The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-28 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL r.NTELLIGBNCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The fortnightly settlement is chiefly engaging
attention ; but though there is not otherwise much
a ululation, the tone is very favourable. A further
Improvomeat of has been established in the Funds
which aro deriving support from the fact that
present quotations carry the dividend. American
railways and foreign stocks, including Egyptian, are
rattier higher ; while British railways maintain a firm
tone.

There is a little more inquiry for money than there
wae yesterday, and rates are, consequently, rather
firmer at 2 per cent. for first class bills.
Tile Atria() has arrived front the West Indies with
.£182,619 i 7 spe-ie.
The English Funds coßtinne 'very firm. Consols
show a further advance of I, being dealt in at 94f to
911- for money and account ; New and Reduced
Three per Cents., 922- to 922, also being f better ;
India Five per Cents. are inquired for at 116 to
1161- ; Bank Stock unaltered at 243 to 245 ; Ex-
chequer Bills, 12s to 17s prem.
Foreign Stocks are firmer, though apart front the
progress of the settlement there is not much doing.
The Viceroy's Seven per Cents. are I better, at 70k,
but there is no quotable change in the Nine per
Cents., at 88. to 891- ; nor in the 1864 Bonds, at
79i to 80k ; Italian (1861) aro better, at 481 to
49 ; and 6-reek at 12f to 121 ; Mexican are quoted
1.51 s to 151 ; New Spanish, 35 to 35f ; Turkish, 34k
to 34 ; and Portuguese, 391 to 401.
English Railways show a further fractional im-
provement. There is a rise of ain Caledonian, at
75k to 751 ; of k in Brighton, at 521 to 53f ; in
Great Northern, at 102,. to 10311 ; and in the
A Shares, at 99 to 99f ; and of f in Mid-
land, at 1091- to 110 ; in London and North
Western, at 116/ to 1161 ; in Metropolitan,
at 1121 to 113 f ; and in Chatham at 18k to 19k. In
Great Eastern, at 34! to 35, there is a relapse of f.
There is no change in Lancashire and Yorkshire at
1281 t to 129 ; South Eastern, 74k to 74k ; and
Tee don and South Western, 89 to 91.
Among foreign Government railways, Egyptian
Debentures are k better, at 89 to 891-, and Orel-
Vitebsk (Russian) f, at 781 to 79/ ; Nicolai are
quoted, 65f to 66k.
The Spauish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan fully paid
up is 90 to 90k, and the Scrip 3k to 2; dis.
The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem.
Iss foreign railways, Great Luxemburg is I better,
at 9i to 9i ; Lombardo-Venetian steady, at 14k to 15k.
American securities are very firm. United States
Five-twenty Bonds are k higher, at 70g to ; Erie
Shares show an improvement of I, and Illinois f,
being quoted at 47 to 48 and 94i to 95 reppectively.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have risen .to 291 to 30k ; and the Consolidated
Mortgage and remain firm at 33i to 34k.
Ls Bank Shares the transactions are limited, and
with the exception of London Joint-Stock, which are
higher, prices are unaltered. The following are the
prices :—Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Agra (A shares),
9i to 10k ; Anglo-Austrian, 4 to 41- ; Consolidated,
to 4g- ; Loudon Joint-Stock, 33 to 84 ; and
goretu gn
in gto prern.
shares are in little request. St.
Jobe
is
del Reys
are
steady, at 2(4 to 21f. Port
Philip
lower, at If to 11, while Chontales are k
better, at 2EZ to 2f.
Miscellaneous shares are quiet. Anglo-Amerioan
Telegraph is quoted, at 23k to 23g. ; Atlantic Tele-
graph Eight per Cent., 5f to 5i ; Hudson's Bay,
A to 14a ; London General Omnibus, 1k to 2k.
The ordinary general meeting of the Anglo-
Austrian Bank has been called for the 30th May.
AW extraordinary general meeting of the Mersey
Steel and Iron Company has been called for the 7th
May.
The transfer offices of the Bank of England will
e.closed on Friday, the Ist of May, for striking the
us-early balances, and a close holiday will, as
l, be observed in the Stock Exchange.
taker
gold to the value of £60,000 was yesterday
to the Bank.
The Glasgow 31ail learns that the sheriff has ap-
proved
of a deed of arrangement reinvesting Messrs.
band Company, Greenock, in their whole estates ;
and the engineering and shipbuilding works, which,
8u
since the stoppage, have been in operation under the
.pervision of Mr. Moncrieff Mitchell, the judical
factor, will now be carried on by the parties them-
selves as heretofore.
