The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-28 00:00:00

XoNEY MARKET

AND

COMMZRCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK,
There is rather less activity to-day in diecount
circles, and the rates remain unchanged.
An important undertaking is the Provincial Bank-
ing Corporation with a capital of £'2,000,000 in
40,000 shares, half to be first issued, of which
10,000 have been; already subscribed, and the quoit
tion on the Stock Exchange to-day is 3to 4 prem.
The direction is highly influential, and very remav
iterative results are expected from the purchase of
country establishments, and their development on
the joint-stoek principle. The directors do not
propose to transact business in London.
The last week's rahway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are, in round figures, as under:-
1864. 1863.
Great Western £61,159 £57,553
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire... 37,320 32,0 0
Bristol and Exeter
North• Eastern ........ 68,280 62,779
Manchester, Sheffield, and Linc01n...... 15,953 15,614
North British
Great South-Western of Ireland ..... 9,586 9,280
These returns, compared with those of the same
period of last year, show some very favourable fea-
tures. On the Great Western there is an increase
of £3,606; the North Western, of £8,390; the
South Western, of £494 ; the Brighton,
the Midland, of £4,225 ; the South Eastern, of
£778 ; the Great Northern, of £2,377 ; the Lancet-
cashire and Yorkshire, of £5,240; the Bristol and
Exeter, of £l6l ; the North Eastern, of £5,501;
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £339;
the North British, of £903; and the Great Sonthern
And Western of Ireland, of £306.

Two o'CLooK.
At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's
telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 950.
Flat.
There is an increased degree of heaviness to-day
in the market for the English Funds, several specu-
lative sales having led soya decline of
and cent.
Consols therefore are 911 for money the sth
proximo. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities
are 891 ; Jane Exchequer Bills, 9s. to 45. prem. ;
India 5 per Cents., 105 1 ; and Enfaced 4 per
Cents., 941 ; the Debentures, 1866, are marked 991.
Foreign Stocks exhibited depression, and there is
Very little animation. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, 711
72 ; do., Clasolides, 521 ; Mexican, 451 ; do.,
New, par 1 prem. ; Greek, 241 25 ; do., Coupons,
Ila s; Spanish Passive, 35/ 36; do., Certificates,
12t; and Confederal® Loan,
; Portuguese, 4814
58 60.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
rather dull, although prices in several instances
show an upward tendency. Metropolitan and
North Eastern (Berwick), have improved £1 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; Midland, 108. ;
and South Eastern, 55.; while Brighton have de-
clined 55.; and North Western, 53.
In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
is very little change.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re
sins fair re-
quest, and generally support previous re.
The following are the current quotations for some
of the principal new projects :—Provincial Bank-
ing C3rporation, 3 to 4 prem.; International Con-
tract Company, lit 21 prem. ; Telegraph Construe-
tbn, 11 it prem.; International Land Credit, 2a
prem; Sabloniere Foreign Hotel, 11 2f prem.;
worth Australian Company, 1 I prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols .................. 911
Ditto Account, May 5 .............. 91t
per Cent. Reduced .................. 891
..... 891
New 3 per Cent. ................. 1 1 1
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 . . .. —
--
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1573 ......... •
Aanuities, yrs, 30 rsexire bth Jan. 1880..
Ditto for 30 y' expire sth April, 1885. 14 9-16
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.
Mach. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, & 3 per Cent. 6 4 9 dis
Ditto £5OO ..............
Ditto £lOO and £2OO ......
Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct. ..........
Ditto Account.. ....................
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874....
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ........ 1051 5
Acc0..............
Dittount ........
Ditto 4 per Cent. ',Oct. 1888 ..........
Do Certificates ................
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...... 94
94/
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ..........
Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 ........
Ditto Debentures, 4:per Ct., April 1864
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 99kdis
Ditto BondsEl,ooU ..................
Ditto under £l,OOO. • • . • •
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ............
Ditto 1859 ..............
Brazilian 5 per Cent .. . .•. • •
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 A ...... 90
Ditto 1863 .............. 87/
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ..............
Ditto Account ......................
Ditto, £lOO Bonds ..................
Chilian 6 per Cent .....................
Ditto 4/ pee Cent ....... 831
Colombian 6 per Cent ................. 78 91 81 1 9/
.........
Cuba, 6 per Cent. ...........
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 ........Cent..
...... --
Equader New Consolidated, 1 per
EgYptian 7 per Cent ..................
Ditto, Second Issue •..............
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 241
Ditto Account ......................
Ditto Coupons ......................
Ditto Account ......................
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 451 I 1
Mexican 3 per Cent .................. 45t
Ditto Account. .................... --
Moorish Imperial ..
per Cent . ......... ..
14 1
New Granada ......................
Ditto 2 per Cent. ..................
Ditto Deferred ......................
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ......
Peruvian 4/ per Cent .................
Ditto Account... .....
()in° 3 per Cent..(Uribarren) ........
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862 ............
Ditto Account ...................... 85
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... 481
Ditto Account .................... . •
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 481
Ditto Account ...................... 4SI
Ditto Scrip (1863) L3O paid ........ • • pm
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St ........
Ditto 41 1859 per Cent., 1850 ..............
Ditto 3 per Cent ..............
1 8h 93
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 .............. 89
Sardinian 5 per Cent .................. 86
Ditto Account..... ... • .............
Spanish 3 per Cent
..................
Ditto Account ....................
Ditto New Deferred ................
Ditto Account ......................
Ditto Passive ..........•........... 35
Ditto Account ...................... 36i
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. l2l
Ditto Account ..................... •
Swedish, 4 per Cent ...................
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854..............891
Ditto Account ......................
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1853 .............. 63&
Ditto Account ...................... 693
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 .............. 711 2
Ditto Account ..
Ditto £lOO Bonds .................. 72 8
1
Ditto 1863
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent, 1862 ............. •
Ditto Account ....
Ditto 11 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in Lond .n
Austrian, 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins.
Belgian 41 per Cent., Es. 25f -
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account ............e..•••••••
Piedmontese 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Es. 4s.
TRREE O'CLOCK.
Console Money . 911 t
Ditto Account....

Mrs. Macready will commence a series of her
Dramatic Recitals at the Queen's Concert Room, rianover-
square, on Tuesday, May 3. The series will terminate
with a moming recital, on -,aturday, May 23. The pro-
gramme will be entirely changed on each occasion.
A woman named Mace, born in 1763, and now
aged 101 years, is living at Gros Caillou. She is the
widow of a 841dier of the Guard under Louis XVI.,
and who fought later at Marengo and the Pyramids.
An only child was born of this marriage—a daugh-
ter, now a widow, aged 70. This latter does wash-
ing, and supporta her mother. The latter still pre-
serves all her faculties; her legs have, however,
become weak.
A CuSTLY CANARY.—The Lyttelton 2intes
(Australian paper) says that, at a sale by auction there
the other day, a canary bird realised the extraordinary
price of £l7 17s.