The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-21 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGANCE,

CITY, Two &Clock.
The bright weather and some other concurring in-
fluences have together made the stock markets wear
a cheerful and animated appearance. The amount of
real business going forward is inconsiderable, but it
Chiefly consists of investments. The English and Indian
Government Securities, and the leading guaranteed
foreign railways are in good request at the prices given
below. English railway shares have also improved upon
the important advance which took place at the close of
Yesterday. An important rise in New York quota-
tions, particularly in Erie shares, has caused a cor-
responding movement here, Erie being 1i higher.
Ranks are firmer, and London and Westminster,
Imperial, and London Joint Stock are lOs higher.
St. John del Rey Mining Shares are £1 lower.
The discount market is active to-clay, with a general
tradeinquiry. The supply is rather larger also, but
the minimum rate for the very best short-dated paper
Is 2 per cent.
The Liverpool cotton market is quieter.
The English Funds are firm. Consols remain
at 93',3,- to 93, for money and account ; New andßeduced Three per Cents., t to 921 ; India o
per Cents., are better, at 1144 to 11r: ; Bank
Stock, 243 to 245 ; Exchequer 15s to 20s
prem.

Foreign stocks are generally firm, but the various
changes are unimportant. Mexican, Greek, and
Italian each show an improvement of while
Egyptian (1864) is lower ; Viceroy's Loan
(Nine per Cent.), ; and Nicolai Railway
oan The following are the quotations :
Mexican, 15 to 154 ; Greek, 121 to 121 ; New
Spanish 3 per Cent., 35s to 352- ; Italian, 48 to
48i ; Turkish, 34R- to 34;-Z ; Portuguese, 39 to 401-;
9rel Vitebsk, 784 to 79)i. ; Nicolai, 66± to 66i ;
gyptian RailwaiLoan, 89i to 90i ; ditto (1864),
81ito 82 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cent. Loan, 70i to
71-; ditto Nine per Cents., 88i to 89.
The Spanish Coionial Eight per Cent. Loan, fully
Paid up, is 91 to 92, and the Scrip 2 to 1 dis.
The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem.
American securities are firm upon considerably
Improved prices from New York. United. States'
5-20 Bonds are better, at 70± to 70i. Erie shares
are 14t higher, at 47 to 48, and Illinois I, at 93i to
94.

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
remain at 30 to 31, but the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds have declined ±, at 345 to 341.
English Railway Shares are in good request at a
further slight imprvement. Great Northern are ±
better, and Midland, South Eastern, Great Western,
Metropolitan and Caledonian, each. Shef-
field, and Lancashire and Yorkshire are lower,
and Brighton, k. The quotations are : Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1281 to 1281; Midland, 108 to 1081; South
Eastern, 74k to 741 ;__London and North Western,
116 to 116 k ; Great Northern, 103 to 104 ; ditto A,
99 to 100 ; Great Eastern, 341 to 34k ; Great
western, 501 to 51± • Brighton, 52i to 52/ ; Shef-
field, 43i to 44f ; Metropolitan, 112 i to 113 ; Cale-
donian, 74 to 74i ; and Chatham, 19 to 19k.
Bank Shares are in some demand, and generally
nrmer. Imperial Bank, London and Westminster,
and London Joint Stock are each 4 higher, being
quoted at 18 to 19, 671 to 68k, and 32 to 32 respec-
tively. Agra (A shares), W- to 10i ; Alliance, 13
Le 12 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, to 411 ; Chartered Mer-
cantile,tile 28 to 29 ; London and County, 51 to 52 ;
121 to 431- ; Union of London 31i to 32i.
1 In Foreign Mining Shares, St. John del Reys are
per cent. lower at 19k to 20k ; but Chontales are k
better, at 3to 3i. Port Philip steady, at 1j to 14.
Miscellaneous Shares are moderately active, but
Prices are without change. Anglo-American Tele-
graph steady, at 23k to 23i ; Atlantic Telegraph 8
per Cent., 51 to 54 ; Hudson's Bay, 14k to 14± ;
London General Omnibus, 11r to 2k.
About £4,000 in American eagles were withdrawn
from the Bank of England yesterday.
The Hansa brings £2,000 in specie for England from
evv York.
The small arrival of bar silver by the West Indian
Packet has sold at 600 per ounce, which was the
Previous market price.
The amount of Australian gold now at sea for Lon-
dkrnitoinB,
£997,212. The Lady Melville has ..£264,000 ;
Kenilworth, £37,000, Mediator, .537,000 ; True
£116,000; Holmsdale, £190,000 ; Omar
Casha, £40,100 ; Canterbury, £27,720 ; Dover
tle £71,684 ; Champion of the Seas, £86,748 ;
I\Torfolk, £140,960 ; and Christina Thompson,
£26,000.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed Thursday, April 23, a special settling day in
the shares of the Anglo-Hungarian Bank, which are to
be marked.
It is stated that, at the instance of M. Moustier,
thehas Minister of Finance, the " Societe Generale"
'as been charged to regulate the interests of the
creditors of the Bey of Tunis. Letters from
Tunis state that the harvest prospects are very favour-
able.

