The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-16 00:00:00

MOXBY MARKET

AND

IOYLMERCIAL fNTEf,LIG PI .N c it,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Very little business is taking place in the Stock
Markets, but quotations are steady. The Funds,
which rallied
,per cent. towards the close of yes-
terday, remain firm at the advance. The more
pacific appearance of foreign politics favours Go-
vernment Securities of all kinds. At present prices
are low, and there is therefore an additional incen-
tive to purchasers. The Railway Markey is much
what it was at the close yesterday. The Midland
meeting has not as yet had auy favourable effect
upon the shares. Bank Shares are steadier.

The rate for money continues to decline, and the
best short-dated paper is now taken at 1 per cent.

. _
Consols aro firm, at last night's advance, at 92i
to 921 for money and account. New and Reduced
Three per Cents., 93 to 93f ; India Fire per
Cents., 111 to 1111 ; Bank Stock, 210 to 212 ;
Exchequer Bills, 225. to 275. prem.
The New Honduras Loan is steady, at f to 1
prem. ex coupon.
In American Securities United States Five-
Twenty Bonds are better, at 711 to 711 ; Erie
Railway steady, at 47f to 48k. Illinois are ;lower,
at 84 to 85.

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have risen f, to 23 24, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds to 21} 22.
Of Foreign Stocks Brazilian (1865) and Turkish
(1865) are in demand. The former is better, at
758 to 761, and the latter f, at 301 to 30i ; New
Spanish is lower, at 348 to 358. There is no
change in Mexican, at 15 to 158 ; Greek, 121 to
121 ; Italian (1861), 42 to 424 ; Portuguese Scrip,
1 to 11 prem. ; and Egyptian Debentures, 92k to
928,

Bank Shares are steady. There is an advance of
10s. in City, at 11i to 12i ; in London and West-
minster, 701 to ; and London and County, 52 to
53 ; Union of London, 30i to 311 ; and Alliance,
13 to 12 dis.
London Financial Shares are 24 to 22 dis., and
International Finance 2 to 11 dis.
The Mr. Fawcett who took part in the proceed-
ings of the meeting of the Union Bank of London
yesterday is Mr. Edmund A. Fawcett, of St.
Alban's.

English Railways are steady. There is an ad-
vance of in Great Northern, at 106 to 107 ; and
in Sheffield, at 44 to 44k ; of 1 in Great Eastern,
at 29 to 29+ ; and in Caledonian, at 73} to 74 ;
and of in Great Western, at 45+ to 45k ; and in
Metropolitan, at 1151 to 115/. South Eastern are
lower, at 67 to 67k. There is no change in the
Lancashire and Yorkshire, at 123 to 123 k ; Midland,
103 k to 1038 ; London and North-Western, 114
to 114 k ; Great Northern A, 107 to 108 ; and
Brighton, 48 to 48k.
A Stock Exchange has been opened at Liege. The
ne ,v Belgian law providing freedom in trade as to
brokers has come into operation, and Brussels is now
a free market, the same as London,- Frankfort,
_Amsterdam, and Geneva. The rules of the Brussels
Stock Exchange have been entirely revised with
that view.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The ordinary general meeting of the City Gas Com-
pany has been called for the sth of February, to
receive the directors' report and to declare a dividend.
The half-yearly meeting of the London and South
Western Railway Company has been convened for the
13th of February, for the purpose of receiving the
directors' report and to declare a dividend.
rs:T.?hdeishnumbers are published of 79 bonds of the
Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Govetnment Loan
a` '864) amounting to £ll,BOO, which have been
wn for re-payment at par on the 15th of April
'text, and on the 15th of October next.
Messrs. H. L. Routh and Co., one of the oldest
and most extensive firms in Montreal, suspended pay-
ment en the 3d inst. Messrs. Brown and Gillespie,
of Hamilton, Canada West, and one of the largest
911ses in the West, had also suspended payment. The
disaster caused much excitement. The failure is also
:announced of D. C. Hopkins, of Cincinnati, with
liabilities estimated at $1,000,000.
6-t a meeting of the shareholders of the City
ie.a;,edconvened for Tuesday, the 21st instant, a
'-!ividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum will be
upon the paid-up capital for the half-year
31st December last.
4-1.10 traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Great
Testern Railway for the third week in December
cor-
responding ntdedvto $96,076, against $84,119 in the cor-
period of 1866, showing an increase of
X 11,957.
The following. is from Messrs. E. F. Satterthwaite
" The Lond,m ITldthet for American Government mull•
telaes hae, during the past week, been influenced by conflicting
ao"ee, the premium on gold in New York having gradually
~..,tnv.atnced more than 5 per cent., while at the same time
2ed State's' Bonds have improved nearly 2 per cent. The
~t,ural effect of these would be to depreciate the bonds about
rbut compared with last week, our latest quotation
pricev( 20'8, 71 to
t shows a decline of only 14 per cent. The
..e here is now relatively to higher than in New York,
tw,4 I last week it was just so much beneath quotations on
ue other side. The 1865 issue maintain their usual
ProPortio
lower 11 to the 1862'5, being just 1 per cent.
dividend Illinois Central shares close 841 to 85 ex
, which is equivalent to a fall of about 4 per
Therecejlt Eries remain with but little alteration, at 474 to 484.
and et
haa been a marked improvement in Atlantic
eat Western First Mortgage Bonds, they have
Vovnadnsced fully three per cent., and the Consolidated
4,,0ve nn more inquiry, participated in the upward
th_reT'nt, having touched 23, hut from the highest point
et has been some reaction, and they leave off at 21 to 22.
s'iotlficate of debenture, afterrising to 26, close 224 t 0234,
avo.,,ne but little alteration from the quotations of a week

