The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-12 00:00:00

Foreign Stocks are flat. There is a further relapse
of 1 per cent. in Portuguese Scrip, at 11 to 11 prem.
on the continued agitation reported against the new
taxes which the last loan involved. The quotations
current are—Mexican, 154 to 161 ; Greek, 121 to
13 ; New Spanish, 36 to 36; ; Italian (1861), 431
to 431 ; Turkish (1865), 321 to 321 ; Egyptian
(1864), 91 to 92 ; Egyptian Railway Debentures,
921t0 931 ; The 7 per Cent. Viceroy's, 761 to 77 ;
and Russian (1866), 89 to 90.
The Railway Market is given up to the settle-
ment. Metropolitan are scarce, and the backward-
ation is 1 per cent., and on Midland, I ; South-
Eastern are scarce, and there is a contango of 4, as
compared with last night. London and South-West-
ern are 87 to 89, and 1 better ; and Brighton, at
46 to 461, 4 ; North British have fallen 1, at
344 to 354 ; Sheffield, at 424 to 434 ; Great
Northern, A, at 1094 to 1101 ; and Midland, at
106 to 1061, each ; and Lancashire and York-
shire, at 1264 to 1264, 1 each ; South Eastern, 711
to 72 ; London and North Western, 118 to 1181 ;
Great Northern, 1081 to 1091 ; Great Eastern, 294
to 304 ; Great Western, 464 to 464 ; Metropolitan,
1091 to 1091 ; Caledonian, 764 to 77 ; and Chat-
ham, 18 to 19.
The changes in Bank shares are confined to an
advance of 4 in Imperial, at 171 to 18, and in
Imperial Ottoman at Ito 1 dis. Agra (A) are
steady, at 11 to 111 ; Anglo-Austrian, 34 to 34
prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Consoli-
dated, 4to 1 prem. ; London and County, 52 to
54 ; London and Westminster, 671 to 681 ; Orien-
tal, 42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 331 to 341 ;
and Union of London, 334 to 341 ex. div.
Credit and Finance Shares are quoted as follows :
--National Discount, 11 to 111 ; London Financial,
231 to 224 dis. ; International Finance, 24 to 14
dis. ex div; General Credit, 21 to 24 dis.; and
Credit Foncier, 3 to 34.
lu Foreign Mining Shares little or nothing is
doing. St. John del Rey Mine remains at 21 to
23 ; Port Phillip Mining, 14 to 11 ; Chontales,
dis. to 4 prem.
Miscellaneous shares are neglected, and prices
generally are without material change. Anglo-
American Telegraph are quoted at 194 to 194 ex
; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cent., 5t054 ;
Pore-street Warehouses, 1 to 4 dis.; Hudson's Bay,
144 to 144 ; London General Omnibus, 11 2 ; Ocean
Marine Insurance, 141 to 151 ; Thames and Mersey
Insurance, 21 to 24 pm.
The traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway
Company of Canada for the week ending January
25, show an increase of £2,719, as compared with
• the corresponding week of last year.
The shareholders in the Imperial Austrian Gas
Company have resolved to wind up, and liquida-
tors have been appointed.

MY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Star of Peace has arrived frcm Melbourne w.th
543000 in Australian gold, and the Halley from the
Uiver Plate with £50,000.
Bar gold to the value of £57,000 was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday, and 23,000 sovereigns were
received from South America.
The Pera takes to-day £17,541 in specie, of which
Z 13,200 in silver is for Shanghai ; £lO5 in silver
for Hong Kong ; £3,500 in gold for Galle, and £736
for Madras.
The Birmingham Banking Company announce a
dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
Birmingham advices report the failure of Mr.
Itavene, German merchant, of that town, for about
£7,000, with assets equal to 15s in the pound.
.m.A. meeting of the shareholders in the Mariquita and
"'levy Granada Mining Company was held yesterday,
w,hen the proposal wasconfirmed of the directors of
tne Mariquita Mining Company to pay £7,000 in full
discharge of the claims of the former undertaking.
There is to be an International Maritime Exhibition
at Havre from the Ist of June to the 31st of October.
It will be divided into five departments, and com-
prise forty-three classes, among which there is to be
shown all the appliances of navigation and of fishery,
as practised by civilized countries. Among the general
__stiriosities there is to be a model upon a large scale of
..ingal's Cave, with specimens of the maritime plants
found in all latitudes.
The general meeting of the shareholders in the,
the
Mobilier of France was to have been held on
boe 20th inst., but it has been postponed, sine die, in
°l3sequence of a sufficient number of shares not
-'`wing been lodged to render the proceedings legal.
-,
4eanwhile, the balance sheet up to the 31st January
bas been issued. It shows that at that date the en-
`4,°rsements of the society were out to the amount of
'z882,000 and that compared with the previous
mouth of December there was an increase in the
amount of rentes held by the society of £90,000, and
°I £BO,OOO in advances to companies. On the other
hand the revenue has fallen off £160,000, £90,000
In bills to receive, £20,000 in debts on current
Recounts, £240,000 in deposit accounts. Assuthing
that the estimate of bills and assets is good, the
society appears to have at its credit a balance of
£480,000.

The traffic receipts of the Metropolittro Railway
for the week ending the 9th inst. amounted tt,
44,585 4s 10d, being an increase of £4lO 19s ld.
Mr. Somerset Beaumont is likely to be the new
director of the North Eastern Railway Company.
„the following is from the Weekly Circular of
'`Ylr• S. Mendel, dated Manchester, Feb. 11 :
o ite activity and advanced prices in the Cotton
r arket have served to stimulate the demand. Prices
thaw a very considerable advance within few weeks,
Ot the improvement is difficult to realise, and we
a„4,;(3 Only a moderate extent of business, with a firmer
""
f,,T, apparently still .upward urse ; but, so far, the
advance is in some degree nominal."

BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 Per taunt. Consols
8 j::°°. i Account, March 5 ' 931
biPer Cent. Reduced r3l
4. 3 per Cent
21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 • 76
D°4. • per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
41ruities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
n°• for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs —
t:,.° (Red Sea Telegraph), Au,,., 1908 —
'euequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 ez2ier Ct — pm
Do £5OO 2O pm
Batik ~ ,o.
of En £lOO & £2OO Pm
land Stock, 4i per Cent 250
'Do. Accougnt
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4.4ci --IN t/OVERNMENT SECURITIES.
toloa.o
AccountS tocklOf per Cent., AprillB74 217 15
D°. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 Per Cent.. Oct. 1888
1011 1
De• Certificates
000. Enfacod Paper 4 per Cent —
no per Cent, Jan. 1872
b •of Per Cont., May 1879 lOBl
° 5 peor Cont., Riip. Dob., 118 8
7727 —
n.do.
U0Do• do. 1882 —
Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
o_. Bond, 5 por Cent., £l,000
,'. under £1.000
br /'OIIIIIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK.
Xiall 5 per Cent —
-,;41 Per Cent , 1852 —
-'-'O. do., . 18'8
bo.
do., 18 il' —
D°
1)0- do., 1863 —
';'.‘'• per Cent., 1.865
tye Account —
i.°,1108 Ayres 6 per Cent
4,0 2 Per Cent. (Deferred a per Cent ) --