The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-07 00:00:00

Id A T

AND
Co AMERCIAL IIdTBLLLCiEIitA,

CITY, Two o'CLoci.

In Mark-lane the holders are asking I.s. ad•
Vance on wheat, without as yet being able to effect

the rise.

There is a strong demand fyr money in the dis-
count market this morning, and rates are firm at
2i to 3 per cent.
Cola°ls are 921 j for money; ditto, for Ac-
count, 92i ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 921 1;
New Three per Cents, 921 I.
India Stock, 101 per Cent , April, 1874, 219 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., 1888, 1024 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 51 pr
Cent., May, 1879, 1104 ; dittolßonds under £l,OOO,
5 prem.

Foreign securities have somewhat recovered
from Saturday's panic. Italian have improved
Greek -, and other stocks remain firm, Turkish at
the closing prices of Sarurday. In railway's quo-
tations have generally improved, but not to any
Important extent.

Consols are fractionally lower, at 92+ for both
money and account. _ _

Foreign stocks have partially recovered. Italian
Five per Cents. have risen /, to 561 56/. Mexican
Bonds are f better, at 15f 151 ; and Greek Bonds
at 12/ 13. Turkish Five per Cents. remain at
391 39} ; New Spanish, 33f 334 ; Peruvian Five
per Cents., 811; and Egyptian Seven per Cents.
of 1868 at 73/ 744.
The Honduras Loan is steady at 90 91.

Italian Scrip has recovered to 3 3i. prem., and
the new Russian Railway Loan has given way to
dis., par.
in railway stocks Great Western are if better,
Great Eastern Great Northern Lancashire
Metropolitan I, ditto Extension Midland,
Brighton North Western South Eastern, *—
all better ; Sheffield are I lower, and also North
Eastern. The quotations are :—Caledonian, 74i 5 ;
Great Western, 48i 9 ; Great Eastern, 42i l ; Great
Northern, 107 8 ; dittoj A, 107 k 8k ; Lancashire,
128 I ; Metropoitan, 1031 ; do. Extension, 98
100; Midland, 1111 12k; Sheffield, 47i ; Brighton
47i, I ; North British, 31k, 2/1- ; North Western,
112, ; North Eastern, 99/, 1001 ; South Eastern,
/ ; Chatham and Dover, 16/, 171.
4

United States Bonds are rather better. The
Five-Twenties have improved to 744, 74i. The
Bonds of 1885 are firm, at 72k, 72i ; and the Ten-
Forty Bonds are better, at 71i 72.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben-
tures remain at 364 to 371 ; and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds 37f 38, showing a rise of k in
the latter. Dries have given way to 25 25} ;
and Illinois Central Stock is unchanged at 96 96k.
Anglo-American Telegraph Shares remain at 22i
224 ; thu Eight per Cent. Preference at 34 ; and
the Original Atlantic Telegraph stock is unchanged
at 29 30.

The sum of £35,000 was withdrawn from the
1344 k on Saturday in sovereigns, of which £30,000
Were for Brazil and £5,000 for Egypt.
The last New York advices contain further par-
weUlars of the Erie Railway conspiracy, but they
present no new feature, the parties concerned hav-
ing long ago shown that there is no financial ini-
quity which persons in command of money can-
not commit in Wall-street with entire impunity as
regards legal consequences in the civil courts, and
very nearly also as regards social position. The
New Yo7k 7 ivies takes the only course calculated
to be of the slightest use—namely, that of calling
for the immediate commencement of criminal pro-
ceedings, Unless these be adopted, there can be
little safety in American Joint-Stock investments
?f any kind, since there is apparently nothing
111 the Erie case which could not be repeated in all
Others.

