The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-08 00:00:00

NONI43N MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL ;,NTRLLIGENCR.

TWILTE O'CLOCK:
To-day the Money Market has been very quiet,
and the rates hate continued easy.
The sum of £5,000 in bar gold was taken to the
Bank of England yesterday.

A small amount of specie, representing £5,100
bad been brought by the Massilia, from Alexandria.

The Bank of England return completed to the
6th March exhibits few changes of importance.
There has been a small decrease in the amount of
bullion, viz., to the extent of £16,347, while the
reserve of notes ha.s been diminished by £136,605,
and owing to the preparations made for the pay-
ments due on the 4th, the other securities exhibit
an increase of £607,433. The public deposits also
have been augment6d by £511,064. Annexed are
the particulars :
Public Deposits...
Other Deposits ...
Rest

£7,216,023 Increase ....£511,064
▪ 17,583,972 Decrease... 263.049
▪ 3,834,338 Increase... 288,417

On the other side of the account :
Government Securities £13,111,068 No alteration.
Other Securities... 18,653,252 increase ... 607,433
Notes unemployed 10, 893, 845 Decrease £136,605

The amount of notes in circulation is £22,497,230,
being an increase of £121,395; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,373,965, show-
ing a decrease of £16,347 when compared with the
former return.
The Bank of France return shows the following
alterations, when compared with the items of the
previous week ; the cash in hand hid increased
£733,200 ; there has been a decrease of £2,960,000
in the commercial bills,. £20,000 in the advances,
£2,128,000 in the notes, £5,000 in the Treasury
balances, and £120,000 in the current accounts.

At a quarterly general court of the Equitable
Assurance Society, Mr. William Smalley was elected
one of the auditors-of that institution.

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
remain steady at 30 31, and the Onsolidated Mort-
gige Bonds at 231 24.
At the general meeting of till Anglo-American
Telegraph Company, held on the 4th ult., the chair-
Man, Mr. C. E. Stewart, stated that a resolution
Was submitted to Congress, that thanks should be
given to Mr. Cyrus W. -Field for his services in
connection with the Atlantic Teegraph, and that a
gold medal, with suitable devics and inscription,
be presented to him in the nave of the people of
the United States. By a telegkuu received to-day
We are happy to be enabled to3tate that Congress
have unanimously passed the pint resolution.
The traffic receipts on the East Indian Railway
for the week ending the 13th,1-anuary amounted to
£42,333 3s. ld., against £3),661 18s. sd. in the
corresponding period of lasfyear, showing an in-
crease of 22,671 4s. 6d.
It has been announced by the Grand Trunk
Railway of Canada that the payment of the half-
Year's interest on the Aticntic and St. Lawrence
Shares will become due onthe 15th inst.
'lr. W. C. R. Cane, of Birmingham, in his corn
circular, states as folio* respecting the market
there :—" At this day's Market the supply of dry
Wheat was short, and soltireadily at au advance of
flillY Is. per qr. from thc prices of Thursday last,
While the bad condition if the majority of lots on
Offer, although improved by the late drying winds,
caused a heaviness in the trade. Dry red, 625. to
648. ; white, 645. to 68s, all per qr. of 4961b5."

Two o'CLoca.

At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to
neuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes opened
at 69f. 97c.

No alteration has taken place to-day in the mar-
ket for Consols, which Are 904 for money, and
91: for the account on the 10th April. The New
Threes are 88k a ex div., and Reduced Annuities
:14- ex. div. ; India 5 per Cents., 107} ; ditto
Per Cents., 92i ex div. ; and ditto 5 per Ceut.
150nds, 355. prem.
At a meeting held to-day of the Egyptian Corn-
Illereial and Trading Company, resolutions were
13rOp---
4 usea by the directors for. the purchase and ex -
‘inction of 13,813 shares' of the company, which
were created and issued pursuant to a resolution of
31st
October, 1864. The following were the terms
submitted •—£2 in cash, 31st January, 1867 ; £1
°ll the Ist April, and £2 10i. on the 30th June

Transactions in the Foreign Department of the
'lave
Exchange have been very limited. Greek
advanced *, to 16* 1; Spanish Passive 1, to
22} I ; Certificates to 141 1; Italian *, to 531
Chilian Loan Scrip *to 21* die. ; the Danubian
an declined 1, to 2 1* die. ; Turkish 5 per Cents.
tn
—30 i ltu,ssian Loan Scrip *, to 2k 2f
Prom.

Increased depression has prevailed in the Rail-
WaY Share Market, consequent upon rumours that
e strike among the engine-drivers on several of the
principal.lines is contemplated, unless their demands
for higher wages and shorter time are acceded to.
Midland have declined 1-1-, Caledonian 1, Great
Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, each ;
Great Eastern, Brighton, ttni South-Western, each
1; and Metropolitan, North-Eastern (Berwick),
and South-Eastern, each

The Foreign and Colonia', lines remain in mode-
rate request at steady quotations.
tank Shares continue very dull. Bank of Aus-
tralasia have declined to 67k, Bad Union of London
to 44i 45.
American Securities are steady. United States
5'20 Bonds have advanced to 741 ; Illinois
3577 i 78 ; but Erie shares have declined k, to
86.
kiacellaneons and Finance Shares are on very
41ited demand. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents.
are 0
marked 511 ; Credit Foncier of England, 2i 3;
,
co ''.oll's Bay Company, 15i 16 ; National Dis-
i.,ll4t Company, 12
; and Telegraph Construe-
ul:l and Maintenance, 13! 14.