The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCB,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
.1.110 markets are very thinly attended this morning
in consequence of the Derby, and there appears to be
little disposition for business. In general, however,
the tone is not bad. The English Funds, notwith-
standing the limited transactions, arc very firm, and
railways also support yesterday's quotations in nearly
all eases.
Consols are very firm at yesterday's advance,
at 95 to 95;:,, for money, and 9-1 to 94k ex div. for
account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 94
-r,to 911 . India Five per Cents., 110/ to 116.1
-u,lnk Stock, 247 to 249 ; and Exchequer. Bills, 7s to
12s prem.
The Discount market is very quiet. The rate for
b :.5t bills remains at i, with exceptional transactions
at I.l_. -
In foreign stocks there is very little doing, and the
market is rather tlat, except for Turkish Five per
Cents, which are hiidier, and quoted 37f to 371!
and also Egyptian 1864, which, at 81 to 82, are
rather better. Greek are 13.1 to 13 ; Mexican, 10 to
; Portumwse, 40,1 to 401 ; Russian 1866, 87 to
; Spanish New -Three, 36ft to 3676 ; Venczuelo
20 to 22 ; Peruvian 1865, 851 to
In foreign markets there is a degree of heaviness
without much change in prices.
American Securities are firm. United States
5'20 Bonds are better, at 711- to 72. Erie shares
unaltered, at 451, to 46. Illinois, 95 to 96.
tlll:nglish Railway shares are quiet but generally
firm, except Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Midland, the former being lower and
the latter being quoted at 42/ to 43/
and 1061 to 107 respectively. The following are
the prices :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 128 k ;
South Eastern, 771 r to 78 ; Great Eastern, 34 -to
31 ; Great Western, 53 to 53k ; Great Northern,
1021 to 1031 ; the A stock, 97 to 98 ; London and
North Western, 1151 to 115 k ; London and South
Western, 91 to 93 ; London, Brighton, and South
Coast, 52 to 52 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 19i
t() 191 ; Metropolitan, 111 to 112/ ; Caledonian,
741 to 741.
In Foreign Railway Shares, Great Luxembourg is
Inquired for at 111 - to 111 ; and Lombardo-Venetian,
14'1 to 15 _ _ .

Miscellaneous Securities are steady. Anglo-
American Telegraph is quoted at 224 to 22i ;
Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., at 5 to 51 ;
Hudson's Bay, at 151 to 151. , London General
Omnibus, 1-4 to 21.
The Corn Market is dull, with prices nominally the
rue as on Wednesday.
The steamers which left New York yesterday for
Europe bring £85,000 in specie.
The gold taken to the Bank of England yesterday
Ras £195,000.
The City of Antwerp has arrived from New York
With
.L 50,000 in specie.
The half-yearly court of the proprietors of the
Canadet Company has been called for the 25th June,
for
the purpose of declaring a dividend.
b A call of ..£2 Os 8d on the old and new shares has
ilen made by the directors of the Dutch Rhenish
allvay Company, payable on the Ist of July.
13. At the meeting to be held on the 23rd June, of the
a `,111.k of South Australia, the directors will recommend
_„"11 income
at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum free
ut tax.
The report of the City of London Real Property
Many (Limited) issued, in anticipation of the
d eeting on the Ist of June, recommends that a divi-
:nd be paid at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum,
an interiki dividend of 2i per cent. having been paid
to December last.
The annual meeting of the Temperance and General
Provident Lastitution was held at the London Tavern
3esterday. The report stated that 2,161 policies had
br
n issued during 1867, assuring the sum of £425,981,
,ua that the capital of the institution now amounted
to £990,000.
C The traffic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway
er°4lPany for the week ending May 24 show an in-
ofiease £2OB ; the receipts of the Bahia and San
.ralleiseu Railway for the week ending April 18, an
lth cease of £336 ; the Great Luxemburg Railway for
the week ending May 24, an increase of £1,304 ; and
i_ue Bombay Baroda, and Central India Railway, an
Period of
£958, as compared with the corresponding
yelled of last year.
The following' *are the rates of continuation, &c.,
,""r.ent at the settlement now in progress :—Ci le-
Zlmaian, k to * back, closing * to f back ; Great
i\Torttehrenr,n,2s to 3s contango, closing is to 2s ; Great
± to g- ditto ; ditto A, even to * contango,
i!°Btng Oven to * back ; Leeds Stock, * to * contango ;
lan:don and /•:Torth-Western, 1-16 to * contango,
ce,°„B:ng * to 3-16 contango ; Great Western, * to 3-16
v--‘ango ; Midland, even to k back ; Metropolitan,
to * contango, closing even to k back ; Dovers,
to contango, closing fto # contango ; Berwick,
hlek to 4 contango ; York and North Midland,
I\Tek to ft contango ; Sheffields, 1-16 to I contango ;
earth British, even to * back ; Great Western of
Cd to 9d contango ; Grand Trunk of Canada,
'0 18 contango ; Brighton, to contango, closing
L.,
to 3-16 contango.

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DO. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
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°- 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
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1,0. Second Issue
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—0- 41000 Bonds
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pia!' 5 per Cent, 1865 —
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1104teridetiu 6 per Cent. —
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ItlisV• do., Scrip, £2O paid —B44
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0 ,=4,1 Per Cent. 1850
D° Zi Per Cent., 1860
bo uz Per Cent 1859
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