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

310
il MABEET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIWINGE,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The usual weekly parlour meeting at the Bank
has not resulted in any alteration of the official
inimunl, and for some days longer the rate of 2
rather
Cent. must rule. The demand for money is
:tiler active, with an upward tendency, despite
rumour that this evening's bank return will show
a
4 unfavourable change. The rate of discount and
4qYanCe continue unaltered.
At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to
,n„ter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were
'w• 45c

eciasols are 941 for money and 941 for the ac -
,A Qat (November 5) ; and the Three per Cents.
R.—
eclaced and New Three per Cents., 938 to I.
q. here is not much alteration in the Foreign
4Stook Market, consisting only of a decline of /
in Italian Five per Cents., and a recovery of f
ti New Spanish Three per Cents. The quota-
-1:11s are :—ltalian, 53/1 ; 111exican, 16/ f ; Greek,
13; New
.Spanish, 331 k ; Turkish Five per
e„,4ts.) 44 ; and New Egyptian Scrip, 43/ dis.
c "Ale scrip of the new Italian Tobacco Loan is
at 21 k prem.
the Honduras Loan is firm, at 91 j.
Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
e
etit. Debenture stock is 94/ to 951.
T
Cladian stock is quiet. The Ten and a Half per
eats. are quoted 214 to 217 ; the Five, 1141 to
15; the Four, 103 to / ; the Bonds, 18s. to 235.
1:113. ; and the 'Debentures, 105/ to 106. Bank
:ck) 242 to 241; and Exchequer Bills, 17s. to
"48. Prem.
In Railway Stocks, Midland, Great Eastern,
and London, Chatham, and Dover have risen /
rr ; but Great Western has declined /.
atlexed are the quotations Caledonian, 71 to
Great
11don and North Western 111 i to 112/ ;
Western, 481 to f ; Midland 1121 to / ;
°llclou and South Western, 871 to 88/ ; Great
EaStern
') 40k to 41 ; Brighton, 521 to / ; South-
„,,sstera, 77/ to ; Metropolitan, 106/ to k ; Great
eNorthern, 107/ to 108 ; ditto A, 106 to I ; Lan-
11411ire and Yorkshire, 1984 to k ; London, Chat-
ham' and Dover, 171 to ; and Manchester,
sh
efaeld, and Lincolnshire, 47k to 481.
at Anglo•Ameriean Telegraph Shares are unchanged
I_ 21 ; theh Eight per Cent. Preference shares
p 1546, 4 1-16 ; ; and the Original Atlantic
Tole 16,
stock at 321 33k. The shares of the
3 cieillBc.h Atlantic Cable Company are steady at 5,
to4tlantie and Great Western Railway Deben-
uon es are 36k 371, and the Consolidated Mortgage
`;clue
ki
8 °B-1- 3834., showing an improvement and a
tion of I respectively. Eries have recovered
at n 4. t°
311 34, and Illinois Central Stock is f better,
96i 971,
shares are steady. London and County
to 49/ ; Union of London, 334 to 34/ ;
London and Westiniuster, 64k to 65; ; Anglo-
7,:atrian,
64 to k prem. ; Imperial Ottoman, 1f to
4 Preln. and Consolidated, Ito prem.
quotedquotedln 'Miscellaneous Shares National Discount are
14 to 191, being ss. Ilwer ; Halion's
aYr: 15e to showing a decline of 2s. 6d.
he sum of £56,000 in gold was taken to the
zattlk yesterday, making upon balance a total of
106)000 during the week since the date of the last
return.

The commitee of the Panama, New Zealand,
a
Australian Royal Mail Company have issued
a Circular, in which they state that, from every in-
quiry they can make, they recommend an effort to
avoid liquidation. A sum of £25,000 is required
to Continue the service, and it is evident the
c°lllmittee have resolved to throw over the Royal
elait Company, which persists in stopping at
t• Thomas, a port the very name of which is
litticient to deter passengers from patronising the

