The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-30 00:00:00

MONEY MARKE

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Consol.s are steady to-day at 934 for money ;
ditto, for Account, ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 934 1; New Three per Cents, 931 4 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO,
£2OO, and £5OO, 10 prem. ; Bank of England Stock,
4 per Cent.,
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 207 f ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 51
per Cent., 1101.
In the Foreign Market business is firm. Italian
are 551- to 551 ; Mexican, 124 to 12/ ; Peruvian,
774 to 774 ; Egyptian (1864), 91i to 92} ; ditto
(1168), 77 to 78 ; Orel, 834 to 83; ; Charkof, 82
to 82i ; Moscow, 811 to 821 ; 671 to 68 ;
Turkish Five per Cents., 44/ to 45; Honduras,
83 to 84.

American Five-Twenties are 83, and Erie arc
flat, and at a decline of 191.
In Railways there is a decline of 1 in Metropo-
litan, Caledonian, and Great Northern, and ditto
A, and Great Western and London and North
Western. Great Eastern have advanced I, but
13rightons have fallen if. Great Eastern, 39 to 39±;
Great Northern, 106 to 107 ; Great Northern
(A), 1021 to 1031 ; Great Western, 511 to 511 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1271 to 128 ; London
and Brighton, 451 to 46 ; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 161 to 161 ; London and North Western,
1181 to 1191; Metropolitan, 1001 to 101 ; Midland,
1171 to 1181 ; and South Eastern, 761 to 77i.
In Bank Shares business continues dull, and no
change is marked in prices.
In Miscellaneous Securities the dealing are few,
and prices are without change.
A further sum of £66,000 in bar gold has been
sent into the Bank.

The England, from New York, has brought
f,14,000, the Warrior Queen, from New Zealand,
£1`3,530; and the Seine, from the West Indies,
234,721.

_ The directors of the London and County Bank
have resolved to pay the usual dividend of 6 per
.Cent., With a bonus of 2} per cent., being together
01 per cent., or 14s per share, for the half-year
ending June last.

At a meeting of the Central Bank of London,
a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. was declared.
At a meeting of the Land Securities Company a
dividend at the rate of 4 per cent., in accordance
with the report of the directors, was declared for
the past half-year.
The report of the Mediterranean Extension Tele-
graph Company (Limited), to be presented on the
4th August, recommends the usual dividend at the
rate of 8 per cent. per annum.
A seventh dividend of ls. 6d. in the pound (mak •
Ing, with previous distributions, 11s. 6d.) is payable
to the creditors of the Oriental Commercial Bank
(Limited), at the offices of Messrs. Cooper Brothers
and CO,

The decision of the Lord Chancellor to the effect
that the estate of the late Mr. Gibb, a deceased
director of Overend Gurney, and Co., cannot be
held liable in the liquidation of that concern, has
been received with satisfaction by the mercantile
eeunuunity. Mr. Gibb could neither be charged
with neglect of duty or bringing other people into
losses which he himself avided. his attention to
the business was constant, and notwithstanding his
long and acute mercantile experience, such was his
confidence in the inherent stability of the company
that at the hour of the closing of its doors be was
not only one of the largest shareholders, but also
among the largest creditors as a depositor.
The Levant Herald announces tho failure of a
large Armenian house in Galata, with business con-
nections chiefly
in the English, French, and Rus-
sian trades. The liabilities are estimated at about
£75,000.
Vice-Chancellor Stuart bas, with the consent of
the present official liquidators, appointed Mr.
Archibald Stewart an additional official liquidator
fur the purpose of assisting in the winding up of
the affairs of the London, Bombay, and Mediter-
ranean Bank (Limited).

The advices from Buenos Ayres reach to the
22d of June, and show a further rise in Argen-
tine National Bonds, which had touched 59k,
money being abundant, and the news from Para-
guay being considered very favourable. In the
Uruguayan Republic the revolutionary movement
Was still creating disquiet., since, although it seemed
as if the prospects of its leader had become hope-
less, there was some fear of fresh disturbances at
Montevideo.

According to Mexican advices, via Havannab, a
serious accident bad occurred on the railway. On
the 17th of June a train from Vera Cruz, passing
the bridge of Otumba, was precipitated into the
stream below by the giving way of the timbers from
the centre. Nine persons were instantly killed, and
the latest accounts place the number of the dead at
23> and of the seriously wounded at 35,
Theo return from the Bank of England for the
Week ended the 28th of July gives the following
rbe7sults when compared with the previous week
£3,390,191 ... Increase ... £16,880
Other deposits
deposits 19,608,730 ... Decrease 321,621
the other side of the account :
Oevernment
ties
............
iiitia.er securities 15,195 568 Decrease'... 219,625_
1,°,104 unemployed 10,738,820 ... Increase ... 415,00 a
b amount of notes in circulation is £23,547,375,
bSling a decrease of £304,615 ; and the stock of
.141i°11 in both departments is £20,321,193, showing
"a increase of £92,083 when compared with the
Preceding return.
of 81bi°ined is a comparison of the present position
the Bank of England and the prices of Consols
and
French Relates with the corresponding week of
-9.4 t Year

At Present. Same Week
Year.
Bullion ' £20,821,193 ... £21,964,651
Itesery
lqut 11,773,818 ... 12,638,846
a.es in circulation 23,547,375 ... 24,325,805
to of discount
,onsols
Preach Routes
72f. 27c. 691. 97c.
The following is the official return of the cheques
and bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for
4,t_week ending Wednesday, July 28 :
Thursday £8,642,000
Friday
Bata-- 11,137,000

aturdA ..
_
y
Monday 8,611,000
:Tuesday
Wednesday 9,790,000

£57,236,000

BIITIBI FIIIIDII-TWO O'CLUCE.

a UOYERNMENT FUNDS.;
Pe Cent. Consols -
8 Ditto for Account, July
7
,4141" Cent. Reduced 9:31 i
l'? 3 per Cent
1:7 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891
A °. per Cen J an. 1873
tlitlities, 80 yrs, expire ebb Jan., 1880 —
r). for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
4. ed Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
pm
--eueqnzr Rills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March --
Do Do. 3 do. June 10
lh„,_
.£lOO, £2OO a £5OO
Do-
'I, of England Stock, 41 per Cent
Qiit„' (Veiling
44-us 4 per Cult. Bonds—
rColonial Uranium
ItimnlAN UOVERNMENT SECURITIES. _
4 tock, 101 Cent., April 1874 2O, 1
Do. per
b Opening, for Account —
p°.• 5 per Cent. July, 1880
4 Pet' Cent., Oct. 1888
„o• Certificates
1:;:. EttiaCed Pape. 4 per Cent...... —
1) • 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
•.... —
D-c' 51 Per Cent. ay 1879 llOl
K
. per Cent., Itup. Deb. 1872 —
:D do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
.1.1:, ~
D • ueb 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
1)o,r, ~ p
. ponds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
. under £l.OOO
. ~, nti rOIIEDIN FUNDS- TWO O'CLOCK.
Ar.,. .
roaviart 5
Ile Republic, 6 per Cent 791 -1111trian Bonds 5 per cent
$r at.. . Do. 1859 —
per
Cent —
nu li per Cent. 1852 -
-°,°• do 1858....•— 4
Do. u. 1860 —
Do K do., 1863 —
13,,_ . per Cent" 1865
1:Jo Account B5 1
ZtioB Ayres 6 per Cent.
01:14° 2 per Cent. (Deferred 8 per Ceut )
4' 6 Per cent.