The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLocK.
The Bank of England return, completed to the
23d inst. is of a ♦ery satisfaciory character. There
is a large increase in the stock of bullion, and also
in the reserve of notes, while the other securities
have been considerably diminished. The public
and private balanees also show a large addition,
The various items, and the changes they present,
are shown in the subjoined table :

Active; Circulation .. £21.042,360
Decrease .. .. 396,615
17,172,204
Increase 428,770
Rest .. 3,088,559

Increase .. • • • • • • 3,092
Public Deposits • • .. 5,534,973
..
Increase .. 309,341
_ _

Other Deposits.. ;: .. 15,915,247
Increase .. 204,987
Seven Day and other Bills 031,193
Increase .. . 3,705
. • • ••
Government Securities • • • 11,210,755
No alteration.
Other Securities .. 17,714,273
Decrease .. 303,760
Notes unemployed .. 9,930,830
Increase .. .. 804,640

The supply of commmercial bills offered for nego-
tiation to-day has been very moderate, and good
securities have been discounted with facility on
terms ranging as low as 2y per cent. There is still
a superabundance of money, and the influx of gold
into the Bank of England is steadily maintained.

It has been notified that the letters of allotment
of the Imperial Ottoman Loan will be exchanged
for scrip after the 25th inst. The Committee of the
Stock Exchange have appointed Wednesday, the
30th inst., a special settling day in this security.

During the last few days business in the Foreign
and Colonial Produce markets has continued rather
active. Sugars have slightly advanced, while a
good demand has been experienced for coffee, cocoa,
and rice, at enhanced values. In saltpetre the deal-
ings have been numerous, holders demanding higher
Prices. Tallow has also been in moA request, at
slightly higher quotations for both present and for-
'Ward delivery.
A fair amount of business was transacted in the
Liverpool Cotton market yesterday, and prices were
about id. per lb. higher. The sales were 8,000
bales.
With regard to American Securities Messrs. D.
Bell, Son, and Company state :—" During the past
Week the business in American Securities has been
exceedingly limited, and quotations for State and
and Railroad Securities are generally lower."
The amount of gold purchased by the Bank autho-
rities yesterday was 1:18,000.

The interest on Louisiana State 5 per Cent.
Bonds and on City of Melbourne Debentures will be
Paid on and after the Ist proximo.

Notice has been given that 238 special bonds of
the Sardinian 5 per Cent. Loan of 1851, amounting
together to the sum of £28,580, have been cancelled.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

Two O'CLOCK.

There was a meeting to-day of the Natal Colo-
nisation Company, Mr. S. Mackenzie in the chair.
The report stated that legal possession had been
obtained of 250,000 acres of the laud originally
Anrchased, that £34,572 had been advanced on mort-
gages at Natal at 12 per cent. interest, and that
10,000 was to be sent to be similarly invested.
The railway, it is thought, will be extended from
Durban to Pietersmauritzburg, intersecting a por-
tion of the company's lands, which of course would
Drove highly advantageous to the undertaking. In
the course of his remarks the chairman referred to
the principal features of the report, and stated that
They were receiving 12 per cent. on mortgages in
the colony which yielded a yearly income of £9, JOO.
The capital of the company was also let out at 12
Per per cent, which gave an income of £9,000. It
was considered probable that the company would
be in a position to pay a dividend of about 8 per
cent. to their shareholders at future meetings. The
directors had decided upon assisting emigrants to
~the colony where land was rapidly rising in value.
4he report was unanimously adopted.

