The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-14 00:00:00

HONEY MARKET

AND

COMMZHCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK,

Two o'CLocx.
Owing to the improved feeling with regard to
monetary and political prospects, the market for
the English Funds has shown blight indications of
improvement. Consols are about / better, being
91i for money, and 90f, less the dividend, for the
account. The New Threes are 89a; the Reduced,
89k ; Exchequer Bills, June, 9s. to 4s. die.; and
India per Cents., 105/.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate
request, and generally sustain former prices.
The following are the current quotations of some
of the principal new undertakings : North Aus-
tralian Company, f, 11 prem. ; Sabloniere Hotel,
prem. ; International Land Credit, 2 21, prem. ; et
and Provncial Banking Corporation, 1 9 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOTIV.,NMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto Account, May 8
per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent B9
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891....
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 lO7l
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire iith J an., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —

March. June,
4 dia

Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i & 3 per Cent.
Ditto .4500
Ditto £lOO and £2OO
Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. ... 237 9
Ditto Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1670 . .....
Ditto Account....
Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 99!
Do Certificates
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ......
Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866
Ditto Bonds£l,ooo
Ditto under £1,000..

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent ▪
..... 101/
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60
....
Ditto 1863
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent........
Ditto Account
Chiban 6 per Cent.
Ditto 41 pet Cent.....
Colombian 6 per Cent
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864
Ditto Scrip £4O paid
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent..
Egyptian 7 per Cent ..
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Witt() Account
Ditto Coupons
.. • •
Ditto Account —
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
Italian 5 per Cen.t.(Maremmana Railway) 741
Mexican 3 per Cent . ...
Ditto Account....
.• • •
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent .... —
New Granada ........................ Ditto 2 per Cent. .................. 301
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
Poruvian 41 per Cent —
.. Ditto Account -
Vitt° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) ..
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account ..
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3
Ditto Account
Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, St
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 B5/
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 .. •
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862
:Ditto 1864 Scrip, £lO paid
Ditto Anglo-Dutch
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
E Ditto New Deferred ""
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
34
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Ditto Account
Swedish, 4 per Cent
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 - /
Ditto Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 - 70/ 1
Ditto Account
..
Ditto £lOO Bonds —7l!
Ditto 1863
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
Venezuela 3 per Cant.
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 • 55
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent, 1861 ......... Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid. .............. dis
Ditto 11 per Cent
Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins,
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
..
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. .
.. . .
„
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols Monoy
901 d
Ditto Account

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market very strong. Sales, about 10,000 bales
Import, 12,829.

HOIST WITII Ells OWN PETARD.—One of the
most curious incidents of the war is that bwhich
q Captain Flasher, of they Which
oat Miami, has met his death
at Plymouth, North Carolina.
As he saw the Confederate
ram approaching—the Albemarle fur that is its name—he
sighted the large gun himself, and stood by as she was fired.
The ironclad was only half a length from him then. The
shell struck the roof of the ram, rebounded, and hit Captain
Plusher, exploding and killing him instantly. In fact, he
Was almost torn to pieces. This ram is accompanied by a
formidable water battery. securely protected by cotton bales,
baliud which artillery and small arms can be securely used.
the Aarae of the satellite is the Cotton Plant.

The general discount market presents an easier
appearance, the private and joint-stock establish-
ments being more willing to negotiate short bills at
8/ per cent. There is a large supply of money
on offer, but holders of bills are awaiting further

concessions.
About £83,000 in gold was taken into the Bank
yesterday.
There was a general decline in the foreign ex-
changes yesterday afternoon.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
amounted to £507,809, and the imports to
£352,610.
The banking-house of Messrs. Day, Nicholson,
and Stone, of Rochester, 11.1 s beea amalgamated
with that of the Provincial Banking Corporation.
The firm was established in 1782, and has been
noted for its respectable position.
The South-Eastern Banking Company have an-
nounced that they have opened branches at Broad-
stairs, Christchurch, and Bournemouth. Mr. Hunt,
formerly in the house of Messrs. Barclay, Bevan,
and Co., has been appointed manager of the two
latter establishments.
The Scottish and Universal Finance Bank have
purchased the business, with the goodwill of the
firm of Haggard and Co., the extensive bullion and
exchange dealers of the City. The whole of the
purchase-money has been accepted in scrip certi-
ficates. Mr. H. Haggard has also alcepted the
management office in the exchange department of
the company's business, and another member of
this firm has joined the board of directors. 9,000
out of the 10,000 shares forming the first issue of
the ,company have been subscribed for.

Foreign Securities are not very active, but prices
are firm. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70; 711;
do. Consolidis, 481 d ; Mexican, 449 I; do. New,
dis. par.*; Greek, 239 ; Spanish Passive, 341 ;
Portuguese, 48 1 ; the Confederate Loan, 64 66 ; '4ll
Swedish Scrip, Ilf prem.; and Russian do., 1.1 2 1:
prem. 8

In the Railway Share Market the dealings
have been very limited, but in one or two instances
a slight improvement has taken place in prices.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, London and Blackwall,
and South Eastern hays each improved 55.; and
Great Northern A Stock, 108.; while South
8,
Western have receded 55., and North Western 105.
st
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive,
and exhibit no change of importance as regards
values.