The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-11 00:00:00

1101 i /3Y MARKET

AND

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Crrr, Two o'CLocx.
According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
day the French Renter were 68f. 85c.

The Stock Markets are perfectly inactive. The
attendance is small, and no disposition is shown to
engage in fresh transactions. Some degree of firm-
ness is shown by the Funds, and Railways are not
so well supported as they were at the opening.
Foreign Stocks, in some cases, show a partial re-
lapse.

There is no improvement in Foreign Stocks, but
on the contrary the speculative kinds continue to
be offered. The present quotations are as follow :
rrhey show a relapse of in Turkish and Italian ;
Mexican, 151 to 151 ; Greek, 12 to 121; New
Spanish, 341 to 35 ; Turkish (1865), 29.1. to 301 ;
Italian (1861), 41'1 to 414 ; Portuguese Scrip, 1 to 1
prem. ; and Egyptian Railway, 90 to 91.
'The Discount Market is very quiet, with rates
, unaltered, at 11 to 11 per cent.
Consols are firm at yesterday's prices at 921 to
921 for money, aed 91 to 911 for account ; New
and Reduced Three per Cents., 921 to 921 ; India
FiTe per Cents., 111 to 111 f ; Bank Stock, 240 to
242 ; Exchequer Bills, 225. to 275. prem.
In American Securities, United States Five-
Twenty Bonds are steady at 711 to 731. Erie Rail-
way are 4 lower, at 494 to 501 ; Illinois, 1, 871 to
881.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have risen 1, to 23 24, and the Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds!, to 20 21.
English railways opened steady at last night's ad-
vance, but there has since been a slight falling off.
Great Northern are 1 lower, Caledonian 1, Midland
and Sheffield and Metropolitan 1. The prices are—
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 123 to 1231 ; Midland,
1031 to 1031 ; South Eastern, 671 to d 8; Lon don and
North Western, 114 to 1141 ; Great Northern,
1051 to 1061 ; ditto A, 107 k to 1081 ; Great
Eastern, 291 to 29/ ; Great Western, 45/ to 46 ;
Brighton, 48 to 481 ; Sheffield, 441 to 441 ; Cale-
donian, 73 to 734 ; Metropolitan, 1151 to 116 ; and
Chatham, 18 to 181.
Alliance Bank Shares are dull, at the decline of
£2 10s., which took place yesterday ; the price is
now 14 dis. London and County, 54 to 55 ; and
Imperial shares are 10s. lower, at 18/ to 181 dis.

London Financial Shares are 24 to 22 dis. ;
Atlantic Telegraph New Preference i prem. ; and
St. John del Rey, 34 to 36.

CITY, TWELYL o'CLoct.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank of
England yesterday.
The Pera has arrived from Alexandria with £7,428
in specie.

