The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-06 00:00:00

1110N.EY MARKET

AND
OOMMEDOIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Cin, Two o'CLocz.

„.4 quiet Out steady tone pervades the stock markets
wils morning. There.is no leading features of import-
"llea, and the approaching holidays will probably con-
fine business to the execution of orders for clients.
The funds show a little more strength, now that the
honey market is showing renewed ease. The securi-
ties of foreign governments are well-supported, but
there is no important movement. American rail-
• have rejoined the relapse experienced on Satur-
-414Y. There is no change whatever in other shares.
The Money market is steady at 1i to 2 per cent.
for the best bilis.
The cotton market is quiet at previous prices.
Corn is firm.
.The funds are steady at Saturday's prices. Consols
are quoted at 93 to 93k for money and account ; New
tn.d Reduced Three per Cents., 91i to 911; India
.r we per Cents., 1131 to 1141 ; and Exchequer Bills,
*is to 124 prem.
The leading descriptions of Foreign Stocks are
to
.1 Der cent. higher than the closing prices of Satur-
day, but there is not much business doing. There is
an advance of 4- in Greek, at 12_i to 13 ; of k in New
Spanish at 351 to 36 ; in Italian (1861), 49i to 49g ;
,in Turkish (1865), at 34 to 34g ; and in Portuguese,
,at It to 1 prem. Mexican show no change, at 151 to
!.6 ; Orel-Vitebsk, 80a to 80a ; Egyptian (1864), 80
o 81 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 72i to 721; and
the Nine per Cents., 881 to 89.
The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem.
Tho Spanish Colonial Eight per Cent. Loan is
.1i prem.

In
American Securities, United States Five-Twenty
Bonds are without change, at 72k to 72i. Erie shares
and Illinois are each better, being dealt in at 48i, to
49i and 914- to 921- respectively.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
la we receded to 26fr to 27,4, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds f, to 30i to 31.
English railways are steady, but quiet. There is an
advance of in Chatham at 18/ to 19 ;in
Caledonian, at 70/ to 71k ; in, South Eastern, at 72 to
73 ; and in Lancashire and Yorkshire, at 125 k to
IYAi ; and off in Great Northern, at 1021 to 103 ;
*North British are k lower, at 33i to 34 ; and Great
Eastern, at 34 to 34f ; and London and North
'Western, 114 to 114 k, each. In Midland there is
no change, at 105 to 105 f ; Great Northern A, 97k
to 971 ; Great Western, 49k to 49i ; Brighton, 50
to ; Sheffield, 434 to 44 ; and Metropolitan, 1121
to 113.

Info reign elilsvays, Lombardo-Venetian is inquired
for At 14 to 15i ; Great Luxembourg, 9k to 9i.
Finance shares are without feature. °Credit Foucier,
21- to 3 ; General Credit, 2a to ; International
,Finance, 2 to l s dis. ; London Finance, 25 to 24 dis.
Bank Shares are quiet, and prices, with the ex-
ception of an advance of -1. in Union of London, are
without alteration. The following are the quotations :
—Agra (A shares), 10 to 10} ; Alliance, 13 to 12
dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 4 to 4 ; Chartered Mercan-
tile, 281 to 291 ; Imperial, 17 to 17i ; Imperial
Ottoman, 1 to 1 prem. ; London and County, 51 to
; London and Westminster,. 671 to 68i; Oriental,
42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 31 to 32 ; Union of
London 301 s to 31k.
Foreign Mining Shares are quiet at previous prices.
St. John del Reys, 231 to 241 ; Port Philip, lf to
11k ; Chontale3, 1k to 1 dis.
Mis';tellaneous Securities are little inquired for, and
prices are t a single variation. Anglo-American,
22L;- to 221.; Omni° Telegraph 8 per Cents., sto
; Fore-street "I',Tarehouse, 21 to 2 dis. ; Hudson's
-p a steady, at 14k to 1.4 g-; London General Omni-
bus, 11 to 2.
There was no bullion operatiops at the Bank of
Zogland on Saturday.
The Siberia has arrived from .Nev York with
37x000 in specie, and the Germania, with £36,000
'll. bar silver. The vessels leaving New York on
Saturday took £lOO,OOO for Europe.
A special
meeting of the North London Railway is
called for the 23d inst., to authorise the issue of new
capital amounting to £300,000.
The Dundee Advertiser announces the stoppage of
Messrs. Watt and Kay, sacking manufacturers, of
Lochee.

