The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-15 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

• The Stock Exchange was closed to-day.
The colonial produce markets this week have been
fully supplied since the announcement of the Budget,
as the arrivals are large, and prices have in marry
oases experienced a decline. Some dis ,ppointinent
has been hit that the rtduc.ion in the duties is
confined to sugir, numerous public salts of which
have been held and have gone flatly, the re,ult being
a fall generally equal to the alteration made in the
duties.

Of the £121,500 by the Shannon, from the West
'Eji 's, £84,000 is silver and £37,500 gold.
The steamer Ripon, for the East, will take out to-
Morrow (Saturday) £51,060 in specie. Annexed are
the particulars :.-Point de Galle, gold, £1,690 ;
Bonabay, gold, £20,000 ; Madras, gold, £5,399 ;
neng Kong, silver, 1,12,596 ; Singapore, silver,
£6,000 ; and Shanghae, silver, £5,375.
The advices from New Granada by the West India
mail mention that the latest accounts from the Darien
Surveying Expedition are of the 13th ult. The
American war steamer Nipsie had established a tele-
graphic corps on Nipsie Point, and it was proposed
to extend the line up to the surveyors' camp, and
thence from time to time onward to the Pacific as
fast as the surveyors move. The Indians, instead of
showing hostility, have, it is said, been most friendly.
The city of Panama was lighted will gas for the
first time on the 21st ult. The works have been
executed by a private company, but it appeared
doubtful if the consumption will be sufficient to meet
the expenditure.
From Nicaragua it is stated that the import duties
en goods have been raised 10 per cent., to take effect
en and after the 26th inst.

The commission of Russian engineers, who lately
visited England for the purpose of seeing Mr. Fair-
He's narrow gauge railway plant, and the Festi-
niog Railway, where his engines are at work, have,
according to the "Iron and Coal Trades Review,"
reported strongly in favour of the system. They
recommend it to be adopted for a portion of the
railway between St. Petersburg an I Moscow, and
estimate the cost of construction at about £4,500
per mile.

Mr. George Earle Grey, the chief accountant of
the Bank of England, has retired from that esta-
blishment after a service of 62 years, during 39 of
which he had filled the position of deputy accountant
and chief accountant. The Court of Directors on
the occasion passed a warm and unanimous resolu-
tion in acknowledgment of the upright and efficient
manner in which he had performed his important
duties. The new chief accountant at the Bank of
England is Mr. John Francis. ,

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

YESTERDAY.

(TJIIEB.NMENT FUNDS.
' Par Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account —
3 Per Cent. Re 'need
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
DO. 5 per Cen Jin.1873
Alnuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Exc Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
oe Red
Nils, £l,OOO, 21p. Ct.
Do. 2/ do. June —
Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO —
13,..apnloofpEennignlgand Stock, 41 per Cent 231 21
uinada
later- 4 per Cont. Bonds —
Colonial Cranium
INDIAN aOTERNMENT ECURITIISS.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
Dc. Opening, for Account —
1)0. 0 per Cent. July, It 80
-110. 4 pet- Cont. Oct. 1888 •—• 1001
I) ). Enfaced Papet 4 per ()Ant.. ..- .....
D). 5 por Cert., Jan. 1872 .... ..... ... .. 110 /
I) '. N- per Cent. May 1874
Do. 4 ner Cent., Itup. Dal. 187'3,.
D } do 18"—... , .....
Do. do. 1882 —
-1,• Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 ... , —
4-3 o BoudE, 4 per Cent.; £l,OOO .....
Do. under 1.1.000

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
argentine Republic, 6 per Cent '
Do Accqiint
Atutrian Bonds 5 per cent

_
Do. 18'59
Brazilian 5 per Cent
D.
4} per Cent. 1852
Do. do 1858....• —
tlO. au 1869 •..•
Do. do., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account
Jo lenos Ayres 6 per Cent... —
C
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent:—
,-, 4fittn 6 per Cent .....
Do. 41. per Cent....
Do. 3 per Cent~
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
_ Do. 6 per cent. 1867
ki lornbian, 6 per Cent.
lilanish, 3 per Cent., 1825... ..... .. . —
L tba,;6 per Cent. '•
limo bian Principalities, 7 per Cent B9
DoAccount
8 per
ew 167
•P‘cuader Consolidated,N 1 per Cent
k' CYPtian, 7 per Cent.... ............... ....
Do Second Issue • ••
Do. £5O( Bonds —
Do. . 1864
Do. Account
De. £5OO Bonds
Do. 4100 !lonia •••.
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. ..
Do. Account
nO. £lOO .....
Governmentßones Railway Debentures
Oreet 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups
i, DO. Coupons
ktuateraala 6 per Cent ..
110tiduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd - 4
-uo• Acc.unt
Italian 5 pc': Cent., 1865
8
ZO. Account .
551
ip,„ Do Maremmana Railway
ulexicat 3 per Cent I
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864
A unuo 6 Dor Cent. Anglo-French —
•L'evideau 6 per Cent. —
42„0crish Imperial 5 pez Cent
A eAr Granada ... ..... 25+
Do 3 per Cen .
Do, Deferred
.o Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
.eraviaa 5 per Cent. 1865
D 0 Account
roprtoti4guizeent, (UOlarren)
_ Do 41. por Cent.. 186-2 . —
°. do.
per Ct.,1853,'6, 7, 9,'60,'2.% ...
D 0.1867. —
o do. Scrip, £2O paid —
D-vasan 5 par Cent., 18'22, £ St .. —
0,., 4i per Cent 1850
uo 4+ per Cent., 1860
3 per Cent., 1859
D,„O Per Cent., 1862
o knglo-Dutch 1864, £lOO Bondf —
do. £B4 15s. do —
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds —
Do,
do £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 69+
otlrdinian 6 per Cent 72
'''Panish 3 per ()en ...
Do.Acc,funt ...
1867
Do. Account
Do. Now Deferrea
Do. Paasive
DoCom. Cert. of Coup. not funded
0 wedishccount Provincial Atbrtgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Turkish
6 pdeor,
Cenltß6B
D 0 Account
Do Ac co
pco unter Ct. 1858
en
Do 4100 Bonds ••• ••• .......
120 6 per Cent., 1862
I'o. Account
00 £lOO Bonds
Do. 5 per cent. 1865 47; I
DO. Aucount
D 0 6 per Cent., 1868 ,„ . 701
uo Account
••• .....
Do
DJ I Par Cent., Guaranteed —
do, Serif —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
BAustrian a per Cent Ex 10 Florins •••
elgian 4+ per cent., Ex. 25f. . —
tch 4 per (lent. Ex. 12 Gail
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
Prench Rentes 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
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Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251 53
0 Account
CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Moneys
~ Do. Aacount, May 4 mum,- 94 i