The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-18 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Symptoms of increasing easiness aro perceptible
this morning in discount circles. The supply of
commercial paper on offer is far below the cspital
at the command of bankers and brokers, and the
latter are, therefore, evincing greater disposition to
negotiate business fully I per cent, under the mini
plum of the Bank of Eng►and. Ttie best merest'.
tile paper of three months' date is now actively,
81:night after, on terms ranging from 51 to 5i per
cent.

A further sum of -c444,000, in bar gold, was
taken into the Bonk yesterd y.
The B ink of Eogland re,urn, computed to Wed-
nesday, snows an increase in the stock of bullion,
but the accumulation is not so large as was antici-
pated. There is also an addition to the other secu-
rities. Subjoined is our usual analysis:—
Active Circulation .. £19,849,780
Decrease • • • • 177.360
Bullion 13,946,943
Increase .. • • • • " 62,554
Rest 3,866,481
Increase .. • • • • • 74,948
Public Deposits 8 570,711
Decrease .. • • " 292,653
Other Deposits.. • • • • 13,105,800
Increase .. • • • • 670,825
Seven Day and other Bills .. 0..8.5,332
Decrease .. .. • • • • 53,353
Government Securities .. • • 11,1711,584
No altention.
.. 20,657,580
.. 169,853
.. 8,013,960
275,790

Other Securities ..
Increase ..
Notes- Unemployed ..
Increase ..

_ -
'The directors of the City Offices Company have
notified that the subscription list will be closed for
London on the 21st inst., and for the country on
the 22d inst.

The dispute which arose between the Credit
Mobilier (Limited) and the Credit Mobilier Com.
Patty of London, with reference to the title of the
first-named company, has been settled, and all legal
Proceedings terminated.
The directors of the Anglo-Italian Bank have
appointed Mr. John A. Jackson, formerly connected
with the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank,
lie their general manager, who will at once proceed
to Italy to make the necessary arrangements for
the commencement of business.
The subscription list for the new shares in the
Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Road Mail
Company will be closed on Tuesday next, the 22d
March, for London ; and on Wednesday, the 231,
to applicants from the country.
The directors of the St. John d'El Rtiy Mining
,Company (Limited) have received, by telegram from
Lisbon, the following report, dated Morro V-ilho,
February:—Produce for January, 4 t,354 oitavas ;
cost for ditto, #;10,246; profit for nitto, £5,323
Produce ten days of February, 10,552 eitavas ;
Yield, 5.723 oitay. s per ton.
Toe shares of the Dutch Tramway Company
Were in dem Lk. early in the day at 11 prem., and
cloud at 2 prem.
Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets during the last few days has exhibited
srather less animation. At the public sales of tea,
however, full rates have been obtained for good and
superior qaalities. Sugars have remained at about
Pf:evious rates, while in rice, coffee, fruit, and spices
the dealings have been to an average extent, with-
out any material change in values. Tallow has
been in less request for both present and forward
ti
eliverYl Without however any material alteration
In quotations.

Two o'cLocit.
At the Paris Biurse this day, according to Mr.
Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened Eq 66 25, Flat.
There has been more animation in the market for
little the English Funds, but the tendency of prices is a
lees favourable, Consols being 911 a for
transfer, and n
ult u for the account. The New
Three Per Cents. are marked 892- '4, the Re.'
queed Annuities, 893; Exchequer Bills, 63. die.;
and India 5 per Cents., 104 a Z.
The principal Foreign Stocks have varied to some
extent, and there has been a fair business. Turkish
cr Cents., 1862, are 71 ; ditto Consolides
I ; Greek, 231 24; Spanish Passive, 351 36;
Itto Certificates, 134 a;Portuguese, 481 -;
45 a ; Italian, 677, a; and the Confederate
an, 53 35,
ei the Railway Share Market the dealings have
ii eto an average extent. London and Brighton
lirave unproved £1 ; Great Eastern, 15s. ; and Great
estetrn, North-Western, Midland, and South-
'
d "tern, 5s ; while Lancashire and Yorkshire, have
e 1-
ched £1; Great Northern, 55.; and Metropoli-
ta.t
n, 10s.
Tee Foreign and Colonial undertakings show
'lt
rates.
animation, and remain at about previous

, tank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in mo-
Sderate request, and in some instances are a shade
Ber. Imperial Bank have improved to 34 351 ;
9nk of Queensland, 20 ; London and Brazilian,
Central Argentine Railway are quoted 1 to 14
11:":4; London and Liverpool Hotel,ly l6 prem.;
irnd.iin Gas Meter Company, Ito prem.; Thames
'1 Sbipbui ding Company, 3 to 31 prem.; Queens'
4,4 d Sheep, to 1
prem.; and Financial Corpora-
tion, 1! to 2-1, prem.

Q 0
BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
, vrOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 Per Cent. o°ll6°l
1
DiDittoA'ecOmult, ABpril 8
per Cent. Reduced
891
New 3 per Cent.
891 a
Nl.ery 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894....
.n. ntuties, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan,, mu —
bitto for 30 yrs
lizch
—e9ller Bills & 3 per Cent. 6
r sth April, 1885. '4lOO 21
Ditto "0'
6
£5OO Ditto
6
130,i. .-, , £lOO aryl £2OO --, En Stk, 4i per Ct., last ht.-y
15up,....
I `..A IirOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
..n.q•
la tock, 10i per Cent April 1874 2lB
~.itto 5 .)
per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account.... .
unto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .. -
Do ':ertiacates
Dittto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent." —
o 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ..
bltt° 61 per Cent., May, 1879 —
o Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 —I) . Ditto ditto Aug., 16b6 --
b.''', bonds El,oue
10 did
11..1° Under £l,000

$ FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
bitto razilian 5 per Cent
1839 and 1859
881
bitto'4l per Cent., 1852-58-60
. Ditto 1863
Pin
t bitto Scrip. £55 paid
100 k
li/Ptian per Ctlnt
--
q „I,tio, Second Issue
ex-Coupon.B.7 *6-
1.-;'" 6 per Cent., 1824-5,
24k k 3k 4
ti,tto per
.....
„!tto Coupons
113
rfilliuto Account
•
ttm!itetriale. 6 per Cent.
tte-144 6 per Cent.(Marenimana itailwaY) 74 k
&call 3
Accountent
45k 5 3 48 5i
I±,l I% ... .
ki3L)riBll. Imperial 5 per Cent
141
AtOranacla ..............
30i
Ti• ° 2 per Cent.
1, ..tto Deterred
eligtvittoo4:A, epe4el°r4aPte.:etrn. Cent.t:: ..
~!tto 4i Per Cent., 1862
vhttc• Account ........
ibrltt'ltiese 3 per Cent., 1853 --
4SI I
b, ,0 Account
-itto 3
1..0 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62;3
481
4,4",Zilccount
i,',4 4 per Cent., 18_22, £St
871
t'Lf) 41 per Cent., 1800
Unto 3 per Cent 1859
.
6
PO f
SA)-(i.'? 6 per Cent, 1862 ......
84
bilt4to't 6 per Cent ....
, - —ccount
vitoiph 3
Cent bit ,_
.„. per
b:11•0 r asstve
......
361 61
131144'0 Account uitill Cert 1 C not funded --13i
bit, . o Coup 1 'l,O Aczount
crisisla 6 per Cent. 1854
'tto Ace t 693170i
1)11.'ti0 £lolaßonda.. -
_
b!Lio 6 per Cent. 1862
li
-!tio Account
71j
v,3l)ute, £lOO Bonds
•61ttileiEt 3 per Cent.
4, 23,1 41
bitto ccount
bit to per Cent., 1862
6JI. i
itto Aceoluit
I),‘ Dividends on the above payable in
61-4476 u
th 21 per Cent., Ex. 12
test
/.4,,t47, 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto
74, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 7 3
Account
.......... e ....
C
()$, „ ,
91.1 i
ir:1314 140fley .................. '.1,.":70 O'CLOCK.
Ittc)
APril. 441.ce914111. t • • 9 9 ........ $9. e 91.1 if

