The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-07 00:00:00

11ONEy MARKET

AN

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE o'CLocx.
The Money Market continues easy, with a mode-
rate demand for accommodation on commercial
account. The rates charged for the best bills have
again been 34 and 3i per cent.
In the Stock Exchange, owing to the active buying
of the stock by the public, there is a good supply of
capital on offer at 3 and 3f per cent. for daily
loans.

A further sum of £12,000 in gold was taken into
the Bank of England yesterday.
The Anglesea, from Melbourne, has brought
£34,016.

The return issued by the Bank of England is of
an unfavourable character, the diminution in the
reserves of notes and gold and the increase in the
other securities being larger than expected. Sub,
joined are the particulars :
Active Circulation
•••
•••
Increase •••
••• ••.
Rest Decrease

Bullion

... £20,902,605
••• 951,285
... 15,255,433
• .. 103,566
.•• 3,122,231

,Decrease..

Publi

lie Deposits ...
-Decrease

Othe:

,r Deposits ...
Increas©

••• in Day and Other Bil
Increase
...
Government Securities ...
Other Sec Increase
urities ...
Increase
Notes Ur

SeVe:

891;406
9,331,615

.507,815
... 14,172,353

... '694,111
... 449,898
... 12,574
... 11,110,838
... 87,627
... 21,515,431

nemployea
,12 ...
... ... ..
1: 11l ...
.....364:588
Decrease ... . 8,149,0453
. 1
The Bank of France return is also
of an, un-
favourable character. The bullion has been decreased
£45,720, and the Treasury ba lances £1
The bills discounted have fallen off £512,000, but the
00,000.
notes in circulation have been augmented £866,666.
The Oriental Bank Corporation, at their meet-
ing on the 21st inst., will propose a dividend of £2
a share, making, with £2 alread
tion of 16 per cent.' y paid, a distribu-
for 1864.
- . The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed Monday, the 10th of April, a special settling
-day in the shares of the Victoria (London) Mining
ComY,an—
r j (Limited), for bargains on and after the
15th 'January, in the shares of 1865, to be marked
on the twice a week lists ; also in the General Irri-
gation and Water Supply Company of France
(Limited), for bargains on and after the 15th
February, not to be marked at present ; also on the
Rio de Janeiro Gas Company (Limited), for bar-
gains on
Thu and after 4th March, to be marked ; and
rsday, the 20th April, for the extension shares
of
mark the .
Metropolitan Railway, Feb., 1865, to be
e d. The committee have also ordered the
• shares of the Isle of Wight Railway Company,
and
of John Brow
the twice a n k andt Co. (Limited), to be quoted in
wee lis.
hThe applications for shares in the Millwall Free-
lando
00, or nearl and Do -
Dock
hold
Company have reached above
£93,y four times the amount of the
capital to be subscribed.
The directors of the Estates Bank (Limited)
annotmces that on the Ist of May they will be Fe'
poared to allot the remainder of a third issue of
1 ,000 shares of £lO, at a premium of 10s. per
share.
The Ottoman Finas. ncial Association have made a
call of £5 per share, payable on the 27th April.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
during the past week there has been rather more
animation. Sugars have been in good demand at
full rates, while moderate transactions have been
reported in coffee, rice, fruit, and spices, without
any material change in values. Tea has been in
fair demand, while tallow has been neglected, and
quotations for both pres
show increased depression.ent and forward delivery

Two o'CLoca.
At Paris, this day, according to M. Reuter's
telegram the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f.
85c. Flat.
The English Stock Market has been subjected to
adverse fluctuation to-day. The cause of the un-
favourable feeling is the unsatisfactory returns of
Banks of England and France. The funds have
receded i per cent, and there is still a weak appear-
ance about all the markets. Consols for money
are 901 i, and for the account 90i f. The New
Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88i 89 ; Ex-
chequer Bills, 2s. to 6s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents.,
106 f 107 ; and Enfaced 5 per Cents., 11.
There has also been less animation in the Foreign
Market, a,n.d prices have generally declined, Turkish
6 per Cents., 1862, are 74 75 ; do. Consolides,
544 f ; ' Mexican, 24 27A- ; do. Loan, 261 I :
Greek, 214 I ; Spanish Passive, 31i i ; do. Certifi-
cates, 164 17 ; Italian, 64f f ; do. New, 4 3f dis.
and Confederate Loan, 32 33.
Business. in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued rather animated, although prices generally
are a shade flatter after the late buoyancy. Great
Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire , Midland
and
have each receded ss. ;
and North Western, 10s.
Great Northern A Stock, however, improved 10s.
In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is not
much animation. East Indian have advanced 55.,
and Great Indian Peninsula, 10s.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in fail
request. Union of Australia have improved to boi ;

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, May 9 9l 903 -i
b per Cent. Reduced BB3 9 81.
New 3 per Cent BB 9 81
New 23 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 3 2 5
Do. £5OO 6
Do. £lOO and £2OO
Bank of England Stock, 53 per Cent 242
Do Account
LND/AN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, 103 per Cent., April 1874 217
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. 53 per Cent., May 1879 —
Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 —
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l6 pm
Do. under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Brazilian 5 per Cent- —
Do. 43 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chilian 6 per Cent —
Do. 4-3 per Cent —
Colombian 6 per Cent. — •
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Do 4 per Cent., 1864 —
Do. Scrip, £55 paid
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77,1£25 paid —
Danubian Principalities
Do £B6 paid —
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Egyptian 7 per Cent 97 .
Do., Second Issue 961 7
Do £lOO Bonds —
Do. 1864 943 5 43 3 3
Do Scrip, £55 paid
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do Account —
Guatemala 5 per Cent. —
Do. 1839 and 1850 —
Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway)
Do 1865
Do Scrip, £423 paid 4 314 dis
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Do. Account . , 273 ii•
DE. 1864 —

Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c
Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Do 2 per Cent
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 4-k per Cent.
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do. Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do Account
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 481
Do Account - 4Bl
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St.,
Do 41 per Cent., 1850
Do 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do 1864
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Do. Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Account •
Do New Deferred
Do Account 4ll
Do Passive
Do Account 3ll
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account l7 / 16
Swedish 4 per Cent.
Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 ....
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854...
'Do Account -
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds i 77/
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account
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., 1861 ,
Do. 1/ per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 4/ per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi..Ates 97
French Bellies, 3 per Cent.
Do. Account
Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
Do. Account
Do. Coupons

48;

94

74f
75 41

401
371-

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 94.
Do. Account

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market opens quiet, at about yesterday's prices.
Sales, probably 3,000 or 4,000 bales.

Awful Death of a Female through Drink•

CORONER'S INQUEST-(THIS DAY).

Mr. Carter; the coroner for East Surrey, held a long
inquiry at the house of Mr. Whipp, the Running Deer,
Mason-street, Lambeth, on the body of Mrs. Sophia Smith,
aged 53, who died under the following deplorable circum-
stances.

Edward Smith said that the deceased was his wife.
Witness had been a working engineer at the House of
Commons, but, being paralysed, he was superannuated,
and the Government allowed him a yearly pension. He
lived with his wife and stepson at 23, Streathfield-street,
Mason-street. His son slept in the same room as he and
deceased did. On Monday night he did not go to bed, as
his wife had been driking n great quantity of rum, which
had made her insensible.

The Coroner—Did she frequently drink?
Witness—Yes.

The Coroner—But how did she get the money to pro-
cure the liquor ?

WitnessLßy pawning anything she could get hold of.
The witness further stated, owing to the state his wife
got in, ho took the bed off a sofa bedstead and placed
it on the floor, and she laid on the top of it. He placed
the bed there about nine or ten o'clock last night. She
was then conscious, but excessively intoxicated.
The Coroner—Seeing the state your wife was in, did
you not send for medical assistance ?

Witness—Yes, Mr. Dodd was sent sent for, and a young
man came, from his establishment, who gave her two
emetics and a small quantity of brandy, but she became
quite unconscious, and expired at half-past nine o'clock on
TuesatV morning.,

The obrOner—Have you any suspicion that she took any
thing for the purpose of destroying her life ?
Witness—Certainly not.
The Coroner—Then your opinion what do you think
was the cause of death ?

Witness—l am certain, from the snoring noise she made,
and the foaming at the mouth, that she died from drink-
ing too much.

George Hall, who resided in the house, gave evidence
which confirmed the principal parts of the above, and added
that he was called down stairs by the son, and when he en-
tered the room he found deceased on the floor, with her
head resting against a bed. tHe lifted her up and set her
in an easy chair. She was then so insensible that she did
not know him, and could not speak. Dr. Dodd was sent
for, and a lad came and prescribed for her. Ho was aware
that she was in the habit of drinking occasionally.
The Coroner—What do you mean by occasionally ?
How much did she drink a day ?
Witness—About a quartern of rum.
The Coroner—Why not tell the truth ? Let us see the
son.

Mr. Adams (the summoning officer) informed the Court
that tho son was also drunk on the Monday night, when
the Coroner, after severely reprimanding him for his habits
of life, said they could place no dependence on what a
drunken man said, and he refused to examine him. The
jury said they were quite satisfied with the evidence, and
they returned a verdict of death from oxcessivo drinking of
ardent spirits.

ANGLING IN THE THAMES.—A -fine trout of Bfib.
was killed at Penton-hook, on Saturday last, the
Ist of April, by a gentleman from Chertsey. The fish is
described as being in excellent condition. Several other
smaller trout have been captured. Aceording to the old
rules of the fishery, angling for trout may commence much
earlier; but we understand the committee of the Thames
Angling Preservation Society, among other important sug-
gestions, have made application to the Conservators of the
River Thames to make a new by-law which will prevent
any one from commencing trout fishing before the Ist of
April in future years. The apparatus of tho Thames
Angling Preservation Society at the residence of Mr.
Stephen Ponder, at Hampton, is now in full vigour, and
upon a larger scale than usual. Upwards of 80,00-0 eggs,
nearly vivified,
and young fry of salmon, salmon trout,
Thwnes and other river trout, char, &c., may now be seen in
their most interesting stages and we believe a keeper is in
constant attendance to show tliem to all persons interested
in the culture of fish.

London and County to 75/ 4 ; Brazilian and Por-
tuguese to 11 ; Crystal Palace Stock has declined
to 36/ ; and National Discount Company to 151.
Financial Insurance Company shares are quoted
1 1/ prem. ; and Alillwall Freehold Land and Docks,
/ 1 prem.

The share list of the Moscow Gas Company will
close on Tuesday next, the 11th inst., and the pre-
sent quotations is 14 I- prem.