The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-04 00:00:00

LI OIN 11 'III A R E T

AND

10UMERCIAL IN CEIJ,',CtENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
'[he Stock Markets are, if anything, rather firmer
than they were at yesterday's islose, when the tone
'was
exceedingly animated for the funds and foreign
bonds. This morning there is a further improvement
in Spanish Turkish, and Peruvian railways are
without uniform change, and the market is quiet.
The funds, in view of the settlement which begins on
Monday, ate firm, but not in more than moderate
request.
The Discount Market is perfectly quiet. There is
no movement in any department, and rates are
nominally quoted at lft to 11 per cent. for the best
bil!s.
The Catharina has arrived from Otago, with
125,000 in gold.
Consols are firm, at yesterday's advance, at 95k
to 94 for money and account. New and Reduced
Three per Cents., 95 to 954 ; India Five per Cents.,
1141 to 115 k ; Bank Stock, 240 to 243 ; Exchequer
Bills, 158 to 20s prem.
Foreign bonds are firm, and there is a rise of c
in New Spanish, at 364 to 37, and in Turkish at
440 01 to 41k, and of # in Peruvian, at 811 to 82k.
Baiexican are steady, at 15i to 16k ; Greek, 13k to
; Italian,- 53 to 53f ex div. ; and Egyptian,
to 83.
The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem.
American Securities are firm. United States 5-20
Bonds are her 11- better, at 73f to 73i ; Erie Shares k
1011,
hig, at 451 to 46k ;Illinois steady, at 101 k to
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are 2811 to 29 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage
i3onda, 31 to 341.
per
Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Four
yCent. Debenture Stock is 96 to 97.
nglisb railway shares are moderately active, ana
prices show no particular change. Lancashire and
_Yorkshire, and Great Northern
(A) are each k better,
being dealt in at 127/ to 128 f, and 94k to 5 rc-
tively. Other descriptions are without feat9ure.es The
following are the quotations :—Midland, 105 f to
105 i ; South Eastern, 73i to 74 ,_. London and
North Western, 114 to 1141 ; Great Northern, 1011
to 102 i ; Great Eastern 351 to
Western, 49i to 50 ; London, Brighton,3 6aknd; South
co
Coast, 52 to 52k ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, 411 to 42k ; Metropolitan, 112 i to 113 ;
Caledonian, 72 to 701 ; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 19 to 19i. --
In Foreign
for
to 14 at 15
Railways Lombardo-Venetian is inquired
to 151 ; and Great Luxembourg, 12i
Business in Colonial Government Securities is quiet,
and prices generally are unaltered. Canada 6 per
C,,ent. is quoted at 101 to 103 ; ditto 5 per Cents.,
8a to 91 • Mauritius 6 per Cents.,.lo2 to 104 ; New
South "Arles 5 per Cent., 98 to 100 • New Zealand
6 per Cent., 110 to 112; Queensland 6 per Cent.,
div.
10i to 1061 ; Victoria 6 per Cent., 111 to 113 ex
Bank Shares are steady. The following are the
quotations:—Agra (A), 11 to 12 ; Alliance, ilk to
loi dia. • Aliglo-Austrian, 41 to 5f prem. ex.
Conso-
lidated,
4 '
Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29 ex div. ;to 4i ; Imperial, 18 to 19 ; Imperial
Oatitom t° 5° an 1 to 1f prem. ex div. ; London and County,
7 i ; London and Westminster, 69,5 to 70i ;
ditto New' 46% to 47i ex div. ; Oriental, 42} to 43i ;
London Joint Stock, 324 to 33k ;
32
Lon-
don Ito 33i.
2 and Union of Lon-
The dealings in Foreign Mining Shares are very
limited. St. John del Rey is unaltered, at 19 to
Rossi Grande, #t
20 ; Port Philip, 1i to 11 ; Chontales, 2 to 21
o k prem.
Miscellaneous Securities are without feature.
Azle) Ani
Atlanticic TereilceagnrapTh Belegraph remains at 21# to 21/ ;
per Cent., 4 13-16ths to
4 15-16tha ; Atlantic and Great Western Mortgage
Bonds, 34 to 35 •• Fore-street 'Warehouse, Prem. ; Hudson's Bay, 15f to 15i. par to
The gold taken to the Bank of England yesterday
was £35,000.
The Flanisteed, from Liverpool, leaves to-day with
£291,750 for the Brazils and the River Plate, chiefly
on account of the Argentine Loan.
There appears to be some prospect of a free pardon
being granted to Mr. Wilkinson, who was sentenced
to penal servitude about eighteen months ago, as
managing director of the Joint-Stock Discount Com-
pany.
, A meeting of the Great Eastern Railway Company
1$ Called for the 10th inst. for the exclusive purpose of
sanctioning the conversion of a portion of the deben-
ture debt into debenture stock.
Au interim dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent. per
annum, is announced by the New Zealand Loan and
Mercantile Agency.
—.The annual general meeting of the East
Inc Van
liarnil,way has been called for the 16th inst.
j...lne wining dividends declared during the month of
tine amounted to .£26 ou" 13
~.. 3 S.
A call of 10s per share has been ma.de.by_.the Gene-
ral. Mining Comppany for Ireland (Limited), payable
August 7.
Company
110fIomiro Velhh
oa,vemreceived the following report,
.dated
—ay 29, 1868 :—Produce, 2nd division
11
per ton,
produce, 75 ;
days, 3,531 oitavas • yield, 1,889 oitavas
on. G.dit produce, 33.? •, yield, 1,509 ; Gabirobas
yield, 3 113 Remittances received,
21,410 oitavas. ' . ' '

