The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
.Business to-day was steady, the Government
securities maintain their prices ; and in the foreign
market there was an advance in Turkish. In the
(recount market the demand was active, but the
rate of 2/ to to was maintained.
Consols are 921 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 93i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931; ;
New Three per Cents, 93/ ; Exchequer Bills
£l,OOO, 2/ per Cent., 12 ; Bank of England Stock,
4 per Cent., 242.
India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, —;

ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 i ; ditto 4 per
per Cent., Oct., 1883, 102 ; ditto Enfaced
Paper, 4 per Cent., 92} ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO,
25 prem.
In the ',Foreign Market the only alteration we
bare to notice is a rise of in Turkish Five per
Cents., to 391 391; Italian Five per Cents. remain
firm at 54S- 54k; Mexican Bonds, at 15! 16; Greek
at 14 12 ; and New Spanish at 311 34.
Egyptain Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 has im-
proved to 7911 73i ex div. The Hondurs Loan is
quoted 86 88 ex coupon. Italian Tobacco :Scrip
has improved to 3.1 41 prem. ; and the last Russian
Railway Loan is par., 1 prem.
In the railway market prices are as follows :

Caledonian, 79i; Great Eastern, 421; Grea
Northern, 1091; ditto A, 111; Great Western, 531;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1301 ; Brighton, 531 ;
Chatham and Dover, 17i ; London and North
Western, 118} ; Sheffield, 46i ; Metropolitan, 1091;
Extension, 1051; Midland, 1171; London and
south Eastern, 84; ; Deferred, 551: Preferred,
112 i.
In Bank shares there is no change of importance.
Alliance are 12 to 13 ; Consolidated of to j prem.
ex div. ; Imperial Ottomen Bank shares at 11 to 11
Prem.

In Miscellaneous shares prices are firm. Atlan-
tic Telegraphs (Original) are 37 to 38.
The Poonah left Southampton for the East with
£75,000 in specie.
The steamer Nyanza, with the heavy India,
China, and Australian mails, brings specie to the
Value of £36,239. The River Plate steamer
Ptolemy, from Brazil, has a small parcel of £BOO
for London ; and the Cuba, from New York, brings
£ll,OOO ; giving a total of arrivals to the amount
of £48,039.
The Royal mail steamer Danube, with Brazilian
flails, has left Lisbon for Southampton, her specie
being £6,542.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received
the following remittances on account of New Gra-
nada dividends, say—From Sabanilla, £lOO ; from
Santa Maria, £221 ss. 4d. ; from Cartagena, £215;
from Bogota, £5,747 19s. 4d.—being a total of
£6,284 7s. 81.
The report of the Credit Foncier, Limited, has
been issued, preparatory to the meeting fixed for
the sth of February. It sets forth in detail the
Position of the various properties in which the com-
pany is interested, and the directors express an
opinion that the realisation of the N arious securities
Will be a work of time. The negtiations by the
new board for a compromise to settle the claims
they have made against the old directors are still in
progress, and information on this point will be given
at the approaching meeting.
The report of the Millwall Dock Company, to be
presented on the Bth inst., describes an agreement
for a compensation of the litigation with the con-
tractors, Messrs. Kelk and Messrs. Aird, which is
recommended for adoption by the shareholders, and
Which will provide the company with the means of
meeting its outstanding liabilities of £96,371. ;The
directors have little doubt that as soon as it shall
become known that the company is extricated from
the difficulties that have hitherto hindered its pro-
gress there will be a material improvement.
The half-yearly meeting of the London and South
Western Railway Company is called for the 19th
of February.
The half-yearly meeting of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway Company is called for the 24th February,
at Bristol.

The half-yearly meeting of the North-Eastern
Railway Company is fixed for the 23d February at
York.

.The directors of the Manchester and Liverpool
ihstrict Banking Company have announced a half-
Yearly dividend of 15s. per share, and a bonus of
sa. per share.
Au extraordinary general meeting of the Pa-
11,naa, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail
12th
alPany (Limited), is to be held on Friday, the
proximo.

The report of the Universal Marine Insurance
Company, to be presented on the 11th of February,
recommends a payment of ss. per share, making
with the 2s. 6d. in July last, a total distribution of
7i per cent. for the year.
The report of the Thames and Mersey Marine
Insurance Company (Limited), to be presented on
.t 1.30 12th of February, recommends a distribu-
tion of 4s. per share, or 10 per cent. for the
half-year. 1):
The Law Life Assurance Society have issued
their statement of accounts for the past year.
The guarantee fund is now raised by the interest
nte,eeived on investment to a total of £920,342.
4.11 re investments on mortgage is £4,272,008.
The ordinary general meeting of the Charing-
cross Hotel Company (Limited) will be held on the
15th February.
Messrs. J. H. Schroeder and Co. have announced
‘14(,) dividends on the Bay of Havana and Matanzas
(Cuba) Railroad Seven per Cent. Loan of £lOO,OOO,
1863.

At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. John
"Parrow and Co., of Blackburn, the liabilities were
litilted at £41,312, with nominal assets of £36,137,
and a committee was appointed to confer with the
executors of the late Mr. Sparrow, with a vie wto a
compromise.
kessrs. Rouyer, Guillet and Cie., writing on the
44th ult., from Cognac, remark As anticipated
:4 our last, the 1868 vintage is the shortest we
had for some years ; being, however, of a quality
unsurpassed since 1858, numerous orders have
already been sent in by home and foreign dealers,
4141 a keen competition having already taken place
tell our market, to secure what is offered by the
farmers, an advance of 10 francs per hectolitre has
taken place."

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
Per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account,
it per Oant. Reduced 93i i•
w 3 per Cent
2/ por Cent. Jan. 1894
A AJ°. 6 per Cen J an. 1873 -,l4l.llities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
U°. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
t 0 (Red Sea Telef,raph). Aug., 1908 —
Na
rehequor Bills, £l,OOO, 2/Iper Ct.pm
De. £5OO
*atilt of England Stock, 4 per Cent 242 Pm
D
ni • accouit
Iktirotla• 4 per Cent. Bonds —
-Colonial ()minium
Iro•INIAN GOVERNMENT 613CURITIzs
Dostock, 10} per Cent., April 11874 ---•
1)13. °Peuing, for Account _-
D°• 6 pur Ueut. July, 1880
°' 4 Per Cent.
Oct. 1888
DoCertificates —
• Eufaced Pape. 4 per Cent —
°• 5 per Ceat., Jan. 1872
D') 5/ per Cent. May 1879 —
') 5 per Cent Ru Deb. 1872
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Do
do. 1877 —
D D
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1882 —
D • eb., 5 per Cent, Aug. 0
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Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
1873
25
pm
"0. under £l.OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
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4,1, p 443 paid ..
"14 u Bonds 5 per cent ..
lir 4
.., . DO. 1859
4 1 a 0 ' , 13 0 per Cent _
1)(3). li per Cent., 1852 _
• do 1858 —
Do 1)% d .
. (3., 1860 —
Do, R do., 1863 —
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Ii
;0 Account 4 " d —
80f 1
,1108 A yree 6 per Cent.
C tifo 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
01,1,ua, 6 per Cent.
41" 6 per Cent
b":st Per Cent....... —
I)0.8` ' Per Cent
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