The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The Stock markets are steady, but still there is an
absence of demand from the public, who, pending
the close of the quarter, abstain from dealing either
for investment or speculation. In Railways the
variations are inconsiderable. Foreign Stocks are
rather stronger, especially Egyptian, in which the
reaction seems to be supported by boa fide pur-
chases. Portuguese are also better, and Mexican have
to some extent .shared in the improvement. In
Atteriean Securities a fall has occurred in Eries, but
the Five-Twenty Bonds are steady.
,The demand for money this morning is Con-
sidc!rable, and rates are firm at 1i to 1,7 z per cents
Corn is dull, but without quotable reduction.
Consuls are dull, at a shade decline, being quoted
924 to 93 for money, and 92.7 to 938 for account ;
New and Reduced . Three per Cents., 9174 to 92 ;
India Five per Cents. are firm at 11-11 to 114 ;
Bank Stock, 219 to 231; Exchequer Bills, lOs to 156
Vero.

The Foreign Stock Market is somewhat firm. There
is a good demand for Egyptian at a,:vance of
per cent. ; in tlie Railway Builds, at 89 to 89 ; of -t):
in Viceco.,'s S,v,:n per Cent. Bonds, at 712 to 721 ;
and the Sille per Cei“. at 87.2 to 881. The 1864
Bonds are steady at 8-1;,- to 85. There is an advance
of * in Mexican at 151 to 16-; in Italian (1861), al
454 to 4G ; ; and in Portuguese, at to 1 prem.
Greek Bonds are steady at 121%- to 13 ; New Spanish
at 352 to 35, ; 'inrkish (1865), 33 to 33*; and
Brazilian, 711 to 74
The New Honduras Loan is steady at to 11 prem.
The pilicipal fea:ure ii, American Securities is a
fal. of Erie Shares, wl. 3h 're q loted 47;i to
4a), ; Illinois. are a b:gher, 8! to 90 ; and the
640 Bonds *, 72 to 72t.
Ajautic and ;Great Western Railway Debentures
rernnin at 26i to 27i, and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds at 28 to 29.
Colonial Bonds are without movement. The fol-
lowing are the quotations :—Canada 6 per cent., 100
to 101 ; 'Mauritius 5 per cent., 104 to 106 ; New
South Wales 5 per cent., 99 t,) 101 ; New Zealand,
6 per cent., 105 to 107 ; Queensland 6 per cent.,
102 to 103.

