The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-13 00:00:00

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X Ci-iT EY MARTi ET

AND
COXXERCIAL INTELLIGNNOR

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Rosiness to-day was steady, and the closing
Prices were steadily maintained. Foreign Securities
...
sre firm, the news from abroad being considered
tisfactory.
The progress of matters in Spain con-
ilailes to be watched with great satisfaction. In some
quarters it is thought that as soon as the question of
the dynasty shall have been settled, and the new ad-
ministration established, a national loan—of course
°be exclusively subscribed at home—will be pro-
Posed, with a view to place the Treasury in funds,
and to terminate once for all the system of fre-
quent hand-to-mouth loans which have for years
been resorted to by the Government.
rijbe half-monthly accounts commenced to-day.
-"c variations have not been extensive either in
-orelgn Securities or Railway Shares, and conse-
quently the differences to be paid will be compara-
tively light.
The transactions in the railway de-
15artineat have dwindled to a low point, speculative
~_
well as bona fide business having considerably
decreased.
t meeting was held to-day, at the Guildhall,
initiate a fund to relieve the sufferers by the
earthquake
farthqu,,,_
a's-e in Peru and Ecuador. Resolutions in
alleviate the distress occasioned by the catastrophe
twere agreed to unanimously. There were a num-
ber of the leading men of the City present.
Money is in fair demand this morning, and rates
steady, at 4 per cent.
Consols are 94i to -/ for money, and 941 to for
the account (Nov. 5) ; and the Three per Cents.
Reducedy, and New Three per Cents., 93 to 8.
6 Stocks are in good demand, and prices
4n°v? an advance of nearly in Turkish Five per
Iments., ; New Spanish, ; Mexican Bonds, 1; and
am 4, Five per Cents., I better. The quotations
1-3-Italian Five per Cents, 511 52,; Greek, 12i
/
4,E1 A 'Alexican, 151 16i ; Turkish Five per Cents.,gs
vt ; and New Spanish Three per Cents., 331

The market for Indian stocks is inactive. The
I,en and a Half per Cents. are quoted 214 to 217 ;
theFivel 114/ to 115 ; the Four, 103/ to 104 ;
10-bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. ; and the debentures,
13.5 i Bank stock, 242 to 244, and Exchequer
ills) 15s. to 20s. prem.
The
Council of India will receive tenders on the
21st inSt• for bills on Calcutta and Madras to the
amount of £200,000.
liailway stocks are dull, and a decline of 1 to
IT Per cent. has taken place in London and
Eastern and
Great Western, Midland, Great
and South Eastern. Annexed are the
Present prices :—Caledonian, 701 to ; Lon-
don., and North Western, 1114 to 112 ; Great
Western, 481 to / ; Midland, 1111 to I ;
_ London
'astern and4o 1 South Western, 871 to 891 ; Great
to / ; Brighton, 511 to 1 ; South
Eastern, 761 to 771 ; Metropolitan, 106 to ; Great
Northern, 107 to 108 ;" ditto A, 105/ to 1061 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to I ; London;
shedam, and Dover, 171 to 1 ; and Manchester,
ad, and Lincolnshire, 471 to /.
The sum of £12,000 in sovereigns has been taken
from the Bank for India.
The Italian Tobacco Loan has risen / to 1 pre-
'alum
„ • The allotments abroad have been reduced
'`u per cent. Purchases are effected by persons
changing their investments from the Italian Five
Per Cents. to the new stock.
Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Four per
Cent Debenture Stock opened at 941 951. Ecuador
Neal Consolidated Bonds are 121 to 13h. The
9oads of the Honduras Railway Loin are firm at
Cont.o 901. The quotation of Argentine Six per
'd Scrip is 11 to 2 prem. The Austrian Five
Per Cents. of 1859 have been dealt in at 601 to 611.
Friday the 16th inst., has been appointed by the
ennatnittee of the. Stock Exchange a special settling
day in the shares of the Socie:e du Cable Trans -
atlantique Frangais, which are to be officially
quoted.

