The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-26 00:00:00

M.ONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Consols are firm to-day at 931 1 1 for money;
ditto, for Ac2ount, 934 1 ; Three per Cent.
Reduced, 924 -/; New Three per Cents, 921 1 ;
ditto 23. per Cent , 76} ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO,
—; ditto 1100, £2OO, and £5OO, par; Bank of
England Stock, 4 per Cent., 246.
India Stock, 10i per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 i; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4
per Cent., 92.

In tl►e Foreign market securities rra firm.
Italian Five per Cent& hlve improved I, to 56
SGI; Tutkish Five per Cent. -I, 43f 431; Mexican
Bonds to 121- 13 ; and New Spanish Three per
Cents. are 1-16 better, at 28k 281. _ _

'The Honduras Loan is LOW quoted 83 85 ex
Coupon.

Li the Riilway Market Caledoniins are k better,
Graft Western Lancashire f, Brighton it, and
North Eastern (Berwick) On the other hand
Great Eastern are I lower, Great Northern A f,
and Metropolitan k. The quotations are :
Cale loniln, 774- 4 ; Great tVestern, 48} 9k;
Great E 'stern, 371 ; Great Northern, 1054
106 ; ditto A, 107 1; Lancashire, 1224 31
Metropolitan, 97: ; ditto Exiension, 95 7 ;
Midland, 113:1 14, opened 114 ; Sheffield,
; Brighton, 451 ; North British, 33; 44 ;
North Western, 116.1 17 ; North Eastern 104 1 ;
South Eastern, 75} I ; Chatham and Dover,
16.3

American Five-Twenties have improved I, to
79 79k, the 18b5 Bonds il-, 77 77f, and the Ten-
Forties are firm at 70i 71 ; Eries and Illinois Cen-
trals are I higher, at 19 191 and 95 95i respec-
tively.
Atlantic Telegraph Original Stock is 21 23 ; the
Eight per Cent. Preference Shares are 31 3i ; and
Anglo-American Telegraph Shares 22 221.

'1 he sum of £132,000 in gold was taken to the
Bauk yesterday.

The Lancashire markets this week have opened
With increased dullness.

Particulars have been received from Lisbon of
the measures submitted by the Portuguese Go-
vernment to the Chambers with the view of equal-
ising the revenue and expenditure of the country,
and which, it is calculated, will realise an addition
of £900,000 per annum. The new taxes extend
Over several branches of the revenue. The pro-
perty-tax, which, since the abolition of the
" dizimos" more than 30 years ago, has been very
light, will be increased, and is calculated to yield
£450,000 per annum. A tax of 10 per cent. is to be
levied upon the net profits of all banking and other
anonymous companies, the same to be paid before
any dividend to the shareholders. The directors
and employes in like manner are to pay a tax of 10
Per cent. upon their iirzomes. A similar tax, but
of 8 per cent. only, is to be payable from the net
Profits of all manufacturing establishments. The
number of provincial districts for the purposes of
levying the taxes is reduced to four only, simplify-
-11)g the collection and rendering it less expen-
tve• The personal taxes paid by the several
Classes engaged in business are increased. The
laws relating to the succession duties are altered,
and the rate augmented. The stamp duties are also
increased, while the Customs' duties are in certain
cases altered when calculated to lead to an increase
of revenue.
Telegrams from New York mention the loss of a
steamer in the Brazilian trade, which is assumed to
be one of the mail line between New York and Rio
de Janeiro.
Messrs. Carter and Garthwaite, Manchester
Warehousemen, of Wattling-street, have stopped
payment, but their liabilities are understood not to
be large.

The failure is also announced of Messrs. Wallace
and Murray, wincey manufacturers, of Glasgow,
with liabilities estimated at about £15,000.

