The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-25 00:00:00

BIONEY iIARKE

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCR,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The demand for accommodation in the general
discount market continues very inactive, but owing
to a slight improvement in the general prospects of
trade quotations are well supported, the terms for
short-dated paper ranging from about 1,1 to 1f per
cent. On the Stock Exchange short loans on Go-
Ternment Securities are readily obtainable at 1 per
cent.

There were no gold operations of interest at the
of England yesterday. The Massalia has
arrived from Bombay, via Alexandria, with £3,700
iu specie.

The return from the Bank of England for the
past Week is of a character that was generally an-
ticipated. In the Bullion there has been a decrease
of £474,796, and in the reserve of notes of
£223,365 ; while the private securities have been
lessened to the extent of £143,923, and the private
balances by £357,551. Annexed are the pa.rti-
ticulars :
14111)lic deposits ... £4,407,785 ... Decrease £48,802
Other deposits 20,075,186 Decrease 357,551
164 3,069,623 Increase 4,390
r. On the other vide of the account :
u°Yernment securities 412,891,203 No alteration.
Other securities 16,807,121 Decrease 143,923
Notes unemployed 11,917,310 Decrease 223,865
The amount of notes in circulation is £21,765,255,
being a decreaie of £228,490, and the stock of
bullion in both department* is £22,786,566, show-
ing a decrease of £474,796 when compared with
the former return.
The Bank of France return for the past week,
When compared with the former returns, shows an
increase of £980,000 in the private accounts,
!.580)000 in the cash in hand, £160,000 in the bills
discounted, and £26,640 in the advances ; while
„_there has been a decrease of £lBB,OOO in the notes

Ili our late impression of last evening we an-
Ilo4l3ced the stoppage of the Commercial Bank of
Canada. No further particulars are known, bat
that a recent endeavour had been made to reduce
the capital, which, with the difficulties still pend-
ing adverse reports got abroad, no doubt causing
the collapse.
At the eighth ordinary meeting of the proprietors
°f the Standard Bank of British South Africa the
the
submitted showed an available balance for
e l'st six months of the year of £14,299. Out of
this balance a payment was recommended of 10s.
°4 shares with £25 paid, and of 4s. on the shares
with £lO paid ; that £5OO be written off prelimi-
ri.arY expenses, and of £l,OOO off amalgamation
account; that £2,000 be added to the reserve fund,
leaving a balance of £1,405 to be carried
fecirward. In addition to the ordinary profits for the
half-year the directors have been able to apply
9)370, arising from surrendered and forfeited
"arts, in further reduction of the amalgamation
ace°
lint. The report was adopted and the dividend
two-

ae report of the directors of the Chontales Gold
and Silver Mining Company, to be presented at the
meeting to be held on the 29th inst., states that the
,4,lreetors have no doubt of the yield being ample, and
that the existing plant is adequate to give returns that
.rlvl.ll Pay current expenses, but they cannot conceal
`rata the shareholders that the failure in the supply
of native labour has upset their calculations, and
may therefore prevent the realisation of profit as
B°°4 as was expected.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets,
during the last few days, there has been rather less
animation. Only moderate transactions have been
entered into in tea, at about previous rates. There
has been a rather limited demand for sugar,
but prices are generally well maintained,
SS holders show no disposition to press sales. Coffee
has been in fair request, superior descriptions of
colonial finding ready buyers at full values. In
'lce there has been a moderate business reported, at
steady prices, while tallow has ruled a shade cheaper
,
Present as well as forward delivery.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
inain steady at 25} 26f, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds at 21i 214.

Two o'CLock.
According to Reuter's telegram to-day the French
Aeutes were 68c. 20f. All offered.
V;l:he stoppage has been announced of Messrs.
Annett, and Co., principally engagee silk d in
and oil trades. The difficulties are
iLd to have arisen from speculations on the
lib-Te& Exchange where their differences are consider-
-4,,4.°) in other respects the liabilities are not to a
41°11s amount.
014 Market for the English Funds, in the absence
eo
atlY adverse news from the Continent, exhibits
I,lll,titilled firmness. Consols have further improved
rta to 941 for money and account.
teahne New Threes are 92/ 3 21 ; Reduced Annul-
; Bank Stock, 248 ; India 5 per Cents.,
Cer7; 14 131; ditto 4 per Cents. 1001 1 ; ditto
,iit—"ficates, 1001 ; Enfaced 4 per Cents., 881 ;
44,1t° 5 Per Cents., 104 ; ditto 51 per Cents. 109 ;
ditto Bonds, 625. prom.
rt't
likere has been a moderate business transacted
no "e Foreign Stock Market, but prices exhibit
lEtiaterial alteration. Spanish Certificates have
steelitled 1, to 16 161 ; but Turkish 5 per Cents.
isi advanced I to 321 f ; Italian continues firm at
St. Greek, at 121 ; Mexican, at 15 15/ ; and
virlish Passive, 19 191.
tiii:!hs Railway Share Market business has con-
cent?'4 moderately active, and, with one or two ex-
1141°1-1; prices rule a shade higher. South Eastern
(gee advanced 1 ; Caledonian and North Eastern
allatx,.ck) each 1 ; Midland, 1 ; and Lancashire
htia "rkshire, ; while Brighton have declined
-l'ettt Northern 1.
44°I.eifIll and Colonial linos exhibit little change.
atidattatembourg are marked 8/- ; South Austrian
eall Lombardo-Venetian, 141 ; Grand Trunk of
14,;`'°) 18 ; Great Western of Canada, 161 ; East
1071 xi' 110 1101; and Great Indian Peninsula,
Ito
It.
Ance "" Shares are generally a shade firmer. Alli-
kre 447 s improved to 14 ; London and County
71. steady at 551 1; London and Westminster, at
4. 11114 Oriental Bank Corporation are fiat at
The
can principal features in the market for Amen-
of Securities have been a decline on Erie shares
(11.10tal!sr cent., and an advance of 1 in Illinois ; the
IJrie li°llB being, United States 5-20 Bonds, 691 1 ;
k.'"ares, 45 454 ; and Illinois, 79 79f.
prBalscellftneona and Finance Shares continue de-
ceedllediecLat Atlantici Telegraph 8 per Cents. have re-
steady t° 70 ; National Discount Company are
p
Credit Foncier of England at 21 1;
11411141'1i ;
and Oriental Steam have improved to
to 74; and Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan