The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-18 00:00:00

NOIEIMARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TRZLVE O'CLOCK.
In the general discount market there has been
rather more inquiry, but the supplies continue
abundant, and the :rates current for the negocia-
tion of first class short-dated paper remain 24 3 per
cent., with exceptional instances, of 21 per cent.
There were no gold operations at the Bank of
England yesterday.
In consequence of the rise in the Continental
Exchanges, the bar silver, by the last packet, was
sold at 600., being a decline of Id., and the Mexi-
can Dollars at 590., being a d,:cline of id.
Atlantic and Great 'Western Railway Debentures
are Steady at 28 30 ex-Coupon, and the Consoli-
dated Mortgage Bonds have advanced I, to 21} 22.
Notice has been given that the fourth drawing on
account of the issue of 1861 of £500,000 Five per
Cent. Debentures of the Land Mortgage Bank of
India (Credit Foncier Indian, Limited), redeemable
at par within thirty years by half yearly drawings ;
and the first drawing on account of the issue of
1866 of £500,000 Five per Cent. Debentures, also
redeemable within thirty years by half yearly draw-
ings, will take place on the 24th inst.
Mr. Benjamin Scott, the City Chamberlain, has
been authorised; by the Bridge House Committee,
to 'sue bonds to the extent of £265,000, for the
purpose of completing the purchase of Southwark
Bridge, and the completion of the New Bridge at
Blackfriars. The bonds will be issued in sums of
£l,OOO, £5OO, and £lOO respectively, for a period
of twelve years, and will bear interest, payable
England
means of coupons half-yearly at the Bank of
zngland at the rate of £4 15s. per cent. per an-
-11,1141; the principal and interest being secured upon
e Bridge House estates, and, in the event of those
Ufunds proving insufficient, out of the general re-
venues of the Corporation.
The specie movements during the last week have
...been to a moderate extent, owing to arrivals from
New York and the West Indies and Pacific. The
imports, Which have amounted to about £358,310,
de £20,000 from New York by the Scotia,
£1,164 by the Bremen, £12,327 by the Cuba, and
f 0,913 by the City of Washington. The Saltora
m
Sydney has brought £15,568 ; Machyar Laird
from West Coast of Africa, £6BO. The Tasmania
fronaWest Indies and Pacific, £178,000; the Ceylon
from Alexandria, £1,707 ; and about £57,951, prin-
cipally in silver, has been received from the Con-
tinent The exports have comprised £5,000 to the
West Indies by the Rhone, and there have been re-
rnittances to the Continent through private sources
estimated at £271,253, the total amounting to
£276,253.

Two o'Ctocx.
There has been a further advance of nearly I
P2r cent• in the market for the English Funds,
for being 92} I for money, and 91k
the account, ex'dividend.
The, New Threes and Reduced Annuities are
; Exchequer Bills, 265. prem. ; Bank Stock,
251 ; India 5 per Cents., 1121 1; and ditto En-
laced 5 per Cents., 103.
The Foreign Stock Market has been very buoyant.
Ita
„ Ilan have advanced } to 511 I ; Mexican t' to
161. 17
7 Spanish Passive, } to 22k f ; Certificates,
1.,"° 14} ; Turkish 5 per Cents. 1, to 314 ; while
Greek are firm at 14k 1, and Russian Scrip at -1
dis. to par.
A more buoyant tone has prevailed in the Rail-
‘ll , Share Market, and a further important advance
44111 been established in values. Great Western have
improved k ; Great Northern and Lancashire and
Yorkshire, each 1 ; South Eastern, 1 ; North
Western, 11 ; South Western and Brighton, each
; Great Eastern, 11 ; and Midland, 21.

Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account
Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 —
Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, n per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21 per Cant. Ex. 12 Guil,. —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... —
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Willa), 3 per Cant. 1831, Ex. 25f.
Do. Account 5ll 1
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money with div 92i I
Do. Account, ex div. 9ll 4 xd

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