The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-26 00:00:00

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CO MERE EAL INTELLIGE 1408,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Business in the City_ has remained very quiet,
although rumours of an adverse character have been
current with regard to affairs on the Continent,
which, however, require confirmation. In the
general discount market there is no change, as the
attendance in commercial circles in the City as usual
on Saturday is very restricted.
The sum of £2,000 was withdrawn from the Bank
of England yesterday.
With regard to the suspension of Messrs. Vivanti,
Arnett, and Co., it is stated that the liabilities are
about £300,000, and that the books are placed in
the hands of Messrs. Honey and Humphreys,
accountants.
The directors of the Rio de Janeiro City Im-
provements Company (Limited) have declared a
dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum in
respect of revenue for the half-year ended 30th June
last.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Company an-
nounced yesterday having received the sum of
£1,376 4s. Bd. from the Custom-house at Sabanilla,
on account of New Granada dividends.
The traffic receipts of the East India Railway for
the week ending September 8, 1867, amounted to
30,616 Os. 9d., against £34,776 13s. 7d. for the
eorre
slim tiding period in the previous year, showing
a decrease of £4,160 12s. 10d.
h Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
ave advanced to 25k 26k, and the Consolidated
alortga
ge Bonds remain steady at 21 22.
The annexed circular has been issued by the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Corn-
13.anY :--" Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga-
t(ll°4 Company Offices, 122, Leadenhall-street, Lon-
Is°l3, E.C., Oct. 25,1867.—The managing directors
~,"eg to announce that, it being probable that the
they
will not reach Suez before the 7th November,
have arranged, with the sanction of the Post-
master-General, to defer the departure of the Ripon
from Marseilles from the 28th to Thursday, the 31st
at seven a.m. The mails will be despatched
;r°lll London on the evening of Tuesday, the 29th
.nstant,,,
It is stated by Messrs. Layton and Co. in their
tea circular that the arrival of several clippers with
tue new season's Moning congous has been the fea-
pre of most interest during the past fortnight.
:11° to choice qualities, suited especially for
'3EPort, have met an active demand at full to
extrenie
prices (2s. 2d. to 2s. Bd. per lb.) ; the
bonnep.. trade have also bought freely of good and fine
°Lacles, but those without character, of which there
:re several chops, are difficult to sell at quotations,
I'M remain for the most part in the importers
418. Our remarks of 9th inst., as to the inferior
iquality of the new Kaisows, are confirmed by what
ave since come to market : but few really true
teas have arrived, and the bulk consists chiefly of
Poor and undesirable kinds, for which there is little
n
I;is no inquiry ; nearly 3,000 packages of these have
a'eell already sold in the auctions without reserve, at
considerable decline from rates previously cur-
rent by private contract. There is no material
","eration in the tone of the market for teas of old
Inaiport ; rather more business has been done in
,
ekoo flavoured congous up to is. 81, but
c°Mmon blackish leaf is still quoted at lied.
one
per pound. The last China auc-
nis took place on the 15th inst. ; 12,559
3"ekages were printed, of which 11,992 were
without reserve." The salesp.assed without spirit,
and several parcels of new season's Kaisow congou,
°f common to fair quality, sold at lower prices.
Canton scented teas brought fair rates. The few
fresh arrivals of green tea have found buyers at ex-
treme prices. The estimated stock of tea in the
United Kingdom on the Ist instant amounted to
72,634,000 lbs., which is a decrease of about
13,000,000 lbs., compared with that of last year at
the corresponding period.

