The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-13 00:00:00

MARKET

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
No alteration has been made this morning in the
official minimum of the Bank of England. A change
was not very generally anticipated, although it was
not regarded in the present condition of monetary
affairs as improbable. The inquiry for accommoda-
tion on the part of the mercantile community has
latterly been so very limited in consequence of the
almost extreme quietude of trade, and the capital
nh offer has been very much increased, and it is
from this circumstance it was inferred that au alter-
ation might have been made. The preparations for
bills that will become due to-morrow (Good Friday)
and on Easter Monday have imparted a little acti-
vity to-day in discount circles, but the rate remains
verY easy, 31 per cent. being the quotations for
the best short-dated paper.
In Sydney, on the 24th January last, the directors
of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney
thepresented their thirty-third half-yearly report to
at
shareholder
and declared a dividend and bonus
s being 15
former the same rate as at the previous half-year, the
of 17 per cent.
a share, makin * • •
per cent. per annum, and the latter
g a total distribution for the year
Lion appropriation, and the addi-
which now
104,000 to the reserve fund,
arnoluoltfs
£104,000, left £4,020 of undivided
profit to be carried forward.
A meeting
• Air. Geore W
was held yesterday of the creditors of
.
g Bremner, trading under the firm of
T
_owhners, who
Messrs. Bremner and Co., merchants and ship-
suspended payment on the- 28th ult.
e statement of affairs prepared and explained by
Ms
essrs.
tr. IC-illingsworth and Son gave the liabili-
tie at £48,917, and the assets at £52,183, showing
a. surplus of about £3,000, dependent upon the rea-
lisation of merchandise, &c., in the East Indies and
the Brazils, together with the sales of ships at home.
After a very friendly discussion it was resolved that
the estate should be wound up under inspection.
The Bank of Victoria held its usual half-yearly
meeting
in Melbourne on the 7th February last.
The net profit, including £7,200 ss. brought for-
ward from last balance-sheet, amounted to £44,404
28. 10d. ; which was applied, £5,000 to reduction of
bank premises account ; £31,250 to dividend, at
the rate of 12i per cent. ; leaving 'a balance of
£8,154 2s. 10d. to profit and loss account.
We are informed that the London and Scottish I
Bank (Limited) will be in a position without delay
to meet its engagements. Negotiations are now
pending with a London bank to take over its bisi-
ness.
The last week's railway receipts,
to this day, are in round figures as under :
Great Western 1865. 1864
North Western ...
•.• £67,013 £64,983
•.• 107,793 99,577
South Western ... ..• ... 24,031 22,698
Brighton ... '" 17,774 18,455
Midland 46,266 42,089
South Eastern ... •.• •.. 21,515 20,084
Great Northern 35,551 32,959
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 37,266 36,050
Bristol and Exeter 6,408 6,312
56,902 55,514
North Eastern "'
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 17,438 16,007
30,012 30,205
Great Eastern
These returns, with one or two exceptions, are of
a favourable character when compared with
.those
of the corresponding period of the previous year.
On the Great Western there is an increase of £6,060;
on the North-Western, of £8,216 ; on the South-
Western, of £1,333 ; on the Midland, of £4,177 ;
on the South-Eastern, of £1,431; on the Great
Northern, of £2,592 ; on the Lancashire and York-
shire, of £1,216 ; on the Bristol and Exeter, of
£96 ; on the North-Eastern, of £1,388 ; and on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £1,431 ;
while the Brighton shows a decrease of £681; and
the Great Eastern, of £193.
The directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company have resolved to recommend to the proprie-
tors at the meeting to be held on the 26th inst. the
payment for the half-year ended 31st December,
1864, of a dividend of £8 10s. a share out of the
ordinary profits of the company, and a bonus of £1
a share from the insurance fund, both free of
income-tax.

O'.
At Paris, this day, according toTwo Mr.CLOCK Reuter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f.
90c. Quiet.
The English Stock Exchange Market has been
very active and steady to-day, in consequence of
the closing of outstanding accountSti during the
The Funds at one me were better,
but they are now less buoyant, and Consols are 91i