The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-29 00:00:00

110N-EY MARKET!

AND
COrtiMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
A good inquiry for accomodation is still expe-
lienccd in the open money market, and bankers and
brokers readily avail themselves of the opportunity
!° charge the full quotation of 6 per cent. for the
best commercial bills brought forward. Very few
"options in which a concession has been made
eve% of 4 per cent. have been reported. The in-
creased demand for discount purposes is no doubt
"e to the large quantity of paper withheld from
circulation in the early part of last week.
A further sum of £7,000 in bar gold was sent
into the Bank on Saturday. .

the Result has arrived from Melbourne with
£84,572.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts for
tthe past week, with one or two exceptions, have
seen satisfactory. At Manchester there has been
rather more inquiry for both cloths and yarns, con-
sequent upon the late advices from the Eastern
markets. The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford,
sild Huddersfield has shown less activity, owing to
the late unfavourable weather, and the principal
dealings have been in goods for immediate require-
Inehts. In the hosiery and lace departments of
'42icester and Nottingham there has been little
Change of importance, while less animation has
Prevailed in most branches of business in the hard-
!:are districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and
Wolverhampton.
The shares of the Imperial Financial Company,
~he Capital stock being nearly realised, were this
day in demand at 51 prem, The allotment of the
shares of the South Wales Colliery Company takes
Place on Wednesday.

Two O'CLOCK.

At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to
tteuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f.
400, Flat.
The market for the English Funds is very
inactive, and the small amount of business
tran,acted has led to no variation, Consols being
for money, and 9 1 1 for the account—
Or the same as they closed on Saturday. The ad •
instmeat of the account in foreign bonds and
railway shares engages almost exclusive attention.
The
n New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 901
18 ; Exchequer Bills, 53. dis. ; India 5 per Cents.,
stock
; and .
Enlaced 5 per Cents., 106 ; Bank
'Nock is 237
There is not much animation in the Foreign
Market, and prices have varied to some extent.
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 ; do. Congo-
lideal 501 1; Mexican, 431 ; Greek, 221 23 ;
sPanish Passive, 36 1; do. Certificates, 131 14 ;
•L' ortuguese, 48 1; and the Confederate Loan, 45 47.
Business in the Railway Share Market has con
!jetted quiet, and quotations exhibit little change of
Importance, except that they are in some instances
ea dividend. Great Eastern are marked 471 ex
Lily; Great Northern A Stcck, 130 ex div. ; North
Western, 1119 2 ex div. ; and North Eastern
(Berwick), 1021 ex div.
In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
8130 material charge.
abBk and Miscellaneous Shares are dull at
e(3llt previous quotations. National Shipping
°nlPuny are quoted 1 I prem. ; Mauritius Credit,
Pa
r _ 2 no pre—.
; and Imperial Financial, 4i. to 5
?rem

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
Per Cent. Consols
NDitto Account, March 5 91%
eer Cent. Reduced
A 3 per
"vlauities, Cent
30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — 90/ 1
bitto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1385 —
t Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
-auk
Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 5 dis
-44 k England Stk, 41 per Ct., last h`.-yr. 237
INDIsx GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
Ditto Account • .
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 —
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 1061 6
Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 —
D„.,,cio Bonds 1,00 t) —
Ditto under £l,OOO
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861
Ditto ditto Aug., 18C6
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
446trian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859 —
bitto 4; per Cent., 1852-58-60
Ditto, 1863
....
Ditto Ditto q • 1863 4'55 paid ......
14, Lcrip, , --,
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ..........
Ditto 2 per Cent. —
Ditto Account.... —
Ditto Deferred
volotribian 6 Scrip £65 pd
uhiliaa 6 per Cent. —
DDitto 4% pet Cent
anish 3 per Cent., 1825
Iquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
l'gntian 7 per Cent —lo3a
Ditto, Second Issue
()reek 5 per en C t 182 ~ 4.5
2023 3
ea-Coupons..,
Ditto Account ' 2,3
..
11
~ .......
Ditto Coupons —
Ditto Account loa
ptli_atemala, 5 per Cent.
I,iiewt, 11 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway)
I.lean 3 per Cent
........ 2
ik,i)itto Account 431 i /
ri°°llBb, Imperial s per Cent New Granada
Granada
INew 91
Pe„:2 Per Cent. Jan. 1891
Ditto A
a ccount
Ntil A per Cent.
--•
-uitto ;I Per (Ant., 1862
b,,tlitte itecolint —
' iednie„,_, Per Cent
Diti.-`4ltee, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 25f —
l'ort,:° Scrip (1863) £42 Ss. 3d. paid — Pm
h.'guese 3 per Cent., 1853
'`,ltte Per
Ditto
'6O, 62,'3 48k
per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, uitto
111.5„i. Account —
bi-1.7 5 per Cent., 1822,:£ St 9ll
Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 . --
Isl ;!.to 5 per Cent, 1862
rjj.lnian 5 per Cent
b Ditto Account
QPani 1,
-I,„ 4'. 3 per Cent
4\140 Account 521
•;'itto New Deferred
iiitto Account —
Ditto Passive
13 Ditto Account - 6 51
1/14ish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Ditto Account l4
Irklah 6 per Cent. 1854
E ..,.,!,ro Account
' 4-,ltte6 per Cent. 1853
Ditto Account
Itto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account .. 69k
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
/, Dividends on the above payable in Lohd ,u.
.uelglart
•
4 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
„ Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
V,lritch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil. 63/ 1
4 each Rentes 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f...: —•
Ital)itto 6 per 'Cent, 1863
IN'', per Cent , 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
I, -uitto Account .
elllvian Dollar Bonds, 45 per Ct. Ex. 4s. .---
P TWO O'CLOCK.
wens , ~..
ea; aloney
Ditto Account

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

I\ro et",
ange is market. Sales about 5,000 bales.
—Porte, 3,605.

Tn
—E PRESIDENT of the Royal Society has issued
311v't •
anons
Ito for conversazioni, to be held at Burlington
Ilse on the 12th of March and 30th of April.
STRENGTH AND COST OF THE STANDING
ARIES OF EUROPE.—Russia's standing army is
'(1-u,°,@00 men, oosring annually 26,000,000 sterling, or 42
eel. ent. of the national budget ; France has 573,000 men
e,,t,ig 34,000,000, or 33 per cent. ; Austria, 467,000 men,
1t.","n9; 16,000,000, or 37 per cent, ; Turkey, 424,000 men ;
tia'Y 314,009 men, costing 16,000,003 ; England, 300,000
ztletl, costing 33,000,000, or 39 per cent. ; Prussia, 214,000
resting "sting 7,500,000, or 30 per cent. Sweden, 67,000 men,
e„-"ng 40 per ;cent. ; Denmark, 50,000 costing 37 per
11;11t. The whole standing army of Europe is 3,815,847
el; costing annually 170,000,000 sterling.
TIIE NATURAL STEREOSCOPE.—The natural ste-
; e°B"Pe, recently invented, anticipates this triumph
p• Producing some of the desired effects by auxiliary means
tilhe new instrument is much more elaborate, of greater
befit
power, and consequently more costly than the
b 8t of the old ones, the price, with stand, &c., being £lO ;
i„'lt the only peculiarity of the construction we need refer to
e" that of a variously-coloured screen, which, working on a
,°41)18 of rollers, reflects its colours upon the slides. In this
:Y the uniform sombre tints of the photographic pictures
:•0 warmed up into life and beauty. Statuary becomes
sad landscapes of all kinds are surrounded by
theirf Peculiar atmospherical effects. The pictures are, there-
°re, better pictures than before, and the pleasure to the
-(lolder correspondingly increased, A Worcester man is
14e inventor.