The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-20 00:00:00

The Corn Market remains dull.
The Liverpool Cotton Market is quiet.
Consols are a shade lower, at 93 to 931 for money
and account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents.,
91k to 92 ; India Five per Cents. are unaltered
it 114 to 1141 ; Bank Stock, 249 to 251; Exchequer
lls to les prem.
The Foreign Stock Market is firm at previous prices.
Mexican is quoted 15k to 161 ;
.Greek, 121 to 13 ;
New Spanish, 351 to 36 ; Italian (1861), 471 to 471 ;
Turkish (1865),-334 to 33g ;Portuguese, Ito prem.;
Chilian, 88 to 89 ; Orel Vitetsk, 781 to 781 ; Egyp-
tian (1864) 87 to 88 ; Railway Loan, 901 to
91 ; Viceroy's 7 per cents., 731 to 74 ; ditto 9 per
cents., 891 to 90 ; and Peruvian, 77a to 78.
The Foreign and Colonial Trust has been welt
received, and the quotation is 1 to 11 prem.
There is no particular feature in Railway Shares,
Yesterday's closing quotations being current. Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 125 k to 126 ; Midland, 105
1051 ; South-Eastern, 72-1 to 73 ' • London and North
western, 1141 to 115 k; Great Northern, 1041 to 105 k;
ditto (A), 99 to 100 ; Great Eastern, 31k
to 311 ; Great Western, 461 to 47 ; Brighton, 48k
to 481; Sheffield, 421 to 43 ; Metropolitan, 114 to
114 k ; New District, lf to 11 prem.; Caledonian, 811
to 82 ; North British, 331 to 34k.
Business has been done to-day in Metropolitan
District Railway Issue of £400,000 Debenture Stock
at 1 to 1k prem.
Foreign Railways are without movement. Lom-
b:)ardo-Venetian is quoted at 15k to 151 ; and Luxem-
burg at 8k to 9.
In American Securities United States' 5-20 Bonds
Are lower, at 72 to 72k ; Erie Shares are / better,
at 47 to 48 ; and Illinois k, at 891 to 901.
Bank Shares continue to attract but little attention,
and not a single variation has occurred in prices.
Agra (A), 10 to 11 ex div. ; Alliance, 14 to 13 dis. ;
41.N10-Austrian, 31 to 4 prem. ; Chartered
Mercantile, 28k to 29i ; Consolidated, 4# to ;
„Imperial, 17 to 1.7 k ; Imperial Ottoman, dis to par ;
.14odon and County, 511 to 52k ; London and
Westminster, 671 to 681 ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ; London
Joint Stock, 311 to 321 ; Union of London, 33 to 34.
foreign mining shares are rather dull. St. John
del Rey remain at 19 to 191 ; Port Phillip, to ;
Chontales, k lower, at k to 2 lower:
Miscellaneous Shares are steady. Anglo-American
Telegraph 221 to 22i- • Atlantic Telegraph Eight per
,
Cent., 51 to 5g ; Credit Foncier, 3 to 31 ; Hudson's
13aY, 142 to 14a ; London General Omnibus, 11 to 2.
The stun of £4,000 in sovereigns was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday for Egypt.
It is reported that Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Gold-
Schmidt, of London and Paris, are about to introduce
a Spanish colonial loan for £2,000,000.
The city of Liege has issued its prospectus for a
loan of 11,870,000 fr., nominal capital, bearing three
per cent. interest, redeemable in fifty-eight years,
by half-yearly drawings, the first drawing to take
Place in May next. The price of issue is 92fr. 50c.
A steam packet service has been decided upon
between Venice and Ancona, under the designation
of the Eastern Adriatic Steam Navigatio'n Cuwpany.
The company receive a subvention of 336,000 fr. for a
Nveekly service between Brindisi and Venice, with a
branch to Venice, the municipality of which con-
tribute 40,000 fr. towards the subvention. Four
steamers will be employed in the service. It is ex-
pected that the same company will undertake the
Service to Trieste.
