The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-22 00:00:00

MONEY BiARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Couso's are steady to-day at 921 a 1 for money ;
ditto, for Aczount, 924 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 924 1; New Tkree per Cents, 92i 14 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, par 4 prem ; ditto £lOO,
£2OO, and £500; ; Bank of England Stock, 4
per Cent., 241.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 5 per Cent,' July, 1880, 111 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per
per sent., ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, —.
In Foreign Government Bonds, Turkish, Spanish,
and Egyptian are fractionally higher, while Peru-
vian, Mexican, and Italian are not so good. The
prices no current axe as follows :—Argentine", 8041
to 81+ ; Egyptian (1864), 88 to 884 ; ditto (1868),
78 to 78+ ; Viceroy Seven pvr Cents., 82 to 82+ ;
ditto Niue per Cents., 944 to 954; Italian, 5f
to 561.

In Rail Ways there is an advance of in Berwick,
and in South Eastern, Midland, and Lancashire
Yorkshire; and Brighton and Great Northern are
lower, and Great Western k. The following are the
prices :—Caledonian, 77 to 779 ; Great Eastern, 39i
to 394 ; Great Northern, 108 to 109 ; and ditto A,
108} to;109.
American Securities ara flat. The Five-Twenty
Bonds are I lower, at 801- ; and there is a decline
of 41 in Erie, at 19i to 20. Illinois remain at 94
to 95.

An advance of ss. has taken place in French
Cable Shares, the price now being 191 191.
The dealings in banking shares artivery mode-
rate, and prices • are little altered. Agra (A) is 1
better, at 101 to 104. Alliance is steady, at 13f to
14} ; Anglo-Austrian, 19 to 20 prem. ; Chartered
Mercantile, 32 33 ; Consolidated, 41 to 41.
The transactions in Miscellaneous Securities are
very limited, and prices generally are without
movement. Anglo-American Telegraph is inquired
for at 204 to 241 ex div. ; General Credit is quiet
at 11 to 11 dis. ; International Finance, 2 to 14
dis. ; National Discount, 111 to 111 ; and Hudson's
Bay, 12} to 124.
The sum of £119,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday.
The Weser, from New York, has brought
£6,660, the Manhattan £lO,OOO, and the Calabar,
from the West Coast of Africa, £5,380.
Adviees from Alexandria describe complete stag-
nation in business. The present is always the quiet
season in Egypt, when exports and imports are at
a stand, and this year the dullness is greater than
usual. It is only with the rising of the Nile that
produce begins to come down from Upper Egypt,
and the cotton crop does not commence until late
in the autumn. Two new banks have been opened
lately at Alexandria, each witd £1,000,000 nominal
capital, 40 per cent. paid up, and both under
Austrian patronage. With regard to the Suez
Canal a rumour is current that the opening has
been put off, first to the 15th of November and
now to the Ist of January, 1870, on account of
some dredges having given way and sunk in the
canal, but nothing certain can be ascertained, as the
parties connected with the catal remain silent on
the subject. Sir Samuel Baker will start on his
expedition in the beginning of September. The
fact of the Sultan having conferred upon him the
title of Pasha has been regarded, it appears, with
great satisfaction at Alexandria, as showing that his
Majesty approves and supports the Viceroy's en-
terprise.

Mr. Brunlees, having returned from an inspec-
tion of the Mont Cenis tilway, reports that the
damages caused by the late floods have been so
far repaired that the service is being again con-
ducted with regularity and certainty.
The report of John Brown & Co. (Limited), to
be presented at Sheffield on the 28th instant,
recommends a dividend of £4 18s. 3d. per share.
The contract for the Portuguese loan with
Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen has been approved
at Lisbon by the Chamber of Deputies, but has
now to pass the Senate.

The annual meeting of the East Indian Railway
Company will be held on the Ist of July. A❑ ex-
traordinary meeting is called for the same day,
" for the purpose of considering, and if dt emed
advisable, of passing a resolution or resolutions,
authorising the board of directors to create and
issue Debenture Stock in lieu of ordinary deben-
tures, under the powers of Act 31 Vie., cap. 26."
At the meeting of the Dunaburg and Witepik
Railway Company (Limited), a resolution was
Passed authorising the raising of additional capital,
tot exceeding £500,000, for the purchase of further
rolling stock.

The half-yearly meeting of the Victoria Station
and Pimlico Railway Company is called for the 9th
of July.

In the matter of the Hercules Insurance Com-
pany, in liquidation, Mr. Greenwood, one of the
liquidators appointed by the Court of Chancery,
having resigned, Vice-Chancellor Malins has, by
an order dated the 10th inst., appointed Mr. W. J.
White sole official liquidator.
The announcement that the important work of
submerging the French Atlantic Cable has actually
commenced, the Great Eastern having quitted the
French coast, occasioned a demand for the shares
of the French Cable Company.
With reference to the Ottoman General 5 per
Cent. Debt, the Imperial Ottoman Bank have
issued the usual notice, informing bondholders who
intend to receive the current half-yearly interest in
Europe that they must declare such intention at
the agencies of the bank between the 23d inst. and
the 3d of July.

JRITiII TIINDIS—T WU O'CLOCK.
, ((MiiNMENT FUNDS.
e t. 9: Cent. Consols
. uitto for Account, July 7
r,, por Cent. Reduced 921. 4 I
~oOtt 3 per Cent
'IN SW 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. i 'per Con J an. 187 3
Annuities, 80 yre, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 -
E Do (Red Sea Telef.raPh), Aug., 1908 —
xchequzr Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Ut
„Do .£lOO, £2OO & £5OO —lsank of England Stock, 4} per Cent
Do. opening —
Canada 4 per Cont. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Omni= —
✓ INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
'llia W) Wet, 104 par Cent., April 1879 Shut
Do. Openblz, for Account —
Do. 3 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do, Enlaced Pape. 4 per Cent..;... —
Do. 5 per Cost., Jan. 1872 ....w. —
Do. 54 per Cent. May 1879 —
DJ 5 per Cont., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —

Do. do. 1882 —
L:). Deb., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.OOO
FOILEION FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
Auitrian Bonds 5 per cent ..
Do. 1859 66i
br azilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 4} per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do. 1858..... —
Do. do. 186'1 —
Do. do., 1863 63
Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 —
h DO Account B2
'',renos Ayres 6 per Cent
C 11b
De 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
r,,t, 6 peo•Cent.
''ellie,n 6 per Cent
Do. 4} per Cent..., .
Do. $ per Cent., ...
Do. 6 per mit. 1867
,„ Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
,- 10 obian, 6 per Cent.
nao;sti 3 lwr Cent., 1825. . •
1)- '

'au,,i,fas Principalities, 7 ler Cent •
I. -00 8 per Ceut., 1867 o ••••••••
,qualor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Id-Vl:inn, 7 'per Cent •••
no Se( odd Issue ••
••
.PO. 1501, Bonds
140..£100 Bonds ..... 86

Do. 1864
, Do. Account
40. .£(10 Bonds ..
uo, 4106 Bonds 9O
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868
, government Railway' Debtqouros
`4roete 5 por Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups —
bo. Account
Po. Coupcne
uo. Account
ist NlNliala 5 per Cent.
I,°laduras Goy Bail. Lot, n., 10p. Ct., all pd 86
"..dati 5 per Cert., 1865 —
'-',O.
'uo Itarotamana Railway —