The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Consols are 92i s for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 924 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91 1 ;
New Thee per Cents, 91 / ; ditto 21 per Cent.,
Jan., 1894, 951; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 5 2 die.;
ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 2 dis. ; Bank of Eng-
land Stock, 4 per Cent., —.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880,1141 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 100/ a ; ditto Enfaced Pap( r,
5 per Cent., 1034 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, par 5 dis ;
ditto under £l,OOO,
In the Foreign Market stocke are flat. Turkish
and Italian Five per Cents. have given way z per
cent., and are now marked 4141 and 53 respectively.
Mexican Bonds have also receded 4, to 12i.

In the Railway.. Market Great- Easterns are 1
better; Midland, ; North Western, ; Chatham
and Dover, Great Northern are f lower ; Metro-
politan, ; Sheffield, f. The quotations are :
Cale/lonian, 771 to 8 ; Great Western,. 474 to 4 ;
Great Eastern, 371 to 4 ; Great Northern, 105 to 1
ditto A, 105 1 64 ; Lancashire, 122 to 1.
American Five-Twenties mark a falling off of 4,
at 78 781 ; the 1885 Bonds 4, at 704 76; and the
Ten-Forties are / lower, at 71 74. Erie Railway
shares have given way 14 per cent., to 191 194 ;
and Illinois Centrals are 1 lower, at 951 96.
The Honduras Loan is quoted at 82 84 ex
coupon.

Atlantic Telegraph Orignal Stock is 22 24, the
Eight per Cent. Preference Shares remain at 3i 34,
ludson's Bay
lnd Anglo-American Telegraph Shares at 2241- 22f.
Shares are weak, at 121.
The Mincing-lane markets are still almost en-
tirely closed, owing to the Whitsuntide holidays.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank
yesterday.
Advices from Sydney announce the sailing for
London of the Queen of Nations, with 45,000
sovereigns and 7,803 ounces of gold ; the Dunbar
Castle, with 25,000 sovereigns and 3,082 ounces ;
the Canaan, wish 25,000 sovereigns ; and the
Ruahine (s.), with 25,000 sovereigns. The total
is £163,500. The sum of £803,500 from Mel-
bourne, previously reported, is also at sea. In addi-
tion, the steamer Tanjore, which is expected to
arrive at Southampton about the end of the week
from Alexandria, with the heavy portion of the
Australian mail, will bring £106,000. The aggre-
gate is £1,073,000.

Messrs. Pasquali and Co., merchants, of Rood-
lane, have stopped payment, " owing to the non-
arrival of remittances from Smyrna. Their liabi-
lities are understood to be limited.

The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of £1,669 over the corresponding
week of last year; and the South Eastern an in-
crease of £3,135.

The half-hearly meeting of the Bombay, Baroda,
and Central India Railway Company will be held
on the 18th of June, when " a resolution will be
submitted to the meeting for the consolidation into
capital stock of the company of all shares which
may have been fully paid up."
The ordinary general meeting of the Malta and
Mediterranean Gas Company (Limited) is called
for the 2d of June, when a dividend will be re-
commended.

A general meeting of the British India Steam
Navigation Company is called for the 26th instant,
when a dividend is to be declared.

Petitions for the winding up of the " General
Company for the Promotion of Land Credit
(Limited)," and the Lizard Serpentine Company
(Limited), are to be heard before Vice-Chancellor
Malins on the 28th instant.

The tables of the importations into New York
for the past month show a total nearly twice as
large as for the corresponding month of last year,
and even 10 per cent. in excess of the extraordi-
nary amount reached in April, 1866, after the close
of the war.

The report of the Anglo-Italian Mining Com-
pany, to be presented on the 28 h instant, describes
the progress effected in the development of the
property purchased, and the satisfactory character
of the assays thus far made.
The Government of Honduras are bringing out a
supplemental loan in Paris, to complete the rail-
Way. It is not presented in a very attractive form,
although its success, through a " syndicate," is said
to be assured.

The ship
Blue Jacket, from Lyttelton, New
Zealand, with a cargo of wool, &c., of the value of
£130,000, bound to London, has been totally lost
by fire. She had on board £63,000 of gold ; her
passengers and portion of her crew were picked up
seven days after by a vessel which arrived yester-
day afternoon off Queenstown. The occurrence
took place on the 9th of Marcia. The ship, with
cargo and specie, were partly insured at Lloyd's,
the remainder among the marine insurance offices.
The mail from South Australia brings dates to
the 30th of March. The new Governor, besides
making himself acquainted with the agricultural
capacities of the colony, has turned his attention to
its financial condition, exposing the results of past
lavish
expenditure, as highly detrimental to its
future prospects, unless remedial measures be ap-
plied. These opinions indicate a probability that
the prudential views argued from this side may
before long be adopted. The Northern Territory
Company bad notified to the Government that it
would be held liable for the return, with 10 per
cent, interest of the purchase-money paid for land
orders held by the company. The area in the
colony under crop for wheat during 1868 was
533,000 acres, against 550,000 acres in 1867.

BRITIfill FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account,
-a
3 per Cent. Reduced 9l
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Con J 111.1873
Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs expire sth April 1885 --
Do (Red Sett Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchoquzr Bills, £l,OOO, 2i 21 per Ct 5 2 di'
Do .£5OO
Do. £lOO & £2OO 2
Bank of England Stock, 4f per Cent •••
De. opening
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Oman ra
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 —
Do. Opening, for Account.
--
Do. 5 per Cont. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent..;,..
Do. 5 por Cort., Jan. 1872 ,..,... lO4
Do. 5i per Cent. May 1879 —
Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882
Th. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £I,OOO
Do. undor £l,OOO
FOREIGiN FUNDR—TWO O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republtc, 6 per Cent ... .
Do., Scrip £45 paid
A.ultrian Bonds 5 per cent ..
Do. 1859 66
Brazilian 5 por Cent 75
Do. 4 per Cont. 1852 _
Do. do. 1858....
Do. do. 1861 —
Do. do., 1863 -
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Uo Account 79
B-lenos Ayres 6 per Cent.
ko 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 por Cent )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
U.Allian 6 por Cent
Do. 4i per ant.... - -
Do. 3 per Cent.,
l'o. 6 per cent. 1867 96}
Po. 7 per Cent., 1866
C lo Liman, 6 per Cent.
Dan sh, 3 per Cent., 1825
Dan.q.ian Principalities, 7 par Cent 76
De 8 per Cent., 1867
Fquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Egyptian, 7 per Vent...,, —
Do <eeoed Issue -
Do. .£std, Bonds —
Do. £lOO Bonds •....
Do. 1861
Do. Account
De. £5OO Ponds
Do. 4106 Bonds B6l
English Scrip:lB6B 7sf i
Do do. .£l5 pd — dis
Governwcni Railway Debentures
Greek 5 per Cont., 1824. 5, ex Coups —
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
.
Do. Account
G latemala 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov Bail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd
It3iian 5 per Cert., 1865 —