The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-19 00:00:00

Ni 0 NE Y - irr A- R K E T

AND
CO ALMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Consols are 93 21 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 1 ;
New Tkree per Cents, 9:31 / 1 ; ditto 21 per Cent.,
Jan., 1894, 751.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1858, 1021 1 ; ditto Enfaced
Paper,i4 per Cent., 931.
In the Foreign Market there is a rise of 1 in New
Spanish Three per Cents., 1 in Italian Five per
Cents , and 3-16 in Turkish Five per Cents.
Peruvians are quoted 78 781 ; Italian, 571 671 ;
Mexican Bonds, 151 151 ; New Spanish, 411 411 ;
Turkish Five per Cents., 411 411 ; and Russian
(Azof) Railway Loan, 801 811.
The Honduras Loan is steady, at 86 87 ex
Coupon.
The following alterations in the Railway Market
may be noted :—Metrof olitan 1 lower, Caledonian
better ; Great Western, 1, Great Northern 1,
Midland 1, Sheffield 11 Brighton I, North British
7 South Eastern I—all better. North Eastern
(Berwick) have relapsed 1. The quotations are :
Caledonian, 7941; Great Wescern, 501 51; Great
Eastern, 398 1 ; Great Northern, 113 114 ; ditto
A, 112 1 ; Lancashire, 1291 1 ; Metropolitan, 1081
; Midland, 1211 21; Sheffield, 531 41 ; Brighton,
51f 4 ; North British, 36 37 ; North Western,
1181 119 ; North Eastern, 107 1 ; South Eastern,
811 821 ; Chatham and Dover, 161 171.
The directors of the North and South Western
Junction Railway recommend a dividend at the
rate of per cent. per annum.
The traffic receipts of the Caledonian and
North British Railway show an increase of £3,573,
ana the North Eastern of £3,055.
United States Bonds have given way k, the 5-20's
being 78 78+ ; the Bonds of 1885 are at 761 771 ;
and the 10-40 Bonds 72 721.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are at 364 371, and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds 38+ 384, showing a further improvement of
and + respectively.
The bullion operations at the Bank comprised an
efilux of 110,000 sovereigns for shipment to Buenos
Ayres.
The Government of Bavaria are constructing
another large network of railways, for which the
Chambers have voted 90,000,000 florins, to be raised
by 41 per cent, loans.
Application has been made to the Committee 01
the Stock Exchange for the settlement and official
quotation of the Shares of the British Indian Sub-
marine Telegraph Company, Limited.
The half-yearly dividend, due the Ist of March,
On the Charkow-Azow Guaranteed Five per Cent.
Loan is announced for payment.
, petition for the winding up of the Interna-
t!onal Life Assurance Society, preferred by the
liquidators of the Hercules Insurance Company
(Limited), as creditors, is to be heard before Vice-
Chancellor Malins on the 26th of this month.
the
anleeotmteprhyas bees addressed by the secretary of
to the committee of the Stock Ex-
change, stating that the directors will take the de-
cision of the Vice-Chancellor into immediate con-
sideration; and that, after deducting £42,600 from
the net revenue, the balance remaining will permit
the declaration of the following dividends : 5 per
cent. on Preference Stock and New Redeemable
Snares, 41 per cent. on Ordinary Stock, G per cent.
Preferred Stock. These, it is added, may be re-
garded as interim payments, pending the appeal
Which the directors will probably make to a higher
Court or to Parliament.
The report of the English and Australian Cop
Per Company (Limited) shows a profit for the
Year of £4,114, and recommends a dividend of 9d.
Per share. The reserve fund now amounts to
£12,259.
_ The suspension has been announced of Messrs,
Robert Watson and Co., cotton spinners, of Ac-
rin,gton and Warrington, with liabilities of about
£60,000.
The Court of Chancery having sanctioned the
reduction of the capital of the Fairbairn Engineer-
ing Company from £250,000 to £150,000, the
shares of this company are now shares of £6 each,'
With £5 paid.
The annexed, on Turkish finance, is from the
Levant Herald of the 10th inst. :—" The financial
event of the week has been another loan to the
Treasury, this time of £500,000. The operation
has been negotiated by Messrs. Camara, Clado, and
Co., in concert with Messrs. Singros, Corouio, and
Scoloudhi and some other local houses. On the face
of it the conditions seem favourable for the Govern-
ment, the loan being on account current for three
months at 11 per cent. interest per annum, without
present commission or other extras. As there is no
likelihood, however, that the sum can be repaid at
the end of the short term fixed, it will doubtless be
competent to the lenders to modify these terms fa-
vourably for themselves on renewal.
The Frankfort advices states that transactions on
the Bourse in that city are now almost limited to
Credit bank shares, which have risen again 24 florins
„Iwithin the last week, and are quoted 145. A divi-
'end of 15 florins is expected. Austrian railway
shares are now neglected ; Lombard are dull ; and
I:llVSet rrieactla receded eight florins to 22,142 and Franco-
scarcely maintain their price, notwith-
Tonding satisfactory weekly receipts. The Italian
longer
Loan is in good request ; " there is no
a doubt," it is said, " that the new Italian
044 is all but taken by the Rothschilds and
Credit Foncier, supported by another combina-
'len of bankers."
'l'll4 return from the Bank of England for the
AReek ended the 17th] February gives the following
It 4 when, compared with the previous week
..................... £34,387386 Increase ... £19,644
Other de ,661,,015 Decrease ... 67,730
„ uePosits ......... 17,947,895 Increase 455,938
Las other side of the account :
tipsanlent 5ecuri-
0t0r...........
...... £14,076,537 Increase £50,000
/Totes ireurities ...... 16,633,293 ... increase 121,536
Th.
li „ _ 44/111Ployed... 8,184,065 Increase ... 245,435
beiamount of notes in circulation is £23,153,915,
g a decrease of £178,770 ; and the stock of
•
kti nin both departments is £18,470,930, showing
m 's ore,__
Pre of £62,390 when comp
sared with the
ceding return.
of
hu_nloined is a comparison of the present position
440
i Bank of England and the prices of Consols
14,4
Yearreneh Routes with the corresponding week of

