The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-30 00:00:00

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The trafff.: receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada for the week ending Dec. 12, show au
increase of £252.

Agra Bank A shares are marked 12 ; ditto B,
3/ 5; Imperial Gttoman, 11k; London and County,
49i 56 ; Oriental Bank Corporation, 42i ; Union
of London, 38.

A sum of £26,000 in bar gold was sent into the
Bank yesterday.

Telegrams have been received announcing the
fact of the prospect of a complete settlement of the
Turco-Greek question, and that peace would be
preserved. This has caused some large purchases
by the continental houses of Turkish and other
miscellaneous foreign securities.
At the half-yearly neeting of the London and
Greenwich Railway Company, called for the 12th
of January, a dividend will be recommended of
£1 Us. Si. per cent., or 53. 4d. per share, clear of
income tax, for the half year, payable on the 13th
of January.

A general meetingof the United Discount Cor•
poration (Limited) is called for the 15th January,
to consider the directors' report for the half-year,
and to declare a dividend.

The annual meeting of the Peel River Land
and Mineral Company (Limited) is called for
the 15th of January, to consider the annual
report.

At a meeting of the directors of the Illinois Cen-
tral Railroad Company, held at New York on the
15th instant, a diviJend of 5 per cent. in cash,
free of Government tax, was declared, payable
on the Ist of February to the, holders of the full-

paid shares registered on the 18th of January
next.

The Anglo-Egyptian Cotton and Oil Company
(Limited), of Manchester, have resolved to wind
up voluntarily.

A petition for the winding up of the London
Permanent Benefit Building Society is to be heard
before Vice-Chancellor Malins on the 15th of
January.

The directors in London of the Italian Irrigation
(Canal Cavour) Company regret that, owing to the
opposition of a small section of the bondholders to
the confirmation of the concordat they have been
unable to announce the resumption of payment of
interest on the bonds punctually ou the Ist of
Jan. next, but from a telegram received yesterday
from the president of the company in Italy, they
trust that all difficulties have now been overcome,
and that they will be in a position in a few days
to advertise the payment of the interest due on the
Ist of January.
The following is reported by Messrs Ward, Armi-
tage, and Co., Manchester :—" We have a dearer
market, prices of both yarns and goods being quoted
higher, which, however, limits the extent of business
that otherwise would be done. Offers generally
making are those current last week."

Our Manchester advices report the " absence " of
a merchant and manufacturer there whose liabilities
amount to from £BO,OOO to £lOO,OOO.
Advices have been received by the Mariquita
Mining Company (Limited) stating that the super-
intendent of the Santa Anna Mine intends forward-
ing by next mail a full profit and loss account for
September and October. The Marinate Mine show
for the month of October a cost of $10,735, and
returns $12,070; the Aguss Clams Mine for the
same month had cost $2,659, and the returns over
$2,890.

The traffic of the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway exhibits an increase of £287 ; that
of the Grand Trunk of Canada presents an in-
croase of £252.

The following are the traffic returns of the Mel-
bourne and Ilobson's Bay United Railway for the
four weeks ending the sth November : —For week
ending October 15, 1868, £2,209, corresponding
week, 1867, £1,868; October 22, £2,145, corres-
ponding week, 1867, £1,772; October 29, £1,936,
corresponding waek, 1867, £1,642; and November
5, £3,498, corresponding week, 1867, £3,831.

The commercial advices from New York furnish
statements of the importation of the class of manu-
factured articles from Europe termed " dry goods"
during the 11 mouths of the present year from the
Ist of January to the 30th ult., compared with
those of the same period during the two preceding
years. The total entries have bee❑ £15,471,000,
against £16,634,000, in 1867, and £24,000,000 in
1866. The falling off has been distributed in al-
Inost equal proportion over woollen, cotton, silk,
and linen goods, while the amount under the head
of " miscellaneous" shows little variation.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

, GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
6 Per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account,
3 per Cent. Reduced 921 i
New 3 per Cent
New 2k per Cant. Jan. i e 94
De. i per Cent...ian. 1873
AillialtieS, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 e —
Do. for 30 yrs, oxpire sth April 1885 —
~ Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 180$ —
'4Xchcquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ut -
Do. £5OO
O. £lllO & £2OO —
15 tnk of England Stock, 4por Cent
no accut
. o
~tuada 4 pern Cent. Bonds —
iotter-Colonial Omniunt
1
4lia stock, 101 par Cent., April 1874 Shut
u...,0. Openincr, for Accoutt
uo. 5 per Ce nt. July, 180

MAJOiET

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

There is a strong demand for money in the open
market, and no business is reported under Bank
rate.

This being the last day of the settlement, dealers
are very namth engaged with the final arrange-
ments. There is not much change in foreign secu-
rities—Spanish are i lower, and Greek better.
Among American stocks Atlantic and Great
Western Consolidated Bonds and Debentures are
better.

In Mark-lane wheat is firm at I\londay's eurren
cies. Oats arc rather better.

Consols are 924 a for money; Three per Cent.
Reduced, 92! I; New Three per Cents, 92! !-
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto Bonds
£l,OOO, 15 prem.

The Foreig❑ Stocks show a rise of in Greek,
and fall of the same amount in New Spanish Three
per Cents. Italian, 551 561 ; Mexican, 144 15 ;
Greek, 12 124 ; New Spanish, 324 321:; Turkish
Five per Cents., 394 394.
The Honduras Loan is steady at 894 904.
In the railway market Caledonians are 1 better,
Metropolitan 4, Midland 4, Brighton I, North
Western. 4, and South Eastern 4. The quotations
are :—Caledonian, 754 4 ; Great Western, 484 4 ;
Great Eastern, 404 4 ; Great Northern, 1054 6j ;
ditto A, 1074 84 ; Lancashire, 128 4 ; Metropoli-
tan, 104 4 ; Midland, 1124 134 ; Sheffield, 464 7 ;
Brighton, 484 9 ; North British, 32 4 ; North
Western, 1114 124 ; North Eastern, 924 100 ;
South Eastern, 79 4 ; Chatham and Dover, 164 17.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have improved to 414 414, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds to 434 44, showing in each a fur-
ther advance of 4. Fries and Illinois are not so
good at 26 264, and:9s 954 respectively, or 4 lower
than yesterday.

Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
Cent. Debenture Stock is 94 95.

Italian Scrip has improved e, to 3 3 prem., and
the last Russian Railway Loan is about 2 dis.

United States 5-20 Bonds have given way
to 744 74k, but the Bonds of 1885 remain at 724
73, and the 10-40 Bonds are -I higher, at 711 714.
At a meeting the board of directors of the Illi-
nois Central Railroad Company, at New York, on
the 15th December, it was resolved, " That a divi-
dend of 5 per cent. in cash, free of Government tax,
be paid on the Ist day of February next to the
holders of the full paid shares registered on the 18th
day of January next, and that the transfer books
be closed on the said 18th day of January, and
opened on the sth of February following."
The traffic receipts of the South Elstern R.,il-
- show an increase of £.2,859, and the London,
Brighton, and South Coast of £287.