The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Business to-day was active on the Stock Ex-
change, but prices have not increased. In Ameri-
can Securities Eries have again receded, but in
Continental Securities prices are steady.
Consols are now at 931 to 931 for money ;
ditto, for Account, 931 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 911 4 ; New Three per Cents, 918 1 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, par ; June, 7
11 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
; June, prem.l; Bank of England Stock,
4 per Cent., 238.
India Stock, 10f per Cent., April, 1874, 2101 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 131 ; ditto 4
per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001; ditto Enfaced Paper,
4 per Cent., ; ditto 51 per Cent., 1879, 1101 ;
ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 29 prem.
In the Foreign Market business is inactive.
The following are the prices :—Brazilian, 831
to 831 ; Egyptian (1864), 851
,to 861 ex div. ;
ditto (1868), 761 to 77 ; Viceroy Seven per
Cents., 811 to 811 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 981
to 991; Italian, 521 to 528; ditto Tobacco
Loan, 85 to 86 ; Peruvian, 80 to 801; Portu-
guese, 33i to 34 ; Orel, 82 to 82 ex div. ; Nicolas,
67; to 681 ; Moscow, 831 to 84 ; Charkof, 801
to 81; Spanish, 27 to 271 ; and Turkish Five per
Cents., 421 to 421.
In Railway Shares prices are drooping. Metro-
politans are still flat, but not lower. The prices
are now as follows :—Caledonians are 801 to
811 ex div. ; Great Eastern, 361 to 361 ; Great
Northern, 106 to 108 ; ditto (A), 104/ to 105 ;
Great Western, 56 to 561; Lancashire and York-
shire,.l.24l to 1251; London and Brighton, 441 to
45 • London, Chatham, and Dover, 16/ to 17 ;
London and North Western, 1181 to 118/ ; London
;
and South Western, 891 to 901; Metropolitan, 871
to 871
Midland, 119 to 1191 ; North Eastern
(Berwick), 1171 to 118 ; and South Eastern, 771
to 77i.
The American Five-Twenty Bonds, are 811 to
82 ex div. ; Ten-Forties, 76 to 761; and Erie
Railroad Shares, 191 to 201.
Great Luxemburg are flat, at 111 to 121; and
Lombardo-Venetian is quiet, at 201 to 201.
Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 201 to
2pl; and French Cable, 161 to 17.
In Bank Shares the quotations are: Agra (A)
Shares, 101 to 111 ; Alliance, 121 to 131;
Anglo-Austrian, 9 to 11 ex new prem. ; Char-
tered Mercantile, 32 to 33 ; Consolidated, 41 to
44. ; Imperial Bank, 16 to 17; Imperial Otte-
r"; 21 to 21 prem. ; London and County, 481
to 491; London and Westminster, 571 to 581;
Oriental, 43 to 44 ; London Joint-S:ock, 301 to
311; and Union of London, 36 to 37.

In Miscellaneous Securities Hudson's Bay is
13i to 14 ; General Credit,"li to 1 dis. ; Inter-
national Finance, 21 to i j dis. ; and National Dis-
count, 10i to 11.
No bullion operations of importance took place
at the Bank yesterday.
~. The Neva, which sailed yesterday for the Wrest
Indies, took out £50,000 in gold.
Advices received from New York mention that
the holders of Mexican Bonds—issued during the
Period Juarez was an exile—were urging the Go-
vernment of the United States to enforce a settle-
reent of their claims. Three years' interest is due
neon these bonds, and the present crisis has been
Fr.ought about by the refusal of Romero, the
mance Minister, to pay the arrears, though he
offers to purchase the obligations at the rate of 10
cents, the dollar.
The wheat shipments from California to this
Country during the quarter ended the 30th ult.
Were valued at £665,000. In addition to the wheat
IthiPments, there was a clearance of one vessel with
a full cargo of flour, the first that had been sent
hither since January.
Late advices from Cuba allege that the American
Volunteers,
who have hitherto been acting with
the insurgents, are anxious to get away. They
report that the promises and representations made
to them before leaving New York have proved
false, and that they are compelled to take the front
and brave all the dangers of every engagement.
The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week a decrease of £244 compared with the
Corresponding period of last year, and the Brighton
an increase of £446.
The traffic return of the Great Western Railway
°`, Canada for the week ending the 16th inst. shows
decrease of £1,276 compared with the correspond-
ing Period of last year.
The Manchester Examiner announces the suspen-
t°4 of Mr. D. R. Rodocanachi, with liabilities
variously estimated at from £lO,OOO to £30,000.
The number of messages through the French
At
io antic Telegraph during the week ending October
rNaa 815, the cable charge thereon being £l,BBB,
Iveling a decrease of £712 from the preceding
ek) when the receipts were exceptionally swollen
bb.
I:ivan interruption of the land lines in connexion
ui the Atlantic Company.
A
Ca esers. Berger Spence and Co.'s weekly chemi-
-14l and metal report says :—The increased activity
the chemical trade, reported last week, has not
ztlhalvi.ll any signs of abatement, and although the
for-I any
is still in a very debilitated condition
all other classes of chemicals the business done
aa beer.
the "of a satisfactory nature. In minerals also
1408,4PP1y keeps pace with the demand ; prices in
eases rule sufficiently low to leave a fair mar-
porti°r the consumer. in metals nothing of im-
prie 4nee has taken place during the past week, and
iltutre: remain generally as last quoted. At the
day erlY meeting held at Birmingham on Thurs-
the ~11°t much business was done, chiefly owing to
mncertainty of the course the men may adopt
kith regard to the wages question.
lo a; Pectal meeting of the shareholders of the
ptiZa Bn
Tramway Company has been held for the
of re of receiving proposals from the Secretary
ti tints for India with regard to the reconstruc-
• of the company. The capital of the company
°° 000
hara upon which there is a Government
badil'ee of 3 per cent. The Secretary of State
k6o.l3ol:,°Pased that the capital should be reduced to
btiE 'itvo) hearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. ;
rate twa9 urged by the meeting that the increased
the (3' interest should be extended to the whole of
„„:
eraCtiglaal capital, and resolutions were passed
QdYin this •
oodi gview. A line is contemplated from
Fat euer
srnot. _rY, which the board are ready to con-
to advanlhe French Government has undertaken
ranae 00 £B,OOO per annum as interest upon the
t' • -Y to
teipate be expended, and the board do not an-
offered
by that
t any opposition to the
he Indian Government. scheme will be

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