The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMAIERCIAL iNTELLIGEI4,-CM,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The 6tock Markets, with some exceptions, are more
cheerful than they were yesterday, though no particu-
lar improvement has been established. The Funds
have recovered a point, and they are comparatively
firm. In the Foreign Market the principal
feature is further depression in Egyptian, Rus-
sian, and Portuguese stocks, while Turkish are
steady and Spanish good. As to railways they are
steady, and Caledonians have improved 2 per cent.
Metropolitan stock has undergone considerable fluctua-
tion upon the refusal of the Lord Chancellor to inter-
fere in the case of the injunction granted by Vice-
Chancellor 'Wood.
The discount demand is quieter, and the rate for
the best bills is rather lower, at 1i per cent.
Consols are firmer at an advance of being quoted
at 921 to 92i for money and account. New and
I,educed Three per Cents., 93 to 93i- ; India Five per
Cents., 1111 to 112 k. Bank stock 248 to 250. Ex-
chequer Bills, 15s to 20s prem.
Foreign Stocks are a shade firmer, with the excep-
tion of Egyptian and Russian, which are very fiat.
The 1864 bonds of the former are 2 per cent. lower,
at 85k to 86* ; the Viceroy's 7 per cent. bonds, 1/
lower, at 73 to 73i •, the 9 per cents., If, at 88 to
SSA ;' and the Railway Debentures at 90
to Al. Russian (1866) are lower, at 88
to 89 and Portuguese scrip f, at I prem ex div.
New Spanish are * better, at 35i to 3611- ; Greek are
121 to 121 ; Mexican, 151 to 16f ; Turkish, 32f to
32k ; 431 to 44 ; Chilian, 92f to 9311-
Peruvian (1865), 74i to 75i ; and ditto (1862), 91
to 92,
The New Honduras Loan is steady, at to 11
prem.
American Securities are good. United States' 5-20
Fonds are h better, at 71/ to 72. Erie Railroad, 4°
to 50. Illinois, 88k to 89.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have receded k, to 261 - to 27k, but the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds remain firm, at 25k to 26.
Metropolitan Railway stock was at 110, and imme-
diately fell to 107 k, on telegrams that the Lord
Chancellor refused to interfere with the injunction
granted by the Vice-Chancellor, costs to be reserved
to the hearing. There has since been a recovery
to 1081 ; other railways are steady, at the following
prices :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 127 f to 127 k ;
Midland, 107 f to 107/ ; South Eastern, 71/ to 72f ;
London and North Western, 118,E to 1181 ; Great
Northern A, 1081 to 109*; Great Eastern, 29 to
291 ; Great Western, 45f to 45/ ; Brighton, 45 to
to• Sheffield, 42f to 42i ; and North British, 34/
35 1-
; Caledonians are very firm, at 80k to 81k.
In Bank Stocks little business is doing. Chartered
Mercantile is lower, at 28 to 29, but London and
County is 1 higher, at 51k to 52k ex div. ; Con-
solidated steady, at Ito t~ prem. ex div. ; London and
Westminster, 671 to 68,4 ; Oriental, 41k to 42i ;
Union of London, 34 to 35.
Foreign Mining Shares are steady. St. John del
20 to 22. Port Philip, 1f to I*. Chontales,
1 to 1i dis.
Miscellaneous Shares are rather dull, and business
is very restricted. Anglo-American Telegraph is
9uotedat 19i to 191, being i higher. Hudson's Bay
is lower, at 14g to 14* - and London General Om-
nibus at 1i to 2i.
A further sum of £74,000 in bar gold and sove-
reigns was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for
export.

The Mexican dollars by the West India packet
have been disposed of at 59d per ounce, showing no
change.
The City of Florence is stated to have contracted a
loan of £720,000 with a French house, at 811 per
cent. ; the price to be par.
The liquidators of the Oriental Commercial Bank
have declared a first dividend of 2s 6d in the pound,
Payable on February 21st and 22d.
The interim dividend of the Australian Agricultural
Company is announced, at the rate of 7 per cent. per
annum.
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The directors of the Agra Bank (Limited) have de-
d a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum,
free, of income tax, for the year ending 31st December,
T
'867, on the new capital, or A shares, of the bank.
13hat portion of the bank's capital which is represented
or " reserved," shares, will not (in accordance
with the articles of association) participate in the pay-
/tent of dividend until after the present year.
The traffic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway for
the week ending the 16th instant amount to
'4,506 14s 11d, or an increase of £316 5s 9d. The
Great Luxemburg increase is £461 4s lid.
