The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-28 00:00:00

]IONEY MARKET

AN')
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Money Market may now be said to be
settling down into a state of quietude. The demand
for accommodation to-day has been comparatively
small, but as the balances of brokers show a con-
tinual diminution, the rates for first-class bills have
been maintained at 49 per cent. A slight effect is
Produced by the commercial public who, as usual,
are increasing their balances at their bankers at the
Present period of the quarter.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank
yesterday.
Mr. Robert Lyall, East India merchant, of Stf
tlelews place, and Mr. Robert John Clarke, of
Brabant-court, have joined the board of direction
of the Oriental Financial Corporation.
The annual election of the committee of the
Stock Exchange has taken place, and it appears
that the old committee has been returned, except-
ng three gentlemen, one of whom being the late
chairman, Mr. Slous, who retires through ill-health.
The newly-appointed members comprise Messrs.
eawston, W. Lucas, and E. Routh.

At a general meeting to-day of the shareholders
Of the Anglo-Egyptian Bank the report stated that
the results of the working of the bank for the first
84 months have been most satisfactory. Although
the critical state of business, owing to the money
Pressure in England, and the state of the cotton
market in Egypt, prescribed great caution, so that
little was done for the first three months after the
bank was established, a large and profitable regular
business has already been transacted, and exten-
(live operations have been successfully entered into.
The provisional balance-sheet just received from
41exandria, shows an aggregate of transactions of
11Pwards of £9,000,000 passing through the books of
the bank without a single bad debt or loss ; and the
4ecount of profit and loss, after making every
allowance for suspense accounts, shows that the
Vectors are fully warranted in recommending an
of brim dividend of Bs. per share (being at the rate
o lO per cent. per annum on the amounts paid up),
arrying forward a handsome surplus to be brought
Ito account when the first complete accounts of a
year's working are submitted to the share-
Nders in October or November next.
The report of the directors of Smith, Knight, and
qupany (Limited) has been issued to the share-
o°l(lers. A further payment of 3s. 6d. per share
O account of dividend is recommended, being
(With 2s. 6d. per share already paid) at the rate of
LPer cent. per annum. Several of the contracts on
;4ld will be completed shortly, when the profits
'`gercon will be ascertainable.
AThe share list of the Wholesale and Import
mber Company (Limited) will close on Thursday,
toe 30th inst., for London, and on Friday, the 31st,
1' country applications.
tialt has been announced that to-morrow, Wednes-
-o', is the last day that applications can be received
the extension shares of the Brighton Hotel
°lllpany.
iit,-?uring the last few days there has been very
40 animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro-
ao°
Markets. Sugars have, in some instances,
tteil a shade cheaper. The public sales of tea have
I,4°l,eeeded without any material change in prices,
tle in rice, fruit, and spices, there has been no
N lige. Coffee has continued in fair demand, at
thta43, rates, and limited transactions have been
t ered into in tallow, at about previous quotations,
uoth present and forward delivery.

Two O'CLOCK.
$ p • •
‘ti arts, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's
45etalla, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f.
I,le Quiet.
English Stock Market has been very steadily
meat to-day at previous values. The Govern-
broker made another purchase of £30,000
tone Three per Cents., which gave a more buoyant
41; to the price of the Funds, although very little
Ntal,).usiness is now in operation owing to the pre-
;1°118 for the setement of the account. Con-
Inoney are 89i f ; and for the account, 89f

-a. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are
878 I ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. to 6s. dis. ; India 5
per Cents., 105* ; and ditto 4 per Cents., 988 *.
In the Foreign Market there has not been much
animation ; prices at the commencement of business
were flatter, but a partial rally has since occurred.
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 738 8 ; do. Con-
solides, 53* 8 ; Mexican, 26* a ; ditto New, 251 *;
Greek, 208 21* ; Spanish Passive, 321 -a ; do.
Certificates, 17* s ; Italian, 63* 4 ; ditto New, 3i
3 dis. ; and Confederate Loan, 33 35.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been moderately active, and prices have shown, in
several instances, a slight improvement. Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire have advanced *, Bristol and
Exeter I, and North Western ; while Great
Eastern have declined I, Metropolitan *, and Great
Northern, A stock, £l.

The Foreign and Colonial lines, remain without
any material change in prices.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in mode-
rate request at steady rates. South African Land
and Finance shares are quoted 4 1 prem. ; Rio de
Janeiro Gas, 1 1i prem.'; South of England Wag-
gon Company, 4 11 prem. ; and Rhoy Hall Iron,
14 2i prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
f per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, April 6
b per Cent. Reduced B9l
New 3 per Cent B7't *
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 •
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, I per Cent 3 6
Do. £5OO 3 6
Do. £lOO and. £2OO
Bank of England Stock, 54 per Cent —

INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, Di per Cent., April 1874 214
Do Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. Account —
D0.,4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. b per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do, 5k per Cent., May 1879
Do. 4 ker Cent., Aug. 1866
Do: Bonds, £l,OOO — pm
Do. under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Brazilian 5 per Cent --
Do. 9- per Cent., 1852-58-60

