The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-28 00:00:00

310.NE/CIARKET

AND
COMMERCE IN T ELLIGRNCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Comparatively little business has been transacted
to-day in the Money Market, the rates being very
easy, and the supplies of capital very abundant.
On Saturday there were no gold operations at the
Bank of England.
the Kosciusko has arrived from Melbourne, with
£113,000 in gold.
To-day a call of £2O, amounting in the aggregate
to £642,084, became due on the Great Eastern GI
Per cent, preference stock.
From the manufacturing districts the accounts
for the past week have in most instances been of an
unsatisfactory character. At Manchester a further
decline has taken place in the quotations for cloths
and yarns, while in the woollen districts of Leeds,
Bradford, and Huddersfield there has been little
improvement in the demand for spring goods. The
hosiery and lace departments of Leicester and Not-
tingham have remained moderately active ; and in
the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield,
and Wolverhampton little change of importance
Can be reported.
The advices received to-day from Liverpool re-
Port that the cotton market has shown symptoms
of improvement, there having been a good demand,
and the sales were to the extent of about 12,000
bales.

At a meeting held to-day of the English, Scottish,
and Australian Chartered Bank, the directors re-
commended a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent.
Per annum, free of income-tax.
The transfer books of the Anglo-Italian Bank
will be closed on the 2d February, preparatory to
the issue of the shares of the new bank.
Notice has been given that the subscription list of
the Paraguassu Steam Tramroad Company will be
Closed on the 2d February. It is stated that the
engineering staff of the company will proceed by the
ail of the 9th proximo to Brazil. The construe-
ttoil of the line is undertaken by a responsible con-
tractor for less than £lO,OOO per mile. The under-
taking has been well-received in Manchester and
Liverpool, where its merits are best understood.
Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood has appointed
'lr: Arthur Cooper official liquidator of the Metro-
politan Cab and Carriage Company.
With the exception of the fluctuation in At-
laatic and Great Western Securities there has
"eft no feature of interest in the market for
American Securities last week, and business has
been
considerably interfered with by the interruption
1;11 the telegraphic communication with New York.
,
ode(' States Government 6 per cent. 5-20 Bonds
have varied to a very trifling extent, and closed i
higher; the 1862 issue at 72,i- 72:1, and the 1863
1,411 e at 7l 72 ; Erie Railway Shares, however,
'lave declined to 434 431, and Illinois Ito 801 81.
Li the Corn Market to-day there was a very
limited attendance, and sales of both home-grown
~134 foreign wheat proceeded slowly at a decline of
la. to 2s. per quarter on late rates.

Two o ?C.
According to Reuter's telegram, this'CLoc morning,
the French Rentes were 68f. 87. Inanimate.
The value of the British Funds is still creeping
uPwards, but there is very little business, and the
!i'le is chiefly attributable to bona fide purchases for
investment. To-day there has been no particular
rnnvement and the prices of Consols are 904 j for
ItinneY and account. The New Threes were 90f 1,
2:14 Reduced Annuities 90k ; Bank of England
tock, 2A9 250 ; India Stock, 214 ; ditto 5 per
1071; and ditto Bonds, 3Gs. prem.
orei— Stocks are generally improved, but the
lanv 16n
ernents have been merely fractional. Chilian
Scrip has still engaged a large share of attention,
and numerous fluctuations have taken place, the
quotation, after being lf is dull at 31 1 premium ;
Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced if, to 29a ;
l
texican k, to 171 ; Spanish Passive to 22 ;
and Italian if, to 54 ; Greek remains firm, 14 I,
and Spanish Certificates at 14} I,
The New Chilian Loan Scrip has declined 1,
to 1 prem.
The Russian Loan Scrip is firm at 1/ prem.
British Railway Shares have been in very limited
demand,, and the general tendency of prices has
ueen downwards. Great Northern A Stock, and
Lancashire and Yorkshire have each receded about
1
55. ; and Metropolitan, North Western, and South
Eastern, each 10s.
Miscellaneous and Finance Shares remain inactive
and without any great change in values, with the
have of the Anglo-American Telegraph, which
4ave improved to 15i 16f.
The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia-
tion of importance, Great Luxembourg being
marked 12t ; East Indian, 106 f ; and Great
'Western of Canada, 141 1.
Some of the latest of the American Securities are
as follows, viz., United States 5-20 Bonds, 721 73 ;
Lrie Shares, 43 I ; and Illinois at 801 81.
Bank shares continued in very limited dem and at
about former quotations, Imperial Ottoman being
dealt in at 8i ; City Bank, at 14 14*
'Westminster, at 97i; ; London and
45. t and Union of London, at

