The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Business was firm:to day, and yesterday's prices
were supported. The foreign securities also parti-
cipated in the improvement, and in railway shares
the tendency of prices was upward. The settle-
ment somewhat confines to business transactions,
but discount is not by any means in active request.
Consols are 93 .1 2/ for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 931 3 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 ;
New Three per Cents, 914 1 ; Exchequer Bills,
£l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 4 1 prem. ; Bank of Eng-
land Stock, 4 per Cent., —.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 1004 1 ; ditto Debentures, Aug.,
1873, 1041 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 10 prem.
According to Reuter's telegram this morning the
French Rentes were 71f 00c.

In the Foreign market there has been a decline
of nearly 1 in New Spanish Three per Cents.,
to 311 314. Turkish Five per Cents. are frac-
tionally better at 40/ 40i, and Italian Five
per Cents. show a further advance of 1, at
554 554. Mexican Bonds remain at 15 151 ;
Greek Bonds at 114 12; Russian Azoff Railway at
77 774 ; and Honduras Railway Loan at 85 87.
The Danubian Commission Guaranteed Loan is
ati 1 prem.
In the railway market Caledonian are 1 better ;
Great Eastern, ; Lancashire, ; Midland, 4 ;
Sheffield, 4 ; Brighton, 1 ; North British, ; North
Western, ; and South Eastern, / ; Great
Western are / lower. The quotations are :
Caledonian 78 ; Great Western, 48/ 9 ;
Great Eastern, 371 4 ; Great Noithern, 1074
84 ; ditto A, 1054 64 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
123/ 41 ; Metropolitan, 102 1 ; Midland, 116 ;
Sheffield, 52/ 31 ; Brighton, 49/ 501 ; North Bri-
tish, 354 6 ; North Western, 1131 1141 ; North
Eastern, 1004 14 ; South Eastern, 751 6}; Chat-
ham and Dover, 164:17.
United States Bonds continue in demand,
the Five-Twenties showing a further rise of 1, at
83 83}; the 1885 Bocds 4, to 811 81i; and
the Ten-Forty Bocds are 4 better, at 731
731. Eries have risen 4, to 26 264 ; and
Illinois Central stock is unchanged at 97 974.

Atlantic Telegraph Original stock is 33 35 ; the
Eight per Cent. Preference shares, 4 lc; and Anglo-
American Telegraph shares,'22i 1.
The sum of £33,000 in bar gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday.
The City of Buenos Ayres, from Brazil, has
brought £5,170.
The return of paid clearing for the week ending
March 10 is as follows : —Thursday, March 4th,
£15,752,000; Friday, sth, £11,210,000; Saturday,
6th, £12,163,000 ; Monday, Bth, £10,980,000;
Tuesday, 9th, £9,200,000 ; and Wednesday, 10th,
£8,989,000; total, £68,294,000.
The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
traffic return shows this week a decrease of £224,
compared with the corresponding period of last
year; the Metropolitan Extension, separately, an
increase of £2OO.

The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada have an-
nounced the payment of the half-year's interest on
the Atlantic and St. Lawrence shares, due on the
15th inst.

The liquidators of the imperial Mercantile Credit
Association (Limited) have issued a report to the
shareholders. The admitted liabilities have been
reduced to £845,201, while the assets, exclusive of
arrears of calls, stand in the books at £2,391,739.
According to the examination just made, the liqui-
dators do not expect to realise sufficient from the
assets to meet the instalment payable on the 30th
of June next, and they have accordingly made a
further call of £2 10s—per share, payable on the Ist
of June next.

The following telegram, in relation to the South-
Eastern Railway question, has been received from
Lisbon. The reports from time to time regarding
this affair have been too contradictory to admit of
reliance being placed on any advices without direct
and detailed confirmation ; but every friend of
Portugal will hope that the Government have at
length resolved to meet it in a creditable manner :
"The Government take possession of the South-
Eastern Railway, indemnifying the company accord-
jug to the valuation of the engineers."

. -
A petition for the 'winding up of the Madras
Coffee Company (Limited) is to be heard before
Vice-Chancellor James on the 13th inst.

The stoppage of Messrs. Leadbetter and Co., of
Glasgow, has led to that of Messrs. Pigott and
Co., of Manchester, but their liabilities do not ex-
ceed £lO,OOO.

The ordinary general meeting of the London
Bank of Mexico and South America (Limited) will
be held on the 19th iust.
The ordinary meeting of the proprietors of the
belhi and London Bank (Limited) will be held on
the 25th inst.