Market
increased activity in the Liverpool Cotton
''.tarket has had a remarkable effect upon the receipts
of the Atlantic cables, the receipts for the seven days
the last week having been as follows :—Feb. 9,
TindaY, £614 ; Feb. 10, Monday, £1,218 ; Feb. 11,
vuesday, £1,734 ; Feb. 12 Wednesday, £1,793 ;
pe,b•. 13, Thursday, £1,176 ;Feb.' 14, Friday,.£l,6l3;
b" 15 Saturday, £1,443 ; total for the week, £9,591,
ritt the rate of £1,370 per diem, including Sunday ;
,01taking the six working days, an average of
,496. The average daily receipts, from the open-
'ag of the telegraphic line on the 28th July to the '
15th February instant, have been £1,035 ; but from
the Ist December, when the alteration in the tariff
of charges was made, to the 15th February instant,
e rate has been £1,175; whilst from the Ist
bJanuary last to the 15th instant the rate per day has
eCn £1,265, thus showing a very large increase of
jieiPts, and the best possible assurance of the
aKings of the future.
The following is the substance of the Metropolitan and
St John's Wood Railway Company's Report :—" The
'rectors have much pleasure in reporting that the line
land stations from the Swiss Cottage to Baker-street
I.re Practically completed, and that the opening of the
111,3 for public traffic may be confidently looked for
;in the course of a very few weeks. The Metropo-
tan Railway Company have made the necessary ar-
jan,gements for working the traffic as soon as the St.
°un's Wood line and their own new works in
taker-street station have received the approval of the
~,,°ard of Trade. The gratifying fact stated by the
Sineral manager in the last half-yearly report of the
b.etropolitan Railway Company, that the growth of the
r,snimersmith traffic is so great that the guarantee-
"g companies will not only be relieved from the pay-
tlltent of rebate, but may anticipate a considerable
iI,PIRIIIB of profit divisible among their own share-
`ierS, confirms the opinion which the directors have
b,waYs entertained of the very great traffic which may
expected from the already populous and daily ini-
Pr?ving district which the St. John's Wood Railway
1,,v_111 serve. The report of the engineer and the
.;e,aeral statement of receipts and expenditure to the
December last are appended."
_ The following is from Mr. Sam Wendel's weekly
p9reular dated Manchester, February 18th :—" The
rtherincreased value of cotton with the large sales
have forced up prices both for yarns and goods to an
rttent that has almost put a stop to business, and
the rates now quoted are nominal, yet considerable
4rlnness is shown by producers."
THE ORDNANCE. —The Admiralty have ordered
ko old 8-inch guns of 65 cwt. to be immediately con-
Verted into 64-pounder Palliser rifled guns for the use
of the navy.
SIIIONABLE MARRIAGES.—A marriage is arranger
I.etween the Comte de Puliga, Councillor de la
'egation d'ltalie a Paris, and Miss Henriette Sansom.
'-..,a r
ughter of Mr. Charles Sansom. Also, between M
lvard Mansfield, of county Kildare, Ireland, and
dtltiss Magruder, sister to Lady Abinger, and
ee of Major General Magruder, late of the
„ta"1„; ' also, between Captain C. Laprimandaye,
1 to Lord Napier, and Miss Blanche
Marchant, daughter of Lieutenant General
41,1. Gaspard Le Marchant, late Governor of Madras ;
an between Mr. Julian Goldsmid, M.P. for Honiton,
l -Virginia, elder daughter of the late Mr. A.
FraliPson, banker of Florence ; and between Mr.
Sir-nris William Lowther, Flag Lieutenant to Admiral
tress: .Fsaldwin Walker, Commander-in-Chief at Sheer-
clauc: nd Miss Louise Beatrice de Fonblanque,
Jltaer of Mr. George Barrington de Fonblanque
da4ceordin gto ewer telearam from Paris 'W-
Y' the French Rentes e'''6Bf. 95c. Dull.

1., BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE'S.
05 r
8 `4O
NT ITONME FUNDS.
i I
Do Vent. Consols
a per . th,'
Account, March 5 921 1
0
921 1-1 3
Neal ant. Reduced
New 3 per Cent 93 21 8}
Dot}l'7 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 741
k
Ai, ti it per Cent can. 1873 —
-bnities, 80 y ~
expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Eii°. f_or 30 yrs,rBexpire sth April —
l'',(,) (Red Sea Tole6raph), Au,..., 1908 —
pia
e'elner Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct.
43
£5OO m
110,.. £lOO & £2OO l3 17 pm
.130'.0f England Stock, 41 per Cent —
, Account
lialia7tlAN GOVERNMENT SECIT. RITIEF.
Dobo. Aclek, 101 per Cent., April 1874
~...,count
11°' 0 per Cent. July, 1880
1),;,'• 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do' ,per'
DoB7l—
Paper 4 per Cent
1081
C. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
bo°' 5,} per Cent., May 1879 ''
Doer Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 —
Do
1877 —
do.
1)°• do. 1882 —
01051
. ,neb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Pm
1)0' uonda, 5 per Cent., £I,OOO
4. rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
-.46
444 4v itie Republic, 6 per Cent _
brat)4oTiialanni 153(-)itdrs,csoxter Cent. 1859
_
oo: 1 Per Cent. 18i2 _
bp. do., 18-8.
bo. do.,
1830 _
_
tjoy Alper Cent., 1865
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