The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITT, Two o'CLock.

Business to-day was not so good as might have
been expected, and Consols gave way 1, but foreign
stock generally speaking maintained Saturday's
quotations. In railway shares we have to notice an
improvement in Metropolitans to the extent of I.
Consols are 93 1 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
*aunt, 934 4 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 1 ;
?few Three per Cents, 931 1 1.
India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ;
ditto 4 per Cent., Oct , 1888, 1021; ditto En-
faced Paper, 51 per Cent., May, 1879, 1104 ; ditto
Bonds £l,OOO, 22 prem.
In !the Foreign Market Italian Five per Cents.
improved to 53a 534; Turkih Five per Cents.
have receded to 384 384 ex div. ; and New Spanish
Three per Cents. are 311 311 ex div. ; Greek
Bonds remain at 114 12 ; and Mexican are at
15/ 151.
Italian Tobacco Scrip is unchanged, at 1 14
prem., the last Russian Railway Loan, 1 dis., par
The Honduras Loan is firm at 86 88 ex coupon ;
And the Egyptian 7 per Cent. Loan of 1868 has
iMproved to 721 721 ex div.
In the railway market Caledonians are 4 better,
Great Western 4, Great Northern 4, Metropolitan
4, ditto Extension, 1, Midland Brighton, 1,
South Eastern 1. The quotations are :—Cale-
donian, 784 781 ; Great Western, 494 501 ;
Great Eastern, 481 481 ; Great Northern, 1071
84 ; ditto A, 1081 91 ; Lancashtre, 1291 30 ;
Metropolitan, 1094 ' 1; ditto Extension, 1031 4/ ;
Midland, 1141 15 ; Sheffield, 471 81 ; Brighton,
611 24 ; North British, 344 5 ; North Western,
115! 16:; North Eastern, 1034 41 ; Chatham and
borer, 171 I ;:South Eastern, 811 1.
American Five-Twenties remain at 754 to 754,
the Bonds of 1885 are i lower, at 731 731, and the
Ten-Eorties are unchanged, at 724 724.

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben-
ture?. are 414 414 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds, 45, 451.
Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Four per
Cent. Debenture Stock is 90 91 ex div.
No bullion operations of importance took place
at the Bank on Saturday.
The Massilia, from Alexandria, has brought
£2,700 in specie. The steamer Delta takes out to-
day £148,228 in specie for the East. Subjoined
are the particulars :—For Galle, gold, £5,000 ;
Madras, gold, £993 ; Calcutta, silver, £15,400 ;
K 0 nit Kong, silver, £24,635 ; Shanghai silver,
£7,500 ; and for Bombay, gold, £14,500, and
layer, £80,200.
According to reports from Paris, the proposed
Turkish loan, of whose amount and object so
many surmises have been hazarded, is to be in-
creased from £5,000,000, the total originally con-
templated, to £8,000,000, of which some English
lines will take half, the Societe Generale and other
rrench institutions subscribing the remainder.
The report of the London Financial Association,
to be presented on the Ist of February, states that
the liabilities have now been reduced to £242,000,
while the nominal assets, locked up in debentures,
shares, and Lloyd's bonds of English, Welsh, Irish,
and other railways, amount to £1,439,803, many
13f which are of an improving character, such as
to warrant an expectation of considerable ultimate
realisations. The requisitions made upon the
shareholders have been well met, so that out of the
11200,000 of capital called up only £16,500 is at
Present unpaid, and the directors have thus been
,eshabled to avoid sacrificing properties which require
ti me for their development. In the existing position
of the company it is hoped it will be found practic-
able at the next half-yearly meeting to reduce the
110Itinal amount of the shares, which at present
stand at £5O, with £3O paid.
An extraordinary meeting of the Millwall Free-
Old Land and Docks Company is called for the
Bth of February, " for the purpose of considering,
lid, if approved, of sealing a deed of arrangement
between the Millwall Canal Company, of the first
Part, John Kelk, and John Aird, and John Aird
,the younger, of the second part, and the Credit
moncier of England (Limited), of the third
Part." Ths half-yearly meeting of the company
Will also be held on the same day, for the purpose
of receiving the directors' report and statement of
accounts.
The report of the English, Scottish, and Austra-
l" Chartered Bank recommends a dividend at the
rate of 7 per cent. per annum.
„ The report of the Provincial Banking Corporation
kl-haited) recommends a dividend at the rate of 7i
14'r cent. per annum.
The half-yearly meeting of the North Stafford-
shire Railway Company is convened for the 12th
deb,
at the City Terminus Hotel.
C° 41 special meeting of the Australian Agricultural
ql4l)any is called for the 9th February, to receive
Et,report on the affairs of the company."
Ittti!he half-yearly meeting of the South Eastern
F liwaY Company will be held on the 25th of
ebruary.
tklt was represented that the new bill filed in
b "aricery against the Metropolitan Railway was
elol. Salisbury, " on behalf of himself, a large
hci.er of the deferred shares, and other share-
era," but it is now alleged that he holds
is ll r
bY 200 new ordinary £5 stock, on which there
4421 t Z 3 paid, representing a total value of £6OO,
that in the bill there are no other plaintiffs
-maned.
e
MTh
A.*, weekly return, under the Cotton Statistics'
th.;4l States that the quantity of cotton imported in
„of week ending the 21st instant, was 73,449 bales
li4n which 25,531 were American, 8,667 Brazi-
2;n 30,583 East Indian, 7,439 Egyptian, and
1)41Z miscellaneous. The total export was 21,566
of which 3,009 were American, and 16,910

