The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-18 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There has been an exceedingly good demand for
money to-day in the open market, where 4 per
cent, is the ordinary charge paid for the best class
of bills. Transactiocs, however, in a few instances
have been recorded at 3,1 per cent. The large
inquiry for accommodation lately experienced has
doubtless been stimulated through the activity
displayed during the past two months in nearly all
the manufacturing districts.
A further sum of 4'90,000 in gold was taken
into the Bank of England yesterday, but 45,000
sovereigns were withdrawn for exportation to the
_Mauritius.
The Pera arrived from the Mediterranean with
£19,140.

The return published by the Bank of England
authorities for the week to Wednesday last contains
several rather important alterations, including a
further augmentation in the bullion and ether secu-
rities. The reserve of notes has also been increased.
Subjoined are the particulars:—
Active Circulation ..
Decrease ..
Bullion .. • .
Increase ..

.. £20,773,545
• • 152,755
.. 15,461,566
• 116,078
.. 3,719,952
I. • 8,618
.. 7,371,510
.. 374,108
.. 13,484,939
• . 575,455
• 713,560
•• 6,951
_ • • 11,091,284
aleration.
Other Securities No
19,t413,656
Increase .. •682,397
Notes
'Unemployed .. 8,560,915
Increase .. 302,185
Arrangements have been made by the committee
of the Stock Exchange to close that establishment
to-morrow (Saturday), for the purpose of enabling
the repairs which the house is undergoing to be
completed.

•• •11

Rest • •
Increase
Public Deposits
Increase ..
Other Deposits.. ..
Increase ..
Seven Day and other Bills ..
Decrease ..
Government Securities • •

•• ••

During the past week the operations in the
Foreign
and Colonial Produce markets have been
moderately active. Tea, at public sale, has sold at
rather irregular prices. Sugar, coffee, rice, fruit,
and spices have been in fair request, without any
material variation in values. The tallow market
has shown symptoms of improvement, P.Y.C., on
the spot, being quoted 425., and for last 3 months'
delivery 435. per cwt.

Two o'CLocK,

In the English Stock Market Consols have re-
covered to 93-1 g for money, and to 93a t for the
account, after a little depression experienced in the
early
part of the day. The transactions are still
insufficient to create activity. The New Threes and
Reduced Annuities remain at 92 I, ; and Exchequer
Bills are again par. to 3s. prem. ; India Stock is
226, the 5 per Cents. Enfaced Paper, 1071 ; and
the Debentures, 1001 ; Bank Stock for account is
Marked 240.

In the foreign market there is a good business,
and some variation has occurred in prices. Turkish
6 per Cents., 1858, are 701,- ; do., 1862, 711 ;
do., Cunsolides, have improved to 541 I; Mexican
have been as high as 451 46, but are now 451 81
being still higher than on the previous afternoon.
Spanish Passive are steady at 36a g ; the Internal
have risen to 32 ; the Certificates to 14i 15 ;
Greek are steady at 381 w ; the Coupons, at 18 4 ;
the Confederate Loan at 26 to 24 discount ; Portu-
guese at 46k; and Italian at 731-. _ _

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Business in the Railway Share Market has been
rather quiet, and prices have not varied to any im-
portant extent. Great Western and Brighton have
receded about 10s., and North British Ll, while
South Western have improved 55., and Metropolitan

The Foreign and Colonial lines continue without
any change of Importance, Great Luxembourg being
quoted 144 1 ; Recife and San Francisco, 19/ ft ;
Calcutta and South Eastern, 107/ ; Great Indian
Peninsula, 109 ; Madras 5 per Cents., 108.
Bank and Miscellaneous shares generally are a
shade firmer, Chartered of India, Australian, and
China realii,e 364 1 ; London and Brazilian, 51i 4 ;
Union of Australia, 56 I; and Union of London,
399 a• General Credit Company shares are marked
47; f}; Hudson's Bay Co., to 9/ s ; International
Financial, 101 ; and London Financial, 14k 1.

Bank
stIO3I,ITISH. FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
per Cent. Reduced Annuities
93A i
New Cent. Consols Annuities
92 3 per Cent. Annuities 9—
New
31 per Cent. Annuities
~.-.
New 21 per Cent. Annuities
_ &Per Cent. Annuities
Aantuties,
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.
30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
....
bitto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
India Stock
Ditto 5 pet Cent lOBl
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. TO7l
Ditto 5 per Cent
Oitto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct.:ll:?rfit,.•
11886643
_—
Ditto ditto
Ditto bonds £l,uuo _
Ditto under £l,OOO ..
di)to Aug. 1864 or 66 LOO/
240
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account, Oct, 8..
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — , .
Chequer Bills, 1,000, 21 per Cent par u pm
_
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
___
_
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
Ditto 1843 . —
Ditto 4% per Cent., 1852-58-60
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent....
Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 38
Chilian 6 per Cent
EqDitto 41 per Cent. .............. . • 87
uador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent l6a
Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant 9
Egyptian 7 per Cent —
Ditto, Second Issue- .. 101 i
Greek 5 par Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons..
371 I 81
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons
Ditto Account lBl
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 81
Mexic,an 3 per Cent ....
45/ 5 f 1654
Ditto Account ..............
Moorish Imperial 5 •
per Cent
bitto 2 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred .........
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 3 per Cent. ........
Ditto Account......
......
Ditto Ac
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 —
cormt ....................
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1863
Ditto Account..., .... ...
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62
Ditto Account
Itrssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ 5t........ 94491
Ditto 4/ per Cent 1850 .
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 --
-
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Ditto Account
BPanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Accotrat
Ditto,iDDitto
Dittot t o New Deferred
e7Deferred ..
481
Passive
i
s Ditto A.f.mount
P.Dauititaoh 'ik•il.ceerto.unoft Coup not funded
L'nrkip,hr, 6 per Cent. 1854
"ditto Account..
6 per Cent. 1858
.Ditto Account
bitto 701 41
, 4100 Bond
.... —
s ....
bitto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account ....
Ditto 6 .... .
per •Cent. 1863, £l9 16s Bcl pd.
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
'Venezuela 3 per Cent. ...
.....
Ditto Account
.......
............... .
. ..
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .
Ditto Account ..
0............... t
Dividends n the above payable in London.
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. .
1
Dutch 2 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil .. ---
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs
Ditto Account .................. 73 i
onsolp, Money TWO O'CLOCK.
931 1
Ditto Account 93a t

A HITHERTO UNKNOWN OPERA By DoNizETT,
Vas found the other day, according to Naples papers, 14 44
100
6. forgotten cabinet of a musical publisher of that city:
It is said to be entitled " Maria Stuarda," and to have been
"reposed for San Carlo, but to have been prohibited from
Political reasons. Maestro de Giosa intends to bring it
uponthe stage as soon as he has found a prima donna
Wormy
of the part of the queen.
-..lartEAsE OF OUR AGRICULTURAL POPULATION.
under 8250 the number of persons in England and Wales,
!trs and upwards, occupied in agriculture was
ahov;:4 1861 the same class had fallen to 1,531,272.
Per cent 'l
'letual decrease of 44,790 persons, or nearly
ill tile ten years,

raid. Closing
eßusinessden
Share) Railways.