The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-27 00:00:00

MONEY NARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC3,

CITY, Two o'CLoCK.

The markets are very thinly attended this morning
m consequence of the Derby, and there appears to be
little disposition for business. In general, however,
the tone is not bad. The English Funds, notwith-
standing the limited transactions, are very firm, and
railways also support yesterday's quotations in nearly
all cases.

Consols are very firm at yesterday's advance,
at 95i to 95x for money, and 94 to 94 ex div. for
account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 94
to 94 ; India Five per Cents., 116/ to 1162 ;
Lank Stock, 247 to 2-19 ; and Exchequer Bills, 7s to
12s preni.
The Discount market is very quiet. The rate for
best bills remains at 1-, with exceptional transactions
at
In foreign stocks there is very little doing, and the
market is rather flat, except for Turkish Five per
Cents, which are 4 higher, mid quoted 37/ to 371,
and also Egyptian 1864, which, at 81 to 82, are
rather better. Greek are 13/ to 132 ; Mexican, 16 to
1,6 ; Portuguese, 40/ to 401 ; Russian 1866, 87 to
88 ; Spanish New Three, 36ft to 36; ; Venczueli.
20 to 22 ; Peruvian 1865, 85/ to 8515-.
In foreign markets there is a degree of heaviness
without much change in prices.
American Securities are firm. United States
5-20 Bonds are 1 better, at 712 to 72. Erie shares
unaltered, at 45i to 46. Illinois, 95s to 96.
English Railway shares are quiet but generally
firm, except Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
and Midland, the former being 1 lower and
the latter /, being quoted at 421 to 43/
and 104 to 107 respectively. The following are
the prices :—Lancashire and. Yorkshire, 128 to 128- ;
South Eastern, 77J, to 78 ; Great Eastern, 34 to
34i ; Great Western, 53 to 53i ; Great Northern,
1021 to 1031- ; the A stock, 97 to 98 ; London and
North Western, 1151 to 1151 ; London and South
Western, 91 to 93 ; 'London, Brighton, and South
Coast, 52 to 521; London, Chatham, and Dover, 14
to 19/ ; Metropolitan, 111/ to 1121 ; Caledonian,
741 to 741.
In Foreign Railway Shares, Great Luxembourg is
inquired for at 11; to 112 ; and Lombardo-Venetian,
141 to 15.
Miscellaneous Securities are steady. Anglo-
American Telegraph is quoted at 22 to 22i ;
Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., at 5 to 5/ ;
Hudson's Bay, at 151 to 151 , London General
Omnibus., 11,- to 2i.
The Corn Market is dull, with prices nominally the
me as on Wednesday.
The steamers which left New York yesterday for
Europe bring £85,000 in specie.
The gold taken to the Bank of England yesterday
Was £195,000.
The City of Antwerp has arrived from New York
I,v,ittilila.:so ,000 in specie.
The half-yearly court of the proprietors of the
CompanyC has been called for the 25th June,
for the purpose of declaring a dividend.
A call of £2 Os 8d on the old. and new shares has
been made by the directors of the Dutch Rhenish
Railway Company, payable on the Ist of July.
At the meeting to be held on the 23rd June, of the
Bank of South Australia, the directors will recommend
a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum free
of income tax.
The report of the City of London Real Property
Company (Limited) issued, in anticipation of the
fleeting on the Ist of June, recommends that a divi-
dend be paid at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum,
an interim dividend of 2i per cent. having been paid
in December last.
The annual meeting of the Temperance and General
Provident Institution was held at the London Tavern
Yesterday. The report stated that 2,161 policies had
been issued during 1867,assuring the sum of £425,981,
and that the capital of the institution now amounted
to £990,000.
The traffic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway
Company for the week ending May 24 show an in-
crease of £2OB ; the receipts of the Bahia and San
.!!rancisco Railway for the week ending April 18, an
increase of £336 • the Great Luxemburg Railway for
the week ending May 24, an increase of £1,304 ; and
the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, an
increase of £958, as compared with the corresponding
period of last year.
The following are the rates of continuation, &c.,
current at the settlement now in progress :—Cale-
donian,-. Ito back, closing to / back ; Great
-eastern, 2s to 35 contango, closing is to 2s ; Great
Northern, fto ditto ; ditto A, even to contango,
Vosing even to * back •, Leeds Stock, to ± contango ;
:I^m and North-Western,_ 1-16 to contango,
closing to O-ic nn o ntan ; Great Western, to 3-16
contango ; Midland, even to -A- , 3,l.tropolitun,
even to contango, closing even to H back ; Lovers,
-A- tot contango, closing ±to contango ; Berwick,
back to A contango ; York and North Midland, A
back to x contango ; Sheffields, 1,46 to contango ;
North British, even to 11,- back ; Great Western of
Canada, 6d. to 9d contango ; Grand Trunk of Canada,
6d to is contango ; Brighton, to I contango, closing
1-46 to 3-16 contango.

