The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-23 00:00:00

1 i -O- N E Y

MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The transactions to-day on the Stock Exchange
Were very limited, and business altogether was dull.
Consols have maiutained their prices, but in for,ign
securities the quotations have slightly given way.
Consols are now at 931 to 931 for money;
filtto, for Account, 931 ; Three per Cent. Re-
tieed, 911 ; New Three per Cents, 911 1 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 1 prem. ; June,
6
preen. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, 2
preen ; June, 6 prem.:; Bank of England Stock,
per Cent., 239.
.India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ;
6
ate
5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 1 ; ditto 4
rCent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Eufaced Paper,
Per Cent., 92 ; ditto Debentures, 104.
Aln the Foreign Market prices are not so good.
44rgentine 821 to 821 ; Brazilian 83 to 831 ;
4
7gYptian (1864), 851 to 861 ex div. ; ditto (1868),
°6l to 761; Viceroy Seven per Cents., 811 to
; ditto Nine per Cents., 981 to 991; Italian,
5
2i. to 52/ ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 841 to 854 ;
'lexical; 121 to 13 ; Peruvian, 81 to 811 ; Portu-
Voerle, 33 to 34 ; Orel, 82 to 821 ex div. ; Nicolas,
tto 681 ; Moscow, 831 to 84 ; Charkof, 801
(c) 81; Spanish, 271 to 27/ ; and Turkish Five per
'elite., 421 to 421.
in the Railway Market London and North Wes-
ern and Great Northern shares have improved,
l'lnt,".Paaatern,
others are not so good. The prices are as fol-
.,27ra:•—Caledonian, 801 to 801 ex div. ; Great
371 to 371; Great Northern, 107 to 109 ;
ditto (A)) 1041 to 105} ; Great Western, 56 to
tB4 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1241 to 125 ; Lou'
don and Brighton, 43/ to 441 ; London, Chatham,
:and
Dover, 161 to 17 ; London and North Wes-
tern, 1181 to 1181; London and South Western, 90
91; Metropolitan, 861 to 87 ; Midland, 1181
to 119 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 117 to 1171 ;
and South Eastern, 77 to 771.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 81/ to 81/ to
ezdiv.; Ten-Forties, 751 to 761; Erie Railroad
shares, 21 to 214 ; and Illinois„ 944 to 954.
140mbardo-Venetian Railway Shares are f
'oWer, being now 201 to 201; but Great Luxem-
burg is firm at 121 to 121.
French Telegraph Cable is f higher, at 161 to
171 and Anglo-American is firm, at 194 to 201 ;
Construction and Maintenance is also better, at
Bli to 32i.
,„In Bank Shares, Anglo-Austrian have recovered
4v8.) and Imperial Ottoman and London Joint-
Ste 1,
e- are both higher, the former 2s. 6d., and the
latter 10s. Anglo-Austrian are 8 to 10 ex new
Prem. ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 21 prem.
111 Miscellaneous Securities, General Credit is
1.1 ito 1 ; International Finance, 21 to 11 die.
The aura of 4100,000 in sovereigns was with-

