The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

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COMMERCIAL .Ni ELI,:.R:`V:E,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There has been no change to report in the course
of business in the general Discount Market, and
notwithstanding the preparations made for the en-
gagements due on the 4th instant the available
balances in the hands of bankers and brokers con-
tinue excessive, the rates current, for the negocia-
tion of first-class short dated paper still ranging
from 1 to 1f per cent.
The bar silver brought by the West India packet
has been disposed off for shipment to the continent
at 601 d. per ounce, showing no alteration. The
Mexican dollars have not yet been sold.
Gold amounting to £183,000 was taken to the
Bank of England yesterday, of which £83,000 was
from the River Plate and the Brazils.
The Cimbria, from New York, has arrived with
specie amounting to £7,200.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are steady at 25f 26f, and the Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds at 221 231.
It is stated that the sum of £672,682 is to be in-
vested in the course of the next three months on ac-
count of sinking fund, being £121,639 in excess of
that applied to the same purpose during the past
quarter.

Tho prospectus has been issued of the English
Assurance Company, with a proposed capital of
£500,000, in 25,000 shares of £2O each, of which
10s. per share is to be paid on application, 10s. on
allotment, 10s. in three months, and 10s. at the ex-
piration of six months from the allotment, after
which no further call, it is anticipated, will be neces-
sary.

At the open Stock Exchange yesterday the fol-
lowing amount of business was transacted :—lnter-
national Hotel Company (London Bridge), 4s. to
4s. 6d. per share ; Mauritius Land Credit and
Agency Company, 255. ; Rossa Grande Gold Min-
ing Company, 125., paid Bs. ; Crystal Palace and
South London Junction Railway Interest Warrants
for £9 each, at £5 10s. each. Alhambra Company,
£lO fully paid, £3 10s. to £3 15s. per share.
Poyasian Land Grants, 18s. 6d. ; Westminster
Palace Hotel Company, £lO fully paid, £5 to £5
2s. 6d. ; Varna Railway Shares, £3 ss. each. Lon.
don Tavern Company, £4 per share ; Rossa Grande
Gold, fully'paid, 12s. 6d. ; Imperial Land Marseilles
Bonds (1872), £4 15s.

Two o'CLooK.
At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's
telegram, the French Rentes were 67f. 85c. Panic.
In the English Stock Market the transactions
have been on an exceedingly limited scale, and the
general tendency of prices has been towards a farther
fall consequent upon the retrograde movement in
values on the Paris Bourse. Consols for money
and the Bth inst. have declined 4, being 944 1, and
for the November settlement they are 941 1.
The New Threes are 924 8 s ; Red. Annuities,
924 8; India Stock, 2201 ; ditto 5 per Cents.,
1141 113! ; ditto Bonds, 70s. to 655. prem.
Increased depression has been produced in the
Foreign Stocks by the advices from Paris. Italian
have declined s, to 46 464 ; Passive to 194 191 ;
Certificates f, to 16 16} ; Turks 4, to 304 314.
Greek and Mexican remain at 134 14 for the former,
and at 15 154 for the latter.
A moderate amount of business has been tran-
sacted in the market for American Securities, and
prices have further slightly declined. United States
5-20 Bonds have receded 1, to 72 728; Erie shares 4,
to 411 42 ; but_lllinois remain steady at 77 771.
Business in the Railway Share Market has re-
mained very inactive, and a further decline has
taken place in prices. London, Chatham, and
Dover, North-Western, and Midland have each
receded 8 ; Great Eastern, Brighton, Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South Eastern each 1 ;
Great Western, I ; Metropolitan, ; while Great
Northern have advanced 1.

The Foreign and ColOnial lines are also flat.
Great Luxemburg have declined to 91 10 ; San
Paulo to 16/ ; South An3triaa and Lombardo-
Venetian, 14k. ; and East Indian to 1101.
Bank shares show little variation. London and
County are dealt in at 55/ ; London Joint-Stock at
39 ; and Imperial Bank at 19k.
Miscellaneous and Finance Shares remain very
inactive, and the few dealings entered into have
been at about previous rates. City Offices are
marked 71 8 ; Fore-street Warehouse, 121 ; Lon-
don General Omnibus Company, 21 5-16ths ;
National Discount Company, 101 ; and Viceroy of
Egypt's Mortgage Loan, 711 721.