The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-28 00:00:00

Business on the Stock Exchange was resumed
this morning, and the occurrence of the fortnightly
s!ttlement has at once given an active appearance.
In the Foreign Market stocks are stronger, parti-
c darly Egyptiac. All American Securities are
higher. Railway shares are dull, but Telegraph
are for the most part firmer.
Consols are uow at 92/ to 92 for money;
ditto, for Ac ount, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 92 18 ; New %i'!ree' per Cents, 918 2 ;
ditto Annuities, April, 1885, 111 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 1 dis. ; June,
par to 5 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock,
41 per Cent., 236.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 ; ditto 4
per ('ent_, Oct., 1888, 1008 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
4 per Cent., —; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 20 25
21 prem.
In the Foreign Market little business is doing.
Egyptian (1868) Bonds are 791 to 80, and the
Viceroy's Loan has risen 1, to 83 83i. Turkish
Securities are 1 better, the Five per Cents. being
45 to 451, and the Six per Cents., 681 to 681.
Italian Stock is fiat, at 551 to 56, which is a fall of
of s ; Peruvian have risen 1 to 841 ; Argentine are
firmer at 87, and Brazilian at 87.
In Railway Shares, prices are dull. Metropo-
litan is fiat, 811 to 821, being a decline of 1 ;
Caledonians are 76/ to 77, a fall of 1 ; Great Wes-
tern, at 55,1 to 561 ; and London and Brighton,
at 468 to 478 ; Great Northern are 109 to 110;
and South Eastern, 778 to 771. Great Eastern,
37i to 371 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 127 to
1271 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 15i to 151 ;
London and North Western, 1221 to 123 ;
Great Northern (A) + lower, at 1091 to 1091 ;
London and South W estern, 92 to 94 ; and
Midland, 121 to 121/.

Americanrive-Twenty Bonds are 851,- to 86k,
being an improvement of k ; Erie Shares are
better, at 171 to 181 ; and Illinois area lower, at
991 to 100.

In Bank Shares there is an improvement of in
Imperial Ottoman, the price being 2i to 28 prem.
The following are some of the principal quota-
tions :--Agra (A), 10:1 to 111; Alliance, 12k to
131 ; Anglo-Austrian, 11 to 13 prem.; Chartered
Mercantile, 32 to 33 ; Consolidated, 4 1-16 to
4 3-18 ; Imperial, 161 to 162- ; London and County,
48 to 49 ; London and Westminster, 58k to 59f ;
Oriental, 41 to 42 ; London Joint Stock, 31k to
323 ; and Union of London, 37 to 38.
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance opened
without change, but have since advanced I, the
present price being 36 to 364. French Cable is
also s better, at 164 to 16k ; and Anglo-American
at 19k to 19i.

The Great Luxemburg Railway receipts for the
week ending 26th December were £7,230 135., being
£1,331 IGs. in excess of the corresponding week of
1868.

The City of Brooklyn has brought £11,700 in
specie from New York ; and the Syria £2,113 from
Alexandria.

• The Grand Trunk Railway receipts for the week
ending the 18th inst., were £2,042, more than in the
corresponding period of last year, and those of the
Grsat Western Railway of Canada, £1,060 more.
The London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail-
way receipts last week were £24,527, showing an
increase of £494.

It is announced that the coupons falling due the
Ist January on the debentures of the Natal Plan-
tation Company (Limited) will be paid on presen-
tation at the company's bankers.
The Chamber of Agriculture Journal says •--
"The supplies of English wheat sent forward
during the past week have been limited and scarcely
equal to the demand, which has ruled more active.
The tendency of prices has accordinly been up-
wards. It is probably that a considerable quantity
of the wheat now afloat will be diverted to the Con-
tinent. There is a large accumulation of foreign
wheat in the granaries both iu London and Liver-
pool, and the quantity of wheat now afloat for the
United Kingdom is large, the number of cargoes,
so far as can be ascertained, being 447 against 373
at the corresponding period last year. Notwith-
stanuing these large supplies, however, the quantity
of really good produce available is small, little
Baltic or Danish wheat having come to hand.
Prices of these descriptions may, therefore, be ex-
pected to continue firm."

The mail from South Australia has brought dates
to the 10th of November. The clip of wool has
been good, and strong attention was directed to the '
existing arrangements for disposing of wool in Eng-
land. Experimental shipments of South Australian
produce were to be made in India. The revenue
for the third quarter of 1869 had been £207,352,
and the expenditure £229,937. The Moonta Mine
case bad been absolutely settled by compromise,
which leaves the present possessors with a good and
quiet title. Discussion was going forward upon
many Government departments, but motions for
economy were producing much opposition, and real
legislation was making little progress. According
to some views the policy of the Ministry appoared
so questionable " that the ordinary rules of respon-
sible government are no longer any clue to its pro-
ceedings." Business was dull. The land sales for
the year to the 3tst of October had realised
£348,438 ; for the same period the cereal exports
were £830,000. Wheat was ss. 6d. per bushel . The
banks bought exchanges at 1 per cent. discount,
and sold at 1 per cent. premium.
At the sixteenth half-yearly meeting of the Bank
of New Zealand at Auckland on the 27th of Octo-
ber, the report showed an available total of £42,039
and a dividend was declared at the usual rate of 10
per cent., with a bonus of ss. per share, being equal
together to 15 per cent. per annum, and leaving
£4,539 to be carried forward. The bank continued
to be benefited by the effect of the valuable dis-
coveries of gold in various parts of the colony.
The suspension has been announced of Messrs.
John Ireland and Sons, net and twine mauufac-

turers, of Fife, with liabilities for about £20,000.

The failure has also been announced of the old
shipbuilding firm of Messrs. A. Hall and Sons, of
Aberdeen, with unsecured liabilities for about
£70,000.
Berger Spence and Company's report says :
" During the whole of last week the chemical mar-
ket has been extremely inactive. In miscellaneous
articles perhaps an over number of sales have taken
place, but in the staple productions not anything
worthy of note has transpired. Manufacturers
continue to display a more confident feeling in the
future, and should the new year bring an influx of
orders doubtless their anticipations of prices will to
a certain extent be realised. In minerals there is
nothing special to remark. Foreign consignments
have slightly abated. The home production in
some districts has shown a, steady increase for the
last few weeks. In metals generally there is little
doing. Scotch pig iron has undergone considerable,
fluctuation during the, week, prices have slightly
receded, and the market closes weak. Cleveland is
firm. Manufactraed iron continues dull of sale.
Copper still continues debilitated, and present rates
are hardly obtainable. Tin also is dull, and prices
are ruling in favour of buyers. Lead steady at
present price. Spelter is inactive, and va'ues re-
main unaltered.