The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-18 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCB,

CITY, Two o'CLocir.

Jno stock markets are quiet, with a moderately firm
'"te• One feature is a demand for the guaranteed
stocks of some of the leading railways, and the bonds
of the Russian Nicolai Company have adVanced about
1 per cent. American stocks are, to some extent,
quoted at higher prices, without the business in them
Presenting any peculiar feature. British railways
)maintain yesterday's quotations. Foreign securities
are favourably affected by a slight reaction which
took place on the Paris Bourse yesterday.
The Discount Market is firm with rates at 2 per
cent. It is only in exceptional cases that business is
done, at 1 7-S per cent.
The English Funds are steady, at yesterday's
Prices. Consols are quoted at 931 to 933-, for money
trod account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents.,
92 to 92k ; India 5 per Cents., 1141 to 1142 ;
Bank Stock,
,243 to 245 ; Exchequer Bills, 16s to 20s
prem.

Paris prices left off firmer last evening, and in conse-
quence the foreign stock market is stronger, but with
o acceaion of business, There is an advance of fin
Brazilian (1865), at 74i to 75k, and in Italian (1863),
at 47i to 47 ; and of in Greek, at 12± to In ;
and in Turkish (1865), at 34± to 34k. Peruvian and
Egyptian Bonds are flat. The 1865 issue of the
former are quoted at 81 to 81i ; of the latter, the
1864 bonds, are 81 to 82 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents.,
71 to 71i ; and the Nine per Cents., 88 to 89; New
Spanish are steady at 35i to 351 ; and Mexican, 15
'n 15i.
American Securities are firmer. United States
Five-Twenty Bonds are inquired for at 70k to 701 ;
Erie shares are better, at 45i to 46; and Illinois, it,
at 93 to 94.

