The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Government Securities are firm in prices
to-day, but the business transacted was by n
means extensive, purchases being made only to
meet pressing demands. In the foreign shares the
tone of the market was upward, a sight• improve-
ment in the prices having to be noted. American
5-20 s fell slightly.
Consols are 92 s for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91i a ;
New Tkree per Cents, 911 ; Exchequer Bills,
£l,OOO, 2i per Cent., —; ditto £lOO, £2OO,
and £5OO, 1 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4
per Cent., 2421.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 100-i ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 12
14 prem.

According to Reuter's telegram this morning the
French Rentes were 701 07c ex.
In the Foreign Market Charcow-Krernentschung
have risen I, and Charkof -Azof, Egyptian of 1868,
Turkish of 1862, 4 ; and Mexican and Peruvian of
1865, I. Italian of 1861 have declined 4. The
prices are :—Brazilian of 1865, 794 to ; Chilian
of 1867, 941 to 954 ; Egyptian of 1864, 884 to 891 ;
ditto of 1868, 75/ to 76 ; Italian of 1861, 551 to 4 ;
do. of 1868, 84 85 ; Mexican, 15 4 ; Peruvian of
1865, 79 4 ; Russian of 1866, 934 94 ; Nicolai, 66/
674 ; Orel, 814 ; Moscow, 794 4 ; do. Charkof,
774 78 ; do. Charcow, 774 78 ; Spanish of 1867,
314 4 ; Turkish of 1858, 624 63 ; do. of 1862, 654
664 ; and do. of 1865, 404 5.
In the railway market Metropolitan stock has
improved 4 ; Great Northern A, 4 ; and South
Eastern, Great Western has declined 4.
The prices are as follows:—London and North
Western, 1134 to 4 ; Great Western, 481 to 4 ;
Midland, 1164 to 4 ; Loudon and South Western,
87 to 89 ; Great Eastern, 374 to 4 ; Brighton, 494
to 4 ; South Eastern, 764 to 4 ; Metropolitan, 1031
to a ex. div. ; Great Northern, 1075 to 1081 ; ditto
A, 106 to 4 ; Caledonian, 794 to 5 ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 164 to 4.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are quoted 834 to
4, being 4 per cent. lower; Erie Railway shares,
244 to 25, showing a decline of 4 ; Illinois Central,
97 to 974 ; Atlantic and Great Western Deben-
tures, 33 to 4 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds, 311 to 325.
Miscellaneous shares are not much inquired for.
General 14 to 4 dis. ; International, 11 to 4 dis. ;
National Discount, 114 to 4 ; Hudson's Bay, 14f to
; Telegraph Construction, 174 to 4 ; Atlantic
Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 4 to 1; and
Anglo-American, 22i to /.
In Bank Shares prices are as follows :—London
and Westminster, 644 651 ; London and County,
504 511 ; London Joint Stock, 324 to 4 ; Union of
London, 364 to 371 ; Anglo-Austrian, 15 to 16
prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 21 l prem.
There was no gold operations at the Bank yes-
terday.
The Clanronald, from Port Philip, has brought
£48,000.

The Bank of Australasia have declared a half-
yearly dividend and bonus at the rate together of
10 per cent. per annum on the capital stock of the
corporation, £1,200,000.

Messrs. J. Thompson, T. Bonar and Co., an-
nounce for payment on the Ist of April next the
bonds of the Consolidated Peruvian Five per Cent.
Loan, 1865, drawn on the Ist of January last,
amounting to £297,250.
The bills have been returned of Messrs. Heatley,
Great St. Helen's. Their liabilities are estimated
Gowan, and Co., South American merchants, of
at upwards of £lOO,OOO, and it is thought that the
realisation of the assets will prove unfavourable.
The house is old-established, but has been gradually
declining for some years past. It has been con-
nected with firms which have recently failed at
Glasgow and Manchester.
The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's vessel
Santiago, reported as having been totally lost iu
the Straits of Magellan, is valued, with her cargo,
at £70,000. Insurances to a large amount had
been effected here, and as much as fifty guineas
ireniiuin was paid last week upon her.
We regret to announce the death of Mr. Robert
Slater, so well known and respected in the City as
a member of the late firm of Morrison, Dillon, and
Co., a❑d subsequently a director of the Fore-street
Warehouse Company.

