The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-15 00:00:00

NEY MARKET

CO3l

AND
MERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocs.

Business was by no means brisk to-day. Consols,
however, have maintained their prices ; and the
same may be said generally of foreign securities.
There has been a trifling business stirring in rail-
ways, and the Metropolitan Extension Stock has
advanced 1 per cent.
Consols are 92 3 4 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 921 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93 2i ;
New Three per Cents, 92i 3i-; Bank of England
Stock, 4 per Cent., 212 4.
India Stock, 10i per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 f 12 ; ditto
Debentures, 5 per Cent., Aug., 1873, 101;.
In the foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents.
have risen 1, 37-a 37i ex div., and Italian Five per
Cents. are better, at 53 53+; Mexican Bonds
remain at 15-4f51, Greek at 111 12, and the New
Spanish at 30} 30i. Italian Scrip is at 1 prem.,
and the last Russian Railway Loan is 1 dis.,
por.

Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 is now
now 70i 702 ex div. The Honduras Loan remains
at 85 87 cx coupon.
In the railway market there has been a trifling
Improvement, and quotations are asfollow :—Caledo-
nian, 771 8 ; Great Westerns, 49 a ; Great Eastern
421 k ; Great Northern, 107 8 ; ditto A, 1081 4 .
Lancashire, 1291 30 ; Metropolitan, 1091 4 ; do.
Extension, 1041 51 ; Midland, 1142 113 ; Shef-
field, 471 4 ; Brighton, 511 ; North British, 331
4 ; North Western, 1142 15 ; North Eastern, (Ber-
wick), 1032 4 ; South Eastern, 79i 4 ; Chatham
and Dover, 17 I.
Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
Cent. Debenture Stock is 90 91 ex div.
American Five-Twenties have improved a, to 741
7a ; the Bonds of 1885 remain at 731 731 ; and the
Ten-Forty Bonds at 72 72i.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben-
tures are firm, at 414 424, and the Consoli-
dated Mortgage Bonds at 46 461, showing a rise
of ain the former. Eries are 4 better, at 261 264,
and Illinois Central stock is unchanged at 922 9311-
ex div.

The prices of Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re
main unaltered.

At the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of
the United Discount Corporation, held this day at
the London Tavern, the report and accounts were
adopted, and a dividend of 3s. 7d. per share, free of
income tax, was declared payable on and after the
19th inst.
At the third ordinary general meeting of the
Metropolitan Bank, held to-day at the London
Tavern, the report, after a short discussion, was
agreed to unanimously, and a dividend at the rate
of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, was
declared.

There were no gold operations at the Bauk yes-
terday.
The steamer Panama, from Liverpool for Rio,
has taken £20,000 in specie.
The return of paid clearing for the week ending
13th January, issued from the Bankers' Clearing-
house, is as follows :—Thursday, January 7th,
£9,830,000; Friday, Bth, £11,533,000; Saturday,
9th, £12,337,000 ; Monday, 11th, £10,973,000 ;
Tuesday, 12 th, £10,761,000; and Wednesday, 13th,
£9,857,000—t0ta1, £65,291,000.
It was announced yesterday afternoon that the
project for a new railway to Brighton had been
abandoned—at least for the present.
Advices from Manchester report that the New
York firm referred to as having failed for a large
sum, owing to unsuccessful transactions in cotton,
is Messrs. Neilson and Neilson. The liabilities
are stated to exceed £BOO,OOO. It is asserted that
the partners were large operators for a fall in cot-
ton, which has experienced a considerable rise of
late.

A petition for the winding-up of the Penryn
Granite Quarries Company, Limited, is to be heard
before Vice-Chancellor Malius on the 22d inst.
The report of the Alliance Bank, Limited, to be
presented on the 21st inst., shows an available
total of £14,992, and recommends a dividend of
7s. 61. per share, being at the rate of 3 per cent.
Per annum.

The directors of the London Joint-Stock Bank
have resolved to declare, at the meeting on the 21st
Inst., the usual dividend at the rate of 12f per cent.
per annum.

