The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-24 00:00:00

history, for that I know must be false."

he
THE COURT JOURNAL-41'1dP e endent 0f tad
'
fullest Court and aristocratic news, the Court
always con.tai the ing id coplete robtlu',cl
the week's even ns
ts, and amost vastamus amountan of or iginal Lew°
ietYo.
information interesting to the upper classes of sic ag
general. sd. ; stamped, 6d, W. Thomas, 26, BrY
street, Covent-garden; and all news-sgents.--jivl

ANDI
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK

The reduction in the minimum rate of discount at
the Bank of England has led to greater easiness in
the open market, 38 per cent. being now taken for the
negociation of first-class three months' bills. There
is abundance of floating capital, and an active com-
petition in monetary circles.
The alterations exhibited in the Bank of Eng-
land return were precisely those that might have
been anticipated, owing to the tendency of the
specie movement, and the position of the general
discount market. The following are the parti-
culars !

Subjoined is an analysis of the Bank of England
return for the week end:ng Wednesday last : -
Active Circulation .. •£20,800,305
Increase ..•
0.
GO
Bullion .. 93,A25.. • . 15,387,151
Increase .. .. • • .. 157,914
Rest • ;
.. 3,100,148
Increase GO GO 0 *0 6,721
Public Deposits .. • • 6.316,413
Increase 6. es e. 547,137
Other Deposits.. .. • . • . 14,739,897
Decrease
90 00 273,494
Seven Day and other Bills .. • • 6,2,921
Decrease • . • •
7,119
Government Securities
.. 12,051,395
Increase • . • . .. • . 921,950 Other Securities .. 18,034,138
Decrease .. • • • • • 714 094
Notes Unemployed • • • • 8,391,525
Increase • •
49,080
There were no bullion operations of public inte-
rest at the Bank of England yesterday afternoon.
During the last few days there has been a rather
large amount of business transacted in the Foreign
and Colonial Produce Markets. At the public sales
of tea prices have slightly advanced, while sugar,
coffee, and cocoa have fully maintained ptevious
prices. Rice has been dull, while the inquiries for
saltpetre and tallow have been more active. P.Y.C.
on the spot is now quoted 435. per cwt. on the spot,
and 465. 6d. for last three months' delivery.
Two O'CLOCK.
At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr.
Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were
69F. 30c.—very flat.
At the first ordinary meeting to-day of the share-
holders of the Bombay Gas Company, Mr. Evans
in the chair, the report submitted for a toption
stated that the applications for shares had been in
excess of the amount rtquired, and that Lhe under-
taking had met with a favourable reception by the
local an thorities in Bombay. A plot of ground had
been obtained at a reasonable price. The site
abutted upon the Great Indian Peninsula Rillway,
with which it will be connected by a siding, giving
great facility fcr the transport of plant and mate- sj
rials.

The market for the English Funds opened this
morning with a flat appearance, und further sales
being pressed, a decline of per cent, ensued,
Consols receding to 921$ for money and the account.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are a little
depressed at 911 1, and the New 21 per Cents. at si
76,4, The 6 per Cents. are 1081; Bank Stock is
firm at 234 236; and Exchequer Bills at ss. prem.
at
Indian descriptions are steadily maintained; the 5
per Cent. is quoted 1098 g, the 5 per Cent. Enlaced Paper,
178. to 21s. 1071prem ; the 51 ditto, 1151; and the Bonds, I
. t
The Foreign Stock Market to-day has been corn-
Paratively dull, but many of the quotations have
at
continued firm. A small amount of business has st
taken place in Turkish. The 6 per Cents,, 1858,
have been dealt in at 681. ; in the 6 per Cents..
at 691 70k; the Consolides are 471 1, being , 1862
per it
cent. lower ; and the New Loan is 1 1 prem.
Greek are 281 29 ; and the Coupons, 13f
showing no alteration ; Italian Stock is 701
to 71; and the Confederate Loan is 11 1
prem. 4t!
D ,alings have taken place in Dutch 4
p t
er Cents. at
1004; the Portuguese Loan of 1862, at 471 48 ; in the Italian Maremmana Stock, at 751; and in
at
Egyptian, at 971 981 ; Mexican Stock is steady,
at 331 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. are marked 100,i, 2
and the 41 per Cents, at 931 1 94.
The deal.ngs in the Railway Share Market have
been extremely limited, and prices have further
given way. Great Easterns and South Westerns
have declined about 55., and Lancashire and York-
shire, North Western, and South Eastern 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings con-
tinued dull, at about previous quotations.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneoue Shares re-
mained inactive. London and South African
have declined to 271. ; Standard of British South
Africa to 151 16; and Electric Telegraph to 1011,

