The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-18 00:00:00

MONE/ MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

Twit.TE O'CLOOK.

The discount market has opened with greater
firmness, and there is a good general demand for
commercial purposes. More activity has been pro-
duced by the arrival at maturity of a large Lumber
of bills connected with the Australian trade.

At the Bank of England no gold operations of
importance took place on Saturday.
The Douro has arrived from the West Indies with
specie to the amount of £176,000, and the Mississippi
from New York with £96,000.

At a meeting to-day of the Bank of Australia
the directors declared a dividend, payable on the
16th of April next, at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum,, and a bonus at the rate of 6i per cent. per
annum, both free of income-tax, being together at
the rate of 12i per cent. per annum, or £2 103. per
share for the half-year.
The traffic returns on the Ottoman Railway for
the week ending 17th February last were £B3l 4s.
5d., and in the corresponding week of 1866, £454
4s. 10d. The mileage this year is 80/, while last
year it was only 481.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
remain steady at 32i 33i ; and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds at 24 25k.
The Board of Trade returns for the month of
January were issued this morning, and show the
total declared value of the exports to have been
£12,786,842 against £14,354,748 in the like period
of 1866, and showing a decrease of £1,567,906.
The imports have, in most instances, been rather
smaller as compared' with those of the similar
period of the previous year, while the shipping
accounts are also of rather a less persuasive
character.

The accounts from the manufacturing districts
during the past week have generally been of an un-
satisfactory character. At Manchester only a mode-
rate business has been transacted in cloths and
yarns, at rather lower rates. In the woollen dis-
tricts of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield no
material change can be reported. The dealings
in all descriptions of spring and summer fabrics
have been on the most limited scale, while
in the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield,
and Wolverhampton operations generally have only,
been to supply immediate home requirements.

Two O'CLOCK.

Although there is very little business in progress
values at the Stock Exchange are very well sus-
tained. Commercial affairs are more promising,
confidence is expressed iu the adininistration, and
Fenianism, after St. Patrick's Day passed so
quietly, is believed to be dying out. The funds
are therefore very firm at 91k for money, and 911
for the account.

A call of £1 per share has been made to-day by
the Natal Land and Colonisation Company, pay-
able at the London and County Bank or any of its
branches. Payment is to be made in two instal-
ments, viz., 10s. on the 15th April, and 10s. on the
15th May neat..

The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are
89i I; ditto New. 3f per Cents., 96f ; Exchequer
Bills, 15s. 183. prem. for March; and 18s. prem.
for June. Bank Stock shut.

A sight improvement is perceptible in the Foreign
Stock department. Greek have advanced e 1 to 15i
16i ; Italian *, to 531 1 ; Spanish Passive *, to
22 i; the Certificates to 141 ; Turkish 5 per
Cents., *, to 301 j ; Russian Scrip 1,2 i prem. ;
Chili= Scrip *, to 2it dis ; Danubian Scrip 1
1 dis.

In the Railway Share Market business has re-
Pained very inactive, and the general tendency of
prices has been downwards. Brighton have receded
1 • Great Eastern, Great Western, and North-
Ea'stern (Berwick), each 4 ; and Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincoln, Midland, and South-Eastern
each 1.
The Foreign and Colonial lines are very inactive,
and in a few instances exhibit less firmness.
Bank Shares remain very dull. Anglo-Egyp-
tian have receded to 13, Land Mortgage Bank of
India to 2i, and Union of London to 441.

America; Securities show little variation. United
States 5-20 Bonds have declined k, to 74-1 ; Erie
Shares I, to 39i 40 ; but Illinois have advanced *,
to 78
In the Miscellaneous Market there has been very
little animation, and no material alteration can be
reported as regards values. Atlantic Telegraph 8
per Cents. are marked 62 65; Hudson's Bay Com-
pany, 15i ; and National Discount Company,
12/ 13.

MINING MARKET.

MONDAY, Two o'Clock.

