The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-31 00:00:00

lIONEY MARKET

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COMMERCISL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The directors of the Bank of England at their
meeting to-day have not deemed it advisable to
modify their discount regulations, and the Money
Market with excessive supplies of floating capital is
easy at the quotations current for some time past.
Telegraphic advices from Liverpool report that
business in the Cotton Market to-day opened very
quietly ; the sales have been about 8,000 bales.
A further withdrawal of gold took place at the
Bank of England yesterday, amounting to £40,000
in bar gold.
The tenders for £50,000, province of 'Welling-
ton, New Zealand, Eight per Cent. Debentures, at
the Union Bank of Australia to-day represented
£182,500, of which those at and above the mini-
1111'n of £.1.06 were accepted, and the balance was
taken up in the room at that price.
Tht last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up
0 this day, are in round figures as under :-
1867. 1866.
Great Wester . 65,004 63,963
North Western ••• ••
••
•••
•.:.102,997 106,115
bB°.uth Wester ••
• ..• ••••
18 810 19,887
4-)j.lghtoti ." •••
•••
16,491 17,739
c,sll,lland
...48,949 50,144
Bout Eastern- •••
21,066 22,887
Lancashire
Northern ▪
.. 37,927 35,662
!,,a.neashire and Yorkshire ... 42,310 39,665
Bristol and E t • •5 671 5,666
North East r cr."
•••
:•• •••
56'791 61,290 kureauttethEester,eSnheffielci, and Lincoln 16,899 19,659
London, astern •
29,098 32,983
Chatham,.and Doer 7,314 7,643
These returns, when compared with those of the
eccirrespo-nding period of last year, are generally
an unsatisfactory character, consequent upon the
late severe weather. On the North Eastern there
is a decrease of £4,499 ; on the Manchester, Shef-
of el,ed, and Lincoln of £2,760 ; on the Great Eastern
£
.„3,885 ; on the London, Chatham, and Dover
£329 ; on the North Western of £3,118; on
r e South Western of £1,077 ; on the Brighton of
.-1,248; on the Midland of £1,195 ; and on the
South
Eastern of £lB2l ; while the Great Northern
8014'8 an increase of £2,265 ; the Lancashire and
'Yorkshire of £2,645 ; and the Great Western of
ArThe dividend proposed by the directors of the
1
i',etropolitan Railway for the second half-year of
666, is at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum.
To-day will become due the following calls :-On
zti‘r;at 'Northern Permanent 5 per Cent. Preference,
:0 Per share, or £215,000 ; on Great Western,
new £2O, 6 per Cent., £4 per share, or £531,928;
offiLa 'Vendee £2 per share, not known ; City
per share, or £100,000; London and
zsvoer Plate Bank, 2d issue, £2 10s. per share, or
an aggregate of £896,928.
The report issued by the Lion Brewery Company,
tvhreeparatory to the meeting of the 7th February,
cia,. accounts, after deducting all expenses, depre-
dir""' &c,, show a balance of £11,189, and the
of eictors recommend the payment of a dividend, free
centilecnne tax,
for the half-year at the rate of 6 per
On the preference shares and on the ordinary
-tiare ea ••
ieavin Nal at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum,
ecnint £3,036 to be carried to profit and loss ac-

14. At a meeting of the London and Provincial
earine Insurance Company, held to-day, the report
413,' the directors was adopted, and a distribution for
'ne half-year declared at the rate of 10 per cent.
Per inutia, free of income tax.

Two O'CLoc K.
„ According to Reuter's telegram, this morning
bac French Rentes were 69f. 05. Inanimate.
1. meeting has been held to-day of the Austra-
'an Trust Company, at which a dividend was re-
A,se°4llllended by the directors at the rate of 6 per
"vnt. per annum for the past half-year.
In At the meeting held to-day of the Ocean Marine
wsurance Company, the report of the directors
aadopted. It stated that the balance on under-
ting and interest on account was £215,027, after
PdaYlneat of all claims to Dec. 31 last. The divi-
end declared was ss. per share and a bonus of Per share, carrying over £7,630.
There is still a remarkable degree of dulness in the
market for the English Funds, but Consols are
'ln at 9)1 / for money and account.
lelegratns from the Paris Bourse quote the 3 per
cent' Rentes at 69 05, showing no material altera-
tion.
... Foreign Stocks show some improvement, though
(Tthe dealers are principally engaged in the settle-
ent. Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced f to
42i ; Mexican I, to 17} ; Spanish Passive, I, to
; and Italian k, to 141 j.
The New Russian Loan has advanced /, to 11Prem.
The Chilian 'Scrip has also advanced , to 1
prem.
The Scrip for the Chilian 6 per Cent.l Sterling
Government Loan, 1867, for £2,000,000 sterling
Will be deliverable (in exchange for the bankers'
receipts for the 10 per cent, payable on allotment
duly endorsed) on and after Monday next, the 4th
February, at the offices of Messrs. J. S. Morgan
and Co., 22, Old Broad-street.
The operations in the. ailway Share Market have
been on the most limited scale, and the few bargains
reported have generally been at funther reduced
rates. Great Eastern, Metropolitan, and South-
astern have each receded j ; and Great Northern
Stock, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and
Midland, each
The Foreign and Colonial lines are very inactive,
at about previous values.
dßank and Miscellaneous Shares show little varia-
on in prices. Chartered Mercantile of India, Lon-
1..? and China, have improved to 331 34 ; Credit
oncier of England remain steady
,at 31 ; and
general Credit and Discount, at 51
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben-
tures have declined 1/ to 38 40 ; and the Consoli-
uatied Mortgage Bonds I to 29 291.
American securities are somewhat depressed.
Erica Shares have declined + to 391 ; U
States 5-20 Bonds I to 72/ 73k, and Illinoisnited are
firM at 80 81.
The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway for the month of December
amounted to $368,581 againSt $475,723in the cor-
-1)01ing period of 1865, showing a decrease of
107,142. The total receipts for the year 1866
amount to f 5,548,359; for 1865 to $5,476,276;
and 1864 to $3,050,339.