The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-09 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
A firmer tone is apparent in discount circles to-
day on account of the advance made by the council
of the Bank of France in their minimum potation
from 4to 5 per cent. This important measure has
naturally induced greatercantion among capitalists
here, who are less disposed to employ their resources
at the current quotations until the tendency of
off Airs can be more clearly defined. The demand,
however, was not increased, and instances are still
recorded of superior bills being negotiated at 3i

per cent.
The return from the Bank of England, compiled
to Wednesday last, is again of an unsatisfactory
character. The reserve of notes and bullion have
been diminished to a large extent, while the active
circulation has been increased. Annexed is an
analysis:—

Active Circulation ..
Increase .. • •
Bullion .. • • ••
Decrease
Rest .. •• • •
Increase .• • .
Public Deposits
Increase ..
Other Deposits.. ..
Decrease ..
Seven Day and other Bills ..
Decrease ..
Government Securities
Decrease . 00
57
• 00 0 00
Other S 0
ecurities 22,591,537
Increase 78,418
Notes Unemployed 7,051,715
Decrease 659,725
The monthly return of the Bank• of France, pub
lished this morning, is of an unfavourable character
and shows, by the straightened position of the este.
blishment, the necessity which urged the Council
yesterday to raise their rate of discount. A decrease
is exhibited in the cash in hand amounting to
£1,733,333, the Treasury balances have been dimi-
nished by £146,666, and the advances on loans
£124,000. An increase has taken place in the cur-
rent accounts of £75,000, in the bank notes £560,000,
and in the bills discounted of £2,320,000.
Concurrently with the advance in the French rate
of discount, the quotation at Frankfort has been
raised from 3to 3,3- per cent. It is not improbable
that greater firmness will now be experienced in
some of the other continental money markets.
The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday
comprised the influx of £22,000 in bar gold, and the
withdrawal of 100,000 sovereigns for transnission
to the Brazils by the Oneida, which leaves to-day
with a total of £128,218.
The directors of the Bank of Otago have re-
solved to reduce the nominal amount of the shares
of that bank from £lOO to £2O.
The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank have re-
solved to open a branch in Macclesfield.
The large supply of Mexican dollars by the
Tasmanian have been sold at 58. 3d. per oz., show-
ing a slight decline in value.

.. £21,768,375
•• 250,475
• . 14,856,037
.. 421,848
• • 3,736,695
• • 8,100
• . 9,510,057
.. 239,571
.. 12,89,3642
• . 823,818
777,032
• • 17,815
.. 11,141,227

The Hansa, from New York, has brought
X 50,000.

The new Brazilian loan has been most favourably
received, but the circumstance was generalfy con-
templated, owing to the influential and substantial
support which had been accorded to the proposition
before the issuing of the prospectus containing the
terms of the proposed loan. The price of issue is
considered to have been fixed upon the fair prin-
ciple of giving the subscriber an adequate margin
for profit in relation to the prices current for exist-
ing stocks. That the loan will be successfully
floated is certain, the applications being already
both large and of an influential character.

Two O'CLOCK.
During the later hours of business yesterday a
kind of panic prevailed at the Stock Exchange, the
advance in the rates of discount at Paris, and Frank-
fort being added to the adverse circumstances pre-
viously affecting the markets. Sales were forced,
especially in the foreign department where consi-
derable excitement still prevails, and Consols closed
heavily at another decline ofd per cent. No fur-
ther change has occurred to-day, but the quotations
continue heavy at 921 93 for transfer, and at 931
for the November account. The New Threes have
receded to 91g6 :, and the Reduced Annuities to
911 g ; Exchequer Bills are firm at par. to 3s. prem.;
India StocK is marked 224 ; the 5 per Cents. are
108: ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1001, and do., Enfaced
b per Cents. 108.

There has been and is still a very perturbed mar-
ket for Foreign securities. Greek have been 324 4 ;
they are now 33/ 34k, or la lower than yesterday
afternoon. The Coupons have been 14 15, and
have rallied to 151 drop of lf per cent. Con-
siderable fluctuation has also taken place in Mexi-
can : business has been recorded at 41 4, and the
latest prices are 42 4f or it, per cent. worse than yes •
terday. Turkish Consolides have advanced to 52;
63. Spanish Passive, after touching 33/ 34, have
rallied to 34 -1-; the Internal have dropped lf, viz.,
to 281 ; and the Certificates are 134 I, and they
have been down to 13 I. The Confederate Loan
has advanced to 25 to 23 die., and is now nominal
at these quotations.