Ii •
Do. 1863
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chili= 6 per Cent —
Do. 4* per Cent —
Colombian 6 per Cent. —
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Do 5 per Cent., 1864 —
Do. Scrip, £55 paid
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 —
Do. 6 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid —
Danubian Principalities
Do £65 paid — dis
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Egyptian 7 per Cent 94* f
Do., Second Issue - —
Do £lOO Bonds 95
Do. 1864 96-1 6n
Do Scrip, £sb paid
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 21
Do Account
Do. Coupons
Do Account —
Guatemala 5 per Cent. —
Do. 1839 and 1850 —
Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 69
Do 1865
Do Scrip, £25 paid
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Do. Account
Dc 1864 —
1)0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 521
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis
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* per Cent.
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) —
Do 4-} per Cent., 1862
Do. Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do Account --
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 47* *
Do Account —
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
a Do. Account
Spanish 3 per Cent —
Do Account —
Do New Deferred —
.5 Do Account 77_ .__

Do Passive 32/ 1
Do Account —
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded --
Do Account l7l 1
Swedish 4 per Cent. —
Turkish 6 per Cent _1854 —
Do Account —
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account —
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account —
Do. £lOO Bonds 74 31
- Do 6 per Cent. 1863 —
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Account
Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 4li 40i
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1864 4ll 2
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 4j per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2i. per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi.,...tes —
French Rentes, 3 per Cent. -

Do. Account -
Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
Do. Account

- THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money B9
Do. Account - B9 I

EMPLOYMENT OF EX-NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
—We understand under the new arrangement for employ-
ing ex-noncommissioned officers as clerks in the military
department in London, that the pay to be given in the first
instance to them will be about £lOO a-year, exclusive of
pension, and that it will increase progressively to about .£l5O.
With the very economical habits which sergeants in the
army must necessarily have acquired this may be consi-
dered a very comfortable provision, and ono quite sufficient
to make the prizes duly appreciated in the service.—Army
and Navy Gazette.

The London Review is about, we understand, to
publish weekly the report of a special commission, which
it has sent out to inquire to what extent the Established
Church meets the religious wants of the nation, how far
she fails to do so, and in what lies the secret of her failure.
The commission will, at the same time, review the efforts
of other religious communities for the special instruction
of the people ; and as the facts will in every case be derived
from personal examination made by special commissioners
upon the spot, their report is not only likely to prove most
valuable, but most interesting.

LANDED PROPERTY IN LONDON.—Few or none—
and we include men of learning and rank—are aware
that nine English Peers, of the Upper House, or second
estate, have greater landed and house property in London,
west and north-west of Temple-bar, than any:9o or more
commoners, of the Lower House, or the third estate. Here
are the names of the nine lucky lords:— 1, the Duke of
Bedford; 2, the Duke of Portland ; 3, the Marquis of Exe7
ter ; 4, the Marquis of Salisbury ; 5, the Marquis of North-
ampton; 6, the Marquis of Westminster ; 7, the Marquis cf.
Camden ; 8, Earl Craven ; 9, Earl of Portman. No other
nine peers or M.P.'s, or London citizens of " credit and re-
nown," can be pitted, we repeat, against these nine peers
as owners of London property west of Temple-bar, and
without the jurisdiction of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
and the oaken truncheons of the peelers of the city police.
—Builder.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—FILEY, near York, Sun-
day Night.- I have to report (says Mr. R. White)
that at 10 o'clock this morning, during a strong gale from
the east, with a heavy sea, a vessel without masts was
seen about two miles off, drifting towards the land. The
lifeboat of the National Institution was thereupon manned
and launched, and rowed to the vessel, when she took
off the crew of four men, the vessel being then about three
quarters of a mile from the shore. Great praise is due to
the lifroboat crew for their services on this occasion. The
vessel proved to be the schooner Kate of Lynn, bound
from Middlesbro to that place, with coals, C. Newby, mas-
ter. She had lost her masts at 2 o'clock this morning by
lightning, and is now ashore on the beach.
A FRENCH PALMER. —A mysterious affair, which
recalls to mind both the execution of Dr. La Pom-
moray° and tho trial of Trumpy-Demme at Berne, at pre-
sent occupies the attention of all the inhabitants of a small
town in Normandy. A physician is said to have committed
a triple murder. The doctor is accused of having murdered
the husband of a young woman of whom he was passion-
ately fond. He is said further to have insured the life of
his own wife for a large sum and then poisoned her. An
unfortunate young woman is said to be the third victim,
likewise poisoned in consequence of having several times
drunk potions intended for her master. It appears that the
grave had scarcely closed on the three victims when the
doctor and his accomplice caused their bans to be published,
and suspicions having been roused by their marriage the
judicial authorities caused an inquiry to be instituted,
which it is believed will bring the accused to trial.