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

MONEY XARKET

AN•D
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Less anxiety is evinced this morning in discount
circles respecting the course the directors of the
Lank of England may pursue at their weekly court
to-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-
Bottled state of affairs investors appear 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 3i per cent.
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'CLocx.

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, protesting 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 communication.
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 8 for money,
and 931 a for the account. The New Threes and
Reduced are 91-1-d ; Exchequer Bills ls. dis. to 2s.
prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 109 a ; ditto 4 per Cent.
1009 ; and the 53 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1164.
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 a ;
ditto, Consolides, 531 ; Mexican, 421 4 ; Greek,
31 41 do., Coupons, 141 15; Spanish Passive 351 ;
do., Certificates, 131 14 ; Russian, 931; Portu-
guese, 481; Italian, 72; 1; Egyptian, 100 to 101 ;
the Confederate Loan is 64 66 ; the Brazilian,
4 1 prem. ; and the New Portuguese, prem.
_ _

Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinned very inactive, and prices have shown a
downward movement. Great Western, Metropo-
litan, and Midland have declined and North-
Eastern (Berwick) ; while London, Chatham, and
Dover, and South-Eastern, have improved and
South-Western, _ _ _

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue
at about previous quotations.

Bank Shares are in moderate request. Alliance
New shares have improved to 24; ; Union of Lon-
don, to 354 ; and Imperial have declined to 23f;
India Loan Mortgage are quoted 3 to 31:prem.;
and Anglo-Austrian, par to kprem.
_ _ _

In the Miscellaneous Market London Financial
shares realised 152-; International Financial Shares
101- I; and Discount Corporation are quoted 81 to
9 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 3k per Cent. Annuities
New 21 per Cent. Annuities....
5 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 pet Cent. 1870 lO9 /
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ... 100 k
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
. Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 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 93k
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent 2 pm 1 die
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING:PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto 1859

—.—
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....-
Ditto 44 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 Cent. —
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Danish 4 per Cent., 1863
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825.
Dutch, 21 per Cent., En. 12 Guilders
Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant.. —
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO4 1 100 4
Ditto, Second Issue -
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
Ditto Account ..
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons..
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons —
Ditto Account l5 141 1
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 814
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
New Granada
Ditto Deferred
reDruitotoanLaanped 9i
per Cent.
(Hectares) —
Ditto Account .. 71
Ditto 44 per Cent., 1862 • • .--
Ditto Account
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
Ditto:3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Ditto 44 per Cent 1850
934
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862
Sardinian 5 per Cent ....
.. 891
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred ..
Ditto Passive
I 'Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
IQ Ditto Account l4 131 1
Swedish, 4 per Cent ..
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Ditto Account..
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account 7Ol
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account 7llllll
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent --
Ditto Account...
V 664peecrouCnetnt. 1863, £59 108 Od pd.
v euel.ka elopuer Cent.
Ditto Per Cent., 1862
Austria;
1d
nt .. 614 2 11
, ends on the above payable in London.
Cent.,
entCent..., En. En. 2 51f.0
..........
Dlt eaDltg,i,tihat,:‘,.24444ll.l.3ecerr
per
cent., Ex. 12 Guil
ent. Certificates
French Renies 6-14 4
1004
tit., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Italian, 5 per
tut.,
1861,
Cent., Ex. 25f —
Ditto Accouut
721
Console, Money . THREE O'CLOCK.
Ditto Account
.21.......L._

Liverpool Cottonrur
Market----This Da:

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

RNeezption Com-
mittee IN JEST.—When theof
for
flosoptuafili.ties of
mitne of the Common Council
on board the Russian flagship to tender the hY°.rk went
the city, Admiral Lisovsky apologized
salute earlier on the ground that there Were so mannya! a
eels around him that he was afraid there might be som'e" el'
cident and he might do some injary. One of the committee,e
to set his mind at ease, immediately rejoined, " Oh I we are
used to killing people is this =Mg,"