The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-19 00:00:00

IRE MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The resumption of business to-day was attended
with a decided improvement in the detuan I. Consols
were firm, whilst for Continental Securities there
vas more inquiry than usual. Spanish have gone up
and inert ased pric, s have also to be quoted for
Mexican, Italian, and Turkish. The improvement
has extended to the Railway Market, and Great
aaterns and North Westerns are higher. There
has not been much inquiry for Anv rlcan Securities
Or Telegraph Shares, but in Miscellaneous Stocks
some business has been done at the prices quoted.
The rate of discount in the open is 28 to 3 for
first class bills at three months.
Consols are now. at 94 to 941 for money ; ditto,
account, 948 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92,1 ;
11°W Three per Cents., 92} ; Bank of England
Stock, 41 per cent., 235 3.
lohequer Bills £l,OOO, 24 per cent., prem. ;
ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, par 5 prem.
India Stock, 10i per cent., April, 1874, --;
ditto 5
per cent., July, 1880, 1131 4 8 ; ditto 4 per
!eat.) Oct., 1888, 100 i ; ditto Enfaced Paper
per cent., --; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 21 prem. ;
Metropolitan Board of Works, 31 per cent. Stock,
93i.

In the Foreign Market Argentine Sixes are now
91 to 94 ; Brazilian Five per Cents., 1865, 89 to
'9l ; Egyptian Seven per Cents., 1868, 801 to
804 ; Italian Five per Cents., 1861, 55+ to 551 ;
atexican Three per Cents., 141 to 15 ; Peruvian
Five per Cents., 1865, 861 to 861 ; Spanish New
Three per Cents., 1867, 281 to 29 ; Turkish Five per
Cents., 1865, 47 7-16 47 9-16 ; ditto Six per Cents.,
1865, 70171.
In the Railway Market Caledonians are now quoted
744 to 75+ ; Great Eastern, 41 to 41+ ; Great Nor-
thern, 'al to 121+ ; ditto A Stock, 128+ to 1281 ;
Great Western, 711 to 72 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
131 to 1311 ; Brighton, 47+ to 471; London, Chat-
ham, and Dover, 161 to 164 ; London and North
Western, 198+ to 1281 ; London and South Wes-
tern, 91 to 92 ; Sheffields, 52 to 521 ; Metropolitan,
781 to 79 ; Midland, 127+ to .1274 ; and Dovers,
788 to 79i.
Anglo-American Telegraph shares are 171 171 ;
Anglo-Mediterranean, 171 18 ; Atlantic, 12 13 ;
ditto
Eight per Cent. Preference, 11 21; British
Australian, 11 11 dis. ; British Indian Submarine
9,
oi 91; British Indian Extension, 1 4dis. ; China
t'narine, 4 4 dis.; Falmouth, Malta, and Gibral-
qr, gi n ;
ut French Atlantic, 151 151 ; Marseilles,
Niters, and Malta, 2 11 dis. ; Reuter's Telegram,
7;:: 81 81 ex div. ; and West India and Panama,
Clti Bank Shares Agra's are 101 to 101; Alliance,
to 13+ ; Anglo-Austrian, 151 to 161 prem. ;
13 artered Mercantile of India, 311 to 321; City
auk, 118 to 12 ; Consolidated, 7-16 to 9.16 prem. ;
;Imperial Otteman, 131 to 181 ; London and County,
64 to 491 ; London and Westminster, 591 to 601;
tiental Corporation, 44 to 45 ; and Union of Lon-
'Len' 361 to 371.
„ ~Alicellaneous shares are firm. Credit Foncier,
1`; ul6 2 1146 ; General Credit, 1 prem. ; Inter-
12ational Financial, 11 11 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 121
National
; London General Omnibus Company, 21 21 ;
SteDizcount, 11 111 ; Peninsular and Oriental
tin, 42/ 431 ; and Royal Mail Steam, 54 56.
ou'te amount of Australian gold known to be now
t the war to England is £427,500, of which
480
tte,, 7'loo is due at Southampton on Saturday, by the
4tner Massilia. The City of Vienna is bringing
4,18
500 •
XlO 5 Loch t SS, N £11,500 George Thompson,
09 ; and Loch Kafring, £7,000. In addition
fro Mail steamer Malta has reached Point da Galle
thekl Melbourne and Sydney, with £421,500 in gold,
1113_111k of which is doubtle3s for this country.
pail tie shareholders of the Eirhinstone Land Corn-
-4; of Bombay have formally accepted the offer
pert e Government of India to purchase their pro-
-1 and the transfer is arranged for the 30th
natalit.
The
.Suspension is reported of Mr. John Brock-
abilities
i! timber merchant, of Carlisle, with considerable
411 official statement announces that since the
havning of the Suez Canal in November last 131 ships
tra: Passed through it, and that the receipts from
Sit dues have been 558,262 francs. The traffic
eentin
oes to show a steady increase. The total
"eipts
(v., since the opening amount to 1,529,338 francs
1 ,173).
ShAn extraordinary meeting of the North Stafford-
`,e Itailway Company is called for the 4th of May,
366he1l a resolution will be submitted for raising
1,,900 additional share capital."
Alert report of the directors of the Australian
stliougage, Land, and Finance Company (Limited)
ceht. neea a total distributicn for the year of 10 per

tat..t the thirty-fourth half-yearly meeting of the
ttia-` of Victoria, held at Melbourne on the Ist Feb-
aht:',/, last, a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per
/3-111 Waß declared.
Ovoetger Spence and Co.'s weekly report says :
been to the broken week very little business has
For!. '134 for home consumption in chemicals.
Ign Prders still keep pace with production. There
beia°°4:l demand for bleaching powder, large orders
beeng almost daily given. In minerals there has
4tie nap average business done,:with little disturb-
Etin r,"`° Prices. The improved demand for metals
all
atBe 'lltinu
ptiones, and prices have advanced for nearly
mri s.

BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING Q.oxitNmENT ruNDs.
94 1
P3F Cent. Consols
941
a bitto for Account
921 i
Wel' Cent. Re luced
1,(0"? per Uent
Do, 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894
A • . per Con Jin.1873
4ellities, 80 rs expire sth Jan., leBo
_-
1),.,0. for 30 yrs,T ' ire sth April 188....
'cs (Red Sea TealxePraph). Aug., tthaquar 'Rule, £16,000, 24 p. Ct.
.une _
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24 do. 'I
1908
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of
stock2oo per
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er-Oolonial Uninnun
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Itidi- , '0 ,13VERNMENT BECUIittITBI7 _
b 4 NtOClri 104 per Cent., Apri
DO. °Pening, for Account
.
1131 i 4
b°. 0 pier Cent. July, IEBO
1001 4
Do' 1 Per Cent. Oct. 1888
iv). Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent.. .. . _
ils: 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .........-::.
D ' 54 per Cent. May 1879
o i
" Per Cent., Rup. Del,. 1872.. ... -D3
do 18'7--
D .13,-,°• do. 1882
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21.
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Pm—
O. Under 41.000
FOREIGIT priNDs_ _ .....
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PRICES.9i 2
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1863
89 1
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