The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-12 00:00:00

It. oii MA II:K ET

AND
003IDIERCIAL EN TELLIGENCIE

• CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The news from Paris that the Emperor is said
to be in favour of the proposal for reducing the
ilitary forces of the great nations has rendered the
unds somewhat inactive, and this circumstance,
Coupled with the fortnightly settlement, which corn-
Menus to-morrow, renders business fiat.
There is a good demand for money in the open
Market, at lit, I per cent.
Consols are quoted 94i- to for money, and 94a
tJ for the account (Nov. 5) ; and the Three per
Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 93 to 1.
Foreign
Stocks have improved, Italian Five per
c
:Mexican, Turkish Five per Cents., and New
Bonds
Three per Cents. being better. Greek
°ads have receded The quotations are—lta-
lian, 51i, 54 ; Greek, 121 12i ; Mexican, 151 16 ;
Turkish, 40 40/ ; and New Spanish, 331 331.
Italian Scrip has experienced a fresh rise of 1 per
td.
cent., viz., to toej prem. Russian (Moscow-
aroslaw) Railway Scrip, 41 41 prem ; and Egyp-
lan Scrip, 2 1 dis.
French.,, Atlantic Cable Shares are called 3, 2 dis.
United States Bonds have still further improved,
on the continued fall in price of gold on the
other Side. The Five-Twenties show an improve-
ment of -1, at 74k, 741 ; and the Bonds of 1885 II
at 72/, 734..
The Bank Shares exhibit no change.
The Honduras Loan is firm, at 90 901.
The following are the only alterations in rail-
1va.98 from Saturday's prices :—Great Eastern
Metropolitan 4, Midland 1, Sheffield 4., North-
Western 1, all lower. The quotations are :—Cale-
Easternn, ,
(intlia 701, ; Great Western, 49 4.; Great
401
11,Iidland, Great Northern, 107, 8 ; ditto A,
1", ; Lancashire, 128, A- ; Metropolitan, 106+
111/ ; Sheffield, 471 8 ; Brighton,
51 s ; North British, 31/ 2 ; North Western,
111*, 112. ; South Eastern, 771 f ; Chatham and
Dover, 171 4..
In Bliscellaneous Securities Credit Foncier has
been done at 21, Peninsular and Oriental Steam at
3, and Royal Mail Steam at 541.
Sixty and seventy guineas premium were paid
to-day to effect insurances on the ship Formby,
'▪ rom Bassein for Liverpool. She sailed on the 14th
of May last.
The adjourned meeting of the Caledonian Rail-
W•
ay Company will be held on Tuesday, the 13th
inst., at Glasgow.
Official information has been given that the Cape
Railway board of directors has decided on recom-
mending the payment of a dividend for the half-
Year ending 30th June last, on the ordinary stock
a. t the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, free of
Income tax, in addition to the agreed dividend of 6
per
l. cent. per annum on the preference stock, both
Ividends to be payable on the 2d of November
next.

The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
-114 Ciuibria, from New York, has brought £39,393
in specie for London, £6,372 for Paris, and £320
for Hamburg ; and the Ripon, from Alexandria,
has brought £48,488 in specie. The steamer Tan-
jore takes out £33,410 in gold for Bombay, and
£lO,OOO for Alexandria.
The allotments of the Italian Tobacco Loan were
sent out on Saturday evening, and the price has
advanced to to 1 prem. It appears that the sub-
scriptions have been so large in Etal3 that a reduc-
tion pro rata is to be wade in the allotments on the
Continent. The company will take into its own
bands the whole tobacco monopoly on the lit of
January, and retain out of its proceeds the inte-
rest and sinking fund necessary for payment on
the obligations, and deposit them in the Bank of
Italy every three months for account of the bond-
holders. This point, which renders the obligations
an exceptional security, seems to be regarded in
Italy
with special satisfaction. Many subscriptions
have been made for 30 bonds, so as to insure a
draw ing at par of one bond every six months.
Messrs. M. N. Rothschild and Sons, and the
Bank of New South Wales, acting as the agents for
toe Government of New South Wales, invite tenders
for a 5 per cent. loan of £1,000,000, for the pur-
-I)°° of completing railways already sanctioned, and
„,,
colony The
the consolidated revenues of the
funa Jr The loan is to be redeemed by a sinking
of 2 per cent. by annual drawings at par, to
ec"inence in December, 1872, and the interest on
the cancelled bonds is to be api lied iu purchase of
" debentures. Tenders will be received at the
i Sauk of New South Wales, till Tuesday, the 28th
:F3t., at 1 o'clock. A deposit of £5 per cent. will
e required on application ; 10 per cent. is to be
1/aid on the 4th of January, 1869 ; 10 per cent. on
die Ist of February ; 10 per cent. on the Ist of
arch ; and the balance on the Ist of April. Pay-
icDellt in full can bo made under discount at the
'aaniCof England rate.
ti-rhe annual report of the directors of the Scot-
Fire Insurance Company (Limited), recom-
racu
„nd the payment of a dividend to the shareholders
‘i per cent, on the paid-up capital (free of in-
-11„e tax), £2,955 3s
. ; in addition to reserve fund,
,000, leaving a balance to be carried to next ac-
count of £639 13s. 2d.

GovtlB FIIIIDS--TWO O'CLOCK.
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.11 .
8 ERNMENT FUNDS.
Per Cent. Consols
941 I
a Ditto for Account, Nov. 5
93 1
~,,Per Cent. Reduced
93
i'm 3 per Cent
6-1-,W 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
A —°- 5 per ent. ol an. 1873 anuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — _ _
,I)o. for 30 ys, p' e sth April 1885 l2 3-1 b tzu.o (Red SdarTeelleijiraph), Aug., 1908
_2O 1-16
Pm
Lticquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ot Do.
Do
£5OO
£lOO & £2OO — 11,Lik of England Stock, 4per Cent
D _ 0. account
Vanada 4 per Cent. Bonds /)
Ittter-Colonial Ommum —
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.INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
.4.„tha stock, 101 per Cent., April1874
",°. Opening, for Account —
115 141
t,"°. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
DO. 4 per Cent Cot, 1888
~,
D„0. Certificates
°. Bnfaced Pape,. 4 per Cent —
D°.u. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
°rl 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
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1,, Do. do. • 1882 —
'''',.;• Deb., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873
20 pm
,"o• Bons, 4 por Cent., £l,OOO
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"0. under £l,OOO
Argentine FORNIGN FTINDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
pm
Republic, 6 per Cent
601 11
Bail
Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859
991
raicilian 5 per Cent
n°3'll Per Cent., 1852 ,
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Do.'-'l3 do 1860 7Ol
.1., do.' 1863..
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1374,perCent., 1865 •
Account77l 7
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Cub Do 0s
per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
6a, 6per Cent.
Do, ,140. 440 6 per Cent —
1
lio. b perper Cent Cent B 73
130., 1867 4 —
1),°•17 per Cent., 1866
C
it, -0., Scrip £32 paid
D rnbian, 6 per Cent.
D
thish, per Cent., 1825
Linuhian Principalities, 7 per Cent 721 1
?al) ° Per Cent., 1867
li oiador New Consolidated, 1 ler Cent —
qPti,n, per Cent _
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bo. £5OO Bonds
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p 0.25,;(;
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per Cont. Anglo-French
t/._°ote iau 6 per Cent
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