The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-17 00:00:00

ItONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Money Market has presented an active and
firm arpearance to-day. Discount accommodation
has been in good request, and the quotations of
brokers for three months' paper are Gid and 7 per
cent. A large number of Australian and Indian
engagements fall due to-day and to-morrow.
The Seine, which was to have left to-day with
the West India Mail, has been postponed, in order
to enable the public to consider and reply to their
advices, received by the steamer just arrived from
Chili, and to take the necessary steps for the pro-
tection of British interests.

A numerous body of shareholders in the Great
Northern Copper Mining Company of South Aus-
tralia (Limited) have combined together for the
Purpose of securing is dissolution, and in pursuance
of their instructions, Mr. Pulbrook has presented a
petition for that purpose.
The General Credit and Finance Company ad-
Vise that they have received notice' of the-collection
of $22,450 at the different ports, for the Venezuela
Six per Cent. Loan of 1864.
A further advance of £lO per ton in the price of
Copper has taken place, in consequence of the news
received by the Chili mail that the Chilian forts
Were to be blockaded by the Spanish authorities.
The report of the Anglo. Egyptian Bank is ex-
ceedingly favourable. The dividend proposed is
18e. per share, after discharging the preliminary
expenses, leaving £4,000 to be carried to the reserve.
The profits of the establishment have been at the
rate of more than 16 per cent. per annum.
The mail from Guayquil has brought a remittance
of £l,OOB, 7s. sd. on account of the dividend on the
debt of Ecuador.
The rate of discount in Holland has. been ad-
vanced from 5/ to 6 per cent.
The Bank of England return continues to present
80)ze very favourable alterations. The reserves of
bullion and notes have been further increased, as
will be observed by the following analysis
jletive Circulation ... ...£21,152,125
Decrease 321,650
... 13,677,098
••• 370,821
8,197,785

13411i0n

31.4 t InCrease

Public Increase
epocsits ...
17

... 9,048
... 5,690,148

increase
Other Deposits
D •.•
seen Dayecrease and Other Bills
Decrease
QOPer••tunent Securities ...•
Decrease

... .80287
... 12,275,016
... 873,770
... 509,006
... 18,115
... 9,741,100

Other Sectuities
Decrease

... •
4,989
... 19,308,882

Notes Upemployed 6,3762,032
57,870
Increase 612,265
The direetors of the St. John d'El •Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received the following
report, dated Morro Velho, Oct. 17, 1865 :—Pro-
duce for September, 31 days, 54,020 oitavas ; cost
for September, £9,720; profit for do., £11,106.
Produce, 9 days of October, 14,627 oitavas; yield,
9'681 oitavas per ton.
In the Foreigh and Colonial Produce Markets
there has been very little business transacted during
the last few days. Sugars have remained very in-
Itetive, and prices are a shade lower ; superior de-
P'eriptions of Colonial coffee, however, have brought
full rates. Rice has been dealt in to a fair extent,
VI) hlle tallow has remained at steady quotations for
,Thutll present and forward delivery.
,:ue position of the Bank of France during the past
".eek has been farther weakened. The notes in
ev
birelliation have increased £173,400, while the
c has been reduced £506,700, the bills dis-
-13t-4lted have fallen off £528,000, the advances on
th-nc4 £60,000, the treasury balances £586,700, and
e current accounts £592,000.
vo4kit the fourth series of public sales of colonial
vas°a' which commenced yesterday afternoon, there
Beale good attendance of both home and foreign
Ora, and a fair spirit was evinced in the biddings,
drapres obtained for both Australian and Cape
per lbe showing an advance of about ld. to 2d
etiona
.*, ou those current at the close of the previous

Two O'CLOCK.
b At the Paris Bourse, yesterday, according to Mr.
titer's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were
08 37.
I,ol'he English Stock Market has been steadily sup-
exteted, and quotations have not varied to any great
business During the earlier hours there was a little
for doing, but Consols are again 89i I
fo I"T'eY, and 84 88, less the dividend,
3r the account. The New Threes and Reduced
311111iities are 87
!lis• for Marchl ; Exchequer Bills, 4s. to
j4rilo. , and Bs. to 4s. dis. for June ;
tir'Enfaced 5 per Cents., 100 f ; do. Bonds, 17s.
eln• ; and Bank of England Stock. 248.
Aolerican Securities have been dealt in rather
activel
are Y. United States Government 5-20 Bonds
,631 ; Erie shares, 53i 54 ; and Illinois, 81
8.431 the Foreign Stock market sales of Greek and
,-,15:11i.811 securities have caused great depression.
rkish Consolides are 46 f ; Mexican, 25i, 26 ;
+Lew'Greek, 16f ; Spanish Passive, 27f ;
the Certificates 13 I ; Italian, 61 ; Confederate

Loan, 89 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 21 prem. Turkish
6 per Cents, 1854, 90i, 918; ditto £lOO Bonds,
1858, 744 ; ditto 5 per Cents, 1865, 421 8 ; ditto
£lOO Bonds, 421. Portuguese 3 per Cents, 1856-
63, 461. Russian 5 per Cents, 1822, 891 ; ditto
41 per Cents, 1860, 89 ; ditto 3 per Cents, 534 ;
and ditto 5 per Cents, 1862, 884, 891.
The operations in the Railway Share Market have
been on a very limited scale, and a further slight
decline has taken place as regards prices. Great
Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western,
and North-Eastern (Berwick), have each receded
55., and Metropolitan, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive
without material chauge in values. Grand Trunk of
Canada, however, have improved.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Eng-
lish Joint-Stock, however, are dealt in at 121;
London Joint Stock, at 501 ; Financial Discount, at
61 ; London Financial, at 214 I ; and Overend,
Gurney, and Company have declined to 228 1.

Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England old shares
are quoted 31 3f prem. ex all, and the New at
31 prem. ; St. Saviour's Wharf, 11 2 prem. ;
Transatlantic Steamship Company, par prem ;
Fred. Symonds and Company, 1 I prem. ; and
Real Estate, Company, 3 4 prem.