The following relates to the Delhi Railway :—By
e last mail from India it is announced that the iron
2
i?'nefer
ut :
Sir work of the Leas Bridge for the first span was
°f Sister
into place on the 25th March, in the presence
Donald l‘l'Leod, Lieutenant Governor of the
railwJa'yuo, his staff, and the chief officers of the
0 A remittance of .£1,384 lis 10d has been received
Oa account of Ecuador dividends, and £8,330 12s 4d
11,.aecount of New Grenada dividends.
crelasheeodfeliveries of tea in London for the past week
are eetimated 7,595,7401b5., showing the large in-
let; 4,286,5491b5. as compared with the previous
eek. Ti
is
tbticiis explained by the large purchases made
~.eased Wien of the possibility of the duty being in-
to provide for the expenses of the Abyssinian
-4xnedition.
The following are the rates of continuation, &c.,
current at the fortnightly settlement now in pro-
:l4, :—Caledonian, to k back, closing to 1-16
.),ce ; Great Eastern, 1-16 to k contango, closing I to
er 6d, ; Great Northern, f to k do.; do. A, I back
eontengo, dosing to / contango ; Leeds Stock,
;Ten te k contango, closing to k contango ; London
westernnd North Western, even to k contango •, Great
~ I to f contango, closing even to I ; Mid-
even to k back, closing 5.16 to 7-16 back ;
Metropolitan,_ even to I back, closing 1-16 to 3-16
contango ' Dovers, 1-16 to 3-16 contango ; Sheffields.
1-16 to 3-16 contango ; North British, 1-16 back to
1-16 contango ; Great Western of Canada, 6d to is
d,°.; Grand Truuk of Canada, 6d to is do.; Brighton,
*
The Trust and Agency Loan Company of Australia
have issued their report and balance-sheet. There is
an available balance of £25,305 after payment of the
interim dividend of November last. The total pay-
theca for the year 1867 is 4s per share, being equal to
20 per cent. on the capital called up.
According to Messrs. Buxton and Hunter's price
current, the commencement of the next series of
Colonial wool sales has been fixed for the 14th May.
The quantities already consist of Sydney and
Queensland, 23,611 bales ; Victoria, 68,213; Adelaide,
16,675 ' • Tasmania, 1,251 ; Swan River, 1,518 ; New
Zealand, 7,690 ; Cape, 21,970 ; total, 140,928
bales.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
„ GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
0 por Cent. Consols
1 Ditto for Account 9l 4
Newer p 3
Cent. Reduced 921 1 -1
per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
De. 5 per Cent. .) an. 1873
Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 l2 7-16
x-D,s° (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
Aoquer Bill £1 000 2 er Ct 8• r r P
Do.
R £5OO % l7 12
ZlOO & £2OO l7 a Do.
nk of England Stock, 41 per Cent 24512 3pm
De. Account 3._ INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
ndj stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 ...
-ue. Account
Do
D • - &
Per Cent..fuly, 1880
,-,°• 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888
.-,0. Certificates
Do:Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent
5 per
oCent., Jan. 1872
no s Per
B • - Cent., May 1879 lOBl
5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872
Do
Do. do.. 1877 —..

do. 1882 —N. Deb 5 Cent., Aug. 1873
~ per ,
23 pin
Do. Bonds, 6 per Cent., £l,OOO
23 pm
Do. under £l,OOO
A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING
....PRICES.
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_
)3A_ottit.n bonds, 5 per Cent. 18:)9
ad
r tiltan per Cent
0 A 1
_
DO.
' -.I per Cent., 1852..
_
''°- do., 1858....
70
Do.
do., 1860
_
il,-)0. 1863
741• 4 1 31
°. 5 per Cont., 1865
uo Account —
SunOS Ayres 6 per Cent B6l
n 1)1/4) 2 Per Cent. (Deferred B per Cent )
_7
~,inbo, 6 per Cent.
uidlion 6 per Cent
Do. 41 per Cent —
• 6 per Cont., B .
.1-'O, 1867
1001 1 1001
")°-, per Cent 1866
Do , . ,
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0) e*, erlp £32 paid
.„ •
0 rntman, 6 per Cont.
a
,',llisn. 3 Thr Cent., 1825.••••• .... -.-
" knubtan Principalities, 7 pzr Cent__ 74
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P
nador Ner went., 1867
.-. — Oonsolidated, 1 per Cent... 12f
YPtutn, 7 per Cent
00. Socoad Issue
D., £5O
(1 timuls
bo• £lO6 Bonds —
„., I)0.
1864
"0. Xs'lo Bonds no• £lOO Bonds BOl
.••., 811
une(p a pe
look.vzenenor:Cutittnt tv.3;llB.,2,4vso:l),c•norutipresm • ••• 8-9
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Do. Coupons
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1)0. Account
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0 HA
~.. tetusla 5 per Cent .. —
ttonduras Gov. Boil. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p
It il
11'411 `) 10,r Cent 1865 —
--Jo. Account '
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2)ellittrtorsf:rPAecrcCouenntt
Do.
1864
~."0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
,f 3.• mteridzsau 6 per Cent. ......... .. —
Cootish imperial 5 per Cent -