The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
nu iiness was active to day, for prices in nearly
all securities, railways included, advanced a trifle.
Consols ars 94 j for money ; ditto, f r c-
hant, 93i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 94 i;
New Tkres per Cents, 93i ; Exchequer Bills
£l,OOO, 4 preen. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO,
4 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cenv.,
2421.

India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto En-
faced Paper, 5f per Cent., May, 1879, 110; ditty
Bebentures, 5 per Cent., 104 i ; ditto Bonds,
£l,OOO, 22 prem.

Egyptian 7 per Cent. Loan is 72k 72; ex dir. ;
and the Honduras Loan 86 87 ex coupon.
In the railway market the following are the quo
tations :—Caledonian, 781 4 ; Great Western, 49/
50 ; Great Eastern, 42k ; ; Great Northern, 107 k
108 k ; ditto A, 108/ 109; ; Lancashir, 129 k 30 ;
Metropolitan, 108; ; ditto Extension, 103 4 ;
Midland, 1141 15 ; Sheffield, 471 8k ; Brighton,
511 524. ; North British, 34 k ; North Western,
1151 16 ; North Eastern, 103 k 4k ; South Eastern,
81 k ; Chatham and Dover, 17; }.
In the Foreign Market Italian Five per Cents.
are 53} 531, and Greek Bonds at Ilk 12; New
Spanish Three per Cents., 31 31k ex div. ; Turkish
Five per Cents., 384 381; Mexican, at 15} 15} ;
and Confederate Cotton Loan is called 81 9.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway LShares have risen
to 19k 19i.
American Five-Twenties are 75} to 75f, in the
Bonds of 1885, 73:1 74.

Eries remain at 26 261, and Illinois Centrals at
92,i 931.
Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Four per
Cent. Debenture Stock is 90 91 ex div.
The report of the National Bank, to be presented
on the 26th inst., states that the directors will re-
commend the usual dividend of 8 per cent. per
annum.

The report of the New Zealand Loan and Mer-
cantile Agency Company, to be presented on the
sth of February, proposes a dividend of 10 per
cent, for the year.
The report of the East London Bank (Limited
and Reduced) to be presented on the 28th instant,
States that the directors will recommend a dividend
at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
The report of the directors of John Crossley and
Sons (Limited), to be presented at the:general
fleeting, recommends a dividend of 15s. per share
(le,s income-tax).
At the annual meeting of the British and Irish
Steam Packet Company, a dividend at the rate of
6 per cent. 'per annum was declared.
At the special meeting of the shareholders of the
Great Western Railway of Canada Company, a
resolution approving the proposed arrangement
made with the Colonial Government for settling
the advances made to the company was unanimously
adopted.
It is stated that the directors of the London,
Chatham, and ,Dover Railway Company, in the
report to be presented at the half-yearly meet-
ing next month, will give as full an explanation
as possible of the present position and pros-
Pects of the company ; that in the meantime an
offer has been made to the Finance Companies to
refer all matters in dispute with them to arbitra-
tion, and that every effort is being used to press
forward the decision as to the " priorities," which
depends entirely uron the time Mr. Church, the
Chief Clerk, is able, with his numerous engage-
ments, to give to this intricate question, without
which decision, it is considered, no disposable funds
can with any safety be made available for division
among the various claimants. It is affirmed also
that no" " can deprecate more earnestly than the
directors the unnecessary litigation that is being
carried on by parties over whom they have no con-
trol whatever." Under this explanation it would
appear that in a great degree the ruinous continu-
ance of confusion and delay is chargeable to the
Court of Chancery.
, The bill filed in Chancery against the Metropo-
litan Railway is by Mr. Salisbury, of Chester, for-
kerly M.P. for that town, on behalf of himself, a
large holder of the deferred shares, and other share-
holders. The bill arises out of transactions between
'lcasrs. Kelk and Co. and the railway company,
ttfticl its petition is that the company be restrained
„r°r° applying any portion of capital in payments
allowances on account or otherwise to Messrs.
kelk and Co., for the purpose of payment out of
Said capital of dividend on the Extension Stock,
tt
'aci that the agreement between Messrs. Kelk and
4°' d the railway company be declared illegal so
1‘ a asn regards said payments or allowance.
de
to telegrams conveying news from Rio
e: Janeiro via Gibraltar, much alarm had been
used at Rio by a great fire at the Custom-house.
44itiess was at a standstill.
at telegram, dated Lisbon yesterday evening,
`Les that the political crisis is over, that the
"iaisters previously in office have resumed their
olve°d' -108 and that the chambers are to be dis-
.
j.,11° contract for the principal portion of the new
ot:4S to be erected by the Chartered Gas Company
their land near Barking Creek has been taken
Aird and Sons, of Lambeth.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
S„ 0 rERNMENT FUNDS.
0
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i +Atte for Account,
f
htr,oos4t. Reduced I
99
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Z. i per Cent. Jan. 1894
.1873
or sth April 1885 —B r ° Yrg, "Pi h. 1908 —
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4
keti... • Hu 21Pper Gt.
Pm
be-Iner Bills, .£l, , 21
4
D
%,,,2. £5OO
£lOO & £2OO 4
242 i Pm
Fj‘ of England Stook.
Nll:.4eccount 4 per Cent
leit,-44 4 Per Cent. Bonds
NCelonial Cranium
111,11114b1AN dOVERN MEN? SECU..itI_TIE4b
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11,4 tock, 10§ per Cent., April 18/
b' Opening, for Account
112 f i
°• 5 per cent.
Oct
1880
b°' 4 Pe:. Cent., Oct. 1888
r,°. Certificates
•to. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent
(''
,Per Cent., Jan. 1872
110
ti,j 71 per Cent. May 1879
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De.
do. 1877 —
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do. 1882 —
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104,
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+tri, I'OREIGN FUNDS
, etto Republic, 6 per Cent
—CLOSING
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