The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-01 00:00:00

1110V.kli LIAItiFAT

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Almost the only feature in the Stock marksts is tilt
new Russian Railway Loan, which is quoted 2 to 2j
Prem. The effect upon all but the last Railway Lost
has been
fallen
adverse, both Nicolai and Orel having con-
siderablyand Taniboff having advanced.
Egyptian Bands are offered, otherwise foreign
stocks are quite featureless. The Funds re-
'alain dull at yesterday's reduction, Railway;
are again somewhat heavy, and in some in-
stances the decline established at yesterday's close
Pas made further progress. In miscellaneous shares there
13. very little doing, and no change in price 7. United
Mexican Mine is rather more enquired for, owing to
the improved prospect of the undertaking.
Thera is no change whatever to report in Dis'
Consols are dull, at last night's close, at 931 tc
for money and account ; New and Reduced
.'n,ree per Cents., 93k to 94 ; Bank Stock, 245 tc
'47 ; Exchequer Bills, 163 to 20s prem. ; India Five
P3r Cents. steady, at 114 k to 115.
In Foreign Stocks the interest is almost excin-
!ivelY centered upon the new Russian Stock, which
is quoted 2to 2k prem. The Tamboff Scrip has ad-
vanced t prem. in sympathy, but Orel Vitebsk and
Nicolai are Iprejudiced by the frequent applications,
and are considerably lower, at 831 to 84/, and 66k tc
to 661-respectively. Russian (1866) are f better, at
93 to 94 ; Egyptian are fiat ; the 1864 Bonds are is
lower, at 85i to 86kViceroy's 7 per Cents. have
declined to 73i ; otherwise there is no change what-
,ever. Honduras, is 83 to 83i ; Mexican 14k to 15k ;
T'ireek, 121 to 13/ ; Now Spanish, '34/ to 34i ;
wllian, 52 to 521 : and Turkish, 381 to 39..
c„ln American Securities the only change is a de-
ef in United States 5-20 Bonds at 71R- to
▪ LA-• Erie shares steady at 29k to 30k ; Illinois, 91
tO 92 Atlantic and Great Western 381 to 381 ;
Consolidated Mortgage, 38i to 391.
English Railway shares are dull and heavy, and in
several instances show a further fractional decline
upon the unofficial close of last night, except Great
tastern and Great Western, which are k better.
Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, and Metropolitan are each / lower, and South
Eastern and Great Northern A, k. The following are
the quotations:—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 126/ to
,
74 ; Midland, 105 to 105 k ; South Eastern, 73k to
; London and North Western, 112,1 to 113/ ;
nilreat Northern, 104 i to 105 k ; ditto (A), 104/ to
,°4i ; Great Eastern, 364 to 37k ; Great Western,
',A to 491 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
131 to 4:31 ; Metropolitan, 1061 to 107/ ; and Cale-
g"ian 75/ to 751.
Foreign Railways are unaltered. Lombardo-Vene-
tian remains at 16a to 161 ; and Great Luxembourg
At 12g. and 121.
Colonial Government Bonds continue steady at the
following quotations :—Canada Six per Cent., 103 to
105 ; ditto, Five per Cent., 90 to 92 ; Mauritius Six
oPer Cent., 103 to 105 ; New South Wales Five per
"di ,ent, 99 to 101 ; New Zealand Six per Cent., 110 to
six ; Queensland Six per Cent., 105 to 106 ; Victoria
'lx per Cent., 113 to 115.
Bank Shares are without change, except London
end Westminster, which is lower, at 66 to 67 ; the
i'letv shares are steady, at 53i to 531 ; Agra (A),. 12
(Tll4- ; Alliance, 11k to 10k dis. ; Anglo-Austrian,
~v 2 to prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Consoli-
dated 4T-f to 4k ; Imperial, 16k to 17k ; Imperial
°t Oman, to ;I- prem. ; London and County, 494
50i ; Oriental, 44 to 45 ; London Joint Stock, 32
.0 ; Union of London, 34k to 35k.
, Finance Shares are dull. Credit Fancier is marked
!G 2 13-16 to 2 15-16 ; General Credit, 2/ to 2 dis.;
International Finance, lk to IEI dis.; London Finance,
23 to 22 dis.
In Foreign Mining Shares St. John del Rey is
quoted at 19k to 20k ; Port Philip, 1i to lft ; Chou-
tales, 1i to 2k ; Rossa Grande, k to * prem.
a.... Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, at yesterday's quo-
tic,ens. Anglo-American Telegraph is inquired for
