The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK

Foreign Stocks are without quotable Change.
Brazilian Bonds are quoted, 83 to 833- ; Chilian
(1867), 934 to 94 ex div. ; Danubian Eight per
Cent., 87} to 884. ex div. ; Honduras, 83 to 84 ex
div. ; Egyptians (1864) are 881 to 891; ditto (1868),
79 to 79; ; Viceroy's Seven per Cent., 831 831 ; do.
Nino per Cent., 95 to 954 ; Italian, 53} to 531 ;
Peruvian, 75+ to 75/ ; Portuguese, 331 to 34+ ;
Russian (1822), 841 to 85 ; Orel, 80+ to 80/ ;
Nicolas, 65 to 654 ; Moscow, 78+ to 780 ; Charkof,
78/ to 791 ; Spanish, 28i to 28/ ex div. ; Turkish
Five per Cents., 444 to 411; and ditto Six per
Cent., 65 to 651.
The railway market is only a shade firmer than
at the close last night. The quotations are
as follows : Caledonian, 78i to 79 ; Great
Eastern, 381 to 381 ; Great Northern, 107 to
108 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto (A),
106/ to 107+; Great Western, 504 to 511 ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 125} to 126 ; London
and Brighton, 444. to 45 ; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 16/ to 17+ ; London and North Western,
118} to 119 ; London and South Western, 89 to
91 ; Metropolitan,97 to 971- ; Midland, 16i to 117 ;
North Eastern (Berwick) 106 to 106 f ; and South
Eastern, 771 t o 77/.

Rather more business is reported in American
Securities, but the quotations of the leading stocks
show little or no change. The Five-Twenty Bonds
are 80} to 804 ; the Ten-Forties, 711; to 721; Erie,
19} to 20 ; Illinois, 94i to 951 ; Atlantic and
Great Western Bonds, 251 to 25i ; and Deben-
tures, 28 to 28i.

Bank Shares, although quiet, are well supported,
but the only actual change in prices is an advance
of 10s. in Union of London, the quotation being 36
to 37. London and Westminster is steady, at 61
to 62.

Corn is dull, at Wednesday's decline of is.
The sum of £9,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday.

The Bremen, from New York, has brought
£3,400, and the Bangalore, from Alexandria,
£60,000.

The City of Brooklyn, which left New York on
the 26th ult., will bring £45,000.
The Pascal, at Liverpool from the River Plate
and Brazil, with dates from Bahia to the 9th of
June, has brought £30,000.

The subscription list for the Great Northern
Telegraph Company was closed yesterday afternoon
by Messrs. Hatnbro, and although a deposit of 10
per cent. was required with each application, and
the whole of the remainder is to be paid up during
the month, the total of shares applied for was more
than eight times the number to be allotted.
The Chamberlain of London, on behalf of the
Corporation, has invited tenders for a 41 per cent.
loan of £234,000 to complete the purchase of land
and execution of works in connexion with the
Meat and Poultry Market at Smithfield, which
which will then have been entirely finished at a
cost of about a million. The bonds are to be issued at
par, and applications, accompanied by a deposit of
10 per cent., are to be made at the Bank of Eng-
land up to three o'clock on Wedneslay next. The
allotment will be made rateably to all applicants.
In terms of an official decree published, all
invoices of goods exported to the Republic of Nica-
ragua on and after the let of July must be attested
before an accredited Consul for that Republic resi-
dent in Great Britain, and all goods imported into
that country without such Consul's certificate will
be confiscated by the Customs authorities. By the
present decree the duties will be levied ad valorem
on the cost in Europe, thus abolishing the system
hitherto observed of assessing the values according
to a local tariff and payment on the weight of such
goods.

The third ordinary general meeting of the
United Diocount Corporation (Limited) will be
held on the 16th inst., when a dividend is to be
declared.

A meeting of the shareholders of the Joint Stock
Coal Company (Limited) was held at Ralley's
Hotel on Wednesday, June 30, when the half-

yearly report was unanimously received and
adopted, and also a vote of confidence and thanks
to the present chairman and directors for their past

services.

A petition for the winding up of the hop
Planters' Joint Stock Company (Limited) is to be
heard before Vice-Chancellor James on the 10th

The return from the Bank of England for the
week ended the 30th of June gives the following
results when compared with the previous week

Rest
PuLlic deposits
Other deposits 19,149,726 ... increase ... 2,1i6,770
On the other side of the account :
Government socuri-

ties £14,154,373 ... Decrease 85,501
Other securities 20,552,209 ... Increase ... 4,087,195
Notes unemployed 10,230,870 ... Decrease 500,840
The amount of notes in circulation is £23,393,105,
being an increase of £712,665 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,780,776, showing
an increase of £184,816 when compared with the
preceding return.

Subjoined is a comparison of the present position
of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols
and French ltentes with the corresponding week of
last year :

At Present.

Same Week
last Yt r.
£22,751,121
12,979,636
24,771,585
2 per cont.
95
70f. 82c.

Bullion
Reserve
Notes in circulation 23,393,103 ...
Rate of discount 3f per cent. ~.
Console
French Rentcs

The following is the official return of the cheques
and bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for
the week ending Wednesday, June 30 :
Thursday £8,680,000
Friday
Saturday..,
Mouday 9,073,000
Tuesday
Weduesday 23,212,000

Consols are quoted to-day at 92/ / for money ;
ditto, for Ae.!ount, 92/:; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 92/; New Tkree per Cents, 92/ /.
India Stock, 10i- per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1113 1; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 1003 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4
per Cent., ; ditto 5 per Cent., 103/ ; ditto
Bonds £l,OOO, 10 prem.