The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARNET

A ND
(10UAIERCIAL I.I4TELLIGENOR,

CrrY, Two o'CLoca.

Consols are quoted 94} both for money and the
account; the Three per Cents. Reduced and New
Three per Cents., 93 to k.
Foreign Stocks show a reduction of nearly in
New Spanish Three per Cents., 3-16 in Italian
Five per Cents., Mexican Bonds and Peruvian
Five per Cents. are also lower. The quotations
are 53k, 531 ; Greek, 12i 13 ; Mexican,
16 16k;
New Sdanis'l, 33k 33k'; Turkish Five per
(eats., 41} 411; Peruvian, 81! 82; and New
EgYptian Scrip, 3 2 dis.
::The Indian Four per Cents. have receded I per
eaat., the pre33nt peic.) b iii 1021 t) 1)31 ; the
Fives are 114 k to 115; th 3 13)-113, 183. to 233.
Pre u• • the r,
1, T 1 3 v 3:101I'03, 1031 to 193 ; aid
Ilequer 173. to 213. prc.n. B.i ik Sock, 212
to 244.

The lion-Turas Loan is firm, at 91 911.
The scrip of Vie new Italian Tobaceo Loan
has receded to 21 21 prom.
The Railway Market prices are as follows
:
Caledonian, and London, Chath tm, and Dover have
advanced 1 to I per cent; while Great E (stern and
South E tstern have decline I k. Prices are as follows:
*--Caladonian-, 711 to 8 ; London and North Western,
1111 to 1121 ; Great Western, 431 to 1 ; Mid-
lAnd 1128 to i; London acid South Western, 871
to 881; Grea Eastern, 41 t) I ; Brighton, 52 to
1; South-Eastern, 771 to ; Metropalit tn, 10G1
to 107 ; Great Northern, 1071 to 108 ; ditto A.,
106 to ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 123 f to 8 ;
London, Chatham, and Dover, 171 to II ; and
Manchester, Sheffiell, and Lincolnshire, 48 to I.
Great Indian Peninsular R tilway New Four per
Cont. Debenture stock is 911, 951.
tletropolitan District Railway stock is firm at
73, 74.
Iktnerican Securities are dull. The 5-20 Bonds
are per cent. worse, at 721 to 73 ; Erie Railway
Shares, 311 to 11 ; Illinois Ceara!, 931 to 978 ;
Atlantic and Great Western Deheatures, 331 to
371 ; and the Consololated Mortgage Bonds,
39 to I.
Numerous dealings have taken place in London
and Westminster B ink shares, bat the price is un-
altered, at 611 to 651. Lmlon and County, 4
",c) 491; Union of London, 331 to 311 ; Anti-
Aistrian, 61 to 7 pram., being 53. better; imperial
°ttomau, 1 to 11 prem. ; and Conseliclatel, fto
prem.
There is no change in miscellaneous shares.
The Stock Market was inanimate to-lay, and
Prices had a downward tendency. Railway shares
Were firm, but Royal Mail Steam Company Shares
Were to be bad at 50 or 10 dis.

The money rate is 11. per cent.
The Bank return shows the bullion to be at a
point lower than at any time during the last 17
nu:oaths, and the reserve to be at a point lower than
1148 been touched since November, 1866. The
course of trade and the results of the harvest seemed
to
warrant an expectation of a steady increase o
bullion; but the payments on foreign and colonial
loans, coupled with large importations of foreign
Beettrities from the Continental markets, seem to
have interfered with this result, while, at the same
4 same
there is reason to believe that expenses con-
nected with the approaching general election have
t,ilrewn an increased quantity of coin into circa-
Wien.

Annexed is a return of paid clearing for the week
:tiding Oat. 21, issued from the Bankers' Clearing-
Thusigned J. C. Pocock, Deputy Inspector :
rBday, the 15th, £20,339,000 ; Friday, 16th,
£12,379
,000; ; Saturday, 17th, £12,066,000; Mon-
'ay, 19th, £9,864,000 ; Tuesday, 20, £10,301,000;
Wednesday, 21, £lo,oo3,ooo—total, £74,952,000.
Bills of exchange on the Government of Ceylon.
for 250,000 rupees were disposed of yesterd ty by
tender at the offices of the Crown agents for the
Wonies. The minimum was fixed at is. lid. per
rupee, and the whole amount was taken above that
rate.

