The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-24 00:00:00

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11AR-I:CET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTILLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLoctc.
Atter Saturday's holiday, there is just a shade
More animation in the business of the Stock Ex-
change, but investments are still rare. The assur-
ances contained in the Constitutionnel have imparted
a. little stronger tone to the Foreign market, and
Italian Stock has improved 1 per cent. upon the
final leislative adoption of the Tobacco Convention,
whereby it is anticipated an equilibrium will be
attained between income and expenditure. In the
Railway market the principal features aro an im-
provement in Great Western stock and in Erie
shares. The letter of Mr. Stuart Wortley, formerly
governor of the Credit Foncier, by which the right
hon. gentleman engages to make restitution of his
share of the division of the "imaginary or unrealized
profits," amounting to something over £lB,OOO, has
created some sensation. What effect it will have re-
mains to be so2n. It has not, as yet, influenced the
price of the shares.
Money is in little or no demand, at 12 to 17-
ter cent.
Engli The Corn market this morning is quiet ; and
sh wheat is is to 2s lower than this day week,
suwhile foreign descriptions aro the turn easier, though
pplies are light.
_Consols are firm, at 931 to 93P for money, and
u 3.1 to 9:-3g7 for account, being a recovery of k. New
and Reduced Three per Cents., 94 to 942 ; India
246 e per Cents., 1141 to 115 ; Bank Stock, 244 to
, ; Exchequer Bills 16s to 20s prem.
Ks? the Foreign market Italian Stock is quoted at
.4 V) 521,
Cer°ettibOn:.bShowing
an
TUrki 4 advance of 1 per cent. ; and
8"
Fte.per Cents. have improved k, the present
37/ to 38± ; Mexican, 15 to 15 ;
do, e 1',..12i to 13 ; Egyptian (1864), 844 to 85 ;
31)4antoubileemY'
347 75 to
73 to 73k ; Brazilian, 76i to 77 ;
tif eoznedtenotxgencirie:
alplialt
ditonn4as9i ;Portuguese, 372 to 38± ;Spanish,
'lwto7a7y49i ;
Shares are quiet, and, with ft
Prices are steady. Great Western is
and South Eastern t, at 751
it.: 761' On the other hand, Great Northern, and
quoted at lOPnith Western are each i lower, being
to 106 k and 89 to 9U respectively.
Illidl
Lancashire
and and Yorkshire unaltered, at 129.4 to 130 ;
, 10M- to 107 ; Great Northern (A))
103 to 1034 ; Great Eastern, 36± to 361 Landon
and North Western, 1152 to• 116± : Metropolitan,
111 to 1111- ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
Shire, 44 to 43 ; Caledonian, 751 to 76± ; London
Chatham,- and Dover, 19i to 191.
In American Securities, the United States 5-20
Fonds.,,. are steady, at 71i to 712 ; Erie Shares and
Illinois are each 1 higher, the former being quoted at
oli to 323/4-, and the latter at 914 to Hi.
Loßank Shares are little dealt in. Imperial is i
wer, at 16i to 17i ; while Anglo-Austrian is ±
better,
q to 7f prem. ; Agra steady, at 114 to 12 ;
Alliance, 11 to 10 dis. ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to
c 29 ; Consolidated 4i to ‘g ; Imperial Ottoman, 11 to
ondo Pl.; London and County, 50 to 51 ex div. ;
t n and Westminster, 67 to 68 ; ditto, New, 54
4
4°
34i ; Oriental, 44 to 45 ; London Joint-Stock, 32
3 ; and Union of London, 35 to 36.
redit Foncier shares are
quoted at 22 to 3.
i3usiness in Foreign Mining Shares is only nomi-
nal.., St. John del Rey is inquired for at 19 to 20 ;
U"rartndlel,)ifiliP' 115
Colonial -4 -4 prem.
to 1/ ; Chontales, li to 21,. ; Rosso
GOvernment Bonds are steady at the
following prices :—Canada Six per Cent., 103 to 105 ;
,-..0. Flve per Cent., 91 to 93 ; 1-auritius Six per
u__ent., 103 to 105; New South Wales Five per Cent.,
up to in
-'-‘-'1 ; New Zealand Six per Cent., 110 to
112 ; Queensland Six per Cent., 105 to 106 ; Victo-
ria. 6 per Cent., 113 to 115 ; do., do., 114 to 115.
haveAtlntic and Great Western Railway Debentures
~ receded 2, to 37 to 34, and the Consolidated
Nortgage Bonds i to 37± to 372.
_ Great Indian Peninsula Railway New 4 per Cent.
Debenture Stock is 95i to 964.
.m Re Honduras Loan is 822
to 83L
Pre
est Wisconsin Railway Bonds are quoted 2 to li
Miscellaneous Securities are without feature beyond
the mere absence of business. Anglo-American Tele-
Reaph remains at 212 to 21g- ; Atlantic Eight - per
uent., 34 to 4 Hudson's Bay, 15,i- to 151 ,• eFore-
Warehouse, -3/4- dis. to i prem. ; London General
Omnibus, li to 2.N0 bullion transactions took place at the Bank on
Saturday. The Ilolsatia, from New York, has brought
M£71,822 in gold. The Pera has brought £273,875
aria Theresa dollars returned from Abyssinia.
