The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Consols are dull to-day, at 931 1 far money;
di▪ tto, for Accnint, 931; Three per Cent. Be
duced, —; New Tkree per Cents, 92 1 ; Exchequer
Bills £l,OOO, —.; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO,
Par ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 246 4.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ;
di▪ tto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1151 141 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, —; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5
per Cent., 105 ; ditto 51 per Cent., 1091 ; dit'o
Bonds under £l,OOO, par.
In Foreign Stocks Turkish Spanish, Russian
Guarantee, Peruvian, and Italian are 1 to 1 per
cent. lower. Egyptian are alone quoted at an ad-
vance. Subjoined are the quotations :—Egyptian
(1864), 86 to 87 ; ditto (1868), 76$ to 79a ; ditto
Railway Debentures, 981 to 991 ; Viceroy 7 per
Cents., 791 to 30 ; ditto Nine per Ct uts., 921 to
931 ; Italian, 561 to 57 ; Tobacco Loan, 86 to 87 ;
PeruviantFive per Cent. Bonds, 781 to 79 ; Portu-
guese, 35 to 351 ; Orel-Vitebsk, 78 to 791 ; Mos-
cow, 791 to 801 ; New Spanish Three per Cents.,
281 to 28a ; Turkish Five per Cents., 431 431 ;
ditto Six per Cents., 66 to 661.
Tnere is no particular change in American Secu-
rities. The Five Twenties are 791 to 794 ; Erie
Railway Shares, 181 to 181 ; Illinois Centrals, 95
to 96 ; and Atlantic and Great Westerns, 24, to 25.
English Railway Shares on the whole are
rother firmer, and in several cases prices show a
slight improvement, including 1 in Caledonian, at
671 to 77 ; Great Western, 49 to 491 ; London and
North 'Western, at 117 to 1171 ; Metropolitan, at
981 to 09 ; and South Eastern, at 751 to 76. On
the other hand, London, Chatham, and Dover, and
Midland are each lower, the former being►
quoted at 16 to 161, and the latter at 114 to 1141;
and Metropolitan Extension shows a fall of 1, at
351 to 961. Great Eastern is steade, at 371 to
371 ; Great Northern (A), 107 to 1071 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 122/ to 1231 ; and London and
Brighton, 451 to 451.
The only feature in Bank Shares is an improve-
ment of 1 in Agra (A) shares, the price being 101 to
101- Other descriptions are unaltered. Alliance
is quoted 13 to 14 ; Anglo-Austrian, 18 to 19
Prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 31 to 32 ; Consoli-
dated, 41 to 41 ; Imperial, 151 to 161 ; London
and County, 50 to 51 ; and Loudon and Westmin-
ster, 621 to 631.
Miscellaneous Securities are quiet. General Cre-
dit is 1 lower, at 2 to 11 dis. International Fi-
nance is without change, at 2 to 11. dis. ; National
Discount 11 to 111 ; and Anglo-American Tele-
graph Shares steady, at 211 to 22.
The sum of £63,000 in bar gold was sent into
the bullion office of the Bank.

The Poonah, from the East, has arrived with
£3,669.

Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received
the following remittances on account of New
Granada dividends :—From Bagota, £4,541 13s.
51; Savanilla, £516 98 ; Santa Marta, £287 6s.
7d. ; and Cartagena, £240 ; making a total of
£5,585 98.

The proportions of gold and silver brought by
the steamer Tasmanian are ascertained to be
£49,039 gold and £72,565 silver, giving a net total
of £121,604.
The joint traffic of the Caledonian and North
British Railways shows an increase of £3,132.
The traffic of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern
Railway
exhibits an increase of £8,362.

The Bristol Post states that the affairs of Messrs.
H-sllam, Madge, and Co. will not go into bank-
ruptcy. It is asserted that the Glamorg►nshire
Bank will guarantee the creditors 4s. 3d. iu the
Pound, which offer will be accepted. The works
Will therefore be carried on.