The Railway Market is dull, but the 'changes are
quite unimportant. Lancashire and Yorkshire are
quoted 125 to 124 ; Midland, mil to 104
oath Eastern, 721 to 73t ; Great Northern, 104
to 105 ; ditto A, 98 to 99 ; Great Eastern, 31± to
314 ; Great Western, 461 to 47 ; Brighton, 48 to
485 ; Sireffi-id, 431 to 431 ; Metropolitan, 114- to
1 4 ; Ca:edonian, 824 to 83 ; North British, 334 to
344 ; and ChaLharn, 18 to If 4.
Bank Shares are steady, the only change being an
advance of 4 in London Joint Stock, which are quoted
at 32iYi to 33k; Agra (A), 10 to 10k ; Alliance, 144 to
13;y dis.; Chattered Mercantile, 284 to 294 ; Con-
solidated, 4i to 4k ; Imperial 17 to 18; London and
County, 52 to 53 ; London and Westminster, 671
to 68k ; Union of London, 33 to 34.
In Foreign Mines St. John del Reys are firm at
18i. to 19 ; Port Philip steady, at 1i to 14 ; Chon
tales, 1f to 1 dis.
Miscellaneous Securities are without feature, arm
prices generally are without change. Anglo-American
Telegraph, 211 to 22 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight
Per Cents., 51- to 54 ; Hudson's Bay, 14 to 141 ;
_London General Omnibus, 11 to 2 ; and Fore-street
Warehouse, 11 to 11 dis.
The ordinary general meeting of the City Steam-
boat Company has been convened for the 27th inst.
The new issue of Metropolitan District Railway De-
Denture Stock (X 400,000) has been dealt in at 2 prem.
this morning.
£lO,OOO in bar gold and coin were wi lid:awn from
the Bank on Saturday for export.
The Ceylon has arrived from Alexandria with
£32,500 in specie. The Cuba, from New York, brings
Z 38,000.
The particulars are published of Chilian Govern-
nlent Bonds to the value of £60,163, which have been
drawn for redemption at par on the 31st inst.
Subjoined is the report of the Crystal Palace Gas
Company for the half-year closing with 1867 :—" The
Works and plant are iu a state of efficiency, and some
further improvements that will contribute to the con-
Yenienee of the manufacture have been commenced.
The reports of Dr. Letheby and of the chemical in-
spectors of the various parishes supplied by the com-
pany, have been satisfactory as to purity and illumi-
nating power. The directors going out of office by
rotation are Dr. Frederic Hetley and Mr. Robert John
Clarke, and, being eligible, these gentlemen offer
themselves to the shareholders for re-election. The
auditor going out of office is Mr. William
Purvis, and Mr. Purvis being eligible, offers
himself to the shareholders for re-election.
The balance-sheet for the half-year to the 31st of De-
cember last, and appended to this report, shows the
financial position of the company. The profits for the
half-year are -.£6,243 lOs 71, which together with
X 69 4s ld, the unappropriated profit of the preceding
half-year, make the available balance £6,312 14s Bd.
Out of this sum the directors recommend the declara-
tion of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum on the preference capital ; a dividend at the
rate of 7 per cent. per annum on the ordinary 7 per
Cent capital ; and a dividend at the rate of 10 per
cent. per annum on the original capital, all free from
incoine-tax ; the sum of £lOO to be written off pre-
liminary expenses, and £574 7s 3d off parliamentary
expenses ; the balance of £2BO 13s 9,1 to be carried
forward to the profit of the succeeding half-year."
The annual general meeting of the Oriental Bank
Corporation will be held on the 16th of April, for the
transaction of the ordinary business of the company.
The directors of the East London Waterworks
‘-'empany have called the half-yearly meeting for the
24 of April, after which the meeting will be special
for the purpose of considering a plan to be submitted
for raising additional capital.
At Marseilles, on the 11th inst., wheat advanced
°Oe to lfr. per hectolitre upon the prices on the
Previous days of the week. No arrivals were reported
en the 12th, and the demand was then active.
The details of the projected Land Bank of Spain
Ider the sanction of the Government, are stated. in
hag
letters to be almost concluded. A proposition
the been made in the Cortes for giving authority to
'le Government to grant a concession to the bank of
eowers similar to those proposed in France by the
•elench Credit Foncier.
The first mails for Australia under the new arrange-
.rn,ent will be made up on the morning of Saturday,
.141.. e 21st of March, and the evening of Friday, the
27th of March, and thenceforward on every fourth
Saturday and Friday throughout the year. As
he packet from Marseilles to Alexandria will not
tall at Malta, the correspondence for that island
Will be sent wholly by the weekly packet from
Southampton.
Messrs. Charles Barker and Sons (Birchin-lane),
companies'
just issued their well-known Joint Stock
`jonpanies' Directory for the current year. Useful as
Were the former editions, this one has extended claims
r 4 Support, many of its features having been enlarged
and others added. As a book of reference it is without
_
rival,whether considered in regard to its completeness
1:)! its accuracy. Mr. George Street (Cornhill) sends us
Lae?, • vines of India Calendar and Directory for 1868, an
lavaluable guide to all who have any connection what-
:per with India. The Docks of London, and Silty
V Tea Tables are two publications from Mr.
Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. The former is
Uy Tr.
sur- Henry Butler—a sufficient guarantee for its
re_liability. Mr. Wilson has also published Mr.
ei
I;'l3chen's well-known speech before the Liverpool
;gal:ober of Commerce, relating to bankruptcy

BRITIS II FUNDS -TWO O'CLOCK.
* GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
" Per ()enc. Consols
a Do. Account, April 2
Zper Cent. Reduced 92 1;
Nelv 3 per Cent 9l; '2 11
ew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 -
A 1)% 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
"'flunkies, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - xd
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 -
, Do (Red Sea Teleiaraph), A 11,.,., 1908 -
•c4tolioquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ck pm
Do £5OO pm
)3 Do' £lOO dr £2OO ll pm
ank of England Stock, 41 per Cent -
D 0• Account
I„, INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
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Do.g Account -
DO. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
,'(:). 4 pot- Cent., Oct. 1888
'lO. Certificates -
DO.T, Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent -
nufl• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 -
". 5 per Cent., May 1879 -
D 0 5 per Cent., lop. Deb., 1872 lO3l
Do. do. 1877 lOBl 1
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0- Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO - pm
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FOREIGN FUNDS -TWO CLOCK.
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13ectrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
;'-ilian 5 per Cent _
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0 Abj 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) -
0 , 'S 6 per Cent. -
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T-,,,0..7 i, per ,Cent., 1866 9si
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birnbiarl, 6 per Cent.
pa -84, 3 Prr Cent 1825 ~ -
Doh Principalities, 7 per Cent -
t171°41 per Cent., 1867 - -
'414 New Consolidated, l per Cent -