Mr. Stebbing, the chairman of the New York Stock
Exchange, has been elected chairman of the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway, and Mr. E. F. Satter-
thwaite, of Austinfriars, has been elected a director.
It is rumoured that the Midland Railway directors
'lave signed the contract for the construction of the
Carlisle6and Lettle line since the publication of their
report. The report to be presented at the meeting to
be held on Tuesday next states that the profits, less
interest paid to customers, as will be perceived from
annexed statement, amount to £27,757 17s. After de-
ducting the current charges making provision for bad and
doubtful debts, and allowing rebate on bills discounted
n°t.Yet due,a stun of £15,278 1 ls 4d remains,from which
the directors recommend £11,250 to be applied to
payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per
a'nn tun, free of income tax, and that the residue,
X 4,028 is 4d, he carried forward to profit and loss
new account. The directors announce that they have
appointed Mr. Alfred Brown, who has been contaected
with the bank from, its commencement, to the office
of manager.
The directors of the East India Railway Company
have called up their third instalment of £5 per share
:on the proprietors of the "L" Extension shares. It
'3 payable on the 18th February.
It is expected that a special general meeting of the
Citied"i"ii Railway Company will be held in Glasgow
en the 30th inst., to consider the report of the Com-
mittee of Investiaation, and, in particular, the recotn-
inendatien that the Board of Directors should be
reconstructed as to " secure a change of policy at
the Board" so
The annual general meeting of the India Carrying
t "'Pliny has been called for the 21st inst., for the
raisaction of the ordinary business of the company.
The half yearly meeting of the Fore-street Ware-
ri
lari ng ase Company has been convened for the 224 inst.,
Ple purpose f receiving the directors' o report and
11
e.er dividend.
,11.111 consequence of the Glasgow and South Western
of hway Company having arranged with the directors
the Caledonian for the line between Glasgow
and Rilmarnock via Barrhead, becoming joint
Property thus involving the abandonment of
tie Kilmarnock direct line, the call of £2 Ws per
shares
81are, with 55 per share premium, due on the £lO
c° of the per
and South Western Railway
C° Glasgow
on the 10th of February, will not be rc
ciuLred for at least two years.
, The directors of John Crossley and Sons propose
Lo declare a dividend of 15s per share for the half-
,ungust
lasetn, with the interim dividend paid in
will make 15 per cent. per annum, leav-
fund. a balance of £6,771 to be added to the reserve
The *Union Bank of Manchester (Limited) has de-
bear red a dividend for the half-year,
at the rate of 8
cel:it• per annum, and a bonus of 3s per share.
vela. dividend of 5 per cent. will he paid, on the Ist
o,Thl.arY, to Railway of the full-paid shares in the
',1,1,018 Central .
mtne General Board of Directors of the Thames and
inensdeY Marine Insurance Company (limited), recom-
payment of 2s. per share for the half-year.
resolvedT direche tors of the Union Bank of Australia have
0 13er
upon a dividend of £2 2s fid per share, being
Th
cent. for the half-year.
dividend of the British and Foreign Marine
. otrance Company is 4s per share.
1,84 t. Call of £3 per share is to be made on the 28th
41•ssnrancehe contributories of the Professional Life
t Com an
tutoiTile annual report of the National Provident lush-
n was issued this morning. The following are
the
Principal papers : —Besides the atthual pren)iums
%Payable in respect of 1,032 new policies issued during
%Past year, amounting to £16,576, the sum of
5s 14 has been received in single payments
f), atinuities effected during the same period. In
whose
course of the year, 271 members have died, on
liose lives 354 policies had been effected, being a
reduction of twelve in the deaths compared with the
Preceding year. The claims which have thus arisen are :
Original sums assured, £149,01:3 17s ; bonus addi-
tions thereon, £13,814 16s. Twenty-eight policies,
Payable on the members attaining a given age,
h
also fallen due, amounting to £9,448 18s, which has
been duly paid. The accounts for the year show a
balance of receipts over disbursements of £149,388
6s 10d, or an increase of £39,785 compared with
the preceding year.

BRITISH PIINDS.—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 per (mut. Console
Do. Account, Feb. 6 921
8 per Cent. Reduced 92
New 3 per Cent 921 2 I
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
O. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for $0 yrs expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Tele,raph), Aug., 1908 —
tchcquer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 & 2rper Ct 22 pm
Do £5OO pm
Do. flO
Bank of England Stoo k
c, 41 per Cent —
Do. Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 216 xd
Do. Account

Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates _
D2O. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent —
0.
5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
°5/ per Cent ~ May 1879 _
Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 — , Do. do. 1882
',',o Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 —
"0. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l,OOO
pm
A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
'"`r4entine Repubbc, 6 per Cent
LOSING
Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Do. 4/ per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do 1863
uo. 5 per Cont., 1865 .. —
Do Account 7s}
/d _ Do. XlOO Bopds
uties Ayres 6 per Cent —
DU 2
Cuba Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
6 per Cent. o,tlian 6 per Cent —
Da. 4/ per Cent
00. 6 per Cent., B
• ••••-.
130. 1867
86,1
Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866
~.. Do., Scrip £32 paid .
.`rsikaish p -a- ent.,
4-I,nubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 631
1)9 § per Cent., 1867
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