At the meeting of the Buenos Ayres Great
Southern Railway Company (Limited) a dividend
of 14s. per share was declared.
At a meeting yesterday of the London and Aus-
tralian Agency Corporation (Limited) a dividend
Was declared at the rate of 10 per cent. ler annum.
rs rhe annual meeting of the United Kingdom
len-qv:ranee and General Provident Institution was
helA 3 esterday. The report stated that '2,429 policies
were issued in 1868, for sums amounting to
119,269, and that the present annual income is
£220,000, and the capital £1,100,000.
The report of the directors of the London Char-
tered
Bank of Australia, to be presented to the
shareholders on the 4th proximo, recommends a
dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum.
At a meeting of the Imperial Continental Gas
Association a dividend of £2 10s. per share, and a
bonus of £1 per share, were declared.
The number of passengers using the Metropoli-
tan, Metropolitan District, the St. John's-wood,
a_," Hammersmith and City Railways, from Satur-
day, the 15th instant, to Friday , the 21st, was
907)657, against 650,746 in 1868, showing
an in-
ereaie of 256,911, or about 40 per cent,

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 ,
Per GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
Cent. Consols
~ -Ditto for Account,
Z, Per Cent. Reduced 92f 1
;:re,w 3 per Cent
•"
iNilv 2i per Cont. Jann. 1891
4j(-)* 5 per Cen.
. 1873
-Inuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 P —
DO. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 -
E "0 (Red Sea Televaph Aug., 1908 --
"40tiu:Ir Bills, £l,OOO '25 21 per Ct —
bo
II •-, 6 £lOO, £20(0, & £5OO par
_
-' Of England Stock, 44 per Cent
041)u °Pening
1 4.1 a 4 or Cent. onds —
, aer-Colopuial Omnißtun
/ ~ INIIIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIEF
41\1:l 9tock, 104 per Cent., April 1879 2ll
'''°. Opening, for Account -
ge.• 5 per Cent. July, 880
Lir,°' 1 Per Cent., Oct. 1888
DO. Certificates —
Do. Enlaced Pape& 4 per Cent...,. 9O
-
D1,1)0. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 .....,w—
i' 9 Per Cent. May 1879 —
-3 0 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
.. Do. do. 1882 —
r.,J. Deb 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
4',0. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
"0. unclor £l.OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING :PRICES.
rgentine Republic, 6 por Cent
. 130., Scrip £45 paid
.urtrian Bolide 5 per cent
Do. 1859
D 0.44 per Cent. 1852 —
do. 1858....
,-(3. do.
•• 1861 .., —
.f;0• do., 1863 —
4'o. 5 por Cent., 1865 —
Do bAccount 3O 4
."-;bnos Ayres 6 per Cent.
o,ko 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ,
_56
0"°,140 per Cent.
4,,1"81 6 per Cent —
".„0. 45 per Cent. -.
1)0 3
i • per Cent.,
-51'c)* 6 Per ce,st. 1867 —
0 --", °. 7 per Cent., 1866
b uzruin, 6 per Cent.
1:144j84• 3 per Cent., 1825
anut4aii Principalities, 7 ver Cent —
DO 8 89
ik ° u Per Cent., 1867 .....
lnador New. Consolidated, 1 per (lent.
gkPtian, 7 per Cont... —
::(1 Second Issue -
"0. .£50(.. Bonds —
Do• £lOO Bonds
Do. 1864 —
DO.
',O. 4590 Bonds ccount
b°
• 41 OC Bonds 875
English ial Scrip, 18G8 751 6
ea 1)° do. £45 pd — dis
o„°vernmeni Railway Debentures
neok 5 per Coat., 1824 5, ex Coups —
Do••
• Account
~. Coupons
•
....,o. A, , ...Vt.') ant --
iloll` tettlala 5 per Cent .. —
1611(1°1'0.8%w Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd
+,o,ail . ._
Peg ' trt., 1860 , Acco t
un
,'eat 3 per Cent — vitto for Account —
DoDo
r • C 01864 —
inper vnt. A nglo-French —
1+1""vi6440 6 C t
Aerial ell .
‘,:trish imp 5 per Cent
41 xv Granada lB
Do 3 Per 0
Do r, -, On.
Per, • ."-"ilerred ............
Dollan 6 per Cent. 1865
t 41 Per Cont. (131:'iarren)
~. —1
D 0 lf por Cent.. 1862 •
Ij° 414001111 t ........................ .

