The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Business to-day was steady, the Government
securities maintain their prices ; and in the foreign
market there was an advance in Turkish. In the
d a ount market tie demand was active, but the

rate of 21 to I was maintained.
Consols are 9:.?/ k for money ; ditto, for Ac-
mat, 93i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 1;
New Three per Cents, 931 1 ; Exchequer Bills
£l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 12 ; Bank of England Stock,
4 per Cent., 942.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per
per Cent., Oct., 1883, 1021 ; ditto Enfaced
Paper, 4 per Cent., 921 ; ditto Bonds £4,000,
25 prem.
In the ',Foreign Market the only alteration we
ave to notice is a rise of 1 in Turkish Five per
Cents., to 39} 391 ; Itatan Five per Cents. remain
firm at 54/ 548 ; Mexican thuds, at 151 16 ; Greek
at 11.1 12; and New Spanish at 311 311.
Egyptain Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 has im-
proved to 791 731-, ex div. The Llondurs Loan is
quoted 86 88 ex coupon. Italian Tobacco :Scrip
has improved to 31 4/ prem. ; and the last Russian
Railway Loan is par., 1 prem. _

In the railway market prices are as follows :
Caledonian, 791; Great Eastern, 421; Great
Northern, 1091; ditto A, 111; Great Western, 531;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1301; Brighton, 531;
Chatham and Dover, 171; London and North
Western, 1181; Sheffield, 461; Metropolitan, 1091;
Extension, 1051; Midland, 11711; London and
South Eastern, 841 ; Deferred, 551: Preferred,
1121.
In Bank shares there is no change of importance.
Alliance are 12 to 13 ; Consolidated of 1 to 1 prem.
ex div. ; Imperial Ottomcn Bank shares at-11 to 11
prem.

In Miscellaneous shares prices are firm. Atlan-
tic Telegraphs (Original) are 37
.to 38.
The Poonah left Southampton for the East with
£75,000 in specie.
The steamer Nyanza, with the heavy India,
China, and Australian mails, brings specie to the
*value of £36,239. The River Plate steamer
Ptolemy, from Brazil, has a small parcel of £BOO
.for London ; and the Cuba, from New York, brings
£ll,OOO ; giving a total of arrivals to the amount
of £48,039.
The Royal mail steamer Danube, with Brazilian
Mails, has left Lisbon for Southampton, her specie
being £6,542.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received
the following remittances on account of New Gra-
nada dividends, say—From Sabanilla, £lOO ; from
Santa Maria, £221 ss. 4d. ; from Cartagena, £215;
from B Tota, £5,747 19s. 4d.—being a total of
£6,284 7s. 81.
The report of the Credit Foncier, Limited, has
been issued, preparatory to the meeting fixed for
the sth of February.. It sets forth in detail the
Position of the various properties in which the coin-
PanY is interested, and the directors express an
opinion that the realisation of the various securities
will be a work of time. The negtiations by the
new board for a compromise to settle the claims
they have made against the old directors are still in
Progress, and information on this point will be given
at the approaching meeting.
The report of the Millwall Dock Company, to be
presented on the Bth inst., describes an agreement
for a compensation of the litigation with the con-
tractors, Messrs. Kelk and Messrs., Aird, which is
recommended for adoption by the shareholders, and
which will provide the company with the means of
meeting its outstanding liabilities of £96,371. The
directors have little doubt that as soon as it shall
become known that the company is extricated from
the difficulties that have hitherto hindered its pro-
gress there will be a material improvement.

The half-yearly meeting of the London and South
Western Railway Company is called for the 19th
of February.

The half-yearly meeting of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway Company is called for the 24th rebruary,
at Bristol.

The half-yearly ineetF2a.of the North-Eastern
Railway Company is fl:;ed for the 23d February at
York.

The directors the Manchester and Liverpool
bistrict Banking Company have announced a half-
yearly dividend of 15s. per share, and a bonus of
sa• per share.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Pa-
nama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail
Company (Limited), is to be held on Friday, the
12th proximo.
The report of the Universal Marine Insurance
Company, to be presented on the 11th of February,
recommends a payment of ss. per share, making
with the 2s. 6d. in July last, a total distribution of
7i per cent. for the year.
The report of the Thames and Mersey Marine
Insurance Company (Limited), to be presented on
the 12th of February, recommends a distribu-
tion of A
td per share, or 10 per cent. for the
1111 f-year. •
,The Law Life Assurance Society have issued
theirr statement of accounts for the past year.
The guarantee fund is now raised by the interest
received on investment to a total of £920,342.
The investments on mortgage is £4,272,008.
The ordinary general meeting of the Charing-
er°BB Hotel Company (Limited) will be held on the
15 t h February.
Messrs. J. H. Schroeder and Co. have announced
the dividends on the Bay of Havana and Matanzas
(Cuba) Railroad Seven per Cent. Loan of £lOO,OOO,
1863.
At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. John
Sparrow and Co., of Blackburn, the liabilities were
13:ated at £41,312, with nominal assets of £36,137,
and a committee was appointed to confer with the
executors of the late Mr. Sparrow, with a view to a
eeillPromise.
2,lViessra• Rouyer, Gullet and Cie., writing on the
ith ult., from Cognac, remark As anticipated
1,11 our last, the 1868 vintage is the shortest we
had for some years ; being, however, of a quality
already
since 1858, numerous orders have
aready been sent in by home and foreign dealers,
land_ a keen competition having already taken place
;t1 our market, to secure what is offered by the
44,rulers, an advance of 10 francs per hectolitre has
‘azen place."

11111Talit FUND—TWO O'CLOCK.
, (iVERNMENT IrIINDS.
931
' Par Cent. Consols
93}
. Ditto for Account,
94 i
t per Cent. Reduced
931 i
ti", 3 per Cent
DI eW 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
A I)0. 5 per Cen 4an.1873
-,lllluities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
(Red Sea Telet,,raph), Aug., 1908 —
Do_ Ezetleqta Bills, £1)000, '4:per Ct.
Do £5OO
b 4be ,
flOO A X
."4lc of England Stock, 4per2oo Cent
_ . accouue
I;aoada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
1-Ater-Colonial Omnium
~ I.NbIAN dOVERNMENT dECFP..7,'1,..8
In Sltock, 101 per Cent., Apr : '
00. Opening, for Account ••• -
1121.
,-,130- 5 per tient. July, 1880
.••••
1021. I
O. 4 pet- Cent., Oct. 1868
uo. Certificates --
Do. lillifaced Pape' 4 per Cent
VO. 5 per Cert.. !an. 1872
. 51 perCen Cl:t., Itup. Dit, ilayeb. 1879
8772 —
7 —
do. ') 5 0:r
118—
D,, D Doeb. .
do.D 1882 —
'-, 5 per Oeut., Aug. ••o. Bonds, 4 per Oent.{ £l,OOO 1873 •
•** T. 5 pmo. under .£l.OOO
••
FOREIGN }'Ii.NDS—TWO O'CLOUIC.
Ar ;ontine Republic, t; nor 0 ut. ... •••••• 7%1.
U , • A 13.1 borip .1.45 paid -
p.ultrian Bonds 0 PP! mit
-0,, , Do. 1.59
—r 4ilian 5 per Ceut Do. 11 per Cent., 1852
00.
_.bo. do. 18.i8 do., 186;0 —
1)0. do., ~ 1863 —
00. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
B 110 Accouut
.ettos Ayres 6 per Cent
%Juba_ Do 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 8 per Cent )
, 6 per Cent.
. .1101,1 n per Cett.................. .........
10. 4 per Do, 3 per CeCent...,,............
nt, ..