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
A t4oreltNtiErr Irtrxus.
93 4 4
Dittyen Consols
931 1
I for _Account,
93
14,...er,Uent. 'induced
931 * i 1
it '' per Cent
sZte.l per Cent. Jan. 1894
SaitieZB7ent, j an.
sth Jan., 1880 —
0"°,2 30 yYriar,serepxire 5_ th April
tic 1885 --
kkited Sea Telei,,raph), A ~,1908 —
4
Itp,ehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2iilpor Gt.
4 pm
4;4 £590
4
1,,,,k' £lOO k .£2OO
Pm
r, of England Stock, 4per Cent
-0. account
4ttlida 4 per Cent. Bonds
°r-Oelonial Uranium.
/14611701 AN viOVEILISAIENT SECU.RITI.6B
121; ~t°Ck, 104 per Cent., April 11874.- 211
-
Do `',PeoleZ, for Account
1121 it
13„' ,'. Per Cent. July, 1890
102 f
r"
,per Cent., Oct. 1888
40 r.
_
r, • wrtaficates
_
i;o• Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent
_
11;443„. 6, Per Cert., Jan. 1872
1104
DJ per Cent, Cent. May 1879
Dv
' a per Cent., Rup, Deb. 1872
_
Do,
do. 1877
.....
14' do. 1882
ilo"• Dbb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...... --.i
pm
Bonds, 4 per Cent., .£l,OOO
_
°. tinder .£l.OOO
44t4,21.011E1GN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
_
t;""„ne Republic, 6 per Cent .....•
_
AnirreriP £45 paid ..
.....
.. "41 Bonds 5 per cent
621
A44114_3°0. 1859
_
'30.77 6 Per Cent
tio. I Per Cent., 1852 _
_
Do. 4,0- 1558....
Do. do., 1860 —
684
o. 5 de., 1863
4.. . per Cent., 1865
1114" Account
801
408 Avr 6 r,
bo 2
~ 83 per Cent,
°VAL RPer Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
a0,414' - Per Cent.
1-1,446 Per Cent .
Do. at Per Cent....,...,........ ..
bo . per Cent.,
1)0. ; Per ce^t. 1867 . 94
0 l P°' Cent., 1866
,bito°i4l3,,l'i',44, 6 per Cent. . B7
.t)itou'l, 'Per Cent., 1825 —
h illa Principalities, 7 tar Cent —
tti.ou: per Cent., 1867
4•0413 t?! New ConJolidated, 1 per Cent
00 )`ll, user Cent ......................
„0. et Issue . -
- .---.'
. tionls
...o. 4100
.... .......................
DDo. Bond_ ....................... • ••••
o 1864 ................. !.'
D°bo• R • Account
5i30 Ron rl
88
~. 14 .flo . ....................... .
_.
goym,. sl3 pins
_. _
Do scrip, 1868.
di_
n _I:lop ..... do. X 45 pd ............
mtikk (6)'"toent Railway liebentures
Per COAL, 1821 6, ex Coups. --
• .