Business in the Mining Market has remained very
quiet, but there has not been much variation in
prices. Annexed are the current quotations :
Bryn Gwiog, —; Chiverton Moor, 84 9; Chon-
tales Gold, 2} 3 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 64 7 ; Cooks'
Xitchon, 11 12 ; Drakowells, —s —a; East Basset, 20 22 ;
East Caradon, 551 ; East Cara Brea, 21 ; East Lovell,
94 104; East Russell, 3 ; East Wheal Grenville, 24 21;
Great Laxey, 164 171; Great North Downs, ; Great
Retallack, 31 4 ; Great South Tolgus, —a —d —s ;
Great Wheal For, 21 22 ; Marke Valley, 4 44; North
Crofty, 54 4; North Roakear, ——; North Treskerby,
24 t; Prince of Wales, 51s 6d 53s 6d ; Prosper United, 34 4;
Providence Mines, 31 33; Rosewall Hill and Ransome
'United, 378 6d 42a 6d; South Condurrow, 20s 258; South
Grenville, a —d ; South Herodsfoot, ——; Tincroft,
144 154 ; West Caradon, —; West Chiverton, 59 61;
West Seton, ——; West Drakewolls, —a —8 ; Wheal
Basset, ; Wheal Buller, ; Wheal Chiverton,
71 ; Wheal Grenville, 20 25 ; Wheal Seton, 100 105.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
a Der Cent. Console
Do. Account, April 10 91.1. 1
8
New
Cent. Reduced B9l 1
"ew 3 pee Coot B9l 1
New 2p.
,te, Cent. Jan. 1894 961
. Do. a pa... Oen% (fan. 1873 —
Antion'.ier_, 30 vas, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. foe 30 yes, expho sth April,lBBs —
Do (Red SOa Telegraph), A lg. 1908 —
311 Ct., March. 411 Ct., June,
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Ot. 18 14
Do £5OO 7 7 15 18
Do £lOO & £2OO „ 15 18 18 pm
sank of Eagland Stock, 6/ por Cent ... Shut.
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
141,au Stock, 101 per Cent., Apri11874...
Do. Account
Do. 5 per Oen+. Judy, IEBO
Do. ‘! Per Co.,f Oct. 1883
Do. Certifica..e4 —
Do. Emaced Paper 4 yr Cent B6/
Do. 3 per Ceot. Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent.. May 1879 .......
Do. Deb, 5 per Cen:.., Avg. 1873
Do. Bonds. 5 "er Cent., £l,000
Do. under .£l,v)o
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republic, 6 ner Cent ...
Austrian Bonds, 6 r9r Cent, 18a9 —
erazilian a per Cent —
Do. ~1.1, per Cent., 1832-56-60
Do. 1853
Do. 5 per Cent., 1863
......
-DO A...,,0unt, _
, Do. £lOO Bonds 73 1
nuenes Ayros 6 per Cent —
~.. Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 791
u..tlian 6 per Cent
Fo. 41 per Cent.
oe. 6 per Cent A
Do. „ B
Do. „ 1867
Do. - Scrip, £2O paid :Elia
r.,
olembian,n 6 per Cent.
per Cent.
uanish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
„ I) ). 5 per Cent., 1864 —
.L.,"Anubian Principalities, 7 per Cent
'leador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
D 0 Defoned —
giptinn 7 per Cent —
-20. Second Issue
"0. £lOO Bonds
"0. Do. 1864 B3l
Do. £lOO Bonds 8.11:4
tee DO
kG
ernmentnt Railway Debenturesb
u 5 ovper Ces., 1824-5, e Coupons --4
e. Account
0. Coupons
u.be. Account
latemala 5 per Cent ..
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•qi
Do,
5 per Cent 1865
• li 0, Account ~
.ki Do. Maremmana Railway —
"dear. 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account —
Dn. 1864 —
tit Do 6 per Ct. Anglo-French —
..ontevidean 0 per Cent. •• —
Z!-eorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —
Doll a.,..,Per Cen l3l
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1,._D0 La•.,,t .iarrants (Hectareri)
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