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

MONEY MARKET.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Bank of Englrnd return, completed to the
23d inst. is of a very satisfactory character. There
is a large increase in the stock of bullion, and also
in the reserve of notes, while the other securities
hare been considerably diminished. The public
and private balances also show a large addition.
The carious items, and the changes they present,
are shown in the subjoined table :
Active Circulation .. £21,042,360
Decrease .. 396,615
Bullion .. .. • . 17,172,204
Increase .. .• 428,770
Rest .. .. • . .. 3,088,559
Increase .. • • • • • • 3,092
Public Deposits .. • . 5,534,973
Increase .. • . .. 309,841
Other Deposits.. • • .. 15,915,247
Increase .. • • .. 204,987
Seven Day and other Bills 631,193
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 2} per cent. There is still
a superabundance of money, ani 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 to e 25th inst. The Ctlmmittee of the
Stock Exchange have anpointed W'ednesday, the
30th inst., a special settling day in this security.
During the last few days business in the Foreign
and Colonial Pr oduce markets has continued rather
active. Sugars have slightly advanced, while a
good demand hr,s 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 more request, at
slightly hiss;her 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 £lB,OOO.
The intererit on Louisiana State 5 per Cent.
Bonds and on City of Melbourne Deb entures will be
paid on and after the Ist proximo.
Notice has been given that 238 spocial 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 th e Natal Colo-
nisation Company, Mr. J. Mackenzie in the chair.
The report stated that legal possession had been
obtained of 250,000 acres of the land originally
Purchased, that £34,572 had been advanced on mort-
gages at Natal at 12 per cent. interest, and that
.£lO,OOO 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
Prove 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, )00.
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.
The 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
934 Z- for money and the Bth pros., showing a de-
cline of per cent., through sales based upon the
impending negotiation of the Russian Loan. The
New Threes and the Reduced have receded to 92i.
Exchequer Bills are 17s. to 20s. prem. Bank Stock
is heavy at 238 ; India ditto at 227; and the 5
Per Cent. remains at 1081 !. _ .

Business has been moderately active in the
Foreign Market, but prices are heavy. Turkish 6
Per Cents. are 801 ; ditto 1858, 70i I; Mexican
are fiat at 318 ; Italian have receded to 68 ; Ras-
Elan to 981; and Brazilian to 1001 ; Portuguese are
Steady at 46 ; Venezuelan at 24 ; Spanish firm at
63& ; ditto Certificates at 81 d ; and Sardinian have
improved 82i 83 ; the New Turkish Scrip is 1
Prem. ; and the Egyptian, 11 7, prem.
The Imperial Bank shares are 1 1 prem. ;
Northern Counties, 31 a ; and British Columbian,
1.1

...
In the Miscellaneous Market business continued
very dull, without any change of importance in
values.

In the Railway Share Market business continued
moderately active, but prices, in most instances,
experienced a further slight decline. Eastern
Counties, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, have
receded 5 ; North Westerns, and South Easterns,
10s. ; Norfolk, North British, and North Staffords
remained at about previous rates.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were
In moderate request, at steady prices, South
Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are heavy at 21 ;
Great Luxemberg realise 15; Sambre and Meuse
111,-; Dutch Rhenish 17-7- 2; and San Francisco
17-1 H ; Grand Trunk of Canada declined to 24 ;
East Indian to 103! I, and Madras 5 per Cents.
to 101*.

Joint-Stock Bank Shares were very inactive, and
exhibited to change of importance in values.
onion of London realise 32 ; Ottoman Bank 26 to
24; London and County, 391 -.1; and Oriental
Bank 531.

BRITISI FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK.
ank Stock
," Per Cent. Reduced Annuities
0 per Cent. Consols Annuities
I%leviir 3 per Cent. Annuities 92k t 2
India 0 ioelc
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 t
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001
Consols for Account, May 8 . 93
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent lB
20

Dittj Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
trazilian .5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Acco .nt
Imperial,,, Moorish Scrip 9ll
New Grenada, 2 per Cent
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 46
Russian 5 per Cent 1822, £ St 9Bl
Ditto 41 per Cent__ 9l 2

Ditto 3-per Cent. 1859 .. 61
Sardinian 5 per Cent .. —
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent , 1858
Ilitto Account
....Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Venezuela, 3 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil —
'Atte C.ertificatcs. 4 per Cent.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 6B
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money ..
Ditto Account

ANOTTIER WINKING PICTURE.—We read in the
31alta Times of the 17th :—" Considerable excitement has
been created during the past week by the statement that a
Picture of the Madonna, belonging to a person in this city,
Was in the habit of moving its eyes. The house was daily
besieged by people of all classes, desirous of witnessing the
miracle. Many persons affirmed that the eyes could be
distinctly seen to move; others protested they could per-
ceive nothing extraordinary. At length the police inter-
fered, and with the assistance of the ecclesiastical authori-
ties the picture was removed."

THE MEN FOR INDIA.—WO are glad to learn
that the Baptist Missionary Society has sent out to Bengal
the Rev. Mr. Rouse, M.A., who took the highest honours
4t the London University. India wants more of this stamp
naen, Mr. Rouse is to study with the view of devoting
4'B tuna to transiation.—.Friend of Zak,