A very small amount of business has been nego.
tiated in the English Stock Market through the
continued inactivity of speculation. Consols were
311 is'. for money and the Bth pros., showing a de-
line of 4- per cent., through sales based upon the
ttlPending negotiation of the Russian Loan. The
New Threes and the Reduced have receded to 92i.
.N
4zehequer Bills are 17s. to 20s. prem. Bank Stock
18 heavy at 238 ; India ditto at 227; and the 5
Der Cent. remains at 108,1 b.
I,l3usiness has been moderately active in the
410 reign Market, but prices are heavy. Turkish 6
per Cents. are 804 1; ditto 1858, 70f ; Mexican
are flat at 312 ; Italian have receded to 68 ; Rus-
tO 981-; and Brazilian to 1001; Portuguese are
steady at 46; Venezuelan at 24; Spanish firm at
.ail; ditto Certificates at 81 ; and Sardinian have
ltoproved 821 83 ; the New Turkish Scrip is la
preen. and the Egyptian, 1 prem.
The Imperial Bank shares are I 1 prem.;
4orthern Counties,4 ;31 and British Columbian,
11

In the Miscellaneous Market business continued
'ry dull, without any change of importance in
Dmues.

In the Railway Share Market business continued
moderately active, but prices, in most instances,
r,,lPerienced a further slight decline. Eastern
'°llnties, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, have
l'eeeded 5 ; North Westerns, and South Easterns,
i ;
Norfolk, North British, and North Staffords
remained. at about previous rates.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were
11 moderate request, at steady prices, South
Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are heavy at 21 ;
'reat Luxemberg realise 15; Sambre and Meuse
ilj; Dutch Itt,enish 177,- ; and San Francisco
Grand Trunk of Canada declined to 24 I;
fast Indian to 1034 1, and Madras 5 per Cents.
to lop.
Joint-Stock Bank Shares were very inactive, and
lihibited no change of importance in values.
'lion of London realise 32 ; Ottoman Bank 26 to
Bank London and County, 391 1; and Oriental
'l4l* 53z.

11, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
I'l* Stock
11))er Cent. Reduced Annuities 92k : '2
4eel' Cent. Consols Annuities
1„,;. 3 p r
e Cent. Annuities 927 : 2
tck
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Rnfaced aper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent 1,,31 13
t 't to Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 /
e
t.,_lsols for Ditto
Accounts ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100/
May 8 93k
Litt°
"lequerSmall
17 Bills Ll,OOO, 3 per Cent lB 20
t„ FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
4.,alian 5 per Cent 'OOl
11-htte 4. per Cent, 1860
gican, 3 per Cent
lb, IN Acco tnt
,tv, Perla] Moorish Scrip 9l:
I.,„EW Grenada, 2 per Cent
etliguese 3 per Cent., 1853
1,1'3, Mum. 5: per Cent 1822 ~E St .. 981 7 i
~.. 'I, 4/ per Cent . .
w,ltto „ per Cent. 1859 6l 60:
Tiinian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
knish 3 per Cent
-13.
Sh nth Account
rata •
11,0_.8h Cert. of Coup. not funded
ti';',l!ili 6 per Cent —
Dtjo Account. ..
itto 6 per Cent .1858
tte Account
1, itto, £lOO Bonds
ei.ltezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
24 3
Nte, D'vidends on the above payable in London.
.1.0 2/ per Cent., Exchange 12 Gnil. —
it,i?tto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
tan, 5 per Cent„ 1861 6B :
t:),„ THREE O'CLOCK.
g°2ls, Money .. 93/ A
Ditto Account