Do. Account -
Do Coupons
Do. Account
quatemala 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov.Rail.Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd
Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do. Account .

Do Marenarnana Railway ss}
lloxicar. 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Lin. 1864 —
Do A per Cont. Anglo-French —
ontevideaL 6 per Cent. .. —
c orish Imperial 5 per Cent ,
N'ew i liana la l5

Do 3 per Oen
Do. Deferred
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account 76} %
Do 4% per Cent. (tiribarren)
Do 4% por Cent.. 1862
Do Account
Purtsguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7,
Do. do. 1867
Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail —
It.issiau 5 per Cont., 1.82 z, £ St
Oo 4% per Cent . 1850
Do 4% per Cent., 1860
Do s per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Angle-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Routh., --
Do. dO. £B4 15s. do.
Do., 1866, £lOO ]3onds 9l.
Do. do £B4 155. do —
ro Nicolas liuilway fins f
Sar per Cot t...
Spanish 3 per Con
Do. Acc,,unt
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferreu
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded ...
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do de, scrip —
Turkish 6 per Cent.
Oo Account
Do 6 per Cont. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do ..£10(. Bonds
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cont., 1860 60%-
Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Do Lana Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Acc.nut
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Divideuns on the above payable in
Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch ix per Coot. Ex. 12 GLIB
Do. 4 per Cent.. Certificates
Do. Account
French Rentos, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 251.
'Wien 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f.
Do Account 531
CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Money • 93% I
Do. Account., Feb. 4 93%

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NAVAL AND MILI7 ARY INTELLIGENCE.

Her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, Capt. S.
Henderson, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday after-
noon from the Mauritius, and other foreign ports,
calling in at Plymouth Sound on Saturday, with
the following officers and troops on board :—Lieut.
Kelsall, 2d battalion 11th Infantry, in military
charge of troops; Staff-Surg. Major Thornton, in
medical charge ; 171 time expired and invalided
soldiers from various corps, accompanied by 21
women and 37 children, and 25 invalided seamen
and marines. The other officers and passengers
comprise :—Capt. Coates, 99th Infantry ; .Lieut.
Eccles, 9th; Lieut. Goldsmith and Asst-Sorg. Creed,
20th; Dr. Cushman, Mr. Parker, Dr. Beddoes, R.N. ;
Sub-Lieuts. Taylor and Lloyd, R.N., from West Afri-
can squadron ; Mrs. Kelsall and two children, Mrs.
Thornton and three children, Mrs. Cashman and
one child, Mrs. Raveuhill, Mrs. Quinn, and Mrs.
Mitchell. The Urgent has been engaged on a six
month's round of troop relief service, and sailed
from the Mauritius on her homeward voyage on
the 15th of November with the 321 Regiment on
board, which she landed at Port London on the 2d
of December ; she afterwards called in at Table
Bay on the 6th of December, at St. Helena on tits
17th, and Ascension on the 24th ; St. Vincent was
reached on the sth inst., whence the Urgent pro-
ceeded to Gibraltar, and finally sailed thence for
England on the 18th inst. The troops will be dis-
embarked this morning.
The screw steam corvette Juno, 6, Capt. Wm.
A. R. Pearse, left Plymouth Sound on Friday night
for China.

