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

0 N E Y MARKET

AND
COADIERCIA INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The sum of £40,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday.
The Hermann, from New York, has brought
£16,512, and the City of Brooklyn £45,000.
The Lancashire markets this week have opened
without improvement.
The estimate furnished to the House of Commons
that the cost to the Government of taking over the
telegraph system of the United Kingdom will be
£6,750,000, and that after paying interest on this
sum-a
surplus revenue of £77,000 will be realised,
even during the first year, harmonised with the ex-
pectations generally current, has been favourably.
received. Considering the extent of the arrange-
ments to be made, and fhe fact that under them the
telegraphic faclities of the country will at once be
doubled, the intimation that the transfer will pro-
bably be brought into complete operation on the
let of January next is also regarded with satisfac-
tion.

According to the official returns the total ship-
ments of sherry from the Bay of Cadiz reached for
the six months ended the 30th of June to 39,536
butts, against 37,217 in 1868.
The New York advices mention that the Depart-
ment of Agriculture of the United States has issued
its report for May and June, "presenting, on the
whole, a favourable prospect."
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Friday next a special settling day in the Provisional
Certificates of the new £lO shares of. the Agra
Bank (Limited), which are to be marked in the
ofpial list.
on'he Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of £3,036 over last year; the
Glasgow and South-Western an increase of £640 ;
and the Great Luxembourg an increase of £2,073.
With reference to the Great Western Railway of
Canada, it is notified that, after deducting loss by
exchange, proportion of interest charges, &c., the
net profit for the four months to the 31st of May
is $114,597.67 compared with $90,740.87 in the
corresponding period last year.
At 'the meeting of the shareholders of the Colo-
nial Bank, a dividend of 6 per cent. was declared
for the half-year, in addition to an " extraordi-
nary" dividend of 1 per cent.
At a meeting of Hodges' Distillery Company
(Limited) it was decided
-to wind up the undertak-
ing voluntarily.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
. London and South African Bank is called for the
11th of November.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
Consolidated Bank (Limited) will be held on the
16th inst. at Manchester.
The Reversionary Interest Society have declared
a dividend for the year at the rate of 41 per cent.,
clear of income tax.
A petition for the winding up of the Northern
Assam ,Tea Company (Limited) is to be heard
before the Master of the Rolls on the 17th inst.
A memorandum, dated July 5, from Mr. Francis
L. Davis, the Consul for Venezuela in London, in-
timates that " on and after this date no vessels will
be allowed to clear from the United Kingdom for
the port of Maracaibo, Venezuela, the same having
been closed for importation of foreign goods from
the Bth June last."
Consols rose 1-16 to-day, at 93f 3 for money ;
ditto, . for Ac2.ount, 931; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 921 3 ; New 'l;ree per Cents, 93i 281
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 6 prem.; ditto £lOO, £2OO,
and £5OO, 2 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4
per Cent., 242 1.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 207/ ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, —; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4
per Cent., 921; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 16 prem.
In the Foreign Market Hocduras Railway Loan
are 83 to 84 ex coupon ; Argentine Six per Cents.,
in to 791 ; Brazilian of 1865, 831 to 841 ; Dann,
bian Eight per Cents., 88 to 89 ex div. ; Egyptian
Nine per Cents., 951 to 961 ex div. ; ditto Viceroy
7 per Cents., 821 to 831 ; ditto 7 per Cults. of
1868, 791 to 80i ; Italian Five per Cents., 541
to 541 cx div. ; Mexican, 12 to 121 ; Peruvian,
1865, 771 to 771 ex all ; Portuguese Three per
Cents. of 1867, 334 to 341 ; Russian Five per Cent.
Orel Vitobsk, 80! to 81-1 ; ditto Four per Cent.
Nicolas, 651 to 661; ditto Moscow Jaroslaw, 791 to
80: ditto Charkof-Azof, 794 to 801; Spanish New

Three per Cents , 28 9-16 to 28 11-176 ; Turkish

Fives, 451 to 45k.
Railway Shares are inactive. Caledonian, 791
to 791 ; Great Eastern, 38i to 39 ; Great Northern,
107 to 108 ; Great Northern A Stock, 107 to

107} ; Great Western, 508 to 51} ; Grand Trunk

of Canada, 154 to 151 ; ditto Fourth Preference,
18k to 181 ; Great Western of Canada, 15/ to 16 ;
London and Brighton, 441 to 45 ; London and
North Western, 118 i. to 1191 ; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 11 to 171.
Bank Shares fairly maintained yesterday's prices,
and the only change in the Miscellaneous Market is
a rise of in Telegraph Construction, and in
French Atlantic shares.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
~ GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
ter Cent. Consols
. Ditto for Account, July 7
..,° per Cent. Reduced 92/ 3
z 4 ew 3 per Cent
New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 -
Do. 5 per Con Jan. 1873
A.unuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 --
Do (Red Sea Telegraph); Aug., 1908._
Exahoqu2r 'Bills, 41,000, 2} p. Lt. March pm
Do. 3 do. June 6
Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO 2
15ank of England Stock, 41 per Cent
Do. opening —
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Ommum
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECIIRITIIie
Inds tock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 2071
40. Opening, for Account —
Do. 5 lier Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Pape/ 4 per Cent....,. 92}
Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872
...g. —
DO. 5} per Cent. May 1879 —
D 3 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
IL. Deb., 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873 ~ —
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, F per Cent ......
luitrian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent
D 0.4/ per Cent. 1852 —
do 1858.... —
00. au. 186.) —
DO. do., 1863 7O
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
J 3
_Do Account 1 . .
83f 4
-.enos Ayres 6 per Cent.
~, Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
,uusa, 6 per Cent.
N•ittillau 6 per Cent —
-1,10. 4i per Cent 72
"0. 3 per Cent., —
Do. 6 per cent. 1867
C 7 per Cent., 1866
~ lo tibial], 6 per Cent.
~,"-'ontsh, 3 per Cent., 1825......... —
-uannbian Principalities, 7 ler Cent Bo}
ip.:. D 0 8 per Cent., 1867
gliador New. ConAolidated, 1 per Cent.
I.47Ptian, 7 per Cent —
l'° Second Issue ..... ....... 84{
Do. £SOL Bonds
DD. £10,) Bonds ..... 861
Do. 1864 —
, Do. Account - i
.!;‘). £COO Bonds
10. COO Bonds —
410. 7 per Cent., 1868
‘-/
r,rtioyernmoni Railway Debentures
oflr 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups —
00. Account
D.,e. Coupons
ri-u. 0. Account
it 'alernala 5 per Cent .. —
it°slduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 831
',llan 5 per Cent., 1865 —
„."0. Account ... B2l
td. llareramana Railway
zie.at. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
AC°.,\
_.Do, 1864
6 per Cont. Anglo-French
.t 2t_Jtevideau 6 per Cent. • •
kOl7 rish Imperial 5 per Cent
Granada —
P 0 3 per Con. —
p_l-10. Deferred
"n"t"lan upper Cent. 1865
DNo
e 44 per Cent. (Cl:barren)
','-',° 4i per Cent., 1832 -
,z. Account .