The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The market is prejudiced by the appearance of the
Lew Russian Railway Loan, and the prospect of the
early introduction of the Egyptian Loan, and the
reports of others to follow. The present price of
Consols is 022 to 92k, which is lower than the quota-
ti,ti of the past month. In addition to the
demands of foreign Governments, the English
Fonda are likely to be affected by the increas4
jug employment for money. Bankers and others
vAI be anxious to sell at the present high prices
as soon as there is a reasonable chance of using the
proceeds in the more remunerative business of dis-
countino. The fact that nearly all their recent in-
vestments have been made at high prices will only
precipitate the process of realization. Foreign Stocks
are very heavy. There is no inquiry for the new
Railway Loan, and Egyptian Bonds are 1 per cent.
lukver.
The Discount Market is steady at 1 to 1 per cent.,
:with full supplies.
The Liverpool Cotton Market is firm, at yesterday s
advance.
Consols are flat, at 921 to 92i for Money and acct.,
being a decline of New and Reduced Three per
Cents., 93 to 93i India 5 per Cents., 1111 to 1121.
Bank Stock, 248.. to 250. Exchequer Bills, 155..t0
20s prem.
Foreign Stocks are depressed, the following being
the quotations :—Mexican, 151 to 161. ; Greek, 124
to 13 ; New Spanish, 354 to 36i- ; Turkish, 32 to
34. ; Italian, 43i to 44 ; Portuguese, 394 to 40 ;
Peruvian (1865), 744 to 75 ; ditto (1862), 914 to 92;
Egyptian (1864), 87 to 88 ; ditto, Railway Loan, 914
to 94- ; Viceroy's Seven per Cent., 734 to 74;
ditto, Nine per Cent., 88 to 89.
The New Honduras Loan is steady at to lt
prem.

In American Securities United States Five-Twenty
Bends are steady, at 71ft to ; Erie Railroad
better, at 49,k to 50i, while Illinois are f lower, at
88,i to 89.

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have receded f, to 27i to 28, but the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds remain steady at 25i to 26.
lu Foreign Railways, Lombardo-Venetian Railway
better, at 141 to 15. Luxemburg Railway, 9to
9k.
The Railway Market is quiet. Lancashire and
orkshire are quoted 1271 to 128 ; Midland, 1071 to
$2B ; South Eastern, 724 to 73i ; London and North
%yestern, 118/ to 1191 ; Great Northern, 108 to 109 ;
ditto (A), 109 i to 1101 ; Great Eastern, 30 to 30f ;
Great Western, 451 to 461 ; Brighton, 46 to 46i ;
Sheffield, 42/ to 431; Metropolitan, 1101 to 110# ;
Caledonian, 78.1 to 79f ; Chatham, 191 to 19/ ; and
Great Western of Canada, 15/ to 16f.
Bank shares are on the whole steady, the only
variation being an advance of in London and West-
minster, being quoted at 68 to 69 ; Alliance, 13 to
12 dis. ; Consolidated, ft to ft preen. ex div.; Imperial,
17i to 18 • London and County, 51 to 52 ex div.;
London Joint Stock, 34 to 35 ; Union of London, 34
to 35.

Foreign mining shares are dull. Chontales have
fallen at 1i to 1 dis.; St. John del Rey, 21 to 23 ;
Port Philip,
In miscellaneous securities the variations are unim-
portant. Hudson's Bay is I lower, at 14i to 14k,
and London General Omnibus Company k, at 1 to
2i. Anglo-American Telegraph steady, at 19i to
19 ex div. Atlantic Telegraph 5 1-16 to 5 3-16.
The sum of £65,000 in bar gold was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday for export.
The Tanjore has brought £83,000 in Australian
gold from Alexandria, and the New York £90,000
from the United States.
Messrs. Thompson, Bonar, and Company announce
the issue of the remaining Provincial Orel-Vitebsk
Railway Loan, amounting to £2,500,000, in £lOO
bonds at 75 with interest at the rate of 5 per cent.
per annum, thel first half-yearly dividend to be payable
in April next. The original amount was £4,500,000,
£2,000,000 having been issued in 1867. The princi-
pal is repayable in 85 years by the operation of an
annual sinking fund. The issuing price of 75 only
refers to those to pay in full on allotment. Those
Who delay payment to the 14th of March will be
charged 7'4 ; to the 31st of March, 751 ; and to the
15th of April, 75g. £5 is to be paid on application.
Loth interest and principal are unconditionally
guaranteed by the Russian Government.
The numbers are published of Bonds of letters
I\l, and N of the Egyptian Government Loan of 1864,
which have been drawn for repayment at par on the
Ist of April next.
The ordinary general meeting of the Surrey Com-
mercial Dock Company has been called fur the 12th
March.

