The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-02 00:00:00

ONE Y MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
There has been an active busines3 to-day ;
foreign stock,*, howe, er, claimed the most atten-
tion, owing to the pacific intelligence from abroad.
Consols have improved 1, but Egyptian Bonds have
gone down 1. The rate of discount is still 21 to 1.
couCnot, Consols
-4- li ; are 921 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 I 1;
New Three per Cents, 93 ; Exchequer Bills
£l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 15 ; Bank of England Stock,
4 per Cent., 249/.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 12 ; ditto 4 per
per Cent., Oct., 1883, 102 ; ditto Enfaced
Paper, 4 per Cent., 92 ; ditto Debentures, 5 per
Cent., Aug., 1873, 104.1.
In the Foreign Market Italian Bonds of
1868 have improved 1- per cent. ; ditto of 1861,
; Orel-Vitebsk, ; Russian of 1866, 1 ; Turkish
of 1862, 1 ; ditto of 1858 and 1865, I ; Charcow-
lirementschug, ; and Peruvian of 1865,
• Subjoined are the quotations :—Brazilian
of 1865, at 804 to 811; Chilian of 1867, at
931 to 941 ; Egyptian of 1864, 87 to 89 ;
ditto of 1868, at 73} to ; Italian of 1861, 55j
t° 1; ditto the Tobacco Loan, sto prem. ;
Mexican, 154 to 16 ; Peruvian of 1865, 761 to
764 ; Russian of 1866, 911 to 921 ; ditto Nicolai,
67 to 1 ; ditto Orel, 814 to 82 ; ditto Moscow 79/
to 80; ditto Charkof-Azof, 80i- to 81 ; Charcow-
liretnentschug, 80+ to 4 ; Spanish of 1867, 31 to
; Turkish of 1858, 65 to I- ; ditto 1862, 64 to 1 ;
and ditto of 1865, 398 to 40.
In the railway market a decline of f per cent.
has taken place in Great Western, South Eastern,
and Metropolitan, and a rise of in Midland and
Brighton. London and North Western, 118; to 8 ;
Great Western, 53a ; Midland, 118 to 4—; London
and South Western, 89 to 91 ; Great Eastern, 421
to Brighton, 52 to i; South Eastern, 84 to 4 ;
Metropolitan, 1091 to ,83- ; Great Northern, 112 to
113 ; ditto A, 1121 to ,1 ; Caledonian, 791 to a ;
and London, Chatham and Dover, 17i to 18.
American 5-20 Bonds are quoted 744 to 76,
Showing a rise of I ; Erie Railway shares, 26/ to
being 4 better ; Atlantic and Great Western De-
bentures, 1:40/ to 4 ; and the Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds, 431 to 44.
At the Rink yesterday about £41,000 in bar
gold was withdrawn for abroad.

The Star of Peace has arrived from Geelong with
£34,500 in gold, and the Virginia, from New York,
with £8,500.
The Douro, for the West Indies, takes £lO,OOO
In silver and £6,000 in gold.
At the meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of
Egypt the dividend declared for the half year was
at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, in addition
to a bonus of £1 10s. per share.
At the meeting of the Ocean Marine Insurance
Company it was decided to pay ss. per share inte-
rest and £1 per share bonus, in addition to the
distribution of 53. in July.
At the meeting of the shareholders of the Eng-
lish, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank a
dividend for the half-year at the rate of 7 per cent.
per annum was declared.

At the meeting of the Anglo American Telegraph
Company a dividend of 5 per cent., or 103. per
share for the quarter ending the 31st ult., was de-
clared.

The directors of the British Land Company
(Limited) have declared a further dividend of 5 per
Cent., and a bonus of 10 per cent.
A meeting of the Italian Irrigation Septennial
bondholders is called for the sth instant, " for
the consideration of questions affecting the future
interests of the bondholders and the value of their
securities."

