The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-07 00:00:00

AIONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGINOZ.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Bank directors have met, and decided to mak
DO alteration in the rate of discount. The demand in
the open market is as yet very quiet, at 2to 2 per
cent, for the best bills. The supply apears to be a
little larger.
The Stock Markets are quiet, and the only change
of importance is a recovery of per cent. in
Consols from the unofficial close of last evening.
In foreign Stocks, Egyptian continue very unsettled.
Imperial Ottoman Bank Shares are flat, and there is
a little animation in Hudson's Bay Shares upon the
statement that arrangements have been effected for
the transfer of the company's property to the
Government.
Cotton iu Liverpool continues to have a drooping
tendency.
Consols are firm, et a recovery of per cent., being
quoted at 937, to .9'4 for delivery, and 92k to 924
ex div. for account ; New and Reduced Three per
Cents., .9 to 92'1 ; India Five per Cents., 1152 to
1,1,61 ; Ruik Stock, 244 to 213 ;
_Exchequer Bills.
443 to 17s prem.
In Foreign Securities the dealings are moderately
;active, but the variations in prices are not of much
Impor anee. Egyptian, 1862, 7 per Cent. Stock is
lower, and Greek also worse, while Egyptian, 1864,
hi better. The following are the prices : Italian, 48
to 48; Greek, 13 to 13 ; Peruvian, 1865, 83fr to
; Portuguese, 40 to 40k ; Russian 5 per Cent.l62 ,
831 to 84 ex div. ; ditto Orel Vitbsk, 794 to
;' Spanish New 3 per Cent., 35i to 35g- ; Turkish
u,per Cent., 1862, 621 to 621 ex div. ; ditto 5 per
'eat., 1865, 341 to 35.
Egyptian 9 per Cent. Bonds are 891 to 90.
The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan, fully mid
up, is 91 to 914, and the Scrip, 2 to 1i dis.
The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem.
Colonial Government securities are firm. Canada
Six per Cents. is quoted at 103 to 104 ;_ ditto Five
per Cents., 90 to 91 ; Mauritius 6 per Cents., 104
to 106_,- New South Wales Five per Cents., 100 to
102 ; New Zealand Six per Cents., 110 to 112 ;
Queensland Six per Cents., 106 to 107 ; Victoria Six
per Cents., 112 to 113.
In American securities, United States 5-20 Bonds
are it better, at 70
There is no p 2. to 70i.
articular change in railways. Cale-
(lonian have been quoted 7511 to 76 ; Great Eastern,
341 to 34} ; Great Northern (A), 97 to 98 ; Great
Western, 54 to 54 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1271 to 1281 ; Lo:cdon, Brighton, and South Coast,
53,E to 531 ; Chatham, 181 to 19 • London and North
Western, 115 k to 116 ; Sletropo'litan, 1124 to 112, ;
ditto Extension, 1051 to 1051; South Eastern, 74;
to 74a.
The Indian lines are firm. Bombay and Baroda
are 104 to 105 ; Great Indian, 109 to 110 ; and East
India, 111 to 112.
'Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are 29 to 30 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds
321 t to 33.
In Bank Shares the dealings are merely nominal,
And
prices are little altered. Union. of London
Shows
a further improvement of ie at 34 to 35,
Imperial Ottoman is -11- lower, at to f
Prem. Agra (A. shares) steady at 9i to 10i :
Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Anglo - Austrian,
41 is
5 ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Consoli-
ckeat 4i to 41 ; Imperial, 18 to 19 ; London and
e°untY, 52 to 53 • London and Westminster, 69 to
40 ; ID • ,
Joint
_Stock
t13,54t10i-36t.0 42i ex div. ; and London
Finance shares are little dealt in, and prices are
lvi_t_kout movement. Credit Foncier, 21 to 3 ; General
Credit,
die.
_roceLiind
St. ;London
Miningn Finance, Yregit, 2i to 24 ; International Finance, 2 to 11
23 to 21 dis.
Shares have met few inquiries.
Philip del Reys are quoted at 19 to 20 ; Port
'Pt Chontales, better, at 24 to 2i.
Miscellaneous Securities are steady, the only change
In prices being An advance of * in Hudson's Bay, at
15tit°15le* An Telegraph, 234 to 2311
Atlantic Telegraph 51 to 5,4 ; London General Omi-
14t", to 2A ; Ocean Marine Insurance, 14 to 15
'1". ; Thames and Mersey, 41- to 5 ; Universal
nee dis. to prem.
the Bank yesterday £29,000 in bar gold were
eP' in. and £7,000 in coin were withdrawn for the
_ •st Coast of Africa. On the week these operations
are X 53,000 against the stock held.
The prevalence of easterly winds is probably delay-
now the arrival of one or two Australian gold ships
Ps' quite due. The total at sea from Melbourne is
_ tith ele
vt City of London has arrived from New York
-4 5,000 in specie.
tn' he steamers which left New York yesterday for
ir.,?Pe took £125,000 in specie.
lio'ne yearly general meeting of the Bank of British
forrtb America has been called for the 2nd June,
"nlPany
the transaction of the ordinary business of the
I
rßPecial general meeting of the Titanic Steel and
13i, r,c'n (Joinpany will he held on the 21st May, for the
te,\P!'se of confirming the resolutions passed at the
11'011Ataeeting.
1/I(ltlingi for £350,000 in bills on Calcutta and
to,)k p ask lace yesterday at the Ba of England.
to \f"nlouets allotted were to Calcutta ....,f316•00, and
a1"u1" fixed
8 £32,600. The minimum price was
13rt 1
it 3 11(1 on both presidencies, and tenders at that
wile will receive about 48 per cent. Those above
get
be allotted in full. No tenders on Bombay
eele? invited. These terms show a reduction of 1 per
in the minimum, and also in the demand.
haoue Committee of the Stock Exchange yesterday
per consideration the claims of the New Three
rei ljr. Spanish Stock, to be marked in the official
but ultimately adjourned the question for a
urtnight.
The London
and North-Western Railway traffic)
return shows this week a decrease of £B.C-45 corn-
Krit.'",,.l with the corresponding period of last year ; the
Northern
an increase of £2,468 ; and the Great
2thern a decrease of £B5l.
11:-Eh,, traffic receipts of the Bahia and San Francisco
allway Company for the week ending 111 arch 28,
show an increase of £347 as compared with the corre-
sponding week of 1867.
s_At. the hale-yearly meeting yesterday of the United
olextean Mining Company the directors'- report was
stlepted, and the. proposed call of 2s 6d per share,
nav„
ble on the Ist of July, was agreed to.
Telegrams from Hong Kong to the 15th ult., says
Messrs. Townend Brothers' tea circular reports the tea
season closed, with an export of 115,000,000 ;
'41_411 if the usual allowance is made for loss of weight,
a With wrecked cargoes, our actual supply will pr•-
'ulY be about 110,000,000 lbs.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
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GOTERNMENT FUNDS.
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