The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-03 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET

MID

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two oCLooK.
;
Consols are 934 8 8 for money; ditto, for Ac-
count, 934
Three per Cent. Reduced, 924 14 ;
New Tkree per Cents, 92 8 18 ; ditto Red Sea
Telegraph, 194 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, ; ditto
£lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, —; Bank of England
Stock, 4 per Cent., 240 39.
India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 2124 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 115 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 1004 4 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
4 per Cent., 914.
In the Foreign Market Italian are 564 4 ; Mexi-
can, 144 ; Greek, 11 8 ; New Spanish, 284 9 ; New
Russian Railway, 761 7 ; Argentine, 784 to 791' ;
Egyptian Nine per Cents., 971 to 971 ; Peruvian,
774 to 78 ; and Turkish Six per Cents., 664 to 664,
'how an advance of Turkish Five per Cents.
are Bbetter, at 424 to 424. Egyptian of 1868 are
quoted at 76 to 76f, and Mexican at 144 to 144.
The llonduras Loan is 82 84 ex coupons.
The Danubian Commission Guaranteed Loan is
firm, at 1 14 prem.
the following notice has been issued by the
Bank of England :—" That in order to prepare
the dividends on the sth July, 1869, the
balances of the several accounts in the follow-
ing funds will be struck on the night of
Tuesday, the Ist June, 1869—namely, £3 per Cent.
Consolidated Annuities, New £5 per Cent. An-
nuities, New £3 10s. per Cent. Annuities, 1854,
New £2 103. per cent. Annuities, Annuities for
Terms of Years, India £5 per Cent. Stock. On
'Wednesday, the 2d June, the above-named funds
will be transferable without the dividend due on
the sth Juty next."
In railways the prices are now as follows :
Caledonian, 774 784; Great Western, 914 4 ; Great
''astern, 374 38 ; Great Northern. 107 8 ; ditto A,
1084 9 ; Lancashire, 1234 4 ; Metropolitan, 103 1 ;
Midland, 1134 4 ; Sheffield, 554 6 ; Brighton, 474
8 ; North British, 344 4 ; North Western, 1154 4 ;
North Eastern, 103 4 ; South Eastern, 754 61 ;
Chatham and Dover, 174 4.
American Five. Twenties are 80 804 ; ditto 1865,
774 84 ; ditto Ten-Forty Bonns, 73 1 ; Eries, 19
20 ; Illinois, 98 4.
The last prices from Paris yeSterday evening was
72f., showing a further advance of more than 8.
The sum of £50,000 in gold was withdrawn from
the Bank on Saturday for Brazil.
The Delta, for the East, has taken out £155,823.
rhe Red Rover, from Melbourne, has brought
£33,500.

The report of the Vancouver Coal Company
(Limited) recommends a dividend of 10 per cent.
for the half year, making 20 per cent. for the year.
The suspension has been confirmed of Messrs. S.
11. Lucas and Son in the corn trade, with liabilities
reported at £50,000.
The directors of the Hong-Kong China Gas
Company (Limited) have declared an interim divi-
dend, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, for the
'six months ending September 30, 1868.
The ordinary general meeting of the Eastern
engal Railway Company will be held on the 25th
instant.

_The annual meeting of the Dunaburg and
Witepsk Railway Company (Limited) is convened
for the 20th inst., " for the purpose of receiving the
directors' report and the balance- sheet for the year
1868, and for the transaction of the general business
of the company."
With reference to the Great Western Railway
of Canada, it is notified that the books for the re-
gistration of shares will be closed on the 3d and 4th
instant, " for the purpose of the allotment of the
Five per Cent. Preference Stock authorised by the
thareholdei a at the special meeting held on the 28th
April."

The liquidator of the Old Bank of Bombay noti-
fies that on the 30th June he will be prepared to
Pay a first distribution of the assets of the bank at
the rate of 50 rupees per share. Shareholders, if
desirous of doing so, can take up their propor-
tionate allotment in the New Bank of Bombay
(Limited). With reference to this notice the New
)3auk of Bombay have intimated that upon appli-
cation being forthwith made, holders of shares in
the Old Bank will be entitled to receive one share
of the reserved issue of shares in the New Bank
for every two shares held by them in the Old
Bank• These shares will be credited with 100
rupees, which awn the liquidator of the Old &ink
will pay previous to issue, being part of 500 rupees
to be hereafter called up on these shares. Forms
of applications may be obtained of Messrs. Forbes,
Forbes, and Co., and Messrs. Smith, Fleming,
and Co.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

, UOVERNMENT FUNDS.
''.iker Cent. Consols
. -Ditto for Account
3 per Cent. Reduced 921 1I
New 3 per Cent
~,,. •
l•ievr 2# per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cen J
e an. 1873
Atiuuities, 30 yrs,expire sth Jan., 188 y —
Do. for 30 yrs expire sth April 1885 —
EDo (Red Sea Tele h) Aug 1908 l9}
x . k,,rap , ~
--c4c(pOr Bills, £l,OOO, 2i per Ct.
De
Do £5OO
£lOO & £2OO
lattulE
Do of England Stock, 4} per Cent
, • opening
uanada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Oninium
INDIAN OONERNmENT SEcUiteriae.
Irina V tech, 10; per Cent., April 1874 2121
Do. Opening, for Account -
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do.Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent...... • gli
b per Cert ..,
Do. 5I per Cent. May 1879 —
D 3 51)er Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
„ O. do. 1882 —
Do.LP v. Deb., 6 per Vent., Aug. 1873
Do. under £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRIOVI.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Coat
Do., Scrip £45 paid ..
Anitrian Bonds 5 per cent ..
o.
Xratilian D 5 per Cent 1859 46#
15• ii per Cent. 1852
Do. do. 1858....
Do. do. 186.1 . 72
Do• do., 1863
Do. 5 Per Cent., 1865
'Jo Account BO 79#
11..enos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent —
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
(Lilian ti per Cent
Do. 4k per Cent
Do. 3 per Cent., —
Le. 6 per ot,t. 1867 97
Do, 7 per Cent., 1866
411 lombinn, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825.........
Dan.‘bian Principalities, 7 per Cent 76}
Do 8 per Cont., 1867 BB
kquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
_...
811
4 gYptian, 7 per Cent....
"ci Second Issue
Do. .£SOC Bowls Bl
Do• £lOO Bonds ..... 83k
Do. 1864 —
Do. Account
Do. £5OO Bonds
DO. £.lOB Bonds B7} #
English Scrip, 1868 761 6
dis
Government Railway Debentures
Greet( 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups
Do. Account
Liu. Coupons
.
Do. Account
Guatemala b per Cent .. Ronduras Goy Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd
an 5 per Cert., 1865
-00. Account .. B2l
Do Ihremmana Railway
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Do Dn.
1864 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
FnteVidvau 6 per Cent. ..
cos crish ltnp p
erial 5 or Cent &New Granada
Po 3 per Cen
Li°, Deferred .
. ......
7
Do f
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
.. 771 7
4i Do 41 Cent. perlB62 wren)
Cent.. 1862 - '
Do Account
' Vbiguese 3 per at* , 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.': 34i
do. 1867 —
g us
4-'O. do. Scrip, £2O paidsian 5 ear Cent. 1822, ..£ St
Do 4i per Cent , 1850
D.„O ;:t per Cent., 1839
"J„0 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 84#
,'-'° de, Sorip
Pa:
'Jo. A.nglo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Bonds..
0,
do. £B4 15s. do. ..,
e,'
Do., 1806' £lOO Bonds B9l 1
Ddo £84155. do -
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