The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

On 'Change to-day there appeared to be a gene-
ral decline in the prices of most securities, but Con-
sols only gave way the "slightest shade in value. In
the Foreign market there was, however, some de-
mand for shares, but holders refu6ed to sell at
reduced prices.

Consols are now at 921 f 1 for money;
ditto, for Aczount, 921 f ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 924 ; New Tkree per Cents, 928 1;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June,
2 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, 2
dis• ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 41
Per Cent:, 2 0.
India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 4 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 101 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
5 per Cent., 1872, 103} ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO,
22 prem. ; Metropolitan Board of Works, 931.
In the Foreign Market Egyptians are 92, and
the 1868 Bonds, 781, being an improvement of 1
Per cent. Viceroy Sevens, 821. Turkish Fives are
45, and. the Sixes .671 to 681, both I bette. New
Scrip is 11 to 11 prem, Italian Bonds are 521 ;
Mexican, 138 ; Spanish, 278 ; Peruvian, 79} ; and
ew Russian Loan, 38 to 3} prem.
In the Railway Share Market the qu)tations
are now' as follows :—Caledonian, 77 to 771;
Great Eastern, 381 to 381 ; Great Northern,
117 to 118 ; ditto (A), 118 to 119 ; Great Western,
631 to 64; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 1281;
London and Brighton, 428 to 43 ex div. ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 141 to 15 ; London and
North Western, 124} to 125 ; London and South
Western, 93} to 941; Metropolitan, 77} to 771 ;
Midland, 1231 to 124 ; North Eastern (Berwick),
1281 to 1281; South Eastern 76} to 77 ; Erie
Shares, 211 to 22 ; Illinois Central, 111 112 ; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 141 to 151 ; and Great Western
of Cahada, 161 to 161.
In the Bank Shares Agra are llf to 12 ; City
Bank, 121 to 111 ; Imperial Ottoman, 3 1-16 to
3 346 prem. ; London and County, 48 to 49;
London and Westminster, 61 to 611 ; and Union
• of London, 37 to 371.
American Five-Twenties are 89 to 891; ditto
(1865), 881 to 85f ; ditto (1867), 871 to 871;
and Ten-Forties, 84 to 84f.

Lombardo-Venetian, 191 to 19i ; and Grew
Luxembourg as last quoted.

In Telegraph Shares there now is a decline in
India-rubber, which is 61 ; British India is 31
prem.; Falmouth, prem.; Panama, 1} dis.; Sin-
gapore, par to prem.; Construction, 431; and
French Cable, 15k.

In Miscellaneous Shares Credit Fonder, are 2i to
3 ; General Credit, 5-16 to 3-16 dis. ; International
Financial, 2 to 11 dis. dis. ; Berlin Waterworks,
15} to 15;3 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 121 to 121 ;
India Rubb3r Works, 60} to 61f ex div. ; London
General Omnibus Company, 21 to 2i; National
Discount, 11 to 111 ; Peninsular and Oriental
Steam, 45f to 46f ; and Royal Mail Steam,
55f to 56k.
There were no gold operations at the Bank yes-
terday.
The accountsof the Anglo-Italian Bank (Limited)
for the half-year show a profit of £10,666, of which
it is proposed to place 16,000 to bad and doubtful
debts—an amount that it is hoped will be sufficient
and to distribute £4,000 as a dividend, at the rate
Oil per cent. per annum, leaving £666 to be carried
forward. The Florence branch is stated to have
fully maintained its position, while the Naples
oranch, under the supervision of the committee, has
nlade much progress. The liquidation of the Genoa
branch has been satisfactorily concluded, but the
Council intend to continue an agency there.

It is stated that the Deptford Dockyard, with all
its buildings, has been purchased by Mr. H. E.
Marsh, auctioneer, on behalf of a client. It com-
prises an area of nearly 22 acres. _

A prospectus has been issued of the. Plumas Golc
Alining Company of California, with a capital of
£75,000 in shares of £3.

