The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-06 00:00:00

The business transacted to-day on the Stock Ex-
change was rather active, occasioned by the im-
proved state of the advices from Spain, and Spanish
stock improved fully 1 on the quotations of yester-
day. There has also been an improvement in Rail-
way and Telegraph shares.
Consols are now at 931 to 934 for money ;
ditto,
for Account, 938 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 91+ 3 ; New Tkree per Cents, 91+ 1 ;
Xxchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, par ; June,
7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
prem. ; June, par ; Bank of England Stock,
4 per Cent., 237 ex div.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 2101.
Iu the Foreign Stocks the prices are now as fol-
lo
ws :—Argentine, 811 82 ; Brazillian, 83 to 84 ;
14gYptian (1864), 85 to 87 ex div. ; ditto (1868),
77 to 771 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cent., 81 to 811 ;
ditto, Nine per Cents., 98 to 99; Italian, 524
to 52 ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 84 to 86 ; Peruvian,
79f to 80 ; Portuguese, 33 to 34 ; Orel, 844 to
85/ ; Nicolas, 671 to 681 ; Moscow, 83 to 831 ;
Charkof, 80+ to 801 ; Spanish, 27+ to 271; and
Turkish Five per Cents., 421 to 42/.
The demand for English Railways continues.
The prices are as follows :—Caledonian 821 to 83 ;
Great Eastern 36+ to 361; Great Northern, 1041
to 105/ ; ditto (A), 102 to 103 ; Great Western,
541 to 55 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 124 to
124+ ; London and Brighton, 43 to 441 ; London,
p
•KT-hathham, and Dover, 161 to 161 ; London and
:rort Western, 116 to 1161 ; London and South
M_Western, 80+ to 901 ; Metropolitan, 891 to 90 ;
idland, 1161 to 116! ; North Eastern (Berwick),
1141 to 1151 ; and South Eastern, 764 to 771.
American Securities are steady, but without
much business. Illinois are dull.l•The present prices
are :—Five-Twenty Bonds, 84 to 84; ; ditto (1865)
83,1 to 831 ; ditto (1867), 821 to 82,; Ten-Forties,
751 to 764; Erie:Railroad Shares, 24 to 241 ;
Illinois, 94 to 941 ; Atlantic and Great Western
Consolidated Bonds, 28 to 29 ; and Debentures,
28 to 29.
Bank Shares attract but little attention, and
prices are without mouement. The principal de-
scriptions are quoted as follows : Agra (A)
Shares, 10, to 111 ; Alliance, 121 to 131 ;
tazgalo-Austrian 11 to 13 ex new prem. ; Char-
Mercantile, 321 to 331 ; and Consolidated,
41. to 4s,
Miscellaneous Securities are quiet, and prices are
little changed. International Finance is + lower,
to 11 dis. ; General Credit is unaltered, at 11 to
1 dis .
• National Discount, 101 to I1}; and I4ud-
aou2s Bay is steady, at 134 to 13/.
The corn trade is dull at Monday's rates.
There were no gold operations at the I.3Auk yes-
terday.

The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Nyanza is
expected on Friday, with £455,464 in gold. Of this
amount £112,032 is from Sydney, and £343,432
horn Melbourne.
The Manchester markets have opened without
recovery, but with a little less unsteadiness of tone.
Negotiations are in progress at Paris for a new
and large Turkish loan. It is supposed the amount
Neill be about £12,000,000 sterling, the total con-
templated in the arrangements with the Ottoman
Bank which were broken off by that establishment
at the end of August last.
T ex
he
the
expectation that Prussia will soon appear in
e European markets as a borrower will certainly
'lncrease the hopes that peace may be preserved.
At the same time Turkey and Egypt will no doubt
be prevented from coming to au open rupture
the
..rough the same cause. They both require ad-
ditional financial assistance, and they are not likely
to obtain it if they seek to provoke hostilities.
,The Manchester Examiner announces the failure
of
Messrs. Gavin and BPKerrow, fancy dress
manufacturers, of Glasgow. Their liabilities reach,
It is stated, about £30,000.
The 'Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows
t„
18 Week an increase of £1,609 compared with
th correspouding period of last year; the Glasgow
11,,nd South Western a decrease of £BlB ; and the
‘xreat Luxembourg an increase of £1,255.
The traffic return of the Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada for the week ending the 18th ult. shows
an increase of £26 over last year.
The first ordinary general meeting of the
“Anglo-Russian Company (Limited)" will be held
On the 13th inst.
4 Petition for the winding-up of the St. Bride's
United Slate and Slab Company (Limited) is to be
heard before Vice-Chancellor James on the first
Petition. day.
The dollars received by the steamer Donau _had
beetill sold at 4s. 11d. per ounce, showing no altera-
-11 from the previous sales.
toi iS stated in letters from Paris that the Comp-
th: Turkish Government
has concluded negotiations with
uritish Government for a new loan for a con-
siderable amount.

O'CLOCK.
BRITISE FrNDS—TWO
3
UOVEItNikiENT
_FUNDS.
Per Cent. Consols
a Ditto for Account Nov. 4 931
911
Now
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911
;:4,0N7 3 per Cent
_
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Do
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