The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-27 00:00:00

MONEY diI.A.RNET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The fortnightly share settlements has commenced
la the Stock Exchange, and it is chiefly engiging
attention. Very little fresh business is therefore in
progress ; and the only features are the continued
depression of the railway market and a further de-
cline in Bank shares, including Rink stock, owing to
the expectation of reduced dividends. The funds are
without change, and perfectly inactive. With the
exception of Danubian, foreign stocks are all a point
or two lower. The statement of the present financial
position of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway
hits produced a good effect upon the consolidated
stock of that undertaking.
The Discount Market remains firm but quiet, at 1
to 1i per cent.
The English Funds are steady. Consols remain at
04g to 94/ for delivery, and 941 to 94 account.
New and Reduced Three per Cents., 941 to 94a ;
India Five per Cents., 1141- to 115 ; Bank Stock, 2.10
to 243 ; Exchequer Bills, 13s to 20s prem.
With the exception of Peruvian, Danubian are
rather lower upon the settlement. The quotations
are :—Mexican 154 to 151 ; Greek 131 to 14 ; New
Spanish, 37i to 374. ; Italian, 54 to 54i ;
Turkish, 39 to 39± ; Egyptian, 81i to 82,11 ; Vice-
roy's Seven per Cent., 73. to 74 ; Danubian, 72.
to 73i and 81? to 82 ; Peruvian, 85k to 851.
In American Securities, United States 5-20 Bungs
are steady, at 73i to 73a ; Erie shares higher, at
4511 to 464 ; Illinois 101 to 101 i.
Home Railway Shares are ±to per cent. lower.
Metropolitan is the only exception, and has advanced
per cent., to 111. Chatham are quoted 19,E to 191 •
Caledonian, 7a to 72 ; Sheffield, 421 to 42 ;
Brighton, 511 Co 511 ; Great Western, 49i to 50 ;
Great Eastern, 361 to 36i ; Great Northern, 102 tc
.103 ; ditto (A), 96 to 96. ; London and North
Western, 114/ to 115 f ; South Eastern, 73i to 74 ;.
Midland, 1041 to 1051 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1271 to 128.
Foreign Railway Shares are quiet. Great Luxem•
burg is I higher at 11i to 11 9-16, while Lombardo-
Venetian is 1-16 lower at 15a to 15,i.
.Colonial Government Securities are dull. Victoria
Sp( per Cent. is it lower, at 114 to 116 ; and Canada
Six per Cents. ±, at 92 to 94 ; ditto Six per Cent.
Unaltered at 104 to 106 ; Mauritius Six per Cent., 105
to 107 ; New South Wales Five per Cent., 100 to
101 ; New Zealand Six per Cent., 110 to 112 ;
Queensland Six per Cent. 109 to 110.
Bank Shares are again very flat. London and
County and Chartered Mercantile are each lower,
the former at 49i to 50i ; and the latter at 28i to
24: ; Alliance shows a further reduction of f, at 11
to io dis. ; and Anglo-Austrian it, at 51 to 6
Prem. ; Agra (A), 11/ to 12k ; Consolidated, 41 to
; Imperial, 18 to 19 ; London and Westminster,
i% to 711$ ; ditto New, 47 to 48 ; Oriental, 421 t. to
; London Joint Stock, 33 to 34; Union of London,
33 to 34.

Foreign Mining Shares are without feature. Chon-
t,'les are dull, at lf to 2; St. John del Rey, 18i to
t9i ; Port Philip, 1 to 11; and Rossa Grande,
to It.
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Ici
'Miscellaneous Securities the transactions are
^lll3r nominal, and prices are for the most part
nnaltet d Anrlo-American Telegraph, 21/1 to 21i ;
Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cent., 42- to 4A- ;
Atlantic and Great Western Mortgage Bonds show an
improvement of at 33 to 34.4 ; 1'11414)11's Bay are
'teddy at 15 1-16 to 15 3-16.
A. special general meeting of the Westminster
kirewery Company has been called for the Bth July,
.vi( the purpose of declaring ,an interim dividend.
The ordinary general meeting of the Arica and
T2oote
j July,ui t Railway way Company has been convened for the
to receive the directors' report and state
kent of accounts.
The creditors of Cutler and Barber, hop and seed
,hfactors, who suspended on the 15th, met yesterday.
he balance sheet showed unsecured liabilities to
mount of £33,000, and assets valued at only
-6,560. It was resolved to wind up the estate under
an inspection.
The suspension of Mr. Thomas Holt, manufacturer,-
°f Blackburn, was announced to-day. His liabilities
are reported not to be large.
Bar gold to the value of £lO,OOO was yesterday
elit into the Bank.
The Cuba has arrived from New York with
t 103,000 in specie ; and the Nyanza £2,127 from
4lexandria.
The outgoing mail to the East takes £15,340 in
IPecie, including £13,160 in silver to Shanghae.
