The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-28 00:00:00

NON-EY -NARIKEi

AND

COAIMEUCIAL INTELLIGENcz,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The prevailing feature in the Stock Markets to-day
h dulness. The business doing, whether speculative
or bond fide, has all the limitations peculiar to the
holiday season. The account beginning to-morrow
also has its effect by indisposing operators to com-
mence new business. The Funds are very quiet,
Bank of England Stock is however exceptionally firm.
Foreign Bonds are flat. Railway shares keep firm, at
prices rather above those of yesterday's close.
London Financial Shares are flat on the meeting.
There is no change to report in the Discount
Marlzet. Very little business is everywhere being
done, and the rate is upwards of It per cent. below the
Bank minimum.
The Funds aro quiet. Consols aro 94i to 942 for
delivery and account. New and Re !need are 941 to
94 ; Exchequer Bills, 15s to 193 preru. Bank Stock
i
sin request at an advance of 11 per cent., the pre-
sentprice being 245 to 247.
Foreign Stocks are without recovery from the de-
cline noticed yesterday. Mexican, 151 to 152 ; New
Spanish, 35,1 to 334; Italian, 521; to 53, ; Turkish,
301 to 39)1 Egyptian 83 to 84 ; Viceroy's Seven per
Cent., 711 to 712 ; Ditto Nine per Cents., 881 to
2 ; Inter-Colonial, 106?; to 1075 ; Peruvian, 77 to
775 • and Venezuelan, 21 to 23.
The Honduras Loan oontiuues in demand, and is
quoted 82k to 83.
American Securities are per cent. lower. The
5-20 Bonds stand at 72g. to 72! ; Erie, 43 to 44 ;
and Illinois, 94} to 95k.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have receded to 381 to 382, but the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds remain at 39k to 392.
English Railways are a little firmer. The higher
prices obtained towards the close yesterday upon
speculative repurchases are in all cases maintained.
The quotations now current are :—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1291 to 1291 ; Midland, 1042 to 105 k
South Eastern, 76 to 76i- ; London and North
Western, 1151 to 116 ; Great Northern, 104 to
104 ; ditto A, 99} to 100 ; Great Eastern, 39i to
39R. ; Great Western, 501 to 502 ; Brighton, 53i to
54 ; Sheffield, 42 to 421 ; Metropolitan, 113 to
1131 ; Caledonian, 741 to 742- ; and Chatham, 20
to 20i.
Great Indian Peninsular Railway Stock is 1071 to
108 k ; East Indian, 1081 to 109 k ; and Bombay and
Baroda, IC3 to 104.
In Colonial Government Securities Canadian 6 per
(Ants. are 104 to 106 ; Mauritius 6 per Cents., 103 to
104 ; New South Wales 5 per Cents., 99 to 101 ;
Queensland 6 per Cents., 105 to 106 ; and Victoria
6 per Cents., 113 k to 11.
The business in Joint-Stock Bank shares is unim-
portant.
The prices current are—Agra (A), 11i to
12 ; Alliance,
10 to 9 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 6 to 6i
Prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 29 to 30; Consolidated,
mto 5 ; Imperial Bank, 17 to 18 ; Imperial Otto-
to prem.; London and County, 52 to 53 ;
London. and Westminster, 701 to 711 ; Oriental,
91 to 44k ; London Joint-Stock, 34i to 35k ; and
Union of London 35i to 36i.
.`vest Wisconsin Railway Bonds are to 11 prem.
..iiionte tdhe various miscellaneous shares there is no par-
ticular feature. Anglo-American Telegraph shares are
ci
212 to 214 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents.,
4g ; Credit Foncier, 21 to 3 ; Fore-street Warehouse,
Longol prem. ; International Finance, la to dis.;
0n Financial, 24 to 22 dis. ; London General
omnibus, 1i to 2k ; National Discount, 11i to 12 ;
~
to coan Marine, 1411 to 15i prem.; Thames and Mersey,
dsell •itey,
Ross Grande Mine, g to 5 prem. ; St.
Chun
19 to 20 ; Port Philip, 11 to 12 ; and
ntales, 2 to 24.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank
l'esterday.
. kr. Erlanger, of Paris, has contracted with the
City Of Lille for a loan of .£320,000 sterling, at 42 per
Cent
Th
du, e new French loan is now expected to intro-
ced between the Bth and the 15th August.
zue
on
meetinga of the bondholders of the Vette-
f 1864 is ce,,vened for Thursday,
the 30th. 0
The directors of t..a Bradford Old Bank (Limited)
have declared a dividend of £1 2s 6d per share.
ion The receipts of the Lucknow and Cawnpore line oa
Oude and Rohilkund Railway for the week end-
14th June amounted to 1%192 lls lOid, being
Ito increase of £135 Bs.
Finhe poll demanded at the meeting of the London
ricl
Wanetalay Association yesterday will take place on
b An increase of £570 is shown in the receipts of the
'uuenos Ayres Great Southern Railway for the week
ending June 8.
„L.According to the official report of the works of the
4.;tont Cenis Tunnel, there has been, up to the 30th
June last, 8,498 metres of the whole distance exca-
vated, leaving 3,721 still to be excavated.
The traffic returns of the Great Western Railway of
Canada for the week ending the 24th instant, shows
decrease of £3,623 compared with the corresponding
Period of 1867.
The South-Eastern traffic shows a decrease of
s,
—"269, which is explained by the fact that it com-
pares with an exceptionally good week. The Brighton
ra,nine is £l9l more.
The first general meeting of the United Land Com-
Y (Limited), will take place at the offices next ext,l 'da", the 31st inst., at one o'clock precisely.
attackstt notified that the bonds, with interest coupons
1,,r,,e, of the European and North American Rail-
are Y napany, for extension from St. John westward,
• now ready for delivery in exchange for the fully
k, Scrip.
ftriciAlAr Arthur Cooper, of the firm of Cooper Brothel's
fard"., has been appointed by Vice-Chancellor Gif-
Ass nakial liquidator of the Guaranteed Securities
°elation Limited.
soLwei_tters from Odessa now admit that the harvest La
are ~.‘ierri Russia will at least be an average. Rains
aee::eatecl to. have fallen in sufficient quantities to re-
prticletopinion in this respect, though exporters had
appeared to any extent. At Marseilles, on
no Y, quotations were maintained, though there was.
-I •
the uu. At Bordeaux sales were pressed, while
lateetTand was restricted. In Hungary it is calcu-
Per een",at the wheat crop will prove from 10 to 15
of z greater than that of last year. The citizens
urieh
treffie
L. are agitating for a reduction in the grain
city the Swiss railways, in order to make that
tus a corn market, to London or Chicago.

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