The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-27 00:00:00

CITY, Two o'CLoCK.
The Stock Markets are tolerably well sustained,
though a partial reaction has taken place in one or two
Foreign descriptions. Business, except is connection
with the settlement
i continues upon the smallest pos-
sible scale. There s no demand for the Funds, but,
supported by the present ascendancy of peace feeling
on the Continent over the firmness of the Paris Bourse,
they have regained the slight decline which took place
yesterday. Railways are dull upon the traffics, but
the reduction in price established shortly before last
!light's close, have extended to some other lines, while
an the case of Lancashire and Yorkshire, there is a
slight improvement. The accounts from different
parts of the country of the improvement, produced
upon the later crops within the last fortnight, are
exceedingly favourable.
The discount market is steady and unaltered. Rates
for the best bills continue at 1/ to 1i per cent., with
very limited transactions.
Consols are steady, at 94 to 94k for money, and
94k to 94/ for the Bth September. New and Reduced
Three per Cents., 94/ to 94; ; India Five per Cents.,
114 k to 115 ; Bank Stock, 244 to 246 ; Exchequer
Bills 163 to 20s prem.
With the exception of Italian, which is k lower, at
Slit to 51, Foreign Stocks are without particular
~ehange, and the Foreign Stocks
are extremely limited.
Spanish Three per 'Cents. is k worse, at 34k to 341 ;
While Mexican is better, at 14i to 15k ; Turkish
reeivnets.p,er Cents 38k 39/ • Danubian Seven per
•,to •
752 to 77 ; Brazilian, 76k to 77k ; Portuguese,
3,71 to
73EigYtoPtir4'. 82k to 83k ; Viceroy of
%4YinonPwgtiel4i:,:aat:a;ilway Shares are rather dull, but prices
are not much altered. London and South Western is
yvesctehreaster, 88 to 90 ; Great Northern (A), and
Sheffield, and Linconshire, each, at
1.03 k to 104 and 42/ to 43k respectively ; and Great
tern
-I, at 49 to 491 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire
1.? better, at 129 k to 130 ; Midland, 107 k to 1071 ;
;Great.?oo7uthE s
EL75i to 76 ; Great Northern, 106 to
tern, 36g to 36", t ; London and North
• Western, 116 Ito 116 k ; Metropolitan, 110/ to 110/ ;
Caledonian, 76 to 76k ;
_Jondon, Chatham, and Dover,
. 18i to 19.
E
St4nslerican Securities are without change. United
ate
5-20 Bonds are inquired for at 71/ to 71k ; rie Shares, 32 to 33.; Illinois, 91 to 92.
; Finance Shares are little dealt in. Credit Foncier
:118hade firmer, at 21 to 3 ; General Credit 21 to
*ii.ulB* ; International Finance, to dis; London
IFrioargieg❑ Mining'ipto
22dis.
Shares are without feature. St.
ondel Rey remain at 19} to 20k ; Rossa Grande,
Colonial
prem. • Port Phillip, 1k to 1/.
Government Bonds are quiet at the follow-
-11,1.g prices :---Canada Six per Cents., 103 to 105'; do.
lye per Cents., 90 to 92 ; Mauritius Six per Cents.,
103 to 105 ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 99
tr? 101 New Zealand Six per Cents., 110 to 112 ;
Yueensland Six per Cents., 105 to 106 ; Victoria Six
• Per Cents., 113 to 115 ; do., 114 to 115.
Bank Shares are steady. Imperial is rather
`;‘111, at 16k to 17k ; Agra (A), 11; to 12 ; Alliance,
idk to
tered 10i dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 6k to 7 prem ;
to Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Consolidated, 4#
; Imperial Ottoman, fto prem. ; London
s'euti County, 50 to 51 ; London and Westminster,
dont° 67i ; ditto New, 53k to 54i ; Oriental, 44 to
.; London Joint Stock, 32 to 33 ; Union of Lon-
don, 34; to 35i•
In Miscellaneous Securities the dealings are limited,
1,1,11t1 the only change is a decline of kin Hudson's
25Y, which is quoted 15 to 15k ; Anglo-American
I:Telegraph 21k to 21f ; Atlantic, Telegraph, Eight
:rk Cent., 3 .to 4 ; Fore-Street Warehouse k dis.
prem. ; and National Discount, 11/ to 111.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have further advanced to 38i to 38/, and the Con-
solidated Mortgage Bonds to 391 to 39j.
tient
Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
. Debenture Stock is 95; to 96k, and the Con-
aelmilatel Mortgage Bonds 34 to 39/.
.„'-ne Honduras Loan is steady at 82/ to 83k.
"l'ar Gold to the value of £39,000 was sent into the
r Ink yesterday, making since the date of the last
rn .£86,000•
•a The Maria Theresa dollars brought by the Pera,
4,l4"ntin,g to about £250,000, have been disposed of
54fd, being the same price as that obtained for the
quantity sold last week.
ili_ Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received a
nittance from the Custom House at Carthagena of
710 ; and also a remittance from Bogota of £3,650,
On account of the New Granada dividends.
The
Coo general meeting of the Merchant Banking
for t 6
any has been convened for the 10th September,
e hpurpose of declaring an interim dividend for
the half year ending June 30 last.
The traffic receipts of the M mdras Railway, for the
Week ending July 11, show an increase of £872 as
eftpared with the corresponding period of 1867.
The Turkish Government have just paid the
41Yrna and Cassaba Railway Company .C 9,575 gua-
rantee for the year 1867.
The ordinary general meeting of the Surrey Corn-
srnercial Dock Company has been convened for the 17th
ePtember.
t_ The ordinary general meeting of the Bedford Pan-
weicen a hnieon Company will be held on the 3rd September,
dividend will be declared.
;.:T,4ne ordinary general meeting of the Carnarvon and
thra,b2rris Railway will be held on the 18th of Sep-
er, for the transaction of the ordinary business of
COMTII,”
The orvdlnujar'y general meeting of the Anglo-Ameri-
l'an Telegraph Company is called for the 7th of Sep-
r`tee'„,h_4r.; meanwhile- ihe directors have issued their
P;'',1111 anticipation, in which they propose to pay tandel.vkidend of lOs per share, free of income tax, for
ao,„,,.'",ree months ending 31st of July. The receipts
"ftng to the Anglo-Americ and Atlantic Tele-
Ph from the cables from Ist Mayo 3lst July have
being £496 lOs per day, one of the cables only
A g occupied from four to six hours per day.
LoVil official intimation was yesterday received in
(1018.40 u of the calling in for cancellation of 1,000,000
the Ills the Seven per Cent. Construction Bonds of
of th „nois Central Railroad Company. The numbers
!Sipe e -°onds called in are from 3,001 to 4,000 inclu-
co,,,, of 1,000 dols. each. They will be paid off at the
Oe'ltoltnY's offices, in America, on and after the Ist
er, at
the rate of 120 per cent. and accrued
Trhes6 ; after that date all interest will cease.
eharlollowing are some of the rates of continuations
ellaneu• at the railway settlement in the Stock Ex-
ge sterday
sled East - •
sa teat
ern,
„,.
.. ...even a-

