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

XONEY MARKET

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
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 3i 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 31 per cent. fqr daily
loans.

A further sum of £.1.2 (1)0'eold was taken into
the Bank of England yesterday.
The Anglesea, from Melbourne, has brought
134,016.

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
other securities being larger than expected. in te
Sub-
joined are the particulars :
Active Circulation
... £20,902,605
••• -* ''' Increase
- • ••
• ...
951,285
Bullion
• .•
• .•
-.
-. 15,255,433
• - • • • •••
••.*
103,566
3 122 231
•• - '
891,406
•.• •••
Decrease • • •
9,331,615
Public Deposits
...
• ''
507,815
Decrease
Other Deposits ... :..
,• i ,
• • • • ••
•• • . 14, 1-2 353
..• •••
Increase ••
449,898 694,111
• Seven Day and Other Bills
•••
12,574
Inc rease •••
Government Securities ..•
.. - 11,110,83887
Increase
••• •••
... 21,116.tm
Other Securities ... ... ... ...
___ Increase
••• •••
Notes Unemployed
•••
•,• •,• ••• 8,149,045
1,123,735
Decrease
... ... ...
• The Bank of France return is also of an un-
favourable character. The bullion has been decreased
£45,720, and the Treasury balances £1,890,000.
The bills discounted have fallen off £512,000, but the
notes in circulation have been augmented 1866,666.
The Oriental Bank Corporation, at their meet-
ing on the 2lst inst., will propose a dividend of £2
a on share,
16 making, with £2 already paid, a distribu-
tof per cent. for 1864.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed Mondayrthe 10th of April, a special settling
day in the shares of the Victoria (London) Mining
Company (Limited), for bargains on and after the
on
15th
the January, in the shares of 1865, to be marked
twice a week lists ; also in the General Irri-
gation and Water Supply Company of France
(, for bargains on and after the 15th
Februaryde not to be marked at present ; also on the
Rio to
Gas Company (Limited), for bar-
gains on and after 4th March, to be marked ; and
Thursday, the 20th April, for the extension shares
of Metropolitan Railway, Feb., 1865, to be
marked. The committee have also ordered the
shares of the Isle of Wight Railway Company, and
of John Brown and Co. (Limited), to be quoted in
the twice a week list.
The applications for shares in the Millwall Free-
hold Land and Dock Company have reached above
ur capital to be
£93,000, or nearly fo times the amount of the
subscribed.
The directors of the Estates Bank
announces that on the Ist of May they will be pre-
-10,000 shares of
(Limited)
pared to allot the remainder of a third issue of
share.
£lO, at a premium of 108. per
The Ottoman Financial 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 present and forward delivery
show increased depression.

Decrease
Rest -

the At Paris, this Two O'CLOCK.
day, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, French 3
85e. Flat. per Cent. Renter were 67f.
•
The English Stock Market adverse fluctuation has been subjected to
favourableto-day. The cause of the un-
Banks feeling is the unsatisfactory returns of
of England and France. The funds have
receded i per cent, and there is still a weak appear-
ance about all the marketa. Consols for money
are 9% -8-, and for the account 90i i. The New
Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88i 89 ; Ex-
chequer Bills, 2s. to 6s.
prem. 5
104 ;India 107 ; and Enfaced 5
per Cents., 1 per Cents.,
04.
M
There
and has also been less animation in the Foreign
arket, prices have generally declined. Turkish
6 per Cents., 1862, are 7,4 75 ; do. Consolides,
54-i i ; Mexican, 26i 27i- ; do. Loan, 26i i ;
Greek, 24 i ; Spanish Passive, 34 i ; do. Certifi-
cates, 161. 17 ; Italian, 648 i ; do. New, 4 4 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, and Midland
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 fair
request. Union of Australia have improved to Obi ;