The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The directors of the Bank of England at their
weekly court to-day have found it unnecessary to
make any change in the minimum rate of discount.
In the general market the transactions are of mo-
derate extent, and the quotations continue steady.
There were no gold operations of importance at
the Bank of England yesterday. With regard to
the bullion market, Messrs. Sharps and Wilkins
state as follows :—" Since our last the silver market
has been exceedingly quiet with a gradually
weakening tendency, as the Continental Exchanges
continued to rise. The quotation to-day is ss. id. per
oz. standard. Mexican dols. have fallen considerably
in price, more on account of the large actual and an-
ticipated supplies than from any absolute cessation of
the Eastern demand, which has, however, decidedly
slackened within the last few days. It appears
probable that some considerable amount of Mexican
dollars will still be taken for China, though the
future effect of this demand on the price will almost
entirely depend upon the extent of the arrivals of
these coins. The quotation to-day is 4s. Hid. per
oz. The inquiry for gold for export has been only
on a moderate scale, the large receipts from abroad
having allowed some parcels of importance to be
sold to the Bank of England. The supplies from
New York are not likely to continue extensive, the
exchange having declined to a point at which there
is little or no profit on the exportation."
The City of Boston has arrived from New York
with about £25,000 in specie.
Th. last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in mune' figures as under :-
1867. 1866.
84,596 81,546
... —141,171 133,134
31,274 29,414
... 33,403 29,665

Great Western •••
North Western ...
South Western ...
Brighton ••• •••

igi
Midland
south Eastern
Great Northern

61,671 54,388
... 32,961 29,288
... 44,819 44,107

Lancashire and Yorkshii4.-:.

---
52, 795 50,290

Bristol and Easter...

9,454

North British
North Eastern

... 31,426 30,591
... 82,064 76,365

Manelest;i,Shel3lild, and Lincoln 22,668 20,657
Great Eastern ... ... 40,534 38,177
Metropolitan ... ... 4,455 3,913
London, Chatham, and Dover ... ... 17,192 14,667
Great Southern and Western of Ireland... 10,440 10,014
Midland and Great Western of Ireland ... 5,112 4,563
Glasgow and South Western ... 12,305 11,173
Notwithstanding the generally favourable results
thus exhibited, the market for shares opened this
morning with a dull and depressed appearance. On
the Great Western the increase amounts to £3,050;
on the North-Western, to £8,037 ; on the South-
Western, to £1,860 ; on the Brighton, to £3,738 ;
on the Midland, to £7,283 ; on the South-Eastern,
to £3,673 ; on the Great Northern, to £712; on the
Lancashire and Yorkshire, to £2,505; on the Bristol
and Exeter, to £740 ; on the North British, to
835 ; on the North-Eastern, to £6,699 ; on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, to £2,017 ; on
the Great Eastern, to £2,357 ; on the Metropolitan,
to £542 ; and on the London, Chatham, and Dover,
to £515.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have declined 1, to 23 25 ; and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds to 21 22.

Two o'CLocK.

The market for the English Funds is still rather
unsteady, and the change in the weather is the
principal cause. Several "bull" accounts have been
closed, the speculators being anxious in many cases
to realise their profits at once now that the advance
appears to have received a decided check. But
there is no very important reaction, it merely
amounts to 4 per cent., which, after the recent
rapid rise, is just as might have been expected on
the appearance of any adverse symptom. Consols
are, at the last moment, stronger than they were
early in the day, the latest prices being 944 for
transfer, and 94,1 for the account..
The New Threes are 944 4 ; Reduced Annuities,
941 4 ; Annuities (Red Sea Telegraph), 19/; Bank
of England Stock, 262 4 ; India do., 222 ; do.
5 per Cents., 1134 ; do. 4 per Cents., 991 ; do. En-
faced 4 per Cents., 87 4 ; and do. 54 per Cents.,
1074 84.
The Foreign Market has been rather dull.
Turkish 5 per Cents. have declined 4, to 311 1 ;
Spanish Certificates 4, to 164 1 ; but Italian have
advanced 4, to 494 4 ; Mexican *, to 141 1;
Spanish Passive are unchanged, at 214 4 ;
Greek at 134 to 14 ; and Russian Scrip at 86 87.
The business officially marked was as follows :
Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1865, 75 ; Danubian 7 per
Cents., 604 ;.Egyptian 7 per Cents., second issue,
£lOO Bonds, 88; d0.,4
1864, 831 • do. £lOO Bonds,
86 •
do. General Railway Debentures, 824 ; Mexi-
_eau Stock, 144 ; New Granada 3 per Cents., 304 ;
I:Bortuguese 3 per Cents., 39/ 1 ; Russian 5 per Cents.,
1. 22, 88 ; do. 44 per Cents., 1860, 864 ; do., 1862,
87,„ 864 ; do., 1864, 884 884 ; do. Anglo-Dutch,
4446, 87
; Spanish Certificates, 161 ; Turkish 6
per Cents., 1862, 574 ; do. £lOO Bonds, 584 58 ;
2. 5 per Cents., 1865, 32 314 ; Dutch 4 per Cents.,
°6-1 ; and Italian 5 per Cents., 1861, 494.
American Securities continue steady. Illinois
_Shares are 774 781, Erie Shares 45 46, and United
States 5-20 Bonds 734 74.