The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-20 00:00:00

310:.,ii,41 MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL I.NTELLIGE &CA,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The checks received by the stock markets at the
close of last week continue. Busiaess at the open-
ing was limited, and it has not since been aug-
mented. The funds are a point higher, with the
demand for small investments, but there is not the
activity which was so conspicuous a few days ago.
The foreign Stock Market keeps steady, and in
one or two instances a further improvement has
taken place. It is probable that the Hungarian,
French, and Turkish Loans prevent a sufficient re-
sponse to the much more favourable state of Con-
tinental politics. The better classes of securities,
viz., the Guaranteed and Preference Bonds and
Shares, still meet with ready demand, but ordinary
stocks move slowly.
There is no change to report in the Discount
Market. The supply is very large, and the demand
quiet. The minimum rate for the best short-dated
paper is 18 per cent.

The Corn Market is steady at Monday's prices,
Consols are firm, at an improvement of 1-16th,
being quoted at 92- to 924 for money and ac-
count. New and Reduced Three per Cents.,
93 to 931 ; India Five per Cents., 1114 to 1111 ;
Bank Stock, 241 to 243. Exchequer Bills, 225.
to 275. prem.

Foreign stocks are steady, with the exception of
Greek and Mexican, the former of which is I lower,
at 12 to 12i, and the latter 1, at 15 to 15f. Por-
tuguese Scrip is firmer, at 2} to 28 prem. New
Spanish, 35 to 35; ; Italian, 42k to 423} ; Turkish,
304- to 30i ; and Egyptian Railway Loan, 91}
to 92i.

Tile New Honduras Loan is steady at / to 1
prem., ex coupon.
In American Securities, United States 5-20 Bonds
are steady at 712 to 722 ; Erie Railway 1 better,
at 481 to 491 ; and Illinois 85 to 86.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have risen 11, to 241 251 ; and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds to 25 251.
There is no feature in the Railway Market, and
but little business. There is a fall of lin Midland,
at 1031 to 104, in Brighton at 461 to 46i, and in
Sheffield at 44 to 444 ; and of 2 in South
Eastern, at 674 to 68, and in Lancashire and
Yorkshire at 1234 to 24. On the other hand,
there is an improvement of 2 in Great Northern, at
1061 to 1071 ; of.- in Great Western, at 464 to 47;
and of kin Metropolitan, at 1161 to 117}; Lon-
don and North-Western, 115 to 1154 ; Great
Northern A, 108 to 109; Great Eastern, 294 to
294 ; Caledonian, 744 to 744 ; North British, 34
to 341 ; and Chatham, 18 to 181.
Bank Shares are quiet. City, 11 to 12 ; London
and County, 52 to 53 ; and London and West-
minster, 71 to 72.

London Financial Shares are the same at 24 to
22 dis., and Credit Foncier, 3 to 31.
The gold return for the month of November of
the Don Pedro North del Rey amounts to 12,290
oitavas, and the profits to £3,267 10s. 7d.
The accounts of the Anglo-Braziilan Gold Com-
pany show a loss on the workings of £4BO 13s.

