The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-27 00:00:00

)ON.

MONEY

MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The directory of the I3Ank of England have sepa-
rated Without making any alteration in the official
minimum.

According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
(Ls, the French Reutes were 71f. 826. U-
ndecided.

Consols have improved 1-16 to-day, to 934 i
for money; ditto, for Ace ;tint, 934 4 ; Three per
Cent. Reduced, 91 4; New Tl..ree per Cents,
921 a ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, par; ditto £lOO,
1:200, and £5OO, ; Bank of England Stock, 4
per Cent., —.
Indiat Stock'
C7nt., Oct., 105 per Cent., April, 1874, 2115 13 ;
dit o 5
per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 13 ; ditto 4 per
1888, 1004 ; ditto Eufaced Paper, 4
per Cent.,
In the Foreign market stock are firm. Italian of
1801 have improved 5-16, Turkish of 1865 5-16,
SPanish New Three per Cents. 1-16, Egyptian of
1868 Argentine 4, Peruvian 4. The Bonds of
the Honduras Railway Loan we quote 83 to 85
ex coupon ; the Orel Vitebsk Bonds, 785 to
79 ; Nicolai Bonds, 635 to 61 ex div. ;
Argentine Six per Cents., 79 to 794 ;
Egyptian
Seven per Cents. Viceroy, 795 to 80; ditto Nine
Per Cents., 92f to 834 ; ditto Seven per Cents.,
1868, 764 to 764 ; Italian Five per Cents., 564 to
57i ; Mexican, 121 to 13 ; Peruvian Five per
Cents.,,O 781 to 784 ; Spanish New Three per Cents.,
h°l to 284.
In the Railway Market the prices are as fol-
lows :—Brighton, 454 to 454 ; Caledonian, 764 to
'7 ; Great Eastern, 374 374 ; Great Western,
484.1,, to 424; Great Northern, A, 1074 to
'74 ; Letneashire and Yorkshire, 1224 to 123 ;
London and North Western, 1161 17 ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, 164 ; Metropolitan, 974
98 ; Midland, 1134 144 ; Sheffield, 544 4 ; South
Eastern, 754 6 ; but since Metroplitan have
ueeome in favour, and show a rise of 4, being
98
Colonial Government Securities are steady.
Bank and Mi .c?llaneous Shares are mostly un-
changed. Atn:r:can Securities are rather strouLer_
The Sum of £4,000 in gold was taken to the
Back yesterday, making a total of £129,000 during
the week since the date of the last return.
The City of Brussels, from Buenos Ayres, has
brought £ll,OOO.
Although the intro motion of new foreign loans
appears for the present to have been checked, it
may be as well nut to overlook the prospect that a
St
supply of stock, representing in great part
`l° crQations, will come forward as prices rise.
Combinationslo of bankers on the Continent take
loangJor instane Russian—at prices consider-
", °I below those current here ; and then, as oppor-
tunity offers, they feed the EngliJi market. It may
thus be fairly inferred that any return of buoyancy
.n the foreign stock market would exercise a pre-
judicial effect upon the bullion movement, and tend
to turn the exchanges, which at present are in
/avour of this country.
It is understood that with the view of putting an
enl to the long-continued gambling operations in
Metropolitan Railway stock the directors of that
company last week resolved to request the auditors
t° call iu any professional accountant of high stand-
!rig' whom they might think fit to select to enter
into a thorough examination of the accounts, an I
to report before the next half-yearly meeting. It is
also stated that the Board have resolved, with re-
gard to the declaration of a dividend, to get the pre-
vious concurrence of Sir Roundell Palmer as to the
amount that should be fixed, so as to remove as far
as possible all grounds for cavil.
It appears that Chief Justice Chase has ruled
that the United States' Government cannot collect
laconie-tax from foreigners mho hold its bonds, and
that the sums already conectel must be refunded.
It is stated that the foreign ho ages in Paris, Frank-
fort, Berlin, and Vienna are very c Ireful in the
Paper they select for negotiation. They will take
in bills at low rates, even at 4 and 44 per c,!ut. ;
but the character must be very hgh class. 'the
acceptances of several of the first firms will move
through
at a quarter. per cant. below others, beelus.t
through the repeated investigations at the Maus:on
Ilense
and elsewhere, confidence is destroyed,
dud the question of credit is more than ever
eilauvassed. First-rate bankers' bills— Rothschild's,
ring's, and others—art readily taken, but some
of the :second and third-rate descriptions are frc-
cl"ntlY rejected in consequence of the prevailing
distrust.

