The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-14 00:00:00

IIONEy ZARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
At the weekly court of the directors of the
Bank of England, this morning, no alteration
Ivas announced in the minimum rate of discount,
Which still remains at 2 per cent. In the general
market there has been rather more inquiry, owing
to the slight improvement in the general trade of
the country, and the current rates are fully 1 per
rent. for first-class short-dated paper.
The France has arrived, with specie amounting
to £21,500, and the Ville do Paris, from New York,
has arrived at Brest with £60,000 for France.
There
were no gold operations at the Bank
Yesterday,
Messrs. Mocatta and Goldsmidt, in their bullion
circular, state as follows :—" Our markets remain
very quiet. The nearest price for bar silver is
691 d.) showing a fractional decline from the pre-
!l°lls quotation, but there is hardly any now offer-
:lElg. The Mexican dollars by the last packet were
„.1-813°sed of at the rather irregular price of. 58
-16 d., at which those per Louisiana will also
b-10
gold which
There is still a fair demand for all the
Old which arrives here, but the inquiry on the
Whole has rather slackened, and no large sums are
now withdrawn from the Bank."
At the meeting of the creditors, depositors, and
shareholders of the Royal Bank of Liverpool,
held yesterday, a resolution was passed agreeing
a voluntary winding up, and the appointment
of three liquidators. Payment of liabilities to be
made by promissory notes ranging over six to 24
months' date.

An extraordinary general meeting of the National
Provincial Marine Insurance Company has been
called for the 26th inst. for the purpose of passing
a resolution that the company be amalgamated with
the Etna Insurance Company.
Mr. James Cooper (Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle,
and Evans), the official liquidator of the London,
Bombay, and Mediterranean Bank, has attended at
Vice-Chancellor Stuart's Chambers to settle the
'"idian list of contributories, and several matters
stand over. The London list of shareholders was
settled on a former occasion.
The followiing resolution was formally carried at
the meeting held yesterday of the Greek bond-
holders "Resolved-That the proposition con-
tained in the agreement laid before this meeting be
accepted, provided that special securities be assigned
tor the
Payment of the interest and sinking fund on
the million 5 per cent. stock to be created ; and,
further, that the said sinking fund at the expiration
°f five Years be augmented to £20,000 per annual."
lie Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Com-
Pall offer to convert their outstanding debentures
Pa 0 a perpetual 4f per cent. debenture stock, or to
Y them off at once in anticipation of their due
-ate. The debenture stock ranks as a first mort-
gage upon the undertaking, the open stock of which
ands at 70 per cent. premium.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to
tiliS day, aro in round figures as under :-
1887. 1866.
Groat
Sowestern 71,015 71,019
uth Western . -125,827 120,763
}), Western •••
... 24,162 22,922
IVgliton
„. 24,238 22,994
kiland
... 56,023 51,892
80Uth
Gre Eastei:n.. 26,071 24,390
at Northern 43,462 39,436
!Iseto,tlhire and Yorkshire... ... 45,645 43,840
ieL°l and Exeter...
~.644)6.
761,688690
nua Lastern
.o. J 74
Loua?hester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 22,013 21,737
I\T ort"ilt Chatham, and Dover ... 10,090 9,362
ke, II British ... 26,692 26,014
Gr ‘ropolitau.„
.„ 4,403 4,254
itie,;l4 Eastern 86,92 a 36,3_45
celand and Great Western of Ireland „. 5,610 5,012
goty and South Western 10,993 10,292
These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are iu most in-
ahoces of an exceedingly favourable character, and
w a partial renewal of trade in the country,
the
in the manufacturing districts. On
'he Great Western there is an increase of £2,996 ;
lestern,°ll the North-Western, of £5,064 ; the South-
W of £1,240 ; on the Brighton, of £1,244 ;
°II the Midland, of £4,131 ; on the South-Eastern,
of £1,681; on the Great Northern, of £4,026 ; on
the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £1,805 ; on the
Bristol and Exeter, of £157 ; on the North-Eastern,
5 £3,861; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln,
of 9-306 ; on the London, Chatham, and
Dover, of £1,228 ; on the North British, of 1678 ;
uti the Metropolitan, of £151; and on the Great
Eastern, of £5BO.
The New Honduras Loan is firm, at 3 31 prem.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have advanced j, to 24} 25k, and the Consolidated
ii
°rtgage Bonds remain steady, at 19 20.

Two o'CLoCI.
f° Rather less firmness has prevailed in the market
:1' the English Funds owing to a few speculative
41'8, Consols having receded viz., to 941 for
ltneY, and to 93f f for the account ex dividend.
g3r-`l4 New Threes are 934 3 1 ; Reduced Annuities,
13 ; Bank Stock, 246 ; India 5 per Cents., 1151
"t);
BEnfaced ditto, 1031 ; and ditto 5f per Cents.,
109 i.
*lll the Foreign Stock Market the tone is rather
14, er• Italian have advanced to 454 ; Greek
el' "3
11 12 ; Spanish Passive 1, to 20} I ; Certi-
a-ett"
4 1, to 171 ; New 3 per Cent. I, to 321 1 ;
t'l Turkish 3 per Cents.
if, 32f 4 ; while Mexican
faye declined f, to 14 15. The Scrip of the New
°,llduras Loan remains steady, at 3 to 31 prem.
or American Securities there has been less in-
Y. United States have declined I, to 701 1 ;
tta,ni(' Erie Shares f, to 464 47 ; while Illinois have
taueed 1 per cent., to 844 85.
trA4 very moderate amount of business has been
~.,:llaacted in the Railway Share Market, and prices
iaTerally have shown a partial recovery from the
depression. Caledonian, Great Eastern, and
a:neaslaire and Yorkshire have each advanced I,
),./iddiGreat Northern, North Western, Metropolitan,
1,`44(1, and South Eastern each 4.
eh 'me Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
qraligel Great Luxembourg being dealt in at 94 ;
il(e: Western of Canada at 164 I ;lEast Indian at
II; and Bombay and Baroda at 1034 4.
ank Shares continue in very limited request,
.'ate rates are with difficulty maintained. Im-
ttri.al Ottoman have declined to 8 15-16ths : and
4131°4 of London to 354 ; Consolidated are marked
dos of
; London and County, SO 51 ; and Lon-
-1‘,.411t1 Westminster, 711.
veree'llaneous and Finance Shares continue
adira,cllliet, although in a few instances a slight
Oriel74.ce has been established. Peninsular and
of tr4l Steam have improved to 55 56 ; Viceroy
Tele'n't'a Mortgage Loan to 734 ; and Atlantic
retnalratiPh 8 per Cents. to 764 ; Royal Mail Steam
eettmallY a 4teadY at 664 ; and National Discount
`-t 114.