The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-12 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, June 10.
The Queen went out as usual yesterday in the
morning and in the afternoon.
Earl de Grey had the honour of dining with the
Queen and Royal Family.

LATEST INTELL LUNGS

(REU'ER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, June 11.

The North German Lloyd steamship Donau
arrived at midnight yesterday, and the National
steamship Erin arrived out to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1391 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1.394; the lowest, 1381.

Sterling Exchange on London lo9i.

5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882..
4. " 1885..

.1»1.
~ 1181•

" 1867..

~ 1191.
1051•

10-40

Illinois l43i.
Erie 3O.
Cotton—Mill. upland 3lkc.
Petroleum—Standard White 3ole.
Flour, extra state, $5.70e. to $6.30e. Corn, old
mixed, $9.7c.

INDIA.'
CALCUTTA, June (4 p.m.)

A cyclone has been raging here for 16 hours•
On the river it was very severe, and many native
crafts were wrecked and many houses in the 61
damaged. The telegraph lines are interrupted.
The storm is still raging.

CAIL'UTTA, June 11.
:During the cyclone many cargo lighters and 1134
tive boats were wrecked, and it is supposed that
that there has been considerable loss of life on the
river. No returns, however, have yet conic t°
hand. Only slight damage was done to the 51343'
ping in the port.
No intelligence has been received from Sangor?

I~TONEY '

ICA WK E

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Con:o7s improved to-day, at 92;,1 for nioney ;
ditto, for Ac.:ount, 92i ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 921 ; New Ti.ree per Cents, 92} ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 dif.; ditto £lOO, £2OO,
and £5OO, 2 dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per
Cent.,

Canadian Bonds, 103.
India Stock, 1O per Cent., April, 1874, shu

ditto for Account, 216 xd. ; ditto 5 per Cent., July,
1880, 211/ ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, ;
ditto Eond3 under £l,OOO, 6 prem.
In the Foreign Stock Market, Turkish Five per
Cents. are firmer, at 431 to 431 ; Mexican, 121 to
121. Egyptian, 77f to 771 ; Peruvian Five per
Cents., 791 to 791 ; Russian (1866), 89 to 90 ;
Oriel Railway, 79/ to 801 ; Charkoff Rail way, 78
to 781 ; Spanish New '1 hree per Cents., 29 to 29f ;
Argentine Six per Cents., 80 to 801 ; and Italian
Five per Cents., 56 to 561.
In the railway market prices aro as follows :
Great Eartern, 371 to 37a ; Great Northern, 1071
to 108! ; Great Northern (A), 108 to 108! ; Great
Western, 491 to 501 ; Lond and Brighton, 441 to
441 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 16! to 17 ;
London and North Western, 1181 to 1181 ; Metro-
politan, 974 to 98.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 791 to 7911 ;
and the Ten-Forty, 71 to 71!, being lower. Erie
Shares are steady, at 18! to 18 ; Illinois, 93/
to 941.

Lombardy-Venetian Railway is steady, at 194
to 191 ; and Great Luxemburg Railway, at 91
to 10.
In Bank Shares there is more request. London
Joint Stock is 10s. higher, at 32 to 33 ; and Empe-
rial Ottoman, 2s. 61, at 21 to 21 prim. ; Alliance
is steady, at 134 to 14i.
The sum of £56,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday.

The Wave of Life, from Port Phillip, has
brought £44,108, and the. Ceylon, from Alexandria,
£6,331.

The stoppage of Messrs. Livesey and Thorpe,
commission merchants, of Manchester, and cotton
brokers, of Liverpool, with liabilities to the amount
of about 1250,000, will, it is feared, lead to 'the
suspension of several manufacturers connected with
them.

The directors of the National Bank of Scotland
announce a dividend of 6 and a bonus of 1 per
cent. for the half year, payable on the 13th of
July.

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of
the Lonlon Joint Stock Bank will be held on the
15th July.
At the meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company, the directors' report
was adopted, and a dividend of 3 per cent. declared
for the half year, free of income tax.

The transfer books of the International Fin-metal
Society (Limited) are to be closed front the 19th to
the 30th inst., preparatory to the. payment of in-
terest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the
half year ending the 30th inst.
_ _

The annual meeting of the proprietors of the
Bank of South Australia will b. 3 held on the 29th
inst.