1 I Closing I
lOar daily:ay. Paid. Price. Businesm don
100 _a ,antic &St Lawrence all 58 60 58$
~„ 1 isom.,Baroda&.Centlii,;
1,,.. 1035 10 i j 1035 4/ -- -
1 Gu. 5 per cent.
20 Do. New
40 Do. E. shares... 7l' p 1 p
..c.-! ,:utlaiu an 0 LaKe Duro), .it. 5 6/
0 i Do. Preierouce .... Ail 7/ 85
00( I sallalo,llrantozGodris.. _
" 1 9p. ct. bole. Aug. 1,1,.
et Do. do. July 1, l
00 .'o. to. Juut 1,1,- .w
.t ieutta.,sis.Eastil. 1. 100 101 1(3
,t ape Town '2 Dock Ser 100 103 105
ruck Eaxtn. Bengal gu. 6 p.. 10- 054 )43
reel, Mist IncLan. gu. sp. - ' 144 105 105 45
20 Do. do. CI Ext... 15 1 4 p
20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 f 41,
~ ock Grand trunk 01 Canad;. .... 19 20
100 Do. Ist Pre . Bond,. <1 73 /5 745 '
100 I Do. uo. deferred.— all 58 62
100 Do. td Pre!. Bonus.. sir 65 67
100 Do. do defer. ed....., all 51 53
100 Do. 3d I' ef. stock ... alt 49 5t
WO Do. do. deferred...... all 40 Cl
100 Do. 4th Pref. sio.k... al, 26 28
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 15
stook Ut.lndiareniu.gua.sp.c 100 1035 104 10451 4
40 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 4 4 1
Do. January, 1862 ..
dtook Cit. South.of India(Lim
guaranteed& per cent. 100 103 104
204 Gt. W. of Canada Shareb all 94 10 94
204 Do. New .. ....... ... 18 11 14;
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94
100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. . all 85 87
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 ip 244
stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 .03 104
stock Do. 44 p. 0. Extension 100 97 98
stock Do, 4? d 0........ 100 k 2 94
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 --
wick llelh.Curp. is p. to Bnds 100
5t Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 58
100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all
90 Ne witt un.swick az Canda
Class A. and B. all 3 5
N.itl.C'das pc) Ist pt bds 100 82 04
stork Scinde .......... 1 (100 1034 1044
stock Do. Delhi... 4 ..:: , 4
100 103 104
20 Do. do .. I 2 .1.
• `:',
et Do. .
I'unjaub
.... . c_-. all 103 104 1
Do. Do. ........ , tit. , lOU
s-ook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) I k.loe ,98 10)
- --- -- - - -- _
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT .SECUILITLE:!,
•-- icti.L.Cior. 8 p.c.J a .ItJ u 1)
I 1877-S4 -............ I 100 !101 103 1024
i Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 102
I Do. 4 p.c.Mar. as Sept. 100 99 101
I Do, Ip. c. Jan.&July. 101 8) IL 90 89
Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 80 91
;Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108
_ Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 108 110
I Do. 189 C 100 110 112
I Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 111
'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 111
,Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 196 108
Natal Gov. 6 per cent_ 100 1(.8 110
-- N.13.G0v.6 p.a.) a.sr,dul) 100 )01 103
I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100
'N. S. W. 6 ov. 5 p .2., ltiut 100 99 100
... 1-,A). sp. 048(4 to lc,( 100 99 10 / 994
Do. d0.,1888 Stupwcli 100 99 100 994 - 4
.... New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105
—Queensland Gcv. 6p. o. 100
I
S.Aus G6p.c.1878.2t up.. 100 I10t) 111 103
IVic.GoV. 6 p.c. Ja.stJuly 100
iDo. lo 6 D.o. An.ttOct.. 100 111 112 I 1115 ;
BRITISH MINES.
2 jCambrtan Consol. Gold 1 6 td
; uliflord Amalgamated.. 34 15
'Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 556 565
East Bassett(lllogan).. 30 63 65
East Clogau Gold Ltd _ _ d
East Caradon ...... ....,1.14.6 205 304
East Cam Brea..
_ E. WI Russel (Tavistk )t 8.9.0 41 44
Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 'Ail 10 11
ICI mat South T I olgus l7s 4 44
.(I. Wheal Vor(lielaton; 40 ¢1 42
Grenville ... .........
Herod's-Foot 8.12 55 37
ifingaton Downs 4.'8.0 34 44
Lady Bertha
Margaret (Oily Lelant 9i 19 21
Marke Valley..
i slyndy Iron Ore (Lim , 2i 11 1 d
New Setun l9l 8) 15
-• iNorth Downs .4 15 2 1
__ 'l'll'i Basset,(lllo4an 3.1.' 2 21
North Wheal Crotty . 2.6.9 41 51
Far Consols(.st. Blaze) --
- i crovidenoe(Uny Lelnt. 10.5.'; 41 43
South Caradon(St.Clee, 14 I 440 100
IS. Cana Brea (Illogan) — 1
- - , Wheat Fran. allog a, 18.1.4.9 50 55
!Stray Park
I gamar Silv.& Lead Min. .
:fin Craft i 19 20
W eat Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12
W C,, radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22
West Seton
—I A heal Basset (Mogan) 54 875 925 .
~., I.v heal Bulleratedruth ! 10 31 37
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l 2.0.6 -
- Wheal Lad ott ! 3.0.8 34 34 ...35
, Wheal MaryAnn(lllen; 8 131 14/
Wheal lleton 585 100 195
! Wheal Treiawney (Lis ), 7 21 24
!Wheal Union 1 3.17 24 24

