The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-23 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK

On 'Change to-day there was not much business
Passing, and although the price of Consols rather
improved, those of most of the Continental Securi-
ties declined—Turkish to the extent of j. In Rail-
Ways there has been little change. American Bonds
remain almost unchanged in price, and for Telegraph
Shares the demand is trifling. There is rather an
active demand for money, but it is not to be had
nader 3 per cent.
Consols are now at 94/ to 941 for money ; ditto,
;count, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 1 ;
,w Three per Cents., 921 ; Bank of England
'tt°4lc, 41 per cent., 235.
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., par 5 prem. ;
ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, prem.
India Stock, 10/ per cent., April, 1874, 2101 ;
1114° 5 per cent., July, 1880, —; ditto 4 per
eteilt., Oct., 1888, 1001 1; ditto Enlaced Paper
u Per cent., 1872, 1031.
9 In the Foreign Market Argentine Sixes are quoted
11 to 921 ; Brazilian Five per Cents., 1865, 891 to
81k0 i Egyptian Seven per Cents., 1868, 814 to
; Italian Five per Cents., 1861, 554 to 561 ;
Mexican Three per Cents., 14/ lo 15 ; Peruvian
Three
Cents., 1865, 871 to 871 ; Spanish New
e per Cents., 1867, 281 to 28f ; Turkish Five per
e4ts., 1865, 471 to 474 ; ditto Six per Cents. 1865,
Xl4
to 72;.
In the Railway Share Market London and North
"estern are 1271 to 1281 ; Lancashire and York-
shirei 130 to 131; Metropolitan, 771 to 781 ; North
13tish, 36 to 361 ; Midland, 1261 to 127 ; Great
estern, 711 to 72 ; London and South Western,
9li to 924 ; London and Brighton, 454 to 461; Cale-
(l°4l44, 7.31 to 731; Great Eastern, 411 to 411;
feat Northern, 121 to 122 ; ditto A Stock, 127 to
ic
; Berwick, 1341 to 1351; Leeds, 891 to 901 ;
gad York, 132 to 1321.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are. 884 to 881;
4'4-Forty Bonds, 85/ to 861 ; Illinois, 112 to 113 ;
"d Erie Shares, 194 to 20.
Lombardo-Venetian are 161 to 161; Great
44nxenaburg, 13/ to 134.
ri&nglo-American Cable and French Shares are
B 1 to 174 and 151 to 151 respectively ; China
tlbnlarine, 1/ to 11 dis.; and Construction and
Maintenance, 364 to 374.
14111 Bank Shares Anglo-Austrian are 14 to 16
Preen. ; Alliance, 121 to 131 ; Chartered Mercantile
oi
t;) 314 to 321; Imperial Ottoman, 13} to
14 ; London and County, 49 to 50 ; London
gad Westminster, 60 to 61 ; Oriental Corporation,
„.,t° 45 ; and Union of London, 361 to 374.
11;1'4 steamer Venezuelan, on which 30 guineas
Preen him has been paid, was spoken with on the
16
instant, off Bermuda, and required no assist-
ance.

The Poonah has arrived from Alexandria with the
liar portion of the Calcutta, China, and Austra-
b,allnlails, and £406,092 in gold, the whole of which
demand
to be sent into the Bank, there being no
for the Continent.
Brhe steamer Ceylon took out to-day £30,000 in
'ecle for Bombay.
It
tt seems to be expected that the greater part of
th'he new Egyptian loan will be taken in Paris, and
Priee, it may be assumed, has been fixed at a
point calculated by the contractors as likely to prove,
li, th such explanations as may be afforded in the
prospectus,
attractive to the French public.
qpille4re. J. H. Schroder and Co. notify the re-
demption on the 2d May of the entire amount out-
atlclillg of Bonds of the Four-and-a-Half per
4t• Peruvian Government Loan of 1862, toge-
ther With the coupon due Ist July, subject to a dis-
to6tint of 1 per cent. per annum for the unexpired
till Ist July. The Peruvian Government
i4-"0g disposable funds here, is desirous of employ-
togtheln at once, and hence is able to offer this boon
the holders.
Ille May interest is payable on the Ist prox., at
the liational Provincial Bank, on the certificates of
thelevada Freehold Properties Trust.
til The, Grand Trunk of Canada railway traffic re-
for the week ending the 16th inst., shows a
decrease of £1,300, compared with the corresponding
p tc'd of last year.
A
e;'t the special meeting of the Midland Railway
p:'PanY, to be held on the 4th of May, it is pro-
d to borrow on mortgage the sum of £666,000.
the creation and issue of five per cent. deben-
ture stock,
ajhe report of the directors of the Prudential Assur-
10;eouipany states that the new annual premiums
eta.; "D'e year 1869 amounted to £102,323, and the
ae;1118 paid to £86,594. The Assurance Fund
4%0°4,14 Shows an improvement of £41,358. The
,
dil
interest on the shares, at the rate of 5 per cent.,
Ate Payable on and after the 25th inst.
ka call of per share is payable on the 2d of
Tel °4 the shares of the British Indian Extension
A:graPh Company (Limited).
ati special meeting of the Manchester,
.Buxton,
,s°ek) and Midlands Junction Railway Company
Th'e held on the 4th of May.
con„e report of the British Australian Telegraph
klavPailY (Limited), to be presented on the 2d of
cote
states that satisfactory terms have been agreed
cote between the Netherlands Government and the
iiaZanY for permission to land the cables on the
over"'of Java, and for the transmission of messages
iajamtlle Government Telegraphic system in that
eolate an arrangement by which the contingency
tittliel4Plated in the prospectus, of having to con-
tw 4ll entirely submarine communication .be-
Then Singapore and Australia, will be avoided.
grao,c/rder for the cable has been given to the Tele-
. the " Construction and Maintenance Company, and
ItecoLlita of £60,000 has been paid to them in
the B;4ance With the contract. The manufacture of
by thillgaPnre-Batavia section has been commenced
is contractors, and the cable will leave England
ItlitgitiSt next.
haa e colonial produce markets this week business
day, b u
bat
Partly interfered with by the Easter holi-
itept thllt. the consumers having for some time past
1141_ n. stocks moderate, awaiting the result of the
6ete) a better demand is anticipated.

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