ANOTHER WINKING PICTURE.—We read in the
1),4/ta Times of the 17th :—" Considerable excitement has
1.,e4 created during the past \rock by the statement that a
‘l,letilre of the Madonna, belonging to a person in this city,
131 in. the habit of moving its eyes. The house was daily
kis;Pßed by people of all classes, desirous of witnessing the
di®,,ele• Many persons affirmed that the eyes could be
celletly seen to move; others protested they could per-
lye
tiothing extraordinary. At length the police inter-
ti ed) and with the assistance of the ecclesiastical authori-
th
the picture was removed."
tha;'llE MEN FOR INDIA.—Wa are glad to learn
the the Baptist Missionary Society has sent out to Bengal
th.ev• Mr. Rouse, M A., who took the highest honours
Of
lal" London University. India wants more of this stamp
,?tl. Mr. Rouse is to study with the view of devoting
• time to transiation.—Frienci of India.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business
Co. a Price. Done.
Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&.N.W
Birkenhead
Buckingh mslhre t 100 IDo.
Chester& 11 o'yllead.. 100 Do 54 56
Do. 51 per cent 100 Do.
Do. 5 lOO 1 Do.
Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO2 104
Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.1.7.&,1(1.0
E. Lincolnsh. e• apr c. 100 Gt.Nerth. 135 138 137 k
E.tinion,lTarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 91
Do. Woodbridge.— 1100 . • • • •
Gls. Barr. &Neils:Drct. 100 Cledon
Gloster&DeanForestl all Gt. West .. ..
full and t,elby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112
Do. halves ' all Do. i•• • •
Do. quarters
Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 203
Lon. and Chat. Ext. B
6 per cent
Do. Bromley. 6 per c. all D 0....... .. ..
Da.New Sh 1861, 4 p.c.; all D 0........ 20 22
Do.Wc. Ext. A, 41 p 0.; all Do ..... ... 8 9
London & Greenwich j 100 S. Eastern 62 64
Do. Preferen -,9 1 100 Do.
Lon.,Tilb.&S.. -I:'lend 100 'Pet° &Co B6 89
Lowestoft g-ua. 1 p 0..1 100 Norfolk .: .. ..
Do A per cent 1 100 Do.
Mnc.,Bxtn.,&Matloclv all LNW& MJ 3; 41 31.
Mid. Bradford Prefer-
ence stock , 180 Midland 195 97
Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 '5. 5. 6. II Counts. p i p
gua. 5 per cent... , pm.
Nortlin.&Eastn. sp. c.' all Do.
Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do .. .. ..
Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do.
N. Eastn—liartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber .. ..
North Western 1 all Midland 16 li
Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. ' 100 'Gt.North.l 921 93i 921 i 3 2i
L. Preston and Wyre. ' all Lt L,k. W 1 44 46
Do. ,; shares A.' all Do. ••• • .. .. ..
Roystn.ilitch.& Shep., 100 iGt.North. 135 127
Shrewsby & Herefords 100 iT Brassey 125 130
Do. Do. ! 3 I .. 11 Ifp,
South StallOrdshire ! 100 iLn.&N.W
Wilts and Somerset i 100 iGt. West. 93 85 1
Wimbledu t Croydon; all L.•Szßrg,Ytn t 84 911

