The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-25 00:00:00

XONEY MARTiET

AND

00AIMERCIAL MTELLIGENCB,

MY, Two O'CLOCK.
A quiet tone pervades nearly all departments of
Stock Exchange business, and the movements are
tirthriportant. In the Funds Consols are hardly so
high as at the close yesterday, and Bank Stock is
again lower, upon sales in anticipation of a reduced
Government
Exchequer Bills are firmer. Foreign
vovernment Bonds are generally firmer, but the
Pr,iheipal attention continues to be given to Italian,
which are per cent. better, now standing at 55. In
~,dlways there is no leading feature The failure of
the Southern Railways Bill continues to prejudice the
stock of the companies concerned. Joint Stock Bank
Shares are dull
The discount market is quiet., and the rate is 15-
Per cent., with exceptions 5 per cent. lower. The
riuPPly is rather less.
The Niagara nas brought £102,000 irn specie, in
Australian gold, from Melbourne.
The English Funds are dull. Consols are quoted
1-16th lower, at 94,a to 941 for money, and 94/ for
11ceount. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 945 to
,
; Lank Stock is flit, at a further reduction of 1 per
C,ent., at 240 to 243 ; India Five per Cents., 1145 to
'15.,* Exchequer Bills, 15s to 20s prem.
. The Foreign Stock Market has been firm, chiefly
ii Sympathy with a rise of per cent. in Italian
(1851), at 544 to 554; Mexican are quoted 151 to 16 ;
13.1 to 14 ; New Spanish, 37-4- to 38 ;
,nrkish, 394 to 39 ; Egyptian (1864), 82 to 83 ;
Peruvian (1865), 85i to 864 ; and Brazilian, 761
t() 74.
In American Securities, United States 5-20 Bonds
are 1-16 worse, at 735. to 734 ; Erie Shares 4 lower,
to 5/
to 451 ; while Illinois aro better, at 1014
jolt
English Railways are quiet. Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1285 129 ; Midland, 106 to 1065 ;
•? ,°llth Eastern, 14 to ; London and. North
estern, 1155 to 116 ; Great Northern, 103 to 104
ditto (A), 96 to 97 ; Great Eastern, 364 to 364 ;
neat Western, 514 to 52 ; Brighton, 52 to 525 ;
~,hffield, 424 to 421 ; Metropolitan, 111 to 1115;
illedunian, 73 to 735 ; and Chatham, 195 to 20.
Foreign Railway Shares are dull. Great Luxem-
umrg is 4 lower, at 11-.5 to 114 ; Lombardo-Venetian
steady, at 154 to 151,,
Bank Shares dull, and the dealings are limited.
Loudon and Westminster and Union of London are
each 2 lower, the former being quoted at 705 to 715 ;
and the latter at 33 to 34 ; Agra (A), 111 to 124 ;
Alliance, 115- to 105 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 55 to 6
Prenl• ; Chartered Mercantile, 29 to 30 ; Consoli-
'
datecl, 473- to 5 ; Imperial, 18 to 19 ; Imperial Otto-
Pau, 14 to 15 prem. ; London and County, 50 to 51 ;
Loudon Joint Stock, 33 to 34.
In Foreign Mining Shares there is very little busii
tress doing. Chontales is lower, at 11 to 2 ; St.
John del Rey steady, at 21 to 22 ; Port Philip 15
t 0 1 ; Rossa Grande, to 5- prem.
In Miscellaneous Securities Hudson's Bay has re-
covered s, at 154 to 154 ; Anglo-American Telegraph
is
also 1-16 better, at 21 13-16 to 21 15-16 ; Atlantic
Telegraph 8 per Cent., 44 to 5 ; Fore-street Ware-
/ to 4 dis.; London General Omnibus, 24 to 24.
The fortnightly settlement in the Stock Exchange
confluences on Saturday, and closes on Tuesday

The directors of the Staveley Coal and Iron Com-
pany (Limited) announce a second interim dividend
°_,,f £2 lOs per share £6O paid and 8s 4d per share
,1.0 paid.
The gold operations at the Bank of England during
the week ending yesterday comprise the purchase of
'1;212,000 in bars.
The arrival is announced of the Canterbury and the
John Duthie, from Melbourne, with, together, £30,506
in Australian gold.
The steamers leaving New York yesterday and the
day before for Europe took £240,000 in specie.
The traffic returns of the Madras Railway for the
\veek ending April 25, shows an increase of £3,658
as compared with the corresponding week of 1867 ;
and the Bahia and San Francisco Railway, for the
week ending May 16, an increase of £324.
The London and North-Western Railway traffic
return shows this week a decrease of £6,051, com-
lred with the corresponding period of 1867 ; and the
lidland, an increase of £4,240.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Great
Eastern Railway has been called for the 10th July,
for the purpose of authorising the company to raise
farther capital by the creation and issue of deben-
ture stock.

