The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

A ND
COMM EROIAL

Cin, Two o'CLocic.

According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
day, the French Three per Cent. Routes were 69f.
22c. Flat.

The progress of the monthly account, which con-
cludes to-morrow; is supporting the Funds, stock being
scarce. A demand has sprung up for Indian Five per
Cents., and there is a further rise of lOs this
morning. In American securities there has also
oeen more activity. In Erie shares, lately so
much depressed, the rise is considerable. Foreign
stocks and railway shares are without average
Change. The market for these descriptions is steady,
and stock is scarce, but purchasers do not come for-
Ward. Among the minor shares London Joint Stock
n ~Llit!
atik is quoted higher and Imperial Ottoman are

The discount demand is active, and the rates
current are 1 to 1/ per cent.
English wheat is meeting with slow salv., at Mon-
day's reslueti6n.

Consols are steady at yesterday's prices ; 93,1 to
931 for money and account ; New and Reduced 3 per
Cents , 92 to 92k ex div.; India 5 per Cents. are
higher, at 1121 to 113 ; Bank Stock, 249 to 2.51 ;
Exchequer Bills, lOs to 15s prem.
The Foreign Stock Market .is rather dull. Greek
and Spanish Bonds are, ho‘l ever, exceptionally firm.
The former, at 121- to 12/, are better, and the
latter, at 34 to 36, have advanced Egyptian
iloods were flat. The quotations current were
the following :—Mexican, 151 to 15/ ; Greek,
12i to 12/ ; New Spanish, 351 to 36• Brazi-
lian (1865), 71 to 72 ex div.; Italian (1861), 44/ to
45 ; Tutkish (1865), 32'a to 324 ; Russian Railway 76i
to 7.7 i ; Egyptian (1864), 86 to 88 ; ditto Deben-
tures, 90k to 91i ; Viceroy's Seven per Cent. Bonds,
73i to 74 ; and the Nine per Cents., 881- to 89.
Egyptian Nine per Cent. Bonds are steady at 88k
to 89.

The principal feature in American Securities is a
rise of 3I in Erie Railroad, which are now quoted at
46 to 48 ; Illinois are better, at 89k to 891 ; United
States' Five-Twenty Bonds show a further improve-
tient of at 715 to 711.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are steady, at 26 to 27, and the Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds, at 27 to 27f.
There is only a moderate inquiry for English rail-
way shares, and there is no average change. Cale-
donian are k better, and Great Western 5, but
South Eastern and North British are f lower, and
Metropolitan and Brighton, k. The prices are as
"lows :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1251 to 126 ;
Midland, 106/ to 107 ; South Eastern, 725 to 73 ;
London and North Western, 1151 to 116-; Great
Northern, 1051 to 106/ •, ditto A, 1045 to 1055 ;
Great Eastern, 295 to 30 ; Great Western, 45# to 45;1;
lirighton, 48 to 48 ; Sheffield, 411- to 42; Metropo.
litany 111 to 114 ; Caledonian, 83 to 834 ; and
North British, 34 to 345.
Bank Shares are quiet, and the only quotable
changes have been in London Joint-Stock and Im-
perial Ottoman, the former is 1 better, at 324 to
335 ; while the latter is k lower, at 4 to. f dis.
Alliance, 14 to 13 dis.; Anglo-Austrian, 3 to
Prem. ; Consolidated, 13 to prem. ; Loudon and
Westminster, 674 to 684 ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ;
Union of London, 34 to 35 ; Agra (A shares), 104
to 11.

Finance shares are steady ; Credit Foncier, 2i to
; General Credit, 2 to 2i dis. ; London
Vinance, 26 to 24 dis. ; National Discount, hi to
t.

Foreign mining shares are without change ; St.
John del Rey is quoted at 16 to 18; Port Philip, 14-
to 1 ; Ohontales, 1 to 1 dis.
Miscellaneous Securities are again very inactive,
and not a single variation has taken place in prices.
Anglo-American Telegraph steady, at 191 to ;
Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cents, 5 5-16 to 5 7-16.
Omnibus
Bay quiet, at 14k to 14i ; Landon General
vmnibus, 1i to 2.
L, The slimof £124,000 in gold was withdrawn from
the Bank, including £49,000 in bars, 60,000 sovereigns
for Turkey, and 15,000 sovereigns for Egypt, while
21,000 sovereigns from Lisbon were sent in.
In consequence of the falling off in the foreign
ctemand for corn, gold is beginning to be in increased
request for export.
The Bar Silver by the West India packet has been
sold at 60id per ounce, being a point above th
previous price.
The City of Baltimore has arrived from New York
with £15,000 in specie.
The Dundee Advertiser says the stoppage is re-
ported of Messrs. Thomas Brough and Son, canvas
manufacturers. The liabilities are said to be about
4750,000, and the estate is not expected to 'realise
•
The half-yearly meeting of the British Gas-light
company has been convened for the 25th inst., for
the transaction of the ordinary business of the cum-
Pany and to declare a dividend.
A special general meeting of the Mauritius Lind,
Credit, and Agency Company has been called for the
17th inst., to declare an interim dividend.
Letters from Marseilles to Saturday last mention
that some further large arrivals of wheat have taken
Place from the Danubian and Black Sea ports, by
which the quantity to hand was increased to 500,000
hectolitres. Additional cargoes were expected for
several days to come. The total imports of grain
into Marseilles during the month of February amounted
to 1,600,000 hectolitres.
The traffic receipts of the Great Luxemburg Rail-
way Company for the week ending March 1 shows an
Increase of £6OO as compared with the corresponding
Week of last year. •
The receipts of the Metropolitan Railway for the
allowing week
ending March 1, amounted to £4,603, and for
the, Corresponding period of last year to £4,291
s
an increase of £312.
The following is Mr. Sam Mendel's weekly cir-
cular, dated Manchester, March 3, 1868 :—" There is
a better inquiry to-day both for yarns and goods; offers
are._ made on a free scale, at prices that appear likely
"5 result in transactions at or about present range of

DRITISII FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
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215 17
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Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
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Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Da. 51 per Cent., May 1879
Do 5 per Cent., Rap. Deb., 1872
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15-" 0 pee Cert., 1865 —
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