The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-05 00:00:00

MONEY M K E

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocif.
Consols are quoted to-day at 921 4 for money
ditto, for Account, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 921 ; New Three per Cents, 921 4 ; Ex-
chequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 dis. 2 pm.; ditto £lOO, £2OO,
and £5OO, ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per
Cent., 2441 ; Canadian Bonds, 103.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1830, 1111 12; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1883, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4
per Cent., ; ditto 51 per Cent., 1004.
Little business in the Foreign Stocks, and the
general tone of prces is flat. Chilian Six per Cent.
18 1 lower, at 96 to 97. Turkish (1865) is also 1
worso, at 66/ ; Russian Five per Cent. 4, at 844
to 811 ;an I Italian at 564 to 561. Egyptian is
unaltered, at 87 to 88 ; Peruvian (1565) is marked
at 79i to 794 ; Portuguese, 34 to 351 ; Spanish
-New Three per Cent. 27i to 291 ; Turkish Six per
Cent., 671 to 684 ; and Brazilian (1865), 804 to 814.
English Railway Shares continued dull and
heavy. Metropolitan Extension is 1 lower, at 941
to X9O ; Metropolitan, 4, at 941 to 951 ; and Great
Northern (A) and South-Eastern are also each
4 lower, being quoted at 1074 to 1071, and 75 to
751 respectively. Caledonian is quiet, at 764 761 ;
Great Eastern, 374 to 371 ; Great Western, 49 1 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1234 to 1231 ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 164 to 17 ; London and
North-Western, 1171 to 118 ; and Midland 115 to
1151.
Bank Shares continue very quiet, and prices are
Without movement.

In Miscellaneous Securitie3, Anglo-American
Telegraph shares are steady, at 21i 22; and Atlantic
Telegraph Eight Der epnt -
9! to 31. General Credit is dull, at 2to 11 dis.

A further sum of £121,000 in bar gold was sent
Into the Bank yesterday.
The directors of the Ocean Marine Insurance
Company propose to pay ss. per share interest on
the Ist July.
At the general meeting of proprietors of the Lon-
don Chartered BAnk of Australia the report and
accounts were adopted, and a dividend at the rate
of S per cent. per annum declared.
At the meeting of Ecuador bondholders several
speakers inveighed against the conduct of the Go-
vernment, but more especially the President, and it
is felt that if any change in the Government occur=,
the result will be favourable to the resumption of
remittances.

The traffic return of the Caledonian and North
British Railways presents an increase of £3,388.

The traffic return of the Buenos Ayres Great
Southern Railway exhibits an increase of £10,379.

It is stated that the Postmaster-General has
concluded a contract with the Pacific Steam Navi-
gation Company of Liverpool for the monthly
conveyance of mails to Brazil and River Plate, call-
ing at Bordeaux and Lisbon.

The weekly return under the Cotton S:atistic..;
Act gives the import for the week ending yester-
day as 41,543 bales, of which 21,115 were Ameri-
can, 6,539 Brazilian, 7,038 East Indian, 2,436
Egyptian, and 4,415 Miscellancons. The export
vas 13,676 balsa, of which 3,392 were American,
450 Brazilian, 9,230 East Indian, and 42 Egyptian.

. .
The Manchester Guardian announces the follow-
ing suspension, which was referred to yesterday :
" Manchester, 3d June, 1869.—We regret to have
to inform you that, in consequence of the failure
of certain of our principals to meet their engage-
ments to us we are compelled to suspend payment..
We have placed our affairs in the hands of Messrs.
James, Edwards, Cash, and Stone, of London, the
accountants, who will communicate with you ; and
Messrs. Sale and Co. will convene a meeting of our
creditors as early as possible.—Soliciting your for-
bearance in the meantime, we are, your obedient
servants—SHOßE, KIRK, AND lIARGREAvEs."
A meeting of the West London Wharves and
Warehouses Company (Limited), in I:quilttion, is
cdled for the 23d inst., for the following purposes,
viz.:--1. To report to the shareholders the manner
in which the liquidation has been conducted to the
present time, and its present position. 2. To sub-
init to them an offer of compromise made by a large
proportion of the holders of forfeited shares ; and
3. To consider the question of the remuneration
1 ayable to the liquidators.
The ordinary general meeting of the Notthern
Railway of Buenos Ayres Company (Limited) is
called fur the 18th inst.

A general meeting of the Colonial Company
(Limited) is convened for the 17th inst., when a
dividend is to be declared.

The steamer Mooltau arrived at Suez yesterday,
with the mails from Calcutta, China, and Aus-
tralia.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES•

(AQTEIINMENT FUNDS.
° Fait Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, July 7
-.
!, Per Cent. Reduced 92; I
New
3 per Cent
''''Av 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cen J an. 1873
tkunuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 - -
Do (Red Sea Teleh,raph), Aug., 190 e , _
Exchequor Bills, £l,OOO, 21 41c 3 por Ct.
Do £lOO, £2ou & £.iuu —
Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent
Ora. opening —
Clahada 4 per Cent. Bonds lO3
Labor-Colonial Uranium

INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock 10i per Cent., April 1874 213
Do. Opening, for Account - -
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1680
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enlaced Papea 4 per Cent-,..,. —
Do. 5 por Cert., Jan. 1872 .....,p. —
Do. 5i p erent. May 1879 llOl
Do b per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
a). Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ —
Do. Bonds, 1 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine,Republic, 0 per Cent
Anitrian Bonds 5 per cent

Do. 1g59 —
trazilian 5 per Cent —
oa. 4i per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do. 1858....
,
i3o. ,,,,,,
do., 1863 —
bo. 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account lslt .1.
B 114E-Ayres 6 per Cont.
D. 2- Dew Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 55}
C11.)4, 9 p4,Cont.
Callian 6 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cent~
in. 6 per cs.:t. 1867 971
L. 7 per Cent., 1866
0 lomblan, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825
Danubian Principalities, 7 ler Cent 7Bi
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 9O
liguador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.
sgyptian, 7 per Cent B3}

-;12 Se(;,011% issue
DO. £50(., Bonds
Do. 4.1.0%) Bonds ........................
Da. 1864
Do. Account
Do. 4500 Bonds —
Do. AMC Bonds B9
Do. 7 por Cent., 1868
Government Railway Debentures
Greek 5 por Cant., 1824 5, ex Coups —
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account .••
Guatemala 5 por Cent • . —
nonduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd
Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 —

Do. Account ~ —
Do lastrommana Railway
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account —
_ Do. 1864