The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-17 00:00:00

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C9MMERCI hli INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE o'CLocK.
The diiectors of the Bank of England have not
altered their minimum rate of discount, and the
money market generally is at present in the same
condition• as before.

A withdrawal of £50,000 in gold took place at the
Bank of England yesterday.
Notice has been given that the transfer books of
the Egyptian Trading Company (Limited) will be
closed from the 25th to the 31st instant, both in-
clusive, in order to prepare the warrants for the
return of £2 per share to be made by the council, in
pursuance of the resolution of the general meeting
held 31st December last.
The biddings for bills on India took place yester-
day at the Bank of England. The proportions
allotted were—To Calcutta, £190,134 ;to Madras,
49,865; and to Bombay, £150,000. The mini-
mum price was fixed, as before, at is. 104 d. on all
the presidencies. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras,
at is. lOid., will receive about 39 per cent. ; and
On Bombay, at Is. 10id., about 69 per cent. All
above these prices will receive in full.
An ordinary general meeting of the London
Tavern Company will be held on the 4th of
February, 1867, to receive a report and statement
of accounts made up to the 31st December, and to
declare a dividend.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have
appointed Monday, 21st inst., a special settling day
in the following companies :—Gas Products Utilis-
ing Company (Limited) New Shares, and the Royal
Copper Mines of Cobre (Limited), both to be
marked. They have also ordered the fifth instal-
ment of the New Zealand Government 6 per Cent.
Loan (1250,000) to be officially quoted.
The official liquidator of the Commercial Bank
of India has announced his intention of paying a
dividend of 6s. Bd. in the ppund out of the funds in
his hands on an early date next month, thus dis-
charging a third of the liabilities of the bank. We
hear that he entertains the hope of paying within a
reasonable period another dividend of the same
amount—there will then only remain payable a
further 6s. Bd. to discharge the bank's liabilities.
The liquidator has estimated in his report that a
surplus will be left after paying creditors in full.
To-day there has been a meeting of the Alliance
Bank, Limited. The directors' report, which was
adopted, stated that the net profits of the bank for
the half year amounted to £23,698 15s. 2d., which,
with £1,012 17s. 9d., balance from previous half-
year, makes a total of £24,711 12s. 11d., and
a dividend was declared for the last six months of
10s. per share, or £4 per cent. per annum, free of
income tax.

There has also been a meeting of the London
Joint-Stock Bank, and the report stated that the
bank had made a net profit of £183,055 3s. 7d.,
including £26,571 2s. 11d. brought forward from
the 30th June. The usual dividend of 12i per cent.
Per annum, with a bonus of 18s. 9d. per share, to-
gether equivalent to 25 per cent. per annum, was
declared. v

The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, arein round figures as under :
1867. 1866..
Great Western 64,295 62,350
North Western 105,650 103,326
South Western 18,487 17,889
Bright();

9gl n
Midland
r,south Eastern 20,258 19,736
.i.'-7eEtt Northern
1,-'sane
. ashtre and Yorkshire 42,926 39,647
nstel and Exeter 5,684 5,298
North Eastern
Manchester 52,107 56,749
rSheffield, and Lincoln
Lorendat Eastern
28,586 32,037
°n, Chatham, and Dover 7,504 7,012
theser returns, when compared with those of the
col.reeponding period of the previous year, are,
with a few exceptions, of a favourable character.
Urivi. the Great Western there is an increase of
o''4s ; on the North Western of £1,724 ; on the
south Western of £598 ; on the Brighton of £1,793 ;
vr°ll the South Eastern of £522 ; on the Great
-04 o rthern of £2,759 ; on-the Lancashire and York-
sioure of £3,279 ; on the Bristol and Exeter, of £386 •
a" on the London., Chatham, and Dover of
£462 ; while the North Eastern shows a decrease
Of £4,642 ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of
£1,893 ; and the Great Eastern of £3,451.

Two o'CLocx.
In the English department of the Stock Ex-
Ccuange there has been very little business, and
usols have advanced * per cent., viz., to 90i 1
r raoney and account. The New Threes were 89;
90;Bills and Reduced Annuities 89i 90 ; Exchequer
108. to 18s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 1061
107 ; do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101 f ; and do. 5f
per Cents., 106 f.
The New Chilian Loan, which has risen to 11 -8-
Premium, is the centre of attraction in the Foreign
Department ; the only bargain in the other Chilian
Stocks was in the 6 per Cents. at 1001 99.
In the other securities there has been scarcely any
change. Turkish 5 per Cents. have declined to
29 i; and Greek have advanced t
Mexican o 14 f ; while
are steady at 17i 14; Spanish Passive at
211 i; the Certificates
at 141 * ; and Italian at
531 1. The New Russian Loan has declined j, to
11 prem.
There has been very little business transacted to-
day in British Railway Shares. Prices, however,
show rather more firmness. North Western have
unproved 4 ; South Eastern f ; and Great Eastern I.
The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate-
rial alteration.

Bank Shares are very quiet, but at steady rates.
Alliance are marked 18 18k ; London and County,
67.1 68 ; London and Westminster, 971 ; and Union
of London, 421
Aliscellaneous and Finance Shares exhibit little
change of importance. International Financial are
steady at 2i ; National Discount Co., at 14i ;
llod Royal Mail Steam, at 108.
American securities have been very little dealt
'All: Erie shares, however, have advanced
to 432,
',131; but United States 5-20 Bonds have declined
r, to 723
g and Illinois remain steady at 802 812.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
arefirm at 51 53, but the Consolidated Mortgage
1304ds are flat at 38 382 ex coupon.