The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-09 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET

AN,

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The monthly settlement of the Consol account
has occasioned slight activity in the Stock Exchange
Market, where loans from day to day are in request
at 3f and 4 per cent. Out of doors the inquiry for
accommodation has continued limited, and as the
Supply of capital on offer is still small, 4 per cent.
is required for the negotiation of the best short-
dated paper:
About 210,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from
the Bank yesterday for the Brazils, but 20,000
sovereign from Portugal were taken in.
Tallow has been dull, and quotations for both
present and forward delivery are a shade flatter.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed next Friday for a special settlement in the
Shares of the Anglo-Egyptian Navigation Company,
which are to be marked in the official lists.
The share list of the Great Northern Brewery
IQ close to-day for London, and Wednesday, the
10th, for the country.
The share list of the Colonial and General Land
Credit Company will close on Saturday, the 13th
instant.
The prospectus has appeared of the Petroleum
Company of Western Virginia, United States, with
a capital of £200,000, the first issue to be half the
amount in shares of £2O each. A provisional con-
tract has been made for the purchase of land known
to contain oil wells in the district of Western Vir-
gsma• The plan partially adopted by the Americans
of declaring dividends every three months is to be
followed.

At Paris to-da Two O'CLOCK.
y, according to Mr. Reuter's tele-
gram, the French 3 per Cent Rentes were 67f. 75c.
Very firm.
The English Stock market has been quiet and
somewhat depressed. The transactions have been
far from numerous, owing to the settlement in the
Funds. Consols have not altered, the quotations
for money being 90} 1, and for the account 90j.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities,
1; Annuities 1885, 13 15-16 ; Exchequer Bills, 6s.
are 881
prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 106 f f ; India 5 per
Cents., 101 f
;• and Debentures, 99f.
Foreign Securities were flat at the commencement
of business, but have since become firmer. Turkish
6 per Cents., 1862, are 721 73 ; do. Consolides,
511 f ; Mexican, 26f ; do. New, 25f 1 ; Greek,
20f 21 ; Spanish Passive, 29f 30f ; do. Certificates,
15f f ; Italian, 641 f ; and Confederate Loan, 13 15.
In the Railway Share Market the operations have
not been very extensive, and prices have generally
shown a most downward movement.
Western. have receded 15s. ;North
and Great Eastern Metropolitan,
Metropolitan, 10s. ;
each 58. , Midland, and South Eastern,
The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull. Madras
5 per Cents. have declined f, and East Inan I.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares rather le diss firm-
Ilea., although London and Westminster have im-
proved to 951 96. International Finance have
receded to sf, and General Credit 'to 51. The
mshares of the Russian Ironworks Company are
quo
3i 41 prem. ; Imperial Ottoman 5 per Cent.
end
3 ii,preln.; Estates Investment, 1f 21
tel3l'eni.:; Moore, Mqueen, and Company, 2f
:311tm. ; Ottoman Company, 1f prem. ; Ply-
h ShiPbuilding Company, 114 prem. i
neon and Mediterranean Bank, 4 2 prem. ;
Breeserq, el
`.l Company, 2+ 2f prem. ; Anglo-
General and
gYPtiat" ligation, 3f 4 rem • Colonial
Land and Finance
Land Credit,' 1121 pPrem ..
: South African
Gan, 11* preni. '1 2 prem. ; and Rio de Janeiro

BRITISII FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.