The annual meeting of the Southern Australian
(Land) Company is convened for the 30th inst.
The annual meeting of the Dutch Rhenish Rail-
way Company will be held on the 29th inst., at
Utrecht, " when the balance-sheet for the financial
Year ending 30th April last will be submitted for
the approval of the proprietors."
The amalgamation of the Progress and the
United Ports and General Assurance Companies is
announced as having been completed yesterday,
and the joint business will be henceforth conducted
under the title of the latter. The subscribed capital
of the united companies is £550,203, of which
i 127,661 is paid up.
The annual meeting of the Falkland Islands Com-
pany is called for the 231 inst.
At a m.:eting of the New Consolidated Discount
Company (Limited), the resolution passed on the
24th ult., that the undertaking be wound up vo-
luntarily, and that the proposal made by Mr. 'l'. S.
Richard-on, the chairman, to take over the assets
and liabilities, and pay the shareholders the par
value of their shares, was confirmed. Consequent
Upon this arrangement, Mr. Richardson has taken
into partnership Mr. S. Baker and Mr. A. Russ,
and intends to carry on the business under the tide
of Richardson and Co.

Mr. James Cooper, the official liquidator of the
Patent Carriage Company (Limited), has an-
nounced that the Master of the Rolls has sanctioned
the payment of a fourth dividend of 3s. in the
pound, making lls. Gd.
The liabilities of Mes-rs. Felix Leach and Co ,
cotton spinners, &c., of Enfield Mills, near Accring-
ton, are computed at upwards of £70,000.
Advices from Glasgow state that the failure of
Messrs. Murdoch and Dodderell, sugar refiners, has
been chiefly caused by the importers of sugar on
the Clyde altering credits from four to two months,
and that the estate, according to the lowest esti-
mate, will produce from 12s. to 13s. in the pound.
The works, it is stated, have been mortgaged to a
Scotch bank for £35,000.
In the colonial produce market this week busi-
ness generally has again been inactive, and the re-
duction in the Bank rate has not had the effect of
causing an increase of transactions. All good qua-
lities of sugar command ready buyers, and, the
supply being moderate, full rates are paid, espe-
cially for bright grocery samples. West India is
steady. Manilla, of which the stock continues ex-
ceptionally large, cannot be sold except at a further
reduction. The lower descriptions of coffee con-
tinue dull, and native Ceylon meets with but little
inquiry. Coloury plantation of middling to good
quality has been freely taken, but the quotations
for the common and pale kinds are rather lower.
The tea-market is firm. Common cotton maintains
the advance last quoted, and the trade have made
some few purchases in medium to fine red-leaf
eongou.

The following is the official return of the cheques
and bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for
tile week ending Wednesday, June 2 :
Thurriclty
Friday
Saturday...
Monday 9,912,000
T uesday
Wednesday 8,423,000

£61,606,000

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a tiOVEIANNIENT FUND!.
Pet Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, July 7
Per Cent. Reduced 921 1
New 3 per Cent
"," 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
A Do. b per Con Jan. 187 3 —
"Unities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 -
L, Do (Rod Sea Teleh,ruphl, Aug., 1908 —
'Zebequ'...r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Ct
Do £lOO, £2OO Z'i. £5OO —ll4k of England Stock, 4} per Cent
C -14% opening
-1-*tadit 4 per Cent. Bonds lO3
'4ler-Colouial Omni=
I INDIAN GOVERNMENT BECIJRITIES
4..1ia Vtock, 10k per Cent., April 1874 Shut
90. Opening, for Account '2o6
per Cent. July, 1880
"0.1 pec Cent., Oct. 1888 -
I, 0. Certificates
Do. Enfacod Pape, 4 per Cent.. .. —
JO. 5 per Coat., Jan. 1872 ...., —
o. 51 per Cent. Ma 187 q
"1-) 5 per Cent., flp. y Deb. 1879
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
LL Deb., 5 per Cent., Anti. 1873
Do Bonakr, 4 per Cint., £l,OOO
1)0. under £l.000
FORI.IGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
4r,'ontine Republic, F per Cent ... .. -
ll nrian Bonds 5 per cent .
14, Do. 1:-59 —
tztlitin 5 per Cent —
I)
Vo. q per Cent. 185'1 —
°.
130°: do. 186 . .
186:4 —
I) 0 - do.'
1, • 0 per Cent., 1265
.'.-'0 Account
'Ayres 6 per Cent.
Cu,". `) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ' --
e ~14s, pen,Ceut.
-.lea Con.
„ _ ... per
'du. 4j per Cent. —