The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-13 00:00:00

XON E Y- MARK ET.

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CnocK.
Consols are 9.2 i 1 Y for money; ditto, for Ac-
count, 941 3 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91i k ;
New Three per Cents, 91 ; Exchequer Bills
£l,OOO, —; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, —;
Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent.,
India Stock, 10i per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 k ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 i ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
4 per Ccut., 91 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 3 prem.
The weekly meeting of the Bank directors has
passed off and ll'J altetatiou in the official rate of
discount made.

In the Foreign Maiket stocks are dull, with the
exception of :Mexican Bonds, which are -I higher,
124 13. Ira Han Five p:•r Cents. and Turkish Five
per Cent. Bonds have receded 1, to 56 56 and
421 421 respectively. New Spanish Turee per
Cents. have declined 3-16, to 28i 28t, and Greek
Bonds are 4 lower, at IV

The Honduras Loan is steady at 82 to 84 ex
coupon.

In the Railway market Great Western are
Great Eastern, Great Northern 4, ditto AI,
Lancashire Metropolitan 4, Midland /, and
North British lowcr ; but Brightous and
North Westerns are higher. 'The prices
are as follows :—Caledonian, 774 to 8 ; Great
Western, 47i ; Great Eastern, 371. ;
Great Northern, 10.54 to 106 ; ditto (A), 106 to 7 ;
Lancashire, 122 to ; Metropolitan, 101 f to :
ditto Extension, 97 to 9 ; Midland, 111 to 4 ;
Sheffield, 53 to ; Brighton, 46 to 4 ; North Bri-
tish, 334 to 4 ; Noah Western, 115 to 4 ; North
Eastern, 103 to 4 ; South Eastern, 75 to 4; Chatham
and Dover, 165 to 4.

American Ten-Forty Bonds have improved 4,
to 71- 72. The Five-Twenties and Bonds of
1865 have declined about I, to 78i 79, and 76i
76i respectively. Eries are in demand, at a rise
Of 2-1 per cent., the quotation now being 21 214.
Illinois Centrals have declined t 3 954 951.
Atlantic Telegraph Original Stock is 23 24, the
Eight per Cent. Preference Shares arc 3i 3i, and
Anglo-American Telegraph Shares, 22i 224.
In Miscellaneous and Banking Shares prices are
as quoted yesterday.
The annual general meeting of the shareholders
in the National Provincial Bank was held to-day.
A dividend was declared for the half-year, which,
including bonus, was at the rate of 21 per cent.
per annum.

The sum of £121,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday, and 10,000 sovereigns were with-
drawn for India. The transactions of the week
since the last return have resulted on balance in an
influx of £53,000.
The Copernicus, from the River Plate, has
brought £6,5b0.
The Bank of Holland has yesterday raised its rate
of discount from 3 to 3{ per cent.
It appears that owing to the extraordinary infla-
tion of the American import trade the Customs' re-
ceipts for the fiscal year, ending the 30th of June,
are expected to be the largest on reccrd. It is
thought they may reach £40,000,000, or about four
millions in excess of the estimates. At the same
time the internal revenue receipts are likely to
reach £30,000,000, or £32,000,000, which will be
fully up to the most sanguine anticipations.
Rumours having been circulated that large em-
bezzlements have been committed by a clerk ia
London private bank, it may be as well to mention
that the firm referred to is that of Messrs. Smith,
Payne, and Smiths, and that the amount is be-
lieved to be about £15,000. It is said that the de-
falcations have been going on for three years.
Advices from Manchester announces the failure
oftri Adlgr, C. Bennington, manufacturer, of Audley
with liabilities estimated at about £9,000.

Au extraordivary general meeting of the Gale-
11°Dian Railway Company is called for the 21st
4141-'1 at Glasgow, " fur the purpose, if thought
expedient, of appointing., a committee of share-
holders to aid the directors in endeavouring to
"tile difftreaces with the North Bridsh Railway
Company,"
The annual meeting of proprietors of the Loudon
iktnk is convened for the 31st inst.
The French Atlantic cal.le is now completed with
the exception of about 170 wiles, and the whole
will he ready in the course of next week. it iz
arranged,
therefore, that the Great EAsteru with
the attendant vessels shall leave Saeeruess on the
10th of June, calling to coal at Portland, whence
she will proceed to Brest, where she is expected
to arrive on the 20th. From Brest she will im-
utediately
start for St. Pierre off Newfoundland,
while two other shii s will sail for St. Pierre direct
to lay the portion of the line between Sc. Pierre
and Duxbury, Massachu,etts. The laud line from
suxbury to New York is already in course of con-
ruction.

Railway traffic returns show an increase in Mid-
land of £52369 ; and in London and North-Wes-
tern of
£4,016. The traffic of the Great Western
shows an increase of £370. The traffic of the
London and South Western exhibits an increase of
£lO3. The return of the Great Northern Rail-
way exhibits a decrease of £1,549. In the case of
the Great Eastern the increase is £1,075. The re-
turn of
the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
exhibits e. decrease of £24. The receipts of the
Metropolitan Extension of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway show an increase of £54.
Messrs. J. Morgan and Co. notify that the Scrip
Certificates for the Bonds of the New Spanish Loan
will be delivered on and after the 18th inst., in- ex-
Change for the receipts held by the allottees.
At the meeting of Liebig's Extract of Meat Corn-
13"Y a dividend was declared of 6 per cent.,
together with a bonus of ss. 6d. per share, both
free of income-tax.
A meeting of the crelitors of Mr. Charles Ben-
ington, manufacturer, of Audley Bridge, near
-Blackburn, has been held. The liabilities were
stated to amount to £9,200, and the assets to
£7,246. A proposal to pay 10s. in the pound in
two instalm_nts was made, but declined.
The report of the Land Mortgage Bank of India
(Limited), to be presented on the 21st instant,
states that, although on this occasion the profit and
loss account shows a balance of only £l,lOB, the
position of the bank has materially improved, and
that its progress towards a more sound condition,
although gradual, has been decided and substantial.
They state also that no call will be necessary during
the present or ensuing year.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT i UNDE.
i I
8 per Cent. Consols
Ditto fur Account,
$ per Cent. Reduced 9ll ±
New 3 per Cent
D
ere 21 per Cent. Jau. 1894
8 7 3
A.tviiiities, 30 Trs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 3u yrs expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 11108 —
Exchequr4 Bills, .£l,OOO, 2i 21 per Ct —
Do £5OO
Bank of En
Do. 4100 & .C.:00 —
gland Stock, 4f per Cent
Do. opening —
Canada 4 per Cont. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Cinnium
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874.,.
Do. Opening, for Account -
• Do.
5 per cent. July, 1880 -
Do. I pet- Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 por Cent....„ 9l
Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 , .....
D. 5} Per Cznt. May 1879 —
D. 5 per Cent., Rup. Dob. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
D.. Deb., 5 per Cent Aug. 1873
Do .1 Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, t; per Cent ... .
lour,Do- Scrip £45 paid ..
ian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859 '
Brazilian 5 ter Cent —
V 23. 4; Per Cent. 1852
0. do. 1858
e, do.
186'
D°. do., 18';3 Do. 5 ~
per Cent., 1865
,Do Account ........ . ..........................
.or,ellos Ayres 6 per Cent. . -7
C
6 Per Cent. ........ t.? 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).--. .-- - -
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