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Share! Railways. -„,04d.1 Closing Business
-„,Prices. Done.
2a Blythe and Tyne W p.c
pref. issued at £5 all
at Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. at 100 ,94 96
20 Do. shares
at Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 100
64 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. e.' all
20 Cornwall, 5 per c 4 nt all 20 21
64 Dun.Perthot Abu...Jun all 8 61
10 Do. Ist Class Pref. all
et E. Angn. Class A. sp.c. j 100 100 105
at E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 j 100 109 111
at Do No. 2 100 108 110
at Do. new 6p.c. st lOO 127 129
at lEastern Union, 4p. c— 100 84 86
at Do. sp. c. guar lOO
at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 110 112
at Do. Ip. c. guar. S. &t) lOO 90 92
st Glas.& S.Weat. gu. 5 p.c lOO
at Great Northern, sp. c lOO 116 118
st D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 112 114
st Do. 41 p. C. do lOO 104 106
at iDo.sp.c.Redtr.atip.c.pm 100 107 109 1124
10 IGt. Nh. of Scot. lst pref. all
st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland)
4 per cent lOO 97 99
50 Great West. (Berks and
Rants Ext) 5 per cent 6
st Do. redeem. 46 p. cr lOO 100 102
at Do. redeem. 4p. et lOO 91 93
at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 92 04
at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 102 104 103
st Do. Bum. guar. stock all 76 78
at Do. Birm. pref. stock
st Do. Chester guar. shares 100 76 78
Do. Chester 3 p:c. pf. sits 100 170 180
Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. sits all 103 105
100 Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pre L SO
at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stoci 100 137 139
st Do.Barnel.st£s 2s 10dDe 100
et Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO
at Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur lOO 102 101
at Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l 100 116 118
at Do. 5 per cent, do. No 2 100 116 118
at Do. 6 per cent: do.
at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 116 110
at Do. 7 per cent pref. atk 100 152 156
st Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.p.) 100 129 133
st Do. 4p c.st.(dlv.def.lll'6s 100 76 78
at Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. 100 934 944 934 444
st Lon. &N. W., Coy. &
Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100
at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent.
at., late 3d shares 100
124 Londony. & Ennis.l shs 1 all 14 141
at Man. Sh. &. Lin. 6 per ct. 100 125 127
6 Do. £6 44 ipm
at Do. 34 per cent. •••• • • • • 100 0.4 70
10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 l 4 Ipm
121 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c all ..
121 Do. 41 per cent all 1..
at Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 ..
at Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c 100 133 140
at Do. 41 p.c. pref. at. rdem 100 102 104 103
at Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable 100
6
Do. 4/ per cent. . . all ..
at Do.Leic. andllit.4per ct 100 94 96
at N,,rflk. sp. c. Ex. at. 1846 100 ..
at Do. 51 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 100 ..
at D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lBl7 100 ..
at Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 110 112
at Do. New gua. 5 per cent 100 108 110
10 Do. Bor. Un, g. prf. sits. all 1 lt pm
at Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. 100 ..
at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100
st Do. 4-Ipr, cV redeemable 100 100 102
at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref 100 96 98
17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 13.4 4 4 d
20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13
121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9
25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 par 10
20 North Stafibrdshire all
st Scottish North-Eastern 22 23
31 p. C. pref. stock 1 100 ..
at Do.Aberdeengua.6p c 100
st Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 135 140
105. South Devon, Ann, 105., all 10 11
10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent all t
10. 6 South Eastern (Reading)
Ann., 1.0.6)
st Do. 46 per cent ' 100 101 103
st Do, Fixed 4/ per cent' 100 101 103
at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 ..
st Do. 44 per cent
st Do. do. 1859 lOO ..
at Do. 5 per cent. lOO ..
at S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua.' 100 85 87
20 Do. sp. c. gua.l 17 4 14 p
%25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 28 29
25 Do. B6p. c all 33 34
25 Do. C6p. c all 33 34
st Watrfil & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 42 45
at W. Mid.-Oxf Ist g-,uastk 100 125 127
t D
st ,Do.Newo. port 52pdcdpoued 110000 110220
110254
at Do. Perpet.6p. c. pf. 1866 100 1123 125
at r Do. till 1869 100 1119 123

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
• Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July
1877-S2
Do 6p. ccnt.lBB3-41 100
Do. 6p. c. Feb. & 100 1(8 I'o
Do. 6p. c.2.lar. & Sept. 100 1108 I'o 1084
Do. 5 per cont 1 100 ;1001 1011 101 i 1001
--Do. Inscribed stock 100 t 96 1006 100
-- Cape G.II °Pe. 610 C•1'.73 1()0 119 111 1001
Do.Ap It Oct. 1880, 100 !110 112 .
Do. irsoo 10. {llO 112
Do. Jan. & July; 1891 E 100 112 114 1131
,Ceylon, N0v.1t,61, p c 100 I
uly, 100 Ilo7i 108 k 1071
1)3. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct. 100 I
N. S.W. G ov. sp. c., 1St;(1' 100 100 101
p. e.. 1871 to 1816, 100 psi 99i
I Do. d0.,1888 &upwd,, 100 974 980 981
New Zealand 6 p. cent. 1(.0 109 111
Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c.
sterlinc, 1875 1100 1109 110 1101
'S. Aus,th6p.c.lB7B.& up ' 100 108 110
iVic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyl 100 ;107 109
IDo. do. 6p.0..Ap.400 1 100 1105# 1051 105*