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MONEY MAREET.,-(THI8 DAY.)

Two °Twat.

The stock markets to-day are again dull and in-
active. The funds remain perfectly stationary in
price. /Lomond'way, stocks maybe regarded as steady,
although a slight demand which wasexperienced for
some stocks in the moniingibas since died away. As
regards foreign bonds there is no variation of
importance, with the exception of a decline in
Spanish Passive and Certificates.
In the discount market the rates are firm, and
little business has taken place to-day below S per
cent. In the Stock Exchange the charge for short
loans on English Government Securities is 2 to 21
per cent.
The weekly court at the Bank of England has
broken up without altering the rate of discount.
At Pans to-day, according to Mr. Renter's tele-
gram, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at
67fr. 42c., being nearly the same as yesterday
afternoon.

Consols are now quoted 90 to 4 for money, ;
and 904 to 3 for the Bth of August. The official 1
business report is as follows :-Three per Cent.
Consols for money, 901, 90 ; ditto for account,
901, 3 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 891, 3 ; New ;
Three per Cents., 891, 3 ; Exchequer Bills, 4s.
prem. ; India Five per Cents.. for account, 1041,
4, 4 ; ditto Four per Cent., Oct., 1888, 99.
Foreign stocks remain very quiet. Spanish Pas-
sive Bonds and Certificates have declined 4to
per cent., and Mexican 4 ; otherwise, there
is no change to report in this department.
Some of the present quotations are subjoined,
viz - Greek, 214 to 1 ; Turkish 1858 Bonds,
73 to 74 ; ditto 1862, 734 to 4 ; ditto Con-
solid6s, 494 to 4 ; Spanish Passive, 281 to 294 ;
ditto Certificates, 14 to o; Confederate, Bto 4;
and Mexican, 23/ to 244. Transactions are recorded
as follows :-Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
1852, 1858, and 1860, 801 ; Egyptian Seven per
Cents., 971, 98 ; ditto, second issue, 974 ; ditto 1884,
943 ; Greek Five per Cents., for account, 214, 4 ;
Italian Five per Cents., 1861, for account, 644, 64,
ex div. ; Mexican Three per Cents., 231, ex
dir. ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 1856, dm,
for account, 474, 4, ex div. ; Spanish Three
per Cents. for account, 484, ex div. ; ditto Passive,
294, 29 ; Turkish Six per Cents., 1858, for ac-
count, 731 ; ditto 1862, for account, 73,
I ex div. ; ditto 1001. Bonds, 744, 4, 733, 744,
ex div. ; ditto Five per Cents., 1865, 441, ex div.;
Venezuela Six per Cents., 1862, for account, 38, 4.
International Financial shares are now quoted
Ito pm., ex div. ; General Credit, 11 to 11 prem.;
London Financial, 7to 4 prem. ; Imperial Mer-
cantile, 14 to 11 prem., ex cliv. ; Credit Fourier and
Mobilier of England, 34 to 3 prem., ez div.; Otto.
man Socidtd Genirale, 21 to 3 prem. ; Hudson's
Bay, 154 to 4 ; and Egyptian Trading, 14
to 14 dia.
The nominal quotations for the shares of some
of the new companies are subjoined :--Atlantic
Telegraph preference, 4 to 4 prem. ; Glamorgan-
shire Iron, 24 to 3 prem. ; Blakely Ordnance, 34 to 4
pram. ; Hop and Malt Exchange, 14 to 2 prem. ;
Barned's Banking, par to 4 prem. ; East London
Railway, 3 die. to 3 prem. ; London and Mediter-
ranean Bank, 3 to 4 prem. ; Peruvian Railways,
sto 54 prem. ; and General Exchange Bank, 11 to
24 prem.
Metropolis Sewage shares are quoted 3 to 34
prem., and Overend, Gurney, and Co., 11 to 14
prem. The shares of the London Merchants Com-
pany (Limited) have risen to 3 to 3 dia.
The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday
consisted of the withdrawal of 19,0001. in gold for
exportation.

The steamer (Manilla) will take to-day
94,4491. in specie, of which 16,6494 is gold and
77,8001. silver. The following are the particulars,
viz. : for Alexandria, geld, 16,0001. ; for Madras,
gold, 6491. ; for Calcutta, silver, 45,7001. ; for
Bong Kong, silver, 12,7501. ; for Sbanghae, silver,
19,1501. ; and for Sydney, silver, 200/.
The biddinge for 26,00,000 rupees (250,0001.) in
bills on India, took place yesterday at the Bank of
England. The proportions allotted were—To Cal-
cutta 17,76,000 rupees, to Bombay 5,50,000 rupees,
and to Madras 2,24,000 rupees. The minimum
price was, as before, h. 10id. on Calcutta and
Madras,
and Is. 10jd. on Bombay. Tenders on Cal-
cutta and Madras at is. llid. will receive about
54 per cent., and on Bombay at 2e. in full.
The London and North Western Railway train
return shows this week an increase of 3,3121. over
last year ; and the Midland an increase of 3361.
The stock of the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company was not affected in price
hesterday by the announcement that the directors
ave resolved to recommend a dividend of 2e per
cent. for the half-year.

