The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-17 00:00:00

KET. 1 SHARE M.

MON

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Committee of the Stock Exchange have an-
nounced that the house will bd closed on Easter
Monday ; and although business will be resumed on
Saturday, it is believed that the transactions in the
respective departments will be of an exceedingly
limited character, so many persons having arranged
to remain away from town till Tuesday morning.
About £40,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of
England yesterday, making a total of £331,000
since the last weekly return.

The steamer, which left to-day with the West
Indian mails, took £9,670 in specie.
The final return of capital, viz, 16s. 6d. pet share,
of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company
will be payable on and after the 21st inst.
The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining
Company (limited) have received, by telegram from
-Lisbon, the following report, dated Morro Velho,
March, 1862:—Produce for February, 41,622
oitavas ; cost for do., £8,667; profit for do., £7,029.
Produce, 10 days of March, 12,642 oitavas.
Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool
cotton market yesterday, and prices of nearly all
'descriptions were about id. per lb. dearer. The
sales amounted to 12,000 bales.

The following remarks with regard to the pro-
gress of business in American securities during the
past week are from the circular of Mr. E. F. Sat-
terthwaite :—" We have had a drooping market in
London for American Securities since our last,
Illinois shares being particularly affected; they
close heavy at a decline on the week of 2 per cent.
Erie shafts have declined 1 per cent. Railroad
Bonds remain without change of quotations, except
Atlantic and Great Western, New York Sedtion,
in which a large business has been done at fully
improving prices ; they close firm at 69 buyers,
showing an advance of 4 per cent."

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained np
to this day, are in round figures as under:

1862. 1861.
Great Western ..£52,115 £55,557
North-Western
South- Western
Great Northern 24,413 26,492
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 5,970 6,643
North Eastern
.Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
Eastern Counties
Brighton
South-Eastern
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada 11,602 10,450
These returns are again of a very unsatisfactory
,character. On the Great Western there is a de-
'crease of £3,442; on the North-Western of £3,068;
'on the South_Western of £9OO ; on the Great
Northern of £2,079; on the Lancashire and York-
shire of £5,289 ; on the North-Eastern of £2,809 ;
the Eastern Counties of £1,856 ; the Brighton of
£2,077 ; and the South Eastern of £2,759. The
'Grand Trunk of Canada show an increase of £759,
and the Great Western of Canada of £1,152.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

Two O'CLOCK.

At the half-yearly meeting of the Oriental Bank,
held to-day, it was resolved to pay a dividend of 5
per cent. for the half-year ending December, 1861,
and a bonus of 3 per cent., which is equal to 8 per
cent., or £2 per share. It was stated that the past
year's business had been less satisfactory than the
preceding one, which was attributed to the general
bad condition of foreign banking, the harvest, and
the civil war in America.

The English Stock Market to-day has remained
in a quiet state, and very little variation has taken
place, Consols are 931 for money, and 931 94 for
the Bth proximo. The New Threes and the Re-
duced remain at 921 Z ; Bank Stock has advanced
to 238 and 240; India ditto is firm at 229 ; and the
5 per Cents, at lon 3.
A fair amount of business has been recorded in the
-Foreign Market, and prices generally exhibit firm-
ness. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 801 811 ; ditto,
1858, 701 711 ; Mexican remain at 324 a ; Moorish
Loan, at 911 ; Russian 5 per Cents, are flat at 984
991 ; but Sardinian have improved to 821 4 ; and
Venezuelan, to 241 tl; Spanish Certificates, after ad-
vancing to 8,1 Z, have receded to 8k ; the Turkish
Berip is 21 prem.; and the Egyptian, 11, prem.

_ _ •
In the Railway Share Market the dealings were
again of a very limited character, ard a slight
downward movement was produced in prices by
the unfavourable character of the traffic returns.
Caledonian, Great Northerns, Great Westerns, and
North Westerns have receded ss. ; South Westerns,
North British, and. North Eastern (Berwick), have
ittiproved ss.

The Foreign lines were at firm rates. Great
Luxemburg [improved to 141 ; Sambre and
Meuse brought 108 I; and South Austrian and
Lombardo-Venetian 201 I.

The Colonial lines were without alteration.
Grand Trunk of Canada realise 24i; Great Western
of Canada 1217; East Indian 103 t g ; and Eastern
Ilengalg 1011 Mi.
Joint Stock Bank Shares showed no change of
IT•ortance as regards prices.
The Alliance Bank shares are 48 5-1-- prem.; Im-
Perial, 14 2 prem.; Northern 'Counties, 3-1 prem.;
rand British Columbtan, 21 I prem.
In the Miscellaneous Market Electric Telegraph
Shares realised 99k; and Rio di Janeiro Improve-
Ment, paid up, 25 ; Berlin Water Works, q 5, and
Nerbuddo. Coal and Iron, 5 to 59.

BankBRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
liank Stock
per Cent. Reduced Annuities
,„"' Per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 3
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 i i f
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
, bitto for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs l5l 5-16
Art dia Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
:Ditto 5} roe/ Cent lOBl
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001 i
Ditto Bonds 151,0 o()
Ditto under £l.ooo
'E
4 it
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 2l
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Etsailian 6 per Cent
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1860... 92i 3
.Malian, 5 per Cent (Marennana Railway)
bitto Scrip
trfaican, 3 per Cent
, Ditto Aceo.nt
linperial Moorish Scrip 9l}
Russian 5 per Cent 1822, i St .. NI 94
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860

.. _
-ArcPtnians per Cent
6panisu 3 per Cent
1) At() Account ......
Ditto New Deferred —
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
apanish Cert. of Coup. not funded -7; iii
Turkish 6 per Cent. —
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Venezuela,
£lOO Bonds
3 per Cent .. 24i a
,s Dividends on the above payable in London.
aiut oh 24 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil...
Ditto Account
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 67i i

THREE O'CLOCK •
Cone ots, Money
Ditto Account ..

LIFEBOATS FOR SPAIN. —Yesterday three large
Powerful self-righting lifeboats, on the plan of the National
Lifeboat Insti ution, intended for the Spanish coast, under-
lant their harbour trial in the Regent's-canal Dock, Lime-
house. Two of the boats are 32 feet long, and one 35 feet.
The proceedings were conducted under the superintendence
of the inspector of lifeboats to the institution, Messrs.
.'or.restt, lifeboat builders, and other gentlemen, being also
Present. The trials were, as usual, of a very satisfactory
character. These lifeboats will complete a series of seven
boats which have during the last twelve months been
"kilt and sent to Spain. They are to be placed respee-
lively at Corunna, Gigon, Huelva, Malaga, Valencia,
ttatragona, and Barcelona. Spain deserves much credit for
pus providing its coast with those messengers of mercy,
ertugal, emulating its neighbour, has also five lifeboats on
b4llO plan of the s-ciety now building by Messrs. Forrestt.
he National Lifeboat Institution has also eight lifeboats
011 ding for different stations on the coasts of the United
i',"logdem. Many of these boats are the special gifts of
ae'olAevolent persons to the institution. As an illustration
!he value of such benefactions it may be stated that
them such boats have, during the last 12 months, been
eans of saving the lives of 188 persons from different
Zrtcics on our coasts. Altogether, nearly 700 lives have
i'oen saved by the lifeboats of the institution daring the past
W° Years.

There is very little inquiry for money, and busi-
ness in most departments is exceedingly dull, as
-usual just before the Easter holidays. The supply
of floating capital continues superabundant, and the
rates range as low as 21- per cent.

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