The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Only a limited amount of business was trans-
acted to-day, and even in that a dullness prevailed.
The Government Securities maintain yesterday's
prices, and many of the brokers are preparing for
the fortnightly settlement and the Easter holidays.
Iu Foreign securities there has been some trifling
alterations, and the American 5-20's are not so good
as yesterday, but Eries have improved slightly.
The Railway market is very dull, Metropolitans
have gone down, but the other alterations are un-

important.
Money is still held for 4 ;in the house, loans

can be had at 21.
Consols are 92i 3i- for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 931; Three per Cent. Reduced, 94 it
New Tree per Cents, 91a ; ditto Red Sea
Telegraph, 194 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per
Cent., par; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent.,

240.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Debentures, 5

per Cent., 1041.
In the Foreign Stock Market prices are as fol-
lows :—Brazililian of 1865, 801 to ; Chilian of
1867, NI to 95} ; Egyptian of 1864, 891 to 4 ;
ditto of 1868, 76 to 1 ; Italian of 1861,
55i to f ; ditto of 1868, 84 to 85 ; Mexican, 141
to 15 ; Peruvian of 1865, 79 to 791 ; Russian of
1866, 931 to 941 ; Nicolai, 67 to ; Orel, 82 to f ;
Moscow, 79} to 80 ; ditto Charkof, 771 to 1 ;
ditto Charcow, 771 to ; Turkish of 1858, 63 to
54 ; ditto of 1862, 66k to 67 ; and ditto of 1865,
411 to 1.
The mortgage debentures of the Trouville Asso-
ciation are quoted I to 1 prem.
In the Railway Market Manchester and Sheffield
are in good demand, and there has been a rise of
to Y per cent. in Great Eastern, Metropolitan,
and Caledonian ; the other lines are as quoted yes-

terday.
American 5-20's have declined to 831. to 1, but
Erie Shares have improved 24i to 251. Illinois
Central, 964 to 974 ; Atlantic and Great Western
Debentures, 321 to 3 ; and the Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds, 314 to 4.
In the Miscellaneous market National discount
are quoted 111 to a ; General Credit, 1.4 to dis. ;
International, 14 to dis. ; Hudson's Bay 14 to
; Telegraph Construction, 17 to 4 ; Atlantic Te-
legraph, Eight per Cent. Preference, 31 to 3:1 ; and
Anglo-American 224 to 221.
In Bank shares the quotations are unaltered from
yesterday.
The Stock Exchange will be closed on Good
Friday, as well as on Monday next. As Tuesday,
the 30th, and WedneAlay, the 31st instant, are
the account days, the pieparatory arrangement
will commence on Thursday morning next. Busi-
ness will be transacted at the Stock Exchange on

Saturday.
The Metropolitan Railway traffic shows this week
an increase of £2,544 over last year.
Formal notice is given by the Great Northern
Railway Company that the Board of Trade have
authorised the abandonment of certain important
works.
The report of the Merchant Banking Company
of London (Limited), to be presented ou the 25th
inst., recommends a dividend at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum, which will absorb £9,315, and
leave £2,587 to be carried forward. The reserve
fund has been increased £20,000 during the year,
and now stands at £45,000.
The report of the Home and Colonial Marine
Insurance Company (Limited), to be presented on
the 31st instant, recommends a dividend of 2s. 6d.
per share, being at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum for the six months ended the 31st of
December last.
The shares of the Metropolitan Railway have
been unfavourably influenced by the issue of a
pamphlet by Mr. Salisbury to the shareholders of
the line on the subject of the late injunction. The
writer contends that after what has passed nothing
will satisfy the proprietors and the public but an
independent investigation of the accounts of the
undertaking.
A circular signed by Mr. W. P. Andrew, as
chairman, has been addressed to the shareholders
of the Scinde Railway, informing them that at the
approaching extraordinary general meeting the
question of amalgamating the several and separate
undertakings of the company will be submitted for
consideration.
At a special meeting of the lonian Bank reso-
lutions were passed approving of the arrangement
between the Bank and the Government at Athens,
authorising further negotiations with the National
Bank of Greece, and empowering the directors,
should they see fit, to pay the 3 per cent. dividend
without the bonus of 2 per cent. for the half-year.
A call of £5 is ordered to bd made on the new

shares.
At public sale at the Open Stock Exchange
(Limited), yesterday, Brighton Hotel Company
(Limited), £5 fully paid, sold at 21s. to 225. 6d.
per share ; Cramer and Company (Limited), £lO
fully paid, £5 19s. 6d. ex div. per share ; Grosvenor
and West-end Railway Terminus Hotel Company
(Limited), £lO fully paid, 24 per share; Guild-
hall Taverns Company (Limited), £lO fully paid,
21 per share, and Leasehold Investment Company
(Limited), £4 paid, £3 19s. per share.
An ordinary meeting of the South Austrian,
Lombardo-Venetian, and Central Italian Railway
Companies will be held on the 28th of April, "to
receive the report of the committee, approve of the
accounts for the year 1868, and to fix the dividend."
An extraordinary meeting is also convened for the
same day, " to ratify the agreement entered into
with the Italian Government for the concession or
leasing of the different lines."
The advices from Brazil by the present mail are
to the 23d of February. The journals contain no
fresh news of importance from Paraguay. The Bra-
zilian General had as yet made no movement in
pursuit of Lopez, but an expedition of Argentine
troops was reported to have returned with about a
thousand Paraguayans of all ages, whom they had
met with in the country they had passed through.
Otherwise for a hundred miles inland they had found
the villages deserted.

111TI311YMID3-TWO O'CLOCK

GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account,
3 per Cent. Reduced 914 I
New 3 per Cent
Now 21 per Cont. Jan. 1891
Do. 5 per Cen i 9.11.1873
Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 l9l
Exchoquor Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Ct.
Do £5OO
Do. £lOO & £2OO —
Bank of England Stock,4l per Cent 240

D. account
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Omnitun
INDIAN UOTERNMENT SECURITIES
In lia stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 —
Do. Opening, for Account - -
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Eufaced Pap, 4 per Cent..
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 5A- per Cl..n.t. May 1679 —
Di 5 per Cent., Itup. Deb. 1872 ......
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
D-... fob., 5 por Cent., Aug. 1873
Do Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.OOO

FOUEIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
Ar2-entiue ilepillthe, 6 per Ut3lll, ...
Do., Scrip £45 paid .. . —
Aultriau Bonds 5 per cent ..
Do. 1.59 —
Br:win:in 5 per Cent —
)o. ii por Cent. 1852 —
Do. do. 188 —
Do. do. 186 ' ......
Do. do., 1863
Do. 5 por Cent., 1865
Do Account Bo+ 1
B.,enos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Culltau 6 per Cent —
r)o. 4i per Cent 95
Do. 3 per Cont.,
Po. 6 per cent. 1867
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
Colombian, 6 per Cent.