The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-25 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Consols are now at 93i to 934 for money ; ditto,
account, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 4 2 ;
New Three per Cents., 92 1.71 ; Bank of England
Stock, 41 per cent., 236.
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2,* per cent., March, 4
prem. -
; ditto £lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, —.
India Stock, 101. per cent., April, 1874, 2071 ;
ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 113 + 1121 ; ditto 4
per cent., Oct. 1888, 99/ • ditto Enlaced Paper,
5 per cent., —.
In the Foreign Market prices are now quoted
Brazilian
881 to 881 ; Egyptian (1864), 944 to 941 ;
ditto Railway Debentures, 994 to 1001 ; ditto Nine
rer Cents., 1011 to 1011- ; ditto Viceroy's Loan,
861 to 861; ditto (1868), 814 to 821 ; Italian
5511 to 551; Peruvian (1865), 821 to 831 ; Argentine,
901 to 91 ; Orel, 87 to 871 ; Nicolas, 69 to 694 ;
Moscow 84 to 841; Charkof, 821 to 831 ; Spanish,
2,78 to 28 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 454 to 46 ; and
ditto Scrip, 21 to 2* prem.
In the Railway Market the prices are as follows
:
Caledonian 771 to 78 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 371 ;
treat Northern (A), 118 to 1181; Great Western,
6 to 67
1, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1254 to 126 ;
Li
endou and Brighton, 431 to 431 ; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 15 to 151 ; London and North
..western, 123 to 1234 ; Metropolitan, 771 to 78 ;
zlidland 1231 to 1241 ; South Eastern, 744 to 741 ;
and ditto Preferred, 1091 to 109*.
American Five Twenty Bonds are 90 to 901 ;
the Ten-Forty Bonds, 861 to 861 ; Erie Shares, 211
t° 211 • and Atlantic and Great Western Bonds, 28
to 29..
Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares are 198 to 201;
Great Luxemburg, 121 to 13 ex div.
Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 171 to 171 ;
French Cable, 154 to 154 ; China Submarine, 11
11 dis. ; British India Submarine at 111 to
ill; and Falmouth at 94 to 9i. Construction and
aintenance at 361 to 371 ex div.
In Bank Shares London and Westminster are
quoted. 59/ to 601 ; London and County, 471 to 484 ;
Gluon of London, 364 to 371 ; Consolidated, 41 to
9-; Agra (A), 10/ to 11 ; Alliance, 13 to 14 ;
45ng10-Austrian, 17 to 19 prem.; Chartered Mercan-
tile, 32 to 33 • and London Joint Stock, 32 to 33.
In Miscellaneous Shares Credit Foncier are 21
to 3 ; General Credit, 121 to 12i ; Interna.
tional Financial, 11 to 11 dis. ; Berlin Water Works,
14i to 141; Hudson's Bay Company, 121 to 121 ;
Italian irrigation Six per Cents., 63 to 64 ; London
General Omnibus Company, 21 to 21 ex div.; National
Discount, 11 to 111; and Peninsular and Oriental
Steam, 42/ to 431.
At the hank yesterday about £lOO,OOO in bar gold
was sent in.

It is notified that messages for India will be
sent by the cable of the British Indian Submarine
Telegraph Company (Limited) on and after Saturday
next

