The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-08 00:00:00

lIIONEY kARKET.

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGIt

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There has been a very moderate demand for ac-
commodation in the general discount market, but no
change can be reported in the rates current. On the
Stock Exchange the quotations for loans on Go-
vernment Securities from day to day are nominally
1 per cent.
The bullion operations at the Bank of England
Yesterday comprised an influx of .£15,00) in bar gold
and a withdrawal of £60,000 in sovereigns, of which
50,000 were for Brazil.
The steamer Deutschland, from New York, has
arrived with specie to the extent of £14,600 for
London and £69,240 for France.
A draught drawn on the English Joint Stock
Bank for £39 17s. by Charles Laugh= in favour of
Pickering Statham, with the word " order" erased,
is one of a number of draughts in circulation. The
English Joint Stock Bank failed in 1866.
Proposals have been advertised for the issue of
£/00,000 7 per cent. mortgage bonds at the price of
60 of an American undertaking called the Great
Republic Gold and Silver Mining Company.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce markets,
during the last few days, there has been rather
more animation. Sugar has been in better demand,
and full rates have been current for good grocery
descriptions. Only moderate transactions have been
reported in tea, as the samples of the latest new
arrivals have not yet been on the market. Coffee
has been rather dull, while there has been an
increased demand for rice, and prices have tended
.I.ll3wards. Tallow has continued in fair request and
late rates have been well sustained.
The City
Chamberlain, Mr. Benjamin Scott, has
ilwited Subscriptions for £500,000 City Bonds,
bearing
43- per cent. interest, for a period of about
15 Years, ending the sth July, 1882. They are to
be Issued at par, and tenders, accompanied either
by the full amount or by a deposit of 20 per cent.,
will
. be received at once, and registered in the order
in, which they are sent in until the whole sum shall
have been subscribed. The securities for the issue
consists of a special hypothecation of the coal duties,
Which amount to £90,690 per annum, on which the
prior lien is £850,000 bonds, in addition to the
general revenues of the Corporation, and the autho-
rity for the creation of the bonds is the Holborn
*Valley Improvements (Additional Works) Act,
1867.

Two O'.
_ A firmer tone has prevailed in the EnglishCLOCK Stock
Market, consequent upon the favourable completion
of the settlement. Consols have improved 1-16th
for
money, viz.—to 944 4, and for the November
account they have risen 3-16th to 944
T
h 8 New Threes and Reduced Annuities ars 924
u*; 4' x.TeW 24 per Cents., 77 ; Bank Stock, 250 ;
India 5 per Cents., 1144 4; Enfaced.4 per Cents.,
881 ; and ditto Bonds, 655. prem.
In the Foreign Stock Market there has been a
Yery moderate amount of business transacted, but
Prices have been well maintained. Italian have
advanced 4, to 454 46 ; Spanish Passive 4, to 19
194 ; Certificates 1, to 164 164 ; and Turkish 4, to
314 314. Greek continues firm at 13k 14 ; and
Mexican at 15 154.
Some fluctuations have taken place in the market
for American Securities owing to advices from New
York. Erie Shares have advanced 2, to 424 431 ;
whilst United States 5-20 Bonds have declined 4,
to 714 714 ; and Illinois 4, to 77 774.
Atlantic and Great -Western Railway Debentures
remain steady at 244 254 ; and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds have risen 4, to 22 224.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been extremely limited, and in a few instances
prices have slightly given way. Lancashire and
Yorkshire and Metropolitan have each declined 4 ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln and Midland,
each 4 ; and Brighton, North Western, and South
Western, each 4.

The Foreign and Colonial lines remain at steady
rates, Bahia and San Francisco being marked
14 I, South-Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian
1 4, 01 Canada 19k, East Indian
11071 1:101, and Great Indian Peninsula 1051 106.
Bank shares are neglected. London and West-
minster, however, have improved to 681 69. Bank
of Egypt are marked 34, and London and County
551.
Miscellaneous and Finance Shares show no change
of importance. National Discount Company have
improved to 10f, and Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage
Loan. to 721 73 ; Anglo-American Telegraph have
declined to 171 ; and Telegraph Construction and
Maintenance to 161.