The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-24 00:00:00

VIONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

On the Stock. Excharge to-day, although busi-
ness was very restricted, prices were firm. Consols
Were steady at the opening price, and for Foreign
Stocks prices were the turn higher. In Railways
Metropolitans recovered to a great extent the de

Iression of yesterday ; and for Telegraph shares
there was a moderate demand. In Banking aid
Miscellaneous shares, however, there was little
doing, and the quotations in most cases were pre-
cisely those of yesterday.
Consols are now at 921 to 921 for money;
ditto, for Account, 921 1 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, . ; New Three per Cents, 92i d ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 2 prem. ; June,
2 preen. 2 dis. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 41
per Cent., 2:0 2. _ .

India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1114 s 4 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 101 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
5 per Cent., 1872, -- ; Metropolitan Board of
Works„ 931 .

In the Foreign Market Egyptian (1868) Bonds
are 78+ to 79; the 1864 Loan, 910 to 921; Vic?roy's
Seven per Cent., 821 to 821; Italian, 551 to
551; Turkish Five per Centts., 44i to 451; ditto
Sixes, 671 to 681 ; ditto New Scrip, 11 to 11
Prem.; Russian (1862), 851 to 86 ; Orel, 851 to
86 ; Nicolas, 68 to 681 ; Moscow, 83 to 831 ; Char-
kof, 841 to 85 ; Brazilian, 89 to 891; ane Spanish,
.261 to 27.
In the Railway Market, Metropolitans are better
and are now quoted 791 to 80 ; Caledonian, 761 to
771 ; Great Eastern, 38 to 381 ; Great Northern,
117 to 118 ; ditto (A), 118 to 1181; Great Western,
821 to 631; Lancashire and Yorkilaire, 1281 to 1281;
London and Brighton, 421 to 431 ex div. ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 141 to 15 ; London and
North Western, 1241 to 124/ ; London and South
Western, 93 to 94 ; Metropolitan, 77f to 771 ;
Midland, 1231 to 124 ; North Eastern (Berwick),
128 to 1281 ; South Eastern 761 to 77.
American Five-Twenties are 891 to 89+ ; ditt
Ten-Forties, 841 to 851 ; Erie, 22+ to 221; and
Atlantic and Atlantic and Great Western Bonds,
28 to 29.

Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 164 to 17 ;
Anglo-Mediterranean, 19k to 19/ ; British Indian
Submarine, 15/ to 15/ ; Falmouth, 14 to 14 prem.;
French Cable, 151 to 154 ; Construction and Main-
tenance, 424 to 434 ; and India Rubber, 60 to 61.
Lombardo-Venetian, 191 to 194 ; and Great
Luxembourg as last quoted.
In the Bank Shares Agra are 114 to 12 ; City
Bank, 12/ to 114 ; Imperial Ottoman, 3 1-16 to
3 3-16 prem. ; London and County, 48 to 49;
London and Westminster, 61 to 611 ; and Union
of London, 37 to 374.
In Miscellaneous Shares Credit Foucier, are 24 to
3 ; General Credit, 5-16 to 3-16 dis. ; International
Financial, 2 to 14 dis. dis. ; Berlin Waterworks,
154 to 15,3 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 124 to 124 ;
India Rubber Works, 604 to 614 ex div. ; London
General Omnibus Company, 2/ to 24 ; National
Discount, 11 to 114 ; Peninsular and Oriental
Steam, 454 to 461 ; and Royal Mail Steam,
54 to 561.

A premium of 50 gui news per cent. was paid at
Lloyd's on the City of Boston steamer, which left
Halifax 26 days ago.

The committee of shareholders of the Societe
Agricole et ludustrielle d'Egypte have issued a re-
Port announcing that, with the cordial aid of the
Foreign Office on their behalf, they have obtained
r°ll3, the Viceroy of Egypt a satisfactory adjustment
Of their claims.

