The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COADIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Business to-day was by no means brisk, although
the news from Brazil gave a slight impetus to it at
the commencement. Prices have a downward ten-
dency, but they still remain at the point they stood
at the close yesterday.
Consols are now at 928 to 921 for money ;
ditto, for Account, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 91i ; New Tkreo per Cents, 911 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June,
--- prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
▪ prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England
Stock, 4 per Cent., 240.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 2101 11;
ditto
5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 1a ; ditto
4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, ; ditto Enfaced
Paper, 4 per Cent., 921 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 1051 ;
ditto Debentures, 1031.
The Foreign Stock Market is flat, and there is a
decline ofl per cent. in Turkish Five per Cents.,
Spanish, Russian, Peruvian, and Italian. Brazilian
and Argentine stocks are firm, at yesterday's ad-
vance. Argentine, 81 to 82 ; Egyptian (1864),
90 to 91 ; ditto (1868), 75f to 761; Italian, 521
to 524 ; Mexican, 111 to 121 ; Peru, 781 to
79 ; Russian (1866), 938 to 941 ; Orel Railway,
841 to 85 ; Charkof Railway, 80 to 801 ; Spanish
271 to 271; Turkish Five per Cen4„ 411 to 41/ ;
Brazilian (1865), 831 to 844 ; Egyptian Nine per
Cents., 971 to 971; and Viceroy's Loan, 794
to 801.

The Railway Market is dull. The prices
are as follows :—Caledonian, 82k. to 83 ; Great
Eastern, 36i to 37} ex div. ; Great Northern 103
to 104 ex div. ; ditto (A), 1011 to 101 i
ex div.; Great Western, 544 to 544 ex div. ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 124 f to 125 ex
div, ; London and Brighton, 44 to 44} ; London,
Chatham,• and Dover, 16f to 161; London and
North-Western, 116 to 116} ex div. ; London
and South Western, 89 to 91 ex div. ; Metro-
politan, 86} to 86i ex div. ; Midland, 1161 to
1161 ex div. ; North-Eastern (Berwick), 114 to
114 i ex div.; and South Eastern, 75} to 76
ex div.

In Bank Shares the following are the prices :
Agra (A Shares), llf to 11i ; Alliance, 12} to
131; Anglo-Austrian, 15 to 18 prem., an advance
°f ; Chartered Mercantile, 324 to 33f ; Con-
solidated, 4i to 4i ; Imperial Bank, 16 to 17 ; im-
perial Ottoman, .24 to 2} prem. ; London and
vounty, 49 to 50 ; London and Westminster, 55
056 ; Oriental, 42i to 43i ; London Joint-Stock,
29} to 30i; and Union of London, 34f to 35f.
American Five-Twenties have declined 1, to 83.
Erie Shares are 27 to 27k, and Illinois 94 to 94f.
French Cable Shares are firm at 16i; Anglo-
American are 214 to 21I; Atlantic Eight per
Cents, 2 to 3 ; Construction and Maintenance,
284 to 29f.
In Miscellaneous Shares Hudson's Bay are 13 to
,131 ; General Credit 11 to 1 dis ; International
Finance, 2k to 1i dis. ; and National Discount,
101 to 114.
11. e adjourned quarterly court of the Governors
°I the Bank of England was held this morning,
a" a poll and scrutiny were taken. The dividend
°f 10s. per cent. per annum, recommended at
the previous meeting, was passed and declared.
The rate of exchange at New York is again at a
fcr Point, and 10,000 sovereigns were withdrawn
'°M the Bank yesterday for remittance thither,
NJ.hlle £40,000 in bar gold was taken for the Con-
:eat. At the same time 30,000 sovereigns from
Egypt were sent in.
The wheat-market has been dull at a general
reduction of Is. In American descriptions the de-
cline was 2s. The publication of the Board of
Trade statement of the acreage of wheat and pota-
t4o. es under cultivation, showing an increase respec-
rely of 1
per cent. and 8 per cent., added to the
eLdeney to flatness.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows a de-
crease of £3,465 compared with the corresponding
Period of last year.
The traffic return of the Great Western Railway
0,
Caeada for the week ending the 17th inst. shows
ilitdecrease of £472, compared with the correspond-
g Period of last year.
133. the City of Brussels, just arrived at Fal-
kouth
h with dates from Rio Janeiro to the 28th
that
' we again receive the familiar announcement
t the Paraguayans have been defeated, and that
l war is positively over. As there were great re-
joicings in Brazil, it is evident that the news was
fully credited there. It is to be desired, for the sake
0
some
sides in the struggle, and it is a matter of
e"'e consequence to the finances of the Brazilian
tinlPire that the telegraphic intelligence should this
co4._le Prove literally correct, but assertions equally
'aclent were made a year ago, on, as the event
a
Ltoyem) a very insufficient basis. The result of the
elcent action seems to be that President Lopez has,
bahlr usual, escaped. By next mail we shall prom
hjlearn whether he accepts his late defeat as
a; '411(1 will abandon the country, or whether he
followed his customary course of retiring to
of °rtlier Position, and leaving to the allies the duty
111.4:sehe:e1;;eom
wing
gthe
campaign on ground chosen by
with which categorical denials are
xilgia lu political matters to conceal the failure of
thpe'i°tiaticms that have been found in the course of
Pedieprogress likely to prove unpopular or inex-
hUt
%Ir as too often been experienced to provoke
to prise at the chorus of denial raised with regard
,a entertainment temporarily given to the pro-
-I)oElags of the United States on the Cuban question.
tow the nature and extent of these proposals can
oe,„ be of little con sequence, it would be useless to
;(135' further space in relation to them, but it may
earirlarked that those who were cognizant of the
el;t movements of the affair still, without the
ea4ii‘e test qualification, maintain that if it were
orlable of being brought to a judicial test the facts
raellally stated would be shown to have been lite-
.h•Y correct.
tlitAlise latest advices with regard to the progress of
Lakotlez Canal are to the effect that the Bitter
waot4. had on the sth instant about 3.20 metres
ut
tfe,.lterr
ng to bring them up to the level of the
16th
rst aaean. Hence, as they wanted on the
that l" August five metres to bring them up to
is 21e7e1, it appears they have risen 1.80 metres
tiroa days, being at the rate of about nine cen-
, rea
eoh4bi a day. It therefore now seems highly
17t rest
that the Lakes may be filled before the
the r°,f. November. The completion, however, of
ePeei-:‘ °f the works in time for the proposed
gree gor thatu day is still considered in some de-
Ittleeai.

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