The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-13 00:00:00

MONEY MA RIVET' AND CITY IVETV,S'.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Owing to the absence of fresh supplies, the
specie movement presents very little feature of im-
portance. Considerable• consignments may be
shortly expected, however, the following vessels
having left Victoria for this country, viz., the
Maidstone, with £195,000 ; Blue Jacket, £125,512 ;
Malta, £91,040 ; Dover Castle, £228,520 ; Orwell,
£151,508; and the-Red Jacket, with £152,516.

There is still a limited inquiry for money, and
the current sales are fully Ito per cent, below
the Bank of England minimum. The continuance
of the prevailing ease will soon justify the expec-
tation of some change in that quotation.
The half-yearly Court of Proprietors took place
at the Bank of England to-day, and a divi-
dend of 5 per cent. for the six months ending the
30th of August was declared. The profits during
that period were £710,143, and the " rest" on that
day amounted to £3,736,139.
Increased activity prevailed in the Liverpool
Cotton Market yesterday, and prices of all descrip-
tions tended upwards. The sales amounted to
20,000 bales.

There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England yesterday.
A meeting has been convened of the Chartered
Bank of India, Australia, and China, for the
purpose of declaring an ad interi»l dividend for
the half-year ended the 30th of June.
The Shannon has been announced, from the
West Indies, with £110,600 in specie.
Continued sales of stock are effected by the
public as well as the speculative dealers, but the
latter operate only to a small extent, and the Con-
sol -Market prasents a quiet as well as a heavy appear-
ance. Foreign politics now engage most attention,
the state of existing relations between France
and Switzerland, and the complications which
surround the Italian question being considered
unfavourable. Consols for money have been 93
to 93k., and for account, 931 ; they are now 931 1,
and 931 t respectively. A special transfer is re-
corded in the New Three per Cents. at 93-1- ;
India Stock remains at 218; ditto New Loan at
103 Z ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has ad-
vanced to 961 ; ditto 51 per Cent. is steady at
102 ; and Exchequer Bills at Is. to 4s. prem,
Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode-
rately active, but prices in most instances show a
slight decline. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 731 to 74;
ditto New, 571 Buenos Ayres Deferred have
receded to 30 ; Venezuelan 3 per Cents., to 23Z ;
Spanish, to 481 ; Russian 41 .per Cents., to 931
94 ; and ditto 3 per Cents., to 631. Mexican is
firm, at 211.

The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares
are 11 to 2-1-pm. ; the Thames and Mersey, Q d pm. ;
and the Universal, a pm.

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

1860.
Great Western
North-Western 86,859
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South. Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 7,11
North-Eastern . 44,860
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln .... 12,246
North British
West Hartlepool
Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,930
Glasgow and South •Western .. 8,278
Grand Trunk of Canada

1859.
X 36,385
83,115
20,424
20,444
38,932
27,539
26.383
37,680
7,629
41,134
10,706
6,228
3,690
6,656
7,356
9,530

Great Western of Canada
The above traffic returns show a continued im-
provement—on the Great Western the increase is
£1,032; the North-Western, £3,744; the South-
Western, £1,482 ; the Brighton, £1,787 ; the Mid-
land, £5,853; the South-Eastern, £1,121 ; the
Great Northern, £1,370 ; Lancashire and York-
shire, £4,307 ; the North-Eastern, £3,726 ; the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1,540 ; the
North British, £559 ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow,
£922 ; the Grand Trunk of Canada, £2,949 ; and
the Great Western of Canada, £1,731. The Bristol
and Exeter has decreased £502.

The liquidation of the half-monthly account has
beet the chief business attended to to-day in the
Railway Share Market, and prices have shown in-
creased firmness, caused, in a great measure, by the
very favourable traffic returns. Eastern Counties,
North-Western, South-Western, and North-Eastern
(Berwick), have advanced 55.; Lancashire and York-
shire, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, North•
Eastern, York, and West Midland, 10s.; and Mid-
lands, £1; Great Western have reached to the extent
of about 10s. ; and South Eastern have declined ss.

The Foreign lines are very dull, and at almost
nominal quotations. Lombardo-Venetian are very
depressed, being I'4 to 11 discount.

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In the Colonial Market, Grand Trunk of Canada
and Great Indian Peninsula have improved 55.;
Great Western of Canada declined £1; and East
Indian 10s:

Joist Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have shown no change of importance.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock 2lB
••>.
Ditto A per Cent
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 51 per Cent.
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account, 11th Oct 931
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d
Ditto : £5OO 4 1 p
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. ......... -
Ditto Deferred
gexican 3 per Cent 2ll
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853.
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 .. 43
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St ..
Ditto 41 per Cent.

Ditto 3-per Cent., 1859
Spanish 3 per Cent.
Ditto New Deferred 391 i
Turkish 6 per Cent .. 731
Ditto New Loan
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account

Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Aroney
Ditto Account 931

BANK OF BYGLAND.

TIALF-YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY.

A general court of directors of the Bank of England was
held this morning in the Bank Parlour, Threadneedle-
street ; it was also one of the quarterly courts held pur-
suant to the charter.

Bonamy Dobree, Esq., Governor, presided.
The minutes of the last court having been read and con-
firmed,
The GOVERNOR stated that he had to acquaint the court
that the net profits of the half••year ending the 31st of
August were £710,143, making the amount of the " rest"
on that day £3,730,139. After providing for a dividend
of 5 per cent for the half-year, the "rest" would be
£3,080,489. The directors therefore proposed that a divi-
dend on interests and profits, en the 10th of October, of 5
per cent., without deduction or account of income tax, be
declared.
A resolution to that effect was carried unanimously.
The GOVERNOR said that as the dividend declared that
morning exceeded that of the last half-year, by 7of Geo.
111., c. 48, the meeting would have to be adjourned in order
that the foregoing resolution might be confirmed by ballot
or otherwise. It therefore became necessary to adjourn the
Court to Tuesday, the 18th inst., and ho moved a resolution
to that effect.
The resolution was carried.

Mr. uu moved a resolution thanking the directors
for their judicious and efficient management of the concerns
of the bank.

The motion was carried unanimously. .
The GOVERNOR, on behalf of the directors, thanked the
proprietors for their warm acknowledgment of their past
endeavours. He assured the Court that their unanimous
desire was to promote in every possible manner the interests
of the Corporation. (Cheers.)

The Court then adjourned till Tuesday, the 18th.

The judges at the different• agricultural shows
held lately have come to the eonclusion that cattle condi-
ment is an article which they can no longer do without in
the acJnomical production of butchers'-meat. During the
past mouth, four first-class prizes have been awarded to
Joseph Thorley (the inventor and sole proprietor of " Thor-
ley's Food for Cattle,") for his discovery of a condiment
which enables animals of all kinds to extract more nourish-
ment from hay and straw seasoned with it than unseasoned
food, although the latter may contain a much greater
amount of alimentary matter.
The mercantile telegrams from China are dated
Hong Kong, July 25. The rates of exchange remained at
4s. 10d. Hong Kong, and 6s. Bd. Shanghai. The demand
for manufactured goods showed no improvement. Silk
Tea also was higher at Foochow. The attack
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