The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-24 00:00:00

]ONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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CI FY, Two o'CLocif.

Consols are 931 1 for money; ditto, for Ac-
count, 0n ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 21 ;
New Tl.:ree per Cents, 91 1 ; Exchequer Bills
£l,OOO, 2 dis. ; ditto £lOO, 1200, and £5OO, --;
Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 2421.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 212 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oet., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enlaced l'aper,
per Cont., 1041 ; ditto 51 per Cent , 1091 ; ditto
Bonds £l,OOO, —.
In the Foreign market stocks are fit in, Turkish
Five per Cents. showing a rise of 1, at 421 to 43 ;
Italian Five per Cent. Bonds I, at 561 to 561.
Mexican Bonds remain at 121 to 13 ; Greek Bonds
at 10 to 111 ; and New Spanish Three per Cents.
at 281 to 281.
In the Railway Market, Caledonians are 1
lower, and Great Western 1; Great Northern
A are 3 better, Lancashire 1, Metropolitan 1,
Midland 1, Brighton i, North Western 1, and
South Eastern 1. The quotations are :—Cale-
donian, 77 774 ; Great IVestern, 484 49 ;
Great Eastern, 371 ; Great Northern, 105
106 ; ditto A, 1071 108 ; Lancashire, 1224 123 ;
Metropolitan, 98 1 ; Midland, 1121 1 ; Sheffield,
541 ; Brighton, 43 ; North British, 34 a ;
North Western, 116 4 ; North Eastern 1031 41 ;
South Eastern, 751 1 ; Chatham and Dover,
161 17.
American Five-Twenty Bonds have receded 1-`
to 781 79 ; the 1865 Bonds to 764 76; ; and the
Ten. Forty Bonds are 1 lower, at 701 70!. Eries
have given way 1, to 181 181; and Illinois Centrals
are 1 lower, at 94 to 95.
Atlantic Telegraph Original stock is 1 per cent.
higher, at 20 22 ; the Eight per Cent. Prefer-
ence shares are 31 31 ; and Anglo-American shares
22 921.
Bar gold amounting to £70,000 has been sent
into the bullion office of the Bank.
The Essex, from Melbourne, has arrived with
000, and the Tanjore, from Alexandria, with
£186,000.
The Delta left on Saturday with £20,000 in
specie for Bombay.
It is announced that the directors of the Messa-
genies Imperiales intend to propose, at the ap-
proaching annual meeting, a dividend for 1868 of
50 francs, of which 20 francs have already been
paid on account.
Surprise is felt that no action has been taken by
any of the London banks to give a sense of security
to the large body of their customers who are in the
habit of intrusting to their care heavy amounts of
property consisting of marketable bonds, &c. Some
weeks ago the Privy Council decided that a bank
receiving such 'deposits in charge is bound only to
exercise reasonable care, and that this does not in-
clude any requirement that it shouli guard the
depositor against robbery by the clerks or
porters who have access to his box, so that
in instances of the employment of persons like
Pullinger or Ili,ggs they would be wholly without
remedy. Great anxiety was manifested by the
financial community when the decision was pro-
niolgated, and it was then asserted that the banks
would forthwith take the subject into consideration
in order to establish some understanding on which
their . customers might definitely rely. La the
absence, however, of continued comment, the hope
seems to have arisen that the trouble may be
avoided, and that the question may be left in its
old groove until it shall have been revived by some
disaster involving sullen loss or ruin to many
persons.
In the Chatham and Dover matter it is said that
strenuous efforts are acing made to take the conduct
of the Chancery proceedings out of the hands of the
company's solicitor, and to place it in those of one
of the legal firms who are reputed alrea ly to have,
grown rich out of the cJtuplicitions of this un-
happy concern, the intention of course being to
press on the Chancery proceedings with increased
vigour in the face of the proposed arbitration which
has already passed the House of Commons. It may
be hoped, however, that the vigilance of all the
leading interests, supported by the unanimous force
of public opinion, will be sufficient to prevent the
Success of the attempt, and to secure an early and
equitable solntiou of all questions by the judgment
of Lord Salisbury and Lord Cairns.
The following is an abstract of the Trade and
Revenue returns of the colony of New Zealand for
the quarter ended on the 31st December, 1868 :
Total imports, £1,506,996 ; total exports, £862,813 ;
quantity and value of gold exported, 164,786 ounces
—£640,226 ; quantity and value of wool exported,
1,706,589 1b5.—£96,511 ; ships entered, 238-
81,799
tons ; ships clearel, 219-72,580 tons.
uropean population, by census of December,
1867 ; —Males, 133,022 ; females, 87,101—total,
220,123. Revenue, £375,874 Os. ld. QUM-
titY and value of wool exported in the year 1868,
28,875,163 1b5.—£.1,516,548.
Referring to an improvement at Constantinople
in the pr:ce of the General Turkish debt, the Le-
vant Herald of the 12th inst. says :—" This fa-
vourable reaction is mainly explained by the with-
drawal of a large quantity of stock by the Trea-
sury syndicate—it is said the whole of the £BOO,OOO
(nominal) which is to form Sadik Pacha's first in-
stalment of amortised bonds ; and if this be so,
the effect on the market must be more than tempo-
rarily beneficial."
_ At thelhalf-yearly meeting of the Dunaburg and
Witepsk Railway Company the report stated that
the net receipts for 1868 amounted to 311,077
roubles, showing an increase of 70,000 roubles over
the present year.
A- special general meeting. of the Caledonian
Railway Company has been held in Glasgow, Mr.
Thomas Hill, chairman of the company, in the
chair, when it was unanimously resolved to appoint
1.% committee of seven shareholders to aid the direc-
tors in endeavouring to settle the differences with
the North British Company. The meeting was ad-
journed till Friday, 4th June.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVEAINDIENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols - }
Ditto for Account,
S por Cont. Reduced 9li 21
New 3 per Cent
N,.:w 21 per Cont. Jan. 189,1
Do. o per Cen Jan. 1873
A. 'unities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 P
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 __—
Do (Red Soli Telekraph), A ng., 1908
Exolictilnr Bills, £l,OOO, por Ct 2 dis
Do £2OO, t £5OO —
Bank of England Stock, 4} por Cent

D. opening —
Cvlada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Umatilla
, INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
3lia rock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 212
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Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 ............... 1141
Do. 4 per Cent.. Oct. 1888 ............... 100 i
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Do. Si per Cent. May 1879............... 1091
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‘u :trlttri Bonds 5 per cent
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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, May 22.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princes; Louise, went out yesterday morn-

ing.
Her Majesty drove to the Glas;al Shiel in the
afternoon, accompanied by Prince Leopold and
Princess Beatrice.

The Prince of Wales returned to Marlborough
House on Saturday from Sandringham.
The PI ince and Princess of Wales attended
Divine servica yesterday morning in the Chape
Royal, St. James's.

LATEST INTELL [GENE

(REU"'ER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, May 2

The North German Lloyd steamer Hermann,
from Now York on the Bth instant, has arrived
here. She brings 239 passengers for this port,
Havre, and Bremen, 40 sacks of mai!s and
$84,030 in specie for London, $1.2,000 for Paris,
and $B,OOO for Bremen.

Yesterday the llerinaun spoke the Ohio.
ST. NAZAIRE, May 24.

The Transatlantic Company's steamer Impera-
trice has arrived here with 223 passengers. Her
dates are Colon, Ist May ; St. Martha, 3d ; and
Martinique, Bth.