The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The resources of the money market will be
largely increased by the dividends now payable at
2.10 Amberg., Notting. Boat.
the Bank of England. There is consequently and Eastern Jup.tion
some expectation of a decline in the minimum rate 1314 144";tioalidaBnajigtmre'&21:
of discount, notwithstanding the upward tendency sto2k Birk., Lanc., and Chesh.
lately experienced. It is contended that the posi- Junction
tion of the Establishment will ultimately induce 25 Blackburn
25 Blyth and Tyne
the directors to make some relaxation if they desire Stock Bristol and Exeter
to participate in the discount business of the Stock Caledonian
metropolis, and intend to follow the course the stsogk areztaenrAinildLoollylhead
have adopted in former periods. Unless some ad- 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage
20 C
verse movement should occur, the result of the Cornwall
A roves no div
weekly board meeting will therefore be awaited 10 Do. A
10 Do. B until6p.C.per an.
with some curiosity, as it would not create surprise , ,o hasbeen pd.toß.
Dublin andßelfast Juno.
if an alteration were announced within a very 25-- Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc.
limited period. Stock East Anglian
The Nimrod has been announced this mornin— Stock Eastern Counties
ti Stock Eastern Union A Stock
from Australia with £21,056 in specie. Stock Do. do. B Stock
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi- 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds)
ness was ver active, 'and American descriptions 25 East
tts lanneat shire
advanced 1-16 d. per lb. The sales amounted to 20 East Suffolk
15,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed strcklEclinotrar and Glasgow
with a rather dull appearance, and prices tended Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee.
downwards. 10 Forth & Clyde Junction
SThere was a meeting to-day of the New Bruns- Stock Diglgoesws
& South Westn.
wick and Canada Railway and Land Company, 10 Great North of Scotland
when the accounts were submitted, showing a total Stockec Greatio itomrtlik
expenditure of L 197,572 10s. ld. There was still Stock Do. do. B Stock
a great want of capital to complete the works, Stock GtieSer 414eWrnstn.(Lreld)
which the directors proposed to raise by debentures. Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk
There was some complaint about the mismanage- 12 Irish South Easte.
inept of the company, and it was suggested that a
ro haonc:ragreLand Ca lisle.
ommittee should be appointed to go into the 1613 4 Do. New Thirds
accounts and , prospects of the company. The re- Stlo6ck hano Lancashire &FY.Al6csh*ir e
port was therefore only received, and the meeting 9 Do. do. £9 shares..
was adjourned for the committee, now appointed, 20 D 3 Doo. u.
Southport
to make their report to the shareholders. Stock London and Illackwall
The Bank of England directors have separated Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh I
without announcing any change in their terms of Stock London
&S.Coasti
Stock London & North Westn
discount. 121 Do. Eighths
Continued inactivity prevails in the market for Stock London& South-Westn
Public Securities, and very little business, except 255 L'derryerri 8&z n Coleraineislcl en—
in connexion with the settlement, is recorded. Stock Man., ahet., & Lincoln
Upon the whole, however, values are well main- Stock
Metropolitanv
tained, Consols being 931 =7,-. At one time they Stock Do. Binning. & Derby.
were 93gg 1, and the. reaction is chiefly attributed to 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland)
a fractional decline in the Rentes. Special transfers 4,50 Do. Newcastle Shares
P
Sreasnd Carlisle.
have been effected at 931; i -I. A few transactions 25 New., Aber., & Herefd.
have taken place for the August account at 93k 1. lo)
Newry, &wAarmtag. he, qtleefti)
Bank Stock remains steady, at 219-1- and 221 ; the Stock Norfolk Warp
t.,
Threes are firm, at 93f, 94; and the Reduced, Stocko North British
Union
94, 94 ; India Loan Scrip has receded to 941; and Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk.n Stk
Exchequer Bills are 225. to 245. prem. Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div
1313,;ginasbeenpcui
A fair amount of business is recorded in Foreign stock Do. 11S
Securities, and prices generally are well main- Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick
tained. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 751 to 761 ; ditto 25do,e2sN.E.Purchase
New, 621 to 631 ; Dutch 4 per Cents. are firmer, at Stock Do.o Leeds
P Do. York
99 ; Venezuelan Deferred at 16a ; ditto New 1 per Stock North London
Cent. at 141 • Spanish at 42 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. 10 Nandestn., Hampstd
City Junction
at 102 • Sardinian are steady at 81 ; and Russian 20 North Staffordshire
4/ per 'Cents. at 94. 20 North-Western
10 No. & Sou. W. Junction
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver.
to this day, are in round figures as under : 20 Portsmouth
1859. 1858. 10 Rhymney
Great Western... £35,954 £31,971 Stock Scottish Central
North-Western 71,654 68,108 Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock
South Western
i s hull:
edn. Stock
Brighton 16,140 19,130 10 Sittgbounie & Sheer.
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern' 23,100 20,732 Stock South wales
Lancashire and Yorkshire . 27,832 26,410 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun
Bristol and Exeter
Do. do
Staines Wok., & Wok..
North Eastern
D.,
arlingto .
n.

Share)

Railways.

ll'aid.