Subjoined is an extract from Messrs. Ryland's
Iron Trade Circular :—The iron trade generally this
Ivesk—we are speaking more particularly of the
latter end—has revived from the partial pause
Nbrought about by the late crisis in foreign affairs.
et only have markets recovered their tone, but a
al busy trade is being carried on in all parts of
e country, in all descriptions of iron. Material
evidences of this improvement are afforded in the
market
demand for ore and coal. Wolverhampton
bad
Was firm—almost strong—in spite of the
tha.,,.Cl news from Liverpool. Pigs were steady, and
ers resolute, so as to keep up what slight ad-
-1,1 nee bad already been attained to in All Mine
' and more business was done than had been
et34eiPated. In manufactured iron, although
eiilcl's are by no means so large as they
vraTild be at this season, the business done
abipenmparatively moderate, several orders from
A • g houses for the United States and South
tie—erlea being held in abeyance under the par-
ula.r circumstances reported from Liverpool. On
t attshin °am Exchange, which was influentially
fr .3'ted, the full amount of mischief likely to ensue
di-111 Liverpool failures was at once estimated and
tlscounted. The conclusion arrived at was much
tie°t? satisfactory than had been expected, no par-
all
8!a the trade being likely to be affected, or, if at
The
been but a small degree.
beeh" specie movement during the past week has
vhip:',(l a rather extensive scale. The imports,.
elm'aliave amounted to about £313,840 have. in-
£l £51,000 from New York, by the America ;
Salo by the City of Boston, and £2,040 by the
ki7611,,4; the Gala, from Australia, has brought
Riper ; the Copernicus, from the Brazils andl
the late, £lOO,OOO ; and the Cordova £60,000,
£lB Leral from Alexandra, has arrived with
and tho Massilia with /3,700 ; the Re-
ilecli,frnrn the Cape of Good Hope, with £5,000 ;
the bout £25,200 in silver has been received from
the D°litinent. The exports have been £10,345 to
4,41.'44 Indies and China, by the Syria ; and there
priiratb:ea remittances to the Continent through
a.l4„'llating sources, estimated at £363,328 ; the total
to £466,733.

Two o'CLoci.
so!lielVarlcet for the English Funds has exhibited
110;ne slight fluctuation, consequent upon the an-
dela:cell:lent in the Moniteur that the order for the
talyjic:f the embarkation of the troops destined for
rltio-, -.ad been rescinded, and the receipt of lower
tee 'ations
on the Paris Bourse. Consols have
eo:laltedi, to 94
,1 for money and the present ac-
Th- aid to 94-1- for the December settlement.
5.1 i 3 New Threes are 92-1 -; Reduced Annuities,
,51) e ; trehequer Bills, 275. to 30s. prem.; Indiat
Cents., 1134 114 ; ditto Enfaced 4 per Cents.,
Cl 5 K
° per Cents., 1041 ; and ditto Bonds,
Pre
4 the T-1,
()reign Stock Market prices have been
the fdeArall owing to the intelligence from Paris and
gati:: in the Rentes and some of the Foreign ob
Italian have declined 1 per cent. to 431,
e;t,ln'llll(ish 5 per cents., 1, to 31i ; and Spanish
t 2.4, je,atnB to 16' ; but Greek have advanced 1-,
43 ; and Mexican k, to 15 ; while Spanish
lll've remain firm at 19 I.
Drovalhe Railway Share Market a heavy tone has
fronl-ltha 'el consequent upon the reported advie es
gross
'Continent, and the preparations
iin pro-
iheacesc'r the settlement of the account which
corn-
nn Monday next. Caledonian have e-aste 1
elraed
q, Great Northern A Stock 11, South
l‘lai,n'lN,l"ll) Great Western, North Western, andi
441 er, Sheffield; and Lincoln, each ; Md_
i'Great Eastern, 2; and Brighton, and Lon
"atilain, and Dover, each 1.
11411"')* e reign and Colonial lines remain without
b44.105e,?f importance. South Austrian and L rn_
'IN ill enetian are flat at 13 14. Great Luxembourg
lnrilk,ed 81 ; Great Western of Canada, 16 4
1' I°7 —an, 110' noi • and Great Indian Penin-
k4l 1071,
tlrtit aeri can Securities exhibit a decline of / in
the States 5-20 Bonds, and in Illinois shares,
'4la-ullee3 being respectively 69a and 78 79. Erict'ac% continue at 43 46.
tik Shares have remained in very limited request.