The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CI r, Two o'CLocK.

On the Stock Exchange to-day business was by
no means active ; Consols, however, maintained the
prices of yesterday, but in other securities the ten-
dency was downward.
=Consols are now at 938 to 94 for money;
ditto, for Ac..:ount, 94 3i ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 921 8 ; New Tkree per Cents, 921 t ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, par ; June,
4 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
par ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock,
44 per Cent., 238.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 115 4 ; ditto 4
per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
55 per Cent., ; ditto Debentures, 1031.
In the Foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents.
are quoted 43a to 431 ; ditto, Six per Cents., G5l
to 661-; Spanish, 26i- to 264 ; Italian, 52i to 53i;
Egyptian (1864), 86 to 87 ; ditto (1868), 76i to
77k; Peruvian, 824 to to 831 ; Mexican, 131 to
134 ; Charkof, 801 to 804 ; and Orel, sol to 814.

In the Railway Market there has been a rise in
Metropolitan, which arc now 85. Great Northern
are 107, and the A Stock 107 f ; Great Western,
56 ; Brighton, 41f to 441; South Eastern, 77f ;
Midland, 119 ; Chatham, 16 ; and Great Eastern,
361.
Lombardo-Venetian remains at 19i to 20 ; and
Great Luxemburg, 121 to 121.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 83-2- to 83/ ;
Erie Shares are 21 to 21f ; Illinois are better,
at 99; to 991.

Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Shares
are flat at 331 to 33k. Anglo-American are 198 to
20i ; French Cable, 16 to 161 ; and Atlantic Eight
per Cents., 28 to 2/.
The Bank Shares continue to attract little atten-
tion, and no material change is marked in prices.
Oriental is 41 to 42 ; Imperial Ottoman, 2f to 28
prem. ; Consolidated, 41 to 41 ; Chartered Mer-
cantile, 31} to 321 ; Anglo-Austrian, 10 to 12
prem.

At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was
limited, and the demand dull. English wheat in
moderate demand, prices ruling the same as on
M onday.
The sum of £20,000 in bar gold was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday.
The tenders for £2,500,000 Metropolitan Con-
solidated 3f per cent. Stock were opened yesterday
at the Bank of England by Sir John Thwaites, the
Chairman of the Board of NV orks. The Governor
and Deputy-Governor of the Bank were present,
and upon the several tenders having been read it
appeared that at various prices they reached an
aggregate of only about £2,100,000. The sealed
minimum was then opened, and declared to be £94
10s., at and above which price about £700,000 was
found to Lave been subscribed—one very large bid
by a leading Stock Exchange firm being at £96 3s.
Upon this Sir John Thwaite3 announced he would
be ready to receive tenders at the minimum until
the full amount shall have been taken, and many
additional applications were then sent in, the total
subscribed up to four o'clock being £1,332,900.
The motions by the liquidators of the Imperial
Laud Company of Marseilles against certain of the
directors and officers of the company, fur restitution
of the large sums of money alleged to have been
improperly applied by them, has been postponed to
the first motion day after Term on the application
of the respondents, who stated that they required
further time to prepare their defence.
At the meeting of the Oriental Gas Company
(Limited) a dividend of 6 per cent., making, with
the interim dividend previously paid, a total of 10
per cent. on the year, was declared.
At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Henry Bar-
low, cloth merchant, Leeds, the statement showed
liabilities for £5,500, and assets £5OO. After con-
siderable discussion, it was resolved to place the
estate in bankruptcy, but it was afterwards ar-
ranged by a large body of the creditors that time
should be given to Mr. Barlow to offer a composi-
tion.

Au extraordinary general meeting of the United
liingdom Electric Telegraph Company (Limited)
is called for the 9th Dec., to vote money to the
directors and officers of the company.

The half-yearly meeting of the Carmarthen and
Cardigan Railway Company is called for the Bth
December.

The half-monthly settlement in shares and foreign
stocks will begin to-morrow (" continuation day")
and end on Tuesday.
The London and South-Western Railway traffic
returns shows this week an increase of £2,397, com-
pared with the corresponding period of last year ;
the London, Chatham, and Dover, including the
Metropolitan Extension and branches, an increase
of £B2B ; the Metropolitan Extension, separately,
an increase of £419 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire
a decrease of £639 ; the North Eastern an increase
of £5,027 ; the Caledonian an increase of £825 ;
and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an
increase of £l7O.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ended the 24th of Nov. gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :--
Itest
PuLlic deposits
Other deposits 17,798,714 ... Decrease 111,475
On the other side of the account :
Government seouri-
tbas £13,811,953 No change.
Other securities 11)911,305 ... Decrease ... 174,901
Notes unemployed 9,731,665 ... Increase 407,365
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,825,585,
being a decrease of £326,425 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £18,566,181, showing
an increase of £161,125 when compared with the
Preceding return.

i Subjoined s a comparison of the present position
of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols
kid French Rentes with the corresponding week o'
litit year :

At Present. Same Weeklast Year.
Bullion
Reserve
Notes in circulation 23,825,585 ... 23,243,255
Rate of discount
Consols
.111ronch Rentes 7lf. 40c. 71f. 85c.

The following is the official return of the cheques
+►yid bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for
the week ending Wednesday, Nov. 24 :
Thursday
Friday

Saturday...
000
_ _

Monda:

8,935,000

Tuesday
9,900,000
8,097,000
Wednesday

£57,473,000

BRITIIII ruitss—TßO O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT rUNDS.;
° Per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, Dec. 1
per Cent. Reduced 92i k
New 3 per Cent
Nov" 31 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cen .1 sn. 1873
&enuitios, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908_
Exchoquor Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March
Do. 3 do. June
Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO par pm
Bank of England Stock, 41 por Cent
no. opening
, Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds
14ter-Colonial Omnium _

INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Sock, 10f per Cont., April 1874
De. OpeninCgen, for Account
Do. 5 per t. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Gerd., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per Cent..
Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ......• —
Do. 5i per Cent. May 1879 —
Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 ......
?Jo do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
11. i. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do Bonds; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.OOO —
FOREIGN FUNDS— TWO O'CLOCK.
Argentine Repubhc, 6 per Cent
1 ultrian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859 —
nriz.ilian 5 per Cent —
Jo. 11 per Cent. 1852 —
00.1, do 1858 —
~,o. (R, 1860 ..—
Do. do., 1863 7ll
O. 5 per Cent., 1365
1-10 Accoun•
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)