The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-22 00:00:00

ONEY- MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTIM LIGS

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The usual weekly parlour meeting at the Bank
aas not resulted in any alteration of the official
and for some days longer the rate of 2
per cent. must rule. The demand fur money is
aatuer active, with an upward tendency, despite
rumour that this evening's bank return will show
a
_a, Unfavourable change. The rate of discount and
advance continue unaltered.
At the Paris Bourse this =riling, according to
Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were
7°f• 45e.
e Consols are 943_ for money and 941 for the ac
unt (November 5) ; and the Three per Cents.
eridueed and New Three per Cents., 931 to
st""lere is not much alteration in the, Foreign
°el( market, consisting only of a decline of I
in Italian Five per Cents., and a recovery of 1
I\iew Spanish Three per Cents. The quota-
1211als
are 531 ; Mexican, 16/ ; Greek,
e 13; N'ew Spanish, 3315-3 1 ; Turkish Five per
eriiii,th3.2 41i ; and New Egyptian Scrip, 431 dis.
trra.....,aets2eirilp3 of the new Italian Tobacco Loan is
prem.
The Honduras Loan is firm, at 91 3.
_Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
Vci.at• Debenture stock is 941 to 951.
_lndian stock is quiet. The Ten and a Half per
ivents. are quoted 214 to 217 ; the Five, 1141 to
15; the Four, 103 to 1 ; the Bonds, 18s. to 235.
15sr,eal.; and the ,Debentures, 1051 to 106. Bank
,°clrt 242 to 241 ; and Exchequer Bills, 17s. to
s. preen.
-41 Railway Stocks, Midland, Great Eastern,
Per
°I London, Chatham, and Dover have risen /
An
n ; but Great Western has declined
-exed are the quotations • Caledonian, 71 to
Loudon and North Western 1111 to 1121;
Loudon
Western, 48/ to ; Midland 1121 to 1 ;
Eastern,
and South Western, 871 to 881; Great
404 to 41 ; Brighton, 521 to / ; South-
„astern, 771 to 1 ; Metropolitan, 1061 to 1 ; Great
INorthern,
1071 to 108 ; ditto A, 106 to 1; Lan-
eashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 1 ; London, Chat-
han; and Dover, 171 to 1; and Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 471 to 484.
Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are unchanged
at
211 211 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference shares
Tat 3 15-16, 4 1-16; ; and the Original Atlantic
elegraPh stock at 321 331. The shares of the
3
enoh Atlantic Cable Company are steady at 5,
dis.
t Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben-
tures are 36f 371, and the Consolidated Mortgage
1, Bo 381 381, showing an improvement and a
eduction of 1 respectively. Eries have recovered
at3ll, and Illinois Central Stock is better,
at 9to
4, 97,.
Lank shares are steady. London and County 4
!,1 to
-91 ; Union of London, 331 to 341 ;
kundon.
and Westminster, 641 to 651 ; Anglo-
idkanstriart, 6/ to 1 preen. ; Imperial Ottoman, 1 to
4 Prera• j and Consolidated, 1 to 1 prem.
In Miscellaneous Shares National Discount are
114°t" 111 to 121, being ss. lower ; Hudson's
Aasrug. 15i. to I, showing a decline of 2s. 6d. ;
10-Ainerican Telegraph, 21i:to i—a reduction
of 26e. 6d. ; General Credit, 2/ to 28 dis. ; Inter-
ational Financial, 11 to la dis. ; Telegraph Con-
struction, 151 to 16 ; and Atlantic Telegraph Eight
Per Cent. Preference, 31 to 41.
The sum of £56,000 in gold was taken to the
A'aelc yesterday, making upon balance a total of
1.06,000 during the week since the date of the last
return.