The ordinary general meeting of the proprietors
of the National Bank of India (Limited) will be
held on the 22d inst., when a dividend will be de-
clared.

A special general meeting of the East Norfolk
Railway Company is called for the 27th inst., to
consider and approve a bill extending the time for
the completion of the railway.
IVith reference to the Estates Investment Com-
pany (Limited), it is announced that the official
liquidator has given notice of appeal to the Lords
Justices against the decision of the Master of the
Rolls, made on the 20th ult.
The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of £1,042 over last year ; and
the Brighton an increase of £GG.

The traffic return of the Great 'Western Railway
of Canada for the week ending the 11th inst. shows
an increase of £866 over last year ; and that of the
Grand Trunk of Canada, for the week ending the
20th ult., an increase of £BO9.
It is satisfactory to notice that a meeting of the
holders of Erie Railway shares is convened for the
18th inst. at the London Tavern, with a view to
the formation of a committee to protect the inte-
rests of the shareholders.

The following pertinent remarks have reference
to the issue of Turkish Treasury Bonds, which has
lately been attempted in this market through the
Societe Generale of Paris and its agents :
" With reference to the criticism which has ap-
peared in the English journals on the recent issue,
by the Societe Generale of Paris, of Turkish Go-
vernment Treasury Bonds, it would be well that the
subscribers, if any, thereto were made fully aware
of the fact that the issue of these bonds as a public
loan is unauthorised by the Turkish Government,
and has not received their sanction ; and that
the coupons for interest can only be simple engage-
ments of the Societe Generale, not of the Turkish
Government. The public, therefore, in the event
of any necessity, have no direct claim on the Tur-
kish Government for the interest, but must simply
substantiate their claim as against the Societe Gene-
rale fur this as for any other claim upon that finan-
cial association. The present advance made to the
Turkish Government upon those Treasury Bonds
appears to have been simply a prolongation and

augmentation of a previous advance by the Societe
Generale to the Turkish Treasury.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account,
3 per Cent. Reduced 9ll i 1
L'ievy 3 per Cent
New 2i per Cent. Jau. 1891
Do. o per Con J ma. 187 3
Aualuities, SU yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
ExcLequzr Bills, £l,OOO, 2i per Ct.
Do £5OO
Do. £lOO & £2OO —
Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent
I'(,. account
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds
Inter-Colonial Ommum

, INDIAN U
o vERN I'd ENT SEcuiciTtEr.
-"Ilia ,Vtock, 101 per Cent., April 1874
Do. Opening, for Account
Do. 5 per rent.. July, 12280
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1868
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enhiced Pape' 4 per Cent —
U;,. 5 per Cert., Jan. is 72 , —
1--)o. 51 per C:ut. May 1..74 —
Bo 5 pe; Cent., Hop. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
11.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ ,
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l,OOO

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
4r4entine Republic, 6 per Cem ...
Du. Scrip 445 paid .. ..
Aultr, nui tion.d6 5 per cent .
Do. 1.50 65
Br uilian 5 per Cent —
D°• 4* per Cent. 1852 --

