The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-06 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

_. The Markets are firm, but not animated. The
'Jonsol account, beginning to-day, has perhaps some-
thing to do with the want of an active general busi-
ness. The chief feature is a recovery of per cent.
in Peruvian (1865) Bonds upon the announcement
this morning of the bonds drawn for payment at par '
Imounting to nearly three hundred thousand pounds.
Russian Railways are rather flit upon the new loan.
I%nglish Railways are fractionally firm, with the ex-
'ePtion of Metropolitan and Caledonian, which are
nat. Joint Stock Bank Shares are in one or two
115133 lower.
The Money Market has a downward tendency, in
of the payment of the dividends, which takes
place in a few days. The rate is 1g per cent. for the
hest bills.
English wheat is Is to 2s lower.
The Funds are very firm, at Saturday's close.
Consols are in demand at 95 to 95k for money, and
951,- to 95
for account. New and Reduced Three
Per Cents., 941 to 95 ; Dank Stock, 240 to 243 ;
India Five
per Cents. unaltered, at 1141 to 115 k ;
Exchequer Bills, 15s to 20s prem.
The movement in foreign Government Bonds are
favourable. Peruvian (1865) are per cent. higher,
1-'(ing quoted 821 to 83. There is also an advance
of
m Viceroy's 7 per Cent. Bonds, at 74± to 75, and
Turkish, at 40± to 41, and of k in Italian, at
521 to 53. Mexican Bonds are 15k to 16k ; Greek,
1.3
ttno New Spanish, 36f to 36k ; Chilian,
auk Egyptian (1864), 82 to 83 ; and Hon-
duras, k prem.
Russian railway bonds are I lower, the Orel-Vitebsk
stock being 83k to 84 : Nicolai, 65k to 651.
In American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds
are firm at 73± to 73, being an improvement of k
Erie Shares f better, at 45i to 46k ; Illinois 101± to
1012.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are 284 to 29 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds, 34f to 341.
Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Foui
bet Cent. Debenture Stock is 96 to 97.
In Foreign Railway shares, Great Luxembourg are
it better, at 121 to 123- ; and Lombardo-Venetian,lsi
to 16k.
As compared with Saturday's unofficial close there
is an advance of in Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
way shares at 1271 to 128± ; •in Great Northern at
101± to 102± ; in Brighton at 511 to 521 ; and in
Sheffield at 411 to 42f ; and of ± in Midland at
105 to 1051 .
§- and in South Eastern at 73k to 731.
London and North Western are steady at 1131 tc
114± ; Great Eastern at 36k to 36i ; and Great
IVestern at 49. to 491. Metropolitan are -g lower at
1121 to 1121 ; and Caledonian -1- at 72 to 72k.
Colonial Government Securities are steady. Canada
6 per Cents. is marked at 101 to 103 ; ditto 5 pet
Cments.2_9o to 91 ; Mauritius 6 per Cents., 102 to
; New South Wales 5 per Cent., 98 to 100 :
New Zealand 6 per Cent., 110 to 112 ; Queensland
6 per Cent., 105± to 106 k ; Victoria 6 per Cent.,
111 to 113.
. Bank Shares continue dull. London Joint Stock
is 1 per cent. lower, at 31k to 32; ; and London and
Westminster -A-, at 69 to 70 ; Agra (A), 11 to 12 ;
11A- to 10± dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 41 to
Prem• ex div. ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29
div.ex
19 ; Consolidated, 4g- to ; Imperial, 18 to
; Imperial Ottoman, to 1k prem. ex div. ; Lon-
t2ll and County, 49;4 to 50± ; Oriental, 42k to 43i ;
Union of Loudon, 32k to 33±.
In Finance Shares there is little or no business
doing,p and prices are without movement. Credit
_oneier is quoted at 2'4 to 3k ; General Credit, 2a to
.E,-.iiivlclaionsre.eei;:2ll2tetron2aotiodnisal. Finance, 1-k to ; and London
kliey
_atonta, M ining
Shares are steady. St. John del
is quoted at 19 to 20 ; Port Philip, 1± to 11 ;
treat les 2 to 2f ; and Rossa Grande, to
.11liscellaneous Securities are almost at a stand-
still for want of business. Anglo-American Telegraph
remains_ at 21ff to 21/ ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per
Cent., 4
13-16ths to 4 15-16ths ; Atlantic and
Great, Western Mortgage Bonds, 34 to 35 • Ilud-
,s,nB Ray steady, at 151 to 154 ; London 'General
nibus,
nreuni. to 2k ; Fore-street Warehouse, par to le
E 4 h teopne Hotelal
meeting eeting of the shareholders of the
Company is called for the 17th inst.,
to authorise the raising of money, and for other impor-
tant purposes.
