The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-13 00:00:00

11014.tix LiARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENOB,

Cny, Two O'CLOCK.

'i© Progress of the settlement oontinues to check
somewhat the ordinary business in public securities.
Nevertheless, the leading descriptions are firm, be-
cause scarce. There is some inquiry for the Funds,
for the employment of floating balances- The
firmness of English Railways gave way late
yesterday afternoon, and this morning there is
renewed heaviness in this market. The Foreign
Peav Stockaris, Market is supported by the firm prices from
Spanish and Egyptian being exceptionally
h
The money market keeps very quiet, and bills
having less than three months to run are taken at 2
peecent. The supply is still large and increasing. In
Stock Exchange money is not worth more than 1*
Per cent, oil home Government stocks.
Cern is flint at Monday's advance.
The Liverpool cotton market is firmer, and
better.
The Funds are firm at yesterday's prices, but, except
In connection with the settlement, business is quiet.
Consols for money are quoted at 94,1 to 94* and for
account at 99/ to 93 ex div. New and 'Reduced
Three per Cents., 927.; to 93 ; Bank Stock, 245 to 247 ;
indi" 5 per Cents., 1151 to 116± ; Exchequer Bills,
1 lower, at 8 to 14 prem.
Among Foreign Government Securities, New
panish and the Viceroy's 7 per Cent. Bonds are
loner, at 35k to 351 and 71i to 711 respectively ;
Italian are fractionally firmer, at 481 to 49 ; Mexican
are quoted 154 to 16 ; Greek, 13 to 131 ; Turkish
3,4Tf to 34'4 ; Chilian (1866), 95 to 97 ; ditto (1867),
101 to 103 ; Egyptian (1864), 80 to 81; ditto Railway
Debentures 84 to 90 ; and the Viceroy's 9 per
Cents., 90 to 90k.
The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan, fully paid
up,
is 91 to 911,, and the Scrip 2 to 1* dis.
The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem.
f Colonial Government securities are steady. The
°ll°witig are the prices :—Canada Six per Cents.,
103 to 104. the Five per Cents., 90 to 91 ; Mauri-
ine Six per Cents., 104 to 106 ; New South Wales
rive per Cents., 100 to 102 ; New Zealand Six per
Cents., 110 to 112 ; Queensland Six per Cents., 106
to 107 ; and Victoria Six per Cents., 112 to 113.
American Securities are steady. United States
6-20 Bonds are marked at 70k to 701 ; Erie Shares,
45 to 46 ; Illinois, 94)s to 95.
Atlantic and Great -Western Railway Debentures
remain at 29i to 30, and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds at 331 to 34i.
Ix'
it°e rile) ibrgint g Railway shares are without change. Great
is inquired for at 10g to 10i, and Lom-
bflo-Venetian at 14k to 15k ex div.
English Railway shares are generally flatter, partly
Fo.intghetron speculative accounts being closed. Great
is * lower, at 102 to 103 ; and a
211" I is' noticed in Lancashire and Yorkshire, at
e to 128 ; Midland, at 1061 to 1078 • and
Great Northern (A), 94 to 97k ; and of gin 'South
Eastern, 7.P;- to 75 ; Great Eastern, at 33k to
; London, Brighton, and South Coast, at 53* to
au''s:rie:;nd Metropolitan, at 1111 to 1128 ; Manchester,
iefneld end Lincolnshire, steady, at 4311 to 44 ;
--(kWestern, 53k to 531 ; London, Chatham,
uaver, 18 4 to 19.
tio ank Shares are quiet, at yesterday's quote".
e; us. Agra (A) 9k to 10k ; Alliance, 13 to 12
; Anglo-Austrian, 4k to 5 prem. ; Chartered
Perial neFcantile, 27 to 28 ; Consolidated, 4* to 41 ;
18 to 19 ; Loudon and County, 52 to 53 ;
London and Westminster, 70 to 71 ; Oriental, 42 to
of London ; London Joint Stock, 35 to 36 ; Union
nrent
, 34 to 35 ; Imperial Ottoman, * to I
in Foreign Mining Shares, St. John del Rey are
quoted at 181, to -19 k ; Port Philip, lg.to 1k ; Chon-
tales, 2i to 21.
In Miscellaneous Securities there is very little doing,
and th '
e only movement is an improvement of in
ns Bay, which have been dealt in at 151- to 15k.
,aAnglo-American Telegraph, 23 3-16 to 23 5-16 ; At-
eontle Telegraph Eight per Cent., 5 3-16 to 5 5-16;
,Inreen.atreet Warehouse, 2 to 4 dis. ; London General
uThe 'bus, 13', to 21 ; National Discount, 10* to 10i.
bullion operations at the Bank of England
),:ensterday consisted of the withdrawal of £lO,OOO 111
elish coin for Alexandria.
,4lehe city of Baltimore,brings
,i-eOOO in specie from New York, bri
barishe silver by the West India packet was entirely of
hho ~and it was yesterday sold at 60kd per ounce,
Pu a firmer market.
countlle sum of £3Bdil
videndl7s 2d has been received on ac-
tiAri of
Ecuadors.
special general meeting of the Surrey and Sussex
26th • Railway' Company has been called for the
pe„o.inst., Purlhe purpose of considering a bill now
"ig ill iament.
A
andd ccording to the Dundee Advertiser the spinners
nzulufacturers of that town have unanimously
4,7
iel to reduce the working hours from sixty per
tiro' as at present, to fifty, by closing the works en-
te4,lY en Saturdays, and one whole hour to be given
art, neals on the other working days of the week—this
ailoltnigement to remain in force for one month, when
n
fart,er action meeting will be held to deliberate as to
The s
week
an increase
Railway traffic return shows this
eow increase of £4B over last year, and the Glas-
Thannd, South-Western an increase of £637.
which
meowing are the rates of continuation, &c.,.
pr"o'cn have been current at the settlement now in
74re" :—Caledonian, g to g back, closing, 5-16 to
a., ; Great Eastern, 2s to 3s contango, closing to
toltsa.; Great Northern, k to g contango, closing * to
elos. 16 ; Great Northern A, even to * contango,
I\ibatioist?litinilieggo!vt-aelts6ltgoto,
C3l-01s6incgoratongio ;coLnetaendsgoS;tock, 1-16 to
London and
a..is ern, even to contango, closing 1-16 to
e, 0 contango ; Great Western, 1-16 tog contango,
3-16 to 5-16 contango ; Midland, 1-16 to 3-16
te'ek, closing 3-16 to 5-16 back ; Metropolitan, 1-16
contango, closing 1-16 back to 1-16 contango ;
Sve' on
to 3-16 ctango, closing k to # contango ;
e'"Llelds, 1-16 tog contango ; North British, k back
,f ,even, closing even to * contango ; Great Western
6.1 to 9d even, closing even tog contango ;
„, rod Trunk of Canada, 9d to is 3d even, closing
°ten. to contango ; Brighton, it to f even, closing
"en to i contango.
The traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada, for the week ending April 25th, show en in-
!lease of £2,982; and the receipts of the Buenos
ee
."'vree and Great Southern Railway an increase of
as compared with the corresponding period of
the ell' • of the Great Luxemburg Railway for
flings
6,, week endine. the 10th inst. amounted to £6,869,
ea-e`l2g an increase of £1,159, as compared with the
.iesponci.no.
e period of last year.
Porte
follow-in- g is Mr. Sam Menders weekly re-
18D, of the Manchester market, dated May 12,
a This market continues very dull ; prices are
bti 'n lower, but not sufficiently so to stimulate
Sers to resume operations on a free scale."

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