The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

American 5-20 Bonds are SOf to 804 ; Erie, 1941
to 19:11 ; and Illinois, 94f to 95k.
London and Westminster Bank shares are 61 to
62 ; London Joint Stock, 3l to 32f ; Union of
London, 35f to 36i ; Imperial Ottoman, 1 to 141
prem., ex dig•. ; London and County, 49} to 504 ;
Consolidated, 41 to 4i ; Chartered Mercantile, 31
to 32 prem. ; Alliance, 13} to 141 ; and Agra (A),
101 to 10:1.

Anglo-American Telegraph share are marked al
201 to al ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent.,
31 to 3} ; Hudson's Bay, 12; to 13 ; National
Discount, 11i to 111 ; General Credit, 1 to 1 dis.
There were no gold operations at the Bank yes-
terday.
The submarine cable between Peterhead, in Scot-
land, and Iggersund, in Norway, has been success-
fully laid by Mr. W. T. Henley, of North Wool-
wich, and forms one of the links of the Great
Northern Telegraph Company, the prospectus of
which was issued the day before yesterday by Messrs.
Hambro and Son. The length of the cable laid is
265 nautical miles.
A bill introduced by Mr. Sheridan, M.P., called
the Joint Stock Companies Arrangement Act, has
passed the House of Commons, the purport of which
is to enable creditors and shareholders representing
two-thirds in number and value,to enter into com-
promises in cases of companies in liquidation, with
the sanction of the Court.

The sixth instalment of 2s. 6d. in the pound,
making, together with previous payments, 15s. in
the pound, has been paid to the creditors of the Im-
perial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited), by
the liquidatom The total amount of this instal-
ment is about £260,000.

A general meeting of the shareholders of the City
Bank is called for the 20th July.
A general meeting of the shareholders of the
Metropolitan Bank (Limited) is called for the-15th
July, when a dividend is to be declared.
The creditors of the Madras Coffee Company
(Limited) are required to send the particulars of their
claims to the liquidators by the Ist November.
The committee of Confederate Cotton Bond-
holders have issued their third report, in anticipa-
tion of the meeting called for to-day. According
to the novice published, this meeting is convened
" for the purpose of protesting against that portion
of Mr. Sumner's speech which refers to their inte-
rests, and likewise for the purpose of petitioning the
'lonic of Commons not to grant compensation for

the satisfaction of claims arising out of the late war

in the United States between the Northern an

Southern States until all claims have been adjudi

catcd by an impartial tribunal according to the

princip!es of equity and international law."
Manchester advices announce the failure of
Messrs. Samuel Brierly and Son, co:ton spinners
and manufacturers, of Rochdale, with liabilities to
the amount of £15,000, and very moderate assets.
Messrs. R. and W. Jackson, in the same way of
business, have also stopped.
At the annual meeting of the South Australian
Company, the directors' report was adopted, and a
dividend declared at the rate of 8 per cent.
The ordinary meeting of shareholders in the
Mexican Railway was held yesterday ; Mr. R. W.
Crawford, M.P., in the chair. The chairman in
moving the adoption of the report said that arrange-
ments were being made for the payment of A Mort-
gage Bonds, and, in order to procure the money
for this purpose, it was proposed to issue B Mort-
gage Bonds. The traffic for the year was being kept
up at its average rate, and was satisfactory, con-
sidering the unsettled state of the country. The
report was adopted and Mr. Adams elected as
auditor.

BRITISH FUNDS—'TWO O'CLOCK.
GOVEUNMENT FUNDS.
8 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, July 7
8 per Cent. Reduced 921
New 3 per Cent
New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cen J an. 187 3
Annuities, SO Trs, expire sth Jan., 168 e —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 --
Do (Iled Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchoquor Bills, .£l,OOO, 2f rt. Ct. March
Do. 3 do. June 1 pm
Do £lOO, £2OO & .£5OO —
Batik of England Stock, 41 per Cent
Lk,. opening
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds lO3
Inter-Colonial Uranium
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECIJNITIEb.
India rock, 101 per CAnt., April 1874 Shut
Do. Opening, for Account 2051
Do. 5 per Cont. July, 1880
Do. 4 pec Cont., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Papo. 4 per CAnt.. ~.. 921
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .....,. lOof
Do. 5} per C=nt. May 1679 —
DJ 5 per Cent., Rap. Deb. 1872 - .I'.
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882
1./...:. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.000