Al a meeting of creditors of Messrs. Salavy and
'°.) held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday,
L 4 statement of affairs was submitted by Messrs.
?veriag and Minton, the accountants, viz.:—
abilities—Creditors secured, £60,274 3s. ; ditto
6:l,3cured, 22,910 6s. 3d. ; liabilities on bills under
i'c°llnt, £25,314 Bs. ; total, £108,558 153. lid.
I:riets—BY merchandise in the hands of secured
is,-lt°rB) £60,274 33. ; by other assets, £8,22.8
11d. ; total, £68,503 Is. 11d. It was ulti-
,,ra.t2ky
, . resolved that a committee of three of the
`4etPal creditors be appointed to investigate
affairs.
ti It is Stated that the arrangement in contempla-
-4: between the Mexican Bondholders' Committee
(C(1 11
the London Bank of Mexico, referred to yester-
buY' relates only to the transaction of the banking
41Iess incidental to the transmission of funds
exe.llll\lexico, and does not in any way modify the
wiet i,ng relations between the committee and Mr.
Itt;,',u• Perry, of the city of Mexico, who retains,
&
, old "a their full confidence, the agency of the bond-
ers.
of°ar letters from Frankfort state that the Bourse
is, that
city continues active. Austrian bonds are
10' better demand, and higher prices are generally
bo°r,krieci for when the conversion of the old
litt-`4B shall have been effected, as capitalists dis-
4toe tiae trouble of changing their holdings. French
u" liatrian railway shares still improve, the re-
har,llB,being very satisfactory ; but Lombard shares
E 34 'eon depressed by the apprehension that large
thnla will be required for repairs in consequence of
recent inundations. Bank shares maintain
f
ll
i their late rise. The Italian tobacco loan is
pi!°tt°l demand. A prospectus has appeared of a
oCilabt lottery loan of 2,400,000 thalers, in shares
44° thalers, issued by Von Erlanger and Sons, at
la,l and a similar sum of the 6 per cent. loan of
The!Lear) which remained unsold, will be cancelled.
Elir,,,,ll°P markets continue to be flooded with
ti Aviles of inferior description, while prime quail-
es are held back. ris
hiddings for £200,000 in bills on Calcutta
oclvraciras were held yesterday at the Bank of
%rand. The amounts allotted were—to Cal-
- £lBB,OOO ; and to Madras, £12,000 ; and the
I:lo+Taltlin price was fixed, as before, at ls. 10fd. on
te''ll Presidencies. Tenders at ls. 141 will re-
aiiv° about 30 per cent. ; those above will be
°tted in full. These results showa further slight
the
in the demand for means of remittance to
Piast.
kle steamer Copernicus has arrived from.
aill,ghai, having made the passage out and home
11:"1 days' steaming-66 days out, and 68 days
-I,llleward.
50,',11,e report of the Standard Bank of British
te1:4,4 Africa (Limited) is to be presented to the
lost °rdinary meeting of proprietors on the 30th
hi The report recommends a dividend for the
psi year of 10s. per share on the shares with £2O
and of 4s. on the shares with £lO paid.
Qh.ge Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and
ati laa. held their general meeting yesterday, when
per interim dividend at the rate of 6 per cent.
kalitlatu for the past six months was declared.
grawessirs• Smith, Fleming, and Co. having tele-
io `eu immediately to know if the famine rumours
the4,te I‘Torth-west Province of India, were correct,
at 4180 as to the prospect of the cotton trade, the
41eled telegram was received in reply Scar-
to tot gamine, 10 lloab. Cotton crop fully equal
41 year quality better."

, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
8 Uovz RNMENT Irtysns.
Nl' Cent Consols94l I
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91i
a Ditto for Account ,:N0v.15.,
liill'.e_t,,Cent. Reduced 93- 3 i
fjai 2..
Ile 'v
,d per Cent
761 1
IT' .1 per Cent. Jan. 1894
D 0
ior 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —__ 1, "0 (Red Sea Televaph), Aug,
-.4 (_;1
pm
'C(11101: Bills, £l,ooy, 2 per Ct
Do 1908
„1
£5OO
,r, Do
17 pm
4.1,t„, • £lOO & £2OO
243 4 pin
''''. of En viand Stock, 4 per Cent
1) in
c, _ 0. account
1•`"cla Toni Cent. Bonds
"ter-Cal Uranium
I,,,INIJIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
—4atock, 10i per Cent April 1874 ...
~
1).„0. Opening, for Account —
115 141,
`'°. 6 per cent.
Oct
1880
t)
r,o• 1 pez Cent., Oct. 1888
',.-o. Certificates
1;0. Eufaced Pape, 4 per Cent — 'uo• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872