A. special general meeting of the National Dis-
count Company has been convened for the 22d July,
for the purpose of receiving the directors' report and
to
declare a dividend.
The ordinary general meeting of the Palace ana
Burlington Hotel Company has been called for the
Bth July, to receive the directors' report and state-
tlent of accounts.
The following, with reference to the London•mqket
,'",r American securities is from Messrs. Satter-
Flwaite's circular :—" The only noticeable feature
rn the London market for American securi-
ties durit, the past week, is the continued demand
!orlllinois'Central Shares, which have improved on
investment purchases, to 101 to 101-k. Erie Shares
continue without alteration at 45 to 46, the transac-
tionsp in them being extremely limited. United States
I°-20 Bonds have improved about per cent., closing
81 to 73& for the 1862'5, and 72i to 721 for the
1\,055. In Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated
lortgage Bonds considerable transactions have taken
Va.ee at prices varying from 33i to 34i ; they close
!Pally 33/ to 331, thus showing a decline of about
Per cent. on the week."

BIEFT/1111 runs—TWO O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, July 9
Per Cent. Reduced 941 f 1
Naml,l3 per. Cent
,\V ,\V2I pan. Gent. Jn. 1894
.6, '0- sinuitie per Cent. J 1873
s, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
O. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
E 0 (Red Sea Teleh,raph), Aug., 1908 —
x(!tioluer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct l6 pm.
0,
Da £5OO
' £lOO & £2OO - ,7
1314 k of England Stock, 41 per Cent —
1-)0. Account

/ INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
tic.!,ia. .E.ock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 —
"0. Account
"0. 5 Cent. Jul 1880
bo. 4 per
per Cent., Oct' 1888 44k
5
0,0. Certificates —
",o. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent —
"0. 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872
,i,„-'O. 5i per Cent., May 1879 —
uo 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 lo3k
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
L Deb 5 per Aug. 1873 ~ , Cent.,
DO. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
"0. under £l.OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK.
. r.;entine Repulic, 6 per Cent...
4,,,,uitrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859
ldr t4ilian 5 per 'Cent — xd
3. 4f• per 1
Cent., 1852 —
uo. do. 858..... —
Do. do., 18,io —
,DO. do., 1863 —
",..0. 5 per Cent., 1865
u
B o Account 77k f
49i uenos lyres 6 per Cent —
DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ')
011 b%, 6per
Do
6 per Cent 741
Do. 4i per Cent —
00. 6 per Cent., B —
Do., 1867 951.
Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 lo3k
Do., Scrip £32 paid
•,-,°; tubian, 6 per Cont.
" Misti 3 par Cont., 1825........
33 niubian Principalities, / par Cent —
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 Bli
'''New uador Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
1.,_
ipt .
''gian, 7 per Cent ... 81
uo. Second Issue Bl
Po. £5OO Bonds
"0. £lOO Bonds B3
Do. 1864 —
, Do. Account
110. £5.)0 Bonds B3
",.,0. £lOO Bonds ~... 84
a Government Railway Debentures ..... 95}
-reek 5 per Cent., 182415, ex Coups —
"0. Account
DO. Coupons r .
0. Account
Guatemala,,l. 5 per Cent .. —
11-101idura G Rail Loan 10p Ct. .£2sp
t'' s ov. . ~ • Ct.,
nan 5 per Cent., 1865 —
P.,0, Account ~ —
it "0. Maremmana Raiway... —
-",x-ican 3 per Cent —
uitto for Account
, Do. 1864 —
le° 6 per Cont. Anglo-French —
~ontevidean 6 per Cant. —
• •
New
Imperial 5 per Cent
"ersW7 Grenada —
.r.,"0 3 per Con —
",,o. Deferred
1)1-'0 Laud Warrants (EfoctareN)
erarian 5 por Cent. 1865
0 Account .. 86 51 k 5
1.,'0 4i. per Cont. (liribarren) -
r,° 4i por Cent.. 1862 -, —
p "0 Account
ortEiguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7,'9,'6U,'2,' 41
P.,'• do. 167 —
4 —°. do. Sc ip, .£2O paid
4ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si
D 0 4i per Cent. 1850
0 4 per Cent., 1860
D per Cent., 1859
110•
0 per
--'. Anolo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 91
.
do. £Bl 15s. do —
Do. 1866, £lOO Bonds 9Ol
Do:
Do Nicolas
~...do:, £B4 15s. do —
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