The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
fI:OMI'IIEitCIAL I.I4TELLtratZ,ICE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The attendance in all departments of business in
the City to-day was very limited, and in the
general discount market no change of importance
can be reported, the rates current for the negocia-
tion of first-class short dated paper ranging from
lf tq 11 per cent. On the Stock Exchange there
is an abundant supply of capital on offer, and loans
on Government Securities are readily obtainable at
1 per cent.

The bullion operations at the Bank of England
ycsterday comprised an influx of £lO,OOO and a
withdrawal of £182,000, inclu ling 70,000 sovereigns
for Egypt.
Two Australian arrivals have taken place, viz ,
the Great Britain, with £138,024 ; and the Wave
of Lire, with £120,252, making a total of £558,276.
The Kepler, from the River Plate and Brazils, has
also arrived this morning with £30,000.
Notice has been given by the Secretary of State
for India in Council that the amount for which
tenders for bills of exchange on Calcutta and Madras
will be received at the Bank of England on Wednes-
day, the Gth proximo, on the terms stated in the
announcement on the 10th November, 1863, will be
10,00,000 rupees. •
Accounts from Dunedin, New Zealand, have been
received by the directors of the Otago and South-
land Investment Company. An interim dividend
has been declared at the rate of 10 per cent. for the
_six months ending 31st July, leaving a considerable
balance to be tarred forward.

The Bank of New South Wales have announced
that the balance of the Tasmanian Government
Loan of £102,500, offered on the 26th June last,
has now been subscribed for.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have receded to 24 25 ; but the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds remained steady at 20 20k.
The specie movements during the past week have
boon on au extreme scale, particularly as regards
the imports, which have amounted to about
£1,050,003, including £26,370 from New York by
the Bremen ; £1,500 by the City of Antwerp'; £4OO
by the Hammonia ; £221,259 by the Tasmania from
the West Indies and Pacific ; £438,024 from
Australia by the Great Britain ; £120,252 by the
Brazils.
of Life ; £30,000 by the Kepler from the
Jrazils- The Athenian from the West Coast of
Africa has brought £B5O. About £6,348 in gold
44 been received from Portugal, and £5,000 in
silver from the Continent.
The exports have been £430 to Bombay by the
611niatre ; £l,lOO to the West Indies by the Douro ;
"nd there have been remittances to the Continent
through private sources estimated at £353,875 —the
total amounting to £355,405.
The Standard Bank of British South Africa have
I.ralued a report for tho half-year ending the 30th
Jung last.
The accounts show a balance of net
profit of £14,299, after making allowance for rebate
on bills not due and providing for bad and doubtful
debts. Out of this available balance the directors
recommend a dividend for the half-year of 10s. on
the shares with £25 paid, and of 4s. on the shares
nwith £lO paid, which will take £9;393 ; that £5OO
he written off preliminary expenses, £l,OOO off the
amalgamation account, and that £2,000 be added to
the reserve fund; leaving £1,405 to be carried for-
ward. In addition to the ordinary profits the
directors have been able to apply £9,370 arising
from forfeited shares, in reduction of the amalgama-
tion account. Although the directors do not pro-
pose to increase the rate of dividend beyond that of
the two past half-years, they have much pleasure in
Stating the continued advance of the bank in
strength and public favour. The withdrawal of
two local institutions in Natal will tend materially
to improve the position of the bank in that colony.
Two o'CLocK.

According to Reuter's telegram this morning,
the French Rentes were 67f. 101. Uneasiness.

