The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-02 00:00:00

rHE SUN, _LONDON, THIT_RSDAY EVENING, FE'BRUARY 2, HO.

xt MA,RKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The commercial requirements for the approaching
liquidation on the 4th are very generally consi-
dered to be rather heavier than were at first sup-
posed. To-day the demand for accommodation has
been active, and bankers and bill-brokers have not
accepted less than 41 per cent. for the best three
months' paper. But the ordinary wants of the
trade are limited ; and as the supplies of floating
capital show no great diminution, there is little
doubt that, with the commencement of next week,
further facilities will be afforded the Mercantile
public.
The ordinary`general meeting of the shareholders
of the London Provincial Marine Insurance Com-
pany was held to-day. It was stated that the
satisfactory state of the former accounts enabled
the directors to recommend the payment of a bonus
of 5 per cent. upon the paid-up capital of the com-
pany, in addition to interest on the 1864 account
for the last half-year, at the rate of 10 per cent. per
annum, both free of income-tax.

The subjoined notice respecting the dividends has
been posted at the Bank of England :

"Notice is hereby given that, in order to prepare the
dividends due on the sth April, 1865, the balance of the
several accounts in the following funds will be struck on
the night of Wednesday, the Ist March, 1865, viz.:—New
£3 per Cent. Annuities, Reduced £3 per Cent. Annuities,
Annuities for Thirty Years, Annuities for Terms of Years,
India £4 per Cent. Stock. On Thursday, the 2d March,
tho abovenamed funds will be transferable without the
dividend due on the sth April next. Bank Stock—Shut,
Wednesday, March 15 ; open, Thursday, April 6."

Gold to the amount of £36,000 was purchased at
the Bank of England yesterday.

Two O'CLOCK

At Paris, this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 10c.
Heavy.
A more cheerful tone has been imparted to the
English Stock Market to-day, and an advance of
per cent. has taken place. The decline of last
evening has brought forward a number of pur-
chasers, who have been induced to operate through
the very low prices of Government Securities. Con-
sols for money are 898 1, and for the account 891 I.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 8 ;
Exchequer Bills, 4s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents.,
1038 and ditto 4 per Cents., 981.
The Foreign Stock Market has been rather ac-
tive this morning, and several changes, although
not generally very important, have taken place.
Turkish Consolides have receded e, to 521 ; Mexi-
can also 8, to 27* 24, but the New Loan has ad-
vanced *, to 264 27 ; Greek Bonds remain at 234
24 ; Spanish Passive also at 321 8 ; while the Cer-
tificates have improved to 141 4 ; Italian are also
better at 648 8; but the Scrip has declined to 8 1
prem. ; the Confederate, Loan is firm at 53,
55 ; Egyptian Scrip has risen 4 to 2, 4 prem. ;
the Danubian remains at 1 O 8 dis., and
Montevidean has advanced 1 to 41 51 prem. ;
New Granada arc 121 ; do. Deferred, 68 ; Portu
guese 3 per Cents., 47 ; Russian 41 per Cents.,
1850, 868 ; do. 1862, 898 ; Turkish 6 per Cents.,
1854, 911 ; do.. 1858, 728 73 ; do. 1862, 704 71 ;
Venezuelan 6 per Cents., 1864, 421 43 ; Egyptian
7 per Cents., 981 ; do. 1864, 96 4 ; Chili= 3 per
Cents., 80 81 ; and Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 91.
In the Railway Share Market business has been
rather inactive, and prices have exhibited less firm-
ness. Great Western, North-Western, and Mid-
land have each receded 10s. ; while North-Eastern
(Berwick) have improved 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive
at about previous rates.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are flat. Oriental
have declined to 574 ; London Joint Stock to 471 ;
Imperial to 32-34- ; and National Discount Company
to 15* 1; City of Milan Improvement shares are
quoted 3+ prem. ; and Darjeeling Tea Company,
prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3-,er Cent. Consols
Do. Account, Feb. 9 B9
o per Cent. Reduced 4Bl
New 3 per Cent BB.
New 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 4 pm
Do. £5OO
'Do. • £lOO and £2OO
Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent
Do. Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874
Do Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. Account
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 5 per Cent., May 1879
Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
Do. Bongls, £l,OOO — pm
Do. under £l,OOO

FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK,

Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Brazilian 5 por Cent —
Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. ;,1863' —
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Do Account 9l
Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chili= 3 per Cent BO 1
Colombian 6 per Cent. —
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Do 5 per Cent., 1864 —
Danish 3 per. Cent., 1825 —
Do. 5 per Cont., 1864 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid —
Danubian Principalities
Do £l5 paid — dis
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Do. Coupons
Do Account —
Egyptian 7 per Cent OB4
Do., Second Issue —
Do. £lOO Bonds -
Do. 1864 96} 6
Do. Scrip, £35 paid
Do. Account
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent. —
Do. 1839 and 1850 —
Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 684
M exican 3 per Cent. —
Do. Account
Dc 1864 26
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
Do Scrip, £53 paid - dis
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e — dis
Montevidean 5 per Cent., £25 paid
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada 124
Do 2 per Cent —
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 44 per Cent.
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) —
Do 44 per Cent., 1862
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do Account --
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do Account 47
Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St.,
Do 44 per Cent., 1850
18GO

Do
Do 8 per Cont., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do 1864

Do Scrip, Lab paid
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do Account
Do Passive —
Do Account —
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account l4l
Swedish 4 per Cent.
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Do Account Ol4
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account 73 24
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 7l 704
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1863 . —
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Account
Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 —
Do Account —
Do. 6 per Cent., 1864 421 3 24
Do. 14 per Cent —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent, Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent, Ex. 12 Guil —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certiii..ktes —
Ircrenh Eentes, 3 per Cent. —
Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
Do. Account —
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money B9 4
Do. Account 1 89i 4