An extraordinary general meeting of the Bahia
Stearn Navigation Company (Limited) is called for
the
7th
of J
jun::: to confirm the resolutions passed
on the 21st
The annual meeting of the African Steam Ship
Company is fixed for the 9th of June.
-1-..1e first ordinary general meeting of the Anglo-
e Titerranean Telegraph Company (Limited) is
slea for the Bth of June, when a dividend is to be
declared.
C°kt the meeting of the City Terminus Hotel
wlllPanY (Limited) the directors' report, which
„adOlated, showed au increase of nearly
£lp'4° in the business as compared with the
Previous year.
1,
he
half-yearly meeting of the Canada Corn-
; -nYi3 fixed for the 21th of June, when a dividend
4 to be declared.
liesBrs• W. J. White and Charles Greenwood,
the (Alicial liquidators of the Hercules Insurance
to
se (Limited), have appointed the 3d of June
settle the list of contributories.
Creditors of the South-Esstern of Portugal Rail-
pay Company (Limited) are required to send the
'olllars of their claims by the 15th of July, the
0:1Of July having been appointed by Vice-Chan-
'or Malins for adjudicating upon them.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES'
8 UOVERNMENT FUNDS.
Per Ceut. Consols
. Ditto for Account,
1,, Per Cont. Reduced 92-1 I
iir, 3 per Cent
1 per Cent. Jan. 1894
A._ 0. per Cen
.1%11.1873
',Unitiesl 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
9,0. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 -
'Jo (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
t''ll°,lll:tr Bills, £l,OOO, 21 2f per Ct par
Do ClOO, £2oc, & £504
l'Ank ef England Stock. 4} per Cent
e 4* opening
l'ur) pe ada 4 per Bonds
i
'Utor-Coloniatl Cranium.
t INDIAN dOVERNMENT SECURITIES
4.1-lizt 'hock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... 2111 13
1),o. Opening, for Account -
1-,"',°. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
`-'„0. 4 per Cent.. Oct. 1888 -
uo. Certificates -
0• Refaced Pape, 4 per Cent.. ..« —
V,O. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ....... —
~'''). 5i per C;int. May 1879
"-) rper Cent Ru . Deb. 1872
~ p
'Do do 1877 —
~ Do. do. 1882
4"••• Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
pm
110. Bonds, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO
0• under £l.OOO ...........................
FOREIGN FUNDS—OLOSING PRICES.
•ktkintine Republic, F per Cent
_u,°•, Scrip A.:45 paid ..
n . trian Bonds 5 per cent
$r Do. 1859 —
~ziliitii 5 per Cent —
63. 41i per Cont. 1852 —
„°. do 1858 —
"o• do. 186 ,
Do. do.
1863 —
DO' 5 •,
~per Cent., 1865
11 ,-,0 Account BOl 80
iluos Ayres 6 per Cent.
e11`,2).
1, 26
per Cent. (Deferred 3 per lieut ;
• per Cent.
•-••,0 ,tt,
4a P
„
i, . perer
Cent...,
k.ent —
, ~, ,
• i
Du. - -
t;,u. 3 p.m- Cent.
,
o• 6 per ce.,t. 1867 961
n; 0. 7 per Cent., 1866
•-iSztle übian, 6 per Cent.
b:11'84. 3 per Cent., 1825...
ban., Principalities, 7or Cent —
lop') 8 P©r Cent., 1867 B9
4,3;tittioarnN7ew Consolidated, 1 per Cent.
ii,_e
~ t'ocoud Issue •
Do. 450 t. Bonds —
DD. £lOO Bonds •••••
Do, 1864
Do. Account
Do. £5OO Bonds
110. 410 C Bonds
English Scrip, 1868
76 1
Do die
do. £45 pd —
Uovernu 49

eni Railway Debentures
Ureek 5 Do. Ac per Ccat., 1824 5, ex Coups
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