The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-28 00:00:00

E MONEY MARKET

AND
COINhIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY. Two o'CLocK.
Business to-day on the Stock Exchange was very
dull, and although we Lave no alteration to report in
the price of Consols, in the Foreign Market there was
a, fall in most of the securities. The protest of the
Sultan has not yet had the slightest effect on the new
Viceroy Loan. In American Securities Eries Pave
:Pan fallen, Telegraph Shares are little dealt in, and
for Miscellaneous Shares there is scarcely any
demand. The rate of discount is still 3 per cent.
Consols are now at 94 to 94} for money; ditto,
av,Ce°llllt, ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 8 ;
A elv Three per Cents., 921 ; ditto Debentures,

)38 ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per cent., 233.
.Echequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., 4 prem. ;
ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, prem.
India Stock, 104 per cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 1131 ; ditto 4 per
cent.) Oct., 1888, 1001 / 1; ditto Enlaced Paper
s
Per cent., 1872, ; Metropolitan Board of Works,
°4 per cent. Stock, 94.
In the Foreign Market Brazilian are now 89 to
895 ; Egyptian (1864), 894 to 905 ; do. (1868), 804 to
804 ; Nine per Cents., 1011 to 1024 ; Viceroy's
'''(34ll, 841 to 841 ; Italian, 555 to 55/ ; Peruvian,
87 to 871 ; Russian Five per Cents., 871 to 871 ;
vrel) 841 to 851; Nicolai, 70 to 74; Moscow,
86 to 865 ; Charkof, 844 to 851; Spanish 281 to
Turkish Five per Cents., 471 to 471; and
Russian Scrip, 44 to 5 prem.
In Railway Shares Brightons are now 451 to 46 ;
Caledonian, 731 to 731 ; South Eastern, 78 to 785 ;
Great Eastern, 424 to 424 ; Metropolitan, 774 to 77/ ;
Sheffield, 521 to 53 ; Great Northern 121 to 122 ;
ditto A Stock, 127 to 1275 ; Berwick, 136 to 1361;
Leed4, 90 to 91; York, 133 to 1335 ; North British,
375 to 38 ; London and North Western, 1281 to
1281; Midland, 1264 to 1265 ; and Great Western,
721 to 73.
The Viceroy's New Loan is firm at 5 to 4 prem.,
and Japanese Scrip 4 dis to par.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 81/ to 815 :
the Ten-Forties, 854 to 861; Illinois, 1104 to 1114 ;
and Erie Shares, 19 to 191. •
Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are quoted 171
t° 174 ; British Indian 9 to 95 ; China Submarine,
a
to 11 dis. ; Falmouth, 91; French Cables, 155 to
154 ; and Construction and Maintenance, 361 to 364.
At the Bank yesterday about £19,000 in bar gold
was
sent in, making a total
_of £109,000 since the
'late of the last return.

About £250,000 of the Australian gold which
recently came to hand has been taken for trans-
)ll issicln to Paris, although, at the present rate of
exchange, there is no profit on the transaction.
The William Davie, from New Zealand, has brought
2,5,000 in gold, and the Bremen, from New York,
£12,500 in Mexican dollars.
0f the £288,000 by the Elbe, from the West
t 1
dies, £162,500 is silver, and £125,500 is gold.
Letters of the 22d inst. from Vienna state that the
inarertant works for the supply of that city with
Waterb were inaugurated on the previous day. The
Emperor attended and laid the foundation stone,
171gratulating the contractor, Mr. A. Gabrielli, of
don, upon the enterprise, and also on his energy
to"
hastening the works.
At the meeting of the Australian Mortgage, Land,
a
,nd Finance Company (Limited), the directors' re-
'ort, which announced a total distribution for the
'e4l. of 10 per cent., was adopted.
At a meeting of the Cape Copper Mining Com-
pany it was unanimously resolved that an increase
811°41(1 be made to the capital by the issue of 5,000
11 ew shares, to be offered to the existing proprietors
4,
a premium of £7 per share..
At the meeting of the London and Provincial Law
Assurance Society the new policies for the year were
stated to have been 197, for £289,970, yielding in
new premiums £10,849. The income was £106,528,
and
the assets are £566,181. The policies in force
are 2,049, for £2,753,130.
At the meeting of the City of Glasgow Life Amur-
-41;100 Company the new policies for the year were
:ated to have been 627, for £368,983, yielding in
-e."l Premiums £10,384, and a dividend of 8 per
tent Was declared.
mAt th'-. half-yearly meeting of the General Finance
'rtgage and Discount Company a dividend of 7
per
Ltt• per annum was declared.
le Auglo-Rowano Gas Company announce a
dlvidend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for
the
last half-year.
Loi-kils sixth ordinary general meeting of the share-
v. dens of the Anglo-Austrian Bank will be held in
lerula on the 31st May.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a GOVERNMENT rUNDS.
psr Cent. Consols
a 1) •••
itto for Account —
-.
klier Cent. Re luced 921 f
~„
/
tie
~,, per Cent ,..•...••. 921
13°
W 1 por Cent. Jan. 1894
4
Der Cen Jan. 1873
ihtluities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., le6o —
"4°. for 3u yrs, expire sth April 188ö
,".$3 (Red Sea Telebraph). Aug, 19" —4
pm
-eue9Assr Bills. £l,OOO, 21 P. Ut. ,)
8 h 6 £lOO, £201.' & £5OO —
41-' of England Stock. 41 per Cent
044 i opening —
I "a 4 per Cont. Bonds —
4ter-Oolonial Ummum
11,A• !''DtaN UOVERNMENT SECtritITIBI6.
'La Rtock 10i Cent., April 1874 De, I per
1)7, °Petting, for Account —
br, 0 poi. Cent. July, 1880
121"' 4 Per Cent. Oct. 1888
13 : Enf aced Pape. 4 per C0nt......... —
b ,
), . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
4,' per o,)nt. May 1879 —
.... 4 per Cent Rup. Ds.. 1870
.
D, do 18°'.... —
D _Do,
do. 1882 —
'. 'Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .... 1031
qio° Ronde, 4 per Cent., .£l,OOO ...... ......
_
• under .E. 1.000 Pm
rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Arnutioe Republic 6 per Cent 921
UA_ . 1
ku ,
...XerMillt
l'rian Bonds 5 per cent
krit,il; 00. 1859
1--Larl 5 per Cent ...
02. li per Cent. 1852 •
1u• do 1858....• — io. _
bo. 'el° 1860
Uo, 5 o', 1863 —
i) Per Cent., 1865
xt
~,e, Account ......
•••
6n°B Ayres 6 per Crnt. .. —
0 iti? 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.` —
,) fto 6 per Cent
Do!i Per Cent..., .•.•••
tl_.• r. ,
Per Cent.
iZ•t per Cent., 1866
0 io,'„? Per cent. 1867
0 ..wmati 6 , . a..
~ per vent.
(.3.;"4. 6 Per Cent., 1825 ••
Dan';; 6 Per Cent
t,i., ...,
..
0 'II Principalities, 7 ler Cent B4
130 ii4coo tint
Ekta°J.,.,Pe,.r Cent., 1867 —
to. 44 'New Consolidated 1 por Cent
i
~Fonn. 7 ,
i„ ~,. Per Cent.... • ••• -
i., 'COLIC! .168110 .10. 45uL 13010 _
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1864 r, Do.
Account
90
,iO. 4600 Donis
91f'1,0.4100 rionds ......... . ••• •
80f 1
uO. aped Cent., 1868 ....,
i
1)0. uni
........... .... •••" .. . 80f T
no. £lOO Born's
••• • • ••
Government Rail wa v
.0( bout urea
_
Cireeir sper Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups _
, 100. tioupotle ... ......................... . _
..ra tteraala 5 per cent ..
84f
kletulnr‘a Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all iv!".
O.XIOO
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. ..................
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‘.l°AccouDt ~
"° alararaniana Ilailway...
15
Ni..xicar...3 por (N,tit i ........ —•••-•
Ditto fk.r Account" ............. ..•••••• ......... —__,
r, Do.
1g64
° S uer Cent. Anglo-Frencl ...
•.
••m• ,uteridvan 6 per Cent........ ...............
'l°k,llo.crish Imperial 5 pat Cent ........
"°,,,r Granada .................... . ...... . ... ..... 26
1-)0.3 per Cen%............ ........................
Defer .:d ........... ... ... ............... _
1)0 Land Warrants (Hectares) .. ..........