The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-10 00:00:00

ONET MAREEt

AND

COMMERCIAL (NTELLIGINCI,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The firmer tone of the stock Markets which pre-
vailed more especially during the latter part of yester-
day, continues. The leading feature is the steadiness
of Railway Shares, upon the extraordinary increase in
the receipts of nearly all the railways. As compared
with 1867, there can be no doubt that the holiday and
business traffic of the present season is such as warrant
the improved prices. Metropolitan are exceptionally
held back by the anticipation that a " bear" organisa-
tion will succeed for a time in depressing the market.
The funds keep quiet. Foreign Stocks show little
change, though the prices are steady.
The Discount Market is extremely easy, at 1/ per
cent., or Is per cent. below the Bank rate.
Consols are steady, at 93/ to 94 for money, anti
01 to 94/ for account. New and Reduced Three per
Cents., 92.5- to 921 ; Bank Stock, 245 to 247 ; India
Five per Cents. 1141 to 115 ; Exchequer Bills, 15s
to 20s prem.
The changes in the Foreign Stock market are un-
important. Spanish alone is flat. The quotations
are Mexican, 15 to 15 ; Greek, 121 to 13f ; New
Spanish, 34 to 34~ ; ltalian, 514 to 52 ; Egyptian.
(1864), 861 to 871 Viceroy's Seven per Cent., 741
to 75 ; Orel Vitebsk, 83. k to 831 ; Nicolai, 661, to
261; New Russian, 2/ to 3/ prem. ; and Brazilian,
41 to 764.
Colonial. Government Bonds are in moderate request
at the following prices :—Canada 6 per Cent., 103 to
105 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 90 to 92 ; Mauritius 6 per
Cent., 103 to 105 ; New South Wales 5 per Cent, 99
to 101 ; New Zealand 6 per Cent., 110 to 112 ;
Queensland 6 per Cent., 106 to 107 ; Victoria 6 per
Cent., 1121 to 113/.
American Securities are dull. United States 5-20
Bonds are / lower, at 71,1 to 71/ ; and Erie Shares
4, at 30 to 301 ; lllinois unaltered, at 901 to 91i.
The English Railway shares are better. There
is an advance of 1 in Great Northern A, at 107/ to
108 ;of in South Eastern, at 75/ to 761 ;in
Great Eastern, at 37a to 37/ ; and in Sheffield, at
44.1 to 441 ; and of / in Caledonian, at 741 to 75f ;
and in Brighton, at 52 to 52/ ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1271 to 128 ; Midland, 1071 to 108 ;
London and North Western, 113 to 113/ ; Great
Northern, 105/ to 106/ ; Great Western, 49/1 to
; Metropolitan, 1051 to 106 k ; and Chatham,lB
to la

In Indian railway shares, Bombay and Baroda is
quoted at 1035 to 1044, being a decline of 4, upon the
telegrams received from India. East Indian steady,
at 107 to 108 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1075 to
18i.
tank Shares have been rather more active. Char-
tered Mercantile shows au improvement of 5, at
285 to 294 ; and Angle-Austrian, , at 65 to 7 prem.
ua the other hand, London Joint Stock is 4 lower,
at 315 to 324 ; Agra (A), 12 to 125 ; Alliance, 12
toi 11 dis. ; Consolidated, 4g to 4/ ;
'65 to 175 ; Imperial Ottoman, to 1 prem. ;
London,_ and County, 494 to 50}; London and
Westminster, 65.4 to 665 ; ditto New, 525 to
535 ; Oriental, 445- to 455 ; Union of London, 34
to 354.
Foreign Mining Shares are steady. St. John del
41e3, is quoted at 20 to 21 ; Rossa Grande, f to
13reill• ; Port Philip, lil to 15 ; Chontales, 2 to 2f.
Miscellaneous securities are without feature.
Anglo-American Telegraph is marked at 20g to 20i ;
Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., 3 13-16 to
3 15-16 ; Hudson's Bay, 14,t to 15 ; London General
Pkinibus, 11 to 2 ; Fore.street Warehouse, 4 dis. to
Prem.
The sum of £37,000 in bar gold was sent into the
Bank yesterday, making a total of £198,000 for the
week, against £76,000 withdrawn.
The ordinary general meeting of the National Bank
441 India has been called for the 22nd inst., to receive
the directors' report and to declare a dividend.
t At a meeting of the London Jute Works Company
.tie shareholders refused to adopt the report, and
IPPointed a committee of investigation. The meeting
was adjourned for a month.
The following railway traffic receipts, for the week
ending September 6, show an increase as compared
North-Western,
the corresponding week of 1867 :—London and
morth-Western, £2,363 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
ILincolnshire,
;£1,681 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
3,665 Midland, £5,890 ; London, Brighton, and
oath Coast, £1,668; and the Great Eastern,
4,020.
The receipts of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern
reway, for the week ending July 19, were £1,490,
ng £363 more than those for the corresponding
eek of last year, the mileage being the same. The
alncrease since the Ist January in favour of this year is
n ,413. The traffic receipts of the Bombay, Baroda,
~„d Central India Railway, for the week ending July
show an increase of £529, as compared with the
co
rresponding period of 1867.
gThe traffic receipts of the Bahia and San FrancisCo
ailway, for the week ending August 1, show an in-
ease of £ll3, as compared with the corresponding
evened of 1867, and the Madras Railway, for the week
-ding July 18,
an increase of £1466.
:the French corn markets on Monday and Tuesday
were less firm than they were on Saturday, with a
stock
restricted business and a want of offers. The
'cek of flour in Paris on the Ist inst. was 63,520
tl.aintals 18 kilogrammes, against 51,824 q. 23k.
Of the Ist August, being an increase of 11,425 q. 95k.
a Wheat, the stock on the Ist inst. was 5,704 q. 44k.,
2g,„4„irist 8,212 q. 10k., being a diminution of
-u7q. 66k.
sZhe following is Messrs. Durant and Co.'s monthly
130 circular : We have nothing favourable to re-
thrt as to silk—within a few days of the departure of
export
last mail, telegrams from China reported that the
billion from China alone would probably reach 50,000
h,es. This confirmed consumers in their previous
aalermination to abstain from purchases, and we have
ar,,, fortnight of very small business. The large
jirals so long expected have commenced and will
rillut.laue next week, in the meantime importers are
Thliaus to be moving, and prices are barely supported.
Bill! deliveries continue to be only moderate. Bengal
6tilit, shares in the general quiet. In Japan silk we are
without arrivals of new silk."
laio.he following is from Messrs. Satterthwaite's circu-
,k,„: The business in the London market for
ths:erican securities has been on a limited scale during
ver Past week, but prices in the United States Go-
twell„lnerit •Bonds have been well sustained ; Five-
iZo""es of 1862 closing 71± to 72, and 1865's 705 to
clef'wand for the former description there has been some
fort
re to send to New York to exchange into Ten-
Lon& which appear to be growing in favour
c
ill rum the fact that the repayment of the principal
these is specially guaranteed by Act of Congress ;
e Bonds close firm at 66} to 66g. Illinois Central
are,
at 901 to 91f, and Eries at 30k to 314, both
007 a alight decline. Atlantic and Great Western
cent dated Bonds leave off at 385 to 395, or 1 per
good better than this day week ; there has been a
tiaZt demand for them the last day or two, but Cer-
gleeteeds„ef Debenture and Divisional Bonds are ne-

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