The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-20 00:00:00

MONEY

MARKET

A'N D
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
Business to-day was brisk, and Consols improved
slightly ; the same favourable symptoms were ob-
servable in the Foreign Market. The Railway
Market also mrtook of the imrrovement of busi-
ness.

Consols are 994 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
-; Three per Cent. Reduced, 934 1;
4\, ertr Three per Cents, 93/ ; Bank of England
Stock, 4 per Cent., 211.
India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 212 13 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 4 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 102/.
In the Foreign Market New Spanish Three per
Cents., Turkish Five per Cents., and Mexican
'how an advance of 4, and Italian Five per Cents.
are nearly 1 better, at 531 531. New Spanish are
i
311 ex div. ; Turkish, 384 38i ; Mexican, 151
1%1 ; and 111 12.
The Honduras Loan is firm, at 86 87 ex coupon.
gYptian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 has im-
Proved to 714 714 ex div.
In the railway market there has been no improve-
ment, Caledonian, ; Great Western, 4 ; Great
Eastern, ; Great Northern AI ; Brighton, /
North Western, 1 ; South Eastern, 4. The quota-
tions are :—Caledonian, 781 1 ; Great Western,
494 a ; Great Eastern, 424 ; Great Northern,
107 8 ; ditto A,llOB/ 109 k ; Lancashire, 1291 30 ;
Metropolitan, 108-1 1 ; Midland, 1141 15 ; Sheffield,
472 8 ; Brighton, 524 ; North British, 331 4-1 ;
Islortb. Western, 115 4 ; North Eastern (Berwick),
1034 41; South Eastern, 801 1 ; Chatham and
Dover, 174 171.
American Five-Twenties are 4 better, at 751
t 43, 751; the Bonds of 1885 are 74 to 744 ; and
the Ten-Forty Bonds at 721 to 72/, also showing a
rise of 1.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are 41/ 421, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds
46 464. Eries have risen 4, to 261 27 ; and Illinois
Central stock is unchanged, at 924 934
In Banking and Miscellaneous shares no altera-
tion in prices.
At the annual general meeting of the proprietors
of the London and Westminster Bank held to-day,
the
report, which recommended a dividend to the
shareholders at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum,
and by way of further dividend out of the profits
a bonus of 10 per cent. upon the paid-up capital of
£1)000,000, was unanimously agreed to.
The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the
shareholders of the National Discount Company,
Limited, was held this day. The report was
adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent,
Per annum free of income tax was declared.
There wcre no gold operations at the Bank yes-
terday.
Prom Berlin and other Continental cities the
accounts of the reception of the speech of the French
-"-iniperor are favourable.
A deputation from the directors of the lonian
Bank had an interview wi h the Earl of Clarendon
Yesterday at the Foreign-office, on the subject of
v
ose financial measures contemplated by the Greek
`4orerninent.
At the present operators do not show any great
Inclination either to buy or sell Turkish Bonds, and
:°.? great recovery can for the moment be anticipated
411 the result of the Conference is known.
The rules and regulations of the Stock Ex-
change are now published by Mihill Slaughter,
Eeretary of the Share and Loan Department, Stock
itchange.
The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. Cape
re official liquidator of the Poole and Cherbourg
Steam Packet Company (Limited).
The Lord Justice Giffard has, we understand,
been elected a director of the Legal and General
44E0 Office, in the place of the late Mr. Sergeant
Goulburn.
With reference to the London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway Company, it is officially
announced that, after paying all preferential
claims, there remains sufficient balance to enable
the board to recommend a dividend of 12s. 6d.
Per £lOO ordinary stock for the half-year ending
the 31st ult.
:the meetings of creditors and shareholders of the
Commercial Bank Corporation of India add the
114aatT, directed by the Master of the Rolls, have been
el& hey were well attended, and a resolution
tWae Passed at each of them, with but one dissen-
ient) approving of the proposed scheme of arrange-
kent.