The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Monday, the 28th inst., a special settling day in the
Scrip and Bonds of the Massachusetts State Five per
Cent. Sterling Loan • and Tuesday, the 29th, in the
shares of the Marseilles, Algiers, and Malta Telegraph
Company (Limited), all of which are to be marked.
The Committee have further ordered the shares of the
London and San Francisco Bank (Limited), and the
?enrhyn Mining Company (Limited), to be quoted
In the official lists.
Advices from Rio de Janeiro to the 2d inst., re-
ceived by telegraph from Lisbon, state that the yellow
iever was abating.
The share list of the Buenos Ayres Street Railway
will close on Saturday next.
„:rhe North Eastern Railway traffic return sbows
nls week an increase of £7,001, compared with the
'corresponding period of last year ; the Lancashire
and Yorkshire an increase of £1,172 •, the Caledonian
4n increase of £1,141 ; and the Manchester, Snelfield,
44d Lincolnshire a decrease of £174.
The Weser, from New York, has brought £47,554
for,England.
f Bank of France return this week shows a
~!‘.l,rther increase of £752,000 in the stock of bullion.
The total now held is £51,230,000, being £1,742,000
In excess of the amount on the Ist of January, and
du"67,000 above the highest sum held at any time
rir,,Tg the past year.
AincTican import trade maintain= the activity
noticed
th_ at the commencement of the year. Since
Ist of January the total taken of foreign ma-
nufactured goods has been £5,000,000, against
3'l°Cl,ooo in the same period last year, and
,0,50,000 in 1868.
(Cie report of the Credit Foncier of Mauritius
thAltnited), to be presented on the 31st inst., states
ki...Qamount of investments of the company to be
x621'2,377, secured by landed property estimated at
°O,OOO. The available total is £12,468, including
a
,Yrevions balance of £3,216; and a dividend of 16s.
vincet'ndelalia‘re being at the rate of 8 per cent., is recom-
e forward.
The e year 1869, leaving £4,467 to be car-
rid
election of Governors of the Bank'of England
be held on the sth of April, when Mr. R. W.
cowford, M.P. for London, and Mr. George Lyall
alrespectively, as Governor and Deputy Governor,
ofuLTll. enee their second year of office. The election
I] hectors will be on the following day, when Mr.
13 111,am Lidderdale, of the firm of Rathbone,
others, Liverpool, and
St and Co., of London and
ami -uavid Powell, jun., of the firm of Cotesworth
to' fill two Pc'well, of St. Helen's-house, will be nominated
vacancies.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
G 3
8 VERNMENT CentP ruNDS
Pk' l— 93/
Vitt, Consols
-.-8

Acc0unt..............
93
, .•o for
9.11- 1 2
~,,.Pet Cent Re.luced
....N.i. 3
92 11
~, • per Cent
_
'eW 21 Per Cent. Jan. 1894
_ A D°' gPer Con Jin. 1873
inuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
t 1-)0 (Red Sea Telebraphl. Aug., 190 F...... —4
pm
ellsjii-,r Rills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March...
Do. 2 do. June...
Dq
Ba,
.
£lOO, £2OO & £5OO
Dk of England Stock. 4i per Cent
04
136 xd
• opening
..'"lada. 4 per Cent. Bonds —
auter-Colonial Cranium
1,..„1,ND1AN a3VERNhiENT SEciatiTie.ze..
"`"a Stock, 10i per Cent., April 18i 4 • 20712
Do n
T 1 • Opening, for Account
113 I 12i
-,. 0 per Cent. July, 1880
991
,J 0 4 pet- Cent. Oct. 1888
1)) • Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent —
D• 5 per Cent, Jan. 1872
''S Pe r Opnt. May 1879 .........
•••
°. 5 per Cent., Rup. IV:. 187° —
D)
, Do.
do. 1882 —
I) .. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .....
_
:.,o. Bonds; 4 por Cent., £l,OOO
')o. under £1•000 _ pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
A•rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent 9oi i 1
Do
.A.co,unt
Auitrian Bonds 5 per cent . —
is
~.
razilian 50. ..
per Cent 1859 _
_
O3' lit per Cent. 1852 _
Do. do 1858....• —
Do. uo
1860 —
Do. do., 1863
do. 5 per Cent. , 1865
. Account
11lenos Ayres 6 per Cont.
°WA 6 per Cent.
Do. 3
Do. i per Cent
per Cent., ......
O. 7 per Cent., 1866
••• •
Do. 6 per cent.. 1867 —
98 0 lotnbtan, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825....,,.,
Dan. bian Principalities, 7 pn. Cent B6l DO Account .............
Do 8 par Cent., 1867 ......... ... ..... 06
B aualor Now Oonsolidated,. 1. pot- Cora B .upiittn, 7 per Cont....
......................
DDo Socood !sane
............... .....
o. £SOC Bonds ................... ....
......
Do. 1864
. ............ ... .... . 94
Do. Account
... i............... .
Do. £5OO Bonds ........... ... ............
Do, 61.1; Bongs . ... . .............. . 96
Do. 7 per Cont., 1868., .. ......... 82 it 1/
Do. Acmuur -
Do. £lOO Bonds . ..... 82
Goyernnittlal Railway Debentures .
Greek 5 por ()cut., 1821 5, ex Coups... —
Do. Coupons
Go itomala 5 per Cent ..
Honduras Gov Rail. Loa u.,10 p. Ct., all pd ... 8111 31
Do. AC,24out
!Aaiun 5 per ('e--t., 1865
Do. Account.--
Do Utretemanq
11-3xiottr. 3 prr Cent
Ditto for Accon e t

ttil war

16t:i
no
per Cont. Anglo-Freuel.
,atevidean 6 per Cent.