The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND •
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Less anxiety is evinced this morning in discount
circles respecting the course the directors of the
Bank of England may pursue at their weekly court
ta.morrow. The demand for accommodation has
certainly fallen off within the past three days, but
the supply of floating capital is at the same time
being daily decreased. During the present un-
settled state of affairs investors appaar desirous to
bold their capital in hand, and thus are the means
at the command of discounters much straitened.
The market is nevertheless in a much easier state,
and the best three months' bills have been again
negotiated at 34 percent.
In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon
there was a slight advance in the rates on Amster.
dam and Hamburg.
The Glasgow, from New York, has brought
£ll,OOO, and the 'Wellesley, from Melbourne,
£203,160.
Arrangements are stated to be in progress for the
amalgamation of the London and Middlesex Bank
with another old-established joint stock bank.

Two o'CLocK.

A meeting of the Peruvian Dollar Bondholders
took place to-day to determine what steps should
be taken to obtain payment of the bonds and coupons
in hard dollars (pesos fuertes) instead of the depre-
ciated American paper now illegally tendered. Mr.
Haslewood occupied the chair, and stated that
Messrs. Baring Brothers, with 44 other large city
firms, had formally petitioned the Government of
Peru upon the subject, pretesting against the pay-
ments in " greenbacks" instead of hard dollars,
but no reply had been received save the acknow-
ledgment of the receipt of the commanication.
Each dollar was worth 4s. 2d., instead of which it

was depreciated to 2s. 4d. A committee was
appointed to watch the interests of the bondholders,
and resolutions adopted declining to receive as pay-
ment for bonds and coupons the United States
paper money, tendered by the Peruvian Govern.
ment, and that such payment shall be made in
specie or its equivalent.
At Paris, this day, according t o Mr. Rsuter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were
67f 15c. Heavy.
The Market for English Stocks opened very
steadily this morning at their former values, at
which they have continued, viz., 93 1 for money,
and 931 1 for the account. The New Threes and
Reduced are 911- ,§,-; Exchequer Bills ls. dis. to 2s.
prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 109 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent.
100,1 ; and the 51 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1161.
A fair business is reported in the Foreign Mar-
ket, and prices continue to fluctuate. Turkish
6 per Cents., 1858, are 701 71 ; ditto, 1862, 711 ;
ditto, Consolides, 531 d ; Mexican, 421 ; Greek,
31 1; do., Coupons, 141 15; Spanish Passive 351 ;
do., Certificates, 131 14 ; Russian, 931 ; Portu-
guese, 484 ; Italian, 721 2; Egyptian, 100 to 101 ;
the Confederate Loan is 64 66 ; the Brazilian,
I 1 prem. ; and the New Portuguese, H 1-7, prem.
Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued very inactive, and prices have shown a
downward movement. Great Western, Metropo-
litan, and Midland have declined 1, and North-
Eastern (Berwick); ; while London, Chatham, and
Dover, and South-Eastern, have improved 1, and
South-Western, 1. _ .

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue
at about previous quotations.
Bank Shares are in moderate request. Alliance
New shares have improved to 241; Union of Lon-
don, to 38i; and Imperial have declined to 231;
India Loan Mortgage are quoted 3 to 34 prem.;
and Anglo-Austrian, par to prem.
In the Miscellaneous Market London Financial
shares realised 15i1 ; International Financial Shares
1011; and Discount Corporation are quoted 81 to
9 prena.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93i 3
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Nev, 31 per Cent. Annuities
New 21 per Cent. Annuities...
6 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire &th Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
India Stock, 1874
Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 look
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent
Oitto 5i per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO ••••
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account, Oct, 8 93}
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
. xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 22. per Cent 2 pm 1 die

Ditto aoo"
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Aastrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto 1859

Brazilian 5 Der Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....-
r Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chilian 6 per Cent —
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Colombian 6 Scrip, £l5 pd —
Cuba, 6 per Cont.
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Danish 4 per Cent., 1863
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825. --,
Dutch, 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders
Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant —
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian 7 per Cent look 1 100
Ditto, Second Issue - ..
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 ..
Ditto Account —
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
Ditto Account _ 3l a 30 la
Ditto Coupons —
Ditto Account l5 141
Italian t. per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 81i
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
New Granada .. —
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 9i
P,.,ruvian 3 per Cent
Ditto Account •
Ditto 4} per Cent , 1862
Ditto Account * ..
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account...
49
Dittol3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, 'GO, 62 —
Ditto Account 4Bl
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Ditto 4; per Cent 1850
•
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 93}
Sardinian 5 per Cent

Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred ..
Ditto Passive
S 6 5i
5i
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. —
Ditto Account l4 13
Swedish, 4 per Cent. —'
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
92/
Ditto Account..
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
"Of
Pitt() Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account 7ll 1 i
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
Ditto Account.... —
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £59 108 Od pd.
Venezuela 3 per Cyril.
Ditto Account
Ditto
6 per Cent., 1862
-Ditto Account .. 61i 2 11
Austr Ilividends on the above payable in London.
ian
Belgian , 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
Dutch 2L'i Per Cent., Ex. 25f. .. —
eC
Ditto I Per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 64lt
French
Bear Cent Certificates
100 i
ItDitto .If, j-e-or
alian, 5 ~,,tper Cent.,
nt., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
ILIACe
72a
Consols, Money TWO O'CLOCK.
Ditto Account . .
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Day.
Liverpool to Market—This

TELEGRAM.)
Market opens steady
15,000 bales or more
at hardening prices. Sales
probably

JEST.—When thef Reception Corn-
TRUTH IN JEST.
mittee of the Common Council 0
on board the Russian flagship to tender theew York went
the city, Admiral Lisovsky apologized hospitalities of
salute earlier on the ground that there vrerre not
firing a
sets around him that he was afraid there /nigh:l:any yes-
cident and he might do some injury. One of the cosm°m? an-
to set his mind at ease, immediately rejoined, 46
oh
inuttee,
we are
used to killing people in this country,"