Messrs. Henry Brockett and C. F. Kemp, the
Zehintary liquidators of the Bank of Queensland,
'aye declared a second return of capital to the
Shareholders at the rate of £1 per share, payable on
and after the 18th inst.
43 a meeting of the directors of the Wilts and
oferset Banking Company at Salisbury a dividend
21 per cent. was declared for the year.
ofThe ordinary general meeting of the proprietors
hoiathe London and South-Western Bank will be
on the 9th of Feb., to declare a dividend, &c.
8° half-yearly meeting of the London Financialg
steiation (Limited) is called for the Ist February
40,,0 receive the directors' report and the audited
Puts for the half year ending 31st Dec. last."
e;.t the meeting of the Fore-street Warehouse
rith,l/PatlY (Limited) a dividend was declared at the
°f 10 per cent. per annum.
uttThe doubts expressed as to the reality of the tri-
4rePhs achieved by the Brazilians in Paraguay
uailli,Pl7 justified by the news now to hand,
Var:gl4 by the French packet. If these accounts
he credited, it is by no means certain that
Qa L
has yet been taken, or even Angostura, the
illt-", the Chaco having resulted in their defeat with
14;v3r loss, While the fleet suffered considerably in
the tug Augostura. On the other hand, it is stated,
Isitiover Paraguay was still rising, making the po-
-Btoti of the Brazilians very critical. The United
Fill Allnister, General M'Mahon, had arrived at
keila, and the differences between that Govern-
isettlt and
President Lopez had been satisfactorily
had e".• It was also reported that Gen. M‘Mahon
realtnewed the offer of mediation. Whatever the
the Suate of affairs may be it is now evident that
boh
Sensational telegrams transmitted through Lis-
re utterly unreliable.
(.
Atthtee Public sale at the Open Stock Exchange
hotel )+ ) Yesterday, the shares of the Agricultural
fiAlic and Farmers' Club Company (Limited), £lO
ari (P,aid, sold at 395. each ; Bristol Marine Insur-
Per -°rflPany (Limited), £2 paid, sold at 17s. 6d.
kid—are ; City Discount Company (Limited), £5
Atila„s°lcl at 19s. 6cl. to 21s. per share ; City of
sold -1-elprovements (Limited), £3O fully paid,
klo fa„t""„6 Per share ; Cramer and Co. (Limited),
(TbY Paid, sold at £6 per share; Dagenham
Paidartlea) Dock Company (Limited), £lO fully
anld at 245. per share.

IiItITIBII FUNDS—I:W*O trOLOCII•
(in.—
i - • raNxtExT FUNDS.
92i 3
13(31' Ceut•
Ditto f • Consols
8 oor
.Account, .........
93f }
krPer Cent. Reduced
931
ii;''' 3 per Cent Z2l Per Cent. Jan. 1894
_
44 °',6 per Cent. J an. 1873
lauitfisoc, yrs
expire sth Jan. 1880.
E
1,1)1,%•,..,er 30 yr,.,44 e' xpire sth April 1885 —
Do.x: kned Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908—
Auer bills, 41,000, 2 per Ct
Pm
ti o 500
,*
4100 tlz 4200
244 pm
17 of England Stock, 4 per Cent
", ace
.
41ad "la .. ..... .
1.4 t 4 4 Per Cent. Bonds
et'eulonial Oninnun
Itili INbltiN kinVEnNIstl:NT 12C1.11,11.1,...,
11_, l'eek, 14 r Cent., April 18/4 212 13
-
7,u Openiug, for Account
1/4,0. 5 ,
112+ i
1)0.
~ per ctut. July, 1880
Iv2f
bo I,Pez Cent., Oct. 1888
Jl-2;Lo' • Certificates
.......... „; .........
00. tliftteed l'aptu 4 per %.,eny
IN • 5 Por Cett., Jan. 1872
—O. t ,
La .1 ptr o.zii.t. May 1879
5 per Cent , Rup Bob. 1872 —
1, tie
.I)°' . do.. 1877
_
'-' '1) .i, . do. 1882
1);; /3 6-.1 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~•-•
pm
b ends, 4 per Cont. A:1,000 -
0. Under 1,00
.4, VOIitIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CL..OO.IC
4tilti,,llB Republic, per Cent
.11);',:; 'en!) A 45 paid ..
14-..au 13olads b per cent ••
441110411)„,°. 1859
', per Cent