FOREIGN FITNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ...... 7Bl *
lultrian Bonds 5 per cent —
Do. 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
03. 41 per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do 1858....
Do. no. 186
Do. do.,
1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do Account —
B.zenos Ayres 6 per Cont.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cu.)a, 6 per Cent.
Cuilian 6 per Cent Do. 4} per Cent.... —'
Do. 3 per Cent.,
l'o. 6 per co^t. 1867 94
Po. 7 For 1866
Clo nbi..ti, 6 per Cont.,Cent.
Dan,,biau Principalities, 7 jar Cent —
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 . 88 qualor Now Uonsolidatod, 1 per Cent
ligyrtian, 7 per Cent —
i'n SPeonit issue —
De..£stii, Bonds
Dc. .£lOO Bonds
Do.
itifi ••••t
Do.
Account
Do. 1.100 Bonds
--
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868
ay i le
Greeks per Cont., 182.4 5, e b entures
x Coups —
Do. Account ..
.......................... _Do
D . . Coupone
.
Go. Accu
._uatemala o 5 pnt er C
Honduras Gov Rail.nt Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 821
It 'iian 5 per Cent, 1865
Jo. Account •
Do lifitremautna Railway —
Mexican 3 per Gaut
Ditto for Account
Do. . 1864 . .—

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Consols are dull to-day at 92:1 I for money ;
ditto, for Amunt, ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 921 ; New Tkree. per Cents, 924 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 1 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO,
and £5OO, —; Bank of England Stock, 4 per
Ccnt., 2411 1 ; Canadian 4 per Cent. Bonds, 1803,
103.

India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto, for Account, 2051 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July,
1880, 112 11/ ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ;
ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 921 • ditto 5
per Cent., 103;7- ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 10 prem. ;
ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 5 prem.
In the Foreign Stock Market business is improv-
ing. Egyptians (1864) are 881 to 891 ; ditto (1868),
79 to 79; ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 831 to 831 ;
ditto Nine per Cents., 95 to 951 ; Italian, 53 to 531
cx div. ; Mexican, 12 to 121 ; Peruvian, 751 to
76 cx div. ; Russian (1822), 85 to 86 ; ditto (1866),
891 to 901 ; Orel, 801 to 80:1 ; Charkof, 78,i to
79 ;, Spanish, 285 to 281 ex div. ; Turkish Five
per Cents., 44i to 44-} ; and Honduras, 85 to 16.
In the railway market there is a rise in London
and South Western, in Great Northern, and in
Brighton and South Easterns. Prices are now
as follows :—Caledonian, 781 to 791 ; Great
Eastern, 381 to 381 ; Great Northern, 107 to
109 ; Great Northern (A) 107 to 108 ; Great
Western, 501 to 514 ; Lancashire and York-
shire, 125 k to 1261 ; London and Brighton, 441
to 45 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 16/ to 17-1;
London and North Western, 1181 to 119 ; Lon..
don and South Western, 89 to 91 ; Metropolitan,
97 to 971; Midland, 177 to 1171; North Eastern
(Berwick) 1051 to 106} ; and South Eastern, 771
to 78.

1 Madrid..
Cadiz
•.• 49 ... 494
Leghorn
Milan — "' 26 60 ... 26 70
Genoa
Naples
Palermo 26 60 ... 26 70
Messina
Lisbon — .. 26 60 ... 26 70
Oporto
...„. 52
Rio Janeiro ... 51i ... 52
New York
••• .••
Ds 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — •••
Aontevidcau 6 per Cent. . --
51 ccrish Imperial 5 per Cent
Now Granada —
Do 3 per Cen•
Do. Deferred
ussiau 5 par Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 4i per Cent 1850
Do 41 per Ccnt., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 .............
Do do, Scrip —`
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.„
Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..,. - -
Do., 1806, £lOO Bonds —
D. do £B4 15s. do. —
(.o Nicolas Railway 6.51
Sar Julian o per Cent..
Spanish 3 per Con .....
Do. A eci,unt
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deforroit
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Corn. 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 £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 6si
,
Do Account
Do .£IOC Bonds 67
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 —
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860 —
Do 4 por Cont., Guaranteed
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cont. —
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do 6 por Cent. 1664
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281
28.1

Dividends on the above payable in L udob
Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins --
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2%; per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
Do. Account
French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f.
5 per Cont. 1831, Ex. Zsf.
Do Account

TWO O'CLOCK
Oonsols, Money 921 xd
Do. Account, July 7