According to the last accounts from the Penn-
sYlvania oil regions a discovery had been made of a
regular oil-bearing stratum, al a depth not pre-
/10481y reached—an especially opportune circum-
stance, since during the present year there has been
a great revival in the demand, with a gradually di-
zainishing supply from most of the old sources. It
appears that from the Ist of January to the Ist of
November this year the aggregate yield has been
3,090 barrels—with nearly double the number of
new wells—an increase of only about 10 per cent.
upon last year's product. During this period of 10
months the shipments to foreign countries have in-
creased 50 per cent., while the stocks on hand in
Europe have not augmented, showing a greatly
increased consumption here. Meantime, the whole
•tuck on hand at the wells is only 226,000 barrels
against 666,000 at the same time last year. the
Price averages $4 per barrel, against $2 50c. last
year. The number of new wells being drilled is
435 against 255 a year ago.

A prospectus has been issued of the llonduras
Opal Mining Company, with a capital of £60,000,
111 12,000 shares of £5, to work certain mines in
Honduras,
Department of Gracias, in the Republic of
for which the owners are to accept
3'ooo of the shares fully paid up, such shares not
toa receive dividend until the holders of the re-
. wining 3,000 shall have received 15 per cent. per
annum.

The following telegram, announcing the arrival
of ships from England at Australian ports, has
bl7,eell received at the Jerusalem Coffee-house :
7, elbourne—Warrior, Bueton Castle,
.Marpesia,
•alediater, Empress of the Seas, Rockliff, St. Kilda,
fever Castle, Fred. Warren, and Holm esdale.
Sydney-..Anne Richmond, James Lister, and As-
;11":)n. Adelaide—Darra, South Australian, and St.

The traffic receipts of the railways in the United
'kingdom for the week ending Nov. 28, amounted
°II 13,855 miles to £732,054, and for the corre-
sponding week in 1867 on 13,039 miles to £718,605,
the
an increase of 316 miles, and £13,449 in
4ereceipts. The traffic receipts on the 14 princi -
Pal lines amounted in the aggregate on 9,677 miles
t° £613,744, and for the corresponding week of last
'ear on 9,425 miles to £604,198, showing an
ase in-
cre _
, or 252 miles, and of £9,546 in the receipts.
The traffic receipts on 52 other lines in the United
'kingdom, amounted on 3,678 miles to £118,301,
:14 for the corresponding week of last year on
",614 miles to £114,467, showing an increase of 64
tallest and of £3,903 in the receipts. The total re-
ceipts of the week, as compared with those of the
preceding one ended the 21st November, exhibits
44 increase of £9,071.
The movements of the precious metals during the
last Week have been on a very moderate scale as
regards the imports, which have amounted to about
£261810, including £2,000 from New York, by the
11,
ezer, and £l,llO from New Orleans, by the
-alc)rlia• La Plata, from the Brazils, has brought
sa
',470, the Tycho Brahe, £4,000, and the Rio
"alleiro, £2,070. The Lagos, from the West Coast
Z 1 Africa has also arrived with £8,000; and about
5,160, principally in silver, has been received from
the Continent. The exports have comprised £2,200
t l)
the West Indies, by the Atrato ; £95,103 to
here have been remittances to the Continent
tbrotigh private sources, estimated at £305,153
'0 total amounting to £602,453.
The Union Bank of London announces the half-
' early meeting for Jan. 13.
~,,
R The half-yearly meeting of the Oude and
°llilkund Railway is called for Dec. 17.
At a meeting of the London and River Plate
crank on the 21st inst., the directors will declare a
dividends of 5 per cent. for the half-year ending
ept• 30 last, together with a bonus of 3f per cent.,
I.,af,_ing, with the interim dividend of Li per cent.
'c" in June last, a distribution equal to 13} per
Dl.t• for the year.
During the past week the market for Mining
Shares has been dull, and with few exceptions de-
preiged. Those that have attracted most attentiont
re
on Inner of Wales, Marko Valley, West Chiver-
New' Chiverton, Chiverton Moor, West Frances,
Lovell
Seto , South Condurrow, West Seton, Wheal
great
._, Don Pedro, Chontales Gold, Yudanamutana,
Great Vor, Providence, &c. On
E. axe
""
Per last the standard for copper ore declined
ton,