The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-31 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET

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COMMERCIL INTELLIGF,Net,

TWELVE O'CLOCK

The directors of the Bank of England at their
meeting to-day have not deemed it advisable to
modify their discount regulations, and the Money
Market with excessive supplies of floating capital is
easy at the quotations current for some time past.
Telographic advices from Liverpool report that
business in the Cotton Market to-day opened very
quietly ; the sales have been about 8,000 tales.
A further withdrawal of gold took place at the
Bank of England yesterday, amounting to £40,000
in bar gold.
The tenders for £50,000, province of Welling-
ton, New Zealand, Eight per Cent. Debentures, at
the Union Bank of Australia to-day represented
£182,500, of which those at and above the mini-
mum of £lO6 were accepted, and the balance was
taken up in the room at that price.
The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are iu round figures as under :

Great Western ...
North Western ... ...
South Western ...
Brighton
Midland ... ... ".
South Eastern
Great Northern ...
Lancashire and Yorkshire... ...
Bristol and Exeter... ...
North Eastern • ...
Manehesteheffield, and Lincoln
Great Eastern •••
London, Chatham, and Do Ter ...

1867. 1866.
65,001 63,963
_102,997 106,115
▪ 18,810 19,887
... 16,491 17,739
• 48,949 50,144
... 21,066 22,887
... 37,927 35,662
• 42,310 39,665
... 5,671 5,666
... 56,791 61,290
... 16,899 19,659
▪ 29,098 32,983
... 7,314 7,643

These returns, when compared with those of the"
corresponding period of last year, are generally
of an unsatisfactory character, consequent upon the
late severe weather. On the North Eastern there
is a decrease of £4,499 ; on the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincoln of £2,760 ; on the Great Eastern
of £3,885 ; on the London, Chatham, and Dover
of £329 ; on the North Western of £3,118; on
the South Western of £1,077; on the Brighton of
£1,248; on the Midland of £1,195 ; and on the
South Eastern of £lB2l ; while the Great Northern
shows au increase of £2,265 ; the Lancashire and
Yorkshire of £2,645 ; and the Great Western of
£1,041.

The dividend proposed by the directors of the
Metropolitan Railway for the second half-year of
1866, is at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum.
To-day will become due the following calls :—On
Great Northern Permanent 5 per Cent. Preference,
£2O per share, or £215,000 ; on Great Western,
New £2O, 6 per Cent., £4 per share, or £531,928;
on La Vendee £2 per share, not known ; City
Office,, £5 per share, or £100,000; London and
River Plate Bank, 2d issue, £2 10s. per share, or
£so,ooo—making an aggregate of £896,928.
The report issued by the Lion Brewery Company,
Preparatory to the meeting of the 7th February,
the accounts, after deducting all expenses, depre-
ciation, &c., show a balance of £11,189, and the
directors recommend the payment of a dividend, free
of income tax, for the half-year at the rate of 6 per
cent, on the preference shares and on the ordinary
share capital at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum,
leaving £3,036 to be carried to profit and loss ac-
count.

At a meeting of the London and Provincial
Marine Insurance Company, held to-day, the report
of the directors was adopted, and a distribution for
the half-year declared at the rate of 10 per cent.
Per annum, free of income tax.

Two O'CLOCK.
According to Reuter's telegram, this morning
the French Rentes were 69f. 05. Inanimate.

A meeting has been held to-day of the Austra-
lian Trust Company, at which a dividend was re-
commended by the directors at the rate of 6 per
cent• per annum for the past half-year.
At the meeting held to-day of the Ocean Marine
Insurance Company, the report of the directors
Was adopted. It stated that the balance on under-
writing and interest on account was £215,027, after
Payment of all claims to Dec. 31 last. The divi-
dend declared was ss. per share and a bonus of
Per share, 'carrying over £7,630.
There is still a remarkable degree of dulness in the
znark,t for the English Funds, but Consols are
*lll at 9 for money and account.
Telegrams from the Paris Bourse quote the 3 per
cent. Rentes at 69 05, showing no material altera-
tion.

Foreign Stocks show some improvement, though
the dealers are principally engaged in the settle-
rnent. Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced 4 to
221 4 ; Mexican 4, to 174 4 ; Spanish Passive, 4, to
i I ; and Italian 4, to 144 4.
The New Russian Loan has advanced 4, to 14
preen.
The Chilian Scrip has also advanced 4, to 1
prem.
The Scrip for the Chilian 6 per Cent.' Sterling
Cr
11 nvernment Loan, 1867, for £2,000,000 sterling
be deliverable (in exchange for the bankers'
receipts for the 10 per cent. payable on allotment
February,
endorsed) on and after Monday next, the 4th
-rebruary, at the offices of Messrs. J. S. Morgan
an d Co., 22, Old Broad-street.
b The operations in the Railway Share Market have
een en the most limited scale, and the few bargains
tePerted have generally been at further reduced
rates. Great Eastern, Metropolitan, and South-
tao
ern have each receded 4 ; and Great Northern
A ActecRk, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and
-cliand, each 4.
athe Foreign and Colonial lines are very inactive,
abollt previous values.
13ank and Miscellaneous Shares show little varia-
-44 in prices. Chartered Mercantile of India, Lon-
? and China, have improved to 334 34 ; Credit
,eneier of England remain steady at 34 ; and
'eneral Credit and- Discount, at 54 4.
t Atlantic
and Great Western Railway Deben-
tures have declined 14 to 38 40 ; and the Consoli-
dated Mortgage Bonds 4 to 29 294.
American securities are somewhat depressed.
states
Shares have declined to 394 ; United
ECS 5-20 Bonds to 724 734, and Illinois are
',lO at 80 81.
Njhe traffic receipvvestern Rts on the Atlantic and Great
Railway for the month of December
amounted to $368,581 against $475,723 in the cor-
ep
h,°_ll7 ing period of 1865, showing a decrease of
:11110°Unt 142. The total receipts for the year 1866
to $5,548,359; for 1865 to $5,476,276,
ud 1864 to $3,050,339.