The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-24 00:00:00

ONEY •MARKET

AND
''OIIIIAftIICIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There has been less activity in the general dis-
count market to-day, but prices have nevertheless
been frilly maintained. The demand for accomoda.
tico has not fallen off because the commercial
classes require less monetary aid, but in come.
quence of parties holding over their bills in expec-
tation of easier rates prevailing. The quotation for
the best description of mercantile paper remains at
6 per cent.
The weekly balance sheet published last evening
by the Bank of England presents less unfavourable
alterations than were expected. The reserves of
gold and notes hive been augmented, and the
amount of other securities and Government balances
have been largely increased. Subjoined 6.re the
Particulars :
Active Circulation £20,172,730
Increase 44,880
Bullion .. .. .. 14,319,051
Increase 06 66 6O 66 14,856
Rest .. .. 3,303,455
Increase 66 60 60 06 15,297
Public Deposits 9,287,594
Increase .. .. .. 41. 775,253
Other Deposits.. .. 13,051,661
• Increase .. .. 261,300
Seven Day and other Bills .. 452,477
Decrease .. 06 1.0 00 17,230
Government Securities .. 11,122,267
No alteration.
20,729,589
.. 1,064,661
.. 8,107,655
31,670

Other Securities
Increase .. _ _
Notes Unemployed ..
Increase .. ..

The Bank of France return for the week ending
Wednesday last presents few favourable alterations.
The bullion has been lessened as much as £310,000,
the Treasury balances augmented by £920,000, and
the discounts by £420,000.
At the forthcoming meeting of the Honduras
Bay Company a dividend of 13s. per share, and at
that of the Landon and Brighton Bank of 21s. per
share, will be recommended.

Gold to the amount of £lB,OOO was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday for exportation. •
The arrivals of specie announced this morning
comprise £68,212 by the Yorkshire, £15,016 by the
Pride of the Ocean, both from Melbourne, and £632
by the Barada, from Alexandria.
The directors of the Anglo-Brazilian Gold Com.
Puny, in their report to be presented at the next
meeting of the shareholders, state that possession of
their mining property was taken on the 11th
December last, and that the produce from February
to April consisted of 315 octave..

Two O'CLOCK.

At the Puris Bourse this morning, according to
Reuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentea
Were quoted 65f. 65c.
There has been a decline to-day of iit• per cent. in
the English Funds, owing to the continued dissatis-
faction felt at the position of political affairs at home
and abroad. There is but little business, and the
sales it includes denotes the unfavourable views
Maintained by speculators. Consols for money are
89 1., and for the account 894 2. The New Threes
and Reduced Annuities are 881 I; March Exchequer
Rills Bs. to 3s. dis., and Jane. ditto ss. die. ; and
India 5 per Cents. 104 i Pg.
A further downward movement has taken place
in the Foreign Market, and business is quiet
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70a ; do., Consolidee,
47 i; Mexican 421 43 ; Greek, 224 23; Spanish
Passive, 28-I; 4 ; Portuguese 482 g ; Russian, 86f, 4 ;
Italian, 69 ; and the Confederate Loan, 63 64.
In the Railway Share Market the operations have
been on the most limited scale, and the few bar-
gains recorded show further depression. Great
Western, North Western, Midland, and South
Eastern have each declined about ss.

For Bank and Mife)llaneous Shares there con-
tinues to be a very limited inquiry, and quota-
tions generally are a shade flatter. Imperial
OLtoman had receded to 17k; London, Hamburgh,
and Continental Exchange, to 171; Alliance, how-
ever, have improved to 61 62; London Financial
realise 261 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam,
79 80 ; Chamounix United Hotel Company's shares
are quthed 13 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do Account, July 8
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent. BBi t
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891
Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1573
Aunuales, 30 yrs, expire otti J an., 1880 —
Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
March. June.
5 die

Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent.
Do
£5OO ................
Do £lOO and £2OO ........ 8 3 dis
Sank England Stk, 51 per Ct. ..........
Do Account ........................
IND' 9,N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874....
Do Account .................. --
Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .......... 1041 1 it
Do Account...
Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ........
Do Certificates
Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .......
Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ...........
Do 51 per Cent.' May, 1879
Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
D.; .tuntlei ,i.:PA)
Do under £l,OOO dis
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Do 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
_
Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do 1863 . ..
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
110 Account . .........
Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)..
.141ian 6 per Cent.
Do 3 pet Cent.
Colombian 6 per Cent ..... —
Cuba, 6 per Cent. ..........
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Do 5 per Cent. 1864 .......... —
Nuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian 7 per Cent
lio, Second Issue -
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
Do Account
Do Coupons
__Do Account.... ............. .._ ,
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Do, 1839 and 1859 ....... -
Itatiun 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway 76
Mexican 3 per Cent
Do Account 421 3 21.
Do Scrip £23 paid .. 1 ins .
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f %oc.. — dis
Do 6 per G'en . Anglo-French .. du;
Ditto Scrip, £23.paid.... —
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
12
New Granada
Do 2 'per Cent —
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares) —
Peruvian 41 per Gent
Co 3 per Cent. (Crribarren) .. —
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account —
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 185-3
Do Account ..................... ..
Do 3 per Cent., 1850, 7,9, 60, 62,'3.. 481 1
Do Account
Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St .......
Ditto 4:1- per Cent., 1850
Ditto 3'per Cent 1859 .............
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 ........ 861 1
Ditto Anglo-Dutch
Ditto Scrip, £3O paid 3l pm
Sat-Tinian 5 per Cent .
oitto Account B3
Spanishl3 per Cent
Ditto Account : 521
Ditto New Deferred

Ditto Account
Ditto Massive ..........
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ..
Ditto Account
Swedish, 4 per Cent
Ditto Scrip, £5O paid........
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
.. 701 70 I
Ditto £lOO Bonds..
Ditto 1863
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account 224
i)itto 6 per Cent., 1662
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864
Ditto If per Cent

Dividends on the above payable in Lund u
Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. --
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f
Ditto Account
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1851, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s.
Piciniontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f
TWO O'CLOCX,
Consols Money
Ditto Account