Guaranteed foreign railway obligations are in active
request. There is a fresh rise of 1 per cent. in the
Nicolai Bonds, which are now quoted 66 to 66k, and
of ±in Orel-Vitebsk, at 78/ to 78/ ex div. The
Egyptian Railway Loan is 89k to 90k.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares are quoted
lower' at 15g to 15g. The dividend will probably be
officially announced on Monday. It is expected t
compare unfavourably with previous dividends.
The appearance of she railway market is favourable,
but there is so little business doing in this depart-
ment that quotations are for the most part unchanged.
Lancashire and Yorkshire are 126/ to 1261 ; Mid.
land, 107 to 107 k ; South Eastern, 74t0 74k ; London
North Western, 1151 to 1151 ; Great Northern, 102 k
to 1034 ; ditto A, 98k to 99 ; Great Eastern, 34 tc
344 ; Great Western, 50 to 504 ; Brighton, 52/ to
54 ; Sheffield, 431 to 441 ; Caledonian, 72/ tc
721 ; Metropolitan, 112 k to 113 ; Chatham, 9 to
191- ; arid North British, 33 to 34.
In Bank Shares business is again of a very limited
character, and the only movement in prices is a fal
of tZ in Imperial Ottoman, which are quoted at t tc
prem. The following are the prices :—Agra
shares), 9k to 10k ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Anglo
Austrian, 4 to 4k ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29
Consolidated, 4g- to 4,cf ; Imperial, 18 to 18k ; Lon
don and County, 51 to 52 ; Oriental, 42k to 43k,
London Joint Stock, 31k to 32k.
Foreign Mining Shares are dulL St. John de
.14°Ye are 1 per cent. lower, at 20 to 21 ; Port Philip,
If to 1i ; Chontales, 3g to 3i.
Business in Miscellaneous Securities is very quiet
and prices are without alteration. Anglo-Americas
Telegraph, 231 to 23g ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 pe:
,Cent. 51 to 5i ; Fore Street Warehouse, 2 to 1i
dis• ;'Hudson's Bay steady, at 14k to 14i ; Londo.r
General Omnibus, 11 to 2,
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
bare risen -I, to 30 to 31, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds to 34 to 35.
The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan fully oat'
"P, is 90 to 911, and the Scrip 14 to 1 dis.
The New Honduras Loan is par, to 1 prem.
Egyptian 9 per Cent. Bonds are.B9 to 891 s.
American eagles, amounting to £4,a00, -ve:
taken from the Bank of England yesterday for export.
La Plata has arrived with the West India mails,
asd £84,000 in specie. The China has brought
£40,000 in specie from New York, and the Cimbrir
X2OO. The Nyanza has brought £3,746 from tho
E
The Delta leaves to-day For the East, taking
X 11,138 in specie, the bulk of which is silver for
Bombay.
The sum of £45,000 has been paid to the credit of
the Secretary of State for India on account of tht
capital of the Delhi Railway, making, with previous
PaYluents, £1,006,198 paid on account of the second
issue.
In consequence of a comunication from Madras,
„ ht
re managing committee of the East India Assoc
"°il has had under consideration the new postal scale
of charges for India, and Sir Stafford Northcote has
consented at an early date after the recess, to receive
a
k_o.rde Indus,putz:ion upon the subject. A deputation of the
..-4sociation will also wait upon the Secretary of State
on April 22, for the purpose of calling his
India
to the condition of the financial relations of
et and
England, and to urge upon Sir Stafford
the great desirability of issuing a royal commission
t.O inquire into this very important subject.
At the Swansea Ticketing on Thursday 1,957 tons
of ore were sold, realisieg £25,827 l6s. The part!;
eculara of the sale were—Average standard for 9 per
13ernt. produce, £99 lOs ; avenge produce, 17 ; average
ice per ton, £l3 3s lld ; quantity of fine copper,
332 tons 14 cwts. Compared with the last sale, the
advance has been in the standard £2 ss, and in the
price per ton of ore about 7s 6d.
The directors of the Cambrian Railway Company
the e ogaged in a new scheme of arrangements between
e
ratsrng company and its creditors, with provisions for
loan capital. It is expected that the present
scheme will successfully meet the objections raised
artist its predecessors. In order to afford time for
its. perfection the. eighth ordinary half-yearly meeting
o
r the proprietors, advertised to be held on Tuesday
peek, will be then held pro forma only, and ad-
to the 2nd proximo, when the new scheme
Zwill ‘ be submitted for the approval of the share-
Isomers.
a The Bedford United Mining Company have made
call on the proprietors of 4s. per share, the West
Rose Down Mining Company a call of 12s 6d, and
the Cara Camborne Mining Company a call of Is 6d
Per share.
At the annual meeting of the Briton Medical and
General Life Association the report adopted stated
that 3,057 policies had been issued, assuring the sum
of X 792,725 2s 6d, and producing in annual premium
the sum of £25,466 5s Od. The annual income has
increased to £231,5451s 11d, of which .£76,31116s 10d
had been added to the reserve fund.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
, GOYERNMENT FUNDS.
0 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account —
a
92} 2
New
Cent. Reduced
‘,."Novr 3 per Cent
J•levr 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894
A 13°. 5 per Cent. J an. 1873
"cuttities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yre, expire sth April 1885 —
E 'Do (Red Sea Telek,raph), Aug., 1908 —
xchoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per (A l5 20
1)0.
£500
Do.
£lOO £2OO l5 20
33 allk. &
gland Stock, 41 per Cent 243
Do
of En
Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India stock, 10/ per Cent., April 1874 ... 216
1)0. Account
Do. 5 per Cont. July, 1880
Do• 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
bo. Certificates —
Do:Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
00 A
ID • -1 per Cent., May 1879 lO4
° 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
PDo do. 882 —
~ 00c)., 5 per Cent., Aug.l 1873 —
uo Bonds, ser Cent., £l,OOO
1)0. under £lp,000
A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
....r.pe L•
_
4-06:1:alline5RpeePrublic, 6 per Cent.
tirVrian Bonds b 5
per Cent. 1859
Cent —
n°' 4} Per Cent 1852 —
L°°,— do., " 1858 —
Do do.,
1860 — •
, do 1863 —
pODo ~
• 5 per Cent., 1865
I.. Account —
"nos Ayres 6.per Cent B4l
Cubbo 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) g 9, 6 per Cent.
u ui-Doloola. 4416pPeerrCeenitt
• 6 per Cont., B
1.2°., 1867 _
,0
.0 1 7 per ,Cent., 1866 _
0 ),.°., Scrip £32 paid
a. !tibiae, per Cent
I) ,111811 3 P3r Cent. 1825 _
i)laniao Principalities, 7 per Cent — n . per Cent., 1867 731
, ,nador New Consolidated 1 per Cent — x-'B'Yptian, 7 per Cent I—
)
.r.,(). Second Issue Bl
lio. £5OO Bonds
bo. £IOC Bonds
Do, 1861
n 40
o. J 0 Howls —
vo. £l.OO Bonds ... 821 3
p °
toyernment Railway Deboutur,,s .... 90 891
(l'''''llese 3 per Ct 1853, '6, '7, '91 '601 '2, '3 401
,
,o• do., 1P67 39; 1
it 'Jo- do., Scrip, £2O paid —
nssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B3l
bo 41 por Cent. 1850
120 '1 per Cent., 1860
ilio 3 per Cent., 1859
p)o 5 per Cent., 1862
0. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds,., 86
bo.
do. £B4 15s. d 0...,
Do.
I-c..' 1866' £lOO Bonds B6l 5i
do
£B4 15s. do —
.)ar i• -
, c natal], 5 per Cent — xu:kish 6 per Cent. —
Do Account
0 6 per Cent. 1858