The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-24 00:00:00

X 01,4 Li I MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLTG RN" g

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Stock Markets are perfectly inactive. • It3usi-
!less from the public is evidently prejudiced by the
efforta about to be made in Parliament to raise dis-
turbing questions, although much satisfaction is felt
St the promptness with which the discussion on the
Irish Church resolutions will be taken. The Funds are
stationary ; and in the principal descriptions of British
railways no change of importance has been estab-
-Ished, though in several cases the tone is heavy and
dull. The principal foreign stocks remain at previous
rices, but with scarcely so good a tone as that which
bas recently been prevailing.
tToney is firm in price. The rate in the open
Market for first-class commercial bills is 2 per cent.
On the Stock Exchange the terms for short loans on
good securities are a to 2 per cent.
The English Funds are steady. Consols opened at
Testerday's prices, at 93 to 93A- for money, and 931t0r account, at which they are now quoted. New
and Reduced Three per Cents., 91i to 92 ; India Five
Vr Cents. unaltered, at 114 to 1141- ; Exchequer
ills, lOs to 15s prem.
, In Foreign Government Securities, Italian (1861)
u°rlds have'recovered ; and Tin kish, the Egyptian
Railway Loan and the Viceroy's 7 per Cents., are
firmer ; but Mexican, New Spanish, Orel-Vitebsk, and
the Egyptian 1864 bonds are flatter. The following are
the present quotations:—Mexican, 15 to 16 ; Greek,
121 to 13; New Spanish, 35-i to 357,-; Italian (1861) 47±
$47 ; Turkish (1865), 33 to 33i; Portuguese, -1 to
g rem.; Orel-Vitebsk, 781 to 791 ; Egyptian (1864),
i to 871; ditto Railway, 901 to 91 ; Viceroy's 7
tor Cent., 73! to 74 ; and ditto 9 per Cents., 891 to
ei9,
In American Securities, United States Fire-Twenty
fonds are steady, at 72 to 72k ; Erie Shares and
Illinois are each ± lower, the former being quoted at
46 to 47, and the latter at 89 to 90.
Atlantic 'and Great Western Railway Debentures
Mortgage
receded to 261 to 27, and the Consolidated
Nlortgage Bonds ± to 27k to 28.
The New Honduras Loan is steadyat to 14 prem.
In Colonial Government Securities Canada Six pet
Cents are quoted at 100 to 101 ; ditto Five per Cents,
86i to 87i ; Mauritius Six per Cents., 104 to 106 ;
New South Wales Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; New
Zealand Six per Cents., 105 to 107 ; Queensland Six
Per Cents., 103 to 104 ; Victoria Six per Cents., 110
to 111,

There is no change in railways, and the quotations
tnrrent are :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 125/ to 1251 ;
Midland, 105 to 1054 ; South Eastern, 721- to
73 ; London and North Western, 1141 to 1151 ;
Great Northern, 104 k to 10:"4- ; ditto A, 99 to 100 ;
Great Eastern, 311 to 321 ; -Ureat Western, 46i to
47 ; Brighton, 48± to 48/ ; Sheffield, 43 to 434 ;
Metropolitan, 114± to 1141 ; Caledonian, 801- to 801 ;
Chatham, 18/ to 18i ; and North British, 331
to 34i.
The allotment of the Metropolitan District Deben-
tures will be made on Thursday next. It is stated
that the amount subscribed is about five times the
tnm required. The quotation this morning is 1/ to
11_ rem.
The Foreign and Colonial Government Trust re-
Mains firm, at 1/ to 11 prem.
Bank Shares continue to meet with little attention,
tand prices are merely nominal, the only changes
being a decline of in Union of London, at 32k to
; and an improvement of / in Consolidated, at
4i to 4a. Agra (A shares), 10 to 104 ; Alliance,
13i to 12i ; Anglo-Austrian, 3 to 4 prem. ; Char-
Itered Mercantile, 284 to 29k-Imperial, 17 to 17i ;
mperial Ottoman, * dis. to par; London and County,
02 to 53 ; London and Westminster, 674 to 68k;
"Oriental 42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 31 to
In Finance shares General Credit is / lower at 24
1 2i, while International Finance is better at 2to
dis. ; Credit Foncier, 21 to 3k-.
Foreign Mining shares are steady. St. John del
kttey quoted at 18i to 19A- ; Port Philip, lf to 11--;
Uhoutales Ito dis.
In Miscellaneous Securities the dealings are few
land unimportant, and not a single variation is noticed
111 prices. Hudson's Bay, steady at 14 to 141 ;
ir ore-street Warehouse, 24 to 1i dis.; London General
Omnibus, 1/ to 2 ;__Anglo-Anierican Telegraph, 211
22k- ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent., 5 1-10 to
3-16 ; Ocean Marine Insurance, 14 to 15 prem.;
games and Mersey Marine Insurance, 4A to 4R ;
universal Marine, 4r dis to prem.
..The gold returns of the Don Pedro North del Rey
Mining Company for January amounts to 11;105
oitavas, and the profits to £2,700 5s 7d. The pro-
ceeds of the Rossa Granda Mines only amounted to
281 oitavas. The gold returns of the Anglo-Brazilian
Mines for January was 2,058 oitavas, worth £926 2s,
And costing £1,434 19s 3d.
There were no gold operations reported at the Bang
Yesterday.
The Australian gold known to be now on the way
!o this country amounts to £1,005,000, of which a
The
proportion will be due in about a fortnight.
I:he following are the names of the ships :—The Lady
Alelville, with £264,000 ; Kenilworth, with £37,000 ;
acduff, with £290,000 ; Mediator, with £37,000 ;
True Briton, with £115,000 ; Holmesdale, with
£190,000 ; and the Superb, with £72,000.
Bombay private telegrams quote the exchange
(,)0 London as lower, and there is consequently
,!88 inquiry for silver. Holders, however, hope
unit the newspaper quotation of "document bills"
Will prove correct, and refuse to accept lower
°rice&
The liquidators of the Scinde, Punjaub, tine
Delhi Bank Corporation have issued their report,
which is brought down to the close of the second
Year of the liquidation. It shows an esti-
mated surplus on the 27th February, 1868, of
512,127 9s 5d ; and the report thus concludes :
In our last report we expressed the opinion that
'0 addition to the return previously made of £6 per
£lO share, and £1 per £5 share, there would ulti-
tc,ately he further returns equal to 14s per share on
all the shares of the bank. A subsequent return of
I°.e per share has already been made, and we are
nil of opinion that the remaining 4s will ultimately
I.'e realised ; but the date for a final return cannot
Yet be fixed, inasmuch as further realisations de-
l'end mainly upon receipts from estates in liquida-
ton:,

