The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-10 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Oct. 9, Two o'clock.—At the opening
quotations considerably advanced, owing to the
continuation of enormous " discounts :" 772,500 of
Three per Cent. Stock, and 147,500 Italian Fives.
The market is not good; securities have constantly
declined, and are now at inferior rates. Threes,
68f. 50c., a decline of sc. Italian Fives, 46f., with
a decline of 55c. Credit Foncier shares, 1,275 f., a
loss of sf. Credit ➢lobilier unchanged. Comptoir
d'Escompte lose 7f. 50c., at 660 f. Railway shares
have generally advanced, and English Consols are
telegraphed with a rise of

Threo o'clock—The mArket closed as follows :-
42 per Gonts 9B Bank Shares 3310
Do. end month — Italian Loan 4G 10
3 per Cents. 6B 50 Do end month 4G
Do. end month 6B 45 Mexican Loan —

Credit Mobilier 178 75 Do. Bonds 93 75
Do. end Month ... 176 25 Spanish Threes 331,-
Credit Foncier 1280 I Home Debt —

DJ. end mouth 1275 i Deferred

ItAr.L"

'AYS.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1145
Lyons and Mediterranean 877 50
Southern 527 50
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian ..........
Lombard B7O
North of Spain
Saragosen —
Roman

IRONMA ST ERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.

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WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening.

The last of the series of meetings of the iron-
masters of this district for the current year com-
menced in this town this afternoon. The attendance
was of the most meagre description, and the cha-
racter of the assembly was quite on a par with it,
in both respects the contrast being great indeed as
compared with what the meetings in this town used
to be a dozen years ago, and in a measure confirm-
ing the belief that the iron trade of South Stafford-
shire is on the eve of a gradual but inevitable decay.
Late in the afternoon a few of the principal firms
were represented. There was the same absence on
the part of the London, Liverpool, and other ship-
ping houses. Scarcely any business was transacted,
and if what took place in that particular is to be taken
as the criterion of what is to be done at Birming-
ham on Thursday the present will be one of the
quietest quarter days ever experienced in South
Staffordshire. The fact is, everybody seems disposed
to abstain as much as possible from entering into en-
gagements, and the more makers press sales the less
disposed the buying class are to operate ; in such
circumstances nothing is to be done but wait pa-
tiently until business comes round in a natural way.
With respect to the shipping trade, so far as iron is
concerned, it is getting too late for there to be any
considerable improvement this year.
There is a large specification for finished iron out
through Government, which is believed to be ou
account of a foreign Government—it is chiefly for
bar and angle iron, but it is not very probable that
it will come into South Staffordshire.

It was mentioned to-day that there is a better de-
mand for pig iron, the make of this district ; it is to
be feared, however, that this was the expression of
a wish only, for some of the few pig-masters in this
locality who can afford to blow out furnaces are said
to be contemplating doing so, and they will not sell
the stocks they have on hand at current prices.
The general trade of this district is in a state of
complete stagnation.

CATTLE PLAGUE.—The return of the reported
cases of cattle plague in Great Britain, published by
authority of the Lords of the Privy Council, states that for
the week ending the sth of October no case of cattle plague
had been reported from any part of England, Wales, or
Scotland.

SEWING MACIIINES.—The following interesting
statistics we gather from the quarterly returns made, we
believe, under oath, by the several manufacturers of
sewing machines thcpughout the United States. The
figures which wo present, and which we have been at some
pains to collect, show at a glance the wondferful growth
and groat importance of this branch of American manufac-
tures. It will be observed that one company alone has pro-
duced and sold within the year over forty-three thousand
machines. It is somewhat remarkable that during the
recent stagnation in trade this business has been but
slightly, if at all, affected. But below aro the figures in
detail :

SWING MACHINES MANUFACTURED AND SOLD, AS PER QUARTERLY

RETURNS, FOR TILE YEAR ENDING JUNE 10, 1867.
Double Thread First Second Third Fourth
Machines. quarter. quarter. quarter. quarter. Totals.
The Singer Manufac-
turing Co. ... 9.514 14,164 8,996 10,379 43,053
The Wheeler & *Wil-
son Mf. Co. ... 8,897 11,852 8,739 8,567 38,055
The Grover & Baker
S. M. Co. ... 7,491 8,796 7,091 9,621 32,999
The Howe Machine
Company... 1.995 2,820 2,726 3,512 11;053
The Florence S. Co. 2,813 3,12;1 2,039 2,566 10,531
The Wilcox & Gibbs
S. M. C 0.... ... ... 3,120 6,180 2,507 3,345 14,152
—The Financial Circular.