The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-18 00:00:00

DI 0 N' TE.ART:ET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Stock Markets are firmer, and rather more
,S,,ettve. The funds are unaltered, though steadier in
L,,ne ; but in foreign stocks there is buoyancy. The
nnef demand is for Turkish, upon the apparent ab-
rlee of all desire on the part of interested States to
make a difficulty of the Servian succession. Italian
relbetter in spite of the news. The announcement
ePtiog to the Argentine Loan has had a favourable
"• The Share Market is steady, with a moderate
ulo,irY at prices showing no average change.
uiscounts are firmer, and 1k per cent. is charaea
.or
three months' bills.
Consols are steady at yesterday's prices, being
quot
„ ed at 94i to 94Z- for money, and 94i to 95 for '
ier.,°°„‘lot New and Reduced Three per Cents., 94
St
; India Five per Cents., 114; to 115 ; Bank
Gerem.k) 246 to 248 ; Exchequer Bills, 14s to 18s
e
An active demand is being experienced for Turkish
V Italian Bonds, and at 39k to 391 and 53k to 53i
andere is a rise of per cent. ; Greek, at 13. to 14k,
, Peruvian at 87/ to 881, are also a quarter better :
7,P3nish are firm, at 38 to 38k ; Mexican 15i to 16k;
Argentine, 77 to 79 ; Egyptian (1864), 'Bli to 82ir ;
411',1 Viceroys Seven per Cent., 74 to 74k.
r, 'the movements in English railways are unimportant.
i.,raotpeodioitnainani,and South Eastern are lower, and Me-
Great Northern and the A Stock are
and and Midland, Great Western, and London
...nu North Western are k better. The quotations
Vt:--Lancashire and Yorkshire, 129 to 129 k ;
-1 Hand, 106 to 106 i ; South Eastern, 75f to 751 ;
London Great and. North Western, 1161 to 116,1 ;
Great
Northern, 103 to 104; ditto A, 96k to 974 E ;
t Eastern, 36k to 361; Great Western, 53k
(I ; Brighton, 51f to 52 ; Metropolitan, 111
°o -1.11-i; Caledonian, 73k to 731; and Chatham,
4 to 24.
Pcireign Railway Shares are firm. Lombarao
~enetian, and Great Luxemburg, are each It higher,
the former being dealt in at 15 to 151; and the latter
12 9-16 to 12 11-16.
Atnerican Securities are firm. United States 5-20
and
;Ids are in some request at 721 to 731 ; Erie Shares
Illinois are each k higher, being quoted at 45k to
4E'' and 99k to 100 k respectively.
hank Shares are very quiet, and prices show nu
The followino6. are the quotations :
d• gra (A Shares), 114 to 121 ; Alliance , 10k to 9k
Anglo-Austrian, 5i to 6 prem. ; Chartered Mer-
rfttile, 30 to 31 ; Consolidated, to 5k ;
LO 19 ;
„ • Imperial Ottoman, 1k to 1i prem. ; London
and County, 49k to 50k ; London and Westminster,
.1 to 72 ; ditto New, 48 to 49 ; Oriental, 42k to 43k ;
4410adon Joint Stock, 34 to 35 ; Union of London, 34
J. 14
,E3os;eign Mining Shares are without change. St.
,°llll del Rey is marked at 20 to 21 ; Port Philip,
Chontales, 11 to 2.
apiqisoellaneous Securities, although in little requesv,
0,,e generally well supported. Anglo-American 'Ido-
l." is marked at 22k to 221 ex. div. ; Atlantic
pelegraph 8 per Cent.,
,5 to 51 ; Hudson's Bay,
6eadY at 16 7-16 to 16 9-16 ; London General
in.rnihos, 2k to 2.
the
.£125,000 in bar gold sent into the Bank,
amount received on balance since the last return
4135,000.
t The sum of £lOO,OOO in specie left New York
for Europe.
Thev France has arrived with £11,600 in specie from
*ley? York.
In consequence of the Volunteer Review on Satur-
aaY the Stock Exchange will be closed, and attendance
Dthe city generally will be restricted as much as
"sible.
Madras
biddings for £200,000 in bills on Calcutta and
ilkadras were held yesterday at the Bank of England.
"a amounts allotted were—to Calcutta £183,200,
and to Madras £16,500. The minimum price was
fixed as before, at is 10P on both presidencies, and'
finders at that rate will receive about 50 per cent.
Those above will be allotted in full. No tenders on
farubay were invited. These terms show a further
ing off in the demand.
The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, Landon,
avla China, announce a dividend for the current half-
Is'r of 3 per cent. free of income-tax, payable on the
't July,
-v. At a quarterly general meeting of the Great Wheat
°r United Mines the accounts showed a balance in
favour of the -mines (after paying all liabilities) of
if,5)°96 Os. 10d. Out of this the directors declared a
vidend of 7s 6d per share, equal to £2,215 10s.,
Thaviog a balance to carry forward of £2,880 lOs 101
pissed,
reports were adopted and the usual resolutions
ssed, the proceedings terminating with a vote of
thanks to the chairman.
slessrs. Barings-have announced that they are in-
ructed by his Excellency Don Noberto de la Riestra
t°ll inform the holders of Argentine Six per Cent.
ends of 1866 that they will be prepared, after pay-
444ent of the dividend due Ist July next, to-receive
eenh bonds in exchange for fully paid up scrip re-
talPts of the new issne. The bonds of 1866 will be
ken at the subscription price of 75 per cent., the
4octril) Will be issued at 72k per cent., and the difference
*.1,2i per cent. will be refunded in cash at the time
"en the exchange is effected.
The traffic receipts of the Bombay, Baroda, and
ali°otral India Railway for the week ending April 25,
°lv an increase of £2,138 ; the Madras Railway
for the week ending April 18, an increase of £1,525 ;
theßahia and San Francisco Railway an increase of
fo ; and the London and North Western Railway
the week ending the 14th instant, a decrease of
01"/93, as compared with the corresponding periods
,;,a,st year.
e following is from Messrs. E. F. Satterth-
haaloe's weekly Circular :—" American Securities
In the
formed no exception to the inactivity prevalent
the London Stock Exchange during the past week.
tnl'ited States Bonds exhibit no fluctuations of
ti°tnent, and the quotations of the various descrip-
p.°43 currently dealt in are almost identical with
loc)::se recorded in our last, 5-20 Bonds of 1862 being
eBl to 73 ; the 1865 issue, 71/ to 72 ; and 10-40's,
to 69k. Erie Shares, at 45 to 46, are a shade
I),er ; and Illinois Central have declined to 99k to
1,7 on sales by investors, who bought at lower
adtees, to realise the large profit which the recent
vatiee has afforded. Both yesterday and to-day
-vlv.ere has been a good demand for Atlantic and Great
ti„"stern Consolidated Bonds, and at closing quota-
, 34 34k to 35, they show a rise of about 2 per
4-141 in which Debentures, at 291 s to 30, have to
°ale extent sympathised."

