The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-23 00:00:00

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY .

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is no diminution in the available supplies
of money in the general market. On the contrary
the plethora seems to increase in consequence of the
distribution usual at this period of the profits
earned by various descriptions of joint stock com-
panies in the six months ending the 30th June last.
The mercantile requirements continue moderate,
and an active competition is kept up in discount
circles for the bills brought into circulation.
Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. deare
in London than in Paris, and rather more than
3-10 the per cent, higher here than in Hamburg.
The half-year's interest on Cape of Good Hope
6 per Cent. Debentures will be paid on and after
the 31st inst.

There is a decrease of 44,700 in the traffic
receipts of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
way for the past week.
A meeting has been held to-day of the proprietors
of the National Discount Company, when Mr. F.
IV. Russell, M.P., presided. The report, which
was unanimously adopted, stated that the gross
Profits for the half-year ending 30th June last,
amounted to 443,959 19s. ld., and that, after pro-
licling for the current expenditure, directors' and
auditors'remunerat ion, and reserving £12,641 92.5 d.
for rebate of interest on bills not yet due, there re-
zoained a disposable balance of £26,626 19s. 10d.
Convinced that the permanent interests of the pro-
?rioters will be better consulted by an important
Increase to the guarantee fund, than by a larger
division of
profits, the directors recommended out
of this surplus that the sum of £11,560 7s. be ap-
Propriated to the payment of a dividend at the rate
6 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, and
that the balance of £15,066 12s. 10d. be carried to
the credit of the reserve fund, which, with
r,,accrued interest, will then amount t 0442,915 ss. 2d.
4110 chairman, in the course of his remarks, stated
that the present favourable position of the com-
pany's affairs was not dependent upon any acci-
dental or unusual profits, but arose entirely from
rat.advance of their credit and their increased ope-
" - The progress of the undertaking was de-
pendent in a great measure upon the confidence of
the shareholders. There has not been a single loss,
:Id no retrenchment has consequently been made
;Jon the reserve fund. The amount set aside on a
14raer occasion to meet losses on securities then
tOld "13 Proved more than adequate. In answer
a Proprietor, it Nvo4 stated that no further increase
would be made In the dividend until the rest
amounted to 460,000.

The N Two O'CLOCK.
ew Portuguese Loan is quoted 1 prem.
he total subscriptions exceed £20,000,000 sterling.
The English Stock Market opened this morning
*With a quiet appearance, and the transactions
entered into produced no change in quotations,
Consols being 02i 93 for money ar.
":1. the account.
-Business is unusually restricted, 'oecause the specu-
lators refrain from extensive_ operations, and t'
investing public are seekir,g. new channels for the
employment of their av ailable resources, The New
Threes and the Redu'zed remain at 93 a; Exchequer
Bills, at 17s. to '2os. prem.; Bank Stock is 236 ;
India ditto, 225 and 227 ; and ditto Five per Cent.
Loan, 1071 FA I, being without change.
The for exchange yesterday afternoon in
rscll'ae instances showed a drooping tendency.
A further improvement of a per cent. took place
.°-443" in Victoria Government Debentures.
~,
'he mails from Calcutta and China reached Suez
°II The 18th inst.
Sall Paulo Railway sharr,s were firm at 1 to 1
Peen'. The adv
e2in Pany are of a favourable character. The
ices fr°:n Brazil respecting this
Minister,
inn'ki
marked ti•.. 12 his financial statement, re-
e t
not
of R, ' the guarantee to this company need
xcit •
ne least anxiety on the part of the House
oresentatives, because the San Paulo Railway
in his opinion, more than pay the guarantee
out of its own earnings.
ti It appears from the advices from Madrid that
tee Minister of Finance, with two other members
of the Cabinet, has left that city for six weeks.
there The Correspondencia Autografa again denies that
is any truth in the statements made in a
-Landon journal respecting the recognition of the
certificates.
Continued quietude pervades the Foreign Market,
and prices show scarcely any variation. Turkish
, 731 ; ditto New
Per Cents. 841 85 ; ditto, 1858
1.1-, 2 prem. ;.Mexican are flat at 281 ; Italian
7fail way Loan Serip 11-- prem.; Egyptian Scrip is
:4(137 at 9 prem. ; Russian 5 per Cents. are firm at
are ditto New Loan Scrip at 1 prem.; Spanish
541 ; ditto Deferred, 441, ; and the Certifi-
-EtLes,
4•
In the Railway Share Market the operations
have been very limited, and the few bargainki re •
e4)ded show a slight depression in prices. Great

