The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-16 00:00:00

310/NTLY MARKET

AND
')OIYLMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
IIIe settie-ment is being concluded, and the °ramy
course of business is therefore interrupted, Ileverthe-
tleaNeverthe-
less,the Stock Markets are firm, but without partieu-
r change. The principal exception is American
securities. These are all flat. Several of the South
:American Government Stocks are 4
per cent. higher,
F.l?_uotreaigns a rule there is no important movement
in
Securities Italian are hardly so firm. Rail-
ways seem disposed to be less animated, several of the
ading shares being speculatively offered at rather
lower prices. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are
in request.
The discount market is firmer, and in Lombard-
Street et 2 per cent. is asked for the best short-dated
; but the bulk of the business is done at 14 per
cent. In the Stock Exchange 11. per cent. is quoted
s
advances on Consols, and about 21 to 3i on foreign
stocks.
ativan
Consols are quiet, but well supported at yesterday's
andee, at 93 to for money and account ; New
Reduced Three per Cents., 924 to 924 ; India
6 per
—eras. firm, at 1141 to 1141 being 4 higher ;
-Dank Stock, 244 to 246 , Exchequer Bills, lEs to_2oe
Prem.
ttfirm, but not an active tone pervadas the foreign
?ck market. There is a rise of 4 per cent. in the
(viceroys Nine per Cent, at 88/ to 894 ; in Brazilian
;„1,6)) at 741 to 751 ; in Peruvian, (1865), at 80* to
and iu Greek, at 125 to 13 ;
and of InTurkish, at 344 to 345 ; and in New
Spanish at 35g- to 35ii. There is no change in
nMexican, 151 to 15/ ; Egyptian (1864), 81 to 82 ;
d ditto Railway Loan, 894 to 90Viceroy's . The
~ Per Cents, are quoted 72 to 721 ex drawing ;
861) are 5 lower, at 47k to 474.
American Government Securities are flat, at the
subjoined prices :--Five-Twenties, 704 to 705 ; Erie,
45 to 46; and Illinois, 93 to 94.
Llglish railway shares are on the whole well main-
tai
; ne,,, but the variations in prices are not of much
;90rtance. Great Northern is 5 lower ; London and
lorth Western and Great Eastern each ; and
'aricashire and Yorkshire, 4. On the other
hand shire
Midland, South Eastern,
and
Metropolitan are each iGreabtettleVr,esteamrnd,
to 1244°N;
quot nsorthern (A) 4. The following are the
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1251
Midland, 100 to 106 k ; South Eastern, 744
Great74l ; London and North Western, 115 to 1155 ;
krreat
Northern, 102 to 103 ditto A, 99 to 100 ;
4reat Eastern, 341 to 35 ; Great Western, 504 to
5,21; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 511 to
t 045
; Alanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 44 to
; Metropolitan, 1121 to 1134 ; Caledonian, 725
44,„73, ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 18/ to 194.
shares of Steady at previous the leadingAgr joaint-stocAk
to 10 banks are
. 91 5
13 to 12 dis. ; Chartered Mercantile, 28
ic) ; Consolidated, 4 to 4,1 ; Imperial, 17 to 175 ;
I°Perial Ottoman, to pre ni.; London and
eou
437„, 51 to 52 ; London and Westminster, 675
tl; 681 ; London Joint Stock, 315 to 325 ; and
Union of London, 31 to 32.
rFinance Shares are without change. Credit Fou-
is quoted at 24 to 34 ; General Credit, to
.:Bp•ocelingtnernttoizl Finance, 2 to 15 dis.
Shares are without change. St.
", °,lln del Rey is inquired for at 20 to 21 ; Port Philip,
At to ; Chontates, 34 to 35.
gln Miscellaneous Securities, Anglo-American Tele-
aPh is S better, at 234 to 231 ; Atlantic Telegraph
to Per cent. steady 54 to 5i ; Hudson's Bay, 14
14,t.
The bullion operations for the week ending ester-' ay
show a balance in favour of the Bank of
.£77,000.
rAthenian has arrived from the west coast of
,!ioa, with £2,600 in specie.
onut.bmogi
scrirpttions are invited for £2,000,000 Seven per
wege Bonds of the Indiana Southern Rail-
4vY
,at 80 per cent. The whole is repayable within
fund ZY-eight years, by the operation of a sinking
TeThe prospectus has been issued of the Indo-European
4res of
th egraikl: Comacpany, with a capital of £450,000 in
25 eh.
ailltThe biddings for £350,000 in bills on Calcutta and
adras were held yesterday, at the Bank of England.
an were
allotted were, to Calcutta £319,400,
fixed'tl Madras £30,600. The minimum price was
tenders
as before, at is 114 d on both Presidencies, and
Those at that' rate will receive about 23 per cent.
rBe above will be allotted in full. No tenders on
dhtti!baY were invited. These terms show A further
t inution in the demand for the means of reinittanee
0 the East.
bvA further call of £2 lOs per share has been made
.4sthheatlioqiul,idators of the Imperial Mercantile Credit
soei •
Payable by the 15th of May.
the „,e report of the Oriental Bank was adopted at
prov'9*Ae.etinu to-day. The net profit for the year, after
tienc,,o.o t,
gr all bad and doubtful debts, is £175,539,
which' With the addition of £13,687 from the last
gives an aggregate of £189,226 for distribu-
xouv An interim dividend of £OO,OOO was paid in
like ealber last, and it is now proposed to distribute a
make "unt, both free of income tax. This will
bC 12 per cent. for the year, and leave £9,226 to
carried forward. Steel extraordinaiy general meeting of the Titanic
aoth inscl Iron Company has been convened for the
el-14)1t for the purpose of proposing resolutions
and ting the company to reduce its nominal capital
0 subdivide its shares.
oi-,ine directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
PrieltPanY have decided to recommend to the pro-
the 'pra, at the meeting to be held on the 29th inst.,
freePaYlnent of a dividend of one pound per share,
of ,ef income-tax, for the half-year ended the 31st
-eeember last.
coe quarterly dividend of the Panama Railroad
re,.,',,Pany was paid on the 6th inst. It is commonly
cash that the directors intend to declare an extra
tZd
thd.dend of 20 per cent. during the current
W4.„BPecial general meeting of the North and South
for7,tero Junction Railway Company has been called
howLoe Ist May, for the purpose of considering a bill
TiPending before Parliament.
aao f. •
and c allure is announced of Messrs. John Wheeley
°lnpany, in the iron trade, of Stourbridge.
Coo,„' half-yearly meeting of the Equitable Gas Light
pti,,,"aY has been called for the sth of May, for the
el,ATevse of receiving the directors' report, and to de-
di vidend.
e traffic receipts of the Bahia and San Francisco
abovi,w"Y Company for the week ending March 7,
re 411 increase of £528 as compared with the cor-
130,41wing week of last year, and the receipts of the
eiviJaY and Central India Railway, for the week
it!'g Veb. 22, a decrease of £1,967.
Canada traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of
increasell4 per
the week ending March 28th, show an
.E 6 178 g Week as compared with the correspond-
The a of last year.
Wool ecend series of Liverpool sales of East India
Ace are fixed to commence on the 29th instant.
"citn t offered g Mr. Helmuth Schwartze, the quantity
arriv,,L, will probably comprise 10,000 bales of new
arrivals and 2,000 of old stock. The London Colonial
for whaireehexpected to commence on the 14th of May,
total is 102,226 bales have already arrived. The
Market
Is ,_ e. )(p
fireeledm to reach 200,000 bales. * The wool

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