The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoCK.
To-day business was very flat, prices giving way
generally. The position of the European Assur-
%nee has caused much excitement, the more so as
the office in question always represented itself as
One possessing the confidence and patronage of the
Government. Prices from America are also lower,
the result of which is to increase the depression on
the Stock Exchange.
Consols are now at 921 to 92 for money ;
ditto, for Account, 92/ ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 911 1 4 ; New Three per Cents, 911 14 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June,
prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
Stock,
reni.
; June, 3 prem. ; Bank of England
4 per Cent., shut.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto
5 per Cent., July, 1880, 114+ ; ditto
4 Per Cent., Oct., 1888, ; ditto Enfaced
Paper, 4 per Cent., ; ditto 5 per Cent., ;
ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem.
In Foreign Stocks Turkish and Italian are frac-
tionally lower. The prices are now as follows :
EgYPtian (1864), 90 to 901 ; ditto (1868), 75/
to 7A
• ; Viceroy Nine per Cents., 79± to 791 ;
ditto Seven per Cents., 791 to 801 ; Brazilian, 831
to 84 ; Italian, 52/ to 521; Mexican, 111 to 12 ;
Peruvian, 781 to 79 ; Orel 841 to 85 ; Charkof,
794 to 804 ex div. ; Spanish, 274- to 271; and
Turkish Five per Cent., 41 to 41/.
The Railway Market is flat, but an advance of I
has taken place in South-Eastern, and London and
North-Western i. Great Northern and Lanca-
ahlre and Yorkshire have fallen 1; Midland, Ber-
wick, and Caledonian 1 each ; and Great Western
and Brighton each. The quotations are as fol-
,"8 :—Caledonian, 821 to 83 ; Great Eastern,
‘)6i to 361 ex div. ; Great Northern 102 to 103 ex
div.; ditto (A), 100 to 1001 ex div.; Great Western,
63 to 531 ex div. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1231
to 1241 ex div. ; London and Brighton, 431 to 44/ ;
Loudon, Chatham, and Dover, 16/ to 161;
London and North-Western, 1151 to 116± ex
div ; London and South Western, 89 to 91 ex
44% ; Metropolitan, 861 to 87/ ex div. ;
1
116 to 116/ ex div. ; North-Eastern (Ber-
ink), 1131 to 114+ ex div. ; and South Eastern,
151 to 76 ex div.
In Bank Shares Imperial Ottoman are lower.
Alliance are 121 to 131 ; Chartered Mercantile,
Bankto 831 ; Consolidated, 4i to 41; Imperial
..., 16 to 17 ; Imperial Ottoman, 2/ to 21 prem. ;
London and County, 49 to 50 ; London and West-
nainster 551
to 561; Oriental, 42± to 431 ; London
Joint Stock, 30 to 31 ; and Union of London, 341
to 351.

American Securities have gone down from 1 to 2
Per Cent. on New York prices. The Five-Twenty's
ta„reodewu per cent., to 82 ; the 1865, 1 per cent.,
1.7 °4 ;
er the 1867, 1 per cent., to 80 ; and the Ten-
E°,rtra, 14 pcent., to 731 ex div. The decline in
Ile Shares is 21. the price being 23 to 25. Illinois
have fallen 4, to 93.
b_lt is stated that Messrs. Rothschilds and Messrs.
'althael and Sons are at present the principal ship-
pers of
gold to New York, but it is asserted no
policies for very large amounts have been taken
out., There are still rumours of important totals
be forwarded, but of course it will depend upon
141 e further fail in the rate of exchange.
The bullion movements at the Bank comprised a
withdrawal of 10,000 sovereigns for the United
iateal while 12,000 sovereigns were received from
p 448. The total taken out since last return is
-012,000, but £75,000 has been taken in.
The telegrams from Amsterdam announce that
the Bank of Holland has raised the rate from 33- to
-per cent. The initiative taken in this quarter
aY lead to similar movements by several of the
‘Jther European banks.
Two vessels with gold are announced to have
arrived from Melbourne, viz., the Yorkshire, mith
86,750 ounces, and the George Thompson, with
2281 being 25,078 ounces of gold, value in sterling
out £100,312.
b he Royal Mail steamer City of Washington
rings £2,300 in specie.
A The Rio Journal do Commercio of the 27th of
ugnst gives detailed accounts of the late opera-
:43 against General Lopez in Paraguay iu the
fyirra of ;despatch from the Brazilian Minista at
111e'los yres to the Emperor. They state that
,op—
a,
tter Winer driven from the position he held
642 Pursued and overtaken by the army under
Uunt d'Eu, and defeate I with a loss of 2,000
den' besides prisoners. His mother and sister had
teentL taken and remained under the protection of
u4e Brazilians. The private papers and correspon-
eace of Lopez were among the spoils. The army,
of
tlcti,!r COuut d'Eu, was to continue the pursuit
ue fueritive with apparently every expectation
ef secteE:
et The Mincing-lane markets have been generally
tioadY, with moderate transactions. The tea auc-
-111,4 have dragged rather heavily.
pre Ile number of messages which passed over the
ending
Atlantic Telegraph Cable during the week
ssoL,ng, Sept. 18 was 547, the cable charge upon the
being £1,323.
„ "Lue directors of the National Bank of India
vropose
, I.° Pay on this occasion an ad interim
whi
oh will
at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum,
will absorb £13,920, and to carry forward
next account the balance, amounting to £8,777
"14* Bd.
The
of tManchester Examiner states that a meeting
clothe creditors of Mr. H. H. Stevenson, yarn and
ette' agent, Albert-square, was held at the Clar-
b Hotel. A statement of accounts was read
ta Ir. Halliday (lleloitte and Halliday, accoun-
lia.b tt .si from which it appeared that the total
X 2 es were £37,212 ss. 5d., the total assets
uf which amount Mr. Sale, solicitor, said
app"oj'ad X 19,613 in the bank. A committee was
toeett .11tod to investigate, and report to a future
ng.

