The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-01 00:00:00

MUI4EY MARKET

AND

COMMERCI cd, INT ELLIGHNOB,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

With the favourable returns issued from the
Bank of England and the Bank of France, the
general discount market continues easy, and the
rates are still as low as 21 i per cent.
_ _

No gold operations of public interest took place
at the Bank yesterday.
The Tasmanian has arrived from the West
Indies with specie amounting to about £673,000,
and the Arago from New York has brought nearly
£40,000.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received
a remittance from the Custom -house of Santa
Martha, for account of the New Granada dividends
of £2,000. The amount by this mail would have
been larger, but for the impossibility of obtaining
bills either at Santa Martha or Baranquitta.
The list of applications to the issue of 4,000,000
florins of obligations by the Dutch-Indian Railway
Company closed yesterday evening, and the applica-
tions received exceed the total amount. The price
in the Stock Exchange closed at -a if premium, with
a moderate amount of transactions.

The Bank of England return completed to the
27th February is again of a favourable character.
The stock of bullion shows an increase of £78,899,
while the reserve of notes has been augmented by
£44,965. The private securities have also been
diminished by £155,531. Annexed are the parti-
culars :

Public Deposits...
Other Deposits ...
Rest

... £6,734,959 Increase ...X531,091
... 17,847,021 Decrease... 712,432
3 545 921 Decrease... 16,338
On the other side of the account :
Government Securities £13,111,068 No alteration.
Other Securities... ... 18,045,819 Decrease £155,531
Notes unemployed ... 11,030,450 increase ... 44,965

The amount of notes in circulation is £22,375,835,
being an increase of £80,245 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,390,312, showing
an increase of £78,899 when compared with the
former return.

Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Market during the last few days has continued
very inactive. Scarcely any dealings have been
entered into in sugar, and prices are almost nomi-
nal. In coffee there has been hardly any change as
regards values ; while the public sales of Indian tea
Lave proceeded with considerable animation, at full
rates. Rice has been at steady prices ; while for
spices, fruit, saltpetre, and tallow slightly reduced
rates have been established.

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
remain steady at 28 30, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds have advanced 1, to 221 231.
The official returns relating to Trade and Navi-
gation for the twelve months ended 31st December,
1866, have been published. From these it appears
that the total declared value of the exports from
the United Kingdom have been £188,827,785
against £165,825,725 on the previous year, and
showing an increase of £22,992,060. The in-
crease has been most perceptible in coals
and culm, cotton manufactures, earthen-
ware and porcelain, haberdashery and millinery,
linen manufactures, and woollen and worsted
manufactures. The importation of the principal
articles have been larger as regards raw cotton,
Petroleum, quicksilver, sheep and lambs' wool, wheat,
flour, rum, brandy, tea, unrefined sugar and wine,
but a diminution is perceptible in flax, hemp, pro-
Visions, raw silk, tallow, and timber.
The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the
amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade,
for both the entries inwards and the clearances out-
ards, and the same may be also said of the coast-
ing trade.

Two o'CLocx.
According to Reuter's telegram, from Paris to-
daT, the French Rentes were TOf. 22c.
There is very little animation exhibited in the
market for the English Funds. Consols for money
remain steady, at 91 while for the 7th inst. they
have receded if, to 911 sellers, for the April settle-
ment they are quoted 91* I, being I lower. The
New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 901 1;
Annuities, 1885, 13 ; Exchequer Bills, 12s. for
Alarch ; Bank Stock, 2521 ; India Stock, 1141; do.
5 per Cents., 1071 ; do. 4 per Cents., 931; do.
Enfaced, 1071 108 ; and do. Bonds, 345. prem.
The Foreign Stocks show increased firmness.
Italian 5 per Cents. have advanced 1 to 541 ;
can Stock *, to 171 ; Greek Bonds:I, to 16 16; ;
SPanish Passive * to 221- 1 ; the Certificates 8 to 141
Turkish 5 per Cents. I, to 311 ; the Russian
Loan Scrip, ton 3 prem. ; the Chilian Loan Scrip,
to 2/ 2 dis. ; and the Danubian Loan Scrip, * to
dis.

American Securities remain without variation of
Importance; United States 5.20 Bonds being at 731
; Erie Shares at 36k 4 ; and Illinois Shares at 76k.
British Railway Shares have been in moderate
request, and a few instances slightly enhanced
rates have been current. South Western have ina-
Pr"ecl Brighton, ; and Great Northern, 1 ;
while Metropolitan have declined ; North Western
and South Eastern, each ; and Great Western, 1/.
The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate-
rial alteration.

Bank Shares are very dull. Union of Australia
have declined to 17i ; and Consolidated have im-
proved to 4i ; and Union London remain steady
at 451.
Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are in very
iltilited request. Fore-street Warehouse are marked
1,2 i ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents., 521 53i ;
°Yal Mail steam, 1061 ; and South Australian
4..,and, 33 I.