The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-08 00:00:00

DIONFY DIATIFLIIT

AND

I:cI72IEI,,CIAL INTALIJCIE,NON,

CITY, Two o'CLoCK.

The Stock Markets are quietly good. Pending the
vacation of the next few days there has been a closing
of transactions, while very few new ones have been
takes place in the early part of next week. The
Funds remain at about last night's improvement, and
they.are quite unaffected by the occasional revival of
disturbing political rumours.
_.A fair amount of business is in progress in the
Discount Market, very little effect having so far been
produced by the commencement of the dividend pay-
ments. The best bills are taken at 14 to 1k per cent.
Consols are not quite so firm at 93f to 93if for
money, and 93i for account • New and Reduced
114 to 110- ;
Three per Cents., 92 to 92* ; India Five per Cents.,
Bank Stock, 244 to 246 ; Exchequer
Bills, 7s to 12s prem.
The Foreign Stock Market is quiet, but steady.
Portuguese, and the Viceroy's Nine per Cents., are
alone offered at a decline, the former being lower, at
to 1 prem. • and the latter ff, at 89 to 89*. On the
other hand, prem.;
is an advance of ff in Greek, at 12k
*
to 13 ; and in Egyptian Railway Loan, 89k to 90 ;
and of in
Italian (1861), at 49* to 49i. There is
110 change in Mexican, at 151 to 16 ; Greek, 12* to
13; New Spanish, 358- to 35k; Turkish (1865), 34*
Seven ; Egyptian (1864), 81 to 82 ; and Viceroy's
per Cents., 73 to 73*.
In American Securities, United States Five-Twekty
Bonds are k better at 72k to 73. Erie shares are f
lower, at 48 to d; while Illinois are ff higher, at
04 to 95i.
English Railway Shares are almost exclusively in-
fluenced by transactions in anticipation of the settle-
rent which will take place immediately after the
olidays. The prices current are :—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 125 k to 126 ; Midland, 105 to 105*;
South Eastern, 721 to 73/ • London and North
,
Western, 114 to 114* ; Great Northern, 102 to 103 ;
ditto A 96i
to 97*; Great Eastern, 34* to 35* ;
Great Western, 50k to 504 ; Brighton, 50k to 51 ;
Caledonian,
43 to 44 ; Metropolitan, 113 to 113 A-;
ualedonian 691 to 70k ; and North British, 3311 to 34.
, Bank Shares continue quiet, and prices show no
change of importance. C.msolidated is ff lower, at
4i to 4 ; Agra (A shares), 10 to 10*; Alliance, 13
to 12 dis. ; Anglo-Auatrian, 4* to 5 prem. ; Char-
tered Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Imperial, 17 to 17k ;
Imperial Ottoman, ff to 1 prem. ; London and
County, 51 to 52 ; Loudon and Westminster, 67k to
.68i; Oriental, 42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 31 to
32..; Union of London, 31 to 32.
In Finance shares little or no businesa is doing.
Credit Foncier, is marked at 21 to 3 ; General Credit,
2 to 2a dis. ; International Finance, 2 to Iff dis.
Foreign Mining Shares are steady. St. John del
Rey is quoted. at 19 to 21. Port Philip, lf to 1*
Chontales, 1 to ff dis.
Miscellaneous Securities are without feature, anci
prices are merely nominal. Anglo-American Tele-
graph, 22a Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents., sto
6,1 ; Fore-street Warehouse, 2* to 2 dis. ; Hudson's
Bay steady, at 14k to 14i ; London General Omni-
bus, 1/ to 2 ; Ocean Marine Insurance, 14 to 15
trem. ; Thames and Mersey Marine, 4 to Off.
There were again no bullion operations at the Bank
of England yesterday.
The City of Baltimore has arrived with £1,710 in
specie from New York.
The silver market is very quiet, in sympathy with
the decline in cotton.
The Continental exchanges are rather more favour-
able to the accumulation of gold here.
_ The ordinary general meeting of the Paraguassu
Steam Tramroad Company has been convened for the
30th inst.
A- dividend of £1 per share for the past half-year
18 announced by the Union Steamship Company.
The directors of the Sao Vicente Mining Company
announce that arrangements have been made with
Captain Thomas Treloar, the consulting engineer of
the Don Peciro North del Rey Gold Mining Com-
alnY, to act as consulting engineer to this Company
also.