Bills of exchange on the Government of Ceylon
for 200,000 rupees were disposed of yesterday by
tender at the offices of the Crown agents for the
colonies. The minimum fixed was ls. 14d. per
rupee, and the whole amount was taken above that
rate,

The Secretary of the Atlantic and Great Wes-
tern Railway has forwarded the following copy of
" official letter, addressed by him this day to the
Stock Exchange :—" Advices received yesterday
morning from Mr. Stebbins are utterly opposed to
the statements and deductions contained in Messrs.
11°Pe, Rea, and Co.'s telegram published on the 26th
of last month. The only application made to
the American Courts was by the trustee of
the
Consolidated Mortgage for the protection of all
bondholders and for the purpose of sustaining the
leaseb made with the Erie. The hearing of the case
08 been further postponed until the 22d instant,
as the object of this company appears to be
I,entially the same as that of the petitioner, it is
likely that an understanding will be arrived at
,
"ltbout further litigation."
The return from the Bank of England for the
reek ended the 10th of March gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :--
Pst
£3,665,594 Increase £14,123
tc deposits
Over deposits 18,420,387 Increase 869,799
cloll the other side of the account :
tilerarnent securi-
-0 Toter
.£14,076,537 ... No change.
rs securities 19,628,038 ... Increase ... 1,467,159
TL`e unemployed 8,752,510 ... Increase 892,650
he amount of notes in circulation is £23,204,915,
blion a decrease of £362,335 ; and the stock of
_al in both departments is £18,061,934, showing
I increase of £40,477 when compared with the
preceding return.
of Subjoined is a comparison of the present position
itmtbe Bank of England and the prices of Consols
French Rentes with the corresponding week of
aat Year :

Same Week

At Present. last Year.
Bullionß £18,061,931 ... £21,179,530
Notes
9,937,019 ... 13,004,515
in circulation 23,204,9151... [23,175,015
-wkto of di t
coos°.discount
Pr is
'3401 Routes

13RITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a (-4/VERNMENT FUNDS.
PheF Cent. Consols
3 -,itto for Account,
tftoeent. Reduced 5.... 911 1
N,,,,„" ` Per Cent
6 2j. per Cent. J. 1894
4, °. 0 per Con _mu.1873
Itinities, 80 yrs, , x Are sth Jan., 1880 —
6°. for 3u yrs, expire sth April 18E5 —
tx 0 ed Sea Televah), Aug., 1
Ct. 908
4 —1
pin
jjell(aliz-`r Bills, .£1,000p,2i per
1)0 £5OO
114„: £lOO & .£2OO —
C of England Stock, 4 por Cent
(14.‘C 010 account
lAt d 4 per Cent.
et'Citlial Omnßondsi=
kticintAN GOVERNMENT SECURITLE
jj 4 tOek, 10i per Cent., April 1874 —
o°. pening, for Account -
e`-'• 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do, per Cent., Oct. 1888
D°. Certificates —
141. L nfaCed Pape, 4 per Cent
D 6, yet' Cont., Jan. 1872
. n Per (lent.
D May 1879
°Pe: Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872
Do:
Do do, 1877 —
do. 1882 —

FOREIGN FIJNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Ar4entiue Republic, ti per Cout ......
Do., Scrip f 45 paid ..
Aultrian Bonds ö per cent

Do. 159 —
Br lzilian 5 per Cent —
03. 4i per Cent. Itis2 —
Do. do. 18 iB„..
Do. de. 186 )

..... _....
Do.. do:,
1863 7l} i
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account BO
iLenos Ayres 6 per Cent.
D ) 2 per Cent. (Deferred a per Cent )
On'il., 6 per Cent.
o.,than 6 per Cent —
' 4,. 4A per Cent..., , -
Do. 3 tor Cent., ......
Lo. 6 per ce t. 1867 —
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
0 lo ; Wan, 6 per Cent.
Dan :in 3 p,tr Cent., 1825 -
Dan ,:.ian Principalities, 7 per Cent 7si
D i 8 per Cent., 1867 —
quador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent
I:, orytiau, 7 per Cent ••• -
/,3 50001.3 d Issue
Do. .£s'it. Bowis B2
Do. £lOO Bonds ..••• --
Do. 1864
Do. Account
D.). £i',oo Bonds
Do. /lOC Bonds 9O 1
English Scrip, 1868
Do do. £45 pd die
Government Railway Delhniuivs
Graeic 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups
Do. Account
Do.
D Coupons
....

Do. Account
~,
• tateniala 5 per Cent ~
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd
lt),iau 5 pet Cent., 1865
Do. Account ij B4
Do Maremmaua Railway
,loxicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account

Dn. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
outevidoan 6 per Cent. . —
Au -rish Imperial 5 per Cent
e w Granada —
Do 3 per Con —
Do. Deferred
eeruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account .. 795 80
Do 41 per Cent. (LT) :liarren )
Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 .. —
Do Account... —
P otsguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7,'9,'611,'2. 365
Do. do. 1867 —
Do. do. Scl ip, .+:2O paid —
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, Z.&
Do 4* per Cent , 1856
Do 45 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 „„...... 87 65 75
Do. Anglo -Dutch, 1864, .£loo,Bonds. 945 *
Do. dv. £B4 15s. d 0....
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds
Do. do £B4 15s. do 9Ol
Do Nicolas Railway 675
Sar Tinian S per Cent
Spanish 3 per Oen ... •
Do. Acc,funt
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferreu —
•
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded

Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip PP-
Turkish 6 per Cen Li ., ..
00 Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1808 -
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 74
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 •••
Do Account .. 661
Do ILO( Bonds 6: i
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860
Do I per Cent., Guaranteed -
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Acc. ant
Do 6 per Cent. 1864 . —
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Divideuas on the above payable in London
Austrian 0 pr Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cont., Ex. 25f.
Dutch *i§ per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull,.
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
Do. Account
French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. _
?Winn 5 per Cent. 1831, El. z51.
Do Account s4} 5
CLOSING PRICES.
Jonso!s, Money o2} 3
Do. Account, April 8
... 93 i

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

MEN TS.

