The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

On the Stock Exchange to-day the occurrence of
Several favourable circumstances strengthened the
market for public securities. There is no change in
the funds, but the foreign market is better. Ame-
rican bonds are buoyant, and purchases to a large
extent have been made.

Consols are now at 922 to 92+ for money;
ditto, for Ac.:ount, 928 I ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 92 ; New Tree per Cents, 92 f ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 5 prem. ; June,
2 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock,
4+ per Cent., 238.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 212 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1114 21 ; ditto 4
per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1008 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
Gf per Cent., —; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, '2O prem.
In Foreign Stocks Turkish, Spanish, Russian,
and Brazilian are fto I higher. Otherwise
previous prices are current. The present quota-
tions are : —Argentine, 841 to 85+ ; Brazilian,
84+ to 841 ; Egyptian (1868), 771 to 778 ; ditto
Railway Debentures, 99 to 991 ; Viceroy's Seven
Per Cents., 81 to 811 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 94+
95 ; Italian, 538 to 538 ; Peruvian, 831 to 84+ ;
Russian (1862), 86 to 861 ; Spanish, 278 to 274 ;
Turkish Five per Cents., 431 to 44 ; and ditto Six
per Cents., 651 to 661.
The Bucharest and Giurgevo Railway Loan is
firm, at 1 to 11 prem.
United States Five-Twenty Bonds are very firm,
with an active demand in anticipation of an early
return to specie payments. The Five-Twenties bade
been as high as 86 to 16i ; but are now 86, or f
better than on Saturday. Eric, 20+ to 201 ; and
Illinois, 99+ to 991.
The Market for English Railway Shares is very
quiet, and the alterations in prices are few and
unimportant. London and South Western is 1
lower at 93 to 91 ; and Caledonian and Great
Pastern are f worse, the former being quoted at
78:1 to 79+ ; and the latter at 364 to 361. Other
descriptions, with the exception of North Eastern
Berwick which is I higher, are steady. The fol-
lowing are the quotations :—Great Northern, (A),
108} to 109; Great Western, 551 to 558; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 126 k to 1261 ; London and
Brighton, 451 to 451 ; London and North West-
ern, 1214 to 1211 ; Metropolitan, 82 to 83+ ;
Midland, 119 to 119+ ; and South Eastern, 76+
to 761.
Bank Shares are extremely quiet, and prices are
little altered. Agra is quoted at 101 to 11 ; Alliance,
121 to 13; ; Chartered Mercantile, 301 to 311 ;
Consolidated, 48 to 4+ ; Imperial Ottowan, 2+ to
21 prem. ; London and County, 471 to 482 ;
London and Westminster, 581 to 591; London
Joint-Stock, 311 to 321 ; and Union of London,
371 to 381.
Business in English wheat is being concluded at
extreme of late rates to is advance, though 1s to 2s

rise is asked.
The llammonia, from New York, has arrived
with £5,202. The Ceylon left for Alexandria,
with £47,700, of which £27,700 is in gold, and
£lO,OOO in silver for Bombay, and £lO,OOO in
gold for Alexandria.
A prospectus has been issued of the Anglo-
Prussian Mining Company (Limited), which is
formed for the purpose of working two mining
properties in Rhenish Prussia.. The present pro-
rietors have, it is stated, already raised some ore at
a profit, and will dispose of the property to the
company for £6,500 in cash, and £20,000 fully
paid-up shares. The capital required is £50,000,
in 50.000 shares of £1 each.

With reference to the Egyptian Government
Railways Debenture Loan for £3,000,000 sterling
of the year 1866, it is notified that series A was
drawn on the Ist inst. for redemption on the Ist of

January.
The particulars are published of 562 bonds,
amounting to £24,220 of the United Danubian
Principalities Eight per Cent. Loan of 1367, which
were drawn on the Ist inst., and are to be paid off
at par on the Ist January.
Creditors of the Metropolitan Railway Ware-
housing Company (Limited) are required to send
the particulars of their claims to the solicitors of
the liquidator by the 31st December.
Creditors of the River Steamer Company (Li-
mited) are required to send the particulars of their
claims to Mr. Robert Fletcher, of Moorgate-street,
the official liquidator, by the 30th of March, the
16th of April having been appointed by Vice-Chan-
cellor James for adjudicating upon them.
The report of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Company, to be presented on the 10th inst., shows
an available total of £88,107, and recommends a
dividend of 3 per cent. for the half-year (making
With that declared in June 6 per cent. per annum),
Which will require £Bl,OOO and leave £7,108 to be
carried forward. The loss of the Carnatic has ab-
sorbed £90,300 of the sum of £120,000 annually
apportioned to the underwriting account, which has
been further reduced by other charges, so that the
balance of this account to be carried to the general

reserve fund is only £18,607. A new ship, named

the Australia, is being constructed for the company
at Greenock, and tenders have been invited for two

additional vessels of 3,000 tons each, " which are to
combine the speed and other requirements of the
mail and passenger services with a large capacity
for cargo." In the last annual report a consider-
able portion of the amount available for dividend
was stated to have been derived from the Abyssinian
expedition, but on the present occasion the profit
has been chiefly from ordinary sources of revenue.
The ordinary general meeting of the Oude and
Rohilkund Railway Company (Limited) is called
for the 22d inst.