BRITISH FINDS —TWO O'SLOCK.
, GOVERNMENT PUNDS.
° Per Unit. Consols
DO. Account, Feb. 6 924 I
3 per Cent. Reduced 93} 3
New
Ne 3 per Cent 93 } 2}
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 _
. O. 5 Per Cent. dan. 1873 —
annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 V —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs —
Do (Red Sea Telekraph), An,.,
1908 —
' clicKlouer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &2}per Ct 27 23 pm
D £5OO pm
Do. ZlOO & £2OO .........
Bank of England Stock. 4} per Cent .
pm
Do. Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Mock, 104 per Cent., April 1874...
De. Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
De. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 864 74
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cont., May 1879
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
Do Deb., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873 ...., —
Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l,OOO
...... Prn
pm.
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
lir,;ontine Republic, t per Cent
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cont. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent
Do. 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. _ 1863
Do. 5 per Cent., 1805
Do Account 76 1
Do. £lOO Bonds —
Biletios Ayres 6 per Cent
Ci DJ,
apeer r Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
aba Cent.
Oud p ian 6 per Cent —
Do. 44 per Cent
Do. 6 per Cent., B • --
Do, 1867
Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866
, Do., Scrip £32 paid
‘-i " tabian, 6 per Cent.
‘1"1811 3 ,r Cent., 1825
3)Lnulifau Principalities, 7 per Cent 631 3
, Do 8 per Cent., 1867 6Ol
-,,,lnador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
cgyptian, 7 per Cent BB4
,1 )". Secoad Issue
Do. £IOC Bonds —
ii,,, 1804
20. £5.0 89
it
'Jo. .£lOO Bonds
Uev“ron, 1 1{ il w•tv 0,1,,,ntur,,, .... 92 1}
Or 1,- - '64 ' 't ' ee'll 3 per Cent., 1824-5, ox C0up5.....,.
;'''. A,count
').• tlonuon9
•
r, 1)0. Account
..
it,,,.--1.0,..tna la 5 pp,- ( )(kilt ..
ten daunras Govr. Rail. Loan., 7p. Ct., £l5 pi pm
' - 0 Vr , t rt. Lzitio
I‘,
~
684 4
-,-, .o.ccouut .
t 4,,). \_. 684
Itaiway —
l(''lr- 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account
Do.
1804 —
\I De g per Cont. Anglo-French
vont.,evidoau per Cent.
tei,eowi ,(1111.atnitnuti)1(tirial 5 per Cent . —
Do 3 ,-,
per ._,en
Do. Deferred
b_Do .!..48.1.41 Warrants (Hectares) --
eruviat o per Cent. 1865 _
Do Account 7O 694 701
Do 44 Per Cent. (Uribarren)