The half-yearly meeting of the General Steam
Navigation Company will be held on the 23d
Instant

The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of £1,651 over last year.
The traffic return of the Great Western Railway
of Canada for the week ending the 29th ult. shows
an increase of £3,546 over last year.
It is stated that the Duke of Richmond, as arbi-
trator, has given an award of £200,000 against the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Company, in
the case of the dispute between this company and
the Surrey and Sussex line.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have fallen considerably, a dispute having, it is
stated, arisen between the managers of this line
and the Erie Company, with reference to the nego-
tiations lately commenced for a lease of the under-
taking.
With reference to the proposed new laws to be
Introd
uced for the completion of the Austrian net-
Work of railways, the plans have been definitively
settled
and laid before the Ministry. The chief
abject is to give material help to promote the con-
struction of those lines that, both from a political
and industrial point of view, are of greater national
Importance than the local ones. The former are
t 0 be assisted by a subvention or guarantee of divi-
_e.") &C., from the Government, while the latter,
:about having this privilege conceded to them,
are to be allowed a very considerable reduction of
such burdens as income, stamp, and other similar
taxes.

It
i 8 understood that the adverse turn in the
French rate of exchange which has led to the re-
cent withdrawals of gold from the Bank was mainly
caused by heavy sales on account of one of the
"social establishments of Egyptian and other
foreign Stocks last week in our market, where the
'rices were higher than at Paris.
The following notification respecting the Go-
"erlaillent dividends, &c., has been issued :
her 15411 k of England, February 1, 1869.—Notice is
ebY given, that, in order to prepare the dila-
o dfeilde due on the sth April, 1869, the balances
1_ the several accounts in the following funds will
18369, viz.—New 43
'v struck on the night of Monday, the Ist March,
per Cent. Annuities, Reduced
1. Per Cent, Annuities, Annuities for Thirty
aeara, Annuities for Terms of Years, India £4 per
b:e t• Stock. On Tuesday, the 2d of March, the
th e-named funds will be transferable without
g,e dividend due on the sth April next. Bank
i°ek Shut, Wednesday, 17th March, 1869; open,
4ersclaY, 6th April, 1869."

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a uOVERNMENT rTJNE.3.
Per Cent. Consols O4 4
93}
$ Ditto for Account,
931 i i
liter Cent. Reduced
93f
k ver 3 per Cent
er,W 24 per Cont. Jan. 1894
4 —°. a per Cen Jan. 1873
D°•tie, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
C , for 80 yrs, expire sth April
."1° (Red Sea Teletraph), Aug., 1908 —
Pul
D°o (Red
I3ills, £l,OOO, 2ilper Ct.
De.
Do.
£5OO
.
..sitt„ £lOO k £2OO —
Do, 'Qf gEn land Stock, 4per Cent
~,‘ accouitt
~ituacia
•* per Cent. Bonds
"ler-Colonial Cranium
Irti•lntAil GOVERNMENT 6ECURITIBS
213
1)104' kec, 104 per Cont., April 11874
0 • pening, for Account he'• 5 Per Cent. July, 1880
V. I pe.: Cent., Oct. 1888
-0. Cortiticates
1..-? o. 1• rtes
Pape& 4 per Cent 924
Do.
5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
D°
°: Si Per Cent. May 1879 , —
5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 18,2 —
DV
De
1877 —
do.do.
O.
1882 —
Do.
,i)ob., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~.... 1011
Pm
;`-'• tsonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
"0. under 41.000 _
_
. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
....rgo,,t•
76
'-' .
!le Republic 6 per Cent
Lk . _ 7
4._ ~ Qcrip .t4o paid .. .
tntrian bonds 5 per cent —
1ir4,1. Do. 1859 634
:_,. ;1 ,-.
per Coat
)3. I i per Cour 1852 —
hip°' do. "'
18.:8.... .............
-°• do
180
Do. do:7
It ~,•, per t2ent., 118861353 —
,e,._73ccount ........ ... ........................ . 811 i
bu.' A-Yretti 6 per k,"ent.
ete 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
0 11%, 6 Per Cent.
1)144 6 per Cent
'P.._ ~,), 41
percent... ..... .............. :
1-;o' 3 o,ir Cent.,
uo.• 6 per ce-it. 1867 ...........
7 -, ........
C
1 .
.per Cent., 1866 ................... 1004
°llblanr G per C ..
884 ,
Cent.