zoi to 21. ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cent., 3.1 to
3Z
; Hudson's Bay, 15/ to 15 ; London General
omnibus, 1/ to 2.
rcfhe receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of
'anada for the week ending August 15, show an in-
crease Of £684, as compared with the corresponding
belied of 1867.
0 The Consol settlement in the Stock Exchange begins
rt,'l Friday next, and concludes on the following
needay.
f The sum of £15,000 in bar gold was withdrawn
real the Bank yesterday.
The White Rose left Melbourne for London on the
24th June with £192,500 in gold.
The half-yearly meeting of the Rhyl Bridge Coln-
bang has been called for the 16th inst.
At'-'he following review of the bullion market is from
animation
Mocatta and Goldsmid :—" There has been no
in bar silver since our last, and the
!Tee has declined to 60d, with but little enquiry,
f "jean dollars have been in limited demand
114 China, and in the absence of arrivals there
tine been a few importations from the Con-
anl.• The price has in consequence gradually
rat from 580 to 594 d, but this latter
The is by no means to be relied on. The Maria
ii,'('resa, dollars (about £600,000) from Abyssinia
exave all been disposed of at 54/d per oz. The French
adebange has advanced to a point which would nearly
BilPt of our receiving gold from Paris, though poB-
ho Y the rise may be arrested before any such
rtation takes place, but of course under the circum-
tCle,es, all the gold which comes to hand is taken to
ha-IPank. The American exchange, on the other
has considerably fallen, and a quantity of 5-
i dollar pieces, which arrived about a fortnight ego, was
Celnediately sent back. There does not appear yet to
theauffiejent margin to render the export of gold to
pt. States profitable, though there seems to be an im-
theeBsien in some quarters that this may before long be
Res
srs. Baring Brothers and Company invite am
lvfoatlens to Friday next for a 5 per cent. loan of the
so,low-Jaroslaw Railroad Company of £1,900,000.
principal and interest are guaranteed by the
i 3 4:rlal Russian Government, and the price of issue
tie„ Per cent. The following is the official explana-
jarmoe,f the railway and its prospects :—" The Moscow-
en. slaw Railroad, which when completed will
„„
e,e 262 versts, or about 175 miles, is the shortest
th.."4llll.lnication from the Volga through Moscow with
Qinaterior provinces of Russia. From the manufac-
pasng town of Jaroslaw to the city of Moscow this road
dist sus through some of the most populous and industrial
ea Pets of Russia, and through Rostow, the ancient
thl:ltal
the Grand Dukes of Russia, where one of
co largest fairs is still held. The first portion of
fap_versts from Moscow to Serguewski, where the
Troizki monastery is situated, was opened for
the."„elu 1863, and cost Ro. 4,307,881 currency, and
oteet profit in 1867 was above 9 per cent. on the
paid y' from which a dividend of 71.3 per cent. was
the „t° the shareholders after applying a balance to
Rho reserve account. In 1867 the net receipts were
Ito.
.4394,676, and the receipts have increased
patelo,ooo in the first half of the present year, eons-
eoba, with those of the same period of 1867. The
G 0 pang has hitherto issued no bonds. The Imperial
the jtunent guarantees both interest and principal of
eortar• 12,000,000 metallic now to be issued for the
Pleteructien of the 196 versts which remain to corn-
antp, the line and specially allots for that purpose an
at. sum 140. 615,600 metallic."
hag tirmg the month of August the sum of £225,000
for / n paid to the credit of the Secretary of State
.1) lidia Council, on account of the capital of the
nn Railway, Railway, the proprietors of shares in the
heive4aitipre havingi to a large extent availed them-
privilege privi ege of paying the amount of their
0 full.
that 4 tsips. Alfred Brett and Company's circular states
dule month of August has been one of extreme
avera'4 in the steamship business, and although an
hot bg: amount of inquiry has taken place, sales have
logbuild s
ef f
ru
effected, te d, notwithstanding that owners and
pewricsetse.amers on hand, are disposed to

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