The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-03 00:00:00

MONEY-- MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Cm', Two o'CLooic.
Consols are 931 / for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 931 1; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92k
a''ev? Three per Cents, 92 1 1+ ; ditto Red Sea
Telegraph, 19/ ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, ; ditto
£lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, ; Bank of England
Stock, 4
per Cent., 240 39.
India Stock, 10k per-Cent., April, 1874, 212 f ;
ditto 5
per Cent., July, 1880, 115 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 100+ 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
4 per Cent., 91./.
In the Foreign Market Italian are 561 ;
Can, 141; Greek, 11 1; New Spanish, 28+ 9 ; New
11.us.sian Railway, 761 7 ; Argentine, 781 to 79} ;
tgYptian Nine per Cents., 97} to 97+ ; Peruvian,
77f to 78 ; and Turkish Six per Cents., 661 to 661,
allow an advance of Turkish Five per Cents.
are / better, at 421 to 42+. Egyptian of 1868 are
quoted at 76 to 761, and Mexican at 14/ to 141.
The Honduras Loan is 82 84 ex coupons.
The Danubian Commission Guaranteed Loan is
firm, at 1 11 prem.
The following notice has been issued by the
Bank of England That in order to prepare
the dividends on the sth July, 1869, the
balances of the several accounts in the follow-
funds will be struck on the night of
luesday, the Ist June, 1869—namely, £3 per Cent.
Consolidated Annuities, New £5 per Cent. An-
nuities, New £3 10s. per Cent. Annuities, 1851,
,‘,ew £2 10s. per cent. Annuities, Annuities for
zertne of Years, India £5 per Cent. Stock. On
Wednesday, the 2d June, the above-named funds
will be transferable without the dividend due on
the sth July next."
In railways the prices are now as follows :
Caledonian, 77/ 781; Great Western, 911 ; Great
Eastern, 37/ 38 ;
Great Northern. 107 8 ; ditto A,
I°B.l- 9 ; Lancashire, 123 i 1 ; Metropolitan, 103 1 ;
Midland, 1131 4 ; Sheffield, 551 6 ; Brighton, 471
8 ; North British, 341 I ; North Western, 1151 ;
North Eastern, 103 k; South Eastern, 75/ 61 ;
Chatham and Dover, 17 i•
American Five-Twenties are 80891; ditto 1865,
77i 81; ditto Teu-Forty Bonus, 73 1; Eries, 19
2U ; Illinois, 98 f•
The last prices from Paris yesterday evening was
72f, showing a further advance of more than /.
The sum of £50,000 in gold was withdrawn from
Ins Bank on Saturday for Brazil.
The Delta, for the East, has taken out £155,823.
£33he Red Rover, from Melbourne, has brought
I .

The report of the Vancouver Coal Company
(Limited) recommends a dividend of 10 per cent.
for the half
year, making 20 per cent. for the year.
The suspension has been confirmed of Messrs. S.
1-1• Lucas and Son in the corn trade, with liabilities
reported at £50,000.
the directors of the Hong-Kong China Gas
Company (Limited) have declared an interim divi-
d=ed, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, for the
six mouths ending September 30, 1868.
The ordinary. general meeting of the Eastern
Bengal Railway Uompany will be held ou the 25th
instant.

.„11tepsk Railway Company (Limited) is convened The
t_or the 20th inst., for the purpose of receiving the
directors, report and the balance-sheet for the year
1868,t and for the transaction of the general business
01: the corapany.,,
With reference to the Great Western Railway
Of Canada, it is notified that the books for the re-
gistration of shares will be closed on the 3d and 4th
tistant, " for the purpose of the allotment of the
""ve per Cent. Preference Stock authorised by the
thareholdets at the special meeting held on the 28th
April."