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1,
Ditto, 6 per cent. pf. , 1231
Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, 2d guaranteed stock, 121
London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 11te

LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS.

Buckinghamshire, 0

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81
Great Luxembourg, 1 t
Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 2O
Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidtn), 11
Sambre and Meuse, 8/
San Fault) clitn.), gua. 7 per cent,
Ditto (all), 21
West Flanders, 7i

FOREIGN MMES.
United Mexican (11m;, 7 6/
Yudananiutana of S. Australia, lien., 31
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Agra and United Service (Urn.), 1221
Alliance (Inn.). 49i .1
Anglo Austrian, 61
Bank of Queensland (11m), 204 20
Bank of Wales, lim. 17
Bank of New Zealand. 154 4
Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 11
Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 44734
Chartered tiler. of India, London, and China, 704 1
Consolidated Bank, lim., 101
English and Irish (lim.), 154
Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 32 3
Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 104
Imperial Bank (lim.), 35 3 54 4
Imperial Ottoman, 191 4
Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 34 •
London and Brazilian (lim.), 694
London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261
London and South African, 264 6
London and South American, lint., 9
London and South-Western (11m.), 144
London and Westminster, 81 80i
Merchants Bank, tiru 111 12
Mercantile and Excl;anze. lim., 141
Metrop. and l'rov. Bank (lim.), 25
Oriental Bang Corporation. 631 3
Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, inn., 111 11
Ditto, new, 101 11;
Union of Australia, 541

Ditto, new, 31
Union 01 London, 47

MISCELLANEOUS.
Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 3f
Commercial Union Insurance), 01
Contract Corporation. lim., B *
Discount Corporatio,l, limited, 104
Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Um., 5
Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London,
General Steam Navigation, 27
Hudson s Bay, ibj 6
International Financial Society, 11; 12 111
London Finanzial Association, Jim., 201
1,,,nd0n General Omnibus Company, 15j .11
Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lint., a t
Ocean 3larine (Insurance),-.101
Oriental Inland Steam, lim.,
Peninsula and (Mental Steam,
Ditto, new 51 6
Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira., 7

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mule pm., gni
the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On
Comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
Zso.ultOld.lopteht ounce
nfotr standard gold, it appears that gold Vs
clearer iu Lotion than LU Pule.