ioners.

Same Week
At Present.
last Year.
13411'
on
............... £18,470,930 ... £21,192,1499
Ate.................. 10,317,015 ... 12,818,,98
IL, in circulation... 23,153,915 ... 23,343,160
7, Lof discount 3per cent. 2 per cent.
voitsoia ......
93
......... ....... 93

nIIITISII, FUNDS—CLOSING,F3R27E3 B.
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93
93 I
vper eut..keduced
931 }
i:zePr 3 per ()eat
75}
ell° 21- per Cent. Jan. 1894 a -"' Per () 931.1873
-10014.1ftoiersw(i)0 yebi
iilrse, j expire sth Jan., 1880
t N (Red SeYarTelle-tirtepshtll 1908 —
pill
ti.ol(.4ixt-;.r 13ille, £l,OOO, '2 per Ct.
Aug.,
1885 —
£5OO
Do,
iieht.
ZlOO ilz .£2OO
Pm
~-, of England Stock, 4par Cent
CllO aCCOUtit ...............................
105
14t74ua 4 per Ceut. Bends
_
er.Colonial Otunnun
41)/
4,,
~ AN ,iOVISIINMENT SEMI In"'
Do,
,tock, 101 per Cent. ,April
A",,,0. Opening, for Account
111
'O. 6 per lieut. .1 uly, 1880
Do A h 1874 2ll
102 i 4
U°,-. pet. ~~ent•, Oct. 1.888
N• Certificates
DO. Enfac••d I, . er Cont
. ..., ape, p ,
lot;
1)0. 0 per Cert., Jan. 116‘ 4
Mk
.0. 4 per O-21t. 'ALIT 1874
3 5 PQr Cent., Itup. Deb. 18;2 —
Da
do. 1877 —
Do.
do. 1882 —
1)•••
80b.,D 5 per °out., Aug. 1873 ~ —
liuD
P'
, 0- oonde, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO.
. under .£l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
4.1. Pe ~
811 1
n.lue Republtc, 6 par CODA ......
A °1 Scrip 445 paid .. .... .. ............
8 4 Itrekr. tierids 5 per cent .• ............. --
ra.rs. • pk). 1853 ........................
zdtan 5 par Cent
--
a~ 4 per Cent 1862 .....................
"..°' do. •11 58... ................
"°. do.
1., i 30 ......... .., .........

._.
r Do. do., lA.? —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do Account B4;
B .e;:os Ayres 6 per Cent.
DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.)
Ca'pt, 6 per Cent.
o..ilian 6 per Cent
o. 4 d per Cent..., . —
Do. 3 per Cent., —
to. 6 per ce-t. 1867..... —
l'o. 7 per Cent., 1366
C I. obisn, 6 per Cent.
Dan•en 3 per Cent., 1825...
Dan , bian Principalities, 7 ler Cent -
DJ S per Cent., 1867 .
Equaior New Con3olid,,ted, 1 per Cent 7.

