The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-19 00:00:00

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WAMERCIAL T.NTY.I.I.JGFNi.',It:

CITY, Two o'CLoac.
Business to-day is somewhat active, owing to the
demand. for foreign securities, which capitalitts
seem to select for investment rather than accept
the love rate of interest which now rules at the dis-
count houses a course of action not at all to be
Imodered at, considering that in many cases good
security. with 10 per cent. per annum is to be had
amongst se trethies continental bonds. Consols are the
!urn lower. Railway shares continue stationary ;
Bonds. rise of 1 on United States Five-
wenty
Consolsrs
re - at 941 to 1 for money, and 9411
entfor the account (Nov. 5) ; the Three per
. Reduced, 933- 1; and New Three per, Cent,
941 to i. 8 4
I)e:licetnhte.,F;Foreign Market business is active. Bra-
-214° and Peruvian of 1865 have improved 1
Vitebsk Railway Loan,
of 1868, 4 ; ditto of 1862
as follows:
yall.c/ 1865, 1 ; and Italian of 1861, and the Orel
Loan, 1. Prices are quoted
hilian Brazilian of 1865, 781 to 781 ;
of 1867, 94 to 941 : Egyptian of 1864,
tB2l to R
, .7, ex div. ; Italian of 1861, 521 to 1;
Russian
161 to 1; Peruvian of 1865, 801 to .1 ;
;811ssian of 1866, 90i to i ; Nicolai Railway Loan,
i t° 1; ditto Orel, 83k to 1, ex div. ; ditto Mos-
eTnw-Jaroslaw, 83 to 1 ; Spanish of 1867, 331 tol ;
7ft lirkish of 1858, 671 to 681 ; ditto of 1862, 691 to
v: and ditto of 1865, 41/ to i.
,-, Indian Stocks are steady. Ten and a Half per
Cents. are at 214 to 217 ; the Five, 1141 to 115 ;
the Four, 103/ to 104 ; the Bonds, 20s. to 255.
real.; and the Debentures, 1051 to 106. Bank
°ek, 242 to 244 ; and Exchequerßills, 16s. to 20s.
prem.

The Honduras Loan is firm, at 901 91.
The Scrip of the New Italian Tobacco Loan is
firm, atl4 1/ prem.
4 the railway share market we have a slight
1
Improvement.... Great Northern A I better,
MS etropolitan 1, Brighton, 1, North-Western, 1,
outh Western 1 ; while Sheffield and South
Eastern are 1 lower :—Caledonian, 70/ 1 ;
i
tireat Eastern, 40/ ; Great Northern, 107, 8 ;
ditto
1061, 7 ; Lancashire, 1281, ; Metro-
atan, 1061 7 ; Midland, 1121 ; Shef-
field, 471 8 ; Brighton, 52/ 3 ; North British, 321
.
North Western,. 1121 1 ; North Eastern, 994
001 South Eastern, 774 8 ; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 171 i•
United States 5-20 Bonds are in good de-
mand, on a further decline in the price of gold
the quotation being at 731 731, showing a further
1.718,e, of 1. The Bonds of 1885 are I better, at 711,
it, and the Ten-Forty Bonds show an advance of
at 701, 701.
In Bank Shares the prices remain unaltered.
In the market for Miscellaneous Shares Hudson's
lia7 have declined 7s 6d, the present price being
151 to National Discount, 118 to 1; General
Credit, 2 5-16 to 3-16 dis. ; International Financial,
11 to 11 dis. ; Telegraph Construction, 154 to 16 ;
Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 3/
to 4 ; and Anglo-American, 21/ to 1.
It is understood that the offer of the Govern-
ment to purchase the Orissa undertaking from the
East India Irrigation and Canal Company, at the
Par *value of the shares, has been accepted.
The amount of the projected new Spanish Loan
Is now stated at 700,000,000 reals, or £7,000,000.
The list of contributories in the British and
American Telegraph Company is to be settled
before the Vice-Chancellor on the 16th November.

The 26th inst. has been fixed for the settlement
of the list of contributories of the St. Just Consol
mining Company, at the Registrar's Office of the
Court of the Vice-Warden of the Stannalies,
Truro.

Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. announce
that English holders of shares or obligations in the
Itimchsk-Morcbausk (Russian) Railway Company
flay henedorth receive the dividends at their
e,solinting-house in Leadenhall-street, instead of at
St. Petersburg, as heretofore.
Ole first election of directors of the Norwich
vet
Life office, under the provisions of the new
Norwich
Which has just come into operation, was held at
4Aorwich on Saturday. There were six candidates
for the three directorships vacant. Those elected
Were Messrs. Clabburn, Forrester, and Coaks.
be numbers are published of 676 bonds amount-
18f nieh
to £77,000, of the Danish 3 per Cent. Loan of
5, which Lave been purchased on account of the
uct or the redemption of the Loan and can-
celled.

'lle Athenian, from the West Coast of Africa,
'aas, brought gold and specie amounting to £3,675 ;
an the _
City of New York, from New York, £750
LI specie.
dThe
exportation of wheat from the United States
bee the first nine months of the present year has
en 37744,338 bushels, against 627,018 in the
-same,x, period of last year, and 279,796 in 1866.
a n_e Petroleum trade seems also to have experienced
revival, the shipments having been 41,047,423
tgwai kns, or nearly twice as much as in either of the
I,°,Preeeding years.
`le American papers contain aceounts of gold
tolseoveries of
extraordinary richness in the terri-
°f ,ho, in the Cceur d'Alene mountains.
tat Notice has been given that the interest due on the
of of January, 1869, on tl.e fully paid-up Bonds
0)1 West Wisconsin Railway, has been placed
4 -ePosit at the account of the English trustee,
r.
jaines Goodson, M.P., at the London and
thounty Bank.
Advices have been received from
IfelitcltnPaay in New York, by their president, Mr.
that'' Ruggles, who has just arrived in London,
Rig
the line will be opened for traffic to Black
iver Fails (32 miles) within a few weeks. The
bee revenue for this section for the first year has
been estimated at $125,000. An offer as already
ell made for 100,000 acres of the company's land
'',lss per acre.
x.rhe traffic receipts of the railways in the United
04113igd°fla for the week ending Oct. 10, amounted
15,,,31555 miles to £818,063, and for the corres-
`fi7ing week in 1867 on 13,039 miles to £703,163,
in°:ing an increase of 316 miles, and of £24,87 3
'Jae receipts.
Colonial Government Securities continue in de-
rs
era'nci for investing purposes, and this steadily in-
inea';'ing inquiry for these stocks has again resulted
tc- Tying strength to their values, although the
changes in the upward direction are not of an
—fortant nature.
er t is stated that the directors of the South-East-
-o„°ll'Parly have instructed their officers to
do—"len the plan of locking any of the carriage
°l.'s while the trains are travelling. It may be
fearedcases
that many accidents will result, but in such
07tes the railway will escape damages, as getting
tru On the wrong side will be a voluntary act. The
course would be to have a second fastening,
'eh could be undone in case of need, which
wouldcif_ prevent the door opening at once by the or-
uarY handle, and thus indicate his mistake to the
passenger.

BIZITISII FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
8 (iOVERNIIENT FUNDS.
941 i
Per Cent, Consols
94;
a Ditto for Account, Nov. 5
931 1
Ist
ti,)er Cent. itedueed
931 Li-
-7 3 per Cent ....................
t 2.1 per Cent. Jan. 1894
A 13°. 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873
.i.nnuities, 80 vrs, expire stb Jan., 1880 —
: Do. for 80 yrs, expire sth April 885 —
, 00 (Ited Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908—
pin
Iciltquer Lille, 4:1,000, 2 per et
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Do.
.£5OO
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£lOO & 1..:•20U ... —
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Canada per Cent. Bonds
_
Inter-Colonial Oniuttun
, INDIAN UOTERNMENT SECURITIES. _
tadia toek, 104 per Cent., April 1874
iLio. Opening, for Account
114!
00. 5 per Cent.. July, 188 u
10:4
Do. 4 i!et- Cent., Oct. 1668
bo. Corti ficates
Do.pEnfaced Pal 4 per Cent 921
o
. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1572
o. -)4 per Cent., May 17(1 —
Do
Bo Cent., per lZup. Deb. P-J72 ...... ...
Deo.
N o.
do. 1877 —
under
bonds, 4 per Cent~ £I,OOO
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