CITY, TWELVE O!CLOCK.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank of
England on Saturday.
The Kent has arrived from Melbourne with
£130,000 in specie, and the Cuba with £5,400 from
Loston.
The Ceylon takes £36,615 in specie for the East, of
Which £36,000 is gold for Alexandria.
A. special general meeting of the Caledonian Rail-
Way Company has been called for the 31st inst., for
the purpose of confirming the heads of the agreement
entered into with this Company and the North British
railway.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Calcutta and
South Eastern Railway Company has been called for the
28th inst., to take into consideration the mode of
dealing with the future deficiency in the revenue of
the Company, and to consider the propriety of making
over the railway to the Government.
The report of the English, Scottish, and Australian
Chartered Bank for the past half year shows the avail-
able profits to be £27,984 Os BJ, which it is proposed
to distribute as fullows :—To the payment of a divi-
dend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum (free of
income tax) on £600,000, the paid-up capital of the
bank, £21,000 ; towards the reduction of bank
premises and furniture accounts, £l,OOO ; to the
reserved fund, £5,000 ; leaving .£984 Os 8d to be
brought forward.
The report of the Provincial Banking Corporation
recommends a dividend at the rate of -4 per cent. per
annum for the past half-year.
The following are the dividends as vet declared for
the 'past half-year by the London Joint Stock Banks,
With the distribution made for the same period, last
rear, calculated at so much per annum
1867. 1866.
Alliance... ... nil 4 per cent.
City
7 per cent. 10
•• ••• •••
Imperial
8
London and Westminster 32
91 32
London Joint Stock
••• 12.1 „ 25 ~
Aletropolitan ... 5
Provincial Banking Corp. 71 fp 7/ Iv
Union of London .. 15
„ The Metro 2 „
politan Railway Carriage aid Waggon
°'3lPanv have declared a dividend for the past half-
Year at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
The creditors of Messrs. Ketley and Company, of
the Old Dock Furnaces, Dudley, have accepted a coin-
bosition of 5s in the pound.
United
export coal business for the various ports of the
Kingdom of last month shows an increase of
',864 tons over the corresponding period of 1866,
hen the exports were 612,284 tons. The total
ports from January to December, 1867, inclusive,
kno
tinted to 9,770,044 tons, as against 9,367,831
tons in 1866.

BRITISH FINDS—TWO WILCOX.
8 GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
per Uetit. Consols - f i
it 11) 0 . Account, Feb. 6 921
`,',.„Per Cent. Reduced 93
N
.
w 0 per Cent 92; 8
"ew 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
A j)°. 6 per Cent. dan. 1873.
-.onuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —3
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
I, Do (Red Sea Telo6raph), Au,,„ 1908 —
Do (Red
Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &2f per Ct 22 6 pin
Do £5OO 22 6 pin
Do. £lOO & £2OO 22 6 pin
,4k of England Stock, q per Cent 242
4'o. Account
i INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
„,,
4.,„`liati stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
"0. Account
D 0.5 per Cent. July, 1880
'Jo.
Certificates Cent Oct. 1888
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
D 0.5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
O. 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
°. 5 Cent., Per Rup. Deb., 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
, Do. do. 1882 —
"0 Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 —
Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent, (16 ,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'OLOOK.
tArgentine Republic, 6 per Cent —
ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
...3?Phan 5 per Cent —
411 per Cent., 1852-58-60
1,1 0. 1863 - •
13°. 5 per
nt Cent, 1865 —
. Accou
.„ Do. £lOO Bonds —
'4onos Ayres 6 per Cent —
0 120 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 41
01„5 6 per Cent. —
Iran per Cent —
ii°- 9 per Cent
e• b per Cent., B
1;3.1 1867 •
Kt 6
b°., 7 per Cent 1866 9l
o„ . I
011 1 Scrip' £32 paid
Dan
Inbian, 6 per Cent.
I),ititi 3 per Cent., 1825
DOiubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 64 f
8 per Cent, 1867 —
ell,ador New Consolidated, 1 por Cent —
giPtiar, 7 per Cent
.L)0. second Issue —..—
~"• • £5,)6 Bonds
.....
'O. £lOl Bonds
„, Do, 1864
,itse• .E 5 )0 Bonds 9O/ f
"0. £lOO Bonds ~ 91f
41.4oyernnient Rail way Debentures ..... 911 2 1f 21
teeolr.,4scpceoruCnotnt., 1824-5, ex Coups — .
.....
(1.1.)): Account •
eteraala 5 por Cent .. —
halruras Goy. Rail. Loan., 7p. Ct., £l5 pd pm
,00• Account . '
I)4° et. 1865
..-
-
1,,,,"
,• liarernmana Raiway
'ale
~ ft, 3 per Cent —
,Jittu for Account —, 0 gDo
..- ' 1864 Mont per Cont. Anglo-French —
40u".L.trlis -
videitu 6 per Cent.
ki h imperial 5 per Oa
t
ra—
-oGnada
Do. Dt 3 per Con,r•Penn 12f,
efe
bo ,
4•444c1 Warrants (Hectares)