The Aretropolitan Railway traffic return shows this
meek au increase of £713 over last year, and the
Glasgow and South - Western an increase of
£75. The traffic of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway for the -second week in March, being six
days,l, was 85,073 dols., being 27,951 dols. less than
for seven days as compared with the corresponding
tried of last year. The traffic receipts of the Great
axentburg Railway for the week ending the sth
;
show an increase of £1,140, and the receipts of
re llombay Baroda, and Central India Railway,
42r the week ending Feb. 15, show a decrease of
4979.
. he stocks of produce in London are, with ttie
!Ingle iMportant exception of cotton, considerably be-
low the quantities held this time last year. The in-
crease cotton is 21,457 bales. The decrease in
jute is 43,894 bales ; in black pepper, 2,096 tons ; in
yt:lente, 7,794 bagi ; in cocoa, 2,277 bags ; in cloves,
1 weicages in saltpetre, 2,831 tons; and in
tloxv, 1,367. cas-ks.
e The British Empire Mutual Life Assurance
it°„l.,n,P4nY held its annual meeting yesterday, at
during ""leY's Hotel. The amount of new business effected
the year 1867 was £207,956. The income for
the Year was -4'90.006 3s Bd, and the accumulated
2,)11(1) arising :solely from premiums, had. reached
89,437 43 9d, showing an increase of £45,993 in
tt,u
pear. The company has now attained its majority,
iaving just completed its twenty•first year. Since
..L3 formation it has issued 17,394 policies, assuring
aggregate sum of £3,899,870. It, has created
icurt.ilofitht'sastObetehtelextent of £190,828, the whole of which
appropriated amongst the members, and
,!,11,s paid on death claims £305,041 10s.
c. -the following is Mr. Sam Mendel's weekly
11.,esular, dated Manchester, April 7, 1868 :
b,l)ll(ing the past week a fair but not very active
values,
was done in this market at daily advancing
.1.-arileueess;v gy in
re-sale lots of shirtings at irregular
3d to 9d per piece below manufacturers'
(potations. Yarns found favour and were placed some-
what freely by spinners at advancing rates. This
nforning there was less animation both in yarns and
goeds) with some moderate reduction in values, but
no time was there any marked pressure to make
,Ties, and since noon there is a better feeling and
_l",re disposition to give out orders at some moderate
teauctiou from the quoted prices."

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3
Per Cent. Console
a bo. Account, May 5
Neer Cent. &ducat! 92 1 xd
.K.,.w 3 per Cent 92 1-2 „
N 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 —
Do. 5 per Cent. J an. 1873 —
Annuities 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for '3O yrs, expire sth April 1885 l2 7-16 9-16
1, bo (Red Sea Telegraph), Au,„ 1908 —
4.rehcquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. -
Do £5OO — PM
Do. £lOO & £2OO
mik of England Stock, 41 per Cent 246 4 5 •
-Do. Account
i 1111)11N GOVERNMENT SEOURITIEB.
'lastock, 10i per Cent., April 1874
•'-',O. Account
O. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 ll4 13/ 14* 131
°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
1-',O. Certificates
T.,'-'O. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 'I. 5 per Cent Jan. 1872
~
Do°.ic 51 per Cent., May 1879 lOBl
5 per Cont., Rup. Deb., 1872 —
Do. •do. 1877 —l., Do.
do. 1882
3:;'.. Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873
°'-'. Bonds,s- Cent., £l,OOO
yi per
"0. under £1,000
s
Ar F. OREIGIi FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
. ustri gentine Republic, 6 per Cent 74 3f
iklan Bond 5 per Cent. 1859
Wilian 5 per 'Cent — xd
I°. 41 per Cent 1852 ~
D 0.1)). do., 1858..... —
°. do., 1840 —
D° do' 1863 —
~
1,• 0 per Cent, 1865 —
--"° Aeeount 751 5 1
11.„enes Ayres 6 per Cent —
0 'ft) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
08uel
Piper Cent.
au 6 per Cent
~c —.e: 9 per Cent
V, . r. per Cent, B .
'5 1867
ig.l7 per ,Cent., 1866 —
0 )1, crip £32 paid
kr°B4, 3 pn. Cent., 1825
Litibiatt Principalities, 7 per Cent —
ite° 8 Per Cent., 1867
tidor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
t4Ptl, 7 per Cent .„ 81f
3201,. Second Issue —
b • £5OO Bonds
, °. 4106 Bonds —
Do
Do , .• 1864
.t) • 4.510 Bonds —
(40. £lOO Bonds ~ . 82k 3;
Llre,re,rulterit Rail way Debentures .... 901
.6-0- . per Cent., 182415, ex Coups
4) 1 .Accotuat
bu, uouPons
,4 0. ACCOUnt
: melnala 5 per cent
Diae, r, , Cent. 1860
. , . pea Cett., 181,0
.00 Ace° 74}
unt ~
krii IlarenaMaria ltniway —
-/;. eat 3 per Cent —
4-qtto for Account
~.„ e D
vo 6 • 1864 —
Mout, Per Cont. Anglo-French —
..ri4au 6 per Cent. he u"sil imperial 5 or Cent —
oDtio.Detreved
"jana.da P —
Per,°3'aiid Warranti(lfeetares) - -
0 IV, 5 per Cent. 1865 —
n? lkocount“ 80} 79{
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