The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Business became dull to-day, but prices did not
materially give way. Consols declined a shade, but
Foreign Securities maintained their prices. In
Railway shares, however, there is a trifling im-
provement in Metropolitan and Great Western
shares.

Conso:s are now at 93i to 934 for money;
ditto, for Account, —; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 92f 2 ; New Thee per Cents, 92 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 5 prem. ; June,
8 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock,
44 per Cent., 239.
India Stock, 10i per Cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5 per Cont., July, 1880, 115 4 ; ditto 4
per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1004 4 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
1 per Ceat., —; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 20
prem.

In the Foreign Market prices are steady. Egyp-
tian (1864), 861 to S7l; ditto (1868) Loan, 771 to
77} ; Italian, 521 to 53 ; Mexican, 12i to 13 ; Peru-
vian, 83 to 831 ; Oriel, 801 to 811 ex div. ; Char-
kof 80 to 801 ; Spanish, 261 to 261 ; Turkish, 80
to 82 ex div. ; ditto Five per Cents., 43 to 431.
French Atlantic Cable is lower, at 161 to 161
Anglo-American Telegraph remains steady, at 20
to 201 ex div. ; Telegraph Construction and Main-
tenance, 311 to 321.
Lombardo- Venetian are quoted at 191 to 191 ; and
Great Luxembourg, 111 to 121.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 831 to 831 ;
Erie Shares, 201 to 201 ; and Illinois, 981 to 981.
In Railway Securities Metropolitan opened at 83,
but they have improved to 831. Great Western
are 54,1 ; Great Northern A Shares have risen 1
1071, the ordinary stock is 1071. Midland are 118
to 114 ; South Eastern have declined to 761 ; Cale-
donian is 791 ; Great Eastern are 36j to 361;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1251 to 1251 ; Lon-
don and Brighton, 431 to 431; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 16 to 161 ; London and North
Western, 119 to 1191. Great Western of Canada
are 151 to 151; Grand Trunk, 15/ to 16 ; East
Indian, 1111 to 112 ; Great Indian, 108 to 109.

In Bank Shares Alliance are 121 to 131; Anglo-
Austrian, Bs. to 10s. premium ; Chartered Mer-
cantile, 32 to 33 ; Consolidated, 41 to 4i ; im-
perial, 161 to 17 ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 21
prem. ; London and County, 48 to 49 ; London
and Westminster, 581 to 591 ; Orients], 411 to
421 ; London Joint-Stock, 32 to 33 ; and Union of
London, 37 to 38.
Hudson's Bay are 131 to 131, being a decline
of 1. General Credit is quoted at 1* to 1 dis. ;
International Finance, 2 to 1j dis.; and National
Discount, 11 to

Wheat is dull on heavy foreign arrivals, but oats
being short are firm.

Asum of 50,000 sovereigns was withdrawn yes-
terday from the Bank for shipment to South
America.

The steamer Macgregor Laird has reached Liver-
pool from the West Coast of Africa, with gold dust
and specie to the value of £1,483.
The traffic of the metropolitan Railway shows
an increase in the receipts of £1,326. The revenue
of the Metropolitan and St. John's Wood Railway
exhibits an increase of £4O. The receipts on the
Metropolitan District Railway for the week repre-
sent £787, and the Glasgow and South Western
an increase of £529.

At the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of
the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London,
and China, an ad interim dividend of 4 per cent. for
the half-year was declared. It was stated that the
results would have been more satisfactory but for
the backwardness of the China season and the gene-
ral depression of trade in the East. There had
been no losses during the period, but there was one
outstanding account which involved a possible loss
of £1,200. Mr. C. J. Erskine, a former member of
the Legislative Council of India, was elected a
director in room of Mr. G. May, resigned.

The dividend due the Ist December on the Chilian
Pour-and- a-llalf per Cent. Loan is announced for
Payment.

The Mexican dollars by the steamer Shannon
Were sold for China at 4s. 11id. per ounce, show-
ing no alteration.
The directors of the Oriental Gas Company
(Limited) have issued their report in anticipation
of the meeting to be held on the 25th inst. The
directors recommend a distribution of 6 per cent.
free of income tax, payable on the 2d of December
next.

The prospectus has been issued of the Brighton
Aquarium Company, with a capital of £40,000.
The Aquarium is to be on a very large scale, and
It is thought will be an object of great attraction
at Brighton.
The official liquidator of the Cefn Cilcen Mining
Company (Limited) has obtained the sanction of
Vice-Chancellor Stuart to pay a further dividend
of ss. in the pound (making, with 15s. already
paid, 20s. in the pound), to be paid on Monday,
the 22d current.
Messrs. Neroutsos and Co., of Manchester, de-
scribe the state of trade, by telegram, as follows :
" Market is a shade steadier. Sellers find demand
*very sluggish, at present currency, but refuse to
make any appreciable concession."
In most kinds of produce transactions are very
moderate, but prices are, with very few exceptions,
steady, supplies on offer being light. Cotton is the
turn dearer. The oil and tallow trades still dull.
Public tea auctions have opened quietly, and prices
have occasionally favoured the buyers, but not to
alter quotations.

BRITISII FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK.

GOVERNMENT rUNDS.;
a por Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, Dec. 1 —
8 per Cent. Reduced 921 2
New 3 per Cent
Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
a ~,---

Do. per Con an. 1873
Annuities, $O yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885
Do (lied Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 —
xchoqu2:r Bills, £l,OOO, 24 p. Ct. March
Do. 3 do. June 8
Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO —
Bank of England Stock, 44 per Cent
De. opening
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds
Inter-Colonial
Onininnt
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIEe
India took, 104 per Cent., April 1874 —
Do. Opening, for Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do.l per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Papeil per Cent..
Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 . —
Do. 54 per Cent. May 1879

DJ spCir Cent., Rup.Theb. 1872
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 -
-00. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Boucle; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under .£l.OOO 2O
FOREIGN FUNDS— TWO O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republic, ti per Cent
Ultrian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Do. 41 per Cent. 1852

Do. do 1858—...
Do. uu 1860 —
Do. do., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do Account
4Juenos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
~..eltb 6 per Cent.
Ugilian 6 per Cent —
o. 1i per Cent...,
Do. 3 per Cent.,
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
1/4.) D
n o. 6 per ce,t. 67
lo utuan, 6 per Cent..
Danisu, 3 per Cent., 1825 , —
licktu‘t.ian Principalities, 7 i.er Cent
10. Acccunt . •
k,D 8 —r Cent., 1867
pu
cualor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
444yitiau, 7 per Ce.n• —
"a SecOati issue ••• —
Do. ..Cs's/C Bonds 331
Ito. 1864
Do. Account
Do. £5OO Bonds
Do. £lO6 Bolas B7l
1)0. 7 per Cont., 1868 ~
1)0. £lOO Bonds
Ciovernnitnt Railway Debentures 99i
Clreeir 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups --
Do. Corsi out -
Do. Account
u ttelliitht 5 per Cent . —
Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., .. 10D., 'I Ct all pd 831 41
44144 Peg cent., aso 00000 ~,,,,,,,,,,m.