The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-29 00:00:00

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CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The progress of the fortnightly settlement is stilt
the chief object of attention in the Stock Exchange.
General business is quiet, and prices are dull, in
spite of the extraordinary ease of the money market,
the downward tendency of wheat, and the increasing
Lrrivals of gold from abroad. The forthcoming divi-
dends aro discussed, and just as opinions happen to
lean so are quotations affected. A further decline is
reported this morning in some of the leading joint-
stock bank shares London Financial have suddenly
advanced £l.

Discount is moderately active at 11 per cent. In
the Stock Exchange advances on stock are in re-
quest.

The Funds are w;thont movement. Consols are
quoted at 94;1 co I-) ty tor delivery, and 941 for ac-
count. New and lieonced Three per Cents., 944 to
9411 ; India Five per Cents., 1141 to 115 ; Bank Stock,
240 to 243 ; Exchequer Bills, 15s to 20s prem.
In Foreign Stocks, Greek at 131 to 14k, Egyptian
(1804), at 82, and Peruvian (1865), at 85 to 85k, are
Per cent. better. Italian (1861), at 541 to 54k, and
New Spanish, at 37a to 37k, show an upward ten-
dency. Brazilian (1865), at 76 to 77, are I lower.
Turkish are flat, being quoted at 39 to 39/ ; Mexican
are unaltered, at 1511-to 151.
American Securities are firm. United States 5-20
Bonds are 1-16 better, at 73 to 73 ; Erie shares
higher, at 46 to 41; and Illinois f, at 101 to 102.
In Foreign Railways Great Luxemburg is k lower,
at 12 to 121 ; Lombardo-Venetian is steady, at 15
7-16 to 15 9-16.

The variations in t nglish Railways are not im-
portant. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midland,
are lower ; and South Eastern and Great Western*
each. Great Northern have advanced ±, and London
and North Western k. The prices are : Caledonian,
71 to 71i ; Chatham, 19 to 19), ; Metropolitan,
1091 to 1101 ; Sheffield, 41i to 42 ; Brighton, 51
to 51i ; Great Western, 49j to 491 ; Great Eastern,
36 to 36i ; Great Northern, 1021 to 1031 ; ditto (A),
95), to 96 ; London and North Western, 1141 to
1141; South Eastern, 73i to 74 ; Midland, 104 i to
105 ' • and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1271 to 128.
Bank Shares are dull, and business is extremely
'linked. London and County is lower at 49 to 50 ;
and London and Westminster f, at 70k to 701 ;
Agra (A), 114 to 12 ; Alliance 11i to 10i dis. ;
Anglo-Austrian 51 to 6k prem. ; Chartered Mercan-
tile, 28i to 24 ' • Consolidated, 4/ to 5' • Imperial
Ottoman, 1A- to 11 prem. ; Oriental, 424 to 43i ;
London Joint Stock, 33 to 34; Union of London, 33
to 34.

Finance shares are in little or no request. London
Finance is 1 better, at 22 to 20 dis. ; General Credit,
24 to 2i dis.; International 1i to 1} ; and Credit
Foncier, 31 to 3f.
Foreign Mining Shares are quiet. Chontales arc
lower, at 1/ to 2 ' • St. John del Rey unaltered, at
18i- to 19i ; Rocca, Grande, if to prem. ; and Port
1i to 1.
Miscellaneous Securities meet with little attention,
end prices are without particular change. Anglo-
American Telegraph is quoted at 21i1 to 21i ; Atlantic
Telegraph 8 per Cent., 4 11-16ths to 4 13-16ths ;
Hudson's Bay steady, at 15k to 15 ; London
General Omnibut, 21 to 2.i ; Fore-street Warehouse,
1 dis. to par.
The annual general meeting of the Netherlands
Land Enclosure Company has been convened for the
30th July to receive the report and statement of
accounts.

The traffic return of the Great Central of Belgium
Railway for the fourteen days ending June 3, shows
an increase of £5.452, as compared with the cones-
Ponding period of 1867.
£15,000 in bar gold were sent into the Bank on
Saturday.
By the arrival of the Atrato £211,000 in specie is to
hand from the West Indies.