The liquidator of the Old Bank of Bombay noti-
fies that on the 30th June he will be prepared to
1343' a first distribution of the assets of the bank at
the rate of 50 rupees per share. Shareholders, if
desirous of doing so, can take up their propor-
tionate allotment iu the New Bank of Bombay
(Liinked). With reference to this notice the New
Bank of Bombay have intimated that upon appli-
cation being forthwith made, holders of shares iu
the Old Bauk will be entitled to receive one share
of the reserved issue of shares in the New Bank
fur every two shares held by them in the Old
ink. These shares will be credited with 100
rupees, which $11:11 the liquidator cf the Old Bsuk
IN:ill pay previous to issue, being part of 500 rupees
to be hereafter called up on these shares. Forms
e.„f applications may be obtained of Messrs. Forbes,
Forbes, and Co., and Messrs. Smith, Fleming,
and Co.

I3RITISII FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

~ GOVERNMENT
_FUNDS.
°aker Cent. Consols
.Uitto for Account,
8 per Cent. Beduced 1.42f 1i
„I'l,evf 3 poi-Cent
DI evf 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do- b per Cen J an. 187 3
Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., lect —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Ele
Do (lied Sea TeleE.raph), Aug., 1908 l9}
lloqtt:Ir Bills' £l,OOO, 2} per Ct.
Do.
Ds £5OO
£lOO & £2OO —
BanDk of E
in
en ngland Stock, 4} per Cent
9. op
thiriada 4 g
per Cent. Bonds —
biter-Colonial Orunium
, INrus dOVISR,NMENT SECILKIII List,
Ullia cock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 2l2}
Do. Opening for Account _
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
De.l per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Oertilicateg _
Do.
40.6Enftwed l'apirt 4 par Cent..........- 911
per Cent., Jan. 1872 ......... .....
sx
n ;2 Per Cent. May 1879
...3 0 Per Cent Ru Deb 1872 —
9 P• •
Do do 1877
Do. do. 1882 —
D.. Deb., p
5 er ent.
Aug. Do. Bonds, 4 per C
Cent% Xl,O 1873
00 —
De. under Xl.OOO

FOREIGN FIINDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 8 per Coal,
Do. Sorip .t 45 paid ..
Anitrian Bonds 6 per cent
. 18
Aratilian Soper Cent 59
10. q per Cent. 1852
Do. do. 1858._
Do. do. 186,1 72
Do. do., 1863
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Oo Account BO 791.
B ...mos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent —
Cain, 6 per Cent.
o,ttutn 6 per Cent —
no, 4} per Cent..., ,..
Do. 3 per Cont.,
1 0. 6 per art. 1867 u 7
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
C lo nbian, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 8 per Cent., 1825 —
Danubian Principalities, 7 par Cent 76Bi
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .. 88
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.
k2,1-rtian, 7 per Cent...
Do Second Issue
Do. X5Ol, Bonds B7l
De..ClOO Bonds ..... 831
Do. 1864
6 _ Do. Account
8
Do. £5OO Bonds
De. 410 C Bonds B7l }
English Scrip, 1868 761 6
die Do do. £l5 pd
Government Railway Debentures
Greek 5 _
per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups
Do. Account .. ,
--
Guatemala p
poe
suter Cent .. —
liendurasGov Rail. 1409 n., lop. Ct., all pd
t iiian 5 per Cert., 1865
.30. Account . B2}
Do Msreturnana Railway —
ritoxicaL 3 per Cout —
Ditto for Account
iO.l-I—uc;GlD.i pcine:arCti 6 Cent. A1n867,10-Frouch —
per Cont.•
:ccrtsit imperial 5 per Cent . —
AGA' Granada,
De 3 per Cen
Do. Der,,r i
7i
pe . . • .8, ........
iuriau 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
.. 771 7
Do 41, por Cent. (Ut:')arren)
°0 41- per Cont.. 1862 -..... ............
zoDo Account .
.Prtliguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'1 341
o. do. 1867
it
"0. do. Scrip, paid — 0 pai •
u,,slan 5 ear Cont.' 1822, £ St
-1-10 41 per Cent , 1850 .. ..
Do 4-i per Cent., 1860
o 0 per Cent., 1859
1);,0 6 per Cent., 1862
~. 841
'-'0 do, Scrip
o.
D Anglo-Dutcb, 1864, .1:100 Bolick. Pa:
Do. do. ..£B4 15s. do. ..
It
~ 1866, 1-
£lOO Bonds B9f
Do do £B4 15s. do —
Bo Nicolas Railway