The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-08 00:00:00

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Business had a drooping tendency to-day, and
prices in many instances must be quoted lower.
Consols have given way 1, on account, it is said,
of the serious aspect of affairs in the East, and the
Securities of Foreign Governments have also fallen.
In railways Metropolitan appear to be recovering.
The rate for loans in the house is 11 to 2 per cent.,
that for discount the same as last quoted.
Coniols are 92 I for money; ditto, for Ac-
count, 924 1 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 92 ;
New Tkree per Cents, 92 4 : ditto, 21 per Cent.,
Jan., 1894, 741; Bank of England Stock, 4 per
Cent., 244 2.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 2181 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 12 ; ditto 4 per
Cont., 1888, 102 3 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per
Cent., 914 44.; dhto 51 per Cent., May, 1879,
110 ; dittoßonds under £l,OOO, 5 prem.
In the Foreign Market Turkish Bonds of 1858,
1862, and 1865 .have declined 4. to 1 per cent. ;
Itilian (1861), the Charkof Loan, 1 ; Peruvian
of 1865 and Spanish of 1867, -1. The prices are as
follows :—Brszilian of 1865,77178; Chilian of 1867,
96 to 97 ; Egyptian of 1864, £3 to 1 ; ditto of
1868, 734. to 74 ; Italian of 1861, 56 to 4- ; ditto
Tobacco Loan, 31 to 4 prem. ; Mexican, 154 to 1 ;
Peruvian of 1865, 814 to ; Russian of 1866,
89 to 90 ; ditto Nicolai, 651 to 60 ; ditto Orel,
794 to 80 ; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 781 to 79, ex
div. ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 1-1 to 0/ dis. ; ditto
Charcow ICrementschug, dis. to 1 prem. ; Spanish
of 1867, 32i to 33 ; Turkish of 1858, 61 to 62 ;
ditto of 1862, 61 to 62 ; and ditto of 1865,
381 to 39.
In the railway market London and North
Westerns and Brightons have improved, and
are 112 to 1 and 471 to Great Westerns
are 481 to 49 ; Midland, 111/ to 112 ; Lon-
don and South Western, 874 to 88 ; Great
Eastern, 41i to 42 ; South Eastern, 794. to f ;
Metropoitan, 1034 to 1 ; Great Northern, 1061 to
107; ditto A, 1071 to 108 ; Caledonian, 74/ to
75 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 16i to

American Five-Twenty Bonds have gone down
to 74, 741. Rrie Railway shares, 251 to ;
Illi-
llois Central, 95/ to 961 ; Atlantic and Great
Western Debentures, 361 to 371 ; and the Conso-
lidated Mortgage Bonds, 371 to 38.
In Bank Shares there is a rise in London Joint-
Stock, the price of which is now 36+ ; Imperial
17i to 181; London and County, 511 to I ;
London and Westminster, 671 to 681 ; Union of
London, 381 to 391 ; Anglo-Austrian, 71 to 8
1361en1• ; and Imperial Ottoman, 1 to 1+ prem.
Miscellaneous Shares has slightly declined
They now stand at—Atlantic Telegraph Eight
PA" Cent. Preference, 31 to / ex div. ;
Anglo-American Telegraph, 211 to 1 ex div.;
National Discount, 111 to 121 ; General Credit.
dis 2 tolnternational Financial, 1/ to 11
; Hudson's Bay Company, 121 to f.
An amount representing £140,000 in sovereigns
blvas taken yesterday from the bullion office of the
'ailk for shipment to Brazil.
The Great Britain, from Melbourne, has arrived
with £250,000 ; the Golden Sea, from Sydney, with
'MOO sovereigns ; the Tanjobe, from Alexandria,
with £26,500 ; the Hammonia, from New 1 oil,
With £34,000 for London, and £16,000 for Paris;
and the Hermann, also from New York, with
£.1)200. A great portion of these supplies will be
transmitted to the Continent.
Alefisrs. S. Oppenheim and Sons announce to the
holders of Diara Bonds (private administration of
1/-
his
Highness the Viceroy of Egypt), that they are
instructed to discount any of the said bonds, up
to the 12th instant inclusive, at 7 per cent. per
annum.