At an extraordinary general meeting of the
Anglo-Egyptian Bank, held yesterday, the resolu-
tion altering the time of the meeting to Novem-
ber instead of March was agreed to.
The following is the report of the directors of the
Bank of Egypt, to be submitted at the general
meeting on the 28th inst. :

The directors base the pleasure to lay before the shire-
holders the aunexed statement of accounts for the half year
which coded on the 30th of June last, by which it will be
seen that the net profile, including • balance of 4,81 W.
6s. bd. brought forward from the previous half year,
amount to 16,9661. 18s. 3d. This enables the directors to
recommend a dividend for the half year, se oo the last
occasion, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum (12,5001.).
free of income tag, leaving 4,4661. 18s. 3d. to be carried
forward to the neat account.

The second ordinary meeting of the Oriental
Financial Corporation will be held on Friday, the
28th instant.

The half-yearly report of the directors of the Peel
River Land and Mineral Company (Limited), to be
submitted at the meeting on the 28th instant, re-
commends as follows :

The directors recomuneod that an interim dividend to
declared of 9,0001., or l Y per cent., free of income tax,
spot the consolidated stock of the oompeay, payable on
and after 9th August next, being on account of profits,
which will be dal shown is the audited amounts made op
to 30th Jane, sad submitted to the proprietors in the wad
course at the next atonal poem] meeting, when the
balance of income will become divisible.

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of
the European Bank (Limited) is convened for the
7th of August, when a dividend is to be declared.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
London and County Bank is convened for the 3rd
of August.
The third ordinary general meeting of the Lang-
ham hotel Company (Limited) is called for the
28th inst. . . .

~A
call 21. 10s. is to be paid on the shares of ther
Mdlwall Freehold Land and Docks Company by
the 18th August.
A call of 2/. is to be paid on the shares of the
Southampton Imperial Hotel Comp►ny (Limited)
by the 12th of Augast, it being at the same time I
intimated that "the building of the new hotel 11
progressing rapidly."
The directors of the Brighton Hotel Company
(Limited) have paid an ad interim dividend at the
rate of 6 per cent. per annum.
The share list of the Sulphur and Copper Com-
pany of Andalusia (limited) will be closed on'
Friday, the 28th inst.
With reference to the market for American
securities Mr. K. F. Satterthwaite reports as
Ifollows

The traimetioes in A lacrimal securities is the Laois
market have time oar Let been aceresty up to the a
of tha peat few weeks ; United Mates 5.20 Benda, after
woodiato 72i, have mooted to 711 to j. I. mikes& Wake
them hsys hem some !ergo traaesetioes, and an the week
Mamie Oestral ham advanced 3 dole., elo lag 80
Mae were at awe time takes se high as 55, hat as mi., fa
mtmliss prods ken gives way, awl dem 234 to 4.

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The annexed is from the monthly wine circular
tuned yesterday by Mr. F. W. Comas :

Sherry.—The latest reports from Jerez speak fawn rably
of the • of the growing crop. Some of the
wines of the het vintage, which had Muria'
well, had hem usfavoltrably affected by the intense boot,
sad it was feared that • ooneidsreble r
.= at
would hare to be distilled forthwith. Prime of
desonnime were well maistained, sad but • limited hen-
nas doing. The export of shiny from Cadlo shove •
drain ori lb* half.year of so lees thee Kw° butts. tin
figures being from lst Jamey to 90th Jan, 1864, 40,4111
bats; from lot Jaauary to 30th Jose, 1866, 24,241 hiss
Pink —Late advice* from Oporto state that the exert for
the ball-year remand 17,806 pipes, maim* 18,970 pipes is
1864. Riede are well maintained; the supply of really pal
young wise is ample for the present demand—fine old
wind ea well se sodium qualities, with age, are mane
sad deer. From the warmer wise produoiog districts id
! Francs the reports ere most eheering, tks appearaam of the
vines being all that could at this 1101•011 be desired, sad
should no untoward cureumstanso intervene • toe vintage is
looked for.

