The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

OOMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
At the weekly court of the directors of the
Bank of England, this morning, no alteration
was announced in the minimum rate of discount,
which still remains at 2 per cent. In the general
market there has been rather more inquiry, owing
to the slight improvement in the general trade of
the country, and the current rates are fully if per
cent. for first-class short-dated paper.
The France has arrived, with specie amounting
to £21,500, and the Ville d.. Paris, from New York,
has arrived at Brest with £60,000 for France.
There were no gold operations at the Bank
yesterday.
Messrs. Mocatta and Goldsmidt, in their bullion
circular, state as follows i—" Our markets remain
very quiet. The nearest price for bar silver is
601 d., showing a fractional decline from the pre-
vious quotation, but there is hardly auy now offer-
ing. The Mexican dollars by the last packet were
disposed of at the rather irregular price of 58
15-16 d., at which those per Louisiane will also
be placed. There is still a fair demand for all the
gold which arrives here, but the inquiry on the
whole has rather slackened, and no large sums are
now withdrawn from the Bank."
At the meeting of the creditors, depositors, and
shareholders of the Royal Bank of Liverpool,
held yesterday, a resolution was passed agreeing
to a voluntary winding up, and the appointment
of three liquidators. Payment of liabilities to be
made by promissory notes ranging over six to 24
months' date.
An extraordinary general meeting of the National
Provincial Marine Insurance Company has been
called for the 26th inst. for the purpose of passing
a resolution that the company be amalgamated with
the Etna Insurance Company.
Mr. James Cooper (Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle,
and Evans), the official liquidator of the London,
Bombay, and Mediterranean Bank, has attended at
Vice-Chancellor Stuart's Chambers to settle the
Indian list of contributories, and several matters
stand over. The London list of shareholders was
settled on a former occasion.
The followiing resolution was formally carried at

,he meeting held yesterday of the Greek bond,

holders : " Resolved—That the proposition con-
tained in the agreement laid before this meeting be
accepted, provided that special securities be assigned
for the payment of the interest and sinking fund on
the million 5 per cent. stock to be created ; and,
further, that the said sinking fund at the expiration
of five years be augmented to £20,000 per annum."
The Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Com-
pany offer to convert their outstanding debentures
into a perpetual 4} per cent. debenture stock, or to
pay them off at once in anticipation of their due
date. The debenture stock ranks as a first mort-
gage upon the undertaking, the open stock of which
stands at 70 per cent. premium.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

Great Western ...
North Western
South Western
Brighton ...
Midland
South Eastern
Great Northern ...
Lancashire and Yorkshire... ...
Bristol and Exeter...
North Eastern ...
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
London, Chatham, and Dover ...
North British ...

1867. 1866.
... 74,015 71,019
...125,827 120,763
... 24,162 22,922
▪ 24,238 22,994
• 56,023 51,892
26,071 24,390
• 43,462 39,436
45,645 43,810
6,846 6,689
75,721 71,860
... 22,043 21,737
▪ 10,590 9,362
26,692 26,014

Metropolitan..,
Great Eastern

4,405 4,254
... 86,925 36,345
. _

Midland and Great Western of Ireland ... 5,610 5,512
Glasgow and South Western 10,995 10,292

These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are in most iu-

stances of an exceedingly favourable character, and
show a partial renewal of trade in the country,
particularly in the manufacturing districts. On
the Great Western there is an increase of £2,996;

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on the North-Western, of £5,064 ; the South-
Western, of £1,240; on the Brighton, of £1,244;
on the Midland, of £4,131; on the South-Eastern,

of £1,651 ; on the Great Northern, of £4.026 ; 011.
the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £1,805 ; on the
Bristol and Exeter, of £157 ; on the North-Eastern,

of £3,861 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, of £306 ; on the London, Chatham, and
Dover, of £1,228 ; on the North British, of £678 ;
on the Metropolitan, of £151; and on the Great
Eastern, of £5BO.

The New Honduras Loan is firm, at 3 31 prem.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have advanced to 24i 25k, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds remain steady, at 19 20.

Two O'CLOCK.
Rather less firmness has prevailed in the market
for the English Funds owing to a few speculative
sales, Consols having receded 1, viz., to 94/ / for
money, and to 93/