The produce markets this week have been un-
usually quiet. Sugar is steady, with a fair demand
from the refiners. A few floating cargoes of foreign
have been taken for the United Kingdom. The
Coffee market is inactive, and without change in
quotations. Rice also is without movement. Par-
cels of white Bengal are said to have been realized
upon further reduced terms. Black pepper is rather
more sought fur by the shippers. The Tea market
has not been active, but the inquiry for common
grade
cangou has continued ; public sales are
`advertised for the Ist of June. Saltpetre is rather
quiet. The demani for cotton showed some iiu
Proveineut toward the close.

The failure of Messrs. Wedd and Son, in the
Corn trade, has been announced. They have issued
the following circular. It is feared the debts and
liabilities will be heavy Corn Exchange Cham-
bers, London, May 28, 1869.—1 t is with great re-
gret we have to inform you that we feel it necessary
to submit a statement of our affairs to our creditors,
and with that view we have placed our books in the
bands of Messrs. James, Edwards, Cash, and Stone,
'who will, as early as possible, lay the results of
their exa'nination before you. You will probitly
have heard that our senior partner, Mr. Nathaniel
Wedd, died on Sunday last.—Soliciting your for-
bearance, we are, your obedient servants, N. WEDD
and SON, London, Boston, and West Hartlepool."

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
(iOVERNMENT FUNDS.
a per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account,
, ePer Cent Reduced
..4w
3 per Cent

'eilv 21. per Cent. Jan. 1894
A "J°. 5 per Gen J an. 1873 .. —
40uities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., ISSO.
Po. for 30 yrs axpire sth April 1885 -
x_ "0 (lied Sou Tele,vaphl, Aug.,
tlequr Bills, £l,OOll, 2f & 3 per Ct.
D 3 £lOO, .C. Ni., & £5OO par
144 k of EnPlln ,d Stock, 41 per Cent
lia
c, • Owning
1 dada4 per Ceut. Bonds —
ilt'Or-Colouial Ortimilln

, INDIAN jOTERNIKENT SECUUITIEO.
'aiia 'kook, 104 per Cent., April 1874
Do. Opening, for Account --
DO. 5 per Gent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. certificates —
Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent.. nen —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 •....... lO5
Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 lO9l
DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
IL. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
4rgeutiue Republic, F per Cent ....
kuitrian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859
13razilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do. 1858 —
Do. do. 186 . —
Do. do., 1863 —
DO. 5 per Cont., 1665
00 Account
?flags Ayres 6 per Cent.
~. Pe 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
wluot, 6 per Cent.
CI
.than 6 per Cent —
flo. 4i per Cent
Do. 3 per Cent.,
1,0. 6 per ce,t. 1867 961 7
un. 7 per Cent. 1866
9 In and• n, 6 per 'Cent.
",an•sh 3 per Cent., 1825... .....
'an ‘t.ian Principalities, 7 per Cent 761
v -Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .. --
tcluttdor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Antal], 7 per Gent BOl
1,0 Second Issue ••
t)0. £sot, Bonds
89, ClOO Bonds • ••••
Do. 1864
~, Do. Account
1;0. 4.500 Bonds
;)0. £.IOC Tonds
i)o• 7 per Cent., 1868
la Government, Railway Debentures 991
re". 5 per Cost., 1824 5, ex Coups —
1),O. Account
'Liu. Coupons
,-, Do- Account
~...Teette,teala 5 per Cent .. —
'londurasGov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 841
itl . ,
Alan 0 pm .-(r t., 186
5
slo. Account .
uo ~ .
ALsiemmana Railway —
Ai ,xicar.. 3 per Cunt
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1864 —
Do per Cont. Anglo-Freuch
01,.00tttevidean G per Gent —
V
.. —•
crish Imperial 5 per Cent
qevr Granada 96
1)0 3 per Oen,
r
Tee'ur
.Deferred
uriau 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account .. 79 1
Do 41 per Cent. (Ul:llarren)

CLOSING PRICES.
0011E0Is, Money U3i
1)9, ACCQUIIti June 1 ln