P orb:guest) 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,';i0,'2,%, 311
Do. do. 1A67
Do. do. Scrip, £2O pai,l —
Russian 5 ear Cant., 182 i, .t:
Do 41 per Cent , 1850
Do 41 per Cert., 1860
Do 3. per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cont., 1862
Do : do, Scrip
In'
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds.«
Do. : do. £B4 los. do —
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds
D -- do £B4 V-

0.
Do Nicolas Railway
Sardinian b per Cent........
Spanish 3 per Con ...
Do. Accf.,unt ....
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deforreo —
Do. Account
Do. l'a*dve —
Do. 0, .m. Cert. of Con, . nut Inetted
Do. Account.
Swedish Pro vindal Mortgage Loan —
D„ Government, 1864
Do dc, 1868
Tur•ish 6 1,..r Cent.
Uo Account
I:o 6 per Cent. 18.,8 —
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds —
Do 6 per Cent., 18,1'2
Do Account
it,. £ll4 Bonds 6Bl
D.I a per 'Jew.. 1864
D., ACCulltlt
Do 6 per Cent., 186 a 6ii 1 6
Do I
oer Cent., Gum-ante:b.
Do 1dt..01 Warrant, (1111104.11,$)
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do. Ace+ ant
Do 6 !or Cant., 1862
Do 6 jar Cent. 1864
Dividonue on the above payaule in Lonno,.
Austrian a p3r Cent. Lx 10 Florin",
Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 2M.
Dutch *.i* per Gout. Lx. 12 Gail.. —
1)o. 4 per Cent. Cortilicatob ..... —
Do. Account —
French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Lx. 2M. —
1 Winn 5 per Cant. 1831, E. 25i. —
Do Account 561
CLOSING PRICES.
Jonols, Money ‘. 931 i
Do. Account, June 1 .. 93} i

As. do

BOURSE, May 25.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :-
4i ver Cent.
End of month... ItaFan Fives 57 65
3 per Cent
of month 7l 80 MOXicau Loan ...
Credit,Mobilier - Do. Bonds

End of month... 260 Spanish Threes 29 25
Credit Funnier _1615 Ilome Debt
End of month... Deferred
Cash
Orleans ... 915
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6 til
Western
Eastern • • —
Sardinian
Austrian 763i
Lombard 476--
,4 7
2
North of Spain sr
Saragossa
61
Roman

RAILWAYS.

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, May 23.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, an.l Prince
Leopold, with the ladies and gentlemen in waiting,
attended Divine kcrvice yesterday in the parish
church of Crathie.

The Prince of iVales rode out yesterday fore-
noon, attended by Major Grey, and vi.4ted Prince
and Princess Christian at Frogmore.

THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.

PARIS, May 26.

The results of 290 elections are known, and of
the deputies elected 41 have never before had seats
in the Corps Legislatif. The Opposition have
gained six and lost three seats.
Ballots will be necessary in 59 cases.

THE RESERVE FLUT.

(Br TELEGRAPH)

PLYmouin, Wednesday Morning.
Five ship.; belonging to Ow Coast Gua►d
Squrdron, from the eastward, arrived in the Souu►4:.

this morning,—viz., the Valiant (21), Capt. Pullet'
(Shannon) ; the Me-sey (36), Captain Seccorn!-e
(Q teenstown); the Black Prince (41),Capt. Gordon
(Greenock) ; the St. George (72), Captain Nonoth
(Portland) ; and the aniegal (81), Capt. Turnour
(Birkenhead).
A considerable number of the Royal Naval Re-
serve men have already landed from the ship,' boats.
Others are being conveyed in the steam-tender Bann
from the Sound to Ilamoaze.

