The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-03 00:00:00

The biddings for £200,000 in bills on Calcutta
and Madras was held yesterday at the Bank of
England. The whole amount was.allotted to Cal-
cutta, and the minimum price was fixed at Is. 11d.
on both Presidencies, a rise of 2 per cent. Ten-
ders at is Hid. will receive about 80 per cent. Tho
rate thus paid is about 1 per cent. higher than on
the last occasion, and indicates a proportionate fur_
ther increase in the demand for means of remittance
to the East.
The half-yearly meeting of the, London and
Provincial Turkish Bath Company (limited) was
held this day at 12 o'clock, at the Cavendish Hotel,
'ler my
n-street, when the report, which announced
a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum,
was unanimously adopted.
At a general court of the proprietors of the Bank
of England, held yesterday at the Bank, Mr. Geo.
Lyall was elected as a director for the remainder of
the Year, in the room of the late Mr. Sheffield Neave,
Without opposition.
It is stated with regard to the allotments of the
Charkow-Krementschug Loan that subscribers will
receive about one-fifth of their applications.
~„The annexed note with regard to 66 affairs of the
Metropolitan Railway has been posted in the Stock
zehange

" METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.
" Dear Sir,—The attention of my directors hav-
ing this day been called to the various paragraphs
Which have from time to time appeared in the public
Prints respecting this undertaking, they have
adopted the following resolution
That nothing has occurred to the knowledge
in the opinion of this Board to justify the least
aPprehension on the part of the shareholders, yet
that, in compliance with numerous requests, a
statement explanatory of the position and prospects
of the company be forthwith prepared and issued.'
--Yours, &c., "JNo. lIEKCIDIAN, Secretary.
" To Mr. M. Slaughter, Secretary,
Stock Exchange."
At the annual meeting of the Scottish Union In-
surance Company at Edinburgh yesterday the new
,Ife policies for the past year were stated to have
ueell 884, insuring £478,347, and yielding in new
Premiums £13,367. The results of the fire business
have been satisfactory, a considerable surplus hav-
ing been derived from that account. The invested
funds now exceed £1,045,000.
The Manchester advices speak of the failure of
oMessrs. William Morris and Son, spinners and
4411facturers of that town, with liabilities vari-
T,slalY estimated at £15,000 to double that amount.
la hoped there will be a favourable liquidation.
4._ The progress of the wool sales has been satisfac-
'rY. The quantities catalogued up to present date
tePresent 26,751 bales, and the attendance of both
:sloe: and foreign buyers has been larger than usual,
17twithstanding the recent sales at Antwerp and
ideigioal. Prices show an improvement of Id. to
• Per lb.
The traffic of the Midland and Metropolitan Rail-
,, shows an increase, the former of £4,818, and
North-Western
latter of £1,787 ; but that of the London and
31111-Western Company exhibits a decreash of
K,1,716.
the
The aforning Chronicle of Halifax, N.S., gives
following particulars as to the finances of the
cit'aillion of Canada for the month of October. Re-
viz., Customs, $5985,574; Excise, 238,801 ;
11,,38t-°llice, $45,349 ; bill stamps, $12,339 ; public
10,(8, including R.R., $140,658 ; miscellaneous,
g/23,132 ; total, $41,545,856. Expenditure,
660,063.
ii the liquidator of the Cardiff and' Newport Col-
pap Company has made a call of £2 10s. per share,
'ahle on the 24th inst.
is call half-yearly meeting of the Canada Company
deld for the 31st inst., when a dividend is to be
ared.
ilotllo -Dutch Rhenish Railway Company have given
att lee that the coupons marked December, 1868,
fihaaelied to the new certificates of the fully paid
Co_res, must be sent to the London office of the
Alt'Patly by the 15th inst.
Tra,. meeting of the Umzinto Plantation and
held"°g Company of Natal (Limited) will be
hefo oa the Bth inst., " for the purpose of Dyingand rds such meeting an account, showing the acts
whic,elings of the liquidators, and the manner in
th„ " the winding up has been conducted during
Past year
rig a ti
_ c, le last three years numerous memo-
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t, froca the committee of English shareholders
" Ituin and Savona Railway Company have