The Austrafasian has arrived with £75,000 in
specie from New York, and the Allemania £140,000.
4.1 i.).„
ii3a asnpgef iclioe r. e from Alexandria has brought
-ear gold to the value of £12,000 was sent into the
Bank on Saturday.
idvices from the leading grain markets in France
are
to the 3rd inst. ; and they state that generally
they Were better supplied than for several days pre-
to4BlY, While holders in all appeared more disposed
tnake concessions. Neither at Marseilles nor at
Bordeaux were any changes established on Saturday.
the Belgian markets on Thursday all tended down-
crarde. At Alexandria, on the 23rd
"8
are reported to be ult. the Egyptian
iough the
tl exceptionally abundant,
market was tending upwards in conse-
Zn !nee of arrivals being checked by a fall in the
letters of the Nile and those of the canals. The
from Odessa which are dated the 20th, are
generally_ unfavourable in their tone.
IthteeTthrBnet \adjourned half-yearly general meeting of the
pholiintasnt.
Railway Company has been called for
The R annual general meeting of the East Indian ailway Company has been called for the 16th inst.
ilkhe Midland line of railway between London and
0 ford, through St. Albans and Luton, will be
remnci efor passenger traffic this day. The trains will
from and to Moorgate-street in the City.
CoTnhsnenumbers are published of 1,308 bonds of the
Consolidated Peruvian Five per Cent. Loan of 1865,
amounting to .£289,800, which were drawn on the Ist
inst., for repayment on the Ist of October. The
numbers are also published of 273 Brazilian Five per
have.£37,500, been drawn fur payment on the Ist of September.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, July •9,..•........• 951 4/ 5
............51 4/
3 per Cent. Reduced....:.
. 9
94/ 5 41 /
New
New 3 per Cent 95 4/ / 1 f,
2} per Cent. Jan. 1894
—"
Do. 5 per Cent. ~ an. 1873 .....
Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885...._
Do (Red Sea Telek,raph), Aug., 1908
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct —
Do. £5OO
Pm
71
Do. £lOO & £2OO l9
I3Ank of England Stock, 41 per Cent 242 3
Do. Account
'nail GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April1874
Do. Opening, for Account —
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates 105
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
DDO. 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872
0. 51 per Cent., May 1879
0 5 peCent.,
r Rup. Deb. 1872
Do. do. 1877
~, Do. do. 1882 — 4-1,. Deb, 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Pin
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., 41,000
Pm
. Do. under .£l,OOO
FOREIGN' FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
liA.ruui Argentinetiriiiaan 5R bonds,ePu _
lic, € per Cent......
621
Csenpter Cent. 1859
xd
per
ppa. 41 Per Cent., 1852 _
.do. 1858....
_
„"0. do., 1860
"0. do 1863 I) 5 •'-, 0. per Cent., 1865 —Do Account
It nenosAyres 6 per Cent _
_
Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Cllb`l 6Per Cent.
DO,
4iliall 6 per Cent B4l
4/ per Cent Do. 6 per Cent B
D 0•, 1867 .)
Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866
-
C'Do., Scrip £32 paid
D mbian, 6 per Cent.
ar.
inistt 3 , 1825......•
-t) tnubian Print alities leper Cent
P ,
Do
78 1
.., 8 per Cent., 1867 nador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
,741,yptian per Cent —
„0. Second issue
lA% £5OO Bonds
D°. £lOO Bonds —
Do.
1864
Do
821
D • Account
83 1-
,0. 4000 Bonds
4JO. £lOO Bonds ..... 841-
_ rGoyernnient Railway •Debentures ..... 921
k-, eek 5 P©r Cent 182 f 5, ex Coups
Do. ~
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I),. Uoupervi
•
G t1.21,(t)e.. niAtteleaTlPer Cent .
1 tosnduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p -.slim), 5 per Cent. 1865 —
•4-'0 Account . '
Zo llarernmana. Raiway 80
‘l"licar. r Cent
Ditto for pe
Account
..., Do.
1864 —
.."0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
,ELontevidean 6 per Cent —
ilmeoworishralunaperittl 5 per Cent •• *
k.r ada l5/ i
Do per Cen Do. Deferred
Do r ._. ..,
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4-e,srariau 5 per Cent. 4865
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