The Crown Agents for the Colonies have invited
tenders on Thursday for bills on the Government of
Ceylon for £25,000. _ _ _

'Vice-Chancellor James has appointed Mr. 11. T.
Edwards, of the firm of James, Edwards, Cash, and
Stone, oflie:al liquidator of the Paraguassu Steam
Tramroad Company (Limited).
Mr. James M‘lienry, President of the Atlantic
and Great Wisfern Railway, has issued a report
to the bond and debenture holders, embodying a
for the reorganisation of the company's
affairs. Mr. M'Henry dissents from the proposals
Of Mr. Chadwick, but adds that on many points
they are not irreconcileable with his own.

he Glasgow Mail mentions that the suspension
of the long-established firm of Alessrs. Robt. Hutchi-
son and Co., grain merchants, Kirkcaldy, has
caused no little consternation. The firm carried on
business on a most extensive scale, and their liabili-
ties have been variously estimated at £BO,OOO to
£120,000. The assets are also heavy, and it is
supposed by some that 20s. in the pound will be
forthcoming. A meeting of the creditors will, it is
understood, be held in Edinburgh on the Ist of
March.

At the meeting of the English and Australian
Copper Company the directors' report was agreed
to.

At the meeting at Liverpool of the West India
and Pacific Steamship Company (Limited) a divi-
dend was declared of 14s. per share.
The Traus-Mongolian service for the trans-
mission of telegraph messages to and from China,
v/a Klachta, was reopened for the season yesterday.
The time of transit has been reduced to ten and a
half days.

It is understood that all the arrangements are
completed for launching the new Atlantic Tele-
graph scheme, which has been for some time in
preparation, and that the public here will be im-
mediately invited to subscribe something like
£600,000 to provide an independent line of com-
munication between the United States and Ger-
many. By this project America would have a
fourth cable connecting her with Europe, al-
though the three now iu operation are more than
sufficient for all purposes.

The Metropolita❑ Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of £l6B over last year ; the
Metropolitan District an increase of £35 ; the
Metropolitan and St. John's-wood an increase of
£2O ; the Glasgow and South-Western an increase
of £666 ; and the Great Luxembourg an increase
of £305.

The letters of allotment of the Altnada and
Tirito Consolidated Silver Mining Company were
posted yesterday.

BRUSH FILIDS-TWO O'CLOCK.

GOVERNMENT EtINDs.
3 per Contr,Consols - i.
921
Ditto for Account
per Cent. Ito laced
Ne.' 3 per Uont ...........................
Now 21 por Cont. Jau. 1894
Do. 5 per Con )&n.1873
kunuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
Do. for 30 yrm, expire sth Aril 1815 —
Do (1.(0.1 Sea Tolevaph), Aug., 1908._
.
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DJ. 21 do. June 2 I
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)3AOk of England Stock, 41 per Cent
D,4. opening
C mada 4 per Cent. Bonds. —
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IND.'. 3,N d )VERNMENT BECUItITIE6.
11104.1 Stock, 101 per Cont., April 1874 —
De. Opening, for Account —
I) '• i, poi* (Joni,. July, 1880
111! i
1)o 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888
Do. Enlaced Pape' -I per 0,,ut.. .... —
1)0. ',." per Cent., Jan. 1872 ...,, , lO3l
°G. 51 per Cut. May 1879 —
DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deib, 1872.".
'Jo do 18`,7,.,„ —
_ Do, do. 188' _ —

li, "....601)., 5 per Gout.,A.:g. 1673 .„...
jo Bond,-. 4 per Cent., £I,UOO
1)0. under vl.OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'OLOOI.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Gent —

Messrs. Alexander Collie and Co. send the fol-
lowing from Manchester :—" The market is quiet,
but quotations for both goods and yarns are, as a
rule, well maintained. In some instances where
producers are not under contract a shade under
last week's prices might be accepted."