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GovERNmExT FUNDS.

° PQr Cent. Consols
N' 8 Ditto for Account, July 9
Per Cent Reduced 94} } i
+NS •
New 3 per Cent
~w 21. per Cent. Jan. 1894
A.:"°. per Cent. Jan. 1873
'louities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
DO.„ for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
E DO (Red Sea Teleg,raph), Aug., 1908 —
4oquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per et — pm
e. £5OO
DO' £lOO & £2OO l7 „
S4D
of England Stock, 4i per Cent —
'-'O. Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
ICd,,„ja Mock, 10i. per Cent., April 1874 ... Shut
''-'O. Account
:-;o• 5 per Cent.
Oct
1880
~uo. 4 pot- Cent., Oct. 1888
DO. Certificates —
n 0..., Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
.I,':;°. 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872
I,—°. 5} per Cent., May 1879 —
'"° 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
,r, Do. do. 1882 —
'-',,,.• Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
~.,"0. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000
4, 0. under £l.000
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
lir4entine Ropulic, 6 per Cent...
b Ilitrian Bonds' 5 per Cent. 1859
'irkilian 5 per Cent — xd
DO. 4 per Cent., 1859 —
r,°. do. 1858 —
-7,•"°. do., 180) —
I,''°. do, 1863 —
...., 5 ' ,
°. per Cent, 1865 —
iDe 76k
t _ Account
4,enostlyres 6 per Cent —
q u 0 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent , 48}
!lb.
.0,
~?', Oper Cent.
"wan 6 )er Cent
1
Do. 41 per Cent 1)°. 6 per Cent., B
DO., 1867
C
• bO., Scrip ~£32 paid Cent., 1866
1)
1. ' mbian, 6 per Cent.
to itusti 3 p.r Cent., 1825
Liabfan Principalities, ipr Cent --
t,: ° 8 per Cent., 1867 B2 1
etlador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
t;ptian, 7 per Cent
e• Sis( ud Issue
). £5O o 0
fonds
ci. 410 G Bonds —
i )0. 1864
De .. Do •l
Bond Account
• 4 o s 8241 I
( i2l. £lOO Bonds ,.... 83k 3
Or,:nrun,etit• Railway i)ebentureß .... 96i
ij_f. 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups —
1.)., .Arecunt
..
i• 130 u
bo A Pone
ci.„ • tlce)uut
jt":. durasGov.Rail.Loan lop. Ct .£2sp
flan 5 , .1 ~
13 POl cert., 1865 —
.30. Aecou
0. Ar nt
1444itet'Olf 1171. cruleCaonue annitj. 1 a i w a Y —
16
, Do
...,0 Anglo-French R •
Per Cont.