The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-15 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

In Lombard-street and at the Bank of England
rather more paper has been offered for negotiation,
but very little alteration is perceptible in the
market. The withdrawals of gold for shipment
have as yet produced no perceptible effect, bankers
and brokers being still desirous of getting their
resc‘yes into profitable employment.
Gold amounting to £41,000 was withdrawn from
the Bahl( of England yesterday.
The Silver Market is quiet, and large quantities
are expected by the next Mexican mail. The cur-
rent prices of bullion are as follows : —Bar gold,
778- 9d. per standard oz. ; do., Parting, 78s. do. ;
doubloons, Spanish, 755. 9d. per oz. ; do., Mexican
and South American, 735. Bd. do. ; United States
eagles, 765. 3d. to 765. 4d. do., scarce. Bar silver,
3s- Old. to 3s. 00. per standard oz ; do., contain-
ing gold (5 grs. and upwards), ss. Oid. to ss. ld.
do- ; Mexican dollars, 4s. 11d. per oz., last price ;
cake silver, 651 d. per oz.
The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway, for the third week in September,
amounted to $133,530, against $116,804 in the
corresponding period of last year, showing an in-
crease of $16,726.
The Sir John Lawrence has left Sydney for this
country with gold to the extent of £251,400.
On the 6th August, at the half-yearly meeting
of the Bank of Victoria at Melbourne, a dividend at
the rate of 10 per cent. was declared, leaving
£19,961 to be carried forward.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce markets
during the last few days there has been rather more
animation. A fair amount of business has been
entered into in the late arrivals of tea, and superior
qualities have brought full rates. The operations
in sugar have been to a fair extent, and superior
qualities of West India have, in several instances,
sold at enhanced prices. Coffee has been in steady
demand at late quotations, while for rice there has
continued an active inquiry, and quotations are
firm. Tallow has been in good demand at late quo-
tations for present and forward delivery.
At the meeting of the Scottish National Insur-
ance Co-, at Edinburgh yesterday, the report of the
directors was presented, which stated that 461 new
life policies had been issued during the year,
amounting to £386,355, and yielding in premiums
£14,781. The balance sheet exhibits the funds to
amount to £418,459, and a dividend was declared
at the rate of 9 per cent.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have this
sjettling
'say appointed Monday, 21st October, a special
day in the New £5O Shares of the London
Joint Stock Bank to be marked.
The report of the directors of the Rio do Janeiro
_
k_aty Improvement Company has been issued, which
states that the amount of capital required beyond
the guaranteed £850,000 will be about £lOO,OOO.
Of this sum £25,000 will be needed to enable the
company to execute the private extra works which
are from time to time placed in their hands. Under
these circumstances it has been resolved to create
£GO,OOO 6 per cent. debentures, redeemable at par
by annual drawings in sixteen years, to be offered
t 0 the existing shareholders at the price of 85. At
this rate they will yield £7 Is. 2d. per cent., irre-
spective of the advantage of repayment at par.
-Beyond the £25,300 of working capital no addi-
tional resources would have been required but for
the delays that have occurred in obtaining the sites
for the outlet works, and from a storm which car-
rie away the foundations of one of those works
during construction.
At a meeting of the Melbourne and Hobson's
Bay United Railway Company, held in Melbourne
on the 6th August, a dividend of £1 15s. per share
'was declared for the half-year ending 30th June,
1867, being at the rate of £7 per cent. per annum.
The dividend at the current rate of exchange (1 1-3
per cent.) is now payable to the shareholders whose
names are on the London register, at the Colonial
Bank of Australasia, in New Bread-street, on
the production of their certificates of shares.
The traffic returns, 17 miles, are as follows :
Par Week ending Passengers. Goods. Total. 1866.
25th July, 1867 ... 1,131 840 1,971 1,711
lit August, - 1,967 1,017 2,984 3,440
Bth do. - 1,717 593 2,310 2,086
15th do. - 1,091 358 1,449 2,111
22d -„, 1,251 509 1,770 2,132

Two oCLocK.
Consols for the account have receded ' per cent.,
and they are therefore now at the same prices, as
for transfer, viz., at 94 1. Besides the dullness of
speculation, foreign politics continue to influence
Prices adversely. The Roman question engages
special interest, the apprehension of war between
Prance and Prussia is also regarded as an ex-
tremely
1 unsatisfactory feature with regard to
~a'aes• All the Continental Bourses are de-
re'4Wl owing to the same cause. At home the
realised by the foreign demand for our cereals.
condition of business in Liverpool likewise
.outributes to the prevailing depression in the
Stock Exchange.
Ile New Threes are 92/ a 2 ; Reduced Annul-
eß, 92a 2 ; Exchequer Bills, 265. to 30s. prem. ;
and ditto
45ank Stock, 25 31 ; India 5 per Cents., 1141 13i ;
Bonds, 655. to 70s. prem.
„ The Principal business now proceeding at the
0. toek Exchange is the settlement of the account in
for Exchange
,op oration is bonds and shares of all denominations. The
la on very satisfactorily, as specu-
ion has been limited within the last fortnight ;
5,0 d although there may be heavy " differences" in
hltalian, Turkish, Peruvian, Venezuelan stocks, no
ifflcalty is apprehended. To-day the variations
have shown continued depression. Mexican stock
hag receded 1, to 141 15/ ; Spanish Passive 1, to
18i 19/ ; do. Certificates a to 161
5 per Cents. , ; and Turkish 1, to 511 * ;
have advanced 1, to 45 . while Italian 5 per Cents.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have declined f, to 24 25, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds 1, to 20 21.
A very heavy tone has prevailed in the Railway
Share Market, the dealers and s
still peculators being
engag
ed in the settlement. Caledonian have
been particularly depressed, and have receded 1/ ;
4anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have declined ;
8° 11th Eastern, 1 ; and Great Western, London,
Chatham, and Dover, and Midland, each 1 ; while
erth Western have advanced 1.
„The Foreign and Colonial lines show little change
i7L inlportance. Great Luxembourg have declined
"° Si 9 ; San Paulo are marked 16a ; East Indian,
Do.i 110 i ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1071 ; and
102 1021
uctFor Bank Shares there continues to be a very
hr
itaci demand. London and Westminster remain
% 7-tn
16ths. at 69i 70. Consolidated have improved to
48 Union of Australia have declined to
; and Alliance to 14.
The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway for the third week in September
441011ut ed to $133,530 against $116,801 in
the cor-
sesPesadi.last
16,726nn• period year, showing an increase of
o Miscellaneous and finance shares are flat. City
ci f r,,,,1,05C0W Gas have declined to 121. General
Atari Lit and Discount are marked 5/ 7-16ths ; Union
t
kae of Liverpool 81 ; and Viceroy of Egypt's
or—
kit, Loan has declined to 72 721.