The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-23 00:00:00

ITONEY-- MARKET

AN
6013111ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Abney Market is now in a very quiet state.
So plentiful is the supply of capital, and so small
..the demand that bankers and brokers are at a loss
how profitably to employ their resources. Bills of
short date and of first class description are taken
at about
-I per cent. under the official rate, and
1(°°(1 commercial paper having only a fortnight to
ran is negotiable at 4i per cent.
About £B,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank
Yesterday.
The list of applications for shares in the Rouen
:Water Company will close on Tuesday, the 30th
instant, for London applications, and on Wednesday,
the 31st, for those from Rouen.
The report of the directors of the London
Chartered Bank of Australia, to be submitted at the
thirteenth ordinary meeting of shareholders, states
that the latest advices from the Colonies extend to
the 25th March last, and speak in favourable terms
of the position and prospects of the bank. The
accounts for the past year were made up to the
31st December last, and it appeared that after the
usual deductions, and after making allowance for
bad and doubtful debts, there remained to the credit
of profit and loss the sum of £53,436 14s. 9d. ; out
of which the directors recommend that a dividend
be declared for the half-year of 4 per cent., free of
111°3111e-tax, £40,000 ; and they further recommend
that
, a sum of £5,000 be placed to the reserve fund,
Which will then amount to £90,000 ; leaving to be.
carried to next account a balance of £8,436 14s. 9d.

Two o'CLocK.
At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Renter's
telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were
67f. 35c.

The English Stock Market has been steadily
supported to-day, in consequence of a better feeling
engendered by the contradictory announcement
brought by the 'Peritvian regarding the Mexican
emigration scheme. The Funds are per cent.
better, Vonsols for money being 901 I, and for the
account, ex div, 891 f. The New Threes and Re-
duced Annuities are 881 1 ; India 5 per Cents.,
1061 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 98i ; Enfaced 5 per
Cents., 100 ; ditto 51 per Cents., 108 - ; and the
Bonds, 16s. 19s. prem.

In the Foreign Stock Market a general improve-
ment has taken place, but business is rather quiet.
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 721 73; ; ditto
Consolid6s, 471 ; Mexican, 241 1 ; ditto New,
23i s ; Greek, 191 20 ; Spanish Passive, 29} ;
ditto Certificates, 151 -a ; Italian, 64 1 65 ; and
Confederate Loan, 8 10.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
moderately active, and prices, in some instances,
have slightly improved. Metropolitan have im-
proved £1 10s. ; Great Western; Lancashire and
l'elrksliire, North Western, and Midland, each 10s.;
and South Eastern, ss.
The A Stock of the Metropolitan Extension
ay
Railways of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Company has advanced to 31 to 4 prem., and 41
5 prena• for the fully paid-up shares.
Change of importance.
r Bank and Miscellaneous shares are in moderate
,ecia_uest at steady rates. Peruvian Railway Com-
'6o"Y's shares are quoted 111 prem. ; Lion Brewery
Co,,1111)411Y, 31 3i- prem. ; Moore, M'Queen, and
Company'
par 1
prem. ; Ottoman Company, 21
ni ,
°a Plymouth Shipbuilding Company, 21 31
13re• • L
Col 2 anon and Mediterranean Bank, 11 11 ;
lai and
all(' South General Land Credit, 1 1 prem. ;
Ottoman African Land, 1 11 prem. Imperial
-vmpan Loan 2 dis. ; Estates Investment
Pally, ,
P prem.; Northern Assam Tea Com-
' rem., business having been done at 11.