BRITIS II FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 Per Cent. Consols
_ Ditto for Account, June 4
I,sl,liwer 3 e
Cep
1,1 nt;
Centßeduced 94f .1-
94 1
91 i
w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
annuities,
5 per Cont. Jan. 1873
SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
E Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
lelloquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct l2 7 pm
Do.
.£5OO
Do. £lOO de £2OO —
Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent —
Do. Account -,
INDIAN GOVERNMENT .
)4d'
La, stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 SECURITIES ...
Do. Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
Do 5 por Cent., Itup. Deb. 1872
Do. do. 1877
Do. do. 1882
Di,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l.000

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRIULS.
rgentine Repulic, 6 per . _ Cent..._„• —
ad
tuitrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. nal)
razilian 5 per Cent _
00. 4/ per Cent., 1852
Do. do., 1858....
.120. do., 1860 —
.....00. do., 1863 —
Ain Cont., 1865
—761
B Do Accoun'
"3 tienos Ayres 6 per Cent —
U 11.426ppeerreceenntt..(Deferred 3 per Cent ) —__
ra "n•
lan 6 per Cent
Do• 41 per Cent —
D°' 6 per 0 t B
.&., 18676 .)
n
.",°., 7 per ,Cent., 1866
r, "0., Scrip £32 paid
>l' rabian, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 — ad
I) mubian Principalities, 7 par Cent -1
84 94
~, Do 8 per Cent., 1867
5
twinador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l3
z-dgptian, 7 per Cent
iio. Second Issue
32/0. £5OO Bonds
uO. £lO6 Bonds —
Do. 1861
i,„ De. Account
I'o. £s'oo Bonds —
Do. £lOO Bonds ...•.. 83/ 6
4 Government Railway Debentures ..... 924 14
reek 5 per Cent. , ,
p
1824-5 ea Coups Do. Account
U. Coupons
o. Account
Guatemala.b. 5 per Cent .. —
rton,.cluras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p
D
144° 5 per Cent., 1865 —
D 0•0 Account ~,
W I.la.ronamana Raiway —
‘'licat 3 per Cent l6
Ditto for Account
.1.1 Dn. 1864 -
fe ° Per Cont. Anglo-French —
leutevidean 6 per Cent. .. —
le°4Bll Imperial 5 por Cent
evir Granada l5
.1),0 per
'"0- Deferred
I,bum and Warrants (Hectares)
i, 5 per Cent. 1865
Vso Account • •
'irj., ( :. 4i per Cont. (Uribarren)
pO-'0 41 per Cent.. 1862 -. —
p Account
3 Ct 1853 '6 '7 '9 '60,'2,'3 404
, se per ~ , , , 1
'-',-,°. do , 1.5'67 404
Ilth:.-'O. d 0.., Scrip, £2O paid —
DO
'aji, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 844
r, `*l- per Cent. 1850
.p°' 41 per Cent., 1860
D° 3 per Cent., 1859 5ll
- ,b 0 per Cent., 1862 ....
D°°•Anndo-D tdi 1864, £lOO Bonds..
1,1, 1:66 £100d4: Ilonds BB
£B4 15s. do.
tia-u_iot Nicolas Railway
,e. ?
(13
S'll.o:tutius;t43fi'p4erPC6renCent £B4 15s. do —6l4
374
D 0
,) N4-Ace_c:lDitt,ferrect 364
DI)A,
,? ace ' socij uvnet
Do—
ant
ta,„ X°.rt• Cert. of Coup. not funded
I,_ r ttount
Ll 41sh 6 per Cent. Do Account
De G
D°
per Cent. 1858
vo 4.ecott4t
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