The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-17 00:00:00

There were no gold operations at the Bank yes-

terday.
The Atrato, from the West Indies has brought
£BO,OOO.
I'he Frankfort advices state that, notwithstand-
ing a plethora of money, the Bourse remains dull,
as far as speculation is concerned, but that all kinds
of investment stock are in good demand. Thus the
flew Russian Loan has been freely taken, and large
amounts have been absorbed from Paris. A Baden
5 per cent. loan of 6,000,000 ttia'ers brought out by
Messrs. Rothschild at, 99f per cent. has been sub-
scribed so rapidly that the list had to be closed
within a few hours. Applications have also been
invited for $1,000,000 6 per cent. mortgage bonds
of the Georgia, Brunswick, and Albany Railway
at 77, with interest and reimbursement guaran-
teed by the State. This, it is thought, may be en-
tertained, but nothing would be looked at with-
out a State guarantee, and even in such case the
chance is greatly affected, "as the new Erie abo-
mination, the refusing of the transfer of shares,
must extinguish the last spark of confidence." It
is now sought, it is said, " to get a market for such
bonds at Berlin and Hamburg, where they have
not yet acquired such sad experience as at Frank-
fort." A small lottery loan of 2,000,000 dialers, in
4-thaler tickets, by the Duchy of Saxe-Aleiningen,
brought out by Sulzbach Brothers, has found
sufficient subscribers. In illustration of the ex-
tent of speculation at Vienna during 1869 it is
Mentioned that in the exchange room of Schuapper
alone business to the amount of 60 millions sterling
has been transacted. The receipts of the Zollve-
rein for the first nine months of 1869 have been
19,150,127 thalers, against 19,332,308 for the
same period of 1868. A new Swedish 5 per Cent.
Loan of 40,000,000 thalers, for railway purposes,
is contemplated, 10 millions to be issued this or
flext year.
The tenders for £387,500 in bills on India has

been received at the Bank of England; the amount
allotted was —to Calcutta, £352,500 ; and to

Madras, £35,000. 'l'he minimum price was fixed,
as before, at ls. 11d., and tenders at ls. 111 d. will
receive about 35 per cent. ; above that price in
full. The results show a slight diminution in the
demand for means of remittance to the East.
It is stated that the directors of the proposed
Calcutta and Singapore Telegraph Company have
decided upon returning the deposits of the appli-
cants for the shares, pending important negotiations
with reference to the construction of this line,
"which may take some weeks to mature.
A prospectus has been issued of the Cuiaba Gold
Mining Company, with a capital of £lOO,OOO, in
Shares of £l, to purchase and work some gold
Hines in the Brazilian province of Minas Geraes.
The consideration money is £40,000, half in cash
and half in shares.
A prospectus has been issued of the South Plyn•
lialon Mining Company (Limited), with a capital
of £24,000, to purchase a mining property in the
county of Cardigan.
The report of the Langham Hotel ;Company,
to be presented on the 25th instant, shows an
available total (after providing for renewal fund
at the rate of £5,000 per annum) of £4,826, and
recommends a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent.
per annum, which will absorb £3,905, and leave
£921 to be carried forward.
The half-yearly report of the South Eastern
Railway Company has been issued. It states that
there has been a decrease in the gross earnings of
£3,991 17s. Id., as compared with the correspond-
ing period last year, and a decrease in the working
expenses of £6,268 9s. 5d., leaving an increase of
net profit of £2,276 12s. 4d. The balance remaining
for division, after providing for interest on pre-
ference capital and on loans, is £153,390 18s. 8d ,
equal to a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per
annum on the consolidated stock, or 7 per cent.
on the preferred, and 1 per cent, on the deferred,
leaving a balance of £662 2s. Bd. to be carried
forward ; thus making the dividend for the whole
year 6 per cent. on the preferred and 1 per cent.
on the deferred stock.
At a special meeting of the shareholders of the
Gt. Western Railway of Canada resolutions passed
approving the agreement made between the com-
Pan), and the Michigan Central and Detroit and
Milwaukie Railways for the division of through
traffic, on the terms which had been stated in the
company's report.
The report of the Metropolitan Railway Com-
pany has been issued fer the half year ending 31st
December last. It states that the gross receipts
were £199,826 ; while for the year 1869 they
amounted to £400,048. The nett revenue account
shows a balance of £103,546 Bs. 81 This balance
will, in accordance with its proposed appropriation
at certified by the auditors, enable the proprietors
o
declare dividends for the past half year at the
following rates per cent. per annum, viz.: Upon
the Preference stock at 5 ; the ordinary stock at
4; the preferred stock at 6 ; the deferred stock at
2; and the extension stock at 4. A balance of
£2,043 is. may then be carried forward. The issue
of the
Convertible Five per Cent. Preference
Stock, 1869, created in August last, is stated to
have been satisfactory. Nearly £400,000 of this
}Acct. has been taken up, and applications are eon-
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received by the secretary. No allotment