The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two oCLocx.
Business this morning was very dull, the news
from Paris with regard to the progress of the Con-
ference on the Greek question not being looked
upon as favourable. Consols gave way slightly,
but whether it was oo be attributed to arrange
ment of the settlement or the foreign intelligence
is not very clear. The weekly meeting in the bank
parlour has not resulted in any alteration being
made in the rate of discount.
Consols are 921 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 921 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93 ; New
Three per Cents, 93 8 ; Bank of England Stock,
4 per Cent., 242.
India Stock, 108 per Cent., April, 1874, ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 f s ; ditto
Bonds f'..1,000, 20 prem.
In the foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents.
gave way I ; Italian Five per Cents., Greek Bo:ids,
and Mexican 1 ; and the New Spanish Three per
Cents. are I lower. The prices are :—ltalian, 53
531 ex div. ; Mexican, 15 151 ; Greek, 111 114 ;
New Spanish, 30 301 ex div. ; Turkish Five per
Cents., 378 371.
Italian Scrip is now f 1 prem. ex div., and the
last Russian Railway Loan is lOf dis. The Hon-
duras Loan is 85 87 ex coupon, and the Egyptian
Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 is steady, at 74 74k.
In the railway market Great Westerns have
improved 1, Great Northern 1, ditto A 1, Metro-
politan I, Extension 1, North Eastern f, and
South Eastern f. Great Eastern are 3-16 lower,

Sheffield I, and Brighton 1. The quotations are—
Caledonian, 771 8 ; Great Western, 484 494;
Great Eastern, 424 421 ; Great Northern,
107 8 ; ditto A, 108 1 ; Lancashire, 129 30 ;
Metropolitan, 1091 a ; do. Extension, 1041 51;
Midland, 1144 115 ; Sheffield, 47i ; Brighton,
491 494 ; North British, 331 4 ; North Western,
114¢ 151 ; North Eastern, 104 51 ; South Eastern,
704 80 ; Chatham and Dover, 17 I.

United States Five-Twenty Bonds, 741 74-7, ; the
Bonds of 1885, 72i 721 ; and the Ten-Forty Bonds
72 721.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben-
tures are firm, at 42 421, and the Consoli-
dated Mortgage Bonds at 46 461, showing a rise
of Fin the former. Eries are dull, at 251 261, and
Illinois Central stock is I} lower, at 951 961.

Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
Cent. Debenture Stock is 90 91 ex div.

In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares prices are as
last quoted.
At the half-yearly meeting of proprietors of the
Consolidated Bank, held this day at the City Ter-
minus Hotel, Cannon-street, the directors report
authorising the payment of a dividend of 2s. 6d.
per share, being at the rate of 64 per cent. per
annum, was adopted.
The annual general meeting of the shareholders
of the London and Brazilian Bank was held this
day at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. W. Cater in
the chair. The report of the directors was adopted.
An extraordinary general meeting of the East
London Bank was held to-day at the London
Tavern for the purpose of confirming or otherwise
the special resolutions passed at the meeting of the
24th of December. The confirming of the minutes
of the previous meeting, and the various resolutions
Were put seriatim from the chair, and approved.

The sum of £15,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday, making a total of £130,000 during
the week since the date of the last return.

The Douro, from the West Indies, has brought
£122,600.
Transactions are limited on the Stock Exchange,
and are likely to remain so until the Paris Confe-
rence shall terminate, although little doubt seems
to be entertained of its result. The operations of
commerce are also considerably checked by the
same cause. On the settlement of the affair an
active revival of general business is expected, which
will probably make grettL further progress so soon
as the prospect of an adjustment of the Spanish
question shall have been arrived at.
At a meeting of the directors of the Thames and
Mersey Marine Insurance Company (Limited) in
Manchester yesterday, it was resolved to recom-
mend a payment of 4s. per share for-the past half-
Year, being 2s. per share dividen 1, or at the rate of
10 per cent. per annum, and 2s. per share bonus,
making, with the 2s. paid in July 1 tst, 6s. per
share, or 15 per cent. on the paid-up capital for the
Year.

The report of the Metropolitan Bank (Limited),
to be presented ou the 15th inst.; recommends
dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
The report of the Unired Discount Corporation
(Limited), to be presented oh the 15th inst., recom-
mends a dividend of 3s. 7d. per share, being at the
rate of 6 per cent. per annum.

