The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-09 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK

The attendance on change to day was small, and
the busitiess transacted very limited. Consols gave
Ivey a shade in pricQ ; in Foreign Securities the re was
also a downwad. tendency, but in Railway Shares an
Improvement has to be.
.noted in Great Northerns,
Iyhieh advanud 1 per cent. Te'egraph Shares are
a trifle better, but in Banking and Miscellaneous no
changes have occurre I.

Consols are now at 931 1 1 for money ; ditto,
account, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 2 ;
Xew Three per Cents., 911 21 ; Bank of England
Stock, 41 per cert., 235.
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., March, 1 4
Prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, June, prem.
India Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, ;
' ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 1131 13 ; ditto 4 per
cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper
4 per cent., 921 ; ditto 51 per cent., 1101; ditto
Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem.
In the Foreign Market Brazilian (1865), are now
qoted 88 to 881; Chilian (1867), 971 to 981;
yptian, 891 to 90i ; Viceroy Loan, 841 to 85;
Italian, 541 to 551; Orel, 87 to 871 ; Charkcf, 83 to
831 ; Spau4sh, 271 to 281 ; Turkish Five per Cents.,
461 to 471.
In the Railway Market Great Northern his ad-
vanced 1, and are now quoted 118 to 119 ; the A
share are better, viz., 1241 to 124/ ; bliiland, 125
to 1251; Caledonian, 781 to 781; London and North
Western, 125 to 1251; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1281 to 129 ; Great Western, 69 to 691 ; London
South Western, 88 to 89 ; London and Brightous,
45/ to 451; South Eastern, 76 to 761.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 901 to 91 ;
ditto, 1865 issue, 901 to 901 ; Erie Shares, 201 to
211; Illinois Central, 114 to 1141; Atlantic and
Great Western Debentures, 32 to 321 ; ditto Con-
solidated Bonds, 281 to 281; and Virginia Six per
Cents., 57 to 571.
Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 171 to 171 ;
Anglo Mediterranean, 171 to 171; Atlantic 12 to
14; ditto Eight per Cent. Preference, 11 to 21 ;
British Australian, 2 to 11 dis.; British Indian Sub-
marine, 9/ to 91 ez New ; British Indian Extension,
2i to 11 dis. ; China Submarine, 11 to 11 dis. ; Fal-
mouth, Gibraltar, and Malta, 2 to 11 dis.
The Ceylon, from Alexandria, has brought
".5,650 in specie.
The steamer Massilia took out to-day £22,500
in specie for Bombay, of which £12,000 is
Silver and the rest gold. The amount of specie
"gaged for the Brazils by the' Douro, which will
sail to-day, is only £1,200.
The Council of India will receive tenders on the
20th instant for bills on Calcutta and Madras to the
amount of £400,000, being £12,500 above the total
draw, on the last occasion.

The Anglo-Austrian Bank has published its annual
report for 1869, showing a balance of profits of
r8,,815,416 florins. From this sum has to be deducted
081023 florins for taxes and s tlaries, and 1,622,801
fl'urina amounts written off and general expenses,
4leaving a net profit of 7,192,615 florins, Austrian
currency. The mode of distributing this large profit
17111 be explained by the Council of Administration
at the general meeting of shareholders. It is in-
tended to augment the capital by the issue of new
shares.

The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance
alpany have notified that the manufacture of the
Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta Telegraph Corn-
Pmy's cable was completed yesterday, and that the
steamship Scanderia, with 11.3 r portion of the cable,
Paves the Thames for Malta on Monday, to be
shortly f„ lowed by the eteanaili:ps Edinburgh and
Ilib,rnia with their respective portions. It is also
stated that the Gre it I!:;astern left Men on the 7th
jest., all well, for Liverpool.
The Committee of the Stock Exthanue have
granted a quotation for £200,000 Erie Railway
6 per cent. Sterling Bonds, being part of the autho-
rised loan of £1,000,000, of which only £BOO,OOO,
,4811 ed by Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., in Sep-
l'elzber, 1865, have hitherto been officially quoted.
The interest on these bonds has been paid regularly
!Jail-yearly in March and September, and the whole
lean of £1,000,000 will be repayable at 100 on the
Lit of September, 1875.
The letters of allotment of the St. Louis Bridge
Company has been sent out. The applications are
considerably in excess of the amount proposed.
The subscriptions for the Alabama State Loan,
troduced by Messrs. J. H. Schroder and Co., are
;.Ikewise stated to have been numerous, the London
list closing to-day.
The River communication is now generally opened
on the Danube and the waters of Southern Russia,
„all(' shipments, of course, are in active progress.
Several steamers are loa ling at Konigsberg, but the
destination of m)st of them are France and Belgium.
'roach advices agree in reporting the growing crops
as healthy.
The telegrams from Alexandria state that the new
Dairy Loan for £5,000,000 will be issued on the
"rival of the general bond in London, probably next
Week. The issue price will be about 75, and the
net Cost to the contractors 66, not 70, as previously
Stated.

In
the colonial produce markets this week there
413 been little alteration, supplie3 being moderate.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

8 GOVERNIKtNT .N'UNDS.
Per Cent. Consols ..... 934 4 4
; Ditto for Account
l
per Cent. Re luced
tie_ 0 per Uent
ew
914 24
D 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894
o 5
g per Coo ,Jma.1873
louities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1680 —
O. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 188 i: —
tDo (Red Sea Telegraph). Aug., 190 f•
tebequ-r Rills, .£l,OOO, 24 p. Ut. 1 4 plu
Do. 24 do. June —
D 1
£lOO, £2OO & .C5OO — Pl 3
b _
iIaWC of Eriglairl Stock. 44 per Cent
oi ; opening . _ —
1 -ttaeter-u'-',.,,a 4 per Cent. Bonds —
olonial Onunum
110.ui.art davit.u.NmErrr SEcuitinue.
'la Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 — D
a• OPening, for Account —Do
1131 13
D°• • 0 per Cent. July, :t 80
TI °• 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 - 1 1
Ei,. Per'
P 4 Cent llOl
ced Pale, per 4
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, 5 per Cent., Jau. 1872 ...,...... ••••••
a►• ul per 09nt. May 1879 —
0. 5 per Cent • Rup Del. 1872....
D I ••
do 18'"..., —
I) Do. • do. 1882 —
, '• Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
`0 Donde, .
under .£1 4 per
000 Cent., £l,OOO
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Ar a FOREIGN* FUNDS—CLOSING' PRICES.
8--utlue Republic, 6 per Cent
iku„_° Ace^,lol.
zit: Bonds 5 per cent .. —
Br . 130. 1859 •••
5 per Cent 1
oc' 44 per Cent. 1852 —
!)O•°• do 1858 —
.1860 —
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Do R 1863
'" Per Cent 1865
..te, A . ••• IL _ q..co•

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nOB Ayres 6 per Colt. . •••••••._
~, D 2
~.Ht. ,
per Cent. (Deferred 3 per
Li
r,111),t, 6 Per Cent.
_
° "-ark 6 per Cent De.4f per Cent..,... ........ ... - ..... _....
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Do. psr Cent., .....
no. 7 per Cent., 1866
••••
_
Do. 6 per caul, 1867
_
a lo ebnin, 6 per Cent. •••
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DaniNn. 3 per Cent. 1825 .
90 N.,n"httn Principantien, 7 lar Cent "O ACCO'atit .............................
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Do 8 per Cent., 1867 tc.uador New Oensolidmed, 1 per (Jen,
t typtian, 7 per 0unt...,.
D0..£5(
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Do Second Issue ................. ..
4 Bonds ....................
90i 89!
De.
1864 ..............
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