The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-11 00:00:00

Cent.,

India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 2111 4 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 100:1 ; ditto Bonds under
£l,OOO, 8 prem.
Wheat is exceedingly quiet, and Monday's prices
are with difficulty maintnined.

The Foreign Market is languid. Greek Bonds
have receded 1, to 101 a ; Turkish Five per Cents.,
3 16. to 43} ; and Mexican Bonds are lower,
at 124 New Spanish 'lhree per Cents. are frac-
tionally better, at 291 ; and Italians are unaltered,
at 56 I.
The Honduras Loan is fiim at 86 87.

In the railway market Caledonians are I better,
Great Northern A Stock, 1, Midland, /, North Wes-
tern +, and. Metropolitan 1 lower. Quotations are :
Caledonian, 77+ a ; Great Western, 50 to 501 ;
Great Eastern, 37/ to 371 ; Great Northern, 1071
1081; ditto A, 1081 1091 ; Lancashire, 1244 1251
Metropolitan, 971 98 ; Midland, 1161 4 ; Sheffield,
544 551 ; Brighton, 45 1 ; North British, 34 1;
North Western, 1181 119 ; North Eastern, 1051
1061 ; South Eastern, 751 76 ; Chatham and
Dover, 4 4 161 it
'

The traffic receipts of the North Eastern Rail-
way show a decrease of £740.
American Five-Twenties have further declined k,
to 794 80. The 1855 Bonds are unchanged, at
77/ 774 ; and the Ten-Forties, at 711 72. Eries are
18a 181, and Illinois Centrals 93/ 94.
The sum of £15,000 in sovereigns from Alex-
andria was taken to the Bank yesterday.

In consequence of the amount of bills held back
during the past day or two in expectation of a re-
duction of the rate there was an increased demand
for discount this morning both at the Bank and in
the open market.
The suspension has been announced of Messrs.
Livesey and Thorpe, cotton brokers, at Liverpool,
with an establishment also at, Manchester. They
occupied a high position, and their liabilities are
probably large, The event, which is attributed to
the recent numerous failures among cotton spin-
ners, has created surprise and anxiety, but they
state they will be able, with time, to pay every one
in full.
The failure has also been announced of Messrs.
Felix, Leach, and Co., cottonspinners and manufac-
turers, Enfield Mills, near Accrington, and a meet-
ing of their creditors will be held next week.
They enjoyed fair credit and an average extent of
trade.

At a meeting of Mexican bondholders yesterday,
Mr. 11. 13. Sheridan, M.P., in the chair, resolutions
Were adopted approving the form of memorial pre-
Pared by the committee for presentation to the
Foreign-office, and also of the intention of a chair-
Man to call the attention of the llouse of Commons
to the subject. At the close thanks were voted to
the chairman and committee, Mr. Perry, the agent
in Mexico, and Mr. Holmes, the London secretary.
The movers and seconders of the resolutions were
Admiral Sir Provo Wallis, and Messrs. C. M'Gazel,
L'dward Wright, J. Gerstenberg, and R. Hodgson.

The Egyptian Commercial and Trading Com-
pany (Limited) have announced a further return of
4a. per share, payable on the 22d inst.

The London and Provincial Marine Insurance
Company have announced that they will make a
Payment on account of interest for the half-year
ending June 30, at the rate of 10 per cent. per
4unum.

The Uni:ed Kingdom Electric Telegraph Com-
pany yesterday announced the opening of the new
direct submarine cable, via Denmark and the Baltic,
to Russia. This route is stated to be also available
for messages to India, China, Australia, Persia, &c.
A‘iditional submarine cables to Norway and Russia,
via Sweden, in connexion wirh the same company,
will be laid and opened during the present mouth,
thus affording direct duplicate submarine com►nu-
bications with those countries.
The directors of the London and Provincial
I\laritte Insurance Company have resolved to make
a payment t) the shareholders on account of inte-
rest for the half-year ending the 30th inst., at the
tate of 10 per cent. per annum.
A memorandum from the secretary of the Egyp-
tian Commercial and Trading Company (Limited)
tiaYs:—" Under the powers conferred upon them by
the special resolution of the 2d and 16th November
last, the directors of this company have resolved
upon making a further return of 4s. per share upon
the paid-up capital of the company to all share-
holders registered on the 12th inst.

A general meeting of the proprietors of the
London and Westminster Bank is called for the
21st July.
Telegrams from Glasgow mention the failure of
Alessrs. Murdoch and Dodderell, an old-established
hrat of sugar refiners, with liabilities to the
amount of about £150,000, including a large sum
due for sugar. No certain information has been
received with respect to the liquidation, but the
itapression is that it will not be unfavourable.
r 'the premises of the house were burnt down some
Years ago, and were rebuilt at a cost of upwards of
100,000.
The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
traffic return, including the Metropolitan Extension
had branches, show this week a decrease of £1,043,
compared with the corresponding period of last year;
the Metropolitan Extension, separately, a decrease
(14 £4Bl ; the North Eastern, a decrease of £740 ;
the Lancashire and Yorkshire, a decrease of
£23,873 ; and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, a decrease of £3,395.
The second ordinary general meeting of the Ebbw
Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal Company (Limited) will
be held on the 25th inst.

An extraordinary meeting of the London and
Australian Agency Corporation is convened for the
21st inst., for the purpose of altering the articles of
association.

Vice-Chancellor I\lalins has fixed the 22d inst.
for the appointment of a liquidator of the Marine
Investment Company (Limited), "in the place of
henry Alfred Coffey, by consent removed from his
once of one of the liquidators of the said com-
Pany.”

The return from the Bank of England for the
!eak ended the 9th of June gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :-.••
1544
l'111,1"
oils to deposits
gx 'el' deposits 17,160,319 Increase ... 65,031
h`-'n the other side of the account :
`4 ',eminent securi-
ti„
Othe
r securities 37,331,314 ... Decrease ... 551,918
!lie
unemployed 9,626,235 ... lucresso ... 1,487,040
6 amount of notes in circulation is £22,842,485
ing a decrease of £682,060 ; and the stock of
"bullion: in both departments is £18,630,883, showing
11 increase of £809,860 when compared with the
vreeeding return.
81.11)joined is a comparison of the present position
of
the Bank of England and the prices of Consols
las French Rentes with the corresponding week of
Year :

At Present. Same Week
last 1 ar.
Bullion
£18,630,883 ... £21,969,738
- r
p 0,68 in circulation 22,842,485 ... 24,225,485
r,kitt of discount
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Preueliituates

BEITISII FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK.

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VCent. Consols
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bO9- por Gant. Jan. M 94
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t, ..5 Dor Con 1.873
u,„„nott.ictio.R $0 yrs, ex- piro 5i li J ,tn •, 1880• ---
Do• 101 3,) yrs, asp re htb April 1685 —
Exo, (Red Sea Telel,,raplil. Aug.,
eowittzr Bills, £l,OOO, 2I & 3 ier Ct.
£lOO, £2OO & .C:A.Ri —