The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-21 00:00:00

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The closing prices of yesterday have been main •
tained, and foreign stocks participate in the im-
proved state of things. Railway shares have not
been very active, and American securities have re-
ceded slightly.
Consols are 94 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 934- s ;
New Tkree per Cents, 934- 4 ; ditto April, 1885,
12g.

India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 j ; ditto Enfaced Paper 4
Per Cent., 911 ; ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879,
1091 108 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 20 prem. ; ditto
under £l,OOO, 22 prem.
In the Foreign Market Egyptian of 1868,
Nicolai, Peruvian of 1865, Spanish of 1867, alai
Charcow-Keementschug have improved k to
per cent., while Mexican and Charkof-Azof
have declined 1. Annexed are the prices :—Bra-
zilian of 1865, 801 to 1 ; Chilian of 1867, 931
to 94, ex div. ; Egyptian of 1864, 871 to 881 ;
ditto of 1868, 718 to 721, ex div. ; Italian of
1861, 531 to 1, ex div. ; ditto Tobacco Loan,
1 to 11 prem., ex div. ; Mexican, 14 to 151 ;
Peruvian of 1865, 761 to 77 ; Russian of 1866, 91
to 92 ; ditto Nicolai, 661 to 67 ; ditto Orel, 801 to
801; ditto Moscow, 78} to 79 ; ditto Charkof-
Azof, 78/ to 791 ; Charcow-Krementschug, 791
to 4 ; Spanish of 1867, 311 to 1; Turkish of
1858, 63 to 64 ; ditto of 1862, 62 to 63, and ditto
• of 1865, 381 to 1, ex div.
In the railway market there has been a decline
of:I to f per cent. in Metropolitan and Great
Northern A, and a rise of * to lin Mid-
land, Great Eastern, and South Eastern. Sub-
joined are the quotations : London and
North Western, 1151 to 116* ; Great Western,
498 to 50* ; Midland, 114 to ; London and
South Western, 89 to 90 ; Great Eastern, 42* to
I; Brighton, 51/ to 52* ; South Eastern, 811 to
82:; Metropolitan, 1071 to 1; Great Northern,
1071 to 108 ; ditto A, 1081 to 1091 ; Caledonian,
78/ to 1; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 171
to 171.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 1 per cent
lower, at 751 to I. Erie Railway Shares, 261 to
; Illinois Central, 93 to 1 ; Atlantic and Grew
Western Debentures, 42 to 1; and the Consoli-
dated Mortgage Bonds, 46 to 1.
In the Miscellaneous department Anglo-Ameri-
can Telegraph are 2s. 6d. better, at 211 to 22 ; At-
lantic Telegraph 8 per Cent. Preference, 31 to 1 ;
National- Discount, 111 to 121 ; General Credit,
11 to n dis. ; International, 11 to 1* dis. ; Hud-
son's Bay, 151 to 1; and Telegraph Construction,
16/ to 17.
Bank shares are rather firm, and the quotations
"re as follows :—London and Westminster, 651 to
; London and County, 501 to 4 ; London Joint
Stock, 34:1 to 351 ; Union of London, 361 to 371 ;
4eglo-Austrian, 10 to 11 prem. ; and Imperial Otto-
man, 1 to 11 prern.
At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders oj
the London Joint Stock Bank, held to-day, the
report was unanimously adopted and the dividend
declared.
At the general meeting of the shareholders of the
Alliance Bank, held to-day, the report was unani-
inciusly adopted, and a dividend of £3 per cent. per
annum was declared.
About £49,000 in bar gold was taken into the
Bank yesterday.
The ha!ance of bullion operations at the Bank of
-,l'ngland since the previous return is £29,000 in
favour of the Bank, the withdrawal of gold having
been £20,000, and the amount sent in £49,000.
The principal rail way traffics exhibit an increase.
hat of the London and North Western an increase
£8,871, Midland an increase of £8,417 ; and
Metropolitan an increase of £3,153.
The opening of the subscription list for the ex-
pected issue of shares of the Grosswardein-Klau-
Benburg-Krohnstadt Railway will take place on the
26th inst. A rumour that the new stock is to be
brought out exclusively on the Paris Bourse is in-
accurate, the Anglo-Austrian Bank being entrusted
with the issue, and lists will be opened in all the
chief continental mat kets. It appears that it is not
clutended in the first instacce to invite subscriptions
'r the whole of the capital, which is 75 millions of
flori4B.
The Vienna Bank of Commerce has commenced
„ first of a series of important transactions, the
Abject of which is the direct importation of cotton
The
Bombay into Austria, via Suez and Trieste.
i_ge various lines, and especially the South Railway,
4;lrseeing the impetus this must eventually give to
eveve_ cotton industry of the empire, have offered
rY inducement for promoting the success of the
Plah.
It seems also to be expected that the Bank
ot
Commerce will be able to divert, through the
of7iuofn of the Brenner Railway, the forwarding
ttou for Switzerland and South Germany from
I,„larsCcm
The
tre anchester Examiner has much pleasure in
,r,Qlng the following highly honourable conduct
, "le part of a firm which was compelled to suc-
cumb in 1865, on account of heavy losses. The
444.4,1,11 question is that of Messrs. John Samuels
tred.°•, commission merchants in this city. Their
pond accepted a composition of 10a. in the
4,7°1 which was duly paid. The same creditors
Aitnie had the satisfaction of receiving a circular,
mating that Messrs. Samuels and Co. intend to
vay
hens thethe balance of 20s. in the pound on Thurs-
day
circularah
r, from the discount firm of Brightwen
`-'0• states that Mr. C. E. Tritton, son of Mr.
sea.
-tra
44,41.t"4 ton, of Lombard-street, has joined their

Tel; he register of transfers of the Anglo-American
t‘e.,graPii Company (Limited) is to be closed from
tti- 'kat to the Bth February, preparatory to the pay-
-6e4„ ef an interim dividend for the quarter ending
at inst.
Qs,. he annual meeting of the proprietors of the Lon-
PebZadry.County. Bank will be held on the 4th of
Eft
vetordinary meeting of the proprietors of the
ot London Bank (Limited and Reduced) is con-
therarecifrr the 28th instant, when a dividend is to be
to b/le report of the directors of the Bank of Et
gyp
Feb: Preeented at the annual meeting on the Ist of
deearYt states that the usual dividend would be
the racy,
at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for
41144-.41f Year (£12,600), and a bonus of £1 10s. per
The cr
(Lie. 'rectors of the Midland Banking CompantaßE,y
,Ite(1) at the meeting to be held on the 29th
%pt. 'r
pose to declare the usual dividend of 6 per
1111)er annum, free of income tax.
psoi (3,
_directors of the National Bank of Liver-
tillar.(l4rniced) recommend a dividend of 10s. per
fr.ee of income tax.
/est: directors of the British and Foreign Marine
leg Willem Company (Limited) at the general meet-
-11451.5 recommend a further dividend of 2s. p e
2f 14 ugether With a bonus of 4s. per share, free
per°tile tax, Which will make a distribution of
cent. for the year.

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