The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-23 00:00:00

RONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCB,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Tile stock markets art quiet, without any material
yariation from the closing official prices of yesterday.
hours,
fall of which took place in Consols after regular
rum, in consequence of a slight relapse in Paris, has
!leen recovered, and they are steady, although there
no demand. The foreign speculative stocks are
pearly all stronger in tone. Brighton Railway stock
I3very flat. The contingency of the Chancery suit re-
ferred to in another paragraph has induced sales, while
buyers purchase unwillingly.
The demand for money is perfectly inactive, and
the best bills are readily taken at 1 to 1/ per
cent,

n Consols are good at 941 to 94i for money, and
°,31 to 931 for account ; New and Reduced Three
Per Cents. 931 to 93i ; India Five per Cents. are
steady at 6to 1161 s ; Bank Stock, 247 to 249,
being an improvement of ; Exchequer Bills, 6s to.
IN prem.
The chief feature in Foreign stofls is an advance
Zfist per cent. in Mexican ; •while Spanish and Tur-
have each improved ; Egyptian stocks -are
steady ; Italian, 50a to 647.
In the Railway Market, Brighton stock has receded
too ck 51i to 52, being a further 'decline of f ; Sheffield
too
,
42k to 43f ; Metropolitan, 1111 to 112 ; South
astern firm,
at 76i to 761 ; Great Western, 53 to
u 4; Caledonian 75 to 75i.
Banking and 'Miscellaneous Shares are stationary.
In American Securities United States Five-Twenty
Bonds are quiet, at 71} to 71,E ; Erie Shares f lower;
at 45,f to 45f ; Illinois, 95± to 96k.
The liquidators of the Royal Bank of Liverpool
(which supended payment in November, 1867) have
intimated that they are prepared to anticipate the pay-
ment of the promissory notes of the bank (which are
not due until the 23rd October next) subject to a
rebate of interest.

A. special meeting of the Don Pedro North del
Rey Mining Company has been called for the Ist of
June, for the purpose of declaring an interim dividend
for the three months ending March 31st, of is 6d per
ahare, being at the rate of 42 per cent per annum.
The annual general meeting of the Chelsea Water
Works Company will be held on the 11th of June,
after which the meeting will be made special for the
Purpose of authorising the directors to raise a portion
Of the new capital for' the construction of additional
Works.

