The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-18 00:00:00

MONEY

MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

To-day's business was better on the Stock Ex-
change. Consols have advanced, and Spanish has
risen 1, upon the improved prospects of the mo-
narchy in Spain. Turkish, Indian, and Egyptian
are also higher. American Securities being in more
request are firmer. :There is also a continued de-
mand for Telegraph Construction and Maintenance
shares, which opened at 34, then went lo 33f sellers,
and are now 333- buyers.
Consols are now at 934 to 931 for money ;
ditto, for Account, 938 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 921 4 ; New Tkree per Cents, 921 1 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 5 press. ; June,
9 press. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock,
41 per Cent., 239.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 115 ; ditto 4
Per Cent., Oct., 1888, not ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
5 per Cent., Jan. 1872, 1051; ditto, 1877, 1041 ;
ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. ; ditto Bonds under
£l,OOO, 25 prem.
In the Railway Market Caledonians are now 801
to 801, a rise of I. Metropolitans are now 841, a
rise of 8. Great Eastern are 361 to 361 ; Great
Western, 551 to 551 ; Brighton, 431 to 44; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 16 to 161 ; London and
North Western, 1191 to 120 ; South Eastern, 761
to 77 ; Midland, 118 to 111 ; Great Northern, 107
to 108 ; and the A stock, 107 to 108. Grand Trunk
of Canada is 158 to 16 ; and Great- Western, at
151 to 151 ex div.
In the Foreign Market Stocks Spanish have im-
proved since the opening, and are now f higher, at
27. Most of the leading bonds are also better.
Turkish Five per Cents., 43f to 431; ditto Six per
Cents., 65 to 651; Italian, 531 to 531; Egyptian
(1868) Loan, 77 to 771; Peruvian, 83 to 831;
Oriel, 80/ to 81+ ; and Charkof, 80 to 80}.
Lombardo-Venetian is firm, at 191 to 191; and

Great Luxembourg is steady, at 12 to 12i.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 83k to 831 ;
Erie Shares, 204 to 20i ; and Illinois, 994 to 991.
Anglo-American Telegraph is steady, at 20 to
204 ex div. ; French Atlantic Cable, 16i to 16j.

In Bank Shares there has been an improvement
of 10s. in Chartered Mercantile, the price being 32
to 33. Anglo-Austrian are 8 to 10 premium ;
Consolidated, 43 to 41 ; Imperial, 161 to 17 ; Im-
perial Ottoman, 21 to 21 prem.
In Miscellaneous Securities prices are not much
altered. Hudson's Bay is flat, at 131 to 131.
General Credit, 11 to 1 dis. ; and National Dis-
count, 11 to 111.
The aura of £5,000 in bar gold was sent
into the Bank yesterday, making, on balance,
a total of £19,000 sent in siuca the date of the
last return.

Of the tenders for 1200,030 in bills on India
received at the Bank of England, the amounts
allotted were :—To Calcutta, i',182,500 ; and to
Madras, £17,500. The minimum price was fixed
as before—viz., at Is. 11d. on Calcutta and
Madras. Tender's on those presidencies at ls.
will receive about 29 per cent. ; above that price in
full. These results are the same as those noticed on
the last occasion.

The Manchester Courier says :—" It is under-
stood that the stoppage announced in the Liverpool
corn trade yesterday is that of the firm of Clunie
and Kemp, Talbot-chambers, Fenwick-street.
They were principally engaged in the American
grain trade, and their failure is attributed to the
recent successive falls in the market. Their
liabilities are variously stated at from £22,000
to £35,000.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of £4,315, com-
pared with the corresponding period of last year ;
the Midland an increase of £5,495 ; the Great
Northern a decrease of £1,040 ; the Great Eastern
an increase of £ll5 ; the Great Western an increase
of £1,950 ; and the London and South Western an
increase of £1,611.
We are officially informed that the directors of
the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Com-
pany (Limited) have decided to convene a special
general meeting of the shareholders at the end of
the month to authorise the return of £8 per share
of the capital— X 4 to be paid this year, and the
balance " as early as practicable."
At the meeting of the Soci6te du Cable Trans-
atlantic Francais (Limited), the directors' report
was adopted. The meetings of the company are
in future to be held alternately in London and
Paris.

An extraordinary general meeting of the Metro-
politan Railway Warehousing Company (Limited)
is convened for the 25th inst., to confirm the re-
solutions passed on the 4th instant for a voluntary
Winding up.
The first annual report of the directors of the
nercules Land, Building, and Investment Society
states the gross income for the year at £3,728, the
advances on freehold and leasehold securities at
£3,277, and the gross profit of the year at £225.
Creditors of the London Artisans' Club and
Trades' Hall Company (Limited) are required to
send the particulars of their claims to the liquidator
by the 21st December.
We notice that the first general meeting of the
members of the London Chamber of Commerce—a
body which is being formed under the auspices of
the Associated Chambers of Commerce—is called for
the 14th December, when the president, vice-presi-
dents,and other members of the council of the cham-
ber will be elected.

BRUTISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT rUNDS.;
• per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, Dec 1 931
8 per Cent. Boducod 92i 1
New 3 per Cent
Now 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. b per Cen Jan. 1873
Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
EXchoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i p. Ct. March
Do. 3 do. June 9
1)0 £lOO, £2OO & £5OO pm
Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent
Ds. opening —
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Later-Colonial Uranium
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
india Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 213
Do. Opening, for Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per C0nt..,...
Do. 5 per Cellt., Jan. 1872
Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879
DO 5 per Cent., Rupp. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 lO4l
Do. do. 1882 —
a). Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4per Cent., £l,OOO 2O pm
Do. under Xl,OOO 25
FOREIGN FUNDS— TWO O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republic, i per Cent
1 unrian Bonds 5 pof cent

Do. 159 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do 1858....• —
Do. no 1860 —
Do. do. 1863 721
00. 5 per Cent., 1865
~. Do Account B3l 1
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
(Lilian 6 per Cent
Do. 4i per Cent... 76
Do. 3 per Cent.,
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
Do. 6 per colt. 1867
0 lorubmn, 6 per Cent..
Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825
Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent —
Do. Acccunr
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 931
Ecuador New C;ousolidated, 1 per Cent
EKyptian, 7 per Cent... —
Do Second 155ue............................—
o. 1501, Bonds —
Do. 1864
Do. Account
Do. 1500 Bonds
po•hin Bon is B7l
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ....
Do. £lOO Bonds ....
Government ItAilwav Debentures.....
ri
"",°!qc 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups -
"Jo. Coupoue • •
Do. Account
Ultemala"s per Cent .. —
liondurasdov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd 841 -
Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 —
;Psci• Account
"0 Marenunana Railway . —