The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-16 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET(

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The general discount market is rather quiet, there
being less demand for accommodation, but 31 per
cent, is the lowest quotation for first-class three
months' paper.
About 18,000 in gold was taken into the Bank
yesterday.

The Bohemian, from Quebec, has brought £6,000.
The fifteenth half-yearly meeting of the share-
holders of the Bank of London was also held to-day.
A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. was agreed
to, and the retiring directors re-elected.

The London Joint-Stock B ink held its half-
yearly meeting to-day,—Mr. Christy in the chair.
The report, which declared the usual dividend of
12s. 6d. per share, and a bonus of 7s. per share, both
free from income tax, leavirg a balance of XlB9
18s. 7d. to the credit of the profit and loss account,
of the next half-year, was unanimously agreed to.
The biddings for 30,00,000 rupees (X 300,000) in
bills on India took place at the Bank of England
yesterday. The proportions allotted were to Cal-
cutta, 16,50,000 rupees, to Bombay 12,00,000 rupees
and to Madras 1,50,000 rupees. The declared
minimum price was as before, ls. 114c1. p. r rupee on
Calcutta, and ls. 111 d. on Bombay and Madras.
The applications within the limit amounted to 91
lass_ • Tenders on Calcutta at is. 114. receive
about 26 per cent., on Bombay at ls. 114 i., about
24 per cent., and all above these prices in fad; on
Madras all in full.

The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :

1863. 1862.
Great Western £63,293 £66,174
North-Western
....101,549 L 01,( 44
South- Western
Brighton
Ivlidland
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire.. 38,450 34,374
Bristol and Exeter
44,1 7 42,233
North Eastern
North British
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,065 14,600
Edinburgh and Glasgow
These returns in several instances show some rather
unfavourable features. On the Great Western
there is a decrease of £2,881, on the South Western
of £1,155, on the Brighton of £BlO, on the South
Eastern of £895, and on the Great Northern of
£1,827. The London and North Western exhibits
an increase of £505, the Midland of £3,028, the
Lancashire and Yorkshire of £4,056, the North
Eastern of £1,884, the North British of £1,679, the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,465, and
the Edinburgh and Glasgow of £742.

Two O'CLOCK.
At Paris this morning, according to Mr.Reuter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes Were
inanimate, at 68f. 65c.

The quotations for the English Funds rose last
evening 1 per cent., but speculative sales effected
this morning have caused a reaction to the same
extent, and Consols are again marked 93 8 for
money, and 931 -1; for the account, Notwithstand-
ing the adverse movement this morning, specula-
tors are evincing more disposition to operate in
this department of the house, although at the pre-
sent time little animation is apparent. The New
Threes and Reduced Annuities are 931 4; Bank
Stock is marked 235 237 ; and Exchequer Bilis firm
at 38. prem.; India Stock is 2261 ; the 6 per Cent.
Loan, 108 8 ; and the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper,
1071. The Debentures are 100/, and the Bonds
15s. prem.

There is less animation and buoyancy in the
Foreign Market. Turkish 6 per CtntB., 1862, are
674 4; do. Consolides, 51 514; Mexican, 373 4;
Greek, 354 8 ; do. Coupons, 164 4; Spanish Passive,
334 4; do. Certificates, 124 4 ; Venezuelan, 58 1 ;
Italian, 711 s ; do. Maremmana Railway Loan,
794 ; and the Confederate Loan, 4 dis. to par.
The dealings in the Railway Share Markat have
been very limited, and prices have in several
instances shown less firmness Great Western and
North Western have declined 10s. ; North Eastern
(Berwick) and South Eastern, 55.; and Great
Eastern have advanced 10s.

The Foreign and Colonial lines remain dull, at
about previous quotations,
...._ s

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in.
stances rather firmer. Imperial Ottoman B•tnk
realise 197, 1; London and Westminster, 774 ex div.;
Bank of Australasia, 314 ; Electric Telegraph,
109- ; and Royal Mail Steam, 66-1, Interna-
tional Financial Shares are quoted 47, Oi prem. ;
London Financial, 11 2 prem. ; General Creuit Co.,
17, -a- prem. ; Egyptian Trade, 4 1 prem. ; and
Hudson's Bay Co. prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
237 5 7
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities .........
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire ,ith Jan., ,880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent...........
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent.
Ditto 5 per Cent........ 1071
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100 a
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
15 pm
Ditto wider £l,OOO
...
•
Consols for Account, Aug, 6 931 /
M
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent.. 3 pmarco
Ditto ,f.,500
Ditto Small —
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK,
Brazilian 5 per Cent I•• .
•
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 92
Chitian 6 per Cent
Ditto 4l per Cent , 86
Danish 4 per Cent., 1863
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms —
Ditto Account..
Ditto Coupons l6l Italian 5 per Cent.(Nlaremmana Railway) 79i
Mexican 3 per Cent
371 i Ditto Account
1 New Granada 37 /
Ditto Deferred .......
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
P Tovign 4f per Cent. — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St --
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850
Ditto 1860 . .....
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862
Spanish 3 per Cent'
Ditto Account
Ditto Paaaive
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
f
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
.. 67/
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd.
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
--
Ditto Account sBi 8
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs..
Ditto Account 7th
TWO O'CLOCK.
ugus
Ditto At
Consols, Money
Account
Li'

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tverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Sales about SEG
(REUTER'S TELRAM.)
,000 bales. Steadier. Imports, 2,388,
Previously, 1,249.

REPORTEDOIP
STEAX EB, BY
_ SEIZURE A CALIFORNIA MAIL
badoes, June 26, to theverpool, from Lloyd's, dated received yeeterdaTy
at ALABAMA telegram was
Bar-
Taylor, with 1,000,000 doelject that the steamship Moses
of Californian sold, had been
seised by the Confederate Californian
was
inis report is probably incor-
convoying vessel was milk. cruiser Alabama, and that the
Pacific and the Ala-
Anotherrect as the Moses Taylor
from Barbadoee sii,egtitthat the prize crew
he latest advices,
bama in the Gulf of Mexico, accordti
telegram
of a vessel captured by the Florida
Federal vessel, ran her ashore and fired tgr Pursued by a
Consul claimed the wreck, but the vie°. • The Federal
middle heivhtf
took possession of it. •
Court
THE MISCREANT BUTLER.—Another Sgetoh
45
him,—He seemed a spare man, of
quick and nervous in his movements, and, at a ghuio,, 7_ -)
much more like a lawyer than a soldier. Me face is
verY
ce Is dis-
tinguished by nothing more unusual than what boys call ,
cock eye, and with its 1 hin compressed lips, livid complexion,
almost, if not entire absence of beard, moustache, or
whisker, and thin grey hair thrown back over his ears, int.,
pressed me simply as the face of a restless, earnest, decided,
and possibly abrupt man, but with no sFecial bias towards,
nor familiarity with evil, rather than as that of the cruel,
cunning, unprincipled scoundrel, which by common con •
sent so many millions of people believe him to be,