drawn from the Bank yesterday for Egypt.
The Percy, from Auckland, New Zealand, has
brought £55,976.
joint committee, consisting of the Lord Mayor
and ave members of the Corporation, with Sir J.
\'?aites and five members of the Metropolitan
°ard Of Works, has been appointed, under an Act
of t the last Session, to free from toll the bridges be-
ti„weeh Kew and Staines, inclusive, on the Thames,
certain bridges on the Lea. In conformity
with that Act, they now invite tenders from the
rile for a loan of £60,000, which is to be repaid,
e
_h principal and interest, in the year 1889. The
security
provided is the net produce of the London
,„°,a:l and Wine Dues for the year 1889 ; which are
Rill to yield at least £600,000. As no interest
c", be paid till the expiring of the bonds, their
employed
will have to be calculated on the principal
"uployed in buying a reversion.
n The Tram-Railway Company (Limited) have
rtepleted their organisation, and are now taking
into consideration applications from different parts
the country where tramways are required, and
where the best local support seems likely to be
after
A few of the most promising will, it is said,
due inquiry, be proceeded with at once.
The colonial produce markets have not under-
!°ll, e any change, most articles being generally
quiet with full supplies. Coffee has met with a
moderate inquiry at the decline of last week, the
common and grey kinds of plantation Ceylon being
,
'c'W dull. Fine colour), sorts have obtained extreme
ItteS• No improvement has occurred in the tea
Itiarket, and by private contract the common to
medium grades have been sold at irregular and low
I)tices, while fine maintain a relatively high value.
`vest
India cocoa has been in steady demand upon
former terms. The cotton market has been active,
With higher prices, but towards the close it became
rather quiet.
(Limited)„
great meeting of " John Hornby and Co.
‘:44llited)" will be held on the sth of November,
for the purpose of laying before such meeting by
the liquidator an account showing his acts and deal-
bgs, and the manner in which the winding-up has
en conducted."
A Petition for the winding-up of the Fenton Park
Ironbef and Coal Company (Limited) is to be heard
Petitions
Vice-Chancellor James on the first day of
pions in Michaelmas Term.
cable
are informed that the manufacture of the
co-e for the West India and Panama Telegraph
ci4l:lVacy is making rapid progress ; a sufficient
aaantitY having been already made to connect
Jamaica with Cuba.
ahiAll extraordinary meeting of the North Stafford-
i‘iore Railway Company is called for the 10th of
pediverober for the purpose of considering the ex-
pa of an application in the next session of
lAdaulent to abandon certain lines.
ItaTih extraordinary meeting of the Metropolitan
for the
Warehousing Company (Limited) is called
be '"
4th of November, when a resolution will
Nyo 41oSed in favour of the undertaking being
y4l 11P voluntaril.

Go RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
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pep
°aut. Consols
11174tooeflietr. Account,Redueed Nor. 4 931
Neal
911 1.
lien, Per Cent
I),, 1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894
4ke Per Cen Jan .187 3
111Llties
D 1 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
1)°,,•,f,...01' 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
t), " Wed Sea Tele6raph), Aug„ 1908 —
ehotiner Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March 1
II De Do. 3 do. June 6
2 pi
Ml, £lOO, £2OO & £5OO
Da of England Stock, 41 per Cent
NI „ ''' (4)llPitig —
1/44. „ft 4 Per Cent. Bonds —
`-k.;olonial Cranium
I '&1%))41r GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
4tQ" ,t°ok, 104 per Cent., April 1874 —
b,,— riPening, for Account —
Dr,— ,1) Per Cent. .July, 1880
~Per Cent., Oct. 1888
I),,°' ~,‘Artificates —
D 0.92
' zinfaced Pape. 4 per Cent....
110 E.°r Cent., Jan. 1872 .... —
DJ
' per Cent. May 1879 _
u Pet Cent R Deb. 1872
„ tip.
Do,c _
do 1877
do. 1882 —
Do; ah., 5
44 per Cent., Aug. 1873 lOl
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ti 0. 12'°11'fit iPer Cent., £l,OOO
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tiru:..:elpotioepublicl:6s9per Cent 824.4 4
''''.o4l bonds 5 per cent _
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~ per Cent —
i)-"o• '4 Per Cent. 1852 —
N, do 1858.... —
bo. ou 1860 —
D° do. 1863 —
B 5 ,
bper Cent. 1865
k: 4ecnUnt ' B3l 1
IZ' )21 yres4 6 per Cent.
01115.1 GPe Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
%lift, per Cent.
f) " 6 Per Cent 75
ti50:4,4 Per Cent...,
bo ":. Per Cent., _
bo Per Cent., 1866
0 1 • I, Per eebt- 1867 99
bkn°f''''l', 6 Per Cent.
144,,411.,1i, 3 per Uent., 182:5
b° a':, Principalities 7 per Cent —
t,iiit Per Cent., 1867 921
I:l4yrti°,,V4ew Consolidated, 1 per Cent
I'° , , Per Cent _ ~, , econd Issue
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~IOC Bonds 88 71
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420. 7 per Cent., 1868 .• **•76l 7
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