The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-17 00:00:00

ONy~A.

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGAN OA,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The attendance on 'Change to-day was rather
less than usual, and as a consequence business was
no t by
w ilany means brisk, but prices were generally
e-- supported, Consols, however, being just a
Made lower than yesterday. There was a trifling
rise in the foreign market, and excepting a slight
decline in Brighton shares the railway market re-
Inains unaltered.
The price charged for discounting choice bills is
11 to 4 per cent. ; the charge for loans remaining
as Yesterday.
for
Reduced, t h e
9 Consols are at 944 to for money, and 941
cco3uint (Nov. 5) ; the Three per Cents.
to 1 ; and New Three per Cents.,
931 toy,
la the Foreign Market the quetations were as
follow :---Brazilian of 1865, 771 to 781 ; Chi-
lian of 1867, 94 to 1 ; Egyptian of 1861, 82
t° 11 ex div. ; Italian of 1861, 52 to 1 ; Mexi-
can, 161 to 1 ; Peruvian of 1865, 791 to ;
Russian of 1866, 90/ to 1 ; Nicolai Railway Loan,
68 to I; ditto Orel, 85/ to ; ditto Moscow
Ito Moscow
83 to 1; Spanish of 1867, 33i to 1;
Turkish of 1858, 671 to 1 ; ditto of 1862, 691 to
; and ditto of 1865, 41 to 1. Indian Ten and a
Ilalf per Cents• are at 214 to 217 ; the Five, 1141
te2 115; the Four, 1031 .to 104; the Bonds, 20s. to
Prem., the Debentures, 1051 to 106 ; and the
-r,xchequer Bills, 16s. to 20s. prem. Bank Stock,
242 to 244,
A IraPerial Ottoman are firm, at 11 to 1 1 prem. ;
Viggo-Austrian, 6 to prem ; Consolidated, Ito
; London and Westminster, 651 to 1 ;
London,
and County, 481 to 49} ; and Union of
331 to 341.
a In the railway share market we have to quote
reduction of 1 per cent. in Brighton, the
price being now 521 to 4 ; Caledonian, 711 to 1 ;
London and North-Western, 1121 to ; Great
IWestern, 481 to 49 ; Midland, 1121 to 1 ;
I.,:oudon and South Western, 87/ to 88/ ; Great
I,astern, 401 to 40f ; South Eastern, 77i to 1;
7e6tirotpoollitz: 1061 to 107 ; Great Northern A,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to
London, Chatham, and Dover, 17} to 1 ; and
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 471 to 48.
In Miscellaneous Shares prices are almost station-
ary, Gen. Credit, 2 5-16 to 3-16 dis. ; International
11 to 11 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 15/ to 4 ;
—.Telegraph Construction, 15/ to 161; Atlantic
Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 31 to 4 ;
411c1 Anglo-American, 21 to 1.
United States 5-20 Bonds are 1 per cent.
higher.

The sum of £21,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday.
The Anglesey has arrived from Melbourne with
gold to the amount of £114,000.
The ship Wimmera is announced from Port
fildliP with 66,742 ounces of gold, value in ster-
ling £266,968.
The liquidators of the London and Mediterranean
Bank have notified the payment of the first divi-
dend at the rate of Is. 6d. in the pound.
The committee of the Stack Exchange have ap-
pointed Monday, the 19th inst. a special settling
day in the new Five per Cent. Preference Shares
of the Midland Railway Company, which are to be
Marked.