Eiyytian, 7 per Cent...-_,.
()el IE9110
Do. .£SOC Bonds --
Do. £lOO Bonds

Do. • 1864
Do. Account
Do. £5OO Bonds
Do. 41(10 Bonds 9O
English Scrip, 1868
Do do. £l5 pci —
Government Railway Debentures
Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ox Coups —
Do. Acecuni
• Do. Couponz
Do. Account
..;,I:,Teina la 5 per Cent ..
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Cl., all pd
It a iian 5 p,r Cert., 1865
.Do. Accountil ..
85
Do Maremmana Railway —
il!,xicai..- 3 per Cent
Do. 1864 —
Do 1 per Cent. Anglo-French —
iontevid9an d per Cent..
New Granada
15
Do 3 per Cen . —
Do. Deferred
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1365
P
~DDLII:ooti
g44Aufecpposeceurr:CCteenntt... (1U816.i2b a
si:r e n )
.. 78/
Do Account
per Ot• ,1853,'6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3
/Do. do. 1867 .
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 4} per Cant . 1850
Do 4f per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ...... ... 87f 1
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bondr... 931
Do. do. £B4 15s. do. ..,
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 93
Do. do £B4 15s. do oei
Do Nicolas Railway 67 f
.
Sar. linian 5 per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Can ." .—
Do. Acc,,unt
Do. 1867 . -
Do. Account .....
Do. New Deferred —
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, Scrip —
Turkish 6 per Cent.l ... ~,
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account -
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do £IOC Bonds 671
Do 5 per Oent. 1865
D. Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860 4/ /
V
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n)oez'i p
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.r•LciGeltn'sp no
et ut
6a
ur' e s )
Do. Ace. ant
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Po 6 per Cent., 1862
Dividends on the above payable in Londe),
Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian. 4.i per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch *if per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull,
Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates ....
Do. Account —
French Routes, 3 ner Cent., Ex. 25f.
liditth 5 per (I,,nt. 1831, E:. zOf.
Do Account 57/ }
CLOSINU PRICES

31i I

OonFo!s, Money tin 3
Do. Account, March 4
... 92i 3

BOURSE, Feb. 18.—Th
closed as follows :

4i per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of mouth 7l 4d
•Crodit Mobilier
End of mouth 290
Credit Foneier 1615
End of month —
RAILWAY

.ea o'clock.—The marke

Bank Shares ......3015
Ithl'an Five 5....... 25
End of month...
Mexican Loan 24 25
Do. Bonds ...... 156
Spanish Threes 33
Home Debt......
Deferred .
8.

h_
Orleans
Northern
.... 3187f
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 625
Western
Eastern
• . 585
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 47.5
North of Spain .
Saragossa ...
Roman..

80
47i

TPESTMINSTER ELECI JON PETITION.

TIIIS DAY.

The hearing of this petition was resumed this morning
at ton o'clock, before Mr. Baron Martin, in the Court of
Exchequer, Westminster

Mr. Hawkins began by summing up his case. The only
question was whether, under the Act 17th and 18th
of Victoria, Mr. Smith was guilty of bribery and cor-
rupt practices, by himself or his agents The petitioners
had failed to adduce any evidence of bribery of corrup-
tion on the part of Mr. Smith, except in ono or two
wards b the borough, although that borough com-
priz •11 250,000 inhabitants. The petitioners had, by
their counsel, stated matters with respect to Edwards and
ethers which were not borne out by the evidence.
Dwelling at some length on the evidence, the learned
counsel admitted that Mr. Smith had been robbed
by miserable, pilfering persons, but with no intention
of corruption on his part in the expenditure of the
£690 in advertising. With respect to Mr. Edwards, he
had lived without imputation from 1851, and, as the evi-
dence showed, he was engaged for the election simply
because he was well conversant with election matters,
and not for the purpose of corruption. Speaking of the
boards and the payments made for them, the
learned counsel said that the intention of exposing them
was honest and pure. In fact, the whole ease of the
petitioners rested on the statements made by We

Wheelers in Overton's case, and his lordship oonsi-
dering the character of these witnessos would, not pay
much attention to what they swore to. All that these
witnesses stated Overton denied, ann, in short, the
whole case of the petitioners was founded upon the
testimony of the Wheelers, who were proved to be
traitors, cheats, and liars. The learned counsel went
through the evidence at length (already reported) and con-
tended that iu it there was nothing to implicate his client
in corrupt practices.

Mr lfitzjames Stephen then replied on behalf of the pe

Baron Martin having gono carefully through the eyi
dente, decided that Mr. Smith was duly elected.

HOLBORN THEATRE.

A now drama, by Mr. Watts Phillips, entitled
"Fettered," has met with success. The plot turns
upon a young lady, who, having secretly married
a scoundrelly adventurer, whose offences have re-
sulted in transportation to a penal settlement, finds
herself unable to accept the honourable addresses of
Sir Gilbert Heron, of Graythorpe, a young baronet who
believes her to be a widow. Jasper Blythe, her husband,
having contrived to make his way back to England. The
great scene in the piece is the inundation of the old mill,
which produced the most enthusiastic applause. Miss Lydia
Foote sustained the part of the heroine excellently,,and Miss
F. Josephs as a romantic young lady showed taste and judg-
ment. The chief comic business is assigned to Mr G. Honey
and Mr. F. Drew. Mr. Parsolle, as Flitter, the detective,
deserves high commendation ; and Mr. Cooper, who sup-
ported the part of Jasper with much force and effect. The
piece has been excellently mounted, and ought to prove
attractive.