The traffic receipts of the South Eastern Railway
for the past week show a decrease of £1,726. The
Great Western of Canada receipts for the week ending
the 17th inst. show an increase of £l3B.
The deliveries of tea in London for the past week
were 3,309,1911bs , being 352,0531b5. in excess of
those of last week.
The English and Australian Copper Company have
received advices to the 3rd ult., announcing the ship-
Meta of 160 tons of copper, and that a further 100 tons
Was ready for shipment.
The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining
Company, Limited, have received the following report,
dated Morro Velho, 17th March, 1868 produce
for February, 7,125 oitavas, from 5,372 tons mineral.
Yield, 322 oitavas per ton. Gaia produce, 644
oitavas. Cost for February, £5,814. Loss for ditto,
£2,814. Produce 10 days of March, 1,908 oitavas.
Yield 1.054 oitavas per ton. Expenditure at Gain,
completing stamps, £1,324. The quantity of killas
accessible now at the rubble heap is very inferior, and
gives very little gold in treatment. The quantity of
mineral from the Gamba is increasing, and the pro-
portion of ore it contains is augmenting a little.'
The following is from the Yudanamutana Copper
Mining Company of South Australia, Limited :—The
directors have received advices from their superinten-
dent, dated March 2. He states : "We have sold
here during the past month three parcels of rough
copper, for neither of which have we yet agreed to the
per-tentage ; in the meantime, we have drawn on
account £2,460 ; the account sales shall be forwarded
by next mail. About thirty-one tons of copper are in
course of transit to port. Fresh contracts for fuel
have been made at old prices."
Captain Terrell reports under date of Feb. 18th :
" Wheal Blintuan. No. 1 winze is now in the
bottom
18 feet long, by 6 feet wide, all solid ore.
There is no foot or hanging wall, and how big the
lode is I cannot tell, but the deeper we go the better
lt becomes. No. 2 winze remains as good as last
Month. The slopes in the back of the 10 and 20,
south of No. 1 shaft, and also the Big Bunch, are all
looking
the same as when last reported. We have
raised 273 tons of ore during the month,
and made 35 tons 12 cwt of copper. No. 1
furnace has been out for the last fortnight, and been
entirely rebuilt with fire bricks of our own make,
which will stand any fire. The three furnaces will b*
all in full work next week, and my return of copp
, Month will, I hope, be exceedingly good. Wo
-°I7IIIIIR in fast, which well supplies three furnaces.'

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT
3 Per Cent. ConsolsFUNDS.
93,1: 14
, Ditto for Account
tper Cent. Reduced 924 +
il:"'f 3 per Cent
17 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894
4 °* per Cent. Jan. 1873
%Unities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
ApO. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
t? (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
'em3cluer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per 0 t l5 pm
Do,
£5OO
Do,
Ban £lOO & £2OO l7 pm
D 0•
°f England Stock, 41 per Cent 243 44
'Jo. Account
4,....121121111/ GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
mapio?A•toccek,oulnOtf per Cent., April 1874 ...
Do.
Df . 5 per Cent. July, 1880
D°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
D 0• Certificates —
Do
.r., • Dnfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
13'°. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
D 0 u. 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
° per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do, do. 1877 —
Do
D, • do. 1882 —
D • Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Bonds, per Cent., £l,000
"0. under £l,000

A r Iv. OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
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-ii.rur)434tfil?,atirt Bsopnedrs,cs:nptor C e ut. 1859 —
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r,°. q per Cent., 1852
'lt). do , 18-'8
4-'°. do. 18,in —
,-"e• dol 1863 —
Do.,
*"'°. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
B Llenos Ayres 6 per Cent B5
ri 300 2 per Cent. (Deferrld 3 per Cent )
'Juba, 6 per Cent
Cuilian 6 per Cent —
D 0.41 per Cent —
Do. 6 per Cent. B
.r., 1867 ''
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DO., 92 11
, ...,T), o 0..: 7
Scripper ,Cent. ,a
i1d866
th,-,oic nibian, 6 per Cent.
uiBll, p3r Cont., 1825
inubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 7l
lop° 8 Per Cent 1867
.... ~.onador New Uo"nsolidated, 1 per Cow —
Abixptiau, 7 per Cent —
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