The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-18 00:00:00

ZIONEY MARKET

AND
gebinEROIAL INTELLIGENOM.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The stock markets are quiet, with a moderately firm
115ae• One feature is a demand for the guaranteed
stocks of some of the leading railways, and the bonds
of the Russian Nicolai Company have advanced about
1 per cent. American stocks are, to some extent,
quoted at higher prices, without the business in them
presenting any peculiar feature. British railways
maintain yesterday's quotations. Foreign securities
are favourably affected by a slight reaction which
took place on the Paris Bourse yesterday.
The Discount Market is firm with rates at 2 per
cent. It is only in exceptional cases that business is
done, at 1 7-8 per cent.
The English Funds are steady, at yesterday's
prices. Consols are quoted at 931 to 93, for money
and account ; Nev and Reduced Three per Cents.,
92 to 921,, ; India 5 per Cents., H4l to 1141 ;
rank Stock, 243 to 245 ; Exchequer Bills, 16s to 20s
prem. •

Paris prices left off firmer last evening, and in conse-
quence the foreign stock market is stronger, but withi
no accession of business, There is an advance of iii
Brazilian (1865), at 7..“-' to 752, and in Italian (1865),
at 474 to 47 ; and of A in Greek, at 12k to 12i j
slid in Turkish (1865), at 34± to 344. Peruvian and
Egyptian Bonds are flat. The 1865 issue of the
former are quoted at 81 to 814 ; of the latter, the
1864 bonds are 81 to 82 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents.,
71 to 714 ;sand the Nine per Cents., 88k to 89; New
Spanish are steady at 354 to 351 ; and Mexican, 152
0 15i,
American Securities are firmer. United States
Five-Twenty Bonds are inquired for at 70k to Al ;
Erie shares are I better, at 454 to 46; and Illinois, k,
at 93 to 94.
Guaranteed foreign railway obligations are in active
request. There is a fresh rise of 1 per cent. in the
Nicolai Bonds, which are now quoted 66 to 664, and
~„of iin Orel-Vitebsk, at 781 to 781 ex div. The
Egyptian Railway Loan is 894 to 904.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares are quoted 4
lower, ut 15g to 15,.. The dividend will probably be
officially announced on Monday. It is expected tc
compare unfavourably with previous dividends.
The aearance of the railway market is favourable,
but there is so little business doing in this depart-
ment that quotations are for the most part unchanged.
Lancashire and Yorkshire are 126 k to 1261 ; Mid•
land, 107 to 1074 ; South Eastern, 74t0 744 ; London
North Western, 115 f to 1151 ; Great Northern, 1021
to 1034 ; ditto A, 984 to 99 ; Great Eastern, 34 tc
341- ; Great Western, 50 to 504 ; Brighton, 521 to
524 ; Sheffield, 431 to 441-; Caledonian, 72k tc
72/ ; Metropolitan, 1124 to 113 ; Chatham, .9 t(
194 ; and North British, 33 to 34.
In Bank Shares business is again of a very liroitei
character, and the only Movement in prices is a fel
. ' of k in Imperial Ottoman, which are quoted at i tc
zi
Shares Prem.4l
), 91 to 101 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Anglo
Austrian 4 to 41 ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29
Consolidated, 4g to 4g- ; Imperial, 18 to
.181 ; Lon
~(I°/1 and County, 51 to 52 ; Oriental, 421- to 43}
14°FndorceligJnoitriinSitnogck, 31k to 324.
Shares are dull. St. John do
ReYs are 1 per cent. lower, at 20 to 21 ; Port Philio
li to 1/ ; Chontales, 3-g to 4
Business •
in Miscellaneous Securities is very quiet
and.s prices are without alteration. Anglo-Americas
Cent.
Telegraph, 2" to 23g ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 pa'
54- ti;4-5-2-; Fore Street Warehouse, 2 to 14
,_,,,t3. ; Hudson's Bay steady, at 14k to 14± ; Londor
Veneral Omnibus, 11 to 2,
Atl-antic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have Mort risen 4, to 30 to 31, and the Consolidate(
ortgage Bondsto 34 to 35.
The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan fully sit
uP,r is 901 to 91i, and the Scrip 1/5- to 1 dis.
-,,he New Honduras Loan is par, to 1 pretn.
Egyptian 9 per Cent. Bonds are 89 to 891.
American eagles amounting to £4,600, we:
taken front the Bank'of England yesterday for export.
La Plata has arrived with the West India mails,
am X 84,000 in specie. The China has brought
40 000 .
.z, in specie from New York, and the Cimbri(
,1,200, The Nyeb It X 3 "46 from the
yanza as roug i , d
•Gazst.
ITh2o.Be3Delta, leaves to-day for the East, taking
Llnnbuy. in specie, the bulk of which is silver foi
theTheeslim
ea. of £45,000 has been paid to the credit of
Secretary of State for India on account of the
taspitietnotfs,
the Delhi Railway, making, with previous
u
£1,006,108. paid on account of the second
Iti e"
the onseqnence of a cornunication from Madras,
