The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The discount market is tolerably active with a
slightly easier 'tendency.

The Arabia !has arrived from Boston with £3,660.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
a shade higher.
At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Thomas
Freeman, of Spa-road, Bermondsey, timber mer-
chant, held at the offices of Messrs. Cooper Brothers
and Co., the accountants, a statement of affairs was
presented, showing liabilities £20,940 12s. 10d. ;
against assets £6,136 19s. Bd. It was resolved,
With a view to protect the estate from the proceed-
ings of some of the creditors, to place it in the
Court of Bankruptcy.

An extruurdinary meeting of the shareholders
of the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank is called
for the 29th instant, for the purpose of acquiring
Power to increase their capital from two to four
Millions and add six directors to the board.

notice is given that the share list of the Lem-
berg Czernowitz Railway will close on Saturday
next, the 16(11 inst.

Au extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the
Warrant Banking Company was held to-day for
the purpose of taking powers to change the name
of the undertaking to that of the Warrant Finance
Company. Mr. A. De Pass occupied the chair, and
the resolutions proposed were carried unanimously.

Two o'CLocK.

At Paris this morning, according to Renter's
telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 35c.;
firm.

A meeting of Mexican bondholders dissatisfied
With the terms offered was convened to-day by
public advertisement, bat as there was no one pre-
sent to offer any proposition, or to take the initia-
tive, the meeting dispersed without transacting any
business.

In the market for the English Funds there has
been a few sales of stock, and prices have conse-
quently given ways per cent, Consols now being
918 t for money, and 911 for the account. The
arrangement of the fortnightly accounts in
foreign stocks and railway shares occupies the full
attention of the members, and as a consequence
little other business is in progress. The New Threes
and Reduced Annuities are 89Z d; Exchequer
Bills, 7s. 2s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 104-1 105 k;
ditto 4 per Cents,, Na; afaced 5 per Cents.,
104; and ditto 51 per Cents., 113.

Foreign Stock; have not been very active, but
prices have varied to some extent. Mexican have
zisen to 461 471; but Turkish Con solides have
declined to 521- 53; Greek are 261 ; Spanish
Passive, 351 Q ; Portuguese, 481 49 ; and the Con-
federate Loan, 53 55.
In the Railway Share Market the dealers and
®peculators have been chiefly occupied to-day with
the adjustment of the account, and several of the
principal lines have shown an improvement as re-
gards prices. North Western have advanced 105.;
Great Western, 15s. ; Midland, £1; and Great
Northern A Stock, £2; while Great Eastern have
declined I.os.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue
inactive, at about former quotations.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate
favour. Alliance Bank have improved 1; Euro-
Peal), 1* ; London and Westminster, 4 to 1; Metro-
politan and Provincial, 3; Hudson Bay Company,
i; Mercantile Credit, I ; and Royal Mail Steam, 2.
Subjoined are the current quotations of sour.,
of the principal new undertakings:—lnternational
Land Credit, 21 t prem. ; Telegraph Construction,
prem.; Lemberg, Svc., Railway, a prem.;
Oriental Financial Corporation, 1* prem.; Port
Augusta Railway, 4 1i prem.; S9.hloniere Hotel,
21 prem. ; North Australian Company,* 1 prem.
Imperial Bank of China, 3 * prem. ; Millwall Iron!
Works, 31, prom ; Credit Foncier, 71 I prem.;
Credit Mobitier, 511 prem. ; City Offices, 2i 3k
prem. ; City Real Property, 1* 2 prem. ; and La-
penal Financial, 6 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOTERNMENT FUNDS.
S per Cent. Consols
Ditto Account, May 5 92 11
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent B9l t i
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891.. . —
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Bth Jan., 1880..
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.
Bzehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Cent. 7 2 die
Ditto £SOO
Ditto £lOO and £200
Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct.
Ditto Account..
'NW AN GOTERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lB
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1670
llitto Account.... —
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888
Do Certificates _

Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888.. .
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
13itto 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 104
:Ditto Si per Cent., May, 1879 .. 113
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866

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Ditto Bonds El,OOO — die
Ditto under £l,OOO .... dis
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent ... ..... 1021
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
~ Ditto 1863 .. 88i 8
Zuenos Ayres 6 per Cent .
Ditto, £lOO Bonds —
Chil.iun 6 per Cent. —
)itto 4i pet Cent —
.12Yptian 7 per Cent lOOl
Ditto, Second Issue
'Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 261 51 61
Ditto Account..... .......
Ditto Coupons —
Ditto Account —
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway)
Mexican 3 per Cent
Moorish
Account
„,„.moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
a•low Granada l3l

Ditto 2 per Cent. —
Ditto Deterred —
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) —
Ppruvian 4i per Cent ..
Ditto Account..~

Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Ditto 4} per Cent., 1862

Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1653
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'3 49 81

Ditto Account

Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid — pm
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9li
Ditto 4I per Cent.. 1850 ..
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 ..
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862
.Sardinian 5 per Cent

i:itto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Ditto Account ......
'Swedish, 4 per Cent. ..................
___.
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1851 .............. VUt
Ditto Account , ...... ........
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 ~ ............ 7
OW° Account ................ , .....
71 1
1J Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 .............. t
Ditto Account ..
Ditto £lOO Bonds.. —
Ditto 1863
Ditto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent. —
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account —
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account
Ditto 12 per. Cent
Dividends on the above payable in Load al
1,%‘-ustriaia, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
°lgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f
-uatch 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 44 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
It
Ditto, Account
a,,_,li", 5 per Cent., 1851, Ex. 25 francs —
_.-uitt;o Account
riedraontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct.Lx. 4s. --

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols Money
.... 911 Ditto Account....