The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-02 00:00:00

ONE/ Ia.A.V.KET

AND
CONATEROIAL INTELLIGI4NI.IR,

CITY, Two o'CLocic.

Business was resumed in tae Stock Exchange this •
111°1.°ln% but the fine weather and the absence of
anY disturbing news have combined to make
the attendance • less than usual. The market gene-
rally is firm, and the tendency is upward.
The funds are, perhaps, barely so good as they closed
on Thursday, purchases being checked by the position
oit political parties, though they have improved since
tile opening. Foreign a
Government securities are
firmer, particularly Egyptian, upon the fresh financial
vram,Yenients made by the Treasury. Cable shares
are in more request, and there is a fresh rise of 4 in
11(1(1s-on's Bay. Credit Shares are dull.
The commercial demand for money is rather more
etive at 2 per cent., and tendencies oontinue
np ward .3.
The Enelish Funds opened flat, but they are now
°,`e.,3'l3'. Consols are 931; to 94 ; New and Reduced,
):),g to 92-1: ; and Exchequer Bills, 12s to 17s prem.
5 tY7I. Cents. are 116 to 1161-. Bank Stock is
243 to
The leadin, future in the Foreign Stock Market is
the firmnesS of Egyptian upon the new financial
arningements The 1864 loan is # better, at Si) to Si,
and the Viceroy's 7 per Cents. are 711 to 72, being
better. The 9 per Cents. are firmer, at 89 to 90, and
the Railway
nut a
i there;ish, i Deentures, 89 to 90. Peruvian are ;4
better ; Greek, ; and it Italian, K. Brazilian are flat,
no change in Mexican, 15k to 152 ; New
S3sk to 33A ; Turkish, 34., to 34. There is no change in American securities. The
5-20's are 7014-
to 701- ; Erie, 461 to 462 ; and Illinois.
115 to 951,-.
In Foreign Railway Shares a better tone prevails.
Great Luxemburg is better, at 9k to 10; ; Lom-
bardo-Venetian firm, at 141 to 15.
In Railways, Great Northern A, Great Eastern, ana
Great Western arc flat ; and Sheffield, Metropolitan,
Caledonian, London and North Western, and.
Groat Northern are firm. The quotations are—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 1281- to 1281 ; Midland, 109 to
101 q ; South Eastern, 741 to 74k ; London and North
`Western,_ 116 to 1161 ; Great Northern, 103 to 104 ;
Great Northern A, 98 to 99 ; Great Eastern, 34 to
34,12 ; Great Western, 544- to 542; Brighton, 521 to
53} ; Sheffield, 431- to 441 • Metropolitan, 112 k to
0 ;
1122 ; Caledonian, 76 to 76 and Chatham, 18k to
19.
In Bank Shares business is merely nominal, and
prices are, for the most part, without change. Im-
perial Bank is flat, at 18 to 19, being A lower ; Agra
(A) steady, at 911- to 101 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ;
Anglo Austrian, 4.1 to 42 prem. ; Chartered Mer-
cantile, 28 to 29 ; Consolidated, 4i to 4; imperial
Ottoman, to / prem.
.. Finance shares are in rather better request.Lon-
donFinance is 2- better, at 22 to 21 dis.; General
Credit,ohh tii. to 24- dis. Cddit Foncier, 2i to 3.
Foreign Mining s• hares are without change. St.
del Rey are marked at 19A- to 20A ; Port
P, 1 to 1g; Chontales 22- to 2i.
Aliscellaneous securities are generally firm. Tle
principal feature is a further improvement of it in
Aid°°'s Ray, which are now quoted at 15,1 to 15- , ;
,„_;g10-Atuerican is firmer at 23h to 231 Atlantic
.i7tegraph a shade better, at 5t- to 5,4 ; Fore-street
parto elVses, 11 to dis.; London Gent mai Omnibus,
,513 The directors of the Russian (Vyksounsky) Iron
ITiloirtrc..k,,s Company (Limited) have made a call of £2 per
direcl'etosPaoyfable on the 20th inst., "to meet the lia-
the company." The notice adds—" The
d,,,en.rs have so far not been enabled to issue new
',ll, tures to replace the existing bonds."
The directors of the St. John del Rey Alining
i‘laill_PauY have received the following report, dated
Velho March 28, 1868 :—" Produce second
period
1,2(j71" of Ma'reh, eleven days, 2,483 oitavas ; yield
oitavas per ton. Gara produce for the same
Th 313 oitavas. Remittance 16,495 oitavas."
reoei.:;'ll-13glo-Brazilian Gold Mining Company have
NorthlN-e-,1 a remittance of 5,283 oitavas, the Don Pedro
23 ,"el Rey Gold Mining Company a remittance
,1011.1,050 oitavas, and the Rossa Grande Gold I\lining
tvottr,up_ea.yvaanryemittance of 2,096 oitavas.
nasu_e nalf-yearly meeting of the Imperial Continental
has been convened for the 26th instant,
divideenedive the directors' report and to declare a
trTiti.s, ordinary general meeting of the Bank of
The Columbia has been called for the 12th inst.
'esterda,
Were no bullion operations at the Bank
The. 4,"
iia there
mail to the East takes £23,793 in
silverle' °` which £5,773 is gold for Madras, and
and £3o.£ol7fo,r3o(3oaufeo.r Bombay, £420 for
