The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-19 00:00:00

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110.141 a ELAUKET

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two ()Timm

The Stock Markets retain all the firmness of tone
and tendency which prevailed during the greater part
of yesterday ; but there is no further advance in
values. The brilliant weather and the glut of money
Were the two main causes of the present position, and
as long as they continue in operation investments
must be stimulated. English railways aro steadier,
the fine weather encouraging the anticipation of a
good holiday and agricultural traffic.
The discount 'market continues to show increased
inactivity, and 1k to 2 per cent. is now the minimum
rates in the open market. In the Stock Exchange, 1
per cent. fails to encourage borrowers.
In Liverpool, cotton is easier.
Consols are firm at yesterday's advance, being dealt
in at 941 to 94Z for money, and 9k to 93 ex div.
for account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents.,
to 03a ; India Five per Cents. steady at 116 to
114, ; Bank Stock, 246 to 248 ; Exchequer Bills,
bs to 10s prem.
There is no particular change in Foreign Stocks.
Mexican Bonds are quoted at 151 to 16 ; Greek, 13}
to 13:1 ; New Spanish, '33;1 to :In ; Italian (1861),
491 to 49. ; Turkish (1865), 342 to 35 ; Portuguese,
40i to 40.'t ; Euyptian (1864), 81 to 82 ; ditto Rail-
rY, 91 to 92 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 72 to
; ditto Nine per Cents., 91 to 9111 ; and Fern-
vidn' 82 to 8:31.
The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem.
American Securities are dull. United States 5-20
Fonds are quoted at 7U- to 71g. Erie Shares and
Illinois are each ilower, being marked at 45i. to 452,
and 941 to 95i respectively.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
nave improved to 281- to 291 ; but ditto Con-
solidated Mortgage Bonds have receded to 31i
to 37