r-.
'BRITISH FUNDS—ON' O'°LOCK.
OOVERNSIENT FUNDS.
901 i 4
a Der Cent. Consols
894 4 4
~ bO. Account, June 6
884 * 4,
".„Per Cent. Reduced
884 i 1.
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
bo. 5 per
30 Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, yrs, expire sth Ja..nl.,
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth Apn 7
b 0 (Ited Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
I: Do
Dills, £l,OOO, 4 per Lel:188850 --
-
Do.
£5OO
7 Do. 1908 —
za,ilk of England Stock, 54 per Cent'
£lOO and .£2OO
Do Account
216
IINbUN GoVERNAtExT SECURITIES.
41-dian Stock, 10/ per Cent., April 16 _
130 Account ' =242 40
1061 4
12°. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
.I,'-'O. Account
984
41-,'°• 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888
'-'O. Certificates
Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent
100
Pl°. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
1084
Do. 6,i per Cet., May 1879
'n'-'' '* Per Cent , Aug. 1866
16 19
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1863
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Chiba I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per
se-Nlian 6 per Cent
dubl-10. 41 per Cent
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__3 -7 £25 paid —
'1) . . per Cent., 1/ i -i ,
anulaan Principalities
Ebe £B6 paid ........................... —
4-quadur New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
E °,.Provisional Land Warrant
96
Ptiall 7 per Cent
96
0., Second Issue
95i
Do £lO9 Bonds
924 2 4
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1)° 6 Per C Anglo-French
Do French Sc. Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c —
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Do
1860
, 3 per Cent., 1859
904
il'eci 5 per Cent., 1862
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5
1864
.
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—,°-14684 3 per Cent
„'"°Account ... .
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,-",,0 Passive ....................................
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..
'Qbanish Cert. of Coup not funded l6 - i
101
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Thwedish 4 per Cent.
. 41 per Cent. 1864
b-rrs'is,ll 6 per Cent. 1854
• 91
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c-,() per Cent. 1858
4-', 0 Account
.1-)e 6 per Cent. 1862
__ - . 31
Bond; ............................. • 721
D) 6 per Cent. 1863
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44,tri Dividends on the above payable in London.
Ile], arL, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ...
____-
1) ~',l, 4i per cent., Ex. 251.
63
'lnch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail
1,1.1)0%4 per Cent. Certificates —
"en Itentes 41'
1)0 A 3 per Cent.
count
a. lan
o, Accoun .r. per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2sf.
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TWO O'CLOCK
—°. Aceowit

391

?REFERENCE SHARES.
nt.Western, Wt• Midland, Oxford Ist guaranteed stook, 125
North Staffoidshire, 22

PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.

Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. 13, 1065
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Birkenhead, 88

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam. 91
Bahia and San Francisco tli.n.) gni. 7 per cent, 14
Dutch Rhenish, 24
Great Luxembourg, 141
Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 171

FOREIGN MINES
Yudanamutana of B. Australia, lim., 2

BANKS.

Agra and Masterman's, lira.,
Ditto, new, 673
A lliance 3 ,
Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 15 is pd., D
Anglo Austrian, 7k
Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 84
British North American. 451
Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 25
Chartered Nler. of India, London, and China, 463
Eng ish Joint Stock, Um., 13
European Bank, lim., 12
Imperial Bank, lim.. 291
Imperial Ottoman, 161
London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 7;
London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 471
London Chartered Bank of Australia, 24
London and County, 761
London Joint Stock, 491
Merchant Bank, Ern.; 27 6
Oriental Bank Corporation. 511
Provincial Banking Corporation, Bra., 41
Ditto (£lo‘, 7
Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lim., 61
Standard of BritishiSouth Africa, lim., 18 19
Union of London, 53i 21
MISCELLANEOUS.
Berlin Water Works, lim., 101
Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 83
Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 114
Discount Corporation, 13
English and Foreign Credit, 41
Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Jim.. 51
International Financiar:,ociety, lim., 5/ 6
Joint Stock Discount, Rm., 81
London General Omnibus Company, 31
National Discount Company, Bin., 153
Northern Assam Tea, lim., 21
Ocean marine Insurance), 183
Otago and Southland Investment, 11
Pendisula and Oriental Stcam,
Ditto, new, 531 9 •
Smith, Knight, and Co., lira., 21
Union Marine Liverpool, lira., 4;

In 1863 there were 104 public libraries in the
United States, with upwards of 10,000 volumes in each.
They contained in the aggregate 2,403,477. It is estimated
that there are upwards of 12,000,000 volumes in the whole
of the public libraries in the United States.—American
paper.