Messrs. Baring have received a remittance of
'8,275 7s on account of New Granada dividends.
A remittance of 37,434 oitavas gold has been
received from the Don Pedro mines, and 6,29-1
oltavas from tle Anglo-Brazilian mines.
The Eastern Bengal Railway have called a meeting
Ifor the Ist July, to authorise the creation of £200,000
nlTher capital in Four per Cent. Debenture Stock,
0 also to consider a proposal to supersede the
Present debenture issue by an equivalent amount of
40,enture stock.
An im ortant statement has been issued by the
Atlantic Paul' Great Western Railway Company in
reference to the present position of that undertaking,
'ell (1 the prospects of its resuming payment of divi-
„Nl:3. '1 lie following extract contains the proposal
t-lade •
• • Abe company having lost, by forced realiza-
sltni of its securities, during the panic, a larger amount
coits capital than has been found necessary for the
Olnpletion of the line and its special requirements, it
4,28 reasonable grounds for asking that its creditors
ii..,45)111d for a comparatively short time reinvest their
bigterest. It is proposed to capitalize into ' income
fr°l4lB_,' bearing 4 per cent. annual interest in gold
1,94115 th November next, having twenty years to run,
pith semi-annual Coupons attached :-1. Two years'
i',°llpons on first Mortgage Divisional Bonds,
'.'98,110. 2. Three years' Coupons on second Mort-
i'ge Divisional Bonds, $308,553, 3. Four years'
4.°l2pons on Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, $4,926,180.
Two years' interest on Debentures from date of
payment of last Coupon, 15th November, 1867, at 5
Cent. per annum, $1,400,000. Total amount of
of°ine Bonds toe issued, $7,4,843. Resumption
interest at 7 percent. will commence on the first
tt
Qrtgage Bonds from the Ist October next.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a (40TERN3IENT FUNDS.
Dr Cent. Consols
4 qtto for Account, July 9
11,15cer Cent. Reduced 941 -}lie: per Cent
D 0.21 per Cont. Jan. 1894
0 Dper Cent. LI an. 873
5t
uities, SO yrs, expire h Jan., .188 e.
D°• for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
t„,? (Bed Sea Tolovaph), Aug., 1908 —
r';'equer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct l5 19 pin
uo.
£500
8 )3°.200 l5 19 „
itik
of
.1::), England Stock. 41 pi. Cent 242
.• Account
I,
Ato. -lAN (GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Va Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 ••• "-
1.•,°• Account
.40. r
p_ 0 per Cent. July, 1880
bu• 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
be. Certificates —
D
„e,• Enfaced Papor 4 per Cent —
C. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 o 5
Do• } per Cent., May 1879 —
5 por Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872
D do. 1877 —
1),; Do. do. 1882 —
_
1,,, • Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
he. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000
—O. under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Aptitine Repulic, 6 per Cent..
te "an Bonds' sper Cent. 18.59
elan 5 per Cent — ad
,p 0": 41 per Cent., 1852 69}
bo do. 1858....
1.)0. do., 1860 —
1)* do., 1863 —
114
jj • 0 pount "or Cent 1865
:001k cc _
761 7
1) Ayres 6 per Cent _
Ns') 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Attee. 6Per Cent.
I), 1; 6 per Cent —
bo' ".4,i per Cent —
Do' ' per Cent, B —
Do' 1867
D 0
~ par ,Cent., 1866 —
ot, 1 lerip .£32 paid
I:l,llitilekbian, 6 per Cent. ---
iiii„,"; 3p a• Cent., 1825........
1:1"1-11an Principalities, ' per Cent —
r.rtel,
1$ per Cent., 1867 BOl
43.`;';'Ir New (consolidated, 1 per Con' l4k
0 Pan,' 7 , Q per Cent
c• . •••
D , ecoud issue •
bc'. 4150
C
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to. Bonds
1864
t) po. Account
.0% '45',!) 13onis
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'ireoujernin•siit Rail way DebonLures ....
I) ?Per Cent 1824-5' ex Coups —
01. `teeount " --
4 1:)o: -coact
•
it Ltr.,,.4
•• ---
.14 Ma ° . .
itiAlra_ poi U. 114 .. —
444 :2 Gov.llail.l.9ati., 10p. Ct., £25 p
•20. AiPTr Ccr t., 1865 — 4
0.
Ilicacroiurit .
kieltr. t xeniana Rai way -
Ditto s " Per Cent —
Dc
ner Account
ei.A , • 1864 —
lezAtbv,Y"l. Cont. Au•rlo-Frouch —
li:ei•isi;',9all 6 per Gout .. —
`‘' (i . 'elnerial 5 per Cent
ull „ranad
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tio" Per 0, **
0 Def a
1, ,11,,,,,..er...q
ti.l.4lriar, l. Warrants (t_fect•tre.9
.sic..4,o`, 0 per Cont. 1865
"0 1 'ount „ 85 }
1 Per Cent. (Uribarren)