The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-18 00:00:00

DIONEY

-MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

India Stock, 104. per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1124- ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1858, 1024 ; ditto ditto Eufaced
Paper, 5 per Cent., Jan., 1872, 1124 1 ; ditto 5i
per Cent., May, 1870, 111 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO,
17 22 prem. ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 22 prem.
The Railway Market is fit. The quotations are
as follows :—London and North Western, 119 1 ;
Great Western, 511 ; Midland, 1214 4 ; Lon-
don and South Western, 91 93 ; Great Eastern,
391 a ; Brighton, 511 4 ex div. ; South Eastern,
82 4.; Metropolitan, 1114 112 ; Great Northern,
112. 1134 ; do. A, 1121 ; Caledonian, 79 4 ;
London, Chatham, and Dover, 171 i ; North
British, 36 ; and Sheffield, 54 to 1.
In the Foreign Market Turkish, Egyptian, Mexi-
can) Spanish, and Peruvian have risen. The quo-
tations are as follows :—Argentine, 801 to ; Bra-
zilian of 1865, 84/ to 4. ; Chilian of 1867, 94 to
95 ; Egyptian of 1864, 874 to 871 ; ditto of 1868,
744 to 744 ; Italian of 1861, 56} to 561 ; Mexican,
151 to ; Peruvian of 1865, 784. to 4 ; Russian
of 1866, 93 to 94 ; ditto Nicolai, 664 to 671 ;
ditto Orel, 821 3 ; do. Moscow, 801 4 ; do. Char-
kof-Azof, 804 81 ; Charcow-Krementschug, 804
81; Spanish of 1867, 311 ; Tnrkish of 1858, 67
68 ; do. of 1862, 661 4 ; and do. 1865, 404 41.
American 5-20 Bonds are 78 to 4 ; Erie Railway
shares, 244 to 25 ; and Illinois Central, 961 to 4.
In Bank and Miscellaneous shares present no
movement of importance.
Telegraphic advices from Melbourne announce
the sailing
country of the following gold ships for this
:—The Marpesia with £22,000, the Dudley
Castle with £42,000, the Red Jacket with £41,000,
the Mediator with £14,000, the Rockcliff with
£20,000, the Suffolk with £lB,OOO, and the Con-
flict with £94,000.
The report of the directors of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway states that the
gross receipts on revenue account for the half-
Year ending 31st December, 1868, in respect of
all the systems worked by the company, amount to
£359,687 11s. 4d., as compared with £368,355
48. 7d. for the corresponding half of the previous
Year. The gross expenses for the half-year are
£211,478 9s. Id., as against £213,714 2s. 7d. in
1867. Thcse expenses include the whole ccst of
renewal of permanent way, amounting to £15,686
9S. 3d., although, as in former half years, a consi-
derable quantity of steel rails have been substituted
for iron, awl where iron Luz ;been used, a greater
.Weight and strength of rails has been substituted
for those taken up. The accounts show that the
deficiency for the half year is £69,491, exclusive of
'various items.
The report of the Great Eastern Railway is con-
sidered on the whole highly satisfactory. The
Company are now out of Chancery, and the net
et.venue for the past year has increased £115,422,
after deducting a very large expenditure on per-
manent Way and lolling stock. The ultimate
balance available for dividend for the half year is
£26,033.

In the Court of Vice-Chancellor Malins, in a
suit brought by a shareholder iu Charles Lafitte
and Co. (Limited) against the National Bank, the
National Bank has been adjudged to pay £230,000
with three years' interest to the company.
The report of the directors of the London Gene-
ral Omnibus Company (Limited) proposes a divi-
dend of 2s. per share, being at the rate of 5 per
Cent. per annum free of income tax.
At a meeting of the Land Securities Company a
dividend was declared at the rate of 4 per cent. for
the past half-year.
At a meeting of the shareholders of the Grosve-
nor and West-end Railway Terminus Motel Com-
pany a dividend of 43 per share on the ordinary
stock was declared.

