The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O.CLOCK:

Consols are 92i 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 914 ;
New Three per Cents, 91i 44 ; Exchequer Bills
£l,OOO, 1 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO,
1 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent.,
239.

India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 100/ ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5
per Cent., Jan., 1872, 105 ; ditto Bonds under
£l,OOO, 9 prem.
In the foreign market there is a rise of 1 in
Italian Five per Cents., and a fall of . in New
Spanish Three per Cents., at 551 551, and 31/ 311
respectively. Mexican Bonds remain at 141 1 ;
Greek, 111 12 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 411 411 ;
Charkoff Azof, 774 77/ ; and Honduras Railway
Loan, 85 87.
The Danubian Commission Guaranteed Loan is
1 prem.
In the Railway Market the quotations are as
follows :—Caledonian, 781 to 91- ; Great Western,
501 1 ; Great Eastern, 371 ; Great Northern,
1071 81 ; ditto A, 109 1 ; Lancashire, 1221 31;
Metropolitan, 103 1; Midland, 117 8; Shef-
field, 571 8 ; Brighton, 481 9; ; North British,
35 36 ; North Easters (Berwick), 102 3 ; South
Eastern, 76 1 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover,
161 161.
American Five-Twenties and Bonds are 83i
and 82 i respectively ; the Ten-Forty, 761 74 ;
Erie Railway, 241 25 ; and Illinois Central rennin
remain at 961 97.
The Banking and Miscellaneous Shares remain
unaltered.

The mortgage debentures of the Trouvillo Asso-
ciation are quoted to 11 prem.
The following are the proportions of gold and
silver specie brought by the Royal Mail steamer
Douro from the West Indies, viz. : Silver,
£102,022 ; and gold, £122,693, giving a net total

of £224,715.
The steamer Poonah, with the heavy portion of
the India, China, and Australian mails, brings
specie and gold to the value of £26,860.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received
the following remittances on account of New
Grenada dividends, viz.:—From C. H , of Santa
Marta, £2,451 ss. 9d. ; ditto, Cartagena, £BOO ;
ditto, Bagota, £10,822 Bs. 2d.—total, £14,073
13s. 11d.

The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit-
tance of 1930 at 90 days' sight, on account of the
dividends on the debt of Ecuador.
The impression mentioned a short time back that
the excessive importation of United States Bonds
into Europe would soon cause gold to be sent to
New York from this side has been realised, and
a total of £207,000 in American coin was this
afternoon withdrawn from the Bank for that
destination.
The question of the return of bills in the case of
the Portuguese Government has created consider-
able comment. The financial condition of the
country must indeed be bad when such things are
allowed to take place. The frequent changes in the
Government have something to do with this. There
can be no confidence, either in a political or pecu-
niary sense, when these movements are so con-
stantly recurring. The transactions associated
with the South Eastern of Portugal Railway ; the
recourse to temporary loans ; and this fresh
dilemma of returned engagements, should at once
induce the authorities at Lisbon to take measures
vigorously to rearrange their expenditure.
The Credit Foncier of England (Limited) have
convened a meeting for the 6th of April, to obtain
authority for au issue of £200,000 8 per cent. de-
bentures, redeemable with a bonus of 10 per cent.
between January, 1870, and July, 1872. The
object is to preserve in the most profitable manner
the interest held in the Belgian Public Works
Company and in the Siagne Canal, lately acquired
from the Irrigation Company of France.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian
Railway at Glasgow, a dividend at the rate of 3;
per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock was de-
clared, subject to the. legal proceedings still pending.
The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company is convened for the 28th of April,
to receive the directors report,- and elect new
directors.
At a meeting of the Rio de Janeiro City Improve-
ment Company (Limited) a dividend was declared
at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
At the meeting of the City Offices Company
(Limited), the directors' report, which referred to
an increase in the gross rental, to the success of the
Lombard Exchange and _News Rooms, and to the
" certainty" of an early dividend, was adopted.
The export trade of the United Kingdom attained
in the year 1866 a point far in excess of any pre-
vious totals. In 1867 a diminution of 4 per cent.
occurred, and last year there was a further reduc-
tion of about a per cent.—a very moderate fall-
ing off compared with that which might have been
expected from the general symptoms of restricted
business observable since the panic, especially when
allowance is made for the reaction in the prices of
raw material, which constitute a material element in
the declared value of our shipments. Of the aggre-
gate of £179,463,664 about 28 per cent. was to our
own possessions, and it is a remarkable instance of
steadiness that, although the total to these posses-
sions is nearly fifty millions, the extent of variation
between the amounts of 1867 and 1868 has been only
£20,047.
The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of £2,852 over last year.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account,
I per Cent. Reduced 9ll I
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Oen i an. 1873
Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchoquor Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Ct.
Do £5OO
1
Do. £lOO & £2OO
Bank of Englsnd Stock, 4 per Cent 239

• Do.torning
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-C•lonial Ontmum —
INDIAN UOVERNMENT SECURITIMI
India stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874...
Do. Opening, for Account - -
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888

Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per CAnt..,....
Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ..... ..... lO5
Do. 5I per Cent. May 1879
D. 5 psr Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
.

Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 —
Do, Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under Xl.OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, i per Cent
Do., Scrip £45 paid ..
Atntrian Bonds 5 per cent

1859 -

Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 4} per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do. 1858....
Do. do. 186 t —
Do. do., 1863 7l
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do Account BOl
B uenos Ayros 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Oudian 6 per Cent —
Do. 4f per Cent —
Do. 3 por Cont.,
Do. 6 per cent. 1867 95
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
Colombian, 6 per Cent.
Daniell, 3 per Cont., 1825
Dann bian Principalities, 7 ler Cent —
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 —
lequador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Egyptian, 7 per Cent —
Da Second Issue Bl
Do. X5Ol, Bonds —
Do. £lOO Bonds . ••••
Do. 1864
Do. Account
Do. X5OO Bonds
Do. 410 C Bonds 9lf
English Scrip, 1868 761 4
Do do. £45 pd — dis

Government Railway Debentures 97
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824.5, ex Coups —
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pa --