Northerns, Midlands, North-Easterns (Berwick),
and South-Easterns have advanced 65.; and
Eastern Counties and Lancashire and Yorkshire,
10s. ; Great Westerns, Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, and one or two others, support previous
quotations.

In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
has been a limited inquiry. Dutch-Rhenish have
receded to 17; Bahia and San Francisco are steady,
at 18: ; San Paulo, at 91; Grand Trunk of Canada
have declined to 211 •4-; and Great Western of
Canada, to 12-: ; Bombay and Baroda realise 101
104.; East Indian, 1041 ; and Great Southern of
India, 1011.
Joint Stock Bank Shares are fiat. London and
Brighton have declined to 61; Ottoman Bank, to
281; Bank of Egypt, to 26 and 261 ; and Union of
London, to 321.
In the Miscellaneous Market Royal Mail Steam
shares have improved to 56 ; Peninsular and
Oriental Steam are firm at 701; and Great Ship
Company, at

The subscription list of the Mount Rose Copper
Mining Company will close to-morrow (Thursday),
and iu the meantime the shares are firmly main-
tained at Y I prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 934 3 i
New 2,1, per Cent. Annuities 77
India tuck
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 51 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100}
Consols for Account, Aug. 7
exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 2O 17
Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES
Egyptian, 7 per Cent., Scrip
Ditto aid-up Scrip .... 93 i 901
Italian 6 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway)
Ditto Scrip .... li
M.,xican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
I )itt o Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O —
Ditto Account 4st
(liqsihn S per Cent 1822 £ St —
Ditto Account
Ditto 41 pei Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent .1859
Ditto 1862 (Scrip)
Sa•clinian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account

Ditto New Deferred —
Ditto Account• ..
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Curkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 .. 73
Ditto Account
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862, Scrip II, f 2 1/
Ditto, Paid up Scrip
Venezuela, 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account ..

MARKETS---THIS DAY.

MARK LANE.

The fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's
market were very small, and the demand, both for red and
white qualities, ruled steady, at Monday's currency.
The show of samples of Foreign wheat was large. In
most descriptions a fair retail business was transacted, and
prices were 'well supported.

Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request, at
extreme rates.

The trade for barley was firm, more especially for good
and fine qualities.

In malt, a fair average business was transacted, at full
prices.
Oats—the supply of which was very moderate—were in
good demand and the quotations had an upward tendency.
Beans and peas were scarce and fully as dear as on
Monday.
_

The flour trade was steady, and both English and
Foreign qualities changed hands at quite previous rates.

ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
250 i 40 J 1166 I 80 ' 160 sacks.
Irish — 350 I --
Foreign 13,-380 2,470 380 13010 We.

BOROUGH HOP.
Oar market is very firm, and prices continue to advance.
The accounts from the plantations are unfavourable.

WHITECHAPEL.
Moderate supplies of meat are on offer, for which the de-
mand rules steady, as follows :

Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d; lamb,
4s 8d to 5s 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s
8d per 81bs by the carcase.

HAY MARKETS.

S➢fITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 58 Od ; new
do., £1 1.68 to £4 Os; old clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; new
do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Trade firm.

CUMBERLAND.--Old meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 ss; new
do., £1 16s to £4 Os; of l c;tove►, £3 10s to £6 Os; new
do., £3 lOs to £5; and stt.aw, 16s to 12 2s per toad. A
steady demand.

W H ITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £2 04 to 1:555; new
do., £1 16s to £4 03; old clove], £3 lOs to £6 Os ; new do.,
£3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Trade firm.

VARIETIES.

(From Fun.)