The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-04 00:00:00

MONEY.MARNE

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COMMERCIAL

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CITY, Two o'CLooi.
Business to-day was active, and Consols improved
a further rise of -it both for money and the account.
The improvement extended to the Foreign Market,
and Railway Shares also partook of the favourable
turn. There was a fair demand for money in the
open market, but it could not be obtained under 2*
to 3 for first-class paper.
Consols are 921 4 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 921 4 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92i ; New
Three per Cents, 921 If.
India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 ; ditto En-
Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent., 911 ; ditto Bonds
£l,OOO, 1.5 prem.; ditto under £l,OOO, 20 prem.
In the Foreign Market business was on the
improve. Turkish Five per Cents. and Greek
Bonds are 1 better, at 401 and 13 respectively ;
Mexican is 151 ; New Spanish Three per Cents.
at 30 to 31 ex div. ; and Italian at 51 to 541 ex
div.

The Honduras Loan is quoted at 86 to 87 ex
coupon.

Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan is firm at 74g.
Italian Scrip is 31 prem., and the last Russ:an
Loan, 1 dis., par.
In the railway market the following stocks have
have improved :—Caledonian Great Western 1,
Great Eastern 1-16, Metropolitan 1, Midland 11-,
Sheffield 1, North British /, London -and North-
Western, 1, North Eastern f , South Eastern
1, Metropolitan Extension 1, Great Northern
Original Shares are lower. The prices are :
Caledonian, 7541, 61; Great Western, 48, 1 ;
Great Eastern, 401 i; Great Northern, 105 f,
1061 ; ditto A, 1071, 8 ; Lancashire, 128, 1 ;
Metropolitan, 105, 1 ; Midland, 114, 1 ; Shef-
field, 47, ; Brighton, 421, i; North British
33 ; North Western, 1121 13 ; North Eastern,
100 1 ; South Eastern, 791 ; Chatham and Dover,
171 1 ; Metropolitan Extension, 991 1001.
Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
Cent. Debenture Stock is 94 95.
American Five-Twenties have risen 1, to 741
741 ; the Bonds of 1885 1, to 731 731 ; and the
10-40 Bonds are firm at 711 74.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are 414 421, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds
434 441. Eries have improved nearly Ito 251 251,
and Illinois Central Stock is 1 better at 951 9544,
In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares prices are as
last quoted.
The sum of £25,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank on Saturday.
The Oneida, telegraphed at Lisbon from Brazil
and the River Plate, will bring £45,817. The Pera,
from Alexandria, has £37;000.
The assumed pacific tenor of the Emperor's ad-
dress on New Year's-day has created increased con-
fidence. It is now universally believed that the
Turco-Greek question will be adjusted without a
resort to hostilities, and therefore all ground for
apprehension is removed.
A general meeting of the shareholders of the
City Bank is convened for the 19th inst., to receive
the directors' report, and declare a dividend.
The report of the London and Brazilian Bank
(Limited), to be presented on the 14th inst., shows
a loss from the Ist of January to the 30th of Sept.
of £38,953, which will absorb the reserve of £11,645,
and .leave a deficit of 827,308. This has been
caused by exchange and gold transactions during
the nine months at Rio, where the directors have in
consequence just appointed a fresh manager, Mr.
Gordon, hitherto manager at Bahia. The portion
of the bank capital locked up is in process of im-
provement and recovery, a reduction of £6,000
a year has been made in the expenditure, and no
call is either required or contemplated.
It is understood that the directors of the City of
Loudon Brewery Company are about to convene an
extraordinary meeting of the shareholders, for the
purpose of limiting the company's reserve fund to
£50,000 ; which amount, if further augmented by
£l,OOO per annum, is considered sufficient for all
purposes intended.
A general meeting of the New Consolidated Dis-
count Company (Limited) is convened for the 18th
inst., when a dividend is to be declared.
It is understood that owing to the extraordinary
delay of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company in putting in their answer to the bill of
the General Credit Company, filed nearly two years
ago, the General Credit Company have felt it neces-
sary to take the extreme step of sequestrating the
property of the Chatham Company, and that the
writ of distringas issues immediately.
In recent statements at New York it was repre-
sented that the shortest time in which the passage
eastward to Japan can be made is 60 days, while
on the opening of the Pacific Railway it will be
performed westward in 35 days. The calculation
was inaccurate. Ihe Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's time is—from London to Hong Kong 41
days, Shanhai 46 days, and Yokohama 52 days, in-
cluding all stoppages and intervals for tranship-
ments, which occupy about seven days. The stop-
pages and transhipments on the San Francisco route
do not seem to have been taken into account,
although it way be assumed they will quite equal,
if they do not exceed, those by the Eastern line.
According to the New York Journal of Commerce
it is rumoured that Mr. Vanderbilt has made an
offer to the Great Western Railroad Company of
Canada to lease that road for ten years, with
right of purchase at the end of the lease, and the
should his offer be accepted the Great W that
Railroad will, to all intents and
pur western
poses, become a
part of the New York Central Railroad.
Certain persons in Germany who style them-
selves " bankers" are pursuing the old
practice of
alloting shares in the Austrian State lotteries to
parties in England whose names they insert in
letterpress in a formal certificate without any
consent or application. It is discreditable to the
.Austrian Government that the annoyance should
be permitted, since there is reason to assume it
could be easily stopped by a refusal on their part
to allow these people the position of agents or
sub
scribers.

