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

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CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Business to-day is somewhat active, owing to the
~ernancl for foreign securities, which capitalists
seem to select for investment rather than accept
the
low rate of interest which now rules at the dis-
count houses, a course of action not at all to be
te.°lldered at, considering that in many cases good
ClititY With 10 per cent. per annum is to be had
4_Amongst the continental bonds. Consols are the
;llrrilower.
Railway shares continue stationary ;
but,, there is a rise of
on United States Five-
-Liveuty Bonds.
Con
``Bols are at 941 to 1 for money, and 9443 ,
sellerg" for the account (Nov. 5) ; the Three per
Cent. Reduceds3l to 4 931 • and New Three per Cent,
1
the Foreign Market business:is active. Bra-
an and Peruvian of 1865 have improved
13,8.e2irtielbeiaesulnt•of; Turkish of 1868, 4, ; ditto of 1862
14.1.(1 1865, I ; and Italian of 1861, and the Orel
Railway Loan, 1. Prices are quoted
asch?ollorts
Brazilian of 1865, 781 to 78i ;
1867, 94 to 941 : Egyptian of 1864,
ALI ,to 11 div. ; Italian of 1861, 521 to ;
`l'eatl, 161 to ; Peruvian of 1865, 801 to ;
684siall of 1866, 90k to f ; Nicolai Railway Loan,
e_k to ; ditto Orel, 83k to
-‘,13, ex div. ; ditto 'Mos-
luwllaroslaw, 83 to 1 ; Spanish of 1867, 331 to ;
70.1 an I'B4 of 1858, 671. to 681; ditto of 1862, 69} to
d ditto of 1865, 411 to I.
Ilan Stocks are steady. Ten and a Half per
I,ellts• are at 214 to 217 ; the Five, 1141 to 115 ;
;re Pour, 1031 to 101 ; the Bonds, 20s. to 255.
ste:n• and the Debentures, 1051 to 106. Bank
gem
uek, 242 to 211 ; and Exchequerßills, 16s. to 20s.

The p
londuras Loan is firm, at 904 91.
/he s •
crlp of the New Italian Tobacco Loan is
~rni,
at lit prem.
i,"he railway share market we have a slight
iutProvenient. Great Northern A 1 better,
SouthetroPolitan 1, Brighton, 1, North-Western, 1,
Western 1 ; while Sheffield and South
:":arstern are 1 lower :—Caledonian, 704 1 ;
eat Eattern, 404 f ; Great Northern, 107, 8 ;
ulttn 1064-, ; Lancashire, 1284, ;
l'alitan, 106/ 7 ; Midland, 1124 Metro-
Shef-
-3e.id.,.147i 8; Brighton, 52/ 3 ; North British, 324
1001N°rth Western, 1121 ; North Eastern, 994
4, South Eastern, 77f 8 ; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 171
United States 5-20 Bonds are in good de-
mand' on a further decline in the price of gold
the quotation being at 731 734, showing a further
71e Of 4. The Bonds of 1885 are 4 better, at 711,
,
, and the Ten-Forty Bonds show an advance of
z, at 70;, 701.
1413stuk Snares the prices remain unaltered.
,
the market for Miscellaneous Shares Iludson'm
IlaY have declined 73 63, the present price being
crifie ; National Discount, 114 to 4; General
edit,
-
2 5-16 to 3-16 dis. ; International Financial,
t° ; Telegraph Construction, 151 to 16 ;
tAtlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 31
° 4 and Anglo-American, 214 to 4.
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
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
°f the list of contributories of the St. Just Consol
t
ellning Company, at the 11,gistrar's Office of the
of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries,

i\lemre. J. Henry Schroder and Co. announce
that English holders of shares or obligations in the
•kktasclisk-Morchausk (Russi,in) Railway Company
141 Y henceforth receive the dividends at their
Stll4tiwg-house in Leadenhall-street, instead of at
yetershurg, as heretofore.
Lithe first election of directors of the Norwich
het Whichnl°ll Life office, under the provisions of the new
has just come into operation, was held at
f:rwieh on Saturd ty. There were six candidates
I,er the three directorships vacant. Those elected
reMessrs. Clabburn, Forrester, and Coaks.
Thein numbers are published of 676 bonds amount-
gto 77,000, of the Danish 3 per Cent. LouA of
fen, for the' Which have been purchased on account of the
celled. redemption of the Loan and can-