The ordinary general meeting of the proprietors
.of the North Western Bank (Limited) will be held
on the 20th inst. at Liverpool.
The Manchester Examiner says :—" The failure
of a New York house, largely engaged in cotton
operations, was rumoured on 'Change yesterday.
The liabilities of the firm were spoken of as very
large.,,

The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of £4,392 over
last year, the Metropolitan an increase of £3,129,
the Midland an increase of £5,573, the Great
Northern an increase of £353, the Great Western
an incre:ise of £4,436, the Great Eastern an in-
crease of £1,428 (wholly in passenger traffic), and
the London and South Western an increase of
£8,567.
To-day is the usual one for the payment of Par-
liamentary deposits upon Railway Bills. The re-
turn of the deposit moneys by the new standing
order of the House of Lords is no longer a matter
of course, but is made contingent, in the case of
entirely new projects, on the line being opened for
traffic, or on one-half of the capital being subscribed
and expended. Otherwise, it appears, they are to
be applied as far as they will go to provide for a
Penalty of £5O a day for non-completion, or else
to the satisfaction of the claims of landowners or
Others.

A protest has been published by Mr. Henry Gue-
dalla against the Mexican Government for the non-
Payment of the last five half-yearly dividends on
the bonds of the loans issued in 1831 and 1864.
-rhe arrears for the last two and a half years' inte-
rest amount to upwards of £1,250,000.
Accounts from Peru calculated to cause uneasi-
ness in the minds of the bondholders having been
Published as received by this mail, it may be use-
ful to mention that, according to the mercantile
advices, affairs in that country were proceeding
satisfactorily, and the position of the Government
aPpears to be firm. A few disturbances, attempted
atone point, had been promptly suppressed. Some-
thing has been said about the finances of the Peru-
'llan Government being in a straitened condition ;
but in this there is nothing new, the Government
"eleg usually willing to borrow as much as lenders
are disposed to offer. The strength of the position
Of the Peruvian bondholders in this country con-
sists iu their hold upon the guano revenues, re-
°Fleeting the productiveness of which not the
slightest ground for misgiving is observable.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.,
* Per Cent. Consols
8 Ditto for Account,
Per Cent. Reduced
„ 93
New per Cent 3
New 21. per Cont. Jan. 1891
Annuities,3 0. 5 Per Cent..f an. 1873
Annuities, 80 yrS, expire sth J,tn., 1880 -2
00. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 188.5
Do (Red Sett Televa ph), Aug., 1908 —
4,,schequer Bills, .E, 000, '2 per Ct
•
Do.
£5OO
Do,
£lOO 3&
Bann of England Stock, 4 por Cent
DO. account
intada 4 per Cent. Bonds—
Inter-Colonial Omni-tun
.INDIAN GOVERNMENT I.`,ECURITIES.
41111 a Mock, 101 per Cont., April 1874 —
to. Opening for Account
5 per Cent. July, 1880
Y.,0. 4 pe?.• Cent., Oct. 1888
un. Certificates
Do. Eufaced Pap. 4 per Chet
12°- 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
bi Per Oat. 11ay.167P

D 3 5 per Cent:, Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
re. do. 188',
D.,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~, —
Do_ Bends, 4 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l.OOO
fOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... .
Do., Scrip £45 paid
Au itrian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859 621
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
')o. 4} per Cent., 1852 7ll
Do. do. 1858 —
Do. do., 1860 —
Do. do., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1A65
lie Account 7B}
13 ienos Ayres 6 per Cent.
1)o 2 per Cent. (Deferrtd 3 per Cent )
Cu',a, 6 per Cent.
C...ilian 6 par Cent —
' )0. 41 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cant.,
1 o. 6 per co t. 1867 l4l
1 o. 7 par Cent., 1000 ...
C lo ~:::,11, 6 per Cent..
Dan At 3 p.,r Cent., 1825 _ —
Dan ~t.i4u Principalities, 7 per Cent 74}
D , S per Cent., 1867 .4 - ...
Eluador Now oc,nsolidated, 1 v-,r Cent
h:_:)-1:tia,.,, 7 per Gen' —
DJ ;:t, otht 1:-sti.
')o. 15•;(. BoD'ls BOl
Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 82i
Do. t;if;4,
Do. Account
Do. .E5!)0 Bonds
00. #.106 Bonds BBl 90
English Scrip,:lB6B, 74 }
Do do. £45 pd — dis
Governitlent Railway Debentures
Greet: 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups —
:)o. Aeccuut

