The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-06 00:00:00

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QOAIME.RCIAL INTZI.LIOBNOB,

CITY, Two o'CLoor.
'rag stock markets are tilt, chiefly upon the absence
(,)f business. The Funds are a further k per cent.
&wer, and what changes have taken place in the Eng-
lish securities are adverse. Foreign stocks and like.
;:aiysefreil tlther lower. In American, Erie, which yester-
-3 per cent., have recovered 11. Otherwise
this department is also lower.
The Discount Market remains firm, and the rate
for the best bills is 1k to 1R- per cent.
Consols are flat, and show a further fall of at 94
to 941 for money, and 941 to 941 for September ;
New and Reduced Three per Cents, 94,1 to 94f ; India
Pi-
/0 per Cents. unaltered,' at 1141 to 1151 ; Bank
Stock, 247 to 249 ; Exchequer Bills, 143 to 183
nretn.
Foreign.. Stocks are very quiet, and rather lower.
",ioxicin are 151 to 15i Greek, 13 to 13i ; New
id gnash, 33i,- to 337 ; Italian, 521 to 53 ; Turkish,
; .Brazilian 77i to 78 ; Peruvian, 79 to
Egyptian (1864),' 85 to 86 ; Viceroy's Seven
Per (lent., 72 to 72k ; and the Nine per Cents., 91
91k. The Honduras Loan has rallied to 83.
C' Tr Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
bebsoture Stock is 96± to 96.1.
40 American Securities, United States 5-20 Bonds
"1:a 11 lower, at 701 to 711 • Erie Shares show a
l'e,asery of li, at 38 to 40 ; while Illinois are worse,
91i to 923.
Colonial Government Securities are steady. Canada
Sag Per Cent. 103 to 105 ; Mauritius Six per Cent.,
loa
t - to 105 ; New South Wales Five per Cent., 99
rs-c) 101 1 New Zealand. Six per Cent., 110 to 112 ;
Ncleensiand Six per Cent., 105 to 106; Victoria Six
Per Cent., 113 to 115.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
a. `l3f4 to 401 • and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds
ttt 40i to 41.
~I.'"glish Railway Shares are in little request, and
rites are scarcely altered. Caledonian is 1 lower, at
.7 `
tteor n i7B Midland, 1, at 107 to 1071 ; and Great
it
ifrtstern a further , at 39 to 39k ; while Great
I better, at 50k to 51. The following are
auotatioas :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 130 i to
°ll South Eastern, 771 to 772 ; London and North-
wkktaa), 110 to 117 ; Great Northern, 106. to 1071 ;
e Ao 104 k to 105.- ; London, Brighton, and South
`"eat, 54 to 54 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, 431 to -431 ; Metropolitan, 1171 to 1172 ;
Von Chatham and Dover, 201 to 20k.
„
oreigti Railways are quiet. Lombardo-Venetian
'3 marked at 153 to 16,1 i ; and Great Luxemboure,
127 g to 131.
Bank Shares are very quiet. The following are the
cotations :—Agra (A), ilk to 12 ; 10i
tquotations° dis.; Anglo-Austrian, 7 to 7k prem. ; Char-
t„e•Ted- Mercantile, 28k to 29k ; Consolidated, 4ft to
; Imperial, 17 to 18 ; Imperial Ottoman, 2 to 1
; London and County, 52 to 53 ; London and
4\;,tminster 68 to 69. ex div.; ditto, New, 48k to
:q..; Oriental, 44 to 45 ; London Joint-Stock,-32i
0-M ex div. ; Union of London, 35 to 36 ex div.
.t In
e Foreign Mining Shares St. John del Rey is
getter, at 20 to 21 ; Port Philip steady, at 14
t ; Chontales, 21 to 2a ; Ro3sa Grande, 5-16
it; prem.
n,,lli,cellaneous Securities are dull. Anglo- merican
7.e graph, 21/ to 21* ; Atlantic TelegraphB per
't',
3 1:3-16 to 3 15-16 ; Atlantic and Great
i_elatern Mortgage Bonds, 4(:1; to 41k ; Hudson's Bay,
%to ; London General Omnibus, 12 to 2.
biddings for 1'200,000 in bias on Calcutta anti
Viladras were held yesterday afternoon at the Bank of
pgland. The amounts allotted were to Calcutta
r 7,200, and to Madras £22,800. The minimum
piece c was fixed as before is 10:0 on both Presiden-
ce, and tenders at is 10:4d will receive about 91 per
I:,t,a those above will be allotted in full.
trthe interim dividend of the City of London
"very Company
annum• is at the rate of 7 per cent. per
A first dividend of 2s 7d in the pound is in course
o irPayment to the creditors of the separate estate of
1:t• M. Peto, of 2s 21 on the separate estate of E.
etts, and of is 10d on the estate of Peto and
svA fourth dividend of is in the pound is announced
134, the liquidators of the Birmingham Banking Com-
-17, making 17s paid.
La-the report of the 'Worcester City and County
at the
Company announces a dividend and bonus
e rate of 15 per cent. per annum.
The liquidators of the Imperial Mercantile Credit
Associationa have announced that they are prepared to
ie:e the promissory notes due on December 30 next,
'3 5 per cent. interest.
At atnt.of directors of the 'Lancashire and
meeting
Yorkshire Railway Company held yesterday, it was
decided to recommend to the proprietors, at their next
ieeting, to declare a dividend for the half year at the
to of 6 per cent. per annum, less income-tax.
b,lucluding the withdrawal yesterday of £98,000 in
'r gold for Paris, the bullion operations at the Batilf
t,~; the past week have resulted in .£200,000 being
ben out.
r The Bristol and Exeter Railway dividend is at the
eat° of 31 per cent. per annum, leaving £709 to be
teedr If: w.trd.
Ylie half-yearly meeting of the London and North-
Iv Railway has been called for the 21st inst.,
the transaction of the ordinary business of the
Up mys
lle ordinary general meeting of the Sit tingbourne
2',0'1„ Sheerness Railway has been convened for the
11 inst., for the purpose of receiving the directors'
reporttl and statement of accounts.
Itail 6 half-yearly meeting of the Great Northern
An extraordinary
has been called for the 22nd inst.
ja.s.c. extraordinary general meeting of the Mortgage
thlnk of India has been called for the 14th inst., for
keelt).urPose of confirming the resolutions passed at the
Tllng on the 30th July.
Tele e' ordinary general meeting of the British Electric
inst. ph Company has been called for the 21st
ils4rTv -lit
he edirectors
lsto.f the Berlin Water Works Company
f,s- e,CUllVened the half-yearly meeting of shareholders
The oountfollowing is the report of the London and
PropriY Rink :—" The directors, in submitting to the
year eters the balance-sheet of the bank for the half-
to reeedilipo' the 30th of June last, have the pleasure
sutra,
that, after paying all charges, and interest to
fel deTers) and making provision for bad and doubt-
hrs
sh„,, the net profits amount to .£72,165 12s 6d.
sa)ei added to £7,810 16s 2d, brought forward
ski B,llle last account, produces a total of £79,976
Per , They have declared the usual dividend of 6
Yea, Elise with a bonus of 2 per cent. for the half-
seri_ Fee of income-tax (equal to 16 per cent. per
ar,el), which will absorb £75 884 5s 4d, and leave
lesa"nue2.._as 4d to be carried forward to the profit and
icLw account. The dividend and bonus (together
or at sPer share) will bo payable at the head office,
guy of the branches, on and after Monday, the
kl"t*"
aathr,,,rB. Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt, under the
kits "ty of the serimiFrench Government, opened their
of 1868 on lists for the French Three per Cent. Loan
11, this morning, and they will close on Wed-
the h-Lnext, the 12th inst. It may be repeated that
rittaXet4ee of issue is 691 per cent., with coupon
dupes from the Ist July, and that with the allow-
e
lost& 11_ loan will return 4i per cent. The first
Xio 'llaent,
0 „ per cent., that is to say, for every
Dityilleh,4,soofr. nominal capital, £3 or 75fr., and the
on allotment, including the deposit, 10
Ito ei% The remaining payments are divided
irk' the' tieell monthly instalments, . extending
Paris, 21st September to the 21st Fbruary, 1870,
ir,o dz,__S if paid in London they must be paid
theeho6_ previously to these dates ; and Messrs.
eitalatetiutelel and Goldschmidt intimate that the first
Tierling, will be received by them at 25fr. per £1
tat,tancl the others at the exchange of the day.
rtielln,_ansount subscribed to the Loan and the pro-
tu the ate reduction of applications will be published
.544_ iiteur by the French Government ; and
43 1.3' 1141SChai h • th„Deasibie, s elm and Goldschmidt will, as soon
10' ameu,a, issue to their subscribers a statement of
eaofr. tte 4to be returned to them. For amounts of
vepitai) (3,333 fr. 33c., or £133 6s 8d nominal
_tea; gee French Govermnent Scrip will be deli-
"'ewe Berr Waller amounts the agents will issue their
orßedP) and no commission of any kind. will be

