The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-02 00:00:00

STATE OF T 1 AI)E.

LEICI:c_;TER,
goods are sailing freely,
June I. The hosiery trade is aotiv.°' 4 I)
jf',lll
also in fancy :trticles, traadneagthenereerailslya gb:inc)l9"usil:6;eltilitt
districts.and
ti
8 The' yarn. market-
satisfactory state. Business is steady .13 tile fe°i,clll4lo
engaged to order,
are
well
are realising; est 2
priccoenstriunlui
nesz fi,reti7y.,
jaiiVil. :cfilitgoi's
firm). reme prices, and the market ix, eSe°'
, 400
NOTTINGHAM, lst.--There has been rather Ma' t feif
in most
id:epartMents of the lace trade during tile.,rtae'cil4
adnaudisin.. ar''rohlie'rcedigs.jangrsa,ther hatter demand for black SP; , AP
and a brink sale for silk tou51:611- leg!
clul• 'rgs• Very few stiff plaja cotton nets or° fir3,BDol°3:
obf?;hepris will not purchase liberality of these goods 00 ',,caol.
r dearness, Machine quilli.lgs continue in r" oil
Thee are several buyers in the market, both 11°131e110
foreign, and future prospects are ml)re encouragio' 010
are hosiery trade is without much altdtation. Diantibe„a for
eli completing orders both for the home market a P 60-
pment. Yarns continue eAtremAY firm, with AOl4ll
once of falling in price.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLO:Z.
No alteration has been made this morning i the
Minimum rate of discount by the directors of the
Bank of England at their weekly meeting. It had
been very gecerally expected that a reduction of
One per cent. would have been made in consrquence
of the increasing reserves cf gold at the establish-
tnent, and also the loss of discount business sus-
tainsd by the authorities through the great conces-
sions made in the open market for the negotiation
of commercial bills. That the idea was not ill-
founded by the mercantile community may be in-
ferred from the circumstance that yesterday first-
etass paper was negotiated as low as 6, .1-- per cent.
The rate now in the open market is 61 per cent.
A supply of gold amounting to £15,000 was
taken into the Bank yesterday.
The report of the directors of the Bank of British
North America to be presented to the propriwors '
at the next half-yearly meeting has been issued to-
day. It states that the general trade of the North
American provinces shows a considerable improve-
ment, and that the business of the bank continues
to make satisfactory progress at Victoria, Vancouver
Island, and that it has been decided to open an
agency at San Francisco. After making ample
provision for anticipated losses, and deducting
charges, &e.,; the net profit amounts to £61,413.
Out of this sum the directors have declared a half-
yearly dividend, payable on and after the sth July
next, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of
Income-tax.
At a meeting of the Committee of Bankers, at the
Clearing-louse, on Monday, it was decided that
the united business of the Agra Bank and Messrs.
Masterman, Peters, and Co., should on and after
the let of July be carried on at the Clearing-house,
under the title of the "Agra and hlasterman's
Bank, limited,"

The Committee of the Imperial Ottoman Bank
will propose at the approaching meeting a distribu-
tion of 153 93 per share from the profits accruing
from the 10th of April to the 31st of December last,
after making the statutory provision of £18,568 to
the reserve fund. This payment, with the 7s 3d
already divided on the Ist of March, will make a
total return of 233, or at the rate of nearly 16 per
cent, per annum, for the period during which the
bank hes been is operation.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed Tuesday next a special settling day in the
shares of the British and Colonial Steamship Com-
Puy and the East India Financial Association, both
to be marked in the official lists.
The biddings for 30,00,000 rupees (£300,000), in
bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of
England. Toe proportions allotted were—to Cal-
cutta, 18,00,000 rupees; and to Bombay, 12,00,000
rupees. The minimum price was as before, viz.
le, 11 'l. per rupee on Calcutta and Madras; and
la. llid. on Bombay. The applications within the
limits amounted to 214 lacs. Tenders on Calcutta,
at is. Hid. will receive about 78 per ceut7l-11.1
torabay, at 25., about 15 per cent.; and all (above
these prices in full. No allotment was wade to
Madras.
About £188,500 in gold is now on the way from
Melbourne to England. The Glendower has L 10,500
on board ; the Kent, £14,500 ; the Wave of Life,
£21,000; the Royal Standard, £78,000; the Lady
Ann, £16,000; and the Anglesea, £48,500. The
St. Dunstan is also Cringing £72,000 from Otago,
New Zaaland.

O'CLOCK.
There has been no alteration to days
in the mar-
ket for the Eng‘ish. Funds, and only a small amount
of business has been transacted. The continuance
of the minimum at 7 per cent. did not affect quota-
tions, which still show much inherent firmness.
Consols, for money and account are 914 ex div.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are
894 a; March Exchequer Bills, lls. dia.; June
do., 6s. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1031, 104 ex div.
Business is not very active in the foreign market,
but quotations ere in several instances rather
buoyant. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71.1 a;
do. Consolides, 4811; Greek, 251 ; Mexican,
454 ; do. New Loan, 1 dis. par ; Spani.h Passive,
341 ; Portuguese, 48* 49; Russian Scrip, 4
prem.; Swelish do., 2* 31 prem. and the Con-
federate Loan, 64 66.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
very inactive, and prices have remained without
Change of importance.
The Foreign lines have also been dull at about
former rates.
Bank and Miscellaneoua Shares are in several
instances at slightly reduced quotations, Met.-
ehants' Bank being dealt in at 25, Metropolitan
and Provincial at 321, whilelmperial have improved
to 43 ; Australian Agricultural have receded to 17i,
and Hudson's Bay Company to 19.

~ BRMENT ITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
UOVERN FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto
soil
Account, May 8
3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent
New 2i per Cent. Jim. 1891.
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873... , ..... 0
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire ;ith J an., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yra, expire sth April, 1885 14 7-16
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.

March. June.

Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i & 3 per Cent.
Ditto £5OO
Ditto £lOO and £2OO
Bank England Stk, 5± per Ct.
Ditto Account..
INDI9N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 —
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 . .....
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
.44fidor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l3
AgYptiaa 7 per Cent —
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons..
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons
Ditto Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent. ..
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway;
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account....
Ditto Scrip £l3 paid ••
Ditto French Scrip, Ex. 25f 200 — die
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada

Ditto 2 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
P eruvian 41 per Cent
Ditto Account....
,Atto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account B5l
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 49
Ditto Account 49 81
Ditto 1863 Scrip, £4O paid
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 ............
, __
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862
Ditto Anglo-Dutch
Ditto Scrip, £2O paid —
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Ditto Account .................
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account ... . --
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
h
Ditto Account 34 4
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Ditto Account ••
Swedish, 4 Der Cent
Ditto Scrip, 120 paid
Turkish to 6 per Cent. 1854 ... —
Di Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto G per Cent. 1f_132.
Ditto Account ....... . 711
Ditto 1100 Bonds 7ll
Ditto 1863 -
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuela 3 per Cent. 1001
.... —
Ditto Account... ......
.....
Ditto 6 per Cent., 186.2 .....
..... ~,.
Ditto Account...
........
Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 ....
....
Ditto Scrip, 115 paid. "'............... 41 die
Ditto li per Cent ..................
Dividends on the above payable in Lond .0
Austrian, 5 par Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. ...
Belgian 41 per Cent., Lx. 25f...
Ditto Account ... ........
Dateh 2 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil.. ...... 63r
i
It
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . .......
alian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25. franca.. --
Ditto Account
T :-% 0 0' (MO OK ,
Consols Money
Ditto- 1.1 ;I
Account.
.................... i 904 a z d