Ole Athenian,
_ from the West Coast of Africa,
8 isuL gold and specie amounting to £3,675 ;
the City of New York, from New York, £750
PeCie.
duTtie exportation of wheat from the United States
bering the first nine months of the present year has
3,744,338 bushels, against 627,018 in the
I,ul,ttle period of last year, and 279,796 in 1866.
a r!‘P. petroleum trade seems also to have experienced
c lval, the
gallons shipments having been 41,047,423
two Or nearly twice as much as in either of the
Ireoedicg years.
d7se e American papers contain accounts of gold
tor (Ivi,eries of extraordinary richness in the terri-
i °I Idaho, in the Cceur d'Alene mountains.
1,4 c,tice has been given that the interest due on the
of t°ll' january, 1869, on the fully paid-up Bonds
ort de West Wisconsin Railway, has been placed
de West
at the account of the English trustee,
Coi,„:4llles Goodson, M.P., at the London and
the
coy Bank. Advices have been received from
11, Aci°lll.PaoY in New York, by their president, Mr.
that s' Ruggles, who has just arrived in London,
Ili! tile line will be opened for trafiEs to Black
Ileterr„,Palla (32 miles) within a few weeks. The
been 'venue for this section for the first year has
been "timated at $125,000. An offer as already
at been
for 100,000 acres of the company's land
Per acre.
ih,,, traffic receipts of the railways in the United
f,'":l for the week ending Oct. 10, amounted
pori;'sss miles to £818,063, and for the cones-
ilho-"lag week in 1867 on 13,039 miles to £703,163,
ig -twing an increase of 316 miles, and of £24,87 3
he receipts.
rtiel°nial Government Securities continue in de-
er -all fcm investing purposes, and this steadily in-.
in g inquiry for these stocks has again resulted
tqarrg Strength to their values, although the
changes in the upward direction are not of an
rt rtant nature.
era ipB stated that the directors of the South-East-
aba,,,°l4Pany have instructed their officers to
d 0 awhile
the plan of locking any of the carriage
eared
1.4 while the trains are travelling. It may be
:ed that many accidents will result, but in such
outes tile railway will escape damages, as getting
tr
00 the wrong side will be a voluntary act. The
wife, Le"rse would be to have a second fastening,
wo'e" could be undone in case of need, which
dintial.d prevent the door opening at once by the or-
, "Y handle, and thus indicate his mistake to the
v4Benger.

BRITISH FUNDS
—CLOSING .
3 I'ERNMENT FUNDS.
94}
Per Cent. Consols
a Ditto for Account, Nor. S—CL°BING
PRICES.
94;
931 14
Iv Pei.. Cont. Reduced
03i Li
New
3 per Cent
ll'f 2i. per Cent. Jan. 1894
A (). '' Per Cent. van. 1873
Inuitis, SO yrs, expire sth Jail., lbBo —
to. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
1,
__co (Ited Sea Tele‘ruph), Aug.,
Pm
.4
'lacquer tills, £l,OOO, 2 per lit —
-Du.
1908 —
C5OO
Dn.
LA - 4100 St £2OO
: . it of England Stock, 4 per Cent
. account C
Inte
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r-C oloada pnial er Cent Bonds
lt

_ Oninitun
i . INDIAN aOVERNMENT SECURITIIie.
ndla t0ck,.104 per Cent., April 1874
Opening, for Accoutt —
00'114}
Do 5 per Cent. July, 1880
1031
,O. pe Cent., Oct. 18E8
lie. Certificates
00. Enfaced Pa
1)0 pe' 4 per Cent 92i
„. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
1051
"°. De 54 per Cent., May 1879 —
per Cent., Itup. Deb. 1872
110,0. _
do. 1877 _
'Bonds, 4 per Cent., £1,000
25 Ina
"0. 'wader .£l,OOO