The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-23 00:00:00

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MONEY MARili;

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COMMERCIAL INTELLMETICB,

CITY, Two o'CLocir.
The Stock Markets are quiet, at the improved
Prices current at the close yesterday. Almost the
only feature is a little more inquiry for National
Discount Shares, upon the highly creditable stateluent
made at the meeting yesterday. Credit Foncier have
rallied 2s 6d per share, with £lO paid, from a hope
that the worst has been seen. The Funds are un-
altered, but Bank Stock is .£1 higher, and Indian
Government Securities are in demand for invest-
tent.
Disccnnts are unchanged.
The Funds are firm, but Consols are unchanged at
941 to 9-* for delivery, and 94 to 941 for August ;
New and Reduced Three per Cents. are 941 to 90 ;
Bank Stock, 244 to 2-17 ; India Five per Cents., 115
to 1152 ; Exchequer Bills, 16s. to 20s. prem.
Foreign Stocks are a little firmer, but business is
quiet. Mexican, 15/ to 151 ; Greek, 131 to 14 ;
New Spanish, 35 to 35/ ; Italian, 527; to 53k ;
Turkish, 40k to 40g-; Egyptian (1864), 83 to 84 ; ditto
Scrip, par to prem. ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents.,
711 to 721 ; the Nine per Cents., 88 to 89 ; Hon-
duras is BL4 to 82 • and the 5-20 Bonds, 721 to 721.
The important ndvance in railways which took place
Yesterday afternoon at the close is supported, and
Isere and . there a further fractional rally has taken
place, The prices ate :—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1291 to 1301 ; Midland, 1041 to 105 ; South
Eastern, 764 to 77 ; London and North Western,
1151 to 11 ; Great Northern, 103 to 104 ; ditto
A, 971 to 98 ; Great Eastern, 49 to 491 ; Great
Western, 49 to 491 ; Brighton, 531 to 54,E ;
Sheffield, 41 to 42 ; Metropolitan, 1121 to 113 ;
and Chatham, 194 to 20.
Atlantic and Great Weitern Railway Debentures
are firm, at 391 to 40, and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds at 391 to 401. Erie Shares are also firm, the
present prices, viz., 421; to 431, showing a rise of
Illinois are lower, at 95A to 96k.
Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
Cent. Debenture Stock is 96/ to 961 ; East Indian
are 1081 to 1091 ; and Bombay and Baroda, 1031 to
10q..
There is no average change in Colonial Government
,ecurities. Canadian 6 per Cents. are 102 to
104 ; and the 5 per Cents., 90 to 92 ; Mauritius 6 per
Cents. 103 to 103 ; New South 'Wales 5 per Cents.,
99 to 101 ; New Zealand 6 per Cents., 110 to 112 ;
Queensland 6 per Cents., 1051 to 106 k ; and Victoria
6 per Cents., 112 to 114, and 113 to rift.
In Bank shares Alliance and Imperial are lOs
lower, but otherwise there is no change. Agra are
14 to 12 ; Alliance, 10 to 9 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian,
6 to GA- prem.; Chartered Mercantile, 281 to 291;
Consolidated, 41 to 5 ; Imperial, at 17 to 18 ; Impe-
rial Ottoman, 1 td i prem. ; London and County,
52 to 53 ; London and Westminster, 70 to 71 ;
Oriental, 44 to 44. ; London Joint-Stock, 34 to 35 ;
and Union of London, 351 to
In Discount and Finance shares National Discount
are ► better at 7 prem.: Credit Foncier are k better
at 21 to 2k per £lO share. General Credit are quiet
at 2 dis ; and International, 11 dis.
There is no change in cable shares. Anglo-Ameri-
can are 211 to 22, and Atlantic Telegraph, 4i to A-.
Foreign Mining Shares are a shade firmer. Orion-
tales are 17 to 2,k ; Rossa Grande, to -Is prem. ;
St. John Rey 184 -to 191 ; and Port Philip, 11
%Vest Wisconsin Bonds are quoted at to l prem.
Including a purchase yesterday of £lO,OOO,
,the
bullion operations at the Bank for the week now
closed have been on balance £17,000 in favour of the
alnount held.
Saturday next will be a holiday in the Stock Ex-
change, on account of the Volunteer Review.
. 00 the Ist September next the minimum cable
tariff will be reduced from £5 5s to £3, exclusive of
the charge for land service at America, making the
lninittinin about £3 is 63.
Scottish Waggon Company have announced a
ulvidend at the rate of 121 per cent. per annum for
the past half year.
A dividend and bonus equal to 10 per eent. is re-
etninnended by the directors of the Lancaster Ship
Owners' Company.
`.,. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
,;I°T'clay next a special settling day in the 5 per Cent.
sedeetnable Debenture Stock (1867) of the Great
'astern Railway—to be marked in the official list.
The receipts of the Midland Railway for the past
week show an increase of £8,116 ; the Great Northern,
X„ ;
all the Glasgow and South-Western, £338 ; and
the London and North-Western, £7,589.
The receipts for the Madras Railway for the week
ending 30th May amounted to £13,833 14s. lid.,
being an increase of £4,396 17s. 83. Those of the
Bahia and San Francisco line for the week ending the
lath ult. show an increase of £166 15s. 93.
For the month of June the receipts of the Atlantic
and Great Western were £70,434, or a decrease of
£6,245.-

The Liverpool sales of East India wool have been
axed for the 11th August, when about 12,000 bales
will be offered. For the next London Colonial sales
169,643 bales have arrived, and the total is expected
t° be about 210,000 bales. Messrs. Schwartze's
circular reports the market quiet but firm, and last
Prices are expected to be maintaiued at the forth-
°Qllaing sides

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
8 GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
Per Cent. Consols
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