The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-06 00:00:00

310NEi -MAREET7

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocc

'rue stock markets aro fiat, chieriy upon the absence
of business. The Funds are a further k per cent.
.lower, and what changes have taken place in the Eng-
lish securities are adverse. Foreign stocks are like.
'wise rather lower. In American, Erie, which yester-
(l37 fell 3 per cent., have recovered Otherwise
this
department is also lower.
The Discount Market remains firm, and the rate
for the best bills is 1 to la per cent.
Consols aro flat, and show a further fafl of at 94
to 941 for money, and 94k to 941 for September ;
Five
and Reduced Three per Cents, 94k to 94k ; India
two per Cents. unaltered, at 1141 to 115 i ; Bank
Stock, 247 to 249 ; Exchequer Bills, 14s to 183
Oren

Foreign Stocks are very quiet, and rather lower.
~Tesictn are 15/ to 155 ; Greek, 13 to 135 ; New
Spanish 3• 33h- to 331 ; Italian, 5.21 to 53 ; Turkish,
"34 to .3`3:1; Brazilian, 775 to 78 ; Peruvian, 79 to
79; . ‘ 4 •
Egyptian (1804), 85 to 86 ; Viceroy's Seven
"" cent., 72 to 725 ; and the Nine per Cents., 91
n 915. The Honduras Loan has rallied 5 to 83.
Great In,lian Peninsular Railway New Four per
C' I)i.lo,:tturo Stock is 901 to 961.
To American Securities, United States 5-20 Bonds
are 3
a. lower, at 701 to 71/ ; Erie Shares show a
15 °i'ery of 15, at 36 to 40 ; while Illinois are 5 worse,
915 to
sI (Jo lothar Government Securities are steady. Canada
I per Cent. 103 to 105 ; Mauritius Six per Cent.,
103 to ,
105_ ; New South Wales Five per Cent., 99
"(1° 101 ; New Zealand Six per Cent., 110 to 112 ;
Queensland Six per Cent., 105 to 106; Victoria Six
Per Cent. 113 to 115. _
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
Ir 3 391 to 40± ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds
at 405 to 41.
English Railway Shares aro in little request, and
prices are scarcely altered. Caledonian is / lower, at
to 78 ; Midland, 5, at 107 to 1075 ; and Great
~•,',stern a further 5, at 39 to 395 ; while Great
!iyeatern / better, at 505 to 51. Th following are
;40 quotations :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1305 to
1,31 South Eastern, 771 to 772 ; London and North-
.rn, 1165 to 117 ; Great Northern, 1065 to 1075 ;
tilt() A, 1045 to 1055 ; London, Brighton, and South
e'alt, 54 to 544 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
!olnsliire, 43/ to -432 ; Metropolitan, 117/ to 1172 ;
London Chatham and Dover, 20/ to 205.
Foreign Railways are quiet. Lombardo-Venetian
'8 Marked at 155 to 165 ; and Great Luxembourg,
127, to 13k.
Lank Shares are very quiet. The following are the
rotations :—Agra (A), 115 to 12 ; 105
4° 94 dia.; An 10-Austrian 7 to 75 prem. ; Char-
tered Mercantile, 284 to 295 ; Consolidated, 4a to
„,-; Imperial, 17 to 18 ; Imperial Ottoman, fto I
Vreetn• ; London and County, 52 to 53 ; London and
„ itminster, 68 to 69 ex div.; ditto, New, 485 to
174. ; °dental, 44 to 45 ; London Joint-Stock, 325
°-,.33 ex div. ; Union of London, 35 to 36 ex dir.
In Foreign Mining Shares St. John del Rey is
ibetter, at 20 to 21 ; Port Philip steady, at 15
)
t ; Chontales, 25 to 2i ; Rossa Grande, 5-16
,i-16 prem.
t-311scellaneous Securities are dull. Anglo-A merican
elegraph, 21k to 2U ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per
Western•, 3 13-16 to 3 15-16 ; Atlantic and Great
Mortgage Bonds, 405 to 415 ; Hudson's Bay,
ln
14e3 ; London General Omnibus, 12 to 2.
1.
biddings for £200,000 in bills on Calcutta ana
'tiras were held yesterday afternoon at the Bank of
nuilianci• The amounts allotted were to Calcutta
x
~7,200, and to Madras £22,800. The minimum
evree was fixed as before,o
is 105 d on both Presiden-
s, and tenders at ls 10 will receive about 94 per
cee
T;) those above will be allotted in full.
treerY ao interim dividend of the City of London
..
w Company is at the rate of 7 per cent. per
unurn.
A first dividend of 2s 7d in the pound is in course
o
irpayment to the creditors of the separate estate of
BS. M Peto, of 2s 2d on the separate estate of E.
etts) and of is 10d on the estate of Peto and
ae.