The Lords of the Admiralty appear determined
to follo‘N up the recent circular minute on the sub-
ject of the bankruptcy of Government clerks and
other officials recently issued by the Lords of the
Treasury, an order having been received at Chat-
ham Dockyard directing the susj ension, prepara-
tory to his probable dismissal, of one of the esta-
blished clerks in the storekeeper's department at
that establishment, who has recently become insol-
vent.

Among the other alterations with the view to the
economy of labour now being carried out at Chat-
ham Dockyard, the Lords of the Admiralty have
ordered copying-presses to be introduced for the
first time for use at that establishment. Consequent
on this arrangement, the officials at Chatham have
been called on to report as to the number of clerks
and writers whose services can be dispensed with,
and also whether writers may not be advantageously
substituted for clerks.

Foreign Mail Packet LIST.

MAILS DUE.

•.ustralia and New Zealand, via Southampton -Jan. 30
Ditto, via ..1" Araeilles Jan 25
Ditto, via PL. ama Jan 28
draaii. Buenos Akyres, and Monte Video Feb. 3.
Ditto, by French paoket
Capt Verde. by Brazil packet
cape of Good iiadension. and St. Helen:L....Jan. 27.
Uhtna, Penauk, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Jan. 30.
Gibraltar, via Southampton....
India, via South iIIOILD tO ...... .._ Jan. 23

---
via Marge' es

r.:gypt, Jan 33.
Ditto, Mars 'lies Jan. 22
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
tionthatex ton
Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 22
ewfoundle.Lc ...... .„ „

Portugal
United states. anada, California, &a, by British
I)acket
Ditto, by Canadian packet .. . • .Jan•
Ditto, by L cited z>tates packet
Ditto ditt. (Baltimore)
West ()cast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife Fob. t 6.
West Indies and Pazific (except Mexico and Baha-
mas) . Jan 23
Falkland Islands Feb 3.
Cub.l and liexiec. .............Jan. 21.
Bermuda, via Feb. 10.
Elsha.nas, via New York

MORE EVIDENCE TOUCHING PLIOCENE MAN IN
CALIFORNIA.—The Amador Ledger of the 28th November
nontains the following :—" Two or three years ago, John
Dane, while running an open cut for mining purposes,
through Grass Valley Ranch, in Amador county, unearthed
the skeleton of a mastodon of huge proportions, but most
of the bones crumbled to dust after a short exposure
to the atmosphere. The remains were found lying in a
strata of auriferous gravel with about fourteen feet of
alluvial soil over them; but the most remarkable feature
in this discovery was that of several stone mortars
and pestles, unmistakably the work of human hands,
found in the same strata, and in close proximity
to the remains of the mastodon, evidently proving that a
race of human beings inhabited the mountains of Cali-
fornia, coexistent with the mastodon. Mr. Dane has seve-
ral of these stone mortars and pestles, together with some
of the grinders of the huge animal, now in his possession.',
We learn from the Journal Officiel that the
Emperor of the French "has just purchased at Orleans
the estate Lamotte-Sanguin, in order to found there an
asylum for convalescent workmen. The property, situate
within sight of the Loire, out of reach of the inundations,
on a superficies of more than 13,000 square metres, unites
all the conditions of extent, salubrity, and elevation desir-
able for such an institution. Tho Imperial munificence, in
endowing the said city with this valuable complement of
public assistance, in which it was deficient, will be a benefit to
all the working class of the towns and rural districts of the
Loiret, the sick of which are received from all parts in the
hospitals of Orleans. The Ilotel-Dieu there alone receives
more than 2,000 patients, who, on leaving, will thus find
an asylum to await the complete return of their strength."
Assistance, nourishment, good air, and freedom from sor-
did care on recovering from an attack of sickness, has
often accelerated a return to health, and the powor to help
and support others. We wish this institution every suc-
cess, and that the example may be imitated.

The report of the Fire Marshal of Chicago for
the year just closed sho ars the total loss by fire to be
$2,900,000. The polico of the city during the year made
26,000 arro-ts, and $27,500 worth of property was stolen.
During the last year there were s,7oo_doaths, 4,084 mar-
riages, and 6,30 births.