special general meeting of the East India
.irrigation and Canal Company has been called for the
25th inst., to receive and consider a statement of the
4trectors with reference to the position of the coin-
and the correspondence which has lately passed
ween e -
the Secretary of State in Council and the
directors as to the sale and transfer to the Govern-
.llehnt of the company's undertakings in Orissa and
Waucr, or in lieu thereof a loan by the Secretary of
tate in Council to the company.
The annual meeting of the Rio de Janeiro Gas
Company has been convened for the 16th inst. to re-
ceive the directors' report and statement of accounts.
As compared with the corresponding period of last
_year, the traffic receipts of the United Kingdom for the
week ending the 28th March show an increase of 297
Miles and £13,934.
A revised list of the mining dividends' declared in
'IYI; V.ll shows the total to amount to £55,619.
Ttle imports of coal into London by canal and rail
for the three .months ending with March, amounted
to 759,576 tons, and by sea. 828,421 tons, the former
,13Pwillg a decrease of 71,022 tons as compared with
itile corresponding period of last year, and the latter
tin iacreaae. of 106,530 tons.
Since the Ist January, the exchange of Illinois
Railroad cc six
per cent. Construction" Bonds, for
he Six per cent. Sterling Redemption'? Bonds,
peen accepted to the extent in all of $1,192,000,
which reduces the outstanding " Six per cent. Con-
struction" Bonds to $1,670,000.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
4 per Dent. Console
1)0. Account, May 5 931 I
per Cent. Reduced 9ll /
New 3 per Cent 913 1 i I
New 23 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — I
Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telei„raph), AuA., 1908 —
E (chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. —
Do £5OO — pm.
Do. £lOO & £2OO 7
Bank of England Stock, 43 per Cent 214 •ex d
Do. Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 103 per Cent., AprillB7l
Do. Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent BB3 8
Do. 5-per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 53 per Cent., May. 1879 lOB3
Do 5 per Cont., Rup. Deb., 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. • do. 1882 —
D. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l,OOO

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent —
A.uitrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
00.41 per Cent., 1852
"0. do., 18.01 _
bo• do. 1863 _
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 _
00 Account 75 1 I
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Cob
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
ul 6 per Cent.
Cuilian 6 per Cent _
681
-Do. 41 per Cent
no. 6 per Cent B . --
1
- 9Ol
~, 1867
'''„°•) 7 per ,Cent., 1866 —
0 ", 0., Scrip £32 paid
.I):ll,,ubinn, 6 per Cent.
D
. 184, pr Cent., 1825
kuubian Principalities, 7 per Cent
~-.:4 1
1,13/° Per Cent., 1867
1,; Dad
New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —l: vf bYptian, 7 per Cent —
no. Set:oud Issue —
Po. £5OO Bonds .
Do. 1864
bo. £5lO Bonds _
DO. £lOO Bonds B2 1 1i
ilrGoverntnent Railway Debentures ..... 891 9
_, ,5 per Cent , 1824-5, ex Coups
o. A ccount .
o. Coupons
-Vatemala 5 per Cent .. —
"`, culduras .5 per
Rail. Loan 10p. Ct., £25 p ...taii„ 'I
"'0 5 per Cent., 1865 _
DO, Account .
x. ')°. Alareinmann. Riway
_
.t.-).-Ki
~ cat, 3 per Cent
a
Liitto for Account
, Do,
1864 _
.20 6
_ .M. nr Per Cont. Anglo-Erench
14,13-"evidAut 6 per Cent .. _
Ne°rish imperial 5 per Cent
w Granada —
ni)' Per Con.
o. Deforr3d
per ° Alto Warrants (11.4.w.tares) - -
,tiar. 5 per Cent, 1865 _
UOO Account .. °
79i 80
4i Pox Oeut. (U .. —ribarren)
1)0 4,4 k,er Cent., 1. 62 - _
Do xe'-, .
_
, . count
, „. , ~ nok
".• o!lsltese 3 nor et 1.8,-,:l '6, '7,'u, ~e, 39;
r-i.),e• do., li=67
11, .„'°. du., Scrip, .610 paid —
'mu,. 5 per Cont. 182 .6 staid
831
1;0 4.,i Per Cent. 1850
Dul ',l.t per Cont., 1860
I)'3 Per Cent., 1859
.' 5 per Cent., 1662
.110 A'u-10-Duteh, 1861, £lOO Bundy.,, ... 851-
vo..
Do du. £Bl 13s. d 0..-
,
bo, 1866, £lOO Bonds
du £Bl 13s. do
'''''''(l'l'ian, 5 P(-r
o Acc, Cent
_
"1),,,aui811.3 per Con .
-u..,unt . . _..
DO New Defer:ou
1)0 Account
351

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