The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMAIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Consols are dull to-day, at 9331 fir money;
ditto, for Ace)unt, 931 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, —; New Three per Cents, 92 k ; Exchequer
Bills £l,OOO, --; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO,
par ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 246 4.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1151 14.1 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, —; ditto Eufaced Paper, 5
per Cent., 105 ; ditto 51 pa Cent., 1091 ; ditto
Bonds under £l,OOO, par.
In Foreign Stocks Turkish Spanish, Rttsian
Guarantee, Peruvian, and Italian are to 1 per
cent. lower. Egyptian are alone quoted at an ad-
vawe. Subjoined are the quotations : Egyptian
(1864), 86 to 87 ; ditto (1868), 763 to 793 ; ditto
Railway Debentures, 981 to 991 ; Viceroy 7 per
Cents., 791 to 30 ; ditto Niae per Cents., 921 to
931 ; Italian, 561- to 57 ; Tobacco Loan, 86 to 87 ;
PeruvianiFive per Cent. Bonds, 781 to 79 ; Portu-
guese, 35 to 351 ; Orel-Vitebsk, 784 to 791 ; Mos-
cow, 791 to 801 ; New Spanish Three per Cents.,
281 to 28a ; Turkish Five per Cents., 431 431 ;
ditto Six per Cents., 66 to 661.
There is no particular change in American Secu-
rities. The Five Twenties are 791 to 794 ; Erie
Railway Shares, 181 to 183, ; Illinois Centrals, 95
to 96 ; and Atlantic and Great Westerns, 24 to 25.

English Railway Shares on the whole are
rather firmer, and in several cases prices show a
slight improvement, including 4 in Caledonian, at
67i to 77 ; Great Western, 49 to 494 ; London and
North Western, at 117 to 1174 ; Metropolitan, at
984 to 99 ; and South Eastern, at 754 to 76. On
the other band, Loudon, Chatham, and Dover, and
Midland are each 4 lower, the former being
quoted at 16 to 164, and the latter at 114 to 1144;
and Metropolitan Extension shows a fall of 4, at
954 to 964. Great Eastern is steade, at 374 to
371 ; Great Northern (A), 107 to 1074 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 1224 to 1231 ; and London and
Brighton, 454 to 451.
The only feature in Bank Shares is an improve-
'tent of 1 in Agra (A) shares, the price being 101 to
1131. Other descriptions are unaltered. Alliance
is quoted 13 to 14 ; Anglo-Austrian, 18 to 19
15:enl• ; Chartered Mercantile, 31 to 32 ; Consoli-
dated, 44 to 44 ; Imperial, 154 to 16j ; London
and County, 50 to 51 ; and London and Westmin-
ster, 624
to 634.
Miscellaneous Securities are quiet. General Cre-
dit is 4 lower, at 2 to 14 dis. International Fi-
nance is without change, at 2 to 14 dis. ; National
Miscount 11 to 111 ; and Anglo-American Tele-
graph Shares steady, at 214- to 22.
The sum of £63,000 in bar gold was sent into
the bullion office of the Bank.

n The Poonah, from the East, has arrived with
43,669.

Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received
the following rewittances on account of New
Granada dividends :—From Bagota, £4,541 13s.
s€l; Savanilla, £516 9s ; Santa Marta, £287 Gs.
7d. and Cartagena, £240 ; making a total of
£5,585 9a.

The proportions of gold and silver brought by
the steamer Tastnani3u are ascertained to be
£49,039 gold and £72,565 silver, giving a net total
of £121,604.
The joint traffic of the Caledonian and North
British Railways shows an increase of £3,132.
The traffic of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern
railway exhibits an increase of £8,362.

The Bristol Post states that the affairs of Messrs.
'lsllam, Madge, and Co. will not go into bank-
ruptcy. It is asserted that the Glamorganshire
Bank will guarantee the creditors 4s. 3d. in the
Pound, which offer will ba accepted. The works
will therefore be carried on.

