The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-14 00:00:00

3101,T EY MARKET

A ND

09MMERCIAL tNTELLMENOR,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The bank directors have made no change in the
rate of discount, and the money market is conse-
quently unaltered, at 2 per cent. and upwards, with
large supplies.
As regards the Stock Market, the tone is some-
what heavy. The rise of per cent. which has
taken place in the Funds during the past week
has induced realisations, and a replapse of k has
caused a dull tone to pervade the market generally.
Egyptian Government subscriptions are once more
offered, and the improvement of yesterday is lost.
Annie railways are dull, and in some instances the
decline established last evening has been followed by
a further relapse. Hudson's fay shares are exception-
ally firm, upon recent purchases, resulting in a scarcity
of stock.
Consols are dull, at 941 to 94- for delivery, ana
921 to 927, ex div. for account, being a relapse of
This fall is accounted for by speculators realising.
New and ReduCed Three per Cents. lower, at 92:1
-tso 927 t ; India per Cents. steady, at 115 i to 116£ ;
-I,,ank. Stock, 245 to 247 ; Exchequer Bills, 8s to 14s
prem
The variations in the Foreign Stock Market are
neither numerous nor important, but the tone is dull
and drooping. Chaim) (1866) are better, at 102 to
10i, but the 1867 bonds show no change, at 95 to 97.
dse'rYptian Government Bonds are very flat The 1864
loan is
quoted 80 to 804, and the Railway Debentures
heto 9W,.. The Viceroy's bonds show no change,
per Cents. being 74 to 72, and the 9 per
Cents. 7 90 to 91. Mexican Stock is 15i to 16 ; Greek,
13 to 134 ; New Spanish, 35f to 34 ;Italian (1661),
48?„ to sln- ; and Turkish (1865), 34i to 34k.
In American Securities, United States 5-20 Bonds
are quiet at 70;+ to 70- ; Erie Shares and Illinois are
each k lower, being quoted at 94 to 95, and 45} to 46
respectively.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares are f worse,
to 1(
; to 147 g • Great Luxemburg unaltered at 10i,
1(.
Among home railways Great Northern (A) are I
I,)wer, and Midland and London and North Western
; South Eastern, Brighton, and Metropolitan are
firmer. The quotations current are :—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 127 i to 128 ; Midland, 106 to 106 k
South Eastern, 74} to 741 London and North
IdAirtetsote(Arn), ,191.5? to 115 ; Great Northern, 102 to 103 ;
to 96s ; Great Eastern, 331 to 34 ;
Great Western, 53f to 53. ; Brighton, 53i to 54 ;
Sheffield, 421 to 43 ; Metropolitan, 114 to 112 :
Caledonian, 74f to 741 ; and Chatham, 18:4 to 189.
Finance Shares are dull, at previous prices. Credit
Foncier is quoted at 2 to 3 ; General Credit, 2, to
2s dis. , International Finance, 2i to 1 dis.
Bank' Shares are again iu little request, prices are
without a single variation. Agra (A), 9i to 10i ;
Alliance' 13 to 12 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 4 to 5
pren •;
London and County, 52 to 53 ; London
and Westminster, 70 to 71 ; Oriental, 41k to 44 ,
London Joint Stock, 35 to 36 ; Imperial, 18 to 19 ;
Imperial Ottoman, i• to prem. ; Union of London,
34 to 35.
,lln Foreign Mining Shares Chontales are I lower, at
Pgort 2iilli . St. John del Rey steady, at 18 to 18i ;
to
In Miscellaneous Securities Hudson's Bay Shares are
"rru at yesterday's advance, at 15i. to ; Anglo-
American Telegraph steady, at 23 3-16 to 23 5-16 ;
O_Atlantic Telegraph, 5 3-16 to 5 5-16. London General
mnibus, Ito2k ; Fore-street Warehouse, 2to 4
des'; National Discount, 10 to 11.
r :The London and North- Western Railway traffic
lastetarn shows this week an increase of £5,150 over
l Year ; the Great Northern a decrease of £1,969
and the Great Eastern an increase of £1,226.
Including the withdrawal yesterday of 10,000
!3,?vereigns for Ceylon, the bullion operations at the
-biank for the week now closed resulted in the with-
(lra .
A' al of £144,000.
The Mediator has arrived from Port Phillip with
£37,000 in Australian gold.
The report of the English Bank of Rio de Janeiro
gives the net profits for the year at £56,740, but in
consequence of the loss incurred by the depreciation
ut the Brazilian currency, no. dividend is recom-
Mended
_The North German Lloyd Steam Shipping Cora-
Vany will divide at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum
sor 1867.
/IToile traffic receipts of the Bahia and San Francisco
a„`,iwaY Company for the week ending April 4, show
sway
of £312, and the receipts of the Madras
„IlwaY Company for the week ending March 14, an
hneaSe of £914, as compared with the corresponding
serieds
A of 1867.
the annual meeting of the European Assurance
a-e'etY, held yesterday, the following results of the
that year's business was declared :—The premiums on
new life and guarantee policies issued during the
near amounted to £40,271 lOs ; the fire premiums on
",
115111eSS business for three-quarters of a year (this branch
,) having been discontinued in September
Zis) amount to .£l4 993 lls 6d ; total premiums on
sbusiness of the' year, £55,265 is 641 ; the gross
.4Unt received in premiums during the year was
Asia 3.250 5s 3d ; the life, fire, and guarantee claims
42ssduring the year were, including bonus additions,
s '0,051 15s 11d. The progress of the society's
vreins,
ssch'u.ll revenue continues satisfactory, it having
taspeu in 1867 the sum of £363,250 as against
,„.,,143 in 1866.
Eagan following remarks upon the bullion market are
ah Messrs. Mocatta and Golslstnid :—" In the
dei.e,lice of large arrivals of silver there has been little
r,e, 'log for the last few weeks. There is now little or
lissielx'and for India, and the Continental Exchanges
siewnnkt; advanced, the tendency of prices is decidedly
4t stw.:!,r(l. The French Mexican packet just arrived
saazaire brings about $1,300,000 on English ac-
tin
(.'jb, and further amounts are shortly expected, so that.
a,°lllit the Mexican dollars will have to be disposed
f,0,,!' a decline. The quantities of gold lately received
fes',l! Australia and America have been large, and
ti;e'tlier considerable sums are nearly due. Hitherto
1,4t11k of the gold has. been sent to France, but the
forthioge having risen, it is probable that much of the
140e°°Iing arrivals will be taken to the Bank.
the )000 in sovereigns were despatched to Brazil by
iist "
14;1;11.'e directors of the Chontales Gold and Silver
".,114 Company, Limited, have received advices from
b • belt dated 6tl April :—The steam-engine had
were Successfully removed to San Domingo, the stamps
'll, a forward state of erection, and were fully
aal'eeted to be in a working condition early in May,
[galel reduction of the ores at the upper mines will be
Lein, independent of water power. Every effort is
and'e Made to work the mines to the best advantage
raulc",:lly. The staff has been reduced. Captain
rileatld six officials have left the mines for England.
The health of the establishment is exceedingly good.
ounce drY season has set in. Gold remitted, 191

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