RThe directors of the London., Chatham, and Dover
lilway Company have issued their report for the
thehlf year ending June 30. The gross receipts of all
systems amount to £200,488 12s against
£265,747 Os 3d for the corresponding period of 1867.
rl'ile gross expenses, which include £23,795 9s 8d for
enewal of peamanent way, are £207,635 13s 3d, as
n:Tared with £200,545 153 lid in 1867. The net
result of the traffic for the half year is a balance of
£82,852 183 91 The increase in the traffic may, it is
Stated, be considered steady and progressive, as it is
greater than the increase which the same period in
1867 showed over the first half year of 1866. The
directors express regret at the failure of the Amiga-
tion Lill of the three Southern Companies last session,
sod defend the recent increase of the tolls on the
ground that the abandonment of the bill for a union
prevented the hopedsfor reduction of working ex-
proses. They also assert that the increased fares now
Orged will bear a favourable comparison with those of
el. Companies, and that the discontent is to a great
sextent based on misconception. The proceedings in
ee case of Peto, Betts, and Crampton, are detailed,
ohd it is stated that a dividend of is 10d in the pound
„„,he .£199,848 proved against the estate of Peto
rA.sut_ctsv.,Bnteictts has lately been received.
ne at) applications in Paris for shares in the French
pTelegraph Company have been very nume-
vu„,,, and the allotment will be made this day.
I:enders will be received on Wednesday, Septem-
ber„, 2) for £200,000 India Council Bills.
Vhe London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and
a,sgow Stock Exchanges were closed on Saturday.
zriekbacToetripinutgbhieoicf,the Committee of Bondholders of the
G7tohldinasnt.d Silver Mining Company will
atTriohle calls due- in September, so far as they are yet
tar Ineed, are one of £2 on the 80,000 new ordt-
theY shares of the Metropolitan Railway, and £5 on
co 17)000 shares of the Indo-European Telegraph
and tliPar,nY. The amount of the former is £160,000,
°I the latter £85,000, making a total of
245000.
Annexed
S. w is an extract from the circular of l'essrs.
in /\T ' Silver and Co. with reference to gold mining
atai
eit,Bllatal, Durban, 9th July, ISM—South African Gold-
that Cc Definite and reliable information has been received
lvork;„e diggers, numbering about 70, were two months ago
Several successfully on the Ramakhuoban gold-fields.
are 1! sPecimens hve been received at the Cape, and others
ainkinekea for herein a few days. The diggers were not
vrork on nd washing in the alluvial ground, but were all at
fiajoß he reef on the northern bank of the Tatin, con-
of goia`heir operations to hammering and blasting ; the veins
vaneea were reported to increase in richness as they ad.
val,a. ; some of the small flat pieces contain at a rough
loyeatifen 40111
£1 to £3 of gold in its most pure and unal-
',liiipo Orin.
Matjen, the dominant chief, is favourably
La, is`. Several fresh parties are about to start. Trade
the iritntePrrioo_ve.d. Wool continues. to arrive at the port from
veafi a rin large quantities. Meetings are being held.
tnre 'new to effect retrenchment in the public expend'.
totes- Coal of faire quality has been found on sugar
Tea41)4114 few miles hence. The harbour works prcgress
Uy rail, %790 tons of stone have been transported thence
1, durin
"gne 30 g the month. Exports for half year ending
1344
of
,X 135,047, against £97,351 in corresponding
Ca rod
of ri'B67 ; and imports £142,180 against £140,052.
''ss been`-ood Hope, Port Elizabeth, July 14, 1868.—Trade
le%. rather quiet during the past fortnight. The wool
fr 415 dravv
I)lsta grafi ,log to close,
a but a quantity is still expected
aotle .anaB Town. Several large parcels have changed
sotwiPrices remain unaltered. Freights still rule high,
in wastandi
vesaei shortly some large steamers and several sail. torne,,,, a are expected ; the rates, have, however,
ineheaTit relaxed. Copious rains have recently fallen, 3.63
tirand,ll6 . hours. Intelligence of the death of Lady
bas bee wlfe of the Speaker of the House of Assembly,
the yeall rec,eived from Cape Town, Colonial revenue for
lu 18671. ending 31st March last, £5BB, 698 against £584,068
°f the or Another diamond has been found near the banks
The range River ; weight about 12 carats."
JUne Show an increase of £756, and for the six months
Fth 0, une 30, an increase of £2,998, as compared
the corresnondinz periods of 1807.

IMITISIE FUNDS—TWO O'CrLOOK'
8 "OrARNmExT FUNDS.
93i 4
1?,-;4' Clerit. Consols
91
4-44 f 8
3 oor Account, Sept..
94 3; 4}„
xr?°%Cent. Reduced
94 i 3i -r
per Cent
bblv 23- per Cent. Jan. 1894
Q• per eprit, ~, an. 1873
A.aututies, SO 'r
, ire sth Jan., 1880 —
E,01)(ol.ij 30, yi.c,Be;ix)iPre sth April 1885 —
xd
x,, kl'ed Sea Televapli), Aug., 1908
ohoiner Bills, 01,000, 2 per Ct
.
90 16 17
De. X5OO
20 16 ~
II ,n 1
£lOO & £2OO
_
2-0 1G pin
77
iir:. 0! tngland Stock, 4 per Cent
u •,lecount ...............................
440.0 a 4 per Cent. Bonds
.1„4 kniAN :3-ovilitxmENT SECURITIES.
''i'•4' •7,Lock, 10i per Cont., April 1874
_
—°' °Penin.• for Account
1141
1)°. 5 per ant. July, 1880
0
1041
,°- 4 pe.r Cent. Oct 1888
_
Do. (2 ,• . " •
.., • eittheatos ............. . ...............
luo• Fufac©d Pape,. 4 pr,r Cent
De
___
, • 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
ll
110
° 51 Per Cent., May 1879
D 5 Per Cent., Rup, Dob. 1872 .....
Do.
a -
do. 1877 ___.
ia c,
•
do. 1882 _
.....
'' ihb., 5 per °e t., Aug. 1873