In Colonial Government Bonds prices are well
maintained. Canada Six per Cent. is quoted at 1034
to 1041; the Five per Cents., 90-k to 914 ; Mauritius
Six per Cent., 104 to 106 ; New South Wales Five
per Cent., 100 to 106 ; New Zealand Six per Cent.,
100 to 102 ; Queensland Six per Cent., 107 to 108;
Victoria Six per Cent., 112 k to 1134.
In Foreign Railway Shares Lombardo-Venetian
are quoted at 14i to 15 ; and Great Luxembourg at
102 to
English Railway shares are on the whole well sup-
ported, but the movements in prices are merely
nominal. The following are the prices :—Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 1272 to 1281 ; Midland, 1071 to 107 i;
South Eastern, 762 to 77 ; London and North
Western, 115;3- to 115 i ; Great Northern, 102 to 103 ;
ditto (A), 90 to 97 ; Great Eastern, 344 to
34 Great Western, 54,E to 544 ; London,
rigliton, and South Coast, 54 to 544 ; Manchester,
1-41e1.eld, and Lincolnshire, 42 to 43 ; Metropolitan,
1121 to 1122 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 182 to
19; ; Caledonian 74i to 75f.
Bank shares show very little change, the movements
being confined to an advance of I in London and
Westminster, and of in Anglo-Austrian, the former
being dealt in at 71 to 72, and the latter at
41 to 51 prem. Alliance are steady at
13 to 12 dis.; Agra, 94 to 104 ; Chartered Mercan-
tile, 27 to 28 ; Consolidated, 44 to 42 ;
18 to 19 ; Imperial Ottoman, 78 to 78i prem.;
London and County, 52 to 53 ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ;
London Joint-Stock, 344 to 355 ; Union of London,
344 to 35k.
Finance shares aro rather dull. Credit Foncier is
marked at 2 13-16 to 2 15-16 ; General Credit, 21
to 24 dis.; International Finance, 2 to 1i die.
Foreign Mining Shares are very quiet. St. John
del Rev remain at 164 to 174 ; Chontales * lower, at
21 to 2i • Port Phillip steady at 14 to 12.
Miscellaneous securities are without feature. Hud-
Lma'a Bay is steady at 15g- to 15; • Anglo-American
Telegraph, 221 to 23 ; Atl'antic Telegraph Eight per
rent., 5 to 51 ; Fore-street Warehouse 2 to 1 dis.;
Loudon General Omnibus, 1-1 to 24.
The City of Cork has brought £1,500 in specie
from New York, the Union with .£96,000, and the
Siberia with £44,000.
Bar gold to the value of £71,000 was yesterday
sent into the Bank.
The silver market is flatter, and the Mexican dol-
lars by the French West Indian Mail have been sold
at the reduced price of 58d per ounce.
The Australian gold ships which are known to
be at sea for this country are the following, to the
date of March 30th :—The Holwsdale, with
£190,000 ; the Canterbury, .£27,720 ; Dover Castle,
£71,684 ; Champion of the Seas, £86,748 ; Norfolk,
£140,960 ; Christina Thompson, £26,000 ; the
Niagara, £101,784 ; the Thyatira, £125,636 ; the
Great Britain, £317,263 ; the Wellesley, £27,400 ;
the
Reigate, £30,932 ; the Marpesia, £330,672 ;
the Sobraon, £26,000 ; and the John Duthie
£11,600 toget her, £1,514,404.
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Thursday, 21st May, a special settling day in the
shares of the Angle-Argentine Company (Limited).
No quotation was applied for.
A special general meeting of the British Colonial
Steamship Company has been called for the 4th
of June.
The ordinary general meeting of the London
Chartered Bank of Australia has been convened
for the sth June, for the purpose of declaring a
dividend.
Melbourne advices report the failure of Messrs.
Appleton and Tweddell, drapers, with liabilities
estimated at ..£'ll,ooo ; assets, £26,000. Messrs.
harlot and Co., a squatting firm, have failed for
-Z30,000, with assets estimated at £20,000.
The following is from the Fortune Copper Mining
Company of Western Australia, Limited :—Mr.
Samson advises, under date of March 31st : The lead
ore now in course of shipment per Hastings is 200
tons ; the 83 tons copper ore and 24 tons lead ore, I
hope, to ship shortly.
Letters from Marseilles, dated the 15th inst., an-
nounce very large arrivals of wheat at that port from
the ports of the Black Sea. They had not then exer-
cised any influence upon the market, which remained
calm ; but a fall was expected, which it hoped might
reanimate business.
The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week
an increase of £642 over last year, and the South-
eastern an increase of £1,120.
The traffic return of the Great Western Railway of
Canada, for the week ending the 15th inst., shows an
increase of £3B over last year.
The traffic receipts of the Varna Railway, for the
Week ending April 29th, were £2,274, and the corre-
sponding week last year, £1,161.
The receipts of the Melbourne and Ilobson's Bay
United Railway for the four weeks ending the 26th
March amounted to £10,696, comparing with £9,817
for the corresponding period of last Tear.
The working of short time is increasing in the
cotton manufacturing districts. In Stockport, Tod-
-I!lorden, and Rossendale it is the rule, and throughout
the manufacturing districts it is being more or less
generally adopted. The decrease of the production
encourages holders of stocks not to yield further in
price.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, Juno 4
a per Cent. Reduced 93f 1
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
..
• Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908.„
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per et — Pm
Do, £5OO
Do, LlOO & £2OO 8
Bank. of England Stock, 41per Cent 2471
Do. Account . •
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India, Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 ... 217 15
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 Cont., Jan. 1872
Cent., May 1879 —
Do 5 per Cent Rup, Deb. 1872 —
.1
Do. do. 1877 lO2l
y, Do. do. 1882 —
'l'o. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 —
pO. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO
• 1)o• under £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
tr4entine Repultc, 6 per Cent...
~,u Arian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
zretilian 5 per Cent — xd
20. 41 r Cent., 1852 —
'-'„9. d peo
, 1858. . —
;T. do., 1840 —
-V• do.. 1863 66
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'). 5 per Cent., 1865
-, 1)0 Account 763 4
'" tiecos Ayres 6 per Cent —
(~,Diiil2,la p6epreCreonet.n(tDeferred 3 per Cent `
0
11'),, 6per Cent.
741
."0. 41 per Cent —
. 6 per Cent., B —
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no 7 1021
Per Cent. 1866
n 1.),0., Scrip'..£32 Paid
•;!,) !tibial], 6 per Cent. -
;.;aniQh 3 per Cent., 1825
.L, ,nv.bian Principalities, 7 I.er Cent 731 21 31
1)0
to_ per Cent., 1867 BO
-,"tuad Bor New Consolidated, 1 per Con' —
'4lCiptian, 7 per Cent —
10. Second issue -
D,`. £soo Bonds
Do' £lO6 Bonds Bll
Do, 1864
Do. Account
no. .E5OO Bonds Bll
Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 821 1 3 21 33
(I._(-4eovernruent Railway Debentures ..... 92 1
"'"-6 k 5 per Cent 1824 5 Coups. —
00. Account ~ -, ex
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