The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-22 00:00:00

2CON-fi

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGNNOX,

CITY, Two o'CLoCK.

The Stock Exchange being closed for the pur-
pose of effecting some repairs in the interior of the
building there is no business in stocks or shares.
The Discount Dlarket is very quiet at 14 to 2 per
cent.

liar gold to the amount of £27,000 was sent into
the Bank yesterday.
About £lOO,OOO of the gold recently received
from New York is about to be shipped back to
that city. It consists of coins (half-eagles, &c.),
'which, being in demand for circulation, command a
Blight premium.
The directors of the Midland Great Western
Railway of Ireland recommend a dividend at the
rate 01 5 per cent. per annum on the Preference
Stock and of 2/ per cent. per annum on the Conso-
lidated Stock, for the half-year, ending the 30th
'4113 last, carrying forward a balance of £3,272
78. 10d.

Messrs. T. W. Newlauds and Co., merchants,
of Glasgow, largely connected with the Brazilian
trade, have suspended payment. Tho liabilities
are estimated at £120,000. Another failure is
also reported from Halifax of a house trading with
China.

A special meeting of Reuter's Telegram Company
(Limited) will be held on the 7th of Sept., " for the
Purpose of confirming an agreement dated the 14th
day of July, 1868, between her Majesty's Postinas-
ter-General and this company, and authorising the
sale by the company to the Postmaster-General of
80 much of the undertaking of the company as
consists of the Nordency cable, and of the property,
rights,
and privileges of the company therein, or
Connected therewith, and the benefit of all conces-
sions from foreign Governments in relation to the
said cable, and of all contracts between the com-
pany and the Electric Telegraph Company and the
Indo-European Telegraph Company, or either of
them, upon the terms expressed in the said agree-

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
(YESTERDAY.)
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 Per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, Sept. 8
,a per Cent. Reduced 94
," 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
perlB73
4 anuitios, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
uo (Red Sea Telegrap,
2 h), Aug., 1908 — xd
xr:hoquer Bills, £l,OOO per Ot 2O 17 pm
o.
DO. £5OO
£lOO & £2OO — ~
Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent
Do. Account
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
, iNDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
1.4(1ia stock 101 per Ceut., April 1871 ... 215}
DO. Opening, for Account —
Do.D°. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do
D. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Certificates —
R.. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent 92
DO. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
`',-,°. 9 per Cent., May 1879 llO
'''') 0 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 187'2 —
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. do. 1882
80b.,D 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
'kr:Patine Repunc, t per Cent
Ab titri an Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
D°• 44 per Cent., 1852 —
o.`, do. 1858....
.:-:°. do., 18.30 —
• „"°- do., 1863 —
. '''''). 5 per Cont., 1865
, U 0 Account 771
.. Do
lyres 6 per Cent —
, Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) - utth
0 1,6 per Cent.
.41ian 6 por Cent —
uo. 41 per Cent
. 6 per Cent . B —
,
31)0., 1867
•
ai.„o., 7 per Cent., 1866
0 ,uo., Scrip £32 paid
, ' nibian, 6 per Cent.
," t!iiql, 3 p•T Cent. 1823
-u 'z!ul)ian Principalities, I,cr Cent
~ Do 8 per Cent., 1867 79 i
Zluador New Consolidated, 1 pn- Cont —
4,g vptian, 7 per Cent
Do. Second issue ............... ...•.
Do. £5OO Bonds
Do. £lOO Bonds
Do. 1861
Do. Account
Do. £SA Itcnds
Do. £lOO Ponds English Scrip, 1868 ••••• --•—
Do d..). £l5 pd
GGoyer.uner t Rail way Deb .iitures ..... 911 1-
,r'et -
a per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups —
to. Account
.
• Uouponz
uo. A.cc3unt
tatomala 5 per Cent ..
itqlduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., .£25 p
'lian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Zo. Account
Do At'
It _ftrommana —
"Ziett • ~ t. 3 per Cent —
.uato for Account
Do. 1864
Eli
per Cont. Anglo-French —
boo4outevidQau 6per Cont.
4181, ,
li,'?. G . imperial 5 per Cent
r',ranada —
uo 3 per Cen, 361
Do. %do I
A-00 .i. , r,e•
er 'add Warrants (Hectares)
D°lrin 5 per Cent. 1865
ocs..ount .. 781 9 8.1
44 pr Cent. (Uribarren)
DOu 44 Per Cent.. 1862 -. —,o Account *
tlrto4guese 3
per Ct., 185..13, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'3
_374 8,1
do. 1861
hi,tlZ• do. &tip, .£2O paid 141 5 per Cent. 1822, .£ St —
Do 44 per Cent. 1850
.0, 9 per Cent., 1860
1:,; 3 per Cent., 1859
V' 5 per Cent., 1862
D %Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds —
li, do. £B4 15s. do ,

•;;°.l 66 £lOO Bonds
•uo. 93 }
dl £B4 15s. do —
Bar Nicolas°. Railway
i •661
.
Ei'luau 5 pbr Cent 731
P-,,.isil 3 per en ... —
".„0. Acc,,unt
)30. Account
1):)°. Nov Deferrea —
D°• Account
.t.
ed °.is Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded
"h Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do ("._,
ti .ovornment, 1861
Tuptio) i4s he
Account
6opdadenit Cent 81.8c6ri8la —
,•,° 6 per Cent. 1858 —
D',o Account
O 4100 Bonds
Dc' per Cent., 1862 —
~.,0 Account
"0 £lOO Bonds 67
1-1 Do 18G3
..,0 .
.- --
T 1 - Per Cent. 18bo ..., A ,
Do
Account ..,0 3B 1 1
6° per Cent., 1865
. 4 per Cont. Guaranteed
0•
~
AccountD°• Passive
DraSslve
°' Account
1;P Dividends on the above payable is London.
litezotlela, 3 per Cent. —
lt,01„ Per Cent., 1862
.1:1". 5 per Cent. 1851, E:.... zSf.
0. Account 6l} 1
Cots , CLOSING PRICES.
.1.1 Ls Money 931 /
—°. Account, Sept. 8 53/ 1

'he Serapis, Indian troopship, Capt. J. Soady,
clv°al;lladocked yesterday at Portsmouth, and is now
o;ered 43g and preparing to ship her stores. She is
41- co be in readiness to commence her first
te eaadria voyage of troop service for the ensuing
41,a by the 20th proximo.
'°lonel W. 0. Lennox, C. 8., V.C., Principal
p?Eltractor in Field Fortifications at the Royal En-
i\,,;eer Establishment, Chatham, has proceeded to
illBsia) by order of his Royal Highness the Field-
palshal Commanding-in-Chief, accompanied by a
officers of the Royal Engineers, for the
010,,-P°se of witnessing and reporting upon the siege
Bi`a-rations which are to be carried out by the Prus-
, 4 troops on an extensive scale in the vicinity of
"blentz.
Po:ere was a general parade of the troops corn-
-0:Ing the depot battalions at Chatham yesterday,
47 .the occasion of the presentation of silver medals
CI gratuities which had been awarded by his
e fo
th 3ral Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., to
to flowing
soldiers for long service and good
oitlicluct :--Private Al. Casey and Private R. D.
Ist battalion of the Bth Regiment, each a
2a hala', an gratuity of £5 ; and Private R. Carr,
taliod u of the 14th Regiment, medal and gra-
il of x 5.