The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoci.
I [At the Stock Exchange to-day business was dull,
but Consols did not give way. The approach of
the Christmas holidays does not tend to increase
the demands of the brokers, and the dulness cf the
weather produces depression. Foreign securities
have in some instances given way ; and for Bank,
Railway, and miscellaneous shares prices remain
nearly stationary.
Consols are now at 91k to 92k for money;
ditto, for Ac:..ount, 9.21-; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 91:1 2; New Thee per Cents, 914 2 ;
ditto Red Sea Telegraph, August, 1908, 19i ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 5 prem. ; June,
2 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and .E5OO, March,
prem. ; June, -- prem. ; Bank of England Stock,

41 per Cent., —.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto 4
per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
5 per Cent., —.
In the Foreign Market Spanish is 271 to 271 ;
Italian 544 to 54/ ; Turkish Five per Cents., 441
to 441 ; Egyptian (1863), 781 to 78} ; Argentine,
851 to 861 ; Mexican, 131 to 131 ; Peruvian, 831
to 841.
New Turkish Loan is steady, at fto prem.
In the Railway Market Caledonians are 784 to

791 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 37; ; Great Northern,
107 to 108 ; ditte (A). 109 to 110 ; Great Wes-
tern, 551 to 561 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1261
to 1271 ; London and Brighton, 474 to 471 ; Lon-
don, Chatham, and Dover, 15 to 154 ; London
and North Western, 1211 to 1211 ; London and
South Western, 92 to 94 ; Metropolitan, 84 to 841 ;
Midland: 1191 to 1201 ; North Eastern (Berwick),
121 to 1221 ; and South Eastern, 771 to 78.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 1 lower, at 86
to 861 ; Eries are 194 to 20 ; and Illinois are 991
to 99.4. -
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Shares
are 351 to 35; ; French Cable, 151 to 15f ; Anglo-
American, 194 to 191; and Atlantic Eight per
Cents., 14 to 2 ; Falmotith, 14 to 11 prem.
In Miscellaneous Securities Hudson's Bay are
121 to 13 ; General Credit, 14 to 4 dis. ; National
Discount, 101 to 114; and International Finance,
21 to 14 dis.
In Bank Shares prices are almost without altera-
tion. The following are the prices :—London and
Westminster, 584 to 591 ; London Joint-stock,
31 to 32 ; Union of London, 37 to 38 ; London
and County, 47 to 48 ; Oriental,L4l to 42 ; Im-
perial Ottoman, 24 to 21 prem. ; Chartered Mer-
cantile, 314 to 324 ; imperial, 164 to 161 ; and
Alliance, 121 to 134.
No bullion operations of importance took place
at the Bank yesterday. The amount sent in dur-
ing the week represents £lBl,OOO.
The Douro, from Brazil, has arrived with
£40,183.
Tenders for £387,500 in bullion on India were
received yesterday at the Bank of England. The
amounts allotted were—to Calcutta, £287,500, and
to Madras, £lOO,OOO. The premium price was
fixed, as before, at Is. 11d. Tenders on those
Presidencies at is. 111 d. will receive about 7 per
cent. ; above that price in full.
The directors of the London and River Plate
Bank (Limited) have issued their report for the
year ending 30th September last. The lalance-
sheet shows a net profit, including the amount
brought forward from last account, of £101,315
12s. 5d., out of which a dividend of 5 per cent. for
the half-year, with a bonus of 21 per cent., is re-
commended, making, with the interim dividend of
5 per cent. paid in June last, 124 per cent. for the
year, the sum of £5,283 ss. Gd. being carried for-
ward to profit and loss new account.
At a meeting of the Egyptian Commercial and
Trading Company (Limited) the directors' re-
port., which announced a further return of 2s. 6d.
per share within a week to the shareholders, was
adopted.

The ordinary general meeting of the Crystal
Palace Company will be held on the 30th instant,
when "a resolution will be proposed for the purpose
of authorising the directors to exercise the powers
conferred upon the company by the Crystal Palace
Company's Leasing Act, 18G9."

Advices frotn Manchester report the stoppage of
Messrs. West, Horsfall, and West, cotton spinners,
but their liabilities do not exceed £3,000.

At a meeting of the unsecured creditors of Messrs.
Mitchell and Phillips, metal brokers, who receutly
failed, is was resolved to appoint an accountant to
investigate the estate, previous to signing a deed of
assignment.
The London and North-Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of £3,481 over
last year ; the Midland an increase of £4,456 ;
the Caledonian an increase of £344 ; the Great
Northern a decrease of £733 ; the Great Western a
decrease of £590 ; the London and South-Western
a decrease of £1,420 ; and the Great Eastern a de-
crease of £4lO.

The applications for the New Ottoman Loan
have been numerous, and of an unusually bona fide
character, a large proportion having been for paid-
up stock. There have been a good many transac-
tions in the loan.

At the half-yearly meeting of the African Steam-
ship Company a dividend of Bs. per share for
the half-year ending the 31st of October was
agreed to.
The Sheffield Telegraph states that the suspen-
sion is announced of Mr. Steel, woolstapler,
Keighley, whose liabilities are stated to be from
£6,000 to £B,OOO.
In Mincing-lane a moderate business was con-
chided, and generally at very steady prices. Cotton
met a better demand, and with increased transac-
tions prices ruled very firm. The jute market re-
mains dull. Tallow fiat and rather lower. Eng-
lish tin has been reduced £2 per ton.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
OVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Console
Ditto for Account, Jan. 6
3 per Cent. Reduced 9ll 2
New 3 per Cent
Now 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cen Jsu .187 3
Annuities, St) yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 , 19i
Exchequor Bills, .£l,OOO, 24 p. LA. March
Do. 3 do. June
Do £lOO, £2OO Jr £5OO 1 pm
Bank of England Stock, 44 per Cent
Do. opening
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds
Zutor-Colonial Cranium
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
lndi Lock 104 per Cent., April 1874 Shut
Do. Opening,. for Account lO7
D.I. a per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Pape,. 4 per
Do. 5 per Ceit., Jan. 1872
Do. 54 per Cent. May 1879
fa 5 per Cent., Rup. Dab, 1872 —
Do do.
Do. do. 1882
V. fob., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do Bonds; 4 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l.OOO

FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
i u.;entine Republtc, 6 per Cent
Au Arian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859 63
Brazilian 5 per Cent
O. 4 par Cent. 1852
Do. do 1858. —
Do. no 1861 —
Do. do., 1863 72f
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
De. Account
Bienos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Oudian 6 per Cent —
r 0. 4} per C0nt...,.. —
Do. 3 per Cont.,
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
Do. 6 per cent. 1867 99
C lo:ubian, 6 per Cent.
Danisn, 3 per Cent., 1825
Dann biv.o Principalities, 7 ler Cent B6
Do. Acccunt. w •
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 —
Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Egyptian, 7 per Cent... —
(Jo ecoad Issue —
Do. Aan, Bonds ---
Do. 1864
Do. Account
D. £5OO Bonds ' - B7}
De. 410 C Bond, 88}

fonds
Do. 7 per Ceut.; 1868 ii; 7Bia