The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-21 00:00:00

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Business to-day has beenCITY very dull Two, andCLocx Consols
have given way 1 per cent. Foreign Securities
continue firm, the Tobacco Loan still improving in
Pine. In the railway market Midlands have been
inquired for at improved quotation. Metropolitan
and South Eastern have declined.
The Discount Market and the rate for loans in
the Stock Exchange remain unaltered.i
Consols arc at 941 to 1 for money, and 94i) for
the account (November 5) ; and the Three per
ent.
934 Reduced 9311/ 1, and New Three p©r Cents.,
Foreign Stocks are firm. Brazilian of 1865,
Italian of 1861, Peruvian of 1865, Russian of 1866,
Sptaionish of 1867, and the Orel Vitebsk Railway Loan
Lave risen to per cent. Subjoined are the (lim-
ns :_Brazilian of 1865, 791 to I ; Chilian of
',1867) 941 to 93 ; Egyptian of 1861, 821 to 83 ex
iv.; Italian of 1861, 531 to 54; Mexican, 161 to
1 Peruvian of 1865, 821 to f ; Russian of 1866,
9O to 911 ; Nico!ai Railway Loan, 681 to ; ditto
°r°') 831 to 84, ex div. ; ditto Aluscow-Jeroslaw,
81858 t° ; Spanish of 1867, 331 to j ; Turkish of
°f 16 67/ to 681 ; ditto of 1862, 70 to ; and ditto
65, 44 to 1
t Indian Ten and a Half per Cents., 214 to 217 ;
11° Five, 1141 to 115 ; the Four, 1031 to 104 ; the
1,18) 18s. to 235. prem. ; and the Debentures,
2ri to 106 ; Exchequer Bills are firm at 17s. to
prem. Bank Stock, 242 to 244.
b„The new Italian Tobacco Loan has advanced 1
-:,,ctent., the present price being 21- to 3 prem.
n.'ne Honduras Loan has further improved, to
01 94.
cGreat Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
'nt• Debenture Stock is 941 951-.
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Ite,ar ilway quotations are falling. Great Western
eat Eastern j, Great Northern A 1, Metropo-
litan North British 1 North E intern (Berwick)
• and South Western Caledonians are 1 better,
and Sheffield 1• The prices stand as follow
..
-
edontan, 711 74 ; Great Western, 481 49 ;
Great Eastern 401 410; Great Northern, 107 8 ;
ii,itt° A, 1051 ; Lancashire, 1281 ; Metropo-
-)'• n, 1061- ; Midland, 112 k 1 ; Sheffield, 48 1;
1
4,_Vrigliton, 52
; North British, 32 ; North-
stern, 112
112
i North-Eastern,lool
uth-Eastern, 771 ; C hatham and Dover,
z 18.

The trallic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway
sh?Ny au increase of X. 1,758.
the Midland Railway traffic return shows this
we,ek. an increase of £5,916 over last year.
traffic of the Atlantic and Great Western
Ilailway for the fourth week in September amounted
to $114,664 as against $124,211.
ditto Bank shares are as follows :—Agra A, 11f 12i ;
11, 6 64 ; Australasia, 521 i; Bank of
364
igYllt' 37i ; Chartered Mercantile of India
; Consolida.ted, 44 ; English and Rio de
Janeiro, 94 ; Imperial Ottoman, 114 f; London
Ldßiver Plate, 11 ; London and County, 484 ;
'on Joint Stock, 32i ; London and Westmin-
;er, 64 National Provincial of England, 134 ;
uriental Bank Corporation, 431 ; Union of
AUstralia 48i.
lAnglo-American Telegraph Shares are unchanged
at I! 211 2 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference shares
3 15-16, 4 1-16 ; ; and the Original Atlantic
Telegraph shares is lower, at 32 33. The shares
of the French Atlantic Cable Company are 4f,
dis.

In Miscellaneous Shares there is a rise of 2s. 6d.
is Iludson's Bay, viz., to 151 ; General Credit,
21 to dis. ; International Financial, 11 to 1.1 dis.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Great Western
Ilailway Company of Canada, held this day, the
report Was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 2
Per Cent, per annum, free of income-tax, was de-
clared.

