The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-01 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK

Anglo-American Telegraph share are marked at
2O to 20i ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent.,
34 to 31; Hudson's `Bay, 121- to 13 ; National
Discount, 11 to 11. ; General Credit, to 1 dis.
There were no gold operations at the Bank yes-
terday.
The submarine cable between Peterhead, in Scot-
land, and Iggersund, in Norway, has been success-
fully laid by Mr. W. T. Henley, of North Wool-
wich, and forms one of the links of the Great
Northern Telegraph Company, the prospectus of
which was issued the day before yesterday by Messrs.
llambro and Son. The length of the cable laid is
265 nautical miles.
A bill introduced by Mr. Sheridan, M.P., called
the Joint Stock Companies Arrangement Act, has
passed the House of Commons, the purport of which

is to enable creditors and shareholders representing;
two-thirds in number and value to enter into coin-
promises iu cases of companies in liquidation, with

the sanction of the Court.

The sixth instalment of 2s. 6d. in the pound,
making, together with previous payments, 15s. in
the pound, has been paid to the creditors of the Im-
perial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited), by
the liquidators,. The total amount of this instal-
ment is about £260,000.

A ge►3eral meeting of the shareholders. of the City
Bank is called for the 20th July.

A general meeting of the shareholders of the
Metropolitan Bank (Limited) is called for the 15th
July, when a dividend is to be declared.

The creditors of the ,Iladras Coffee Company
(Limited) are required to send the particulars of their
claims to the liquidators by the Ist November.
The committee of Confederate Cotton Bond-
holders have issued their third report, iu anticipa-
tion of the meeting called for to-day. According
to the notice published, this meeting is convened
" for the purpose of protesting sg.tiust that portion
of :Mr. Sumner's speech which refers to their inte-
rests, and likewise for the purpose of petitioning the
House of Commons not to grant compensation for
the satisfaction of claims ari.ing out of the.late war
in the United States between the Northern and
Southern States until all claims have been adjudi-
cated I,y an impartial tribunal according to the
principles of equity and international law."_

Manchester advices announce the failure of
Me srs. Samuel Brierly and Son, cotton spinners
and manufacturers, of Rochdale, with liabilities to
the amount of £15,000, and very moderate assets.
Messrs. R. and W. Jackson, in the same way of
business, have also stopped.
At the annual meeting of the South Australian
Company, the directors' report was adopted, and a
dividend declared at the rate of 8 per cent.
The ordinary meeting of shareholders in the
Mexican Railway was held yesterday ; Mr. R. W.
Crawford, M.P., in the chair. The chairman in
moving the adoption of the report said that arrange-
ments were being made for the payment of A Mort-
gage Bonds, and, in order to procue the money
for this purpose, it was proposed to issue B Mort-
gage Bonds. The traffic for the year was being kept
up at its average rate, and was satisfactory, con-
sidering the unsettled state of the country. The
report was adopted and Mr. Adams elected as
auditor.

BEITISU FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK.

GOTEIINMENT itiNDS.
8 per. Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, July 7
3 por Cent. Reduced 921
NOw 3 per Cent
New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Gen Jan. 1873
Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 to
Do. for SO yrs, expire sth April 1885 --
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchofiu-:r Rills, £l,OOO, 23 P. ut. March
Do. 3 do. June 1 pm

Do £lOO, £2OO de £5OO
Bank of England Stock, ‘lf per Cent
Le. opening —
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds lO3
Inter-Colonial Omnium
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
India stock, 10k per Cent., April 1874 Shut
Do. Opening, for Account 2osk
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 pot. Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent..,..„ 92}
Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 -..r losf
Do. 5k per o:,ut. May 1879 —
D.l 5 per Cent., Rup. Dob. 1872 —
Do do 1877
Do. do. 180'
.1)::,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l,OOO
rozarsiN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
Ili-Arian Bonds 5 per cent

Do. 1859 —
Br xzilian 5 por Cent —
Do. 4/ per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do 1858....• —
Do. au. 1860 —
Do. do., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do Account —
B.l'onos Ayres 6 per Cont.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cab% 6 per Cent.
Callian 6 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cent., —
Do. 6 per coot. 1867.. 94
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
0 loltbian, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 per Cent. 1825... .....
Danubian Principalitiek 7 pr Cent —
Do 8 por Cent., 1867 BB
Equador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian, 7 por Cent —
I'u 8 ecood issue —
Do. £sfit. Bonds —
DO. £lOO Bonds
Do. 1864 •.•••
Do. Account

Do. .tsou Bonds
Do. MUG Bonds
Do. 7 per Cent., 1898
Government lttilwav Debentures
GreeK 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups ..,.•„
Do. Account
Do. Coupons ................................. .
........................ •
Do. Account
Clustemala 5 per Cent
Honduras Gov ltuil. LOP n., 10 p. Ct., all pd 82i
It .dan 5 per Cent., 1865 ...............
Do. Account
Do Maremtnana Railway ............
hl oxicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account ..
Do. 1854

Consols are dull to-day at 921 4 j for money ;
ditto, for Ac:ount, ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 924 ; New Three per Cents, 92; a ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 1 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO,
and £5OO, —; Bank of England Stock, 4 per
Cent., 2411 1 ; Canadian 4 per Cent. Bonds, 1803,
103.

India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto, for Account, 2051 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July,
1880, 112 111 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ;
ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 92/ ; ditto 5
per Cent., 103:77 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 10 prem.. ;
ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 5 prem.
In the Foreign Stock Market business is improv-
ing. Egyptians (1864) are 881 to 891 ; ditto (1868),
79 to 791 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 831 to 834 ;
ditto Nine per Cents., 95 to 951 ; Italian, 53 to 531
ex div. ; Mexican, 12 to 121 ; Peruvian, 751 to
76 ex div. ; Russian (1822), 85 to 86 ; ditto (1866),
891 to 901 ; Orel, 80/ to 8011 ; Charkof, 781 to
79 ; Spanish, 28f to 28a. ex div. ; Turkish Five
per Cents., 441 to 44-} ; and ;Honduras, 85 to 16.
In the railway market there is a rise in London
and South Western, in Great Northern, and in
Brighton and South Easterns. Prices are now
as follows :—Caledonian, 781 to 79; ; Great
Eastern, 381 to 38f ; Great Northern, 107 to
109 ; Great Northern (A) 107 to 108 ; Great
Western, 50/ to 51-1 ; Lancashire and York-
shire, 1251 to 126; ; London and Brighton, 444
to 45 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 16,1 to 171;
London and North Western, 1181 to 119 ; Lon-
don and South Western, 89 to 91 ; Metropolitan,
97 to 9TI; Midland, 177 to 1171; North Eastern
(Berwick) 1051 to 106/ ; and South Eastern, 771
to 78.

American 5-20 Bonds are 801 to 804 ; Erie, 194
to 194 ; and Illinois, 941 to 951.
London and Westminster Bank shares are 61 to
62 ; London Joint Stock, 311 to 321 ; Union of
London, 351 to 361 ; Imperial Ottoman, 1 to 11
prem., ex div. ; London and County, 491 to 501 ;
Consolidated, 41 to 4i; Chartered Mercantile, 31
to 32 prem. ; Alliance, 131 to 141 ; and Agra (A),
101 to 10*.