---
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
8 perN Cent. Reduced Annuities 231 6
I
er p Cent. Consols Annuities 9 9124 f i I
ew 3 per Cent. Annuities
per 5 3 2!
6 1
New 23 per Cent. Annuities..
Cent. Annuities
Aontuties, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., hBO —
Ditto
for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. —•
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.
India Stock —
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent..... . 1094
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 65 per Cent
2
D , lionds Cl,f 100 ll5 16
Ditto uitder Ll,OOO .
21
Bank Stock f 17 pm
or Account
Consols tor Account, May 7
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent —
Ditto Small
13rszilian 5 Der Cent. ...... ... ..
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
... 1001 995
Ditto 43 per Cent., 1852-58-60..."'.
...... 931 1 4
Egyptian 7 pet Cent ................ 974 t 81.
Greek 5 per Cent., 1.824-5, ex-Coup•ins.. I )itto Account . ..................... 284 94 84
Ditto Coupons ...................... 13a 4
'titian 5 per Con,. plareinmana Railway) 751 6
Mexican 3 per Cent "••'•••••••••
Ditto Account .................... 331 I
New Granada
........ 15
Pu-nvian 4i per Cent.
Ditto 1862
Ditto Account —
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto • 1862
Ditto Scrip, £3O
Russian spaid
per Cent., 18'22, £ St e.)
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 954 4
liipanish 3 per Cent . .....
........
Ditto Passive
............... 4
Spanish Cert. of Coup .not fun.ded.
kg 1
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
.
Unto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto 6 per Cent. 18 )2
.............. to Account
Account
Ditto Guarar teed, 4 per Cent..... • • . •• '704 5
70
69 4 I 102 Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
581 8
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dut,l 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull _
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italbtu, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account
Consols' M THREE
oney
.ilittoAccount

Course of the Exchinge;::-This Day.
Amsterdam Short. 11 16 11 164
3 Months. 11 18 11 184
Ditto
11 18 11 184
Rotterdam
25 45 26 60
Antwerp
25 45 25 60
brus,els
13 74 13 8
Ramburgh
Short. 25 20- 25 26
Faris
3 Months. 25 45 25 60
Ditto
25 45 25 60
Marseille9
Frankfort on Maine ll9-1 1 194
nna
11 45 11 65
Vie _
11 45 11 55
Trieste
351 351
F'etersbu; ia.......
timearli_.i. ... !
49i
49
caciTu. .........•.
484 496
teglln;
25 62i 25 57i
14 Ilan
isl Genoa ........
25 521 25 671
apta
25 55 25 60
pi e • ..........
ter'"o ............. —• 25 57i 25 621
25 C2l
tio:o'nua
53
Porto, -52 i
53i
For • ........
•52i
sigr, (1_,•,•.
0 0 0
Silver in ttar ars ........................
South AmericatiStandard) ...... 0 5 1
4 boUb!oo ..................
0 0 0
-•,___... ~.„„„.............12::
........

The price of Gold.
The quotation of goZtt
Paris
tis to about i per mills pm., and
the short exchange on
.London
comparing these rates with thae 2E5.22i per £1 sterling. On
128. mid. per ounce for standard gold°4llB4 Mint price of £3
o,n Ito appears that gold is
n any 2- i Oths 1 cr cent. dealer
11Y advices from Hamburg the price:: n than in Paris.
gold is it 4 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is
-£1 sterling.
tandard gold at the English 31int price 1.1 rile:
6-10ths
, , per cent. dearer in London than in Hamrtstore, about
60'1- ne coal se of exchange at. New York on London 1 g
p or bills at
idaYs' Sight is 164 to 167 i per cent., and the
'0'4141,18 about 52 per cent. At these rates thereriesrml3n
Profit
the
importation of gold from the United States,