The sum of £16,000 in sovereigns for Australia
INs withdrawn from the Bank.
‘Y, takes
The mail steamer Flamsteed, from Liverpool to-
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£76,000 for Brazil and the River Plate.
havelt I'B understood that the Loudon Bank of Mexico
f
accepted the business of the Committee of
an Bondholders, and that any remittances ond
e
4.-el3nnt of the dividends from Mexico will be ma
‘nrough that establishment.
'l_ a,ea Loan for
wl,he tenders for the Government of New South
21,000.000 were opened yesterday
,-- the Bauk of `Tow ' South Wales. The total
-.lto 1.
311' applied for was £3,65-,- •
q 409 All tenders
full,
the alla
above £9B is. will receive allotments in
f
th°Be at .e
h: . --98 Os. 6J. will have about one-third of
'tuns tendered for; all below that sum will not
was not
in the allotment. The sealed minimum
was nOt opened.
efi\eir* %'ydges, the manager of the Grand Trunk
ar:allarla Railway, has addressed to the Board
an
4:wer to the charges lately alleged against him by
Re
seltine.
fe,
e:zsf
./. years since Mr. Bessemer carried to a slic-
al 111 •Issue the pneumatic process which bears his
The
fur the
manufacture of steel from pig iron.
thee23es3emer process, however, demands iron of
Keatonn brand, a new process patented by Mr.
class sty by which inferior iron is made into first-
bial2,teel) thus utilising for the higher purposes of
to tilleture vast deposits of ore hitherto condemned
tion ? 'west rank. The saving in cost of produc-
rills said to be several pounds a ton.
tooo,„e,er"in agents for the colonies invite tenders
Titer-,l°Ny (Thursday), and on every succeeding
on t-1,8"a3r until further notice, for bills of exchange
ge Go 4 vernment of Ceylon.
the jleetiog was held yesterday of the creditors of
E4at cnruuercial Bank Corporation of India and the
voor',W4o the committee was instructed to endea-
It W`'`) effect a compromise with the shareholders.
178. -nsrlalso resolved to accept a sum of not less than
d
Within irk the pound without interest, to be paid
he e-q a certain time, to be hereafter fixed ; and in
this 'relit of the shareholders declining to accede to
elaiilo4ll:angenaent, it was determined to enforce all
NI -,-::ti, NI, and to support the application for a
befe;.. 'e whole liability on the shares, to be heard
Aie the Master of the Rolls on the 30th inst.
Yeat da' nleeting of the Royal Bank of Liverpool
de tors :the names of some of the 1 principal
trae -:4 to the concern are understood to have
eite4a-13tred, but the proceedings created much ex-
Pre ent' and a great de3ire was still manifested to
Atellthe publicity.
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,41° half-yearly meeting of the Bank of British
of 214 the report was adopted, and a
dividend
itfael),,,er cent• was agreed to.
clivide union Steamship Company have declared a
Th:(l°f Z 1 per share.
Coin l'ePort of the North of Scotland
Banking
the
rPaxlY recommends a six months' dividend at
tax ate
of 10 per cent. per annum free of income
The 1,
to be ePort of the Bahia Gas Company (Limited)
l'eeolt,laresented at the next half-yearly meeting,
Per neuds dividends at the rate of 10 per cent.
the 0a,T,"1 00 the preference, and 3 per cent. on
rtb-m-Li'arY shares.
Dredieet news from Brazil by the Estramadure
guay -%a speedy conclusion of the war with Para-
.4.lljea 'Lo
r was flying, closely pursued by the
ooeu Under the Marquis of Caxias, who, after
FipoilPY. illg the fort of Tebicuary, had abandoned the
Lopezin order more speedily to follow the enemy.l
Wheer i 8 rePOrted to have shot several general
V ,8), and also the Portuguese Consul-General,
AtieoesldA at Asuncion. At Rio the Ministry of
reatri "
had tint Itaborahy, 4, considering the necessity for
naeoZing as much as possible the issue of paper
(e(plasil invited a loan of 30,000 contos of reis
eeot. bona od. exchange to £2,500,000) in 6 per
Oetob sat 80, the, interest payable in gold in
3 yearer and April, and the principal redeemable in
44vrs by purchases in the market or otherwise by
ings at par in gold.

FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
kr' XIINMENT FZSDS
COIISOIS ............................ 9-11
a .40
Ni/er Cet°ll:.A...ce_ount, Nov. 5 ...............
2 I,tevi,
p:4uendtuced .........................
per Cent. ......... ................. 93f 1
+04% ...............