The directors of the City Bank have decided to
declare a dividend at the meeting on the 19th inst.
at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum.
The report of the directors of the Victoria Station
and Pimlico Railway Company, to be presented at
the half-yearly meeting on the 18th inst., states
that the revenue shows a balance available fir the
Usual dividend of 9 per cent. per annum.
The directors of the Universal Marine Insurance
Company (Limited) have resolved to recommend a
payment of ss. per share, making with the 2s. 6d.
raid in July last, 7s. 6d. per share, or 7} per cent.
the paid-up capital of the Company for the year
1868.

The report of the National Discount Company to
1,3,e presented on the 20th inst. recommends a divi-
uend at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum.
At the meeting of the Westminster Brewery
Colllpany (Limited) the net profit during the past
twelve months was stated at £6,056, and a dividend
of 2 per cent. was declared for the last half-year,
Ing a total distribution of 5 per cent. for the
Yer 1868.
The directors of the London and St. Katharine
t
Mils Company will recommend at the approaching
Meeting a dividend on the company's Ordinary
stock of £1 ss. per cent. for the half-year, making,
Ijith the dividend declared in July last, 2/ per cent.
for the year.
At the meeting of the Nerbudda Coal Company
Yesterday, Mr. H. Haymen in the chair, the pro-
1308al of the board to divide the capital into
'1:1111res of £1 each, with Os paid, was not adopted,
,11`i in consequence the chairman immediately re-
ihgned.

With reference to the Mexican Three per Cent.
'bonds of 1864, Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.
announce that, pursuant to the recent decree of the
the :Ice-Chancellor, they will beprepared on and after
25th inst., to pay a dividend of 1 per cent. on
presentation of the coupons due the Ist July. 1866.
-'ertiticates will be issued representing the unpaid
balance of those coupons.
lThe numbers are published of bonds amounting
X 12,300 of the Swedish Government Four-and-
aalf per Cent. Loan of 1864,
for £2,223,000,
,vlicia were drawn by lot on the 2d instant, at
'tockholm, and are to be paid off at par.
The return from the Bank of England for the
;45464k ended the 13th of January gives the following
Ititl when compared with the previous week
...... , , , •••
£3 265 846 Increase ... £78012
Publicl:pos.its
0 d posits 21,117,897 ... Increase .. 1622,092
04 he+ other side of the account :-
7•rnrasnt securi-
-0,,1a
6.............
Isecurities l7 707,005 ... Decrease ... 2,939,491
Inemployed 8,40,8750 Decrease ... 3,805
13: amount of notes in circulation is £24,125,360,
Ing an increase of £100,865 ; and the stock of
a.nullion in both departments is £18,608,324, showing
prn increase of £88,963 when compared with the
"ecling return.
of Subjoined is a comparison of the present position
kothe Bank of England and the prices of Consols
Prench Rotates with the corresponding week of
Yaar

At Present.

Same Week
last Year.
Pr 1.
131:1111.6u Relates ......... 70f. 40c. 681. 77c.
1"
.ilct 50R 324 £22,086,213
r ••. ........... _ . v!3 .................. 9,472,964 ... 12,46,1,,44_03
Notes in circulation... 24,125,360 ... 21,3L4,‘
o'4'l'B of discount ...... 3 per cent. ... 2 per cent.
,sitsos
........ 921 921

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
tiOTERNMENT FUNDS.;
- Per Cent. Consols
Ditto '
924 1
. or ,iecount, ....
~.per Cent. Reduced 93 2-k 3F,
New 3, per Cent
92i 3
Do.
2y Per Cont. Jan. 1894 '-'°' Per OVAL o an. 1873

Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. —I
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885
Do (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per (it
Do. £5OO

Do. £lOO & £2,00 — pill
Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent
Do. account
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Cranium
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
India 7 Lock, 10i per Cent., April 1874... 2111 13
Do. Opening, for Account --
Do. 5 per Cent..fuly, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates

Do. Eufaced Papei 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 5 per 0,,0t. May 1879 —
Di per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 lO4l
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
D,.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 _ lO4l
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
r)o. wider £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
A.r ;entitle IZepub'tc, $ per Cent
Do., Scrip £45 paid .. .
Au ;triAn bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859 621
Br tailian 5 per Cent —
)o. 11 per Cent., 1852
Do. do. 1858 —
Do. do., 180
1)o. do., 1863
Do. 5 per Cont., 1565
Do Account 7Bi i
B .er.os Ayres 6 per Cent.
De 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ;
Cu a, 6 per Cent.
o.:iliati 6 per Cent —
no. 4t per Cent...,,,, —
Do. 3 per Cant., —
ro. 6 por co' t. 1867 93
Po. 7 per Cont., 1866
C lo nbian, 6 per Cent.
Dan'sn 3 per Cent., 1825
Dailabian Principalities, 7 ler Cent —
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 —
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Esyptittn, 7 per Cent —
Do tiecoud Issue —
•••••
Do. .4.5!i(, Bonds B2k
Do. £lOO Bonds
•••••
Do. 1854
Do. Account
Do. £5OO Bonds
Do. 4100 Bonds 9O 89*
English Scrip,:lB6B; 7l
Do do. .£45 pd — di
Government Railway Debentures
Greets 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups. —
Do. Aeccunt
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
3-latent:tin, 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd
lti tian 6 per Cent., 1865 —
.)o.Account ~. —

Do MAremmana Railway 55
,imxicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1864 —
Do g per Cont. Anglo-French —
outevidvan 3 per Cent. . —
oorish Imperial 5 per Cent
vow Granada
Do 3 per Cen 3s}
Do. Deferred
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I —
Peruvian 5 per Cont. .1.665
Do Account 761 7
Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren)

per UOLIL. k t., A .-----
Do 442. Fer Cent.. 1862 -. —
Do Account -
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'iio,'2.':, 36
Do. do. 1867... 351
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 4i per Cent, 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 por Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 91
Do. do. £B4 los. d 0...„
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds
Do. do £B4 lOs. do
Do Nicolas Railway 661. i
Sar iiuiau o per Cent 7q
Spanish 3 per Cen .
Do. Account
Do. 1867

30i I

Do. Account
Do. Now Deferrou
Do. Account

Do. Passive
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded —
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip
Turkish 6 per Cent.
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 63f 3
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent, 1860 • 6O 59/
Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. A.cchant
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
G per Cent., 1862
Divideuns on the above payable in Loadou.
Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian. 4} per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch *i,A- per Cent. Ex. 12 Gui!,.
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .......... —
Do. Account
French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f.
Dalian 5 per Cent. 1831, E. Zsf.
Do Account 531 f 3
CLOSING PRICES.
Consuls,lNloney 924
Do.
,Account, Feb 4 924

BANK OF FRANCE.

!PARIS, Jan. 14.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.

Jau. 14. Jan. 7.
fr. c. fr. c.
Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation ... 1,376,344,00 1,371,732,250
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 34,760,967 22 33,737,411 82
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 152,566,46ft 39 154,393,196 14
Current accounts, Paris 252,235,127 17 270,906,508 91
Do. branch banks 42,332,096 45,016,196
4 Dividends payable ,132,402 6,411,112
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed

Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.
Jan. 14. Jay. 7.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. 0

Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-

counted, not yet due 326,688,351 03 326,675,327 09
Do. branch banks 292,898,012 301,365,105
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks 3,955,700 4,038,100
Do. on French Public
Securities 13,354,000 13,t51,900
Do. by branch banks 6,851,300 6,873,700
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
[lentes Immobalisees

(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 --- 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the 13t.nk and landed
property branches 8,956,414 8,956,249
Expenses of manage-
ment 23,086 32 722,115
Sundries

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of France.

(Signed) ROULAND.

MARKE7 S-1 HIS DAY.

LIVERPOOL COTTON.
January 15.—Sales probably 15,000 or 20,000 bales.
Market strong.

MABK LANE.

In Mark-lane to-day the market is very flat. The prices
are as yet without quotable change, but less would have to
be taken to effect sales.
_ SMITHFIELD AND LEADESHALL.

The dead meat trade is rather heavy, and prices aro
slightly lower.

- -
Under the imtnediate patronage of Col. Gallway,
director of the Royal Engineer establishment, the
first of a series of theatrical entertainments, con-
certs, readings, &c., was given in the lecture theatre,
Brompton barracks, last evening. This place was
crowded.

DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re-
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta
tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co.,
ilolfast; or 4, 132.aufort-builiiDgs, Strand, London
Terti5.1226333,