13111. VISIT FUNDS—TAY° O'CLOCK.
a (lovti,
a )5;bA„, N ,tENT FUNDS.
„‘-'elkt. Consols
Neer
for Account, Sept.
lio"wr,kjent. Reduced
liew '4l Per Cent
941 1-
h Do. d. Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 'l/44tkultiels'er Cent. J an. 187 3..
Do. for 31) vrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
412ted SeYal:ll4,rir:pshtil,llpgri,l 19808 R: --- xd
.1),:Iller I3ills, £1,00.11 2 1-10. t - l'm
, per bo £5OO
•
1:1'03.k of E £l.OO & £2OO
bo. . ngt•tul. Stock, 41 pu• Cent — '1
, Account ............. :
tad. "bIAN .1
A%
tc,
,_ -OVERNMENT SFCURTTIES.
bo. 0 c'ri.loi per Cent., Aprill874
Do. 51)641ng, for AccouLt —
1) Per (Jent..f 1 'BB )
13°. 1 Pe=' Cent Oct., ' (
. lBBB
o.
t toa'c'etecittie,E:
. 5
13° Per Pr 4 Pet:Cent
0. 54 p®r Cent., an. 1872
1:,
~, , , p r Cent., May 1879
" 1)0er Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 _
13D do. 1877 —
‘; 1.,°.
121 ' "(31, 5 d°. 1882 — ,e. tom. Per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do.
0r,(14, ',,9,9r Cent., £l,000
.41, UOO .. .
28 pm
.4.1.).8 . ottp,,_ _ .
4A4 iltille it, 1,(-41`T. FUNDS—TWO CLOCK. 444 is Pu•le, 6 per t:en...
°rls) 0 per Cent, 1859
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