MINING MARKET.
MONDAY, Two o'Clock.
A moderate amount of business has been trans-
acted in the Mining Market, and prices generally
have remained steady. Annexed are the latest quo-
tations

BCain Catnborne, —s Od —s ; Carn Brea, 17 18 ; Central
inera,
—; Cooks' Kitchen, 11 12 ; East Cam Brea,
I; Drakewells, 26s Od 28s Od ; Great Laxey, ;
Chiverton Moor, 51 6 ; Chonzales Gold, 2} ; Clifford
41a1gamate, 8 81; East Basset, 24 25 ; East Caradon,
6; East Lovell, 10 103; East Wheal Grenville, 2 2*;
Great Retallack, 448 Od 46s ; Great Wheal Vor, 17 18 ;
t. ark° Valley, 441; North Crofty, 511; North Treskerby,
i; Prince of Wales, 34s Od 36s Od; Prosper United,
i; Providence Mines, ; South Condurrow, —s —d;
;rsouth Grenville, 6s Od 8s Od; Tincroft, 13} 14};
est Caradon, —; West Chiverton, 63 65 ; West
;au"; —; West Seton, 125 130; Wheal Buller, 20 223;
heal Chiverton, 81 9 ; Wheal Crsbor, --8 --3 j Wheal
vrenville, 22s Od 24s ; Wheal Rose, ; Wheal Seton,
120 125
, , Wheal Trelawney, 11 12 ; Wheal Uny, —— ;
t South Tolgus, 17s 6d 20s Od ; South Franeos,
Pa; St. Ives Consols, 0 0 ; South Caradon, ——; Stray
Par
h -""E; North Roskear, 89 ; North Downs, 0 0
Darrell, 0 0 ; Wheal Basset, 0 0 ; Redmoor, 10 12.

13111TISII F UNDS —ONR O'CLOCK.
. GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
0 nor Cent. Consols
a 1)0. Account, Feb. 7 9OO
Per Cont. Reduced 9oi I 1 1
~rew 3 Per Cent 9oi 1
'W 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A„j:/°. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
-...nuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Da .-1 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
''ltehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent —pm
Do .................. £5OO
71 .-- ra
,41,k P D 0... ........ £lOO Sr £2OO , 12 pm
' of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... 250 49
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
ludtan Stock 101 per Cent. ril
A...
1:30. Account
............... ,
... p
........ 1874..... 214
Do. 4 . 5 per Cent. July, 1880 ............... 107 i
D per Cont., Oct. 1888 ""•""•••••• -N. Certificates

.........................
Eufaced Paper 4. per Cent
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
.....
Do. 54. per Cent., May 1879 —
. ...
Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 —
Do. Bonds,4 por Cent., £l,OOO 3O pin
Do. under £l,OOO
.......
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE.
O'CLOCK.
krgentino Republic, 6 per Cent
kustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
brazilian 5 per Cent
00. 4i- per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
De. 5 por Cent., 1863
y°yAccount
a. ..00 Bonds 72i
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
D 4 C•mian 2 per C ent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.)
6 per Cent
De. 41 per Cent
uU°' 6 per Cent A 7l
C010m0.71 6
11
Colombian, per Cont.
bian,
6 per Cent.
Dallis"' 3 per Cent., 1825
Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 uanubian Princpalities
,„ Do. Account
cluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
-Do. Piovisional La.nd. Warrant —
Do Defr' e
,-vptian 7 per Cent
Do. Account
no.) -
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