10 A.M.
Signals are hoisted which indicate the approach
of other ships.

E.VORMOLLS RAIARA LL.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)
BiratiNcm.4.3t, Wednesday Morning.
Violent thunderstorms have occurred here. A
perfect deluge of rain has fallen since midnight.
Mr. Plant reports that his observations show that
the rainfall since May 3d has been unprecedentedly
large.

SCHOOL TREAT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.-Mr.
Saville writes to us as follows :—" 1 beg to make tbo
annual appeal through your columns to the charitable
public to enaMe the committee of St. Peter's schools,
Bethnal-green, to tako upwards of 300 children to Epping
Forest this summer. Subscriptions, however small, will
be thankfully received by the Rev. W. Baird, St. Peter's
Vicarage, or at 1, Prince's-terrace, Bonner's-road, N.E."
LADIES' WORK SOCIETY.-A society is in course
of formation for procuring work for ladies, and to be the
means of offering it to the public for sale. Such an insti-
tution is needed, for the long list of "reduced gentle-
women" seems not to lessen, but daily to increase. It is
confidently expected that the society will be the successfu
means of affording rerounerative employment t 5 many
who are silently and hopelessly struggling to gain a liveli-
hood. The names of those favourable to the project will
be received by Miss Emily Faithful, at the Victoria Press,
Princes-street, Hanover-square.

" COLONIAL TARIFFS."—A valuable pamphlet has
been recently issued by the Financial Reform Union, con-
taining a complete statement of the various customs
tariffs of the British colonies, a table showing the duties
levied upon British produce and manufactures, and an
analysis of the expenditure and taxation of each colony.
A Cork telegram states that three men have, been
arrested at Queenstown for Fenian-drilling.

SIIOCKING ACCIDENT AT OLDHAM.—Yeatorday
morning a lamentablo fatality occurred in the, chief
thoroughfare of Oldham. Some heavy coping stones fell
from a three-storey building, bringing down with them a
quantity of building material, and demolishing a very
substantial structure in their descent. A policeman, named
Jackson, and his child, were buried beneath the stones,
and were so much injured that they died in a few minutes
after they had been extricated. Other persons wore seri-
ously hurt ; one man so severely that it was found neces
Eery to amputate his log.

NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND FESTIVAL.—The
arrangements for the annual dinner of the Newspaper
Press Fund, which is to take place on Saturady week, at
Willis's Rooms, are sufficiently advanced to justify the
managing committee in believing that the sixth anniver-
sary will be at least equally successful as any of its prede-
cessors. tip to yesterday nearly forty members of the
Houses of Peers and Commons had intimated their inten-
tion of supporting, by their presence, Lord Houghton,
who takes the chair; and, as on previous occasions, dis-
tinguished representatives of art, science, and literature,
indeed of nearly all the profeFsions, express their desire to
take part in the proceeiings. The musical programme,
proverbially excellent at the Press Fund dinners, will bo
of a most attractive character, Mr. Benedict kindly pre-
siding, and various artists of eminence gracefully volun-
teering their services.
A committee, consi,ting of Capt. Digby, C. 8.,
Major Cooke, and Mr. H. W. Walker, Deputy-
Acountant-Gencral of the Navy, with Mr. C. D.
Loveless as secretary, are engaged in bringing to
an uniform system the methods of procedure at the
several divisions of Royal Marine Artillery and
Light Infantry in reference to pay and accounts.
The committee have concluded their investigation
at Plymouth and Easney barracks at Portsmouth,
and are now pursuing their inquiries at Forton.
The officers of the 92d (Gordon Highlanders)
dined together yesterday evening at the London
Tavern, Bishopgate-street.