Basiness in the Railway Share Market has been
rather dull, and a further decline has taken place
in prices. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North W estern
and Metropolitan have each declined £1; South
Eastern, 15s. ; Caledonian, 10s. ; and Great Eastern,
Great Western, Midland, and North Eastern Ber-
wick ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained
without material change. Great Western of
Canada are quoted 104 4 ; Grand Trask of Canada,
22 ; and East India, 1071.
Bank Shares are also at slightly reduced prices,
London and Westminster being dealt in at 79;
London Chartered of Australia at 294. Indian
Land Mortgage Bank are quoted 3f ;
Anglo-Austrian, I prem
prem ; Royal Privileged
14 Bank of Austria par to prem. ; and East London
to 2 prem.
In the Miscellaneous Market the operations con-
tinue restricted, and quotations, in most instances,
are a shade flatter. London Financial are marked
131 ; International Financial, Of 10; General
Credit, 4* t.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 921 3
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock

Ditto 5 pet Cent lOBl
Ditto 4 per Cent ... 100 k
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent lOB
Consols for Account, Oct. 8 93k 3
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2/ per Cent 3 pm par
Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small

FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Brazilian D 5 itto
1859
per Cent
Ditto 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
~... Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
zgirptian 7 per Cent lOl
Ditto, Second Issue"
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons ---
.
Ditto Con
Ditto 332! 41 3/4 34131
oupons
Ditto Account **
Mexican 3 per Cent . ...
Ditto Account,
Peruvian aper************ 421 1 1 2 1211
Ditto Account
*C eat.
Ditto 43
per
ce .................
Ditto Account . nt, 1862
Portuguese 3 per c'e.,V**,,a••_ ..
Itussian 5 per Cent ig•zo''D,7 , —
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1812 "' ""' 't ...... - •
Sardinian 5 per Cent 862 • 93 /
Ditto Account.
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account, -
Ditto New Deferred
.........
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account
1 31 4
4 Spanish Cert. of Coup not fun..de1ci....1.l ur4:l
13 4
Ditto Account ...... .
..
.......
s
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 --
Ditto Account..
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account ...................... 70;4 691 704
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs..._
Ditto Account....
TWO O'cLetex.
consols, Money
Ditto Account 93k 1