The annual general meeting of the Alliance British
.nd"Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Company has
been called for the Ist of April.
• The subscription list of the Metropolitan Railway
closes to-day. The applications are understood to be
numerous, and to a large extent to consist of paid-up
subscriptions.
The traffic receipts of the Bahia and San Ffancisco
4._ailway Company for the week ending February 8,
Show an increase of .£1,849, as compared with the cor-
responding week of last year.
The following is from Helmuth Schwartze's wool
circular, dated London, March 19th :—" The following
quantities have up to to-day been sold in our public
larks :-30,268, Port Phillip ; 12,908, Sydney ;
001 Adelaide ; 2,668, New Zealand ; 792, Van
bletnati's Land ; 544, Swan River ; 28,191, Cape ;
and 738 sundries—total, 91,110 bales, leaving 25,000
all njes still to be disposed of. There was last week a
in the spirit of the sales, which were less
numerously attended than at the commenc-
ent of the series. During the last few
days, however, the former activity has re-
turned. Some more buyers have arrived from the
Continent, and the sales pass off briskly. As hereto-
el the principal purchases are made for the Conti-
c,nt, which, if the present rate be continued, will
prices
from 1 to 3-sths of the whole quantity offered.
Australians
show no change. Capes are Id and greasy
'"Allistralians -Id. higher than in November ; washed
Australians, on a par with November. This will be
.(111nd correct in the majority of cases ; in single
,ostances the difference is often greater, often less,
great irregularity having nrevailed throughout the
°arse of this series."
Z4tropolitan District Railway, issue of £
400,000
`4ehenture stock, 1 to 1i prem.

BRITISH FUNDhI—TWO O'CLOCK.
a CiOVERNMENT FUNDS.
Per Cent. Consols
1/0. Account April 2
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4Per Cent. Reduced 938 2
New 3 per Cent 92} 14
er,w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 75
A "0. 5 per CenL. attn. 1873
-3111uities 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —x(
.„0. (Red'o yrs, expire sth April —
Etch`° Sea Telei.raph), Au,., 1908
tuer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. — pm
Do £5OO ll pm
zt DO. £lOO & £2OO — Pm
t tik of England Stock. 44 per Cent Shut
D°. Account
Ind INDIAN UOVERNMENT SECURITIEF.
'4'ila 7 rock, 10f per Cent., April 1874
D°. Account
nt. 5 per Ct. July, 1880
o. 4 pee. Cent., Oct. 1888
130. Certificates
1,1-10. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
j-)°. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
-0.
,N.
•, per Cent., May 1879 -
`lO 0 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
Do
D • do. 1882 —
'. Deb er Cent., Au. 18 ~
bj3°. I3ondss, 5p per Cent., .£lg,ooo 73
Pm
0. Under £1.000
Ar, FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK.
A.heritino Republic, 6 per Cent —
ilra3trian Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859
Vlian 5 per 'Cent —
03. 41 per Cont., 1852 —
'")* do., 1858....• —
1,"-°' do., 18(30 —
-n
b.. do., 1863 —
iju• 5 per Cent., 1865 '
)1
lio Account 721 14
De°°B Ayres 6 per CentO
.0,,1011,3, 26ppeerrCeeennt; (Doferrtd 3 per Cent )
. ' '6040:211 ..1- per Cent 67
b • 0 per Cent., B .
e°l 1867
b. , pAr ,Cent., 1866
0 °, Scrip £32 paid
L)ttiliTibiaii, 6 per Cent.
tu,.. 31:Yr Cont., 1825
)3 -"jan Principalities, 7 per Cent —
,14°,8 Per Cent., 1867
k`,,`,11,10r New Cou3olidated, 1 per Cent —
-4t)tia'', 7per Cent
lio
1)) Second Issue —
D ' "C 5 )0 Bonds
D°. £lO6 Bonds —
D. De 1864
• ks';l) Ponds B7l 8
up. .£lOO Bonds , .... 871
Cireek3v:r'reni(sor. Rail wayi)ebelittireS . ... --
1)0 w: Per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups —
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