Do. Coupon -
Do. Account
3.latemala a per Cent • . —
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 841
lt t/iao 5 per ,:crt., 1865
So. Account • . B2
Do MAreturnana Railway —
..0:;0..l per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 7l
Do t oer Cont. Anglo-French —
•ii:Levi(.l4Ao e. per Cont.
moriel, imperial 5 per Cent
-•"e‘,.; G.cauada
.. 15
Do 3 per Cen —
Do. Deferrqd
:lo Lenu Warrants Meet:lves) t —
Poi-avian 5 per Cent, 1865
Do Account .. 77 Gi
oo 41- per Cent. (Uriharren) ..
Do ~i p,:: Ccfut., 1!:.•:62 . —
Do A:colliii
P rt,:v.:es., 3 per Ut., loss, '6, 7, '9,'6,,'',. 35/ 6
Do. do. 1867 36
Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail —
1t I,...sian 5 per Cent., 1.842, ..-f,' Ou
Jo 4i per Cent . 1850
Do 4i per Cont., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondt.
Do. do. £B4 15s. do
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds —
Do. do £B4 15s. do
Do Nicolas Railway 6Ol 1
Sardinian S per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Con .; --
Do. Account . —
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. Now Deferred —
Do. Account
Do. Passive —
Do. Cony. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1808
Do do, scrip Put
Turkish 6 per Cont.
Do Account
Do Account
Do .£IOC Bonds 631 4}
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 -
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860 . 6O
Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela 3 per Cont. —
Do. Acc.unt
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Du 6 per Cent., 1862 i
Dividends on the above payable in London
Austrian a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian,_4l per cent., Ex. 25f.

DuiCia fer CAnt. Ex. 12 Gull 56
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates

Do. Account _

Winn 5 per Gent. 1861, Ex. Zsi.
Do Account 53
CLOSING PRICES.

Cansuls, Money 921
Do. Account, Feb. 4 92} f

CRIMINAL COURT —(This day).

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Keating.)
MANSLAUGHTER.

George Campbell, 23, upholsterer, who was last
night found guilty of the manslaughter of John
Moir, at Arthur-street, Barnabury, was this morn-
ing sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.
Timothy Howard was sentenced to 14 days' im-
prisonment for the manslaughter of James Hart.
Felix Victor, a black man, was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment for the manslaughter of John
Buckley.

THE FIRE AT SAVILLE lIOUSE.

The trial of Maurice, who surrendered to au in-
dictment charging him with attempting to obtain
a sum of money from a gas company by means of
fraud, was proceeded with, but broke down on a
point of law, and the defendant was discharged.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Lush.)
THE CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST A LADY.

Mr:. Eliza Lumley surrendered to an indictment
charging her with feloniously intermarrying with
Major Lumley, her former husband, M. Alexandre
Victor, being then alive.
The case, it will be recollected, was originally
beard at Marlborough-street Police-court, and ex-
cited considerable attention. The first marriage, it
was alleged, took place over 30 years ago in the
island of St. Heliers, in Jersey, and the cohabita-
tion extended over two years, after which a separa-
tion took place, and the defendant had lived as a
single woman until her marriage with Major
Lumley.
To prove the marriage of the defendant with M.
Alexandre Victor at St. Heliers in Jersey, the pro-
secuting counsel called Mr. Mathews, who stated
that he was the Registrar at St. Heliers, who ten-
dered a copy of the registry of a marriage celebrated
between the defendant and M. Alexandre Victor.
He was not allowed to bring the original, book
with him. Mr. Justice Lush thought the copy was
inadmissible, but he would consult his brother Keat-
ing. After having done so, his lordship said if asked
to give his decision now he should say the
copy was inadmissible. Mr. Giffard, the coun-
sel for the prosecution, said he should be able to
prove the marriage by other evidence, and then pro-
ceeded. The sister of the defendant, now Mrs.
Harriet Brewer, was then called, but her evidence
did not help on the prosecution, as she said she
was only about 10 years of age at the time, and her
recollection of matters that happened 32 years ago
was imperfect. She did not recognize the signa-
ture to the marriage celebrated in London as that
of her sister. Mrs. Grey, another acquaintance of
the defendant's, said she, when very young, lived
in St. Heliers, and knew the defendant. She re-
collected the defendant leaving and returning to
the island, when defendant told her that her
marriage with Victor was void, and that he was a
French convict.

The case was proceeding when we went to press.

THIRD COURT.

The case of M. Adolphe Ellison, who surren-
dered to an indictment, charging him with pub.
lirhing a libel concerning the Ottoman Railway
Company (Smyrna to Aida) was further proceeded
with this morning. No decision had been arrived
at when we went to press.