The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-27 00:00:00

11-1-A.l-fi E

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoofc.
Consols ar.l stronger to-day at 931 -1 for money;
ditto, for Ae xlunt, 931 a ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 93i ; New 1.1. ree per Cents, 931 ;
Annuities, 1885, 12; Red Sea Telegraph, 193 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 8 prem. ; June, 6
; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock,
4 per Cent. 246.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5
per Cent., July, 1880, —; ditto
4 per Cent Oct., 1888, 1011 ; ditto Enfaced
l'a 5 •
1 er, per Cent., 1882, —.
Rather mora business is doing in Foreign Stccks,
and prices on the whole are more buoyant.
ti English Railway Shares are rather stronger, as
ougli business is confined to a few of the prin-
cipal descriptions.
American Securities arc very firm, and Tele-
graph Shares are steady.
ss Bank and Miscellaneous Securities are quiet, and
no variation is marked in prices.
there were no gold operations at the Bank yes-
terday.
Tile Bank of France return shows a further in-
crease of £653,000 in the stock of bullion. The
total now held is £48,860,000, which is £3,700,000
t. Lev' the unprecedented amount reached at this
ti
last year, but £4,550,000 above the sum held
ou the Tat of January.
Arrangements have been made under the direct
8
841141011 of the Italian Government between the
d?uth Austrian and Italian Railway lines to run
41rect trains weekly between Mont Cenis and Brin-
-151, so as to enable English passengers always to
Q4't;l44le Brindisi and Alexandria steamers.
,n, the Admiralty official programme of the cruine
the ironclads it is stated that letters posted in
°11(len on the 12th of September, and sent via
a !a"; will reach the fleet at Lisbon before they
tail
the 15th. It is believed that this is a mis-
take, and that, to reach Lisbon on the morning of
l'ac 15th, letters must be posted in London on the
100,.
xahe Greek loan contracted at Paris is for
e "MOO, at 9 1-10th per cent. interest and 3 per
:nt• commission, payable in nine years on the se-
tiritY of the net revenue of some of the Customs
d
The amount is to be applied exclusively to
othe withdrawal of the forced currency of the Bank
Athens—a circumstance which will greatly belle-
dm 'eEnglish lonian Bank. Of course, the Customs
ues proposed to be hypothecated belong to the
4.
eviens creditors of the country, and would be
galiy had attached in their behalf if foreign creditors
any power against a State.
,The report of the Langham Hotel Company
a
C 4nited), to be presented on the 30th instant, re-
'ianlends a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per
aenum.

Tile following has beeh addressed to the holders
of
e;e; rtificates of the Atlantic and Great Western
t"waY Company :—" Gentlemen,-1 am in-
structed to announce that the new trustees for the
holders
of certificates of debenture are acting
•
the sanction of this company in with-
f sawing and distributing a portion of the collateral d
and that their action in this respect is
-rtously interfering with the negotiations for a
,gjneral settlement now in progress in New York.
nder these circumstances the holders of certifi-
cates of debenture are required to withhold their
dent to this hostile movement until the parti-
cularsge of
this company's plans are published.-1 am,
ntlemen
7 your obedient servant, L. J. WOODMAN,
SeCretary.,
Thet l annexed further notice has been transmitted
approaching
ptrloteactgonek Exchange Committee in relation to the
Turkish loan :—" Lombard-street,
o lig' 26.--1 t being generally understand that a
ew Turkish loan is to be brought forward in our
teie•temarket, we beg to inform you that we are in-
Zestd;doninbethhae Smyrna behalf of some of our friends largely
and Aidin Railway, to
o
Pl3"e an official quotation of the said loan until
their claims on the Turkish Government have been
paid. We shall be obliged by your giving us
notice when the necessity for our appearing be-
fore the committee may arise.—MuLLENs, 'AJAR-
SIIALL, AND C 0.71
t 14, ndon7 Chatham, and Dover Railway
--c return, including the Metropolitan Extension
411(1 branches, shows this week an increase of
i,2 compared with the corresponding period of
Er; Year ; the Metropolitan Extension separately,
ti 'acreage of £1,056 ; the Caledonian, an increase
of '°ol4 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, an increase
.Q 6 '2702 ; the North Eastern, an increase of
shi)%4 ; and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
Are, an increase of £2Ol.
Wart tsthe meeting of the Metropolitan Railway
of them°4sing Company (Limited), the proposal
roe e Atetropolitan Railway Company for a mutual
ita of all engagements was agreed to, as well
utl;errtegolution authorising the winding up of the
sliar aking, and the return of per share to the
eiders.At a
coialmeeting of the Natal Land and Colonisation
disidtall (Limited) it was resolved to declare a
jee t 11€1
he of ss, per share, free of income tax, sub-
to t
5 per game being taken in debentures carrying
A Cent. interest.
it'
QteatnPe t,lon for the winding up of the Paraguassu
heard
"efnraniread Company (Limited), is to be
Sere Vice-Chaneellor James on the 10th of
t;r:enlber.
rC.4lle.::ctiurn from the Bank of England for the
e%nit ed the 25th August gives the following
PetittiWh comparedx with 3,397 ,6ut previouspecreas e
... weekx493l:--a
Offer deposits ...... 3,766,406 ... Increase ...
the ....... 18,703,156 ... Increase 106,3a1
Govern Other side of the account :
ttisr"leat sec ri
°lb see "'•~••••.. £14,339,928 ... Increase ...
ot" Beeuriii:3; 3,5_,16815
ed ...•... 138015 p Increase ... lu
150. e maotint
_Y. a 11,731,550 ... Increase ... 508,200
ltg of notes in circulation is £23,268,240,
bnllioo". "Crease of £419,295 ; and the stock of
(to • In both
taeren_ departments is £21,032,677, showing
prece,„. 'me of £74,868 when compared with the
"ag return.
„. Stlbjo•
"` the tank is a comparison of the present position
of,
1,, p reuels England and the prices of Consols
year " nentes with the corresponding week of