front 'l,llussla and the Pennsylvania have arrived
to. •"ew York With £62,000 and £17,000 in specie
—Pectivei,
New ,erms are advertised on
The t
loans of
which various
Perted4,ealnid, amounting to £4,510,000, may be con-
ttht° uniform 5 per cent. debentures, secured by
tioliTsoliclated revenues of the colony, upon applica-
snefbesreeritile 15th of June next., and at the same
tails .ca,115 ions are invited for additional sums of
iss '()(1° lo such 5 per cent. debentures, to be
-11 ed at, 97
It •
I,,tbi; is understood that the bill for the collection
-1 and
,reatioll of cotton statistics, which was brought in
P-azley, M.P., will be read a second time
o£try riesclitY next, and that the Marquis of Salis-
I. as undertaken the charge of the bill in the House
forAt(Lirices from Marseilles state that very large orders_
28thue purchase of grain were received there on the
1
30,0, Ult., and that on that day the sales exceeded
14,00)g. hectolitres, while the arrivals were under
The 1
so 6 , mit-yearly meeting of the Great Indian Penin-
inst'allway Company has been called for the 29th
heco for the transaction of the ordinary business of
for 4., 111Pany ; after which the meeting will be special,
''anode'le purpose of authorising the directors, with the
,n of the Secretary of State in Council of India,
GO r •
°lse all or any part of the money which has been
tsed on Debenture Bonds, to be called Debenture
o"'cock, instead of and to
the same amount as the
They which is now owing by the company or bond,
Which the company has power to raise, and to
authorise the directors to attach to the stock so created
''onto fixed and perpetual irredeemable or redeemable
Interest.
The following is Messrs. Pixley, Abell, and Lang-
r,fa bullion circular :—Gold : Since our circular of
the 23rd instant, the following arrivals have come to
"%mud :—£11,960 per Albion, from Brazils ; £6,500,
I..iPparchus, from ditto ; £31,850, Seine, from ditto ;
'2,700, Briton, from Cape of Good Hope ; £69,000,
bus 00,
York • £20,000 City of
an, rom New
ca,rais, from ditto ; £4,000, Bremen, from ditto ;
f-,""'°°o, Cuba, from ditto ; £20,000, Nestorian,
fr,(2:41 ditto ; £60,500, Atrato, from West Indies—
)6"`al, £246,510. The demand for the Continent is
13 at, and the amounts arriving go oil but slowly.d
shout
-ak has received £78,000 during the week, an
Ths'llt £lO,OOO, in eagles, have been withdrawn.
.I:_xa.llnldars;-ailia has taken £150,000 in sovereigns to
4'4144,mail
The Overland reports the sailing of
Ala additional vessels for England during the month of
Th:°„e, with gold to the value of £734,ooo.—Silver
V•ork°axonia has brought £23,185, Dore, from New
the N! the Atrato £80,500 from the West Indies, and
estorian £17,000 from Portland. There is but
little
sold demand for the East, and the fine bars have been
Dollars 601 d to 60id per oz. standard.—Mexican
I\iaz,-,•4 The La France has brought £76,000 to St.
krfea, of which £12,000 is for England ; and the
Ti 'las brought £40,000 from the -West Indies.
have
eiiii3 not any demand for China, and these arrivals
erefore been sold at 594-d per oz. for refilling
P.rno„,
at oro 'ties. Exchange on India for drafts by the banks
quote aYs' sight remains unchanged, but flat. We
'and , rates ls to is 'lid Calcutta and Madras ;
1,,a1:-8.,1 lid to is 11-ad Bombay.—lndia Government
at 100'‘,40tes are somewhat firmer, and may be quoted
per 6 to 109 for 5 per Cents. Cents.; 1032 d to 104 d for
ente.; and 88i 1
to 89 for 4 per Cents.

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petto for Aceelbt —
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Do. Per Cent. Jan. 1894
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Aka ..5 Per Cent. ,ft an. 1873
iltlities, SO yrs, 'expire sth Ja.n., I_B.Bo —___
b • for
30 yrs, expire sth April 188 u
tzetoi Med Sea Telek,raph), Aug., 1908 —
12 17 Pm
boeqUer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per GI
o.b .£SOO
245 31
bli(iO! and Stock, 4per Cent
h4ccount
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A) oe; 14 per Cent., April 1874
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0.,i
101-} I
to, Per Cent, Oct. 1888
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n • Certificates • P
89
Do.
i'efaeed Paper 4 per Cent
104
DO..- 0: . per Cent., Jan. 1872
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bo
~..1 Per Cent., May 1879
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. per Cent Itup Dob. 1872
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bO. '1 do.
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iii per Cent. 1839
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