, Xlll3llll FINIIII..TWO o'ol,°°K•
S per‘4ornUl.ntzrr FUNDS.:
92 4
Cent. Consols
921
g 'II.° for Account, Oct. 6.
i .t.
914 3 4.
titer Cent. Reduced
914 4
lie* 3 per Cent
_
1jr,21 Per Cent. Jan. 1894
4,1111'4in per Con J 111.1873
Do
1), tilt*? 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. _
• or 30 yrs expire 5t.,h. Apt'
1908 —
(lied ea elei„, aph), Aug., -- ,_ _
tn....4%112,r Rills f 1 0%0 24 p. Ut.llarcit
1- , 1
Do Do. 3 do. June 3
£5OO pm
14
£lOO £2OO & t . Shut
%tlic °I t 1 'k, 49 per Cent
Do, ng and Stoc &
Cf,,_°lsl3l.ling •
lllltjua, 4 Per Cent. Bonds —
—'oonial Onnuum
BITIEb.
441 INDIA- UOVERNMENT SEcu —
k toclr, 104 per Cent., April 1874
.....
bt). (2ijPeting, for AciMunt
1144
Do°' ; Nr
Oct
1880
D • ,s 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888
1)°. uertificates —
102.• plfaced Pape. 4 per 0Allt...1""
ill' 0,- per Cent., Jan. 1872 0,,n• 'I, Per Cent. May 1879 —- u Pet Cent It up.1872 —
bo •, up. Deb.
do 1877
Do.
1882 —
'Lk I) b do.
I)0: i 3 °, 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Pm
D °lldes lver Cent., £l,OOO
0. Under 41,000 —
iii; Argeb., FOREIGN FUNDS— TWO O'CLOCK..
Bonds spe r pcentent
804 i
....7."te Republic, 6 er C
'lan
lir . • Dn. 1859
taithan Wiper Cent
Co* q Cent. 1852 —
• do
1858..... —
bo,
bo. QU 1860
ts. t do., /863 --
y ' Per ott., 1865
13 .en e'ss.nnt .
,_
'binns Ayres 6.-pe..; . tre.. ..
.
eli!),-)t 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
(3 ws Per Cent.
4hlttn 6 per Cell'
D 4 i Per Cent..., —
D 0.3 Per Cent
-Lio. 7 ~ ...
1024
bo. Cent.„. 1866
CI 1 Per ceot. 1867 954 5
li),_°,111)1(..11, 6 per Cent.
bit'utkien 3 per Cent., 1825
tl„,,Un Principaliticq, 7 ler Cent
t,.. - per Cent., 1867' „..,
tqlntdor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
D°,___
413;"a1i, 7 Per Cent
. ecood issue
•• .
__
~ 450 t Bonds
."°' 4100 Bonds
_
Do,
1864
Do'
Do
../0, zßee , Account ...
90
''..Y.oohdu ......... IA

Do. .il it, Bonds
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ~.~,
Governmtnt Itai!wav Debentures 5B
Greet- 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups --
Do. Account

Do. CoupLE --

...
Do. Account
Gutteuiala:s per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd
Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 , —
Do. Account ~ —
Do laremmana Railway —
Ilemicar. 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
eontevidQau 6 per Cent. .. —
Ilocrish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —
Do 3 per Con —
Do. Deferred
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 -
Do Account
.. 7 8/. i
Do 4} per Cent. (131:1,arren)
Do 4} per Cont., 1862 -• —
Do Account —
PortNgueLe 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'0,'60,'2,'3
Do. do. 1867 --
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —
flus:sian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St
Do 4i per Cent . 1850
Do 4} per Cent., 186)
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do do, Scrip —
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Mouth..
Do. do. £B4 15s. do —
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds
Do. do £B4 15s. do
Do Nicolas Railway 6B
Sardinian 5 per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Con ..
Do. Account —
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferred —
Do. Account

Do. Passive

Do. Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded —
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864 —
Do do, 1868
Turkish 6 per Cent. •• ...,„, . —
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account
Do £IOC Bonds —
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do. Account 651
Do £lOO Bonds 67k
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account

Do 6 per Cent., 1860
Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed

Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent.

Do. Ace. udt
Do 6 por Cent., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian o per Cont. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2} per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...„
French Bentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 2M.
!Win]. 5 per Cont. 1851, E;:. 25f.
Do Account 521
T CPO O'OLOCK.

Oonsols, Money
1)o. Account, Oct. 6 921

Lrec o'clock—The market