The official liquidator of Barned's Banking Con:1-
'3311y announces that a further dividend of is in the
Pound will be payable in a few days, making 3s paid.
The capital sum, together with the final interest
coupons thereon, of the bonds of the second and final
series of the Chilian six per cent. Government Loan,
1860, negotiated by Messrs. J. Thompson, T. Boner
and Co., will be paid on the I sth March. " •
The directors of the Chontales Mines regret to state
that the advices dated 7th January, received by this
bring the sad intelligence that cholera had again
visited the mines. Several fatal cases had occurred
amongst the natives, but only one Englishman had
died• No further cases had occurred since the 24th
December. The medical officer hoped, therefore, the
,epidemic had finally left the district. As on the
former occasion, most of the natives left the mines,
T(1, consequently, there is no remittance of gold.
ne contractors had continued their operations, and
the works at the Paron were progressing towards com-
pletion, the wheel pit and frome being secured.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES!
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
0 per Cent. Consols
D. Account, March 5 921 f 1- } I
8 per Cent. Reduced 93 f 8
tTew 3 per Cent 93} 2f 3
mew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
, Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
annuities 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for '3O yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
, Do (Red Sea Teleg,raph), Au,., 1908 —
"`'Kehociuer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct.
Do
.£soo' — Pm
.., Do. £lOO & £2OO lB pm
—anic of England Stock, 41 per Cent 249 50
Do. Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 14 per Cent., April 1874
Do. Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
D 0.4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Certificates _
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
D 0.5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
61 per Cent., May 1879 lOBl 1
Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug.l 1873 —
Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.OOO pm..............
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
Austrian
Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent ...........
no. 4}per Cent., 1852............"
Do. do., 1858.....
Do. do., 180 —
Do. do., 1863 64
Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 —
Do Account 74f 4
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
°Lillian 6 per Cent
Do. 4} per Cent —
Uo. 6 per Cent., B
1)0., 1867
Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866
9D0., Scrip £32 paid —
)1. mbian, 6 per Cent.
')anish, 3 per Cent., 1825
bAnubian Principalities, 7 per Cent...— 69 i
Do 8 per Cent., 1867
-cactuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l2}
IgYptian, 7.per Cent —
Po. Secoud Issue —
kik). £5OO Bonds
D 0• £lO6 Bonds 9Ol 88
, Do. 1864
A)0..£5'01 Bonds B6l
Do. £lOO Bonds BB 7
....• I
ur Goyernment Railway ilebentures .....91 90 I
~eek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups —
-1-',O. Account
..
-u,o. Coupons
-uo. Account
`.".tlat
il. etnala 5 per Cent • . —
rt°laduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., £25 p
3,iiall 5 per Cent., 1865 —
'Jo. Account
-) •
11.'0. illaremmana Raiway —
elicar. 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
.r., DO. 1864 —
110 6 per C ent. Anglo-French —
vieootevid9au 6 per x orish Imperial 5 per Cent
evz Granada 1)0 per
Do. Defereed
Do
i-,e Land Warrants (Hectares)
,r,lvian 5 per Cent. 1865
uo
744 5 41 51 41
Account
Uo4l Per Cent. (Uribarren)
r, 41 per Cent.. 1862 —
1, u. 0 Account
°lt4r4uose 3 Ct 18- "'6'7 '9 '6O '2,'‘'s
per ~ 0., , , , 1
40
~„3:13. do., 1'67 ~
It a "°. do., Scrip, £lO paid lOf Pm
',Uan 5 per Cent., 18zz, £ 61. B7
uo 41, per Cent. 1850
o 0 4i . - Cent.. i ugn

Do , 2 per Cent., 1860
,-,° 6 per Cent., 1859
4../c.
86± -a
per Cent., 1862
ba-'O. An 10-D t b 1864 £lOO Bonds B9
o. g uc , ,_ _
Do.do. £B4 los. do.
I)°., 1866 £lOO Bonds BBi 91
~, '
do. £B4 15s. do _
gar(ii, per Cent —
P,anisb 3 per Cen . —
Do Ace4unt