& second memorial on the evasion of its engage-
ments by the Italian Government has been pre-
aerated to the Committee of the Stock Exchange
b Y
the Italian Irrigation Bondholders, and the
r,"
turuittee again postponed the consideration of
the official quotation of the Tobacco Loan.
It appears that the Russian Government, after
the receipt of the million lately sent hence, have a
total of about £11,333,000 at their command with
foreign bankers, chiefly, it may be assumed, in Lou-
do:I, Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfort. This is
exclusive of the various guaranteed loans lately
Contracted here and in Germany for railway com-
panies. Probably the payments from Russia duo
or falling due in London and elsewhere during the
next few months will absorb the greater portion of
the amount, otherwise it would seem of sufficient
magnitude to attract considerable attention.
Telegrams from Lisbon yesterday repvrt gicaL
uneasiness on the Exchange, and a sudden fall of 8
Per cent. in Portuguese securities.
The liquidators of the Bank of Queensland have
ued a statement showing the appropriation of the
funds already received, and making proposals for
.despatching Mr. Hugh Muir to act out in the colony
rth the view of facilitating proposed arrangements
the settlement of the debt due by the Brisbane
'°rPoration.
l
Statistics
usual monthly return, under the Cotton
Act, by the Board of Trade, was issuedesterday. It contains the particulars for Novem-
ber,
and Shows that the total number of bales im-
ported Was 281,913 bales, of which 47,518 were
2'l.3ruerieau, 45,700 Brazilian, 157,839 East Indian,
th. 2218 Egyptian, and 7,644 miscellaneous. During
ee,:,saine period, the total quantity exported repre-
c ''ed 106,664 bales, and that forwarded inland for
3tleutaption 215,861 bales.
an t a meeting of the Millwall Freehold Land
DOCk Company, held yesterday, it was re-
folred to accept the proposals of the contractors
Zsettling all accounts open and for relieving the
;14. ertaking of its liabilities, subject to the prepa-
,!ttou of a deed to be submitted for the approval
ut the shareholders at a future meeting.
b A Petition presented to the Court of Chancery
it the directors of the Cork and Kinsale Junction
aeabilwaY Company, praying the confirmation of a
th eine of arrangement between the company and
4eir creditors, is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor
alirlß on the 22d inst.
With regard to the condition of Venezuela, ad-
b:eBl from Caraccas represent that a few small
to ads of malcontents were roaming in the moan-
-1:48) but that the citizens everywhere desired
•;:ace and were disposed to obey the existing Go-
il:anent. Congress was to meet and the new
rei,ltcleut to be inaugurated on the Ist of January.
tor;r San Francisco advices mention, in relation
1.4,,,4e new American territory of Alaska, that the
venue steamer Wayanda has just returned from
itnßltintner cruise to that country, having visited,
Bj°,,ng other places, the islands of St. Paul and
of the
and the coasts of Behring's Sea. South
"ne Aleutian Islands good coal has been dis-
Itide.red ia numerous localities along the coast. The
tans were uniformly well dispose d.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
8 (4°VIMNIVENT FUNDS.
1:43, Cent. Consols
a ""itt° for Account,
New 3 Reduced 92 f-
ile: q 3, Per Cent
DO. 'I per Cent. Jan. 1894
4.°' 6 Per Cent.., an. 1873
ities, SO yrs, expire sth Jau., 1880 —
Do) (Redo yrs, expire sth April
t:te46 Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 —
Doe.quer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 per tit — pm
bc, £5OO
4
..£lOO & £2OO — pm
E 1 .(!'ro. acco England Stock, 4 per Cent
n4,unt _
144da 4 er Cent. Bonds
)t-Colo pnial Oinnitun
Itili!N,,blAN CiOVEII,NMENT BECURITI,EB ,
1)(7..;,t02k, 101 per Cont., April 18‘ 4 2lB/
bo uPeuing, for Account —
Do. 5 pur Cent. July, 1840
D°' 4„Per Cent., Oct. 18258
rs uertificates
tli°o. .Itifaced Pape, 4 per Cent 9ll i
bo' Per Cer.t., Jan. 1872
jj ' ,i Per
net
May 1879 llO
j ' Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do.
do. 1877 — te
D, n ', do. 1882
1)0: ,-)-er),, 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ —
1).., uotide, 4 per
Cont., £l,OOO
.. under .ti,000
Arl:OREICili FUNDIS—CLOSIiiii PRICES.
Rem
- --"4,3 Republic, t per Vent sum welt 76i