10the report of the East India Land, Credit, an
dlnanee Company has been issued. It states that
ne whole of the liabilities have been extinguished,
d no new business transacted. The interest on
°lltstanding loans has been sufficient to pay all ex-
tl)ensesi and leave a balance of £2,700. Two pounds
er share have been already returned, and there will
e_a further distribution before the end of the year.
The ttaster of the Rolls has authorised Mr. R. P.
Itartlino. the official liquidator of the Joint Stock
In discount Cuffipauy, to pay a further dividend of 2s
the pound to the creditors of the Company, making
with the previous dividends 12s in the pound.
b Subscription lists for the loan for the City of
'',lorence have been opened in Belgium, France, and
'4ertuany, as well as in Italy.
PAt the general meeting of the "Societe Generate
our Favoriser le Developpement du Commerce de
;ndustrie en France," to be held on the Ist of April,
clividend will be proposed of 19f. 40c. per share.
nnis added to the interim dividend paid on the Ist of
dividend
last of sf. 6c. will make for the year 1867 a
41vidend of 25f. per share.
The Government of Wurtemburg has been authoriseu
ltcontract a loan of 18,000,000 florins for the con-
rlystion of new railways. One-half of this loan,
i3vfilch bears 4i per cent, interest, has been emitted
t,Y,„ Messrs. Rothschild and Sons, of Frankfort, at
4- per cent.
The Official Gazette of Madrid of Saturday last con-
tai
,„ 48 a decree authorising the Minister of Finance to
redeemable
a loan of £2,200,000 sterling, at 61 percent.,
'ranged
in fifteen years. The loan bas been
'Tpged for in Paris.
44.1130 traffic receipts of the Melbourne and Hobson's
j.? United Railway Company for the week ending
Cary 30, amounts to £2,287, and for the cones-
,4llding week of last year to £2,177, showing an
'lease of £llO.

BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
8 gOVERNMENT FUNDS.
hr kieut. Consols
R „:°. Account, April 2 931 5
liZt Cent. Reduced 9l-
l 3 per Cent 92 1i
,6021 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Ali • per Cent. can. 1873 —
tbtlities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — xd
o• for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
-
tt,,,,c' (Red Sea Televaph), Au,„., 1908 —
goquer Bills, £l,OOO 9 , 2 per Ct.
bo £5OO — pm
/ibo. £lOO & £2OO — pm
Doof England Stock, 41 per Cent Shut
. Account
14 .ort,IAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
bcll_4.tock, 105 per Cent., April 1874
Account
0 Account -
13°°' 5 per Cent. July, 1880
i-j• 4 pe.• Cent., Oct. 1888
bl• Certificate,:
bo• Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent B7i
/21°,• 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872
Ns"'Cent., May 1879
„,
0 per COD t. HIT. Deb., 18,2 —
Do. do. 1877 —
1), ko. do. 1882 —
On* .;.,'°l3., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...„
1)-' -oonds, 5 per Cent., £1,001)
o• Under £l.OOO
Ar FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK.
A gellt*
,11, In,
tri" Republic, 6 per Cent . —
lira 444 Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
')""a4 5 C t
o per en
IV 4i Per Cent., 1852 —
1.
.),. d
do., 1K8......
bO. 0., 18 ; 0 —
bo u. , do., 1863 —
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