... ...even to I back.

great...2s to 3; contango, closing 3s
. Northern
... Iv to 4s.
.. ito contango.
13°
4 ••• ...1-16 back to 1.16 contango,
14m
closing 1.16 to 3.16 contango.
14-'4!tock
___ •..3-16 to 5.16 do., closing ito I.
44' and North Western even to i do., closing even to
iireat i.,., i o
34
back.
kid! qestern
... —1.16 t 6 do., closing Ito I,
kat)," --. ... ...I to i contango.
'°Polita i toe do closing 5-16 to 7-16
%111
con tango.
•.: . ...I to I contango, closing 5.16
terve
to 7-16 contango.
lork lek • ::: ...even.
Sliert and N.orth Midland...even.
0414
..
...
..
1.16 to 346 contango.
Qrettt ,o,,.Briqahtango.
Cll-44d"„,e4tern of Canada...6d to 9d contango.
trlg' 4totnak of Canada ...9l to is 3d do.
" ...
...
...1 to i do,

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1011
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1877 —
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-Ctine Republic, 6 per Cent
ag4iljlll. linnda 5 per Cent. 1859
,11. 411 5 Per 'Cent
DA. 1 Per Cent., 1852 —
74
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1858
Do. 40.
bo. ~ 0.,
1863
77
1)0 2eper Cleat., 1865
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77
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