The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-05 00:00:00

MONEY~ MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The business on the Stock Exchange to-day was
Inactive, and in most instances where sales were
affected lower prices had to be submitted to. The
downward tendency extended itself to the Foreign
and Railway Markets, in both of which, with very
i LelY exceptions, lower prices had to be accepted.
Consols are now at 934 to 93 1 for money ;
ditto,a for Ac :ount, 931 ; Three per Cent. Re-
iced, 914 1 ; New Three per Cents, 911 1 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 5 prem. ; June,
10 Prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £500,-March,
; June, prem.; Bank of England Stock,
1. Per Cent., 237.
India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 2111 ;
ditto
5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1154 1 ; ditto 4
Per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
5 Per Cent., 1051 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, '2B 23
Prem. ; ditto under £l,OOO, 28 prem.
Foreign Stocks are very heavy. The following
are the prices :—Argentine, 83 to 831 ; Brazilian,
83 to 834 ; Egyptian (1864), 86! to 871 ex div.
d°. (1868), 761 to 764 ; Viceroy Seven per Cents.,
814 to 821 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 981 to 991 ;
Italian, 534 to 531 ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 841 to
85/ ; Mexican, 131 to 131; Peruvian, 811 to 824 ;
Portuguese, 33 to 341; Orel, 81 to 811 ex div. ;
Nicolas, 65; to 654 ex div. ; Moscow, 831 to 831 ;
Charkof, 801 to 81; Spanish, 264 to 21 ; and
Turkish Five per Cents., 421. to 421.
The Railway Market is inactive. Caledonian,
80. to 81; Great Eastern, 361 to 374 ; Great
Northern, 107/ to 1081; ditto (A), 1051 to 106 ;
Great Western, 55 to 551 ; Lancashire and York-
shire, 1241 to 1244 ; London and Brighton, 42 to
!24; London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 to 161;
London and North Western, 118 i to 1191 ; Lon-
-4011 and South Western, 89 to 91 ; Metropolitan,
82 to 83 ; Midland, 1174 to 1181 ; North Eastern
(Berwick), 1181 to 118; ; and South Eastern, 761
tl)
American Five-Twenty Bonds, 831 to 831 ex
; Ten-Forties, 774 to 78 ; and Erie Railroad
shares, 20 to 201.
Great Luxemburg, 124 to 124 ex div., being 1
better ; and Lombardo-Venetian is now 20 to 204
ez div.

Anglo-American Telegraph is 201 to 20a; French
Cable, 161 to 16f ; and Construction and Main-
tenance, at 321 to 321.
In Bank Shares there is an improvement of 10a.
In London and Westminster, and a fall of 103. in
Chartered Mercantile. Anglo-Austrian are marked
Bto 10 ex new prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 32 to
33; Consolidated, 44 to 41; Imperial Bank, 16
to 17 ; Imperial Ottoman, 24 to 21 prem. ; Lon-
don and County, 48 to 49 ; Oriental, 414 to 424
eg div. ; London Joint-Stock, 31 to 32 ; and. Union
of London, 364 to 374.
In Miscellaneous Securities there is a rise of 1

in. National Discount, the price being 1011 to 11i;
General Credit is marked at 1i to 1 dis.
The Corn Market is dull, with a downward ten-
dency.
The Stock-Exchange will be closed to-morrow
~_4lld, practically, a holyday is expected to be kept
1411 early all departments of city business.
The sum of £22,000 in sovereigns was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday for Alexandria.
The Swiftsure, from Melbourne, has brought
67)500.
The joint-stock and other banks have raised their
rate of allowance for deposits from lf to 2 per
cent. The terms of the discount establishments
!ill now be 2 per cent. for money at call, and 2i
ler deposits at seven days' and 2i at 14 days
notice.