The funds for the dividend and sinking fund
Payable on the 221 Nov. on the Egyptian 9 par
e.!nt. tom have been duly received by the ()Annan
sank.

A meeting of the Oriental Bank Corporation was
held yesterday, and an interim dividend declared of
£1 103, per share, being at the rate of 12 per cent.
Per annum.
The report of Madam 3 Xevy's Company
Wrnited) states that the net profit for the year
"ding July 31 were £1,034 183. Bd., and a divi-
dend of 10 per cent on the paid up capital is re-
eeremended.

At the adjourned meeting of the Panama, New
Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company
(Limited)—Mr. Eden Colville in the chair—the
report of the joint committee of shareholders and
creditors was unanimously adopted, and it was
referred back to the committee to take all neces-
liarY steps for carrying out the recommendations
e°lltained in it, with such modifications• as the com-
mittee and the new board may from time to time
agree upon.
i4,4.t is announced by telegram that the portion of
ge Delhi Railway from Unaballa to Meerat (about
miles, or half the entire line) was completed on
the 17th inst.
Owing to an error in the Diario do Rio de Janeiro
it
was stated in a paragraph on Wednesday that the
"brazilian home 6 per cent. loan, just introduced,
t: as at the price of 80. The real price is 90, and
ere was, apparently, no doubt that it would all be
eaclily taken. The sinking fund is £200,000 yearly,
Per •
at
Inis by purchase when under par, and by
awing when above par.
t - here is no foundation in the statement published
t the Gritnble and Company's Distillery, known
a.a
i; the Albany-street Distillery, originally promoted
4/. Sir Felix Booth, is about to be sold by public
auction under a decree of the Court of Chancery.
1,„1-he Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
tkullrAday, 29th instant, a special settling day, in
„(10 preferred and deferred (ordinary) stocks of the
'3oath-Eastern Railway Company, to be officially
marked.
it At the half-yearly meeting of the Grand Trunk
Illway Company of Canada, Mr. Creak moved
thil amendment to the proposal of the chairman, to
e effect that the report and accounts being unsa-
factory be not adopted, and that the directors be
att( eestel to resign. A poll was demanded. Sir
olvfarl Watkin intimated that he would probably
t remain in office after the expiration of his pre-
ileet term.
stllle Judge of the First Division of the Court of
th'i°°, Edinburgh, gave judgment yesterday in
hee lase of Glen v. Caledonian Railway." After
hoatting Mr. Giffard in support of the reclaiming
tel the Lord President said he thought the Court
teti t4ht to adhere to the Lord Ordinary's interlocutor
ji.e4,lling the interdict. Lords Dean, Ardmillan, and
o:4°eh also agreed that the Lord Ordinary's inter-
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r °light to be adhered to.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

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h._(?(ZIINMENT FUNDS.
'ris uent. Consols
a -Lotto for Account,:Nov. 5
11:!31* Cent. Reduced 93- 3
lied 8 per Cent
jj 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
0. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
S —
I:3° (Bed Sea Telegraph), Aug., 190
21 prn
telZpier Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct
Do
114,,i; £5OO
£lOO Sc £2OO —
17 pm
-"'' of 'England Stock. 4por Cent
Oa '-'O. account
4tada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
er.Colonial Omni=
4, INDIAN dOVEANMENT SECURITIEIS•
'itt rock, 10i poi Cent., April 1874 ... •Do
h • Opening, for .Account —
113 14;
r. 5 1.,,,r Cent. July, 1880
n°' 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888
—O. Certificates . --
NO. Lnfaced Pape, 4 per Cent —
0. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
D
.13°. 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
-1 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
12Do. do. 1877 —
0- Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
"0. under
.£I,OOO
FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Arolentine Ranublic F per Cent
I) . I '' 4„ c'., Scrip £3O paid
Itriao Bonds 5 per Cent 1859 _
Do. 1859 631