IlUlli At Present. Same Week
last Year.
I' 0 774,101
Rea n ........... £2l 032,677 ... 11:81,8 471
INzote,rv!l ........... ..
•". 12764 437
ktte"ill ........... ... ..
:: 23,268,240 ... 23'9a 'cent.
zttiev4orbB:(lls.e.ount ...... 2} per cent. ... 2 per 9 .4ilk
70f. 75c.
11e:e7011:(311105.......... 73flic.
"Wing is the official return of
th,, 4 cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-ho \v"k enclitic, Wednesday, Aug. 25 :
Thursday°
.£8 837,000
the cuhseequfoesr
Salp,ida, , ...............................
9,145,000
urjcia ................................
11'407,000
14 nnattyY*** ..........................
B'3ll 000
wVibe ................................. '. 3-'OOO
edaesY .............................. 8,8 °,
day ............................ 10,038,000

£56,400,000

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.ItITISK FUIDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
a q 01,,,,, .
Der e -N4Exr rU.NDS.:
til:eDl eot• cons a tto for oie 931
r 084 t. ileeount, sEpt 8
dueed
. 93i
NORM ap„ Ceent ..........................
_3A
~ 1
9
A 1)0!). Per Cent. it:n:lB94 ..........
—g 4 2 ''lllll4l,,ll°r. 0013. J att. 187 3
bo for-81 ° YrB expire sth Jan., 1880 —
b • 30 , ..
t,„ 0 (Rea , yr 2, expire sth April 1885 l9-.
"1Ext0,,.. 90a Teleh,raph), Aug., 1908 l9 I
, -,' hilla, 41,000, 21 p. Ct. March --
.) DO. 3 do. • June
Lk °
Inn
hk of I. £lOO, £2OO dr .E,50.0 —
(1.), ',llgland Stock, 9,1- per Cent
,',44,(l°Dlling ....... ~ -
,4431..ra,:, Dey Cent. .Bo nd; ...
i ix,beiloulttl 0 naniuni
4cily c,,. 4.4 UOVI3t.NMENT SECUILITIEN.
bo. j°ck, 10i per Ceut., April 1879 —
be. 513°Iling for Account —
bu. I Per LC Account July, 1880
D6O. (),PrZk3eut., Oct. 1888
°' t„f 1 eates
t)°•bo 5 - kteed hiptla 4 por Coot.. is
siP6r Cont., Jan. 1872 ~.•.....••.• — 1.14 51 Por Oeut May
_
bio)e? Cout., •
Rup. Deb. 01872
_
1)0, do 1877
_
.....,, b
do. 1882
bo. Itneb;) 6 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. under 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
c.,,000 ........... .