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
tiOVERNMENTTUNDS.
8 por Cent. Consols 951 i 5
8 Ditto for Account, July 9 ... —
per Cent. Reduced 95 1
Ne 4 3 per Cent 95 New 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 •
.... —
Du. 6 per Cont.., an. 1873
Aanuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885
EDo (Red Sea Televaphl, Aug., 1908
Pm
zohoquer Bills, £1 OCIO 2 per et —
, ,
Do.
£5OO —
, I
Do.
£lOO & £2OO
77
B ink of England Stock 41 per Con.t 242 40
-Do. Account ... —
INDIAN GOVERxMENT.. SECURITIES.
India tock, 101 ner Cent., April 1874 —
Do. Opening, for Account —
DoDo. 5 per cent. duly, 1880 ll4l 151
Do. 4 per Cont.. Oct. 1888
. Certificates —
.
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 9IZ
Do. 5 per Cent, Jan. 1872
Do. per Cent., May 1879
Do Dor Cent., Rup. Db. •
I,gi:
do.
1877
Do.
do. 1882
D. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .....
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent. ,£l,000
o. under £l,OOO .......................
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Repubc, F per Cent .........
Au3trian Bonds 5 por Cent. 1859
Bra4ilian 5 per 'Cent
OD. 4i per Cent., 1852
Do. do.
..„
Do. do. 1858....•
....
. 18581
Do. do., 1863
.1-
Do. 5 Cent., 1865
Do per Account ...per.....Cent -
13 :ecos A.yres 6
76
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred. 3. per Cont.)
A, 6per Cent.
0 D t•lia 6 per Cent ...........................
Doo. 4 per Cent
Do. 6 per Cent. B ........................
D 0.,., 1867
........... ..
7 per ,Cent., 1866 ..
CDo., Scrip £32 paid ........... .
D, . inbian, 6 per Cent. ..................
tnish, 3 por Cent., 1825.......~
D Lnubian Principalitie, •/ per Cent,,,,,, 73,1
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ................ ....,. 78
FP:ouador New Consolidated, 1 per Oen'.
.e.yptian, 7 per Cent .......................
DoDo. Second Issue
. .€5lO Bonds
Do. 4100 Bonds
Do.
1851
Do.
Account
DODo. 45',0 Bonds -
. £lOO Bonds ......................
Governtinsut Itailw-a.“; . Debentures
Gt•oeli 5 per Cent., 1824. 5, ex Coups —
11)°. Accout' ............................. •
G-)0. Coupons .......................... .
GDo. Account ..................
......
taternala 5 per. ....... Wt....
Tlonduras Gov. Rail. Loan 10p. Ct., £251)
It ldan 5 p.:1: Cert., 1965" —
Do, Account ..
...._—
_ Jo. Alareintnana Raiway
n'xicar• 3 por Cent ▪ 7161
Ditto for Account .............
De.
1834
,„_l3O Bner Cont. Anglo-Fronch
rec,426:...`,41.Qa0, 6 per Cent. ......... .
ti,,r Inaporml 5 per Cent
"w k, ratiada .
Do 3 Der Le nu _
Do.Nfer
e 7.
r 0..,. r.a.,(! 'Nliarra.n..t.s. .(. ........ c. tares)
~L lvt n o per Cent '8
Do AeCeUnt . .t " Qu-
i_ ir, ,11. lz 21-
„, u..t, 8 'l6 8
Do 4i D,r (),r;V:',.i.,ir“.: ...................
......
Do 11 per Cent.,461.)1)""")
Do Account .. '
•• --
P wt.,
.............
, ...„,tie6o o per Ct., 1853 '6,'7,'9,'6(),'2''' n-91 g
Du. do. 1: 67'
... --
'
Do. , do.
Su ip, £2O praid......
R4.;„,-ian Jr per Cnt., 1822, r St
8-6}
Do 41 plr Cent. 1850
Do 44 p( r Cent 1860
~ Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1.80
..., ....
Do. Anglo -.Dutch 144, . ituo Bolas. 911-
Do.
do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds£B4 15s.
do.
."
-6-11
Du.
Ito
£Bl 15s. do 7
Do Nicolas Railway
Sa-dinian, o per Cent
Sp trill 3 per Oen .
1))Do. Acc'.unt . • 36t 1 4
Do•. 1867 . . ..... • --
D°New Deft; .........
• Account