In a paragraph yesterday in reference to the
afttacks on Sire E.
memberve Watkin
of the,l‘lr. H eselspoken
of was
shareholders'eom-
raittee." Mr. Heseltine is not on that committee,
and Mr. E. F. C. Ritter, the only " active member"
of the committee, writes to say he has never made
anY attack, either justifiable or unjustifiable, on Sir
Edward.
Of the new Turkish Loan of £5,000,000, con-
tracted at Paris with the Societe Generale,
£3,200,000 is required for the extinction of por-
tions of the public debt becoming due. The amount,
't 18 said, is to be remitted in six months' bills on
the Ottoman Bank.
Speaking of the proposed issue of £560,000 8 per
cent. Bonds at 85 by the Mexican Railway Com-
PartY, it is stated that according to estimate the
of net
revel:kw,
the upper section of the line from Mexico
Pixaco, which now exceeds £45,000
ve l
ffecit, on per annum,
its extension to Puebla, which may b..,
ted in eight months from this date, amount to
X 140,000.
The debenture holders of the Panama, New Z ea-
ti:B e
14, and Australian Royal Mail Company met at
passed res °ll:lPnY's offices yesterday, and unanimously
by to the same effect as those passed
ri?' the general creditors at their meeting a few days
the strong feeling was manifested to support
cernMittee in their efforts to continue the ser-
vice
and keep the concern out of liquidation.
L. The latest items of intelligence from Brazil, via
r,lBl3°e) are again favourable, and indicate a further
jte°verY of financial confidence, the rate of ex-
toange having advanced to 19d. 191 d. Accordicg
alliOas despatch, Tebicuary had been taken by the
Ate): and Lopez was flying towards Villa Rica.
haci,aenos Ayres reports were current that Lopez
War
anandoned the country and that the Paraguayan
repwas thus entirely terminated.
dvic from Caracas by the West India Mail
t'c'ist he adhesion of the important State of
of
to the new Government, which continued
of enlnY the confidence of the people. A number
ellernes had been projected in relation to the
a:!..:4llgeraent of the public debts, but it was under-
erod. that nothing would be done until after the
kee:t1°1181 to be held during the present month.
see—milwhile, it was alleged that the Gavernment
ve -45:1 disposed to devote 30 per cent. of the re-
In,tle to that purpose.
ta he Creditors' Committee of the Commercial
4811 k Corporation of India and the East have
tortled their report, and request a meeting of credi-
fo r 8 ?a Tuesday next. The present debts ranking
drvidend are about £2,538,000, and the balance
total due thereon is about £1,213,000, while the
Wela,i, assets available for immediate division
the be be £710,000, which would pay the 10s. in
yet pound to those creditors who have not
the received the first dividend, and a fur-
all t dividend of about ss. 9d. in the pound to
ahtner,eclitors, 4s. of which could be distributed
for -Fi‘ immediately, and the balance, allowing time
eollecting and completing arrangements in about
rem- la)atile• After paying the ss. 9J. there would
ren,--4.41 a balance of debt of about 1515,000. The
bailanaing assets, carefully managed, would pro-
-e
Yield further dividends of about 2s. to 2s. 3d.
re,i Pound, on the original debts, but this latter
ult w ould necessarily occupy time.

RRITISII FUNDS—CLOSING
,zttNIMENT FUNDS.
NI 1 i
3 Ditto for Account, B:CLOSING PRICES.
Pe! Cent. Consols
931 i
uPer Cent. Reduced
93f
;4°17 3 per Cent
1;41? 2i Per Cent. Jan. 1894
A'l °- 5 per Cent.., an. 1873
. t
Oities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan, 1880.
to° for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
t,r (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908
De
ettoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct
16 20 pm
16 20 If
Do. £5OO
16 20
114 L. 4100 & £2OO
244
~0 of England Stock, 4 per Cent
ea;u4 • account ..
... 7/
I "a 4 Per Cent. Bonds
°ter-Colonial Uranium
India GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
.i.s'ia. tock, 14 per Cent., AprillB74 ...
D°_
'Jo. Opening, for Account
115 14
D. 5 Per Oent..fuly, 1880
103-1 i
r,°' I Per Cent., Oct. 1888
-0. Certificates
.....
13r,0. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent
......
D°• 50)er Cent., Jan. 1872
_
- n per Cent. Mn y 1879
D
_
° ~ per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872
Do.
do. 1e77 _
Do. tinder P
uo.l3onds,ooo
_ pin
Cl.
Ar r_OREIGN PI7NDS—CLOSING PRICES.
741 pm
A gentine Republic, 6p/r. Cent
r,4llltrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859
lara.r.ilian 5 per Cent _
P.,° li per Cent., 1852 —
'',.°. do. 1858.... ............
Do,;'. do , 1860 . -
, ......
_,
do.
.uo 5 ', 186.1
Lo • per Cent., 1865 •
.................... . —, 0,
)% •-'0 Account ........ ..-.,
-'aenos Ayres 6 per Cent. per ........
1)0 2 Pet Cleat. (Deferred 8.
Cent )