„The following telegram has been received from
""e superintendent at Valentia :
” VALENTIA, Oct. 12, 1868.-1866 cable re-
-1'44'4 four p.m. Greenwich time yesterday."
f The steamer Ripon has reached Southampton
rOO3. Alexandria with the heavy Bombay mails and
sPecie to the value of £6,128.
It is understood that the North Australi in Com-
Daily
°ll Thursday last directed their solicitors,
-44-essrs.Rughes, Alasterman, and Ilughes, to place
attachment on moneys belonging to the Go-
rhulent of South Australia in the hands of the
Loudon and Westminster Bank and the Bank of
south Australia, to the extent of £19,741 103. and
upwards,
°llr letters from Natal do not bring any new
ch:rial facts regarding the gold discoveries, as no
's had yet been taken for testing the general
avacter of the quartz reefs that seem to abound
bdirections. Some minute specimens had
8;--4 found on the river A.mahlongwa, which is only
° tuiles from Durban.
i
111 The Hongkong and China Gas Company (Li-
-6 ted) have just declared a dividend at the rate of
per cent_ for the past year.
-1:111e directors of the Port Phillip and Colonial
trill; Mining Company have declared a third dis-
i7°ll 18- per share on account of the 11th
an dead being at the rate of 20 per cent. per
toll 1111; and have also convened a meeting to assent
the registration of the company under the Com-
thanieB Act, 1862, with a view to the reduction of
.e4O liability in respect of the uncalled capital from
" to £1 per share.
tho twenty-seventh annual meeting of the
Scottish, National Insurance Company, held at
tociltiburgh, yesterday, a bonus addition was made
the policies at the rate of £1 103. per cent. per
vr4411111 for the four years since 1861. ZlO,OOO
e? added to the paid-up capital out of profits,
‘-t
a dividend declared of 10 per cent. per an-
m,

Arnericall Securities are in fair request, and
prices generally have been well maintained. United
74:e3 Five-Twenty Bonds have improved 1, to
8 1 Illinois Shares are 931 a ; and Erie Shares
32,
1, The following fare the closing prices from St.
.-aetersburg,h, dated Oct. 10 :—Exchange on Lon-
") three months, 33 ; liamburgh, three months,
29 i ; Paris, three months, 3151 ; Lottery Loan,
fo4' 1358- ; Ditto, 1866, 133. Tallow, 52} ; ditto.
for
August, 501.
In Colonial Government Securities prices are
Fady. Canada Six per Cents., 106 to 1061 ; Ditto
e Per Cents., 924 to 92/ ; New Zealand Five
Cent. Consolidated Bonds, 98 to 98} ; New
outh Wales Five per Cent. Bonds, 1875, 1001 to
104 ; Ditto, 1888 to 1896, 98i to 991; Nova Scotia
Six
, Per Cent. Bonds, 1875, 1011 to 1021 ; Queens-
106and
,Government Six per Cent. Bonds of 1884-85,
4 o 1071 • and Victoria Six per Cents., 110 to
110.eg div.
faiiia Miscellaneous Shares prices may be quoted as
street :—Berlin Water-works, 141 to 141 ; Fore-
st Warehouse, par to 1 premium ; Royal Mail
.eanl) 53 to 55 ; London General Omnibus, 14 to
.Mexican Railway, 3/ to 41 ; Peninsular and
Zeutal Steam, 52 to 51; Telegraph Construction,
tra to 164 ; City of Moscow Gas, 5 to 6 ; National
te.ls„c,"att 111 to 11i ; Crystal Palace Oriental, 23
ditto Preference, 98 to 103 ; the Six per
BLealit' Perpetual Debentures, 108 to 112 ;
OY' I-4i to 151 ; City Offices, 221 to 211 di,s-
count.

'OLOOK.
lIIITTSTI FUNDS—TITO 0
8 (oVEItxMENT FUNDS.
()II i
Per Cent. Consols
911
Ditto for Account, Nov .3
93 I
)er i , .
- ~..,311t. lieduced New
3 Per Cent
21 per Cont. Jan. 194
De. 5 por Cent• pan. 1873
Al luities, 30 rs. ire sth Jan., IbBo —
Do. for 30 yYrs, 'exepxipre sth April too (Ited S,t Tele, raph), Aug, 1"8"' 20— 17 P 1
xiihequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct
Do.
-7,
£5OO
e
bo.
ZlOO & £2OO —
2,12} 4 2
haul' of England. Btock, 4 per Cent
Dr,
~.., . account
,7
V,..ttarla 4 per Cent. Bonds
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