The produce markets this week have been un-
usually quiet. Sugar is steady, with a fair demand
from the refiners. A few floating cargoes of foreign
have been taken for the United Kingdom. The
Coffee market is inactive, and without change in
quotations. Rice also is without movement. Par-
cels of white Bengal are said to have been realized
upon further reduced terms. Black pepper is rather
More sought for by the shippers. The Tea market
has not been active, but the inquiry for common
gradei o` cmgou has continued; public sales are
advertised for the Ist of June. Saltpetre is rather
quiet. The demand for cotton showed some lin
Provement toward the close.
The failure of Messrs. Wedd and Son, in the

Corn trade, has been announced. They have issued
the following circular. It is feared the debts and
liabilities will be heavy :—" Corn Exchange Cham-
bers, London, May 28, 1869.—1 t is with great re-
gret We have to inform you that we feel it necessary
to submit a statement of our affairs to our creditors,
Laud with that view we have placed our books in the
hands of Messrs. James, Edwards, Cash, and Stone,
"110 will, as early as possible, lay the results of
their examination before you. You will probably
have heard that our senior partner, Mr. Nathaniel
. Vedd, died on Sunday last.—Soliciting your for-
bearance,
we are, your obedient servants, N. WEDD
Lind SON, London, Boston, and West Hartlepool."

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES•

a UOVER.NmENT FUNDS.
Per Ceut. Consols
Ditto for Account,
5
ti per Cent. lieduced
New it per Cent
92
1 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894
& 0. per Oen Jan. 1873
Qnuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
1),0. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 -
x I'o (Red Sea Telcvaph), Aug., 1908 —
I'''lletin:•.r Bills; £l,OOO, 2 & 3 per Ct —
1)0
lia 6 £lOO, .£2OO, & ..£5OO par
4' Of England Stock, 4i per Cent
~ • °Pettin
/.,aitt 4 per Cont.o Bonds —
'or-Colonial Ommuin —

tNbIAN UOVERNMENT SECURIVES.
Ind 6. Mock 101 per Cont., April 1874
",,o. Opening, for Account -
Oct
1880
u,..,0.1 per Cent., Oct. 1888
uo. Certificates —
po. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent...". —
J.-io. 5 per Cart., Jan. 1872 ........ lO5
"°. 5i per Cent. May 1879 lO9l
DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
a... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. undor £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
4rSeutino Republic, 6 per Cent 791 80
kuitrian Bonds o per cent
Do. 1859 —
trazilian 5 per Cent —
10. 44 per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do. 18 )8....
lio. do. 186 t
.1
1)0-
sdo 1863 —
801 1
'w°. per Cent., 1865 8
teu Amount
'cues Ayres 6 per Cent.
D6!,+ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ,
6 per Coot.
;I'l, me 6 per Cont ................ ..
0. 4i per Cent...,... ........... .. .
Do. 3 per Cont.,
961 7
1,-- (-). 6 per ce-t. 1867
(~ Oe. 7 per Cent., 1866
.1.! 10 ob;zio, 6 per Cent.
Da .
4 Shy 3 per Cent., 1825
Dan odan Principalities, 7 per Cent 761
DU 8 per Cent., 1867 ..
cloador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
t4.4ttan, 7 per Cent... • BO4
110 Second Issue -
1)0..£501, Bonds
DO, £lOO Bonds
Do. 1864
Do. Account
-1-,0. #.5110 Bonds
,i
o. -LW Bonds
-uO. 7 per Cent., 1868
r., Uovernu.suf Railway Debentures
•Jreek
5 per Coit., 1824 5, ex. Coups —
uo. Account
Do. Coup
r.D
I...°to.tAlitetlca°'i)lTer Cent ..
11,0uduras Goy Rail. Lou n.,10 p. et., all pd 844
It iilan 5 pct Cct t., 1865 —
~,,,•)0. Account .
u 0 51itreruntautt Railway
W. ,xicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
DA, 12)64 —
alO
6 per Cont. Anglo-Frouch —
on ..
..0 no ida 6 per Cent.
act crish
N Imperial 5 per Cent
dew G'ranada 96
zbeljL)r ;;31.1.)1. Per Cen
fearirieedr Cent. 1865 - •
79
Do Account .. 79 1
Do 4i per Cent. (Ul:harron) ..... -•—

CLOSING PRICES.
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