The ordinary meeting of the proprietors of
the London and River Plate Bank (Limited)
will be held on the 20th instant, to declare a
dividend.

A call of £4 per share has been made upon
the £22 Five per Cent. Preference Shares of the
Midland Railway Company, payable on the Ist or
January.

Vice-Chancellor James hart fixed the Bth instant
for the appointment of an official liquidator of the
United Ports and General insurance Company.
Messrs, T. Haviside and Co. despatched on
Saturday the Leith, of 1,408 tons register, which is
understood to be the first steamer from London
that will make use of the Suez Canal for a voyage
to India. She is destined for Bombay, and her
cargo includes copper and other valuable goods.
She is expected to make the passage under five
weeks, and will draw about 16ft. 10in. water.
The Manchester Guardian reports the failure of
Messrs. Henry Briggs and Sons, manufacturers,
of Newchurch. The liabilities, which fall chiefly
upon Oldham spinners, are only about £3,000.
A meeting has been held of the creditors of
Messrs. Massey and Sheldon, of the Lancashire
Floorcloth Works, Chorley. Messrs. Nicholson
and Milne, accountants, produced a statement of
affairs, showing the total liabilities to be £4,704,
and the assets £3,247, leaving a deficiency of
£1,457. It was resolved that a composition of 15s.
in the pound should be accepted, payable by in-
stalments extending over the next two years.

BRITISH FUNDS—TWO IS'OLOOK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, Jan. 6
-/‘
3 per Cent. Reduced 9
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 -
Do. 5 per Con J 9.12 . 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. --
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March pm
Da. 3 do. June
De. £lOO, £2OO & £5OO — pm
Bxnk of England Stock, 41 per Cent

D:,.. opening
-
-
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
luter-Colenial Omnium
INDIAN GOVERNMENT bECURITIE:,
indiA .itcelc, 10f per Cent., April 1874 212

. _ .
Opening, for Account —
Do. D per Uout. July, 1880 -
Do. 4 per: Cent. Oct. 1888 -
Do. o.3rtifica,tes
Do. Enlaced Pape& 4 per Cent.,:... --

Do. 5 per Cat., Jan. 1872 w..
Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 llOl
Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
.T.)o do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
U... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ —
Do. Bonds, 4_per Cent., £1,000

Do. under'.£l.ooo
FOREIGN MU:3— TWO O'OLOCR..
Argentine _Republic, 6 per Cent
I tritrian Bonds 5 per cent

Do. 15.9 —
Bratilian 5 per Cent —
03. 44 per Cent. 185'2 —
Do. do 1858..... 744
Do. ot.• 186 f, 73 2
Do. do., 181,3 724
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Dc . Account
B .enos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
()Lillian 6 per Cent —
Po. 44 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cont~
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
Do. 6 per cent. 1867
lombian, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825
Dan,,bian Principalities, 7 per Cent Ba
Do. Account
Do 8 par Cent., 1867 —
b7cusclor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Egyptian, 7 per Cent
on Second Issue .. ........
ido..Csut, Bonds .
Do. 1864
Do. Account
Do. £5OO Bonds
Do. ADC Bonds . BB 7
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ..• •
Do. £lod Bonds • ••••
Government Railway Debentures .....
GreeK 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups --
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
u Ltemala. 5 per Cent .. —
liondurasGov Rail.Loan.,lop.,Ct.,allpd 851 4
Its ,ian 5 per Cert., 1865 —
Do. Account ~ —
Do Alaremmana Railway —
51,ixicaL 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account

Dn. 1863 —
Do R per Cont. Anglo-French —
doutevidcau 6 per Cent. .. —
Mc crisp imperial 5 per Cent —
New Granada l7i
Do 3 per Oen, —
Do. Deferred
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account , .. 84 1 31
Do 4i per Cent. (Eh :barren)

Do li 'per Cent., 1862
Do Account..
Portuguese 3 por Ct., 18153, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'b
Do. do. 1867 —
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —
Russian 5 per Cent., 182, .£ St
Do 44 per Cent 1850
_ .

Do 4i per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 86 1
Do :do, Scrip
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.,
Do. do. £B4 15s. do —
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 92i
Do. do £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 651 6
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cen .
Do. Account
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. Now Defema
Do. Account
Do. Passive

271 i

Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded —
Do. Account
svedisli Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do dc, 1868
Turkish 6 per Cent
Do Account -
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account . 641
Do XlOll Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865
Do. Acciunt
Di 4 per Cont.' Guaranteed... ... „,
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do 6 per Cont., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Dividends on the above payable in Londoi.
Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Ratites 3 per Cent., Ex. nf.
Italian 5 per dent. 1831, Ex. -45 f.
Do Account
IWO 04LOOK.

661 I
68-17

Oonsols, Money
Do. Account, Jan. G 1)21 ad