The commite3 of the Panama, New Zealand,
414 Australian Royal Mail Company have issued
a circular, in which they state that, from every in-
tillirY they can make, they recommend an effort to
avoid liquidation. A sum of £23,000 is required
t° continue the service, mil it is evident the
committee have resolved to throw over the Royal
;tail Company, which persists in stopping at
homas, a port the very name of which is
m
i.ilfneie
aent to deter passengers from patronising the
Cot a meeting of creditors of Messrs. Salavy and
,a ) held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday,
statement of affairs was submitted by Messrs.
,'"veri
4.4abilities—
ng and Minton, the accountants, viz..
Creditors secured, £60,274 3s. ; ditto
lidseeured £22,940 Ga. 3d. ; liabilities on bills under
kil.'e°tint) £25,344 Bs. 81.; total, £108,558 153.11 d.
creditors
merchandise in the hands of secured
18-:`"°r81 £60,274 3s. ; by other assets, £8,228
; total, £68,503 is. 11d. It was ulti-
pr7etY resolved that a committee of three of the
"iPal creditors be appointed to investigate
affairs.
ti It is stated that the arrangement in contempla-
a:b,_etween the Mexican Bondholders' Committee
da'dll the London Bank of Mexico, referred to yester-
rela.tes only to the transaction of the banking
frtillelss incidental to the transmission of funds
exis,;4ezieo, and does not in any way modify the
W-.l.ng relations between the committee and Mr.
with • Perry, of the city of Mexico, who retains,
their confidence, the agency of the bond-
nop full
ort-kr letters from Frankfort state that the Bourse
that hatcity continues active. Austrian bonds are
loeic Ter demand, and higher prices are generally
bonds ler when the conversion of the old
4104., shall have been effected, as capitalists dis-
atv; "-Le trouble of changing their holdings. French
turns Austrian railway shares still improve, the re-
have being very satisfactory but Lombard shares
sums will
depressed by the apprehension that large
will be required for repairs in consequence of
fnllYrecent inundations. Bank shares maintain
in !
:their late rise. The Italian tobacco loan is
:1
pi°° demand. A prospectus has appeared of a
lilliBll lottery loan of 2,490,000 thalers, in shares
thalers, issued by Von Erlanger and Sons, at
last; aild a similar sum of the 6 per cent. loan of
Y!ar) which remained unsold, will be cancelled.
4110-,,,11°P markets continue to be flooded with
tiedes of inferior description, while prime quali-
are held back.
541 "he biddings for £200,000 in bills on Calcutta
INladras were held yesterday at the Bank of
cotg,l4lld. The amounts allotted were—to Cal-
-211.1, £lBB,OOO ; and to Madras, £12,000 ; and the
bot-014Pa price was fixed, as before, at ls. 101-d. on
Presidencies. Tenders at ls. will re-
allotl7 a.hout 30 per cent. ; those above will be
la full. These results showa further slight
the 1,-a'se in the demand for means of remittance to
rt.'-‘ast.
Sh;„he,_ steamer Copernicus has arrived from
is 1-31°all having made the passage out and home
both: all
steaming-66 days out, and 68 days
Soo t h l'he Aica
TtePort of the Standard Bank of British
teeth
(Limited) is to be presented to the
inst ordinary meeting of proprietors on the 30th
half., 'he report recommends a dividend for the
paid: ea
of 10s. per share on the shares with £25
rth and of 4s. on the shares with £lO paid.
Chibae Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and
44 . held their general meeting yesterday, when
per ,11„lteritil dividend at the rate of 6 per cent.
lignum for the past six months was declared.
Rrar,ellBers• Smith, Fleming, and Co. having tele-
io immediately to know if the famine rumours
and'l,e,l'(°rth-west Province of India were correct,
40tie"Lso as to the prospect of the cotton trade, the
tit kl telegram was received in reply :—" Scar-
to not famine, 10 Doab. Cotton crop fully equal
"stquality better."

BRITISH FUNDS,—TWO O'CLOCK.
8 (iOVERNMENT IfUNDs.
944 i
Der Cent. Consols
3 Ditto for Accouut,:Nov.§s_ 944
934 3 4
1\1!)°, Cont. Reduced
934 .1
b w 3 per Cent
76+ i
e,,v 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894
'-it G. tor 3U yrs
expire sth April 1885 — t ..)1
(lied Sua TeleVaPh), A Lg., IJU3•• ..)-i.
pm
l'-lequer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 per Ut
bo.
Do•SUU
Pm
Do.
ZlOO & £2OO l7
243 4 Pal
1/44k of England Stock, 4 per Cent
Oa o• account
ada 4 per Cent. 80nd5......
Ito..
Colotial °mutual ....................• ^