Do. do. 1858....
Do. do. 186 )
Do. do., 1863 —
Do. 5 por Cent., 1865
Do Account 791
Bitenos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Du 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Citha,, 6 per Cent.
(Lilian 6 per Cent —
no. 4i per Cent..,.....
Do. 3 per Cent.,
1 o. 6 per co t. 1867 941
l 'o. 7 per Cent., 1866
C 10 II Nan, 6 per Cent.
Dan'sn 3 per Cent., 1825
Dan o,ittn Principalities, 7 per Cent 76
Du 8 per Cent., 1867 —
'qualm. New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
EA-s,c.ittio, 7 per Cent...,. —
Do So,:ood issue —
Jo. £s)t. Bowls . 824
Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 834
Do. 1864
Do. Account
D. 17i",.•(? Roads
:)o. £lOO Ponds 9Ol
Eugliah Scrip, 1868
I'o do. £l5 pd — dis
Governinrnt !tail way Dehoutures
Gr.2ek 5 per Ccat., 1824 5, ex Coups —
Do. .Acccunt
.
1):o. Coupon::
• ---
Do. Ace:snot
3- t,toniat:, 5 per Cent. ..
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pi 85 1
tt, 'Aso o poi ('el-,., 1565
...
Do. Account g . . B4tl
Do MArommana lt:oiway
oxicai_ 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 186 i —
Do g per Cent. Anglo-French —
-toutevidvan 6 per Cent.
Mc...rish imperial 5 per Cent
sew Granada l6l
Do 3 per Con —
Do. Deferred
Pertiviat. 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
.. 781 94
{t,, 41 per Cont. (Ui,harron)
Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 .
Do Account —
Portsguese 'l per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'6(+,'2.': 361
Do. do. 1867 361
Do. do. Scrip, £2O pal,'
1.1 Issian 5 per Cent., 1.82-z, X St
Do 4i per Cent , 1850
Dit 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £looBoodt..
Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0...
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9l
Do. do £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 671
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cen ...
Do. Account
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Doforred
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do do, S trip — prL
Turkish 6 per Cent.; ... .
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 -
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds —
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 _
Do Account
Do £IOC Bonds 684
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860 634
Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent. _
Do. Ace. ant
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do 6 per Cont., 1862
Dividends on the above payable in Lona,.
Austnan o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ~.
Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 'i.lt per °Ant. Ex. 12 Guil,, 571
1)o. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
Do. Account .-...
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M —
'Wien 5 per Cent. 1831, 11::..Z5f.
Do Account 551 4
CLOSING PRICES.
Jonsols, Money 921 4
Do. Account, April 8,;
..• 92i 3

POLICE INTELLIGE.NCE—This Day.

THAMES.

DRUNKEN CABBY. —James Flack, aged 52 years, a cab-
driver, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with being
drunk and incapable of taking care of himself and his
horse and cab.

Hubert Bagwell, 77 R reserve, said that the prisoner was
intoxicated, and could not see his way clear of the toll-bar
in Commercial-road last night, for he run his horse and
cab against the White Horse turnpike-gate and was thrown
from his seat. lie picked up the prisoner, took him to the
station.-hone, and conveyed the horse and cab to the
stables of the owner in Bedford-street, Russell-square.
The prisoner, iu defence, said a gentleman ho was driving
gave him some liquor, and it got the better of him. He
had been a driver 30 years, and only two summons:B iu
all that limo against him.

Mr. Benson said that nearly all the cab cases that had
come before him and his colleague were the result of per-
sons giving strong drinks to cabmen. They had better
give them money to take home to their families. The
prisoner had had six masters In as many months, and had
driven for his present employer three days only.
The Prisoner -I can't help it-the masters charge us
16s. per day for horse and cab.
Mr. Benson—That don't justify you in getting drunk
and endangering the lives of the public. You are
fined 10s.

SUCKING THE MONKEY.—Conrad Schmidt, a German
labourer, was charged with extracting wine from a cask in
he London Dock with a wooden tube.

Peter Neilson, a watchman, stated that ho saw the
prisoner leaning over the bunghole of a cask of Tarra-
gona wine, with a tube in his mouth, and drinking the
wino. There wero others near him waiting their turn for
a draught of wino, and they all ran away.
The prisoner said he had only just begun.to drink when
the watchman seized him.
Mr. Benson—You are fined 20s.
The prisoner—l did not drink any wino.
Mr. Benson—l believe you did. The tube smells very
strongly of Tarragona wine.