cent., Scrip
M ,xie,4,6cond Issue, £4O pd
Ditto Aed per Cent
Portuguesee°3lint
Dirt • Per Cent 1853
el SenP, £l5 pd .. .. ............
Ditto Paid-up s
..i1822 £ St
!iitasian 5 per cenctriP ............
Ditto 5 percent.pB62, Scrip, £23 108 pd 1 Of
Ditto, Paid up seti
Spanish 3 per Cent ................... z 94 31
Ditto New Deferted
. .
541 it
Ditto Passive... .................... 441
Sp ttnsh Cert. of Coup. Cot•iu;.,aea ...
T 0 Dab 8 per tint. 1854
I,itto 6 per Cent. 18.58 ...... 86
..
.
Ditto, Paid up Scrip ............
Ditto 6 per Cent , 1862 (Scrip) .
........ 671
Ditto, Paid up 5crip.......... : ..... a a
Venezuela, 3 per Cent . , .............. .. . -...4 1 6
Ditto Account .
Dividends on the above navable in
Loudon
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ...... •
Ditto Account
1:WO 0•C11.00 v,
ConQols, Money
Ditto Account ..

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.—There were
14,000 lass visitors at the Exhibition yesterday than on the
Previous day, but there were 10,000 more umbrellas, and
therefore one of the departments reaped a rich harvest.