The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-17 00:00:00

-fit 0 N-iYTX ARKET

AND

COICIIERML INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The directors of the Bank of England have not
altered their minimum rate of discount, and the
money market generally is at present in the same
condition as before.

A withdrawal of £50,000 in gold took place at the
Bank of England yesterday.
Notice has been given that the transfer books of
the Egyptian Trading Company (Limited) will be
closed from the 25th to the 31st instant, both in-
clusive, in order to prepare the warrants for the
return of £2 per share to be madeby the council, in
pursuance of the resolution of the general meeting
held 31st December last.
The biddings for bills on India took place yester-
day at the Bank of England. The proportions
allotted were—To Calcutta, £190,134; to Madras,
£9,865 ; and to Bombay, £150,000. The mini-
mum price was fixed, as before, at is. 10/d. on all
the presidencies. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras,
at ls. 10/d., will receive about 39 per cent. ; and
°n Bombay, at is. 100., about 69 per cent. All
above these prices will receive in full.
An ordinary general meeting of the London
Tavern Company will be held on the 4th of
February, 1867, to receive a report and statement
of accounts made up to the 31st December, and to
declare a dividend.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have
appointed Monday, 21st inst., a special settling day
in the following companies :---Gas Products Utilis-
ing Company (Limited) New Shares, and the Royal
Copper Mines of Cobre (Limited), both to be
marked. They have also ordered the fifth instal-
Meat of the New Zealand Government 6 per Cent.
Loan (£250,000) to be officially quoted.
The official liquidator of the Commercial Bank
of India has announced his intention of paying a
dividend of 6s. Bd. in the pound out of the funds in
his hands on an early date next month, thus dis-
charging a third of the liabilities of the bank. We
hear that he entertains the hope of paying within a
reasonable period another dividend of the same
amount—there will then only remain payable a
further 6s. Bd. to discharge the bank's liabilities.
The liquidator has estimated in his report that a
surplus will be left after paying creditors in full.
To-day there has been a meeting of the Alliance
Bank, Limited. The directors' report, which was
adopted, stated that the net profits of the bank for
the half year amounted to £23,698 15s. 2d., which,
with £1,012 17s. 9d., balance from previous half-
Year, makes a total of £24,711 12s. lid., and
a dividend was declared for the last six months of
IN. per share, or £4 per cent. per annum, free of
income tax.

There has also been a meeting of the London
Joint-Stock Bank, and the report stated that the
bank had made a net profit of £183,055 3s. 7d.,
Including £26,571 2s. 11d. brought forward frora
the 30th June. The usual dividend of 12i per cent.
Per annum, with a bonus of 18s. 9d. per share, to-
gether equivalent to 25 per cent. per annum, was
declared.

Tha last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up
t° this day, are in round figures as under :

1867. 1866.
Great Western
North 'Western
south western 1106854,:426895705 1610723:,893-825-960-
trighton
kniland
13outh Eastern 4l 57 ,2646 50
341.
365 ,
929"
8-2/
461.
,Great Northern
3199:6/4376
42,926
5,298
-Lancashire and Yorkshire
5,684 _,_
_
tristot and Exeter North -

witooh Eastern 52,107 56,749
oar, ester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,165 18,060
tort Eastern
d°n, Chatham, and Dover 7,504 7,042
t, These returns, when compared with those of the
,:.rresponding period of the previous year, are,
01,,th a few exceptions, of a favourable character.
64 the Great Western there is an increase of
~"",,45 ; en the North Western of £1,724 ; on the
c,„""" Western of £598 ; on the Brighton of £1,793 ;
1; the South Eastern of £522 ; on the Great
shire of £2,759 ;on the Lancashire and York-
anlre ef £3279 ; on the Bristol and Exeter, of £386 ;
d en the London, Chatham, and Dover of
£462;0f while the North Eastern shows a decrease £4642 ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of
1)893 ; and the Great Eastern of £3,451.

Two o'CLocr.
chin the English departme*t of the Stock Ex-
ange there has been very little business, and
9Consols have advanced f per cent., viz., to soi
pmoney and account. The New Threes were 891
,; and Reduced Annuities 89} 90 ; Exchequer
—"18, 10s. to 13s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 106/
107 ; do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101 f ; and do. 5f
per Cents.,
106 f.
The New Chilian Loan, which has risen to lf
premium, is the centre of attraction in the Foreign
Department ; the only bargain in the other Chilian
Stocks was in the 6 per Cents. at 1001 99.
In the other securities there has been scarcely any
change. Turkish 5 per Cents. have declined }, to
29 i; and Greek have advanced f, to 14 I ; while
Mexican are steady at 17i 18} ; Spanish Passive at
211 II; the Certificates at 141 ; and Italian at
631 i. The New Russian Loan has declined f, to
f prem.

There has been very little business transacted to-
day in British Railway Shares. Prices, however,
show rather more firmness. North Western have
liiiproved ; South Eastern ; and Great Eastern t.
The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate-
i
ral alteration.
Bank Shares are very quiet, but at steady rates.
Alliance are marked 18 18i ; London and County,
67i 68 ; London and Westminster, 97i ; and Union
of London, 42/ i•
lqiecellaneous and Finance Shares exhibit little
change of importance. International Financial are
.
"n ; National Discount Co., at 14k f ;
and Royal Mail Steam, at 108.
11-Axnerican securities have been very little dealt
Erie shares, however, have advanced / to 43f,
but United. States 5-20 Bonds have declined
72i -I, and Illinois remain steady at 80k
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
3;ce, firm at 51 53, but the Consolidated Mortgage
448 are fiat at 38 38k ex coupon.