The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-26 00:00:00

11101\11Y 111ARTiET

AND
C OMMERC lAL IRTELLJGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
is The English Funds continue to show considerable
firmness, notwithstanding the comparative absence of
business. They are deriving support from a general
expectation that political repose will not be disturbed
on the Continent, and that the exchanges, which are
already favourable, will further improve Boas to attract
gold here from France, whilst our supplies will be soon
enlarged by the amounts due from Australia. The
Foreign market has further improved partly upon
Continental orders. Railways remain at about the
seal prices of yesterday, which were depressed in con-
quence of the closing of the transactions left open by
the firms which suspended the other day. This is
the first day of the fortnightly settlement, and atten-
tion being chiefly
devoted to the arrangement of the
account, the number of new transactions is restricted.
The discount market is quiet, with liberal supplies,
and rates for the best bills do not exceed 1/ per cent.
On the Stock Exchange the terms for advances are
quoted at 1 to lk per cent.
The Panama, from Valparaiso, has brought £30,000
in bar silver.
The wheat market this morning is quiet, but rather
firm at Monday's rates.
Consols are firm, at 94 to 941 for money, and
94k to 94± for account. New and Reduced Three pet
uents., 941 to 94if ; India Five per Cents., 114 k to
115 • B Stock, 244 to 246 ; Exchequer Bills, 16s
to 20s pre ank
m.
. Foreign Stocks are firm, but attention is chiefly
given
at 92 to
to the settlement, consequently the dealings are
only nominal. Egyptian Nine per Cents. is * better,
§panish
93 ; and the Viceroy Loan, at 73k to 74,
Peruvian, at 79f to 791, are also each k higher ;
DTex
Italian
ew Three per Cents., k, at 342 to 34g.
steady, at 14i to 15k ; reek, 12/ to 13k ;
, 52 to 521 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 38i
to
.39 ; Brazilian, 74 to 77i.
American Securities are firm. United States 5-20
of are in request, at 71k to 71f, being an advance
; Illinois, I better, at 91k to 92k ; and Erie
'lees k, at 314 to 32k.
to
The
variations in the Railway. Market are not impor-
A rise of ± has taken place in Lancashire and York-
shire which is
49 to 49i ; '
quoted at 129 k to 130 ; and k in Midland,
the present quotation of which is 1061 to 107 ; Great
Western remains at the final price of yesterday,
Great Northern, 106 to 107 • do. (A)
Steck 1031- to 104 • London and North Western,
115 k ,to 116 ; South' Western, 88 to 90 ; Sheffield,
.rto
43,t ; Caledonian, 75k to 76 ; Metropolitan,
410 111 : Chatham and Dover, 18k to 19 ; South
Eastern. 751. to 751.
I._l3ank Shares are dull and heavy. Imperial,
each 4, lower,
•Liondon and Westminster, and Union of London are
being quoted at 16k to 17k ; 66k to 67k ;
and 342 to 352-7 respectively. London Joint Stock
usnaltered, at 32 to 33 ; London and County, 50 to
. ercantile
Imperial Ottoman, to / prem. ; Chartered
, 28 to 29 ; Anglo-Austrian, 6k to 7 •
Alliance, 11 to 10 dis. ; Agra (A), ilk to 12.
Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, and Anglo-
American Telegraph is quoted at 21k to 21i ; At-
'antic Telegraph, Eight per Cent., 3i to 4 ; H
ramnibus, ud-
n'g Bay is dull, at 15 to 151 ; London General
11 to 2 ; National Discount, to 11k.
Finance Shares are dull. Credit Foncier is
iari",keti at 2 13-16 to 2 15-16 ; General Credit 2k to
outs. ; International Finance, to dis.
°lnnial Bonds are steady, and prices remain as
()\vs :---Canada Six per Cents., 103 to 105 ; do.
Fivelo3 Per Cents. 90 to 92 • Mauritius Six per Cents.,
, to 105 ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 99
Yueensland Six
1,.? 101 ; New Zealand Six per Cents., 110 to 112 ;
Foreign Mining
per Cents., 105 to 106 ; Victoria Six
i
Per Cents , 113 to 115.
.•
Shares, St. John del Rey is
aladY, 9k to 202 ; Port Phillip, lk to 11;
entitles, laz to 2k ; and Rosso Grande, kto f prem. e
rallin the Foreign Exchanges yesterday the rates gene-
-3'
The were firm.
.429 gold arrivals reported yesterday amounted to
year The The gold shipments from New York this
_par have amounted to £12,517,000, being
1787 000 in excess of the amount during the cor-
respondin
g period of last year.
The order for the French Atlantic Cable, accome
htied 1,
-Y a first payment, was given yesterday to
e Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Com-
th The impolicy of the recent augmentation of fares in
t e Brighton Railway is again shown in the last week's
riffle return, which not only gives a decrease of
',171, as compared with the corresponding week of
as
t year, but even shows a decrease of £272 below the
eofres
pending week of 1866. Nor is the present traffic
return,l., any exception to recent experience ; for during
e eight weeks of the new half year the aggregate de-
ease is more than £BOOO below the eight similar
"es of last year, though there are 14k more miles
open for traffic than last year.
nee
~.At the half-yearly meeting of the General Steam
.lavigation Company yesterday, the customary divi-
14s per share, being at the rate of 10 per
end of
nt• per annum, was declared.
v. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of
Ale Mexican Railway Company was held yesterday,
It W. Crawford, M.P., in the chair. The re-
port Of the directors stated that the traffic of the line
Os increasing, the receipts on the upper portion
reeinig at the rate of £22 16s 7d per mile per
?:, and on the lower section £29 is 7d per
"av Per week. The remainder of the rail-
stn Was unfinished, though in different
aan-des oP progress. In order to carry the works on
c°tllPlete the undertaking, the directors proposed
iell'a'se £500,000 on debentures extending over a
as
g period, but redeemable by annual drawings, and
8
rec_. ecurity they proposed to mortgage the net
tlPts of the line from Mexico to Puebla. The
wePre'rt was agreed to, and the special resolutions
-aone Passed empowering the directors to borrow
lisle on mortgage of the whole or part of_ the
fungi to fix the rate of interest, and create a sinking
The
ending
Metropolitan Railway traffic for the week
ung the 23rd inst. shows an increase of £5lB.
forre"rs•
, Baring Brothers and Co. have received the
divi°,ing remittance on account of the New Granada
,43',"„e Ands From the Custom House of Santa Marta,
ros.'o" S. 3d.; and from Savanilla, £1,324 13s 9d—
,, mg a total of £4,524 14s.
itls• remittance of £621 15s 4d, on account of the
eeiverest on the debt of Ecuador, has also been re-
ed by the mail from Guayaquil.
ofil° extraordinary general meeting of the City
be, ee4.B Company has been called for the 4th Septem- '
- Kohn,the purpose of taking into consideration a
part resolution that the company shall convert
ezehof their new building in Lombard-street into an
ange and news-room for merchants, shipowners,
ig e
fThfollowing respecting the Manchester markets
day ? 121„the circular of Mr. Sam Mendel, dated yester-
hue7aat than The tone of this market has become less
ni,
some days since, prices without being
hary lowerso sin ,
ce are
this morn the turni esker, and rather more
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