March 8, at 9 a.m., Fairy Laud and Clansman, out of all
engagements at Warwick Spring Meeting ; after 2 p.m.,
Lord Ronald, Captain Crosstree, and Bannockburn, out of
all engagements ; after 2 p.m., Columbia, Ada, and Gipsy
Girl, out of all handicaps to date.
March 8, at 9 a.m., all Mr Wellitt's horses out of War-
wick Spring engagements; at 9 a.m., all Mr Moreton's
horses, out of Warwick spring engagements ; at 9 a.m.,
The Nun and Gaernnede, out cf Warwick Spring en-
gagements ; at 9 a.m., Wynustay, out of Stand Plate,
Warwick ; at 9 a.m., all Mr Morgan's horses, and Cover-
dale, out of Kingsbury engagements; at 9 a.m. Endeleigh,
Nu, and Burney, out of all engagements ; at 9 a.m.,
Lucifer, out of St. Liz Handicap, Ni orthampton ; at 11 20 n.m.,
Gardener, Dandy, and Brigstock, out of Warwick Spring
engagements; at 10 50 a.m., Salamanca and Plover, out
of Kingsbury engagements ; at 11 25 a.m., Odd Fellow,
out of Warwick engagements; at 11 45 a.m., Huntsman's
Daughter, out of all engagements; at 11 45 a.m., Lord
Waldegrave, out of Warwick engagements; at 4 28 p.m.,
Dick Turpin, out of the Grand Annual Steeplechase,
Warwick ; after 6 p.m., Snowdrop out of Northampton
engagements ; after 6 p.m., Duke of Devonshire, out of the
Willoughby Handicap, Warwick.
March 9, at 9 a.m., The Laird out of the Great North-
ampton Stakes ; at 9 a.m., Epworth, out of the Stand
Handicap at Warwick; at 3 20 p.m., Summertime, out of
the Kingsbury engagements ; at 6 p.m. ; La Belle Helene,
out of the Spencer Plate, at Northampton.
March 11, at 9 a.m., Phantom (Lass (dead) out of all
engagements.

A veterinary certificate, signed by Mr. John Markham,
of Rugeley, M.R.C.V.S., of the age of Mr. W. Saunders's
br m Schneider, 5 yrs old, has baeu lodged with Messrs.
Weat herby's.
The following assumed names have been registered:
Mr. Buckingham and Mr. Howard Dashwood.
STEEPLECHASE FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the fol-
lowing have been paid : —Rival and Sirs.
L.S.D. and Dispatch were struck out of the Grand
Annual Steeplechase at Warwick at 1.55 the day of the
race.

• —.
UNION HUNT Cur.—The objaction entered against The
Little Rogue, who came in first for the Hunt Oup, at
Warwick, on Wednesday, has been decided in favour of
the winner.
Mount Palatine has been sold to Lord Westmorland and
will join the Findon string.
DEATH OF THE EARL OP CiLAs,loW.—Owing to the death
of the above nobleman the nominations of the following
horses entered at Newmarket, Epsom, Ascot, Goodwood,
York August, and Doncaster Meetings become void :
H by Toxophilite—Miss Sarah, f by Toxophilite—Miss
Whip, c by Toxophilite —Drake's dam, c by Toxophilite—
dam by West Australian, f by Toxophilite—dam by Vol-
tigeur, f by Knowsley—Miss Whip, c by Knowsley—
Drake's dam, c by Knowsley—darn by Voltigeur, f by
Knowsley—dam by West Australian, c by Knowsley—
dam by Voltigeur, c by Knowsley—dam by Young Mel-
bourne, f by Knowsley—dam by Toxophilite, c by Tom
Bowline—dam by Melbourne, c by Young Melbourne
Mi.. Sarah, fby Young Meibou: Maid of Masham, 0
by Young Melbourne—dam by Toxophilite, f by Young
Melbourne—Makeshift, f by Young Melbourne—dam by
Teddington, h by Young Melbourne—dam by Tedding-
ton, c by First Flight—dam by Young Melbourne, :f by
First Flight—dam by Young Melbourne, c by Light Bob
—dam by Toxophilite, fby Bro to Bird on the Wing—c by
Bro to Strafford—dam by Woatherbit, f by Bro to Straf-
ford—Maid of Masham, f by B,►rbatus—dam by Young
Melbourne, o by General Pe3l—Anonyma, Bro to Gene-
ral Peel.