Lancaster and Carlisle 7;206 6,678
London and Blackwall
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,509 9,824
North British
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,725 4,291
West Hartlepool
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5,690 5,291
The above traffic returns continue to show a
satisfactory increase on most of the principal lines,
compared with those of the same period of the
previous year. Off the Great Western it amounts
to L 3,983; on the North-Western, to £3,591 ; on
the South-Western, to £493 ; on the Midland, to
£1,845 ; on the South-Eastern, to £9B ; on the
Great Northern, to £2,368 ; on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire, to £1,422; on the North-Eastern, to
£5,255 ; on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton, to £434 ; and on the Edinburgh and
Glasgow, to £399. There is a decrease of £167 on
the Glasgow and South-Western ; of £1,205 on the
Grand Trunk of Canada; and of £905 on the Great
Western of Canada.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been s
inactive, and, in several instances, prices have
shown a rather downward tendency. Lancashire st
and Yorkshire, Midland, and North-Eastern (Ber-
wick), have declined 55.; and South-Western 10s. ;
Great-Western and North-British have advanced
ss. ; and London and Blackwall, £l.
The foreign and colonial -lines have been very
inactive. Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares are at 7! ,
71; and the New at 7 '7 Great Western of
Canada have improved to 151, 151 ; Great Indian St
Peninsula are at 981, and East Indian at 102 and ft
1021. st
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares st
are dull, at about former rates. Union of Australia I
declined 10s., and Union of London improved ss. si
Red Sea Telegraph were steady, at 101; and Van ,
Diemen's Land at 9. eft

25 Do. do. 1855 -
25 Do. do. 1858
Stockton & ilartlepool
Stock Taff Vale
Stock Do. Preference, No. 1
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail
Stock Vale of Neath
Stock Waterford & Kilkenny
50 Waterford & Limerick
20 West Cornwall
10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal
5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till
7 p.c. has been pd. to B
5 Do. B
20 West London
10 Do. Ist Chiss
20 Do. 2d Class

Share`

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 4
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
Now 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock
Ditto Debentures
Ditto Loan Scrip
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Did-) under £l,OOO
Cotsols for Account (July 8) 931 1
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid .. 22 44
Ditto £5OO .....24 21
Ditto Small, 11d. 24 21
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent ..
Ditto Deferred
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 631
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account .. 181 1
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent.
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Sardinian 5 per Cent Bl
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuelan 5 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred l6l
Ditto 1 per Cent. l4l x d
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificate; 4 per Cont.
Ditto Account

THREE O'CLOCK

Consols for Apeount, July 8 .. • • 93i i
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GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETT OF GREAT BRITAIN.

The sixth annual general meeting of this society was St,
held last night under the presidency of the Earl of Elles-
mere at $ ridgewater House. At eight o'clock the splendid St
galleries of art and vertu were thrown open for the reeep- St,
tion of the fellows and members, who assembled in hun- 2
dreds at the appointed time ; and the proceedings appeared 2
to excite considerable interest and pleasure. Several col- 2
lections of pedigree and illuminated MSS. were submitted, St
and lively conversations took place en the success that had
been attained, and on the important nature of future,pro-
eeedings. The report and accounts gave general satisfac-
tion.

It appeared to us a matter of surprise how this society
had attained to such a high degree of patronage and use-
fulness without thrusting itself into public notice but we
were gratified on making ourselves acquainted with its na-
ture and objects.
According to the statements made and the reports given,
the society was founded in 1854 by a body of noblemenst,
and gentlemen who were impressed with the idea i
' while almost all arts, sciences, and pursuits, had their
particular associations, there was none for the elucidation,
compilation, and illustration of family history. That
the learned institutions ought to rank amongst them
One for genealogical and historical purposes and pur-
suits cannot be doubted, when we consider that
history of families, and that in private collections and cora-
nnlY inaccessible archives, he the principal documents
d evidences which form the secret of our country's his-
tory.
society We were gratified on finding that the labours of the
had been devoted to the discovery, elucidation, ar-
rangement, illustration of, and rendering available, all those
sources of information which had hitherto lain concealed ;
and that in this task the council were aided by upwards of
200 corresponding associates, consisting of noblemen, cler-
gymen, and gentlemen, who, having great advantages of
access to family collections, kindly gave their assistance
in genealogical and historical inquiries and pursuits. In
such inquiries it has too frequently been a matter of expense
and difficulty,—even learned men have been puzzled
where to go or how to proceed to obtain a so-
lution of some quer), of great importance in general or
family history. It IS, therefore, not astonishing that such
a society as this should have so speedily attained so high
a degree of usefulness, and have secured to itself such a
distinguished amount appreciation as appears to have
been accorded m
to it dof
during the past six years of its
xistence.
The cordial thanks of the council and fellows was given
to the committee of research and the secretary, and the
vast assemblage began to retire at 11 o'clock.
Amongst the distinguished persons present we noticed
Lord Farnham Sir Brook Wm. Bridges, Hon. Roper Cur-
zon, Sir Archibald Alison, Dr. Henry Christmas, and very
many other celebrities in the literary world.

On the Amsterdam Bourse yesterday there was
a further fall of 3 per cent. in Austrian stocks. They opened
on Tuesday at 43k, and closed yesterday afternoon at 40i.
The total decline since Monday has been 41 per cent.

'HARE MARKET.-(TMS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Closing \ iltisineSS
Price.

61 6

71 81
72 74
i
32 nB5
94 96
79} 801

4i 5

74 8}
14 154
57 58
37 42
26 28