The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-12 00:00:00

IIONEY MARKET

AND
COADIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocx.
The half-monthly settlement in shares and
foreign stocks begin to-morrow (" continuation
day") and ends on Friday.
No bullion was sent into or withdrawn from the
Bank yesterday. Any further arrivals from Aus-
stralia will probably be sent to the Continent.
The Weser, from New York, has brought £4,000
in specie. The Northam, for the Cape of Good
'lope, has taken out £15,000.
In the wheat market there has been a fresh re-
duction of ls. per qr.
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Friday, the 15th inst., a special settling day in the
shares of the West India and Panama Telegraph
Company (Limited), which are to be marked in the
official list. The Committee have also ordered the
shares of the Imperial Continental Gas Association
to be quoted in the " Daily Price Lists," as well
as in the " Twice-a-Week List," where they already
appear.
The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of £1,878 over last year, and
the Brighton an increase of £336.
The traffic return of the Great Western Railway
of Canada for the week ending the Bth inst. shows
a decrease of £3,720 compared with the corre-
sponding period of last year. The connecting lines
eastwards had been stopped for three days by the
floods, but were clear at the latest date.
The number of messages which passed over the
French Atlantic Cable during the week ending
October 9 was 982, the cable charge upon which
was £2,600.
The following is copy of a telegram received by
the chairman of the Delhi Railway Company from
Major-General S. A. Abbott, agent at Lahore :
"Section of Delhi Railway, Umballa to Loodiana,
°Pened without ceremony on Ist October —perfect
success."
The East London Railway Company have given
notice to the Board of Trade that the first section
of the line will be ready for inspection after the
13th instant.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Singa-
pore Gas Company (Limited) is called for the 26th
inst., when a dividend is to be declared.
At the 28th annual meeting of the Scottish Na-
tional Insurance Company, held at Edinburgh,
a dividend of 10 per cent. was declared on the pre-
sent amount of paid-up capital.
Vice-Chancellor Sir W. M. James has appointed
Mr. William Joseph White to be interim official
liquidator of the Waterford and Passage Railway
Company,
The Bank of Holland has advanced its rate of
discount to 4k per cent.
Prom the tenor of the news from Constantinople
1t would appear that the Turco-Egyptian question
Is in a fair way of settlement.
In the Mincing-lane markets business generally
continues dull, with very little variation in prices.
The quarterly sales of East India indigo have
opened 4d. to Gd. advance on the last quarter for
good and fine Bengal and Kurpah, but rather easier
rates for inferior qualities. Tallow has declined
Gd. per cwt.
t A Vienna correspondent remarks that the re-
urns prove that the Bank is well able to meet the
market
of the commercial public, and in the open
vkarket signs of abundance of money are every-
Where evident, though some securities afloat in the
flatlet do not recover their former buoyancy. The
Improvement in tone is furthermore manifested by
e reduction by the Credit Austalt, of the rate of
Interest to six per cent. for deposits, the amount of
youbl after having sensibly decreased eluting the
" of September, was again fast approaching
4° usual standard.
On the Stock Exchange this morning the busi-
`,ess transacted was limited, but notwithstanding
;se price of Consols was firmly maintained at the
!111 Proved closing prices of yesterday. Iu the Foreign
11arket the change was also for the better, but in
41ailviras the quotations underwent no material
alteration.
di 0,04
ao,s are now at 931 1 to 93fr for money:;
tto for Account, 931 ; Three per Cent. Re-
eed, 91i ; New Tkree per Cents, 914- ;
sitt° 21 per Cent., Jan. 1894, 741 ; Exchequer Bills
i299'000, March, —; June, prem. ; ditto £lOO,
137 and £5OO, March, —harem. ; June, 5 prem.;
alak of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 238 6.
i
ditto Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, 210 k ;
per per 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 ; ditto 4
' Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper,
Per Cent
.
allvva
ys there is little change in prices. .'at
s Eastern are 364- to 37/ ; Great Northern,
tern t 0 106 ; ditto (A), 1024- to 1034-; Great Wes,.
Lo: 55} ; London and Brighton, 44/ to
tici -London, Chatham, and Dover, 16/ to 17 ;
don °II and North Western, 116 k to 117 ; Lon-
litan4nd South Western, 90 to 91; Metropo.
Seilth 8,91 to 901 ; Midland, 117/ to 1181 ; and
t" .v-,astern, 774- to 78 ; Lombardo-Venetian,
/4°,,20i ; and Great Luxemburg, 11/ to 12.
le Foreign Market the prices are as fol-
-851 Brazilian, 831 to 83/ ; Egyptian (1864),
to; ":. 86i ex div. ; ditto (1868), 761. to 764 ; Vice-
Zts.l'e,,ll Per Cents., 811 to 81/ ; ditto Nine per
oao to 991; Indian, 53 to 531 ; ditto Tobacco
RitN) 841 to 854- ; Peruvian, 79/ to 801 ; Portu-
-681 ',,33 to 34 ; Orel, 84; to 851 ; Nicolas, 68 to
Splatii;Libioseow, 83} to 84 ; Claarkof, 80k to 81;
144._ 26t to 27 ; and Turkish Five per Cents.,
American
!2t.
Five-Twenty Bonds are 841 to 841 ;
to roes, 751 to 764; and Erie Railroad Shares,
An 231*
for
4t raerleall Telegraph shares are inquired
"i; Pr.! ,t° 201 ; Atlantic Eight per Cents., 21 to
In .„,-gen Cable, 17} to 171.
4„egro4'.4A4k Shares the changes are unimportant.
')teoz
..,uatrian is 20s. lower, but London Joint-
-04041414(478 an improvement of 10s. Imperial
IN wt' is 2 5-16 to 2 7-16 prem., and London
ii%!tillinster 574- to 584-.
418?1laneous Securities Hudson's are now
41, being 4lower ; and International
2} to 14 dis.
p5_Q01.211141:4, !moll Two tyoLOOK.
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panto Consols "3.'
93i 1
)03 ,341. Account,
pv:ieduced Nov.*
911 1
170211,4 Cent
911
Der• 'nent• Jan. 1894
1)(;1,,,tes afi-en. an. 1873
, ,Dr 4", Yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
:oh.gliel v'..Ls expire sth April 1885 n
Aug., 1908
mr
•.tto
be 1) 01.1 41,000, 2/ p. Ct. March
kof 3 do. June
tte, e Ilgi,jl,uo, £2OO pm
1-241,41apqi,iiir. tock, 41 :per Cent
gtir_o_4lpers:•••
6urat•nßinotauds
1)0`?ock i,.vkuNkt NT SECURITIES
be °kilt:, vi* Per Cent., April 1874 2lOl
p> et ug' f°r ACCouit
tle Pet"at• -.880
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ttif tßeate • 1888
00.. timed
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1872
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188:4.,
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