The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

XONEY- MARKET

AND

CUJIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Bank of England directors have not made
4,!3•Y alteration in their terms of discount to-day.
kJut of doors the rates remain easy at 3i per cent.
There has been a fair demand for accommodation,
,and in the Stock Exchange the applications for
loans have been rather numerous.
The Scottish Chief, from Port Phillip, has brought
18,760.
A general meeting of shareholders of the Inter-
national Contract Company was held to-day. The
report presented for adoption stated that the state-
Meld of accounts shows a profit of £96,121 7s. 7d.,
th which, after deducting expenses amounting to
£7,843 4s. Id., the directors propose to deal as
;----By recommending the payment of a
dividend at the rate of £lO per cent. per annum,
amounting to £30,000, inclusive of the interim
dividend already paid ; by placing to a reserve fund
the slim of £60,000 ; by allocating £5,000 in dis-
c eharge in full for the preliminary expenses ; and
arrYing the balance forward to next account.

Two O'CLOCK.
talet Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's
grarn, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 35c.
Inanimate.
A general recovery has been experienced in nearly
an descriptions of Stock Exchange Securities to-day.
Abet feeling prevails in the English department,
and Consols have advanced to 90/ 91 for money
and account. The New Threes and Reduced An-
nuities are 881 89 ; Exchequer Bills, ss. to Bs.
Prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 1061 107 ; Debentures,
99i ; and Bonds, 19s.
Foreign Stocks are generally at better prices.
Consolides have improved to 54 ; Mexi-
can, ex all, to 26 1 ; the New Loan to 251 1 ;
Greek, to 20/ 1 ; Spanish Passive, to 301 ; Cer-
tlficates to 16i
at 14 15. 1. The Confederate Loan is lower,
b In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
are °n a very moderate scale, but prices generally
e buoyant. Great Western and Great Eastern
have each Unproved 103., and London, Chatham,
and Dover, and North Western each £l.
The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull, and
without material change in values.
Bank_ and Miscellaneous Shares are, in some
instances,
a shade flatter. Affiance are dealt in at
;32i ; Union of London at 531 54; Credit Foncier
and Mobilier of England at 911 ; Plymouth Ship
Budding Co., 11 11 prem. ; London and Mediter-
ranean Bank, 1 to 11 prem. ; South African Land
and Finance, 1 11 prem. ; Anglo-Egyptian Navi-
gat,i°ll, 3 31 prem. ; Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 11 prem. ;
and
Russian (Vyksounsky) Iron Company, 2f 3
prem.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to
this (lay, are in round figures as under :
1865. 1864
Great Western £71,898 £65,359
North Western ... 110,097 103,704
Brighton
Western •••
„. 26,166 22,148
fighton , •••
•••
•••
.• 25,074 19,292
• 45,743 45,428
••• •.• soeth Eastern • ... 23,707 19,679
Great Northern .. 34,437 32,172
Laaleashire and Yorkshire 39,580 37,320
Bristol and Exeter •.•
... 6,938 • 6,692
North Eastern ... •••
... 58,440 58,280
Ranchester Sheffield, andLincolnshire 17,083 16,759
Great Eastern 32,253 30,705
. These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are generally
of a satisfactory character. On the Great
Western there is an increase of £6,039 ; on the North
Western, of £6,393 ; on the South Western, of
£4,018 ; on the Brighton of £5,782; on the Mid-
land, of £320 ; on the South Eastern, of £4,028 ;
on the Great Northern, of £2,265 ; on the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, of £2,260 ; on the Bristol
and Exeter, of £246 ; on the North Eastern, of
£960 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
of £324 ; and on the Great Eastern, of £1,548.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
. GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
o,,T)er Cent. Consols
NDo. Account, May 9 9O I 1
eer Cent. Reduced BB4 9
3 per Cent BB 9
NewT 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Af°. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -Lenuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
1: Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
zehequer Bill; £l,OOO, 4 per Cent Do.
£5OO —
1,4111 E of Do.
£lOO and £2OO
- England Stock, 54 per Cent 5 8
Do Account
INtEr.
i„, ...1.1 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Do. tAccount
pec Stock,roelno
ti. perjui AprilyC7elnBt7.,0
1064 7
.../0. d.
bo -„Per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do.
. uertificates —
Enf
1)05 —aced Paper 4 per Cent
Do: Per Cent , Jan. 1872
Do. 54pier Cent , May 1879
4
991
Do. , t:Aug. 1866
0. Under Xl,OOO
D -D°13.c1.97 £l,OOO —
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Austri FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Braz:ii. a-aeti 805
puedrs,esenpter Cent —
D 0.4100
4 Per Cent 1852-58-60
IQ DO ~
81f 2
—ne • 1863
-,-,11, Ayres 6 per Cent cb,? -1. Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
D0...A 6 per Cent di
Col
' 1 Per Cent —
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eeb
1:)al 6 per Celt Cent. .
u,°o 5 Per Cent., 1864 _
•
b.,..,_••,erip, £55 paid
1,7'-'4e 3 per Cent., 1825 —
--/-)°• 4, Per Cent.,
tc,—°.,_e Per Cent., 1773-77, X 25 paid
84---
,1111°ien Principalities
°XB6paid
--leador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian
o. visional Land Warrant —
D 0•,
per Cent 96 I
951
.„ Second Issue
Do £lOO Bonds
034 4
(.libee°kScsii°l:;,
.ccs. paid 11886244 sex Coupons z
207
per eats., - 7
Po. Coupons
,Account 214
'-materaala 5 per Cent. — I
DDo. 1839 and 1850 —
on 4 5 per Cent (laremmana Railway) 1865
72f 3
ig,
eDo Scrip, £424 paid — dis
rican 3 per Cent. •
Do. Account
264 i
De. 1864 254 4
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c..... Monte.videan 6 per Cent. £3O paid
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada 6l
Do 2 per Cent
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 41 per Cent.
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 41 per Omit, 1862
Do. Account
Fortugeese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do Account -
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7,
'9, '6O, '62, '3, 481 71
Do Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St.,
Do 44 per Cent., 1850
Do
Do 1860
56 ri
3 per Cent. 1859
921 4 4
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do
1864 _
_
Sardinian 5 per Cent
_
Do. Account
°Panish 3 per Cent
Do Account 4B
Do New Deferred 4Ol
Do Account _
Do Passive
Do Account 3Ol / i
Bparlish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account l6f "re dish 4 per Cent.
rr 3),_,°. q per Cent. 1864
Dish lkshce6oz
... Cent.... 1854 —
91
..
7014 1
-nu 6 Per Cent. 1858 -,-,0
Do £lOO Account 714
D Bonds - 76
Da 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account —
Do. £lOO Bonds '73l 1
Do g
nt. 1863 —
Vetursn°ooe.ZGAupett anpeet
teed, 4 per Cent —
r Cent. _
_
11 • 6 Per Cent, 1862 404
--,0. Account
, Dividends on the above payable in London.
44Str-
-13,1 lan, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ..•
buttaal7 41 per cent, Ex. 25f.
beog 21 Per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail _
prelleti
iteprutCees,nat.pCeerralt,es
.4
_
Do ~, . • Account -
.74E1,44 5
_
Do. Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
Account
641 f
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THREE O'CLOCK.

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