Closing ,
3h ar( Railways Paid. Price. Business done
100 atlantic &St Lawreit6( all 63 e 5
Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind 100 1061 107# 1071
Gu. 5 percent...
20 Do. New . ...... 8 1 la p
20 Do. E. Shares
201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 6 61
10 Do. Preference . all 81 9/
Bulialo,Brant,&Godria
100 100
6 p. ct. bds. Aug.
1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1873 100
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100
st Clcutta..&S.Eastn. (Lin ) 100 1( 64 1074
at Cape Town J.,- Dock Scrir 100 1( 4 106 106
stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1081 1091
stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 108 109 108 474
20 Do. do. G Ext...,. 10 15 11p
20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 1 lsF
stock Grand rrunk of Canada 100 22 23 22
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 76 73
100 Do. ao. deferred.— all 62 61
100 Do. 2d Prat. Bonds.. all 69 71
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 58
100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... all 51 54
100 Do. do. deferred..-.. all 42 41
100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 31 33
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 28
stock Gt.lncliaPonin.gua.sp.o 100 108 109 1084
20 Do. New gua. sp. 12 14 11
20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 11 13p
stook Gt. South.of India (Lim;
guaran 5 Canadaer cent. 100 1061 1071
201 Gt. W. ot Sharer all 101 lok log
204 Do. New
100 Do. 6 pos. '73 with't opt all 98 98
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 88 90
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 4 p
stock Madras. guar., 5P.0. .. 100 1064 1071 (064
stock Do. 1i p. a Extension 100 101 102 102
stock Dc. 4* do —.. 100 18 100
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 --
stock Melb.Corp. ap. c. Buds. 100
50 slelb. & Llobnon's Bay. all 58 19
100 Do. 7p. c.. Mortg. Bds. alt
20 Newßr unswick & Canda
Class A. and B all I 5
N.lll.C'da3 pa Ist pt bds 100 82 84
stock Sande .......... (100 1061 1071 107
at Do. Delhi d .4.: 100 1061 1071
Do. do ' a
. t C
„, 2 4 4p 24
20 Do. Punjaub all ——o
at Do. Do. ........ , 100 1064 1071 106
stock Do. Indue.St. Flo.) :‘lOO 102 104
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
can.(ior. 6 p.c.J s. &J la)
1877-84 .. 100 104 105 104 1
Do. 6p. c.Feb:& Aug 100 102 104
Do. ,5 p. c.Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 101
Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 93 04
Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 92 94
Cape G.Elope, 6 p c. 1873 100 108 110
Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 109 111
Do. 1891 100 110 112
Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115
Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 115
Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 109 k
Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 /19 112
N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. d a.,kJul) 100 101 105
Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100
- it S. W. Gov. 5 p 186, 100 101 102
Du. sp. e.,1871 to 1870 100 102 103
Do. d0.,.1888 Jtupwcl6 100 102 103
- New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106
'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 (Ii 113
G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 112 114
VIc.GoV. 6 p.C. Ja.JzJul) 100 108 110
Do. in v.o. A.n..knot. 100 1104 1114 t
BRITISH
2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold! 1 1 18
Rui.itlord Amalgamated.. 37 19 374
Devon G. Con.. (Tavistql 1 545 655
I East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 77 79
1 'East Clogau G old Ltd. ss. 4d Par
East Caradon 2.14.6 281 294
East earn Brea... 3.4.0 75 74
E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.); 8.6.6 3 31
- Gam.&StAtthyn(Gwen.)' 581 13 15
Great South Tolgus l7s 44 55
G. Wheal Vor (Ileleton) 40 9# 101
Grenville .
Herd's-Foot ... 8.12 16 38
Hingston Downs 4.18.0 2 21
Lady Bertha
Margaret (tiny Lelant, 94 23 25
Marke Valley..
INlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' 21 14 d
New Setun l9) 100 110
-- North Downs 24 11 2
--N.Wh'l Basset(lllogau, 2.17.0 2 34
North Wheal Crotty
Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 4 5
20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 43 45
, SouthCaradon(StCleer, 15 415 425
8. Cant Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 14 2
1S .Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.15.9 60 65
!Stray Park 28.9. 36 38
5 { ramarSilv.& Lead Min 4l 4 4
Pin Croft 9 191 201
IWest Basset (Illogan) ll 94 101
W CF radon (Liskeard) 5 21 23
West Seto n
Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 721 771
Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 25 30
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6
WhealLudcott
- Wheal MaryAnn(Men )1 8 51 94
Wheal 3eton 5Bl 195 205
Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 171 121 1
Wheal Union 1 3.17 i 2 3

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 92
south Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0.6), 21

PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
London, Brighton, itc., 4i per cent., 1858, 103}
South Eastern 5 per cent., 101} 4

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Recife and San Francisco (lhm), gua. 7 per cent., 19
San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent.,
Ditto (all), 22i I
Turin and Savona,
Ditto (all), 16}

FO3EIGN MMES.
Alamillos, limited, #
Fortuna (Um.), 4
Linares, 7 •
Port:Philip,
United Mexican (11W, 6;
Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 21
JOINT-STOCK
Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (11-m.), 403
Ditto, new, 20 191
Bank of u tago, lim., 11
Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 83
Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 111-
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 38i 9
City, 110
Consolidated Bank, lira., 10}
English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 233
Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 273
Imperial Ottoman, 183
London Chartered Bank of Australia, 291
London and Couuty, 52
London Joint Stock, 36#
London and Northern (Jim.), 113
London and South African, 27i
London and Westminster, 79
Metrop. and I'rov. Bank (lim.), 18
National dank, 16
Provincial of Ireland, 92#
Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (11m.►, 61
Union of Australia, 57# 8

DOCKS.

St. Katharine, 641
MISCELLANEOUS.
Anglo-Mexican Mint, 22
Crystal Palace, 391
Ditto, pref., 117}
Electric Telegraph, 106
Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, Um., 41
Hudson's Bay, 81 ff
International Financial Society, lim., 10 9i
Joint •stock Discount, 61
London District Telegraph (Um.), 11
London Financial Association, lim., 131
London General Omnibus Company (Urn.), 21 1
Oriental Inland Steam, Him, 3t

--
FLORAL B ARO' ETERS.—Chickweed especially is
weather-telling. If the flower is fully open no
rain need be feared, for some hours, at least; if however,
the little flower is partially closed, the weather is generally
rainy; if it becomes quite shut up, then a waterproof
and an umbrella are necessary out-door appendages. The
various sorts of trefoil will usually close, their leaves at the
approach of bad weather. Tulips, and several other flowers
with yellow colouring in them, shut up before rain. The
wild sorrell will completely double its leaves up before a
storm. Innumerable plants and flowers might be cited
that the weather invariably affects, and that will never mil-
lead the observer.