The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-23 00:00:00

There is no diminution in the available supplies
moneyof in the general market. On the contrary
the plethora seems to increase in consequence of the
distribution usual at this period of the profits
earned by various descriptions of joint stock com-
panies in the six months ending the 30th June last.
The mercantile requirements continue moderate,
and an active competition is kept up in discount
circles for the bills brought into circulation.
Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. dearer
in London than in Paris, and rather more than
3.loths per cent. higher here than in Hamburg.
The half-year's interest on Cape of Good Hope
6 per Cent. Debentures will be paid on and after
the 31st inst.

There is a decrease of £4,700 in the traffic
receipts of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
way for the past week.

A meeting has been held to-day of the proprietors
of the National Discount Company, when Mr. F.
W. Russell, M.P., presided. The report, which
'was unanimously adopted, stated that the gross
profits for the half-year ending 30th June last,
amounted to £43,959 19s. ld., And that, after pro-
viding for the current expenditure, directors' and
auditors'remuneration, and reserving L 12,641 95.5 d
for rebate of interest on bills not yet due, there re-
mained a disposable balance of £26,626 19s. 10d.
Convinced that the permanent interests of the pro-
Prietors will be better consulted by an important
increase to the guarantee fund, than by a larger
division of profits, the directors recommended out
of this surplus that the sum of £11,560 7s. be ap-
Arnpriated to the payment of a dividend at the rate
" 13 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, and
that the balance of £15,066 128_ 10d. be carried to
the credit of the reserve fund, which, with
accrued interest, will then amount to £42,015 ss. 2d.
The chairman, in the course of his remarks, stated
,Ilat the present favourable position of the corn-
rliT's affairs was not dependent upon any acci-
"Mal or unusual profits, but arose entirely from
the' advance of their credit and their increased ope-
i.at i"s• The progress of the undertaking was de-
Pen dent in a great measure upon the confidence of
° shareholders. There has not been a single loss,
411'1 nn retrenchment has consequently been made
" the reserve fund. The amount set aside on a
former Occasion to meet losses on securities then
nOlet Las proved more than adequate. In answer
t
a proprietor, it was stated that no further increase
would be made in the dividend until the rest
amounted to £50,000.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
tank Stock
2 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 i
a•
Per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 93t 3
Xew 27 per Cent. Annuities 77
India. otuck
Dint o 5 per Cent. lO3l 71
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
ni Ito 5 per Cent
Ditto 5} per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct. 1863
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100 i
Consols for Account, Aug. 7
Exchequer Bills 4000, 3 per Cent 2O 17
Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Egyptian, 7 per Cent., Scrip
Ita !i in 6 per Cent. (Mareuttuana Railway)
Ditto Scrip .... li
11.1eyican, 3 per Cent

-- -, .
Ditto Account
45a
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853..
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856,
'Ditto Account '7, '9, and '60.. —4si
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822 £ St .......... -
Ditto Account -4
-Ditto 41 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent ,1859
1 t
Ditto 1862 (Scrip)
Ba-dinia.n 5 per Cent. . • •
84,1
Ditto Account
'l:l%rastt 3 per Cent
Oitto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Litt() 6 per Cent. 1858 .. 73 „
Ditto Account
Di to Ditto O per Cent., 1862, Scrip ll 1 2
, Paid up Scrip
~ Dividends on the above payable in London.
'r°2lth. Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
Consols, Mone TWO O'C WC K.
oney 92
Ditte A.ceount
3

Two o'CLooK.
The New Portuguese Loan is quoted I'a 1 prem.
The total subscriptions exceed £20,000,000 sterling.
The English Stock Market opened this morning
With a quiet appearance, and the transactions
entered into produced no change in quotations,
Corisols being 921 93 for money and the account.
usiness is unusually restricted, because the specu-
lators refrain from extensive operations., and the
investing public are seeking new channels for the
Threes
of their available resources. The New
'htees and the Reduced remain at 93 4; Exchequer