The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-18 00:00:00

iIO'NE 5C MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Consols are quiet to-day, at 92f for money ;
ditto, for Account, 92i ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 92i ; New 11.=.ree per Cents, 92f 8 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, par 2 prem.; ditto £lOO,
£2OO, and £5OO, ; Bank of England Stock, 4

per Cent., 243.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 j ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 i ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4
per sent., —1 ditto 5 per Cent., —; ditto Bonds
£l,OOO, 2 prem. ; ditto under £l,OOO, 2 prem.
In the Foreign Market there has been a reduc-
tion of 3-16 in the Italian and k in Spanish New
Three per Cents., Peruvian of 1865 being k better.
The bonds of the Honduras Railway Loan, 85 to
86 ; Nicolia Bonds, 641 to 65 ; Orel Vitebsk Bonds,
80 to 801 ; Moscow Jaroslaw Loan, 78 to 781 ;
Argentine Six per Cents., 81k to 811 ; Viceroy
Seven per Cents., 82} to 821 ; ditto Nine per
Cents., 944 to 954 ; ditto Seven per Cents., 1868,
781 to 781 ; Italian Five per Cents., 554 to 551 ;
Mexican, 121 to 13 ; Peruvian Five per Cents.,
801 to 801; Spanish New Three per Cents., 29k
to 291 ; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 44
5-16 to 44 7-16 ; ditto Six per Cents. of 3865,

671 to 678.
In the Railway Share Market prices are firm.
Metropolitan stand 1 better. B►ighton, 441 ;
Caledonian, 761 771 ; Great Eastern, 38 1 ; Great
Western, 501 ; Great Northern, 1081 8 ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 1251 6 ; North Western,
118 1191 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 117- 17 ;
Metropolitan, 98H; Midland 1174 1181 ; Sheffield,-

55 1.
Bank Shares are quiet. Chartered Mercantile,
32 to 33; Consolidated, Ito prem. ; London and
County, 491 to 501 ; London Joint Stock, 31/ to
321 ; London and Westminster, 61 to 62 ; National,
40 to 41 ; ditto of Australasia, 61 to 7.
Iu Miscelleaneous Shares, Anglo-American Tele-
graphs are 201 to 28 ex div. ; Anglo-Mediterranean
Ditto, 141 to 141 ex div.; Atlantic Telegraph, 23
to 24 ; Ditto Eight per Cent. Preference, 31 to 36;
Credit Foncier, 21 to 21 ; General Credit, 11 to 11
dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 121 to 121.
American Fire-Twenty Bonds have risen 1, to
801 to 801 ; ditto 1865 issue 1, to 781 to 781 ;
the Ten-Forty Bonds remain at 711 to 714 ; At-
lantic and Great Western Railway Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds at 251 to 261 ; but ditto Deben-
tures have dropped 11, to 261 to 26/ ; while Erie
Shares have advanced 1, to 201 to 201 ; and Illinois
Centrals 1, 951 951.
In consequence of the unsettled weather the de-
mand for English wheat, of which but little was on
sale, was firm, and an advance of ls. per qr. was
dens tuded.
The sum of £B,OOO in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday.
The Queen of Nations arrived at the Downs from
Sydney, brings 7,8030 z. of gold, and £45,000 in
specie.
The report of the Ceylon Company (Limited),
to be presented on the 22,1 inst., recommends a
dividend at the rate of 6 per colt. per annum,
which will leave £2,069 to be carried forward.
At the 25th annual meeting of the Metropolitan
Association for Improving the Dwellings of the
Industrial Classes a dividend of 4 per cent. was de-
clared, and the report stated that the Penge pro-
perty has been increased to 164 cottages, of which
114 are let to artisans in various trades.
The report of-the St. John del Rey Mining Com-
pany, to be preseated on the 231 inst., describes
the operations in progress for the reopening of the
Bahu and Cachoeira Mines, which are estimated to
require an outlay of £46,179. On the general
working during the year there has been a slight
loss, but it is hoped henceforth, pending the resto-
ration of communicition with the parts closed by
the disastrous fire of last year, to bring the expen-
diture within the receipts.
The Universal M•trin3 Insurance Company
(Limited) have announced au interim dividend of
2s. 6,1. per share, being at the rate of 5 per cent.
per annum for the six mouths ending the 30th of

June Ls'.
The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland
have given notice that a dividend for the half-year
ending Nlidsurnmer next, at the rate of 4 per cent.
on the paid up stock, and also an extraordinary
dividend of 30s. on cich £lOO share, and 12s. on
each £lO shar', will be paid on the 15th of July.
The directors of the Chartered Mercantile Bank
of India, London, and China, notify that a dividend
of 4 per cent., free of income tax, for the half
year ending the 30th instant, will be paid to the
proprietors on the Ist of July.
The fourteenth ordinary general meeting of the
Alliance Bank (Limited) will be held the 15th of
July.
The adjourned general meeting of the Atlantic
Telegraph Company is to be held on the 2d of
July.
The Maritime Insurance Company (Limited), of
Liverpool, has declared a dividend for the current
half-year, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum.
Tha return from the Bank of England for the
week ended the 16th of June gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :--
Best
PaWis deposits
Other deposits 17,455,401 ... Increase 286,082
On tha other side of the account :
Government securi-
ties £14,173,667 ... Increase 25,391
Other securities 36,986,400 Decrease 344,944
Notes unemployed 10,465,500 ... Increase 839,265
The amount of, notes in circulation is £22,577,720,
being a decrease of £264,765 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,153,625, showing
an increase of £522,742 when compared with the
preceding return.
Subjoined is a comparison of the present position
of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols
and French Routes with the corresponding week oft
last year :

At Present. Same Week
last Year.
Bullion
_Elegem,
Notes in circulation 22,577,720 ... 23,524,735
Rate of discount
Consols - 95
Frensh Routes
The following is the official return of the cheques
and bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for
the week ending Wednesday, June 16 :
Thursday £8,070,000
Friday
Saturday.
Monday 8,711,000
Tuesday
Wednesday 11,092,000

£69,300,000

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 percent. Consols ....................... 92 1 1
Ditto for Account, July 7 92f
3 per Cent. Reduced 92i
New 3 per Cent 92i
New 2} per Cont. Jan. 1894 .............
Do.s per Cen Jau.1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth J an., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Ang.,
Exotioquvir Bills, £l,OOO, 2; Sc 3 per Ct --
Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO
Bank of England Stock, 4; per Cent

D. opening . .. -
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
litter-Colonial Omnnun
INDIAN JOVERNMENT SECURITIEt
in lia +„,k, ioi or Gent., April 1874... Shut
Do. Opening, for Account —
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 pe•r Cent., Oct. 1888

Do. Certificates -
Do. En faced Pape, 4 per Cent.. ~. 92}
Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1871 ..„ ~, . .
Do. 54 per (,--it. Slav 1ii7,1
Di 5 pc Cent., 11up. Deb. 1872 lO2l
90 do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
D... Deb., 5 per Cent.., Aug. 1873 ~
00 Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ....... . 2 3 pm
('). under Xl.001 l
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING 'ItICES.
.A.r.griutitic Republic, 8 per Cent ......
tuttriun Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1t t 9 —
Br ttilian 5 per Cent —
'"),). Ai ttir Cent. 1852 —
Du. do. . 18:,8 —
Do. do. 186 ' .
Do. do., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Oo Account . .............. ••• ..••• 82i
B ienos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 8 per Oeut ; --