The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-05 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

In the general money market there has been
rather less animation, now that the fourth of the
month has been provided for. The rates de-
manded for the negotiation of first-class paper,
however, rule firm, at 2/ to 3 per cent. The
bills on offer are only to a limited extent.
There were no gold operations of public import-
ance at the Bank of England yesterday.
The changes exhibited in the Bank of England
return made up to the 3d inst. show some rather
unfavourable features, although they are quite in-
cidental to the exigencies of the present time. The
bullion shows a diminution of £118,294, while there
is a falling off in the reserve of notes of £989,570.
The other securities also exhibit an addition of
£733,607, while the payments at the end of the
official year has caused a diminution in the public
deposits of £704,505.

Annexed is the usual analysis of the Bank of
England return :

£8,610,051 Decrease...X7o4,so6
17,671,100 Increase 501,288
... 5,872,288 Decrease... 9;904
On the other side of the account :
Government Securities £13,110,068 Decrease... £393
Other Securities... 20,751,596 Increase... 733,607
Notes unemployed 10,256,855 De0rea5e...X989,570
The amount of notes in circulation is £23,217,380,
being an increase of £879,665 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,508,938, show-
ing a decrease of £118,294 when compared with the
former return.

Publio Deposits...
Other Deposits ...
Rest

The return from the Bank of France shows an
increase on the notes of £540,000, and on the stock
of bullion of £293,320, while on the Treasury
balances there is a decrease of £520,000, and on the
commercial bills discounted of £112,000.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
during the last few days there has been little anima-
tion. Sugar, however, has maintained previous
rates, while superior descriptions of coffee have sold
readily at former quotations. Rice, fruit, and
spices have been in moderaterequest, without change
as regards values, while tallow has remained inac-
tive at about former quotations.

The Directors of the St. John d'el Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received, per Shannon,
the following report, dated Morro Velho, March 1:
" Produce, 2d division of February, ten days,
14,518 oitavas ; yield, 8,314 oitavas per ton."
A meeting of the shareholders of the Commercial
Bank Corporation of India and the East has been
held, with a view to the resuscitation of the
bank. A scheme for effecting this object, de.
vised by Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, M'Kenna,
and Co., was laid before the meeting and discussed
in all its details. The proposal is to obtain the
sanction of the creditors to the payment of the
remaining 4s. in the pound of their debts by four
equal half-yearly instalments, and to obtain sub-
scriptions for 30,000 new shares of £lO each, to
be fully paid up within a year, thus making the
capital of the new hank, inclusive of the estimated
surplus of £200,000, half a million of money. The
scheme was cordially approved and unanimously
adopted. Resolutions appointing a committee for
carrying out the proposal were passed, and thanks
tendered to the official liquidator for his assistance
in faciltating the investigation.
A meeting of the shareholers of the Agra and
Masterman's Bank (Limited) will be held at the
London Tavern, on Tuesday, 16th April, for the
purpose of receiving the report of the committee
appointed at the meeting held in October last, and
of passing such resolutions as to adopting the same,
and giving consequential directions on the subject
as in the opinion of the meeting shall be proper.
Immediately after the termination of the above, the
ordinary general meeting of the members of the
Agra Bank (Limited) will take place.

Two O'CLOCK.
Very little business has been transacted in the
market for the English Funds, and prices remain
firm at last evening's quotations, viz., 91 1 for
money and the account, and 911 f for the May
settlement. The New Threes and Reduced Annui-
ties are 88/ 891 ; Annuities (Red Sea Telegraph),
191 9-16ths ; Exchequer Bills 17s. to 20s. prem. ;
India Stock, 219 ; and India 5 per Cents., 1091 1.
In the Foreign Market there is still some depres-
sion. Spanish Passive have declined I, to 211 ;
the Certificates 1, to 131 ; Mexican 1, to 164 1 ;
Italian to 521 1 ; and Russian Scrip 1, to 11 21
prem.; but Chilian Scrip has advanced 1, to 3 21-
dis. Greek Bonds are firm at 141 4; Turkish 5
per Cents. at 281 291 ; and the Danubian Scrip at
3f 21 dis.

Continued depression has prevailedin the Railway
Share Market, and Brighton, owing to a pressure
of sales, have receded about sto 6 per cent. Mid-
land have declined 1; and Great Western, Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South
Eastern each k ; Great Eastern, however, have im-
proved

The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia-
tion. Recife and San Francisco are marked 10 ;
Great Western of Canada, 13i ; East Indian, 104
1081; and Great Indian Peninsula, 1081.
There is little change in American Securities.
United States 5-20 Bonds are 75} } ; Erie Shares,
37i 381; and Illinois, 781
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
remain steady at 31 32 ; and the Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds at 22} 23.
Bank Shares are dull, but in most instances main-
tain former values, Consolidated being dealt in at
4} ; Imperial Ottoman, at 81 ; and Union of Lon-
dcn, at 43.

Miscellaneous and Finance Shares remain with-
out any important change, with the exception of
Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents., which have im-
proved to 80. Anglo-American Telegraph are firm
at 161 17k ; Hudson's Bay Company, 161 ; Ocean
Marine Insurance Company, at 20 ; and Viceroy of
Egypt's Mortgage Loan. has further receded to
74 72k.