The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-28 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoCK.
The commencement of the settlement to-day has
t° some degree checked business, but Consols have
maintained their closing prices. In the Foreign
market there has been some limited sales, but no im-
provement can be quoted in the current rates. In
Ilailways there has been a decline in Lancashire and
I:°r4hire, and an advance. in Great NV esterni.
Telegraph Ehares are flat, and for miscellaneous shares
the prices remain as last quoted.
The charge for discount is 3 per cent., and the
demand is active. .

Consols are now at 931 1 1 for money; ditto,
account, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, ;
New
Three per Cents., 911 2 ; Bank of England
Stock, 41 per cent., 236 ex div. for opening.
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., March,
Preni• ; ditto £lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, June, 4 pram.
India Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, 2091 ;
ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 1131; ditto 4
Per cent., Oct., 1888, 1001; ditto Enlaced Paper,
4 per cent., —•
111 the Foreign Market Brazilians are 881 to 881;
I)ilian (1867), 971 to 981 ; Danubian Seven per
i.e4t., 851 to 861 ; Egyptian (1854), 941 to 941 ;
ditto Viceroy's Loan, 861 to 861 ; ditto (1868), 811
t° 824 ; Italian, 551 to 551 ; Tobacco Loan,
891 to 901 ; Peruvian (1865), 841 to 85 ; Portu-
rese, 321 to 331; Russian, 86i to 87 ; Orel, 87 to
4; Nicolas, 69 to 691; Moscow, 84 to 841; Cha-
l'ak°l, 821 to 831 ; Spanish, 28 to 281 ; Turkish Six
per Cents (1865), 691 to 70 ; and ditto Five per
Cents. (1865), 46 to 461.
Ia Railway Shares Caledonians are 771 to 78 ;
Great Eastern, 371 to 371 ; Great Northern (A),
1171 to 1181 ; Great Western, 671 to 68 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 1251 to 126 ; London and Brighton,
421 to 431 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 141 to
15i ; London and North Western, 1221 to 1231 ;
Ziletropolitart, 77/ to 781 ; Midland, 1231 to 124 ;
South Eastern, 74} to 741 ; and ditto Preferred,
1091 to 1091.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 90+ to 901 ;
Ten-Forties, 86 to 861; and Erie Shares, 201 to 21+.
Lombardo-Venetian is 19+ to 20i; and Great
Luxemburg, 121 to 13. _ .

In Bank Shares Alliance is marked 13 to 14 ;
.Agra (A), 10+ to 104 ; Anglo-Austrian, 17 to 19
prem. ; Imperial Ottoman, 3i to 4/ prem. ; London
and Westwiuster, 59 to 60 ; and London Joint Stock,
32 to 33.

Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 1.64 to 17;1

Falmouth, 91 to 9+.; British India and China 11+ to
11i ; French Cable, 15+ to 15i ; Construction and
Alaintenance at 34k- to 35 India Rubber, 46 to 48.
The corn market is firmer on the cold weather ; is
wore is asked for English wheat, whereby business
rs checked.
It is stated that Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Gold-
Viniidt, in conjunction with the Franco-Egyptian
Bank have just completed negotiations for a large
financial business with the Viceroy of Egypt. The
transaction is in connexion with the Daira or perso-
nal estate of the Viceroy, and not with the Egyptian
Government.
Advices from Vienna mention that the Anglo-
Vistrian Bank has acquired the banking busin ss of
Zinner, one of the oldest and most respectable
'Tins in that city.
't is notified that through the insufficiency of the
number of shares deposited in the time fixed by the
11:;t;ltes, the general meeting of the Royal Portuguese
aY Company, convened at Lisbon for the 23d
A',",lt•is postponed to the 11th May.
s the subway under the Thames from Tower-hi/Ito
eallthwark,which is to to be inaugurated onWednes-
Yi would have been opened some weeks ago but for
Unexpected
time consumed in erecting the lifts and
Propelling machinery, the tunnel and shafts having
been finished before the commencement of the year.
decision of the directors, from further experience
tVe the probable traffic, to increase the power of
e machinery so as to convey three times the num•
bet of passengers originally estimated has likewise
operated to cause delay.
fcllle report of the Gas Light and Coke Company
is-r the half-year ending December 31 last has been
:UV. The directors recommend out of the balanc.
available a dividend at the rate of 8 Fer cent. per
annum.
sV!oe-Chancellor Malins has made an order con-
',2aulg the call made by the liquidators of the Im-
perial Land Company of Marseilles (Limited), and
'llrther ordered that the same (together with all
irrears) should forthwith be paid, with 5 per cent.
aterest.
"Among those who are now most anxious to pro-
re the abolition of the sliding scale for duties on
lees are the merchants connected with the Cape of
Hope.
The Anglo-Italian Bank have announced that the
v4ds, series K, drawn for extinction, and the half-
181r,IY-coupons of the Italian State Domain Loan of
"0, due Ist April, will be paid at their offices on
and after that date.
It is stated that the new arrangements for the
reorganisation of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway, on the terms submitted to the various credi-
tors by Mr. James WHenry, are making satisfactory
progress.
A telegram has been received, via the new Red Sea
able, from Sir S. Fitgerald, congratulating. the
vo,"rrnala of the company on the completion of the
a l'''. The telegram only occupied three hours and
half in its transmission from Bombay.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES..
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 Per Cent. Consols
934 1
a bitto for Account
New
Cent. Reduced
VI W 3 per Cent
617 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894
.". 5 per Con Jan. 1873
-.nullities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
1)0.
T for 30 yrs, expire sth April 188 i, —
~,, Do (Red Sea elebraph). Aug., 1908 —
-uxchopil.r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. CIL March — Pm
Do. 21 do. June — m
Do par 4Pm
8
D of England4lSot
00,0,£.2040i
per&
236 xd
D 0 -
~,1 • 013011117 g
t ... .
k, nada per Cent. Bonds
Inter.,Colonial Ornmum
J 4 UN
iNRIAN ~.i 'E BUNT SEOURITIEb.
ittaia Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874..... 209}
D111c• Opening, for Account .
". 0 per Cent. July, it 80
J-'O. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888
D.). Enlaced Pape' 4 per Cent......... •
Ps ). 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ~... ..... ...
D0•1-' ). er Cent. May 91872........ e
Der Cent., Rup. Deo, _
do 18'7...m..
Do. do. 1882 —
Da. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .....
Do. Bond; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO • .•••••
Do. under £l.OOO — pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 7,
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
Do Account
Austrian Bonds 5 per cent
o.
Brazilian D 5 1859
per Cent —
Co. 4} per Cent. 1852 Do. do 1858..... —
Do. gu, 1860 —
Do. do., 1863 ' 801
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 "".. 884
Do. Account
..
.................. Cent. . ..................
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.'...
Cuba,
6 per Cont.
................
Callian:6 per Cent ....................
(4). 4i per Cent..., - .............. .... ................ "i-6.4 Do. 3 per Cent., _
___ .. ......... .
.......... : ..

Do. 7 per Cont.; 1866
Do. 6 per cent. 1867.....,.....*********
0 lonibian, 6 per Cent. ................ ....
Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825....... :' -
Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent,,,,,,,,,'ii-Gi i
Do Account
Do 8 por Cent., 1867
.
... 95!
Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ..„ .__
;Yptian, 7 per Cent
no Second Issue —
Do. £S(IC Bonds —
Do. . 1864
Do. Account .. —
Do. £5OO Bonds —
De. 4100 Bonds
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. ...
uo. Account
Do. £lOO Bones...
0 Govenamcnt Railway Debentures ... I.ooi
.0 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups —
v., Coupons , --