WiDpiromir Emilio.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 90 to I for the
Bth of August, opened this morning at the same
quotation. and closed at 90 to I. For money the
last price was 90 to i. The official business report
is se follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
891, 90, 89*, 90* ; ditto, for account, 90, ; Three
per Cents. Reduced, 89*, I,* New Three per
Cents., 89i, it I, *, * ; ditto Two-and-s-Half pee
Cents., 73 ; Exchequer Bills, 4s. prem., par;
Bank of England Stook, 246, 248; India Stock,
215, 218; ditto Five per Cent. stock, 1041, *;
ditto Bonds, 225. prem.
India government securities were steady. India
Bonds were dealt in at 225. prem. Exchequer Bilhi
remain quoted par to 4s. prem.
Foreign stocks continue to meet with little atten-
tion, and there were few variations in prices.
Brazilian Old Five per Cents., as well as Turkish
Bonds of 1862 and 1863, were quoted better, while
those of 1865 declined about * per cent. There
was also a reduction of* per cent. in Confederate,
and kin Spanish Passive. Italian stock shows a
trifling improvement.
The shares of some of the joint-stock banks
showed increased heaviness. Alliance Bank de-
clined about If. on the issue of the directors' report,
closing at 4W:rem. There was also a reduc-
tion in Anglo- vptian Bank, Bank of New
Zealand, Commercial Bank of India, Metropolitan
and Provincial, and Oriental Bank. London and
Westminster Bank shares fell about 3t. upon the
proceedings at to-day's meeting. There were
inquiries, however, for Anglo-Austrian,and London
and Brazilian Bank. _

—National Discount shares were last quoted to-
day 101 to f prem., ' being rather firmer • Joint
Stock Discount, 11 to If die., being lower ;
Egyptian Trading, le to II die., being again
worse • Ottoman Sodit4 thindrale, 21 to 31 prem..
Hudson's Bay, 115} to 4, ex div. ; and Lai
Brewery, 2 to 1 prem. City Offices shares have
again declined.
The 8 per cent. preference shares of the Atlantic,
Telegraph Company have declined to 1 to fl
inviting ew.,
owing to the Credit Fonder and Mobilier
land applications at par for the 8,000
shares held by them. It is mentioned that this
step is adopted " in consequence of the disappoint-
ment experienced by numerous allottees owing to
the small allotments made to them." The share-
holders' option expires on Friday next.
The shares of the financial companies were dull,
but scarcely lower. The closing quotations are an-
nexed, viz. :—lnternational Financial, 1 to 11 prem.,
ex div. • General Oredit, 11 to 14 prem. ; Lon-
don Financial, 7 to 1 prem. •, Imperial Mercantile
Credit, 14 to If prem., ex div. ; Credit Fonder
and Mobilier, 31 to f prem.
The closing (bat in many cases nominal) quota-
tions for shares in new undertakings are sub-
joined ; —Glamorgan Iron and Coal, 21 to 3
prem. ; Railway Credit, Ito 2 prem. ; Barned's
Bank, par to 4 prem. ; Hop and Malt Exchange,
14 to 2 prem. ' • Parkfield Iron, 1 to 2 prem. ;
General Estates, 24 to f prem. • East London
Railway scrip, par tol pram. ; General Exchange
Bank, 11 to 2 prem. • London-bridge Land,
prem. ; Blakely Ordnance, 3} to 4 prem. ; Liver-
pool and Dublin Steam, I. to 2 prem. ; ondon
and Mediterranean Bank, 3 to 4 prem. ; Peruvian
Railways, bf to f prem. ; Samuel Bestow and 00.,
to 11 prem. ; Accidenta and Marine Insurance, lf
to If prem.
The shares of the Metropolis Sewage and Essen
Reclamation Company were last quoted 24 to 3
prem. showing a rise ; and Overmid, Gurney,
and do., 1} to 14 prem.
The shares of the London Merchants' Company
(Limited) have recovered to 1 dia. to par.
We are requested to state that the share list of
the Liverpool and Dublin Steam Navigation Com-
pany will be closed on Monday next, the 24tk
instant ; and that of the Oowhatty Tea Company
on Saturday, the 29th inst.
The letters of allotment of Barned's Banking
Company were distributed this morning.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'Ciaow..

The mining market to-day is dull, and the
amount of business is small. East Bosewarne, Weft
Caradon, North Treskerb), Lady Bertha, Tincratt,
and Hallenbeagle shares are inquired for. On the
I other hand, Wheal Rose and East Russell are fiat.
Below are some of the present prices :—West
Caradon, 81 to 1 ; Tinoroft, 17 to 18; North
Treskerby, 21 to • Hallenbeagle, to 1; Wheal
Rose, 20 to 25 ; Eai:t Russell, 31 to ; Lady Bertha,
7s. 6d. to Bs. Gd.
There have been some transactions in St. John
del Rey Mining shares between 44 and 46. Port
Phillip shares are marked 1 prem., and Cape Copper,
per-
The Devon Great Consols Mining Company
have declared their 119th dividend, being 9L per
share. This makes 9811. per share divided alto-
gether, and in gross, 1.005,5421. The mines con-
tinue to look exceedingly well.
The directors of the St. John Del Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received the following re-
port, dated Morro Velho, the 17th June : Produce
for May, 44,220 oitavas ; cost for May, 10,5191.;
profit for May, 6,006 ; produce 11 dip of June,
13,681 °items ; pad, 7,848 oitavaa per tau.