The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
honidaY, the 18th inst., a special settling day in
e scrip and bonds of the San Domino Six per
feat. Government Loan. The question of official
quotation is adjourned.
The Committee have also ordered the shares of
the
Australian United -Gold Mining Company
(Limited) to be officially quoted.
Tha return from the Bank of England for the
week ended the 3d of Nov. gives the following
results
when compared with the previous week :- -
Ite,t
.C 3,094,841 ... Decrease ... £9,484
A,,,U. deposits
uer deposits 17,628,752 ... Decrease ... 221,157
a„, the other side of the account :
woYernment secuii-
Zttlti,e3r securities £14,011,953 ... Decrease ... 500,000
10,721,646 ... Increase ... 873,841
Telos unemployed 8,604080 ... Decrease ... 711,175
I,lle amount of notes in circulation is £24,055,790,
bullion
an increase of £494,850 ; and the stock of
'Nihon in both departments is £18,587,058, showing
decrease of £202,88 when compared with the
?receding return.
, Subjoined is a comparison of the present position
04
the Bank of England and the prices of Consols
711 d French Ratites with the corresponding week of
Lae
year : .

At Present. Same Weeklast Year.
tullion
servo
Notes i circulation 24,055,790 ... 24,513,370
~ate of discount - 3 per cent. ... 2 per cent.
,iotisols
tretish Rentes 7ll. 4Uc. 71f. 7c.
The following is the official return of the cheques
11 bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for
the Week ending Wednesday, Nov. 3 :

_ . _
Thursday £8,179,000
Friday
Haturday
llouday 9,287,000
Tuesday
Wednesday 9,821,000

.£72,418,000

BS/TM' 2'IXIIII-TWO •'•LUOY.

1 GIOVERNMEST FUNDS.-
Per Cent. Consols
k bitto for Account, Dec. 1 93;
tiDer Cent. Reduced 9l* 1 1
ew Q 9l}
f i
110 ••• per Cent
W 21 Per Cent. Jan. 1894
bn
4 - 5 per Cen J sn. 187 3
11Ouities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., WU. --
. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
t'? (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
--14'ociuor Bills, £1,000,.21 p. Ct. March 5
Do. 3 do. June
bo
r, , £lOO, £2OO pm
11' of En land Stock, 4f per Cent
bo 5
Q, • opening —
1,, 'ads 4 per Cent. Bonds —
mter-Oolonial °minium
j„, INDIAN tioirzarimErr li r bECUrrizo
"'l%stock, 191 per Cont., April 1874 2ll}
13
n°. Opening, for Account —
- per Cent. July, 1880
I)°. 5 1151 1
rso• 4 per: Cent., Oct. 1888
',so. Certificates —
....0 .
h • x.nfaced Pape. 4 per 0.nt...... —
°losf
-. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 at .....
bo
1.) • 51 per Cent. May 1879 —
-3 6 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
•Do do 1877 —
1. Do. do. 1882 —
;
t) • beb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
be• Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
28 23 pm
0. under £l.OOO 2B
FOREIG•N FlirliDS- TWO O'CL01111(.
tifontine Republic, 6 per Cent —
itriau Bonds 5 per cent —
111.,... , Do. 1850 —
11,an 5 per Cent
0 ai
U°'
-1. per Cent. 1852 —
' do 1858.... —
bo. u
bo. 0 180
t,„ do., 1863
t1:',.5 per Cent., 1365 —
11,1," A-coount
1)408 Ayres 6 per Cent.
Onb,;) 2,Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
„,17` por Cent.
1.)401 6 per Cent —
I.,°‘ 41 per Cent..., —
10,',.°: 3 per Cent~
Co ' Per Cent, 1866
o 1 • G per ce,.t. 1867 —
toto°„°l-mto, 6 per Cent.
1)44 73 3 per Cent., 1825
Ac
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l) -10 Rends
Do.°. *I tie Bonds
.ij,, 7,, Per Cent., 1868 .. ..
761
_i '"00 bonds .... 76k
4re(-"Trurneui Railway Dubentut....... 99}
bZ per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups. --
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Account
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k.ill t ..LeC°.,lllt --
04411111.1 n. a liar Cent
hi ,iwillrts Gov Rail. Los.n.., 10 p.. Ct., all pd 84
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00. A" Per Cent., 1865 •
I), ,;.-ecount ~
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