t fourth dividend of is in the pound is announced
by
ba
tho liquidators of the Birmingham Banking Com-
,n,Y, making 17s paid.
report of the 'Worcester City and County
ajlrig Company announces a dividend and bonus
the rate of 15 per cent. per annum.
?be. liquidators- of the Imperial Mercantile Credit
sedation have announced that they are prepared to
lessthe promissory notes due on December 30 next,
5 per cent. interest.
4-t a meeting of directors of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company held yesterday, it was
decided to recommend to the proprietors, at their next
Illceting, to declare a dividend for the half year at the
r
42 of G per cent. per annum, less income-tax.
I Including the withdrawal yesterday of £98,000 in
uzir gold for Paris,_ the bullion operations at the Bank
the past week have resulted in £200,000 being
taken out.
The Bristol and Exeter Railway dividend is at the
I'4o of 31 per cent. per annum, leaving £7OO to be
carried forward.
11,1110 half-yearly meeting of the London and North-
cstern Railway has been called for the 21st inst.,
or the transaction of the ordinary business of the
odp thy.
ajlho ordinary general meeting of the Sit tingbourne
80,Sheerness Railway has been convened for the
t.," inst., for the purpose of receiving the directors'
Pzt and statement of accounts.
itayc half-yearly meeting of the Great Northern
AWaY has been called for the 22nd inst.
e
knit xtraordinary general meeting of the Mortgage
the of India has been called for the 14th inst., for
keeP,urpose of confirming the resolutions passed at the
_ang on the 30th July.
Tein: ordinary general meeting of the British Electric
itiat.'?“l3ll Company has been called for the 21st

haTh© directors of the Berlin Water Works Company
einnlivened the half-yearly meeting of shareholders
etoe 18th inst.
ne following is the report of the London. and
prell,nrt.Y BAnk •.—" The directors, in submitting to the
itetors the balance-sheet of the bank for the half-
o-ar ending' the 30th of June last, have the pleasure
to
e4,tePort that, after paying all charges, and interest
fto't°lllers, and making provision for bad anddoubt.-.
iit.debts, the net profits amount to £72,165 12s
.6d
f,•01 41111, added to £7,810 16s 20, brought forward
63 ton the last account, produces a total of £79, _
perd• They have declared the usual dividend of
Yearce. with a bonus of 2 per cent. for the half
atie ' free of income-tax (equal to 1G per cent. per
4,011,-,111.), which will absorb £75,884 5s 4d, and leave
loaa '2 33 40 to be carried forward to the profit and
inv account. The dividend and bonus (together
or rat's Per share) will be payable at the head office,
r/th "3r of the branches, on and after Monday, the
mt?)
AteB
anth Br 3. Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt, under the
/341)°ritY Of the French Government, opened their
of icjiPtiOn lists for the French Three per Cent. Loan
ae3e.6B this morning, and they will close on Wed-
the
`IY next, the 12chinst. It may bo repeated that
Attaetric,° of issue is 69i per cent., with coupon
ape eci from the Ist July, and that with the allow-
ieyt al the loan will return 4i per cent. The first
t1601111„nt, 3 per cent., that is to say, for every
Dayb,,„"r 2)500fr, nominal capital, £3 or 75fr., and the
pen allotment, including the deposit, 10
itite
e` "ent• The remaining payments are divided
frok mghteen monthly instalments, extending
ill If) 21St September to the 21st February, 1870,
two daysbut if paid in London they must be paid
two
previously to these dates ; and Messrs.
413ai°"heirn and Goldschmidt intimate that the first
steditnent will be received by them at 25fr. per £1
The trig) and the others at the exchange of the day.
Dorti:tal amount subscribed to the Loan and the pro-
ip th nate reduction of applications will be published
aloniteur by the French Government ; and
:13pota,•,Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt will, as soon
the a„,33' le, issue to their subscribers a statement of
lUorrlunt to be returned to them. For amounts of
eaPitrennte (3,333 fr. 33c., or £133 6s 80 nominal
veto French Government Scrip will be deli-
nWa emaller amounts the agents will issue their
vilak:ecar.il)' and no commission of any kind will be

(iOI3RITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a VER,I:AEXT FUNDS.
941 4 1
13! Oetit. Consuls
941 4 t ,
a Ditto for Account, Sopt. 8
94k 11 1 Z
per Cent. Reduced
941 *
1,4 a per Cent
_
i\i'lf 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891
Ann
-°' 5 per C . 1873
D°,4410530 ''':",* dmip;re sth Jnn., 1880 —.
, for 30 yvrstr,sexlspxire sthi Aprill, .188n5 :
xd
tx,,t, k"'d S9:l. Teleuaph , . gi, iuu°
pal
rs-gociner B•Ils 41 000 2 per Ct
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13 17
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13 17 ~
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£lOO
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ilo• Opening, for Account
D°'
5 per
1) Coot. July, 1880
.%
4 Per Cent., Oct,. 1888
Do. Cartißcates
Yap.....,
9-1
1,0. Erifaced e, 4 per Cent
'''. per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do
D° • 4 per Cent., May 1879 —
° 6 par Cont., Rup, Deb. 1872 —
Do,
do. 1877
Do
13, +-N '
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b, , ~ , per au ~
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PRICES.
A eiliIGN FUNDS—CLOSING
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(1414 t,„,... 1-- ,kepulic 6 per Cent -"4"3°134; 51per Cent,lo9 ~, 63