At a meeting of bond and debenture holders of
z.he Atlantic and Great -Western Railway Company,
held to consider the propositions of Mr. D. Chad-
wick, M.P., it was resolved to promote the adop-
tion of some plan of arrangement on a basis of
mutual concession among the various interests, and
that the several committees of the different classes
of_ creditors should be requested to confer together
such „n a purpose. if was at the same time re=
solved that, in default of such agreement, they
should be requested to refer their respective pro-
posals, ‘4 after the precedent of the London, Chat-
ham, and Dover Railway, to one or more gentlemen
in whose high character and judgment all classes of
creditors may have implicit confidence, such gen-
tlemen to have full power to fix the terms of a final
and binding arrangement." Thanks were voted to
Mr. Chadwick for his exertions.
The agents of the North German Lloyd's an-
nounce that they have decided to establish a re-
gular fortnightly service from New York to Lon-
don, via Southampton, in conjunction with the Lon-
don and South-Western Railway Company, and
that they will commence with the steamer Bremen,
~,whioh is appointed to leave New York on the 23d
Afareh. Goods landei at Southampton at any
hour of the day or night will, by the new arrange-
'tent, be at once forwarded to London.

The Liverpool Pacific Company's steamer Auri-
ecsania, from Brazil, has brought Rio dates to the
31st of January, when the rate of exchange re-
131ained firm at 190. to 20d. The Royal Mail
steamer Douro, from Southampton on the 10th of
January, had already arrived out.

A strong protest from shareholders in the India-
rubber, Gutta-percha, and Telegraph Works Com-
Pany against the proposed issued of the balance of
Shares of the company by public tender has been
sent to the directors.
A meeting of creditors of Messrs. Dickson
-brothers and Co., of Melbourne, has been re-
(Nested. The circular makes no statement as to
the assets or liabilities, or the cause of the difficulty,
but the debts in this country are reported to be
ratter over £lOO,OOO, while the assets on the other
aide are nominally of about a similar amount, and
consist of good; a considerable portion of which are
on their way from Australia.
At a meeting of the shareholders of the Albert
,Life Assurance Company, the report lately issued
by the provisional committee of policy-holders,
annuitants, and shareholders in favour of the

reconstruction of the undertaking and the pay-
raent of all claims in full, was adopted. The
deficiency amounts to £160,000, and it is pro-
Posed that this sum shall be contributed by the
Shareholders and policy-holders.
The directors of the Agricultural Hall Company
have issued their report. They recommend a
dividend of 8 per cent., clear of income tax, and the
carrying forward of a balance of £2,023 3s. to the
next account.

The report of the Patent Nut and Bolt Com-
pany (Limited), to be presented at Birmingham on
the 20th inst., shows an available total of £21,348,
and recommends a dividend for the half year at
the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, which will ab-
sorb £12,000.
The report of the directors of the Black Sea Rail-
way and Kustendjie Harbour Company (Limited)
states the profit of the year at £22,709 against
£24,147 last year. This, it is mentioned, will ad-
mit, after meeting the interest on the mortgage
bonds, of the payment of the 8 per cent. preference
dividend in arrear for 1868, as well as the prefer-
ence dividend for 1869, leaving a surplus of £3,336.
Petitions for the winding up of the Freehold and
General Investment Company (Limited) ; Alfred
Average Association for British, Foreign, and
Colonial-built Ships ; Queen Average Association
for British, Foreign, and Colonial-built Ship 3, and
lierne Bay Pier Company arc to be heard before
Vice-Chancellor Malins on, the 4th of March.
meeting of the British Colonial Steamship
Company (Limited) is called for the 30th of March,
for the purpose of receiving and considering the
"count of the liquidators on the winding up of the
ll
eompany.,l
wiA
general meeting of the Suez Canal Company
be held on the 30th March, in Paris.
The financial statement of the Illinois Central
lailread Company for the month of January has
just been
issued. The total sales of land during
that period amounted to 4,310 acres, realising