When the market for Consols closed yesterday
afternoon, there was a firm advance of nearly 1 per
eset., but to-day, owing to a few sales, there has
been a reaction of 3.. Lower prices from the Paris
130 urs; and thp persistency with which reliable cor-
resPondence from Paris refer to the almost inevitable
reoccupation,, of Rome by the French troops, and
Lee probability of affairs between France and
Prussia assuming a more serious aspect, have
brought forward fresh " bear" operators on the
sudden jum-
p that has taken place. Withdrawals
of gold from the Bank have been commented upon,
and t
all these unfavourable influences have to some
!3tten negatived the remarkable and most encourag-
Ing
Speech made by the Premier at Manchester, the
fextrenaely easy condition of the money market and
and
returns issued by the Banks of England
11(1 Franco, as they both indicate an expansion
tot trade or enterprise of some kind. Consols are
at °,p 11 lower than they were yesterday afternoon,
,r93i for transfer, and at 931 / for the account.
92',11° New Threes are 92k 4 ; Reduced Annuities,
; India 5 per Cents. have been dealt in at
.141
1133- ; do. 4 per Cents., 991 ; do. Enface.d
anger, Cents., 1041 ; do. 51 per Cents., 109/
uo• Bonds, at 68s. prem.
ebAlthon_h
6 most departments of the Stock Ex-
doange are considerably depressed, Foreign Stocks
1,12.°t how, any material variation. Italian have
to I:l,ed to 431 44 ; but Greek have advanced 3.,
are ``l ; and Mexican, 1, 141 15k ; Spanish Passive
an,linchanged, at 18/ 191 ; the Certificates, at 161 ;
4 Turkish 5 per Cents., at 311 1.
An advance has taken place of 1 in Erie Shares,
,orh"paneport of a change in the direction of the
Y, and are 45 46 ; bat Illinois have declined
—77 ; United States 5-20 Bonds 3., to 681
eZ div,
deln the Railway Share Market the downward ten-
nfileY of prices has made farther progress, and most
bap principal lines are neglected. Caledonian
Lastgv declined 41 upon a pressure of sales. North
trern (Berwick) have receded 1, Great Western,
land n, London, Chatham, and Dover, and Mid-
ea; each 3. ; Great Eastern and South Eastern
i; and Great Northern A Stock, North
,rester n, and Metropolitan each 1.
gat he Foreign and Colonial lines are also a shade
eter, with the exception of South Austria and
rnbardo-Venetian, which have improved to 14k.
ntrai
Argentine are marked 134 14, Grand
Grill* of Canada 17 17k, East Indian 1101,
reatt Indian Peninsula 1071, and Scinde 1031 104.
pri auk shares continue in very limited request, and
ea." generally remain unaltered. Chartered Mer-
-25141e of India, London, and China are dealt in at
aapv;, London and Brazilian, at 20f ; London
at 34/estminster, at 701 71 ; and Union of London,
a Iftitit.,he Miscellaneous and Finance Share Market
Stecthey decline has taken place in Royal Mail
of till, which have receded to 81 and 821 ; Viceroy
to fanit's Mortgage, to 711 4 ; and City Offices,
Pro ' while National Discount Company have im-
yeti t
alai • 11k k • Telegraph Construction and
Corn, Mee remained at 16 ; and Hudson's Bay
vauY, at .

MINING MARKET.
t SATURDAY, Two P.M.
4illeaS has continued very quiet. The shares
eboiljt in request have been North TreskerbY,
hay ,ales, North Crofty, and South Frances, which
1/41.01Y maintained previous rates. The follow-
-0,7 4re 8008 of the latest quotations :
qlloverton Moor.
.... 41 5 r
Clio al Gold ...
31
3}
1,18t°1.11 Amalgam. ******* 71 7
tl;ttat. C4B et ............
krit Co'vaetn ......... 6 61
(48t Whottl ........ —2
4:344t Laxey . 71
17i 14
N-
.....
3/ 4
4.110 heal Vo .. ...
..
17} 18
0_ Valle 61 6
401 erof tyy .................. 3 31

North Treskerby 33s 35s Oct
Prince of Wales 52s 6d 54s Od
Providence Mines
South Caradon —
South Frances
Tincroft l2 13
West Seton
Wheal Basset ..... 821 87k
West Caradon 7l 81
Wheal Buller 22 23
Wheal Grenville 31s 33s Od
Wheal Beton 10.2} 107}

~, BRITISH PIINDS—CLOSING PRICES.
8 ‘40113,,,„
ht... —gsiENT IruNns.
1:1 "ut 001)101
ithl4.o4:aci°ll,llt, Nov.'s7 93k I 4 31
ow 3 • Reduced 92
'IY 2113er (Init 921 2 i
a Por Cent. Jan. 1594 —