The English Scrip of the Egyptian Government
Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 p
will be exchanged
for Definitive Bonds, with Coupons attached, at
the London agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank,
on and after the 9th inst.
Messrs. Townend Brothers, of 9, Mincing-lne,
intimate that Mr. Charles Bovet has been admitted
a partner in their firm, which from this date will
be conducted under the style of Townend Brothers
and Bovet.
It appears from the circular of Messrs. Browne
and Eagle, warehouse-keepers, that of
colonial wool into Breat Britain fr the imports
om all ports
91,857 bales.
showed an aggregate increase in 1868 over 1867 of

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GOTER WO O'CLOCK.
NXENT FUN '
3 ratCoefnotr.
4.oocooftsunolet; .......•••.••.••.............DS 921
xd
Ipu. Utna. ii.wuucha 921
New 3 per Cent d
92i
..........
Now 2} per Cent. jan. 181)4 ............. I°.2i
Do. • per Cent. in.
1873 —
Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan.,' 1138(,
Do. for 30 yrs, expire ath April 1885
Do (lied Sea Televaph), Aug., 190 s
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ut
Do. £5OO
Do. £lOO & £2OO .......
pm
Do. of England Stock, 4 per Cent 24l}
Do. account
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds
Inter-Colonial Oruniura
INl)iAti dOVERNMENT SECURITIEL,.
In lia Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 , Shut
Do. Opening, for Account
no. 5 per I ;ent. July, 1830
Do. 4 per Oent., Oct. 1118
Do. Certificates 1021
Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent 9ll
Do. 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872
lic. at
D.) per lay 1879
per Cent., RAup. Deb. 1872 ......
De. do. 1477 -
Do. do. 1882 .........
Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
DDo, Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
o. under £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCIL.
Argeuontine Republic, 6 per Cent ~ Scrip 4 ...... 74} I
45 paid ....................
Anitrian Bowie 5 per cent .............
D°• 1809ei ..... tretomm ......

Brazilian 5 per Cent
11 per C nt., 1852
Do. do. 1858....
Do. do., 186!.
Do. do., 1863
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account 79
B•enos Ayros 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Cit')a, 6 per Cent.
°Lillian 6 per Cent
Do. 41 per Cent
Do. 8 per Cent.,
Po. 6 per ce• t. 1867
Po. 7 per Cent., 1866
C lo abian, 6 per Cent.
Dan'so, 3 per Cent. 1825
Dan thian Principalities, 7 per Cent,,.... 731
D.) 8 per Cent., 1867 Bl
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
7 per Cent ........................ •
::!ecoad. Issue
Do. .ts.n. Bowls ..............................
Do. .£lOO Bonds
Do. 1864•••••
.................
Do.
.Account ................
Ds). £soo Bonds ......... ................... 84
Do. £lO6 lion 1s
861
English Scrip, 1868
Do do. £l5 ............
Goverun-.ent Railway Delientwes
Greek 5 per Cent., 1821 5, ex Coups —
Do.
Account
Do. Coupons
. .
Do. Accauut
3.utteniain. 5 per Cent .....................
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It t;ian 5 pet r t., 1865
Da Account .....................
...............................
Do
Marernmana Railway
iit•xic:o• 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account • l5l
Do. 1864 Bl
Do k. per Cent. Anglo-French
.lontevideau 6 per Cent
oorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Vow Granada
Do 3 per Cen
Do. Deferred
Do Ulla Warrants (Hectares.)
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
761 7i
P..)rt Nguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,
Do. do. 1867
Do. do. Sc, ip, £2O pail
Issian 5 per Cent.
Do 41 per Cent . 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860 .•
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cont., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds,- 91
Du. do. £Bl 15s. --
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 894 90
Do. do £B4 155. do —
Do Nicolas Railway
Sal-Julian a per Cent 7ll
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 44 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Spanish 3 per Con ...
Do. Account
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferred
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded., —
Do. Account.
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do do, scrip
Turkish 6 per Cent"
Do Account µ B3 1
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account,
Do .£IOC Bonds 64
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6Ol
Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed ........
Venezuela 3 per Cent.:
Do. Account
1)0 6 per Cent. 1864 .......................
Do 6 per Cont., 1862 .................... 24
Dividends on the above payable in
Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. —.
Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull,: ..........
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates •••. ...
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex: 25f...... Account 7of.
Italia', 5 per Cent. 1831, —
Do. Account
541

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Consuls, Money TWO fl"OLOOR
92i I xcl
Do. Account, Jan. 5 921 xd

MARKE7 S-2 His DAY.

MARK LANE.
At Mark-lane this morning the attendance of the tract,
was not very large, but the general tone of the market was
very good. The gradual advance which we have reported
for the last fortnight has resulted in a rise of is to 2s per
qr. in the quotations of English wheat. Foreign sells in
the usual retail parcels at 1s more money. Country
flour is is per sack dearer with a good inquiry. Malting
barley is very firm at an advance of is to 2s. One very
fine parcel has this morning been sold at 58s per quarter.
Oats are firm, but not quotably dearer. Maize is steadier
and cannot be purchased for the same money as last week'
METRO POLITAN CATTLE.
There was only a very moderate number of beasts
oa sale to-day, but they met a very dull sale, and, ex-
cept for quite the prime,t qualities, rat's were loiver.
In al 3,680 were at market 518 being from
Scotland, 4'o from Ireland, 2,012 from vorious
parts of England, and 710 from abroad. Of
sheep there were 19,870. The
demand for prime
was good, and rates firm, but
saleable only on lower terms coarse qualities were. Veal very sc
dearer. Only 27 calves at market, of which arce and
13 were
foreign. Pork brought higher rates, with a brisk sale.
At market 210 pigs all English fed. Quotations : —Beef,
3s 4d to 5s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 58 6d; veal, 38 8d
to 6s 4d ; pork, 3s 6d to 5s per stone of Blb, sinking
the offal.

BOROUGH HOP.
The market opened this morning with a steady inquiry
for all descriptions of English and foreign hops at pre-
vious quotations. Pale alo hops aro much wanted, but
are scarcely to bo had.

COLONIAL.
The colonial markets are steady this morning. The
transactions in sugar on the spot are still limited, but
there is a continued good inquiry for floating cargoes.
Coffee is quiet, but firm. Cotton continues to be actively
inquired for.

NEW SMITHFIELD AND LEADENIIALL.
The dead meat trade is steady, at previous rates.
BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
The demand is moderately active at the following
rates :—English regents, 6's to 130 s; flukes, 100 s to
150 s; Scotch regents, 60s to 130 s ; French, 40f to 80s.
per ton.

LIVERPOOL COTTON.
January 4.—Sales probably 15,000 or 20,000 bales.
Market firm and advancing.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—This Day.

Mr. Besley drew the attention of the Court to
the case of John and Jane Smith, charged with
stealing £lO, the moneys of John Taylor, in a
dwelling-house, and the said Jane Smith being an
accessory before the fact. He said he had reason
to believe that the prosecutor was being kept out of
the way. He (Mr. Besley) thought it was a case
to which the attention of the grand jury ought to
be drawn.
The Assistant Judge gave the required order to
the officer of the court, Mr. Horsell.
Frederick Johnson Stevens, 30, blacksmith, was
indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-
house of John Parnell, and stealing therefrom a
waistcoat and other articles, value £BO, his pro-
perty. The prisoner pleaded fluilty and was
sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for five
years.

THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MAILS DUE AT
LIVERPOOL THIS WEEK.—There are three steamers
due at Liverpool this week, with the American and
Canadian mails. On Wednesday next the Inman Com-
pany's steamer City of London, from New York, with
dates to December 26th, and the Allen Company's
steamer Nestorian, with corresponding advices from
Portland, may be expected to reach the Mersey. On
Saturday next the Cunard steamer Australasian, with
advices from New York to December 30, will no doubt
reach Liverpool. The outgoing mail steamers from
Liverpool this week are :—The City of Antwerp, for New
York, on Wednesday; the Peruvian, for Portland, on the
following day ; and the Java, for New York, on Satur-
day next.

REFORMS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—It isturrently
rumoured that the present accountant-general of the
navy, Mr. James Beeby, with the assistant-general, and
several clerks of the first-class in the accountant-general's
department at Somerset-house, are to be superannuated ;
that Mr. IL W. R. Walker will be accountant-general of
the navy ; and instead of the clerks being in classes as
beretofote, they will be appointed clerks of sections and
assistant clerks,—Broad Arrow.
Madame de Paiva, wife of the late Portuguese
Minister at Berlin, is said to be placed by the death of her
husband in an embarrassed pecuniary situation, and to have
been obliged to apply to the Government of Lisbon to un-
dertake the expense of his funeral.
PAUPERISM AND THE Po OR LAWS.—We are
requested to state that the adjourned discussion of the
Economy Department of the Social Science Association on
Pauperism, amity, and the Poor Laws," at which per-
sons interested are invited to attend, will be held this
ateveninglock at
.the 'Whittington Club, Arundel-street, Strand,
7 o'c