The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-27 00:00:00

CITT, Two o'CLocic.
The Governmene Securities to-day maintained
_tile improved prices of yesterday, and although
tiuesiiness was far from brisk, yet quotations were
supported. There has been also a decided ad-
vance in American. The lowest quotation iu the
discount market for bills is 3 per cent., but loans
'were offered on 'Change at 2+ to 3. In banking
and miscellaneous shares business was quite in-
active, and prices remained unaltered.
Consols
are 931 1 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
coatit, Three per Cent. Reduced, 93i s ;
Nevi Tkree per Cents, 93a a ; Exchequer Bills,
2i per Cent., ') pm. 1 dis.
India Stock, 104,- per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., Jul;,Jl 1880, 112+ 1 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 10h ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4
Per Cent., 93+ ; ditto 5 per Cent., 1061.
In the Foreign Market Nicolai and Orel Vitebsk
have advanced 1 per cent., while Italian of 1861,
Alexican, Spanish of 1867 have declined 1-16 to
• Prices are quoted as follow :--Brazilian of 1865,
14 to +; Chilian of 1867, 941 to 95+ ; Egyptian of
1164, 881. to 891 ; ditto of 1868, 77 to 1 ; Italian
of 1861, 56+ to 57 ; ditto of 1868, 4 to 41
Prem., ex shares ; Mexican, 151 to ; Peruvian
Of 1865, 791 to + ; •Russsian of 1866, 93+ to 94 ;
ditto Nicolai, 67 to + ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 811
to ; ditto Charcow-Kramentschug, 811 to + ;
ditto Orel, 821 to 83 ; ditto Moscow, 80+ to a ;
Spanish of 1867, 324 to s ; Turkish of 1858, 671
to 68 ; ditto of 1862, 62+ to 67 ; and ditto of
1865, 41y to 42/.
In the Railway Market Caledonian and Lon-
don) Chatham, and Dover have improved to
per cent., viz., 76 to +, and 17 to I, respec-
tively, but the other lines are unchanged. Lon-
don and North-Western, 1151 to 1 ex div. ; Great
'Western, 494- to / ; Midland, 117+ to a ex div. ;
London and South Western, 88 to 90 ex div. ;
Great Eastern, 38 to 4 ; Brighton, 501 to + ; South
Eastern, 79 to I, ex div. ; Metropoliian, 106 to 4 ;
Great Northern, 108 to 100 ex div. ; and ditto A,
105 to 1, ex div.
United States 5-20 Bonds are 1 per cent. better,
/.321 to /. Erie Railway Shares, 23+ to 24 ; Illinois
Central, 96+ to 974; Atlantic and Great Western
Debentures, 30 to 31 ; and the Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds, 30 to 31.
The Bangalore, from the East, has arrived with

Telegraphic advices from Melbourne announce
that the shipments of gold, since the departure of
the last mail, amounted to £400,000, and that, in
addition, the mail steamers bring £111,500.
The telegram of Pope, Rees, and Co., with re-
gard to the proceedings in the New York courts to
foreclose
the mortgage against the Atlantic and
Great Western Railway, created quite a panic in the
bonds and debentures, both descriptions exhibiting
a very heavy fall. The following notice has been
Nstel at the Stock Exchange :

"Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company
Offices, London, Feb. 26.
advices whatever have been received at
pi°face bearing on the intelligence conveyed in Messrs.
°Pe cud Rees' telegrams as to the position of this rail-
Way.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
".L. J. WOODMAN, Secretary.
"Mr. M. Slaughter, Secretary, Stock Exchange, E.C."
,The third instalment of 10 per cent. upon the
New South Wales one million loan introduced last
autumn by Messrs. Rothschild and the Bank of
New South Wales falls due on Monday.
Mr. R. P. Harding, the official liquidator of the
oint-Stock Discount Company (Limited), has
18seed a statement of affairs made up to 31st
December
last. From this it appears that the
debts and liabilities, which at the date of the last
statement bad been reduced to £567,286 Bs., now
amount, exclusive of interest, to only £133,742
6d. The assets are estimated at £306,880
16s' 6d. ; but in the realisation of the various
securities some delay must take pl.ace, as otherwise
merely nominal prices would, in most cases, have
to be accepted.
The directors of the United Kingdom Electric
Telegraph Company (Limited) have declared the
Usual dividends at the rate of 6 per cent. and 10
Per Cent, per annum on the preference shares of
the company. The dividend declared on the ordi-
nary shares is at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum ;
it having been at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum
last half-year, and there having been no dividend
the preceding half.

The report of the Mediterranean Extension
Telegraph Company (Limited), to be presented on
the 4th of March, recommends a dividend of Bs.
per share on the preference capital, less income tax.
At the annual meeting of the Liverpool and Lon-
don and Globe Insurance Company the now poli-
cies of the year were stated to have been 1,123 for
£639,780, yielding in new premiums £23,403.
The fire premiums of the year were £867,374, and
the losses £b39,916. The funds of the company,
including £391,752 capital, amount to £3,538,078.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Alum and Am-
monia Company (Limited) a dividend was de-
clared at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, leav-
ing £2,761.
the petition of a creditor, Vice-Chancellor
Atalins has ordered that the Panama, New Zealand,
and Australian Mail Company should be wound
UP compulsorily. Ho also ordered that the volun-
t
ary winding-up of the City Discount Company
should be continued, subject to the supervision of
the court.
A petition for the winding-up of the City of
AI
3ec'w Gas Company (Limited) is to be heard
before Vice-Cbancellor James on the 6th of March.
1.4, petition for the winding-up of the Union
heaacbt Club-house Company (Limited) is to be
4 rd before the Master of the Rolls on the 6th of
arch,

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(iOVERNMEXT FUNDS.
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IPOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Arplatine Republic, per Cent
4:?:! Scrip £45 paid
azhri lia:Boonds 5 per cent
It. . Do. 1859 6ll 4
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