tie Inanagin" committee of the East India Associa
of has ha n"
consideration the new postal scale
c narf4eB for India, and Sir Stafford Northcote has
a°4n:ented., at an early date after the recess, to receive
assep.t.Mition upon the subject. A deputation of the
for 1113 ion will also wait upon the Secretary of State
attention,la on April 22, for the impose of calling hit: t„,az, to the condition of the financial relatiyasi of
the 0, "a 13,.A1,(110, ;Lila no urge upon air btatt?roit
to:,t„rtehaet desirability of issuing a royal commission
vAitiquire into this very important subject.
Swansea Ticketing on Thursday 1,957 tons
efel ore were sold, realising X 25,827 16s. The partir
cent of the sale were—Average standard for 9 per
price Poduce, £99 10s ; average produce, 17 ; average
332 tuns ton, £l3 33 ltd ; 'quantity of fine copper,
aa__ n"3 14 cwts. Compared with the last sale, the
Price
ce leas been in the standard £2 ss, and in the
The Per, ton of ore about 7s Gd.
are engageddirectors of the Cambrian Railway Company
the cote in a new scheme of arrangements between
r.B. mpany and its creditors, with provisions for
aseggbiaeitnnln9get_
.I‘o4. casupcieteasl.sfulllyt is expected that the present
meet the objections raised
• its predecessors. In order to afford time for
!r_!
.perfection the eighth ordinary half-yearly meeting
eet„he proprietors, advertised to be held on Tuesday
:14_rkneitll be then held pro forma only, and ad-
, , (el to the 2nd proximo, when the new scheme
~.. it 0 submitted for the approval of the share-
uolders,
The Bedford United Mining Company have made
Rose
oosaell onoNthe proprietors of 43 per share, the West
ruAblionrinnegi\Cintillpgancyomapcaanlyl
aofealli2sof6disaiGidd
the' Cam Cvial
Per share.
At the annual meeting of the
Briton Medical and
General Life Association the re ortus
that 3,057 policies had been issuepd adopted stated
of £799,725 2s Gd, and producing in 'anniTal gtrn m
the sum
the sum of £25,466 5s 03. The annual p
Increased to £231 income has
1 been ,ls 545 11d, of which £76,31116310d
44 added to the reserve fund.
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_.:RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
, GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
u Per Cent. Consols 931 1
Ditto for Account
~,,3 per Cent. Reduced 921 2
„,'°4°A- 3 per Cent
'"e.„'w 21. Per Cent. Jan. 1894
A "°' 6 per Cent. J an. 187 3 -.4,,ouities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
E.„130 for 30 yrs, expire sth April
uo (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 —
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15 20
° 'Niter Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per tit
De,
15 20
£5OO Do.
15 20
Ba £lOO & £2OO
„Mt of England Stock, 11 per Cent 243
'Jo. Account
j .413'0 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
41)(1113 4Dek, 101 per Cent., Aprill874
,r, • Account
;I?. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
1-,°' 4 per
Cent., Oct. 1888
Do.
Certificates —
Do
Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do, s,,per Cent., Jan, 1872
104
il, 21 Per Cent., May 1879 ' 0 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do.
do. 1877 — De
1882 —
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1-1„' Bob' 5' per Cent., Aug. 1873
Pm
i,''' uonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO
,io. under £l,OOO
Pin
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lli__,l;inOeßElGN FUNDS—CLOSING
-..,,5e .
_
Republic, 6 per Cent PRICES
brai'*u}3onds 5 per Cent. 1859
o'inart 5 per 'Cent
_
.p,' 41 Per Cent., 1852
_
11-* do 1858.... -0. d0.,.'
1860
1)°•
hn 0., 1863
_
h' 5 per Cent , 1865
..ro A .
lII_ veCOunt
,",nos Ayres 6 per Cent B- 1
our 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Po,e,
.)IS 8 Per Cent.
;It _
" Per Cent 691
.‘0 4 per Cent
._ `,.'o. 6 per Cent., B
•
13' ~ 1867
ADO°: 7, Per ,Cent., 1866 0 *),_?criP £32 paid ..
ba„Plu°ll3, 6 per Cent.
D
iT-'6ll, 8 per Cent. 1825 ..
ibian Principaiities, 7•••p•er•• Cent
,--7
t_ 06 per Cent., 1867 i 31
yuialti:ir,o7earu:l7l.(B,Cosnitlidated, 1 iher Cent —
o.—
81
, • 4_400 Ilends
I'o. 410 C Bonds
~., jr"'811 1
~D. ~ 1861
, -t° i 0 Bonds —
2-p• .£lOO Bonds .„. 82i 3
p `-lsoverunient Railway ilebenturo4 .... 90 891
0114'lle 3 Ct 18'3 '6 '7 '9 '6O '2 '3 401
ri) se per
~ e. , „ , 7 , 391,_ i
/)°. do., 1P67
kas .°. do., Scrip, £2O paid —B3'l
to„alati 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St
41 per Cent. 1850
? 41 per Cent., 1860
0 , per Cent., 1859
-I', Z) Per Cent., 1862 ... 86
4-'0•Anlo-Dut .b 1864 £lOO Bonds.;, 86
De. t) c , , ,
do. £B4 les. do. ... - ,
D°:' 1866 £lOO Bonds
, Do. ' 861 sti
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T u„dilsh.:I!nab, 5 p„o Cent £B4 15s. do
6
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' Per Ceizt. 108