The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-23 00:00:00

dal. Y- MAREET

A ND
qOMAIEROIAL INTEL

• CITY, Two o'CLoolc.
Consols are quoted 911 both for money and the
~,ceetult ; the Three per Cents. Reduced and New
Three per Cents., 93 to i•
Foreign Stocks show a reduction' of nearly 1 in
New
Spanish Three per Cents., 3-16 in Italian
.7e per Cents., Mexican Bonds -1, and Peruvian
iv.e per Cents. are also lower. The quotations
"irl.le 538, 531 ; Greek, 121 13 ; Mexican,
`6161; New Spanish, 331 331'; Turkish Five per
et,enta., 44 411 ; Peruvian, 811 82 ; and New
ZZYPtian Scrip, 3 2 dis.
%The Indian Four per Cents. have receded 1 pp.
cp., the present price being 1021 to 1031 ; the
Fives are 1141 to 115; the Bonds, 183. to 233.
pher°. the Debentures, 1051 to 106 ; and Ex-
etlner Bills, 175. to 21s. prem. Bank Stock, 212
241.
The Honduras Loan is firm, at 91 911.
e scrip of the new Italian Tobacco Loan
gas receded to 21 21 prem.
The Railway Market prices are as follows:
:aaleclonian, and London, Chatham, and Dover have
fto per cent ; while Great E astern and
"'lth Eastern have declined 1. Prices are as follows:
.-4 Faladenian, 711 tof ; London and North Western,
1' 1i to 1121; Great Western, 481 to ; Mid-
t" 1121 to 1; London and South Western, 871
!.0 881; Grea Eastern, 41 t) s ; Brighton, 52 to
; South-Eastern, 771 to ; Metropolitan, 1061
12071 Great Northern, 1071 to 108 ; ditto at,
to 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 123 1 to 1 ;
Atsllldeso, Chatham, and Dover, 171 to / ; and
oebester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 48 to 1.
Great Indian Peninsular Railway New.. Four per
eat. Debenture stock is 911, 95i.
ketropalitaa District Railway stock is firm at
73, 74,
American Securities are dull. The 5-20 Bonds
are per cant. worse, at 721 to 73 ; Erie Railway
Shares,3ll to 1 ; Illinois Central, 961 to 971 ;
74
A.
3:4aatic and Great Western Debentures, 351 to
; and the Consolodated Mortgage Bonds,
89 to
11.111nerous dealings have taken place in London
4114 Westminster Bank shares, but the price is un-
t tered, at
614 to 651. London and County, 411
49,1; Union. of London, 331 to 311 ; Anglo-
astrian, 61 to 7 prem., being ss. batter; Imperial
I
ttotnreinau,
4to prem. ; and Consolidated, Ito P.
There is no change in miscellaneous shares.
The Stock Market was inanimate to-lay, and
'ttees had a downward tendency. Railway sh ares
We,re firm, but Royal Mail Steam Company Shares
re to be had at 50 or 10 dis.
rthe money rate is 11 per cent.
Bank return shows the bullion to be at a
tilvoitit lower than at any time during the last 17
h °4thB, and the reserve to be at a point lower than
~‘a been touched since November, 1866. The
purse of trade and the results of the harvest seemed
b' warrant an expectation of a steady increase of
but the payments on foreign and colonial
securities
coupled with large importations of foreign
from the Continental markets, seem to
taVe interfered with this result, while, at the same
441 e, there is reason to believe that expenses eon-
theeted with the approaching general election have
00
nn an increased quantity of coin into circa-
-410n.
Annexed is a return of paid clearing for the week
!tiding, Oct. 21, issued from the Bankers' Clearing-
,T3tise, signed J. C. Pocock, Deputy Inspector :
,IThursday, the 15th, £20,339,000; Friday, 16th,
12,379,000 ; Saturday, 17th, 112,066,00 J ; Mon-
ay 19th, £9,861,000 ; Tuesday, 20, £10,301,000 ;
" edaesday, 21, £lo,oo3,ooo—total, £74,952,000.
13ille of exchange on the Government of Ceylon
4.! 250,000 rupees were disposed of yesterday by
v"tider at the offices of the Crown agents for the
110 •
21ea• The minimum was fixed at ls. 11d. per
rate
ewe, and the whole amount was taken above that
she funds for the dividend and sinking fund
v:Yable on the 221 Nov. on the Egyptian 9 per
Ot• oin have been duly received by Vac .:,,nnau
4Jank.
hetA meeting of the Oriental Bank Corporation was
tj 103sterday, and an interim dividend declared of
per share, being at the rate of 12 per cent.
Per amnatn.
The
11, . report of Madame Xevy's Company
Zu. ited) states that the net profit for the year
cleeicing Jnly 31. were £1,031 18s. 81, and a divi-
ee,,, of 10 per cent on the paid up capital is re-
-41ended.
z At the adjourned meeting of the Panama, New
(te:l4°cl, and Australian Royal Mail Company
mated)--Mr. Eden Colville in the chair—the
ere'lt of the joint committee of shareholders and
ef,:t°l's was unanimously adopted, and it was
e:red back to the committee to take all neces-
eeejt steps for carrying out the recommendations
kitialued in it, with such modifications as the com-
ti afr,eeee and the new board may from time to time
It upon.
i 8
the announced by telegram that the portion of
the Delhi Railway from Umballa to Meerat (about
files, or half the entire line) was completed on
17th just.
it ?wing to an error in the Diario do Rio de Janeiro
litwag stated in a paragraph on Wednesday that the
Wa4ilian home 6 per cent. loan, just introduced,
theas ,at the price of 80. The real price is 90, and
rear?, was, apparently, no doubt that it would all be
epe'il taken. The sinking fund is £200,000 yearly,
tlrera.tieg by purchase when under par, and by
Twhlng when above par.
that ere is no foundation in the statement published
itatisthe Grin:able and Company's Distillery, known
tg'i.e Albany-street Distillery, originally promoted
keetl3.lr Felix Booth, is about to be sold by public
1,11 under a decree of the Court of Chancery.
1,4;"e Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
the r4daY, 29th instant, a special settling day, in
Se„,P,referred and deferred (ordinary) stocks of the
"o Eastern Railway Company, to be officially
arked.
At 444 the half-yearly meeting of the Grand Trunk
way Company of Canada, Mr. Creak moved
the-. teendment to the proposal of the chairman, to
that effect that the report and accounts being unsa-
'act
‘tem, 4rY be not adopted, and that the directors be
kie6ted to resign. A poll was demanded. Sir
tlet"ar'l Watkin intimated that he would probably
aelljteenlr_ain in office after the expiration of his pre-
t,
oe- Judge of the First Division of the Court of
theaajo 41 Edinburgh, gave judgment yesterday in
heari4Be of " Glen v. Caledonian Railway." After
het! g Mr. Giffard in support of the reclaiming
otiro:tthe Lort President said he thought the Court
teeairt° adhere to the Lord Ordinary's interlocutor
Aial n'g the interdict. Lords Deas, Ardmillan, and
liketo °eh
o also ago
be adhered toreed that the Lord Ordinary's inter-
r
ught t.

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