The report of the Southampton Dock Company
recommends a dividend for the half-year at the
rate of five per cent. per annum.
The report of the Indo-European Telegraph
Company (Limited) has been issued. It states
that the works for the construction of the line are
being Pressed forward with the utmost vigour and
despatch, and that Messrs. Siemens are still san-
guine in being able to open the line at the end of
toe present year.
Briggs
The stoppage is announced of Messrs. James
and Sons, spinners and manufacturers, of
azenden, near Accrington, with liabilities to a
riaoderate amount.'

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
UOVERNMENT rUNDS. • per Cent. Consols
. Ditto fur Account,
92f 3
I t
3 per Cent. Reduced 9i
ii-
-llcv 3 per Cent
_
A4W 2 93f ±
Do-5 p 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894
_
per Cen J an. 1873 ..
Annuities, SO yrs expiro sth Jun.
18"
_
121
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Do. for 30 yrs,
expire sth April 1885
Do (Led Sills, Bea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908
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pm
£5OO
hequer Xl,OOO, 2i per Ct.
.£5OO
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b De.
£lOO & £2OO
244. pm
'auk of England Stock, 4 per Cent
r,. Do. accouit
utitiada 4 per Cent. Bonds
_
litter-Colonial Onannun , iNbIAN tiOVEWIMENT iSECURITI.7..
+kilo tockof per Cent., April 18i 211
Do. ,lleng, for Account
112 f f
Do. 5 ?or Cent. JulyrlBBo
1021 1 1
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
_
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per ()Ant •
1051 6
DO. 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 •
111 i•
Do. 5f per Cent. May 1879
_
Da 5 pei Cent Ru Deb. 1872 -, P. _
Do
do, 1877
_
Do.
do. 1882
U: Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
22
pin
O. Bonds, 4 per Cent., Xl,OOO
22
Do. Under £l,OOO
EOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Arnoii
00 Republic, 6 per Cent Bl 80}
1 Scrip £45 paid ..
_
ituitrion Bonds b per cent ..
_
Do 1859
Bra i. '
n--41.1an 5 per Cent
_
nr°- 4f per Cent., 1852
• —
°. do. 1858....
"°. do 1860
D1)0. do.' 1863 --
A 5 ''
- per Cent., 1865 .
... 841 1
Do go
cunt.,
en-
03 Ayres 6 per Cent.
e Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
.....
oltba, 6 per Cent
4,,ttlitn 6 per Cent
~,,',43. 41 per Cent
"0. 3 per Cent .
, .....
~,1)0. 6 per cent. 1867 —
102
e I; 0. 7 per Cent., 1866
, o.nhian, 6 per Cent.
rotsh 3 per Cent., 1825... ..... . antl'tillin Principalities, 7 per Cent —
irlol.,„'" 1 Per Cent., 1867 _
•do New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
I,o°Pile; 7 per Cent —
~,,.
...
, . 0/111 183Ue
84f
10. JIOOC Bonds.
4.1°. 4100 Do, Bonds
4- 1864
••••• 85f
87}
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Account
De' 450.0 Account
87
,uo. .I.OC Bonds 9O 89
'ool3h Seri 1868 741 I
die
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ore-°%ernmeni Railway Debentures
elr 5 per Co t 1824 5, ex Coups. —
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Account
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o4lti 5 per Cent 1805 —
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A-oriiyiau per Cent. . i. 86.5. ...
D° Account .. -
781.
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Dpso 41 per Cent. (Uriburren) ........
puo 4f per Cent, 1862 -. ..................
ut2,o, Account,....
tr,"lNguose 3 per Ct 1853 '6 7 '9 '6O '2.'3
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do.
1867 .....................
1.) t)°. do.
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Scrip, £2 0 paiil ......
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Doto 41 per Cent , 1850 .....................
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4 per Cent., 1859 ..................... 53f 4f Do 5 per Cent., 1862 .................. .., 871 61

Consols are 93 2i for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 92i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 s ;
New Three per Cents, 93a ; ditto Annuities,
April, 1883, 12i ; Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2} per
Cent., —; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Ceut.,
244.