There were no gold operations at the Bank yester-
day. The £150,000 in sovereigns mentioned yesterday
RS having been sent into the Bank from Egypt were
ttken out on account of the Abyssinian expedition.
The error was made by one of the Bank official.
, The Italian Credit Mobilier, in conjunction with
bankers connected with the Credit' Foncier of Paris,
rae agreed with the Italian Meridional Railway
mPany for an issue of bonds bearing 8 per cent.
,t,iterest. The bonds are to be issued in Italy and
'Prance only.
In order to provide for its further requirements on
capital„ account, the Marseilles Docks Company pro-
either to issue 40,000 obligations which it was
authorised to create a few months since, or to sell
certain surplus lands. Although the revenue of the
ZmitiPallY was somewhat affected last year by the pre-
, a ent commercial depression, it presents this year a
leadeney to revive. Thus an increase of £5,600 was
_indicated in the first three months of this year, as cc:4ll-
'4l%d with the corresponding period of 1867.
~The return of the Bank of France shows the stock
°,!_hullion to be £47,100,000, being an increase of
7720,000. The stagnation of trade is represented
uy,,,a further decline of £960,000 in the discounts.
The next tenders for India Council bills will be Ire-
ceived on the 3rd June for £200,000.
The numbers are published of a series of the Five
Lear Cent. Debenture Bonds of the Land Mortgage
Of India, issued in 1866, that hve been
`4lllll for redemption at par on the Ist July next.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
~ (i OVER
N 31
ENT FUNDS.
8 ter Cent. Consols
N•llitto for Account, Juno 4
eer Cent. Reduced 93;1
.I:T.° 3 per Cent
"ei,`o? 2i. per Cent. Jan. 1894
'0 5 per Cam. Jan. 1 8 7 3
annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
DO. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
uo (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
Dollloquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct 9 5 9
inn
Do, 00
9 5 9
100 ei £2OO
45
9 5 9
ink of England Stock, 4; per Cent —
Do. Account
1 IsDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
-iliastock, 104 per Cent., April 1874
4-',.,°. Account
NO. 5 Pe Cent. uly 1880
-0* 4 Perr Cent.,J Oct., 188 r
Do. Certificates • —
Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent B9l
ph°. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
DO-°- 54 per Cent., May 1879 —
5 por Cent., Rduop.. Deb. 1872 —
D 1877
Do. do. 1882 —
Do.
',... nob, 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Bonds, ser Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £lp,000
pmm
, u
FOREIGN' FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
.0.
AA rut' Repulic, 6 per Cent...
131. Arianne
Bonds, 5 per Cont. 1859
341lian 5 per Cent
Do. 44 per Cont., 1852 —
L°."°- do., 1858..... —
Do. do, . 1860 —
d 0..,
Do A 1863 —
r,- "' Per Cent., 11365
~
~ ~0 Account 764 i
.04enos Ayres 6 per Cent —
(, Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
041„`)°, 6per Cent.
-(41401 6 per Cent _
Do. 41per Cent
,U - b per Cent, B
9_6
.„'''').l 1867
'''°., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 lO2l 4 2
h 13/0., Scrip £32 paid
- ,i, rabian, 6 per Cent.
Danih, 3 per Cent., 1825 — xd
kl olubian Principalities, 7 par Cent —
8 per Cent., 1867 .., .... 781
b...quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.
41/ptian, 7 per Cent
0. Second issue Do. £5OO Bonds •
Do. #loo Bonds
Do. 1864
Do. Account
80. £5,)0 Bonds _
Do. £lOO Bonds ••••• 83
_92 14
n Government Railway Debentures
•
-rt,eek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups
-u,,,0. Account • ..
-uO. Coupons •
`I
, D. A.ccount
llatetnala 5 per
tionduras Gov. Rail. Lola., 10p. Ct., .£25 p
Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 —
.o, Account • . 76 1
1,4)% Maremmana Raiway
'°llcat. 3 r Cent —
Ditto for A peccount
~., Dn.
1,864 --
..ouot Byer Cont. Anglo-French
!15. n 9N iden.o 6 per Cent.
oorish Imperial 5 . —
994 84
New Granada per Cent
.),3 3 Per Cenk —
,rn• -Deferred
Perti'vja Land Warrants (Hectares)
n 5 Per Cent. 1865 —
Do Accou t
.. 834 1
00 4 a
I) } per Cent. (Uribarren)
3J°° 44 Per Cent.. 1862 ••
p Account .
ort4,e
°- 3 Ct 1853 '6 '7 '9 '6O '2 'a 40i f
, se per ~ , , , , , ,
T,'"°. do., 1867 404
It '-' do., Scrip, 0 paid —
Do to ae 5 per Cent., 1822, £St
tp° 41 per Cent. 1850
o: 9 per Cent., 1860
JD_ ? per Cent., 1859 —
bu 0 per Cent., 1862 844
eo . • Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds —
o
do. £B4 15s. d 0..,.
D , £lOO Bonds
°Ol 1866 * 874 8
Do: • do £B4 15s. do —
Rttrdign:las Railway 64 is,
Zplttlish*"l 5 per Cent —
Do. ° Per (Jen . —
Account
D° dew Deferred —
D° Account
vo -isti .
.00 4: s.sive —
3:), h4-0e hunt
I) '.°nl. Cert. of Coup. not funded
o°o.
1811 6 per Cent. —
6
eeonnt
D Per Cent. 1858 —
0,
r:cunt
;' 1.00 Bonds
D 0 6 Per Cent., 1862 —o Account
3 4100 Bonds 651 6
Do ~• 1)0. 1863 —bo -„ Per Cent., 1865 —o_ f.xecount
1)3 ° Per Cent. 1865 591
Von 3 4 Per c ' ez,,_, out., Guaranteed
I), rut, 3 per Cent.
/),, „ 1
Per Cont., 1862
If 0: Per Cent. 1864 —
1 Per Cent. Certificates
P.selßiaPAiltaicleuds on the above able in in9l4ndou•
ullteh ) '1 Per cent., Ex. 25f.
pi,, Li ' Per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull _
Preocrlyteount 3
1411g•rn„ iltes, tier Cent., E. 25f. —
-ttlii:11), ° 0 Par Ce-nt. Ex 10 Florins
bo. , Per (lent. 1831, Es. Zsi.
oust 5Ol i I
Consols,
CLOSING PRICES.
34 ,e
Do. 2 o y 944 i
4., ccount, 4th June 934 1
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Fob, -,ONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP OF HERE-
Lia4"lt is understood that the Rev. Dr. Atley, the
Arch°,,P t'esignate of Hereford, will be consecrated by the
ford, the e Pof Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop of Ox-
Bishod of Rochester and the Bishop of ut n
tptifstt'thurY Ca hedral, on 'the Feast of St. John the