Gold continues to arrive from the United States in
larger quantities. On Saturday £200,000 left New
pork for Europe, and the Weser has brought £15,500
for this country, the City of New York £36,500, and
the Germania £34,500.
The Pera has brought £16,000 in specie from Alex-
andria.

The total bullion imported into the United Kingdom
for the week ending the 24th inst. amounted to
397,998, and the total exported to £408,354, show-
ing a balance against this country of £10,356.
The railway and other calls announced for July
exceed £905,475.
The following mining dividends have been de-
clared :—Herods Foot, for four months, £1 10s per
share ; Trumpet Consols, for three months, lOs per
share ; Bwlch Consols, 5s per share ; and Providence
for three months, lOs per share. The South Wheal
Beton has made a call of £2 10 per share.
The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining Com-
pany (Limitedt have received the following report,
dated 'Morro Velho, 16th May, 1868 :—Produce for
4, PHI, 8,848 oitavas, from 5,146 tons ore ; yield,
4.719 oitavas per ton. Cost for April, £5,286 ; loss
for ditto, £1,307. Produce, 11 days of May, 3,397
oitavas ; 1.707 oitavas per ton. Gaia and Ga-
btrobas yPro4pe for April, 1,453 oitavas, £630 j
49st, £578.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.,
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 _or Cent. Consols 941 I I
Ditto for Account, July 9
.„4 per Cent. Reduced 941 1
.L'4,,,e v 3 per Cent
II OW 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cent. .) an. 1873
A inuities, 30 vrs, expire sth Jan., 18b9 —
Do. for 80 yrs, expire sth April 188i', l2}
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 11,08_ 24
Ex Acquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ot l7 16 20 pm
Do. £5OO
Do
, . £lOO & £2OO —
Sauk of England Stock. 41par Cent 2ll
Do. Account
lsnust GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 ...
Do. Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent.. Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
De. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 • lO5l
Do. 5/ per Cent., May 1879 lO9
Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do. do. 1877
Do. do. 1882 —
A.. fob., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l,OOO

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Repulic, 6 por Cent...
Anitrian Bonds, 5 por Cent. 1859
trizilian 5 per Cent xd
no. 44 per Cent., 1852 —
Do. do. 1858....
Do. do., 1810 —
1)o. do., 1863 —
Da. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
, lio Account —
45 uenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
, Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 por Cent )
Cu'A, 6per Cent.
04tlian 6 per Cent
Do. 44 per Cent
Do. 6 per Cont., B —
Do., 1867
Do., 7 per ;Cent., 1866 —
Do., Scrip £32 paid
olombian, 6 per Cont.
D wish, 3 pm. Cent., 1825 —
anubian Principalities, i I;er Cent BO4
Do 8 per Cont., 1867
,rfisuador New Oonsolidated, 1 per Cent —
4gyptian, 7 per Cent —
00. second issue —

Do. £5OO Bonds
Do. 4100 Boads
Do. 1864
Do. Account

Do. £5;)-9 Bonds —

Do. £lOO Bonds
Government Railway Debentures ..... 951 6
4 raft 5 per Cont., 1824. 5, ex Coups l3l
Do. Account

Do. Coupons --
. --
Do. Account
„kraatetnala 5 per Cent .. —
la onduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., .£25 p
hi awl 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do. Account . , —
,-. Do. Marommana Raiway 56
at xi car. 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account —
Dn. 1864 —
11p R oer Cont. Anglo-French —
Biontevideau 6 per Cent .. —
Moorish imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada ls}
Do 3 per Con —
Do. Dafor•sd
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account .. 84 :it 4t-
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarron) ...... ~....
• Do 4t per Cont., 1862 -. , 97i i
P' Do Account
irtguose 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'8
Do. do. 1867 4O-1, 1

... -- .....•
Do. do. Sc. ip, £2O paid —
a Issian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Do 4.4 per Cent. 1850
Do 4i per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859 sl}
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 85i 5
Do. Auglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.,
Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0....
Do , 1866, £lOO Bonds 9 1.90}
Do: (11 £B4 15s. do —
~ -Do Nicolas Railway 65 41 5}
'3,%*elitlittll, o Ina. Cent —
SP inish 3 per (len . —
Do A crfiunt
...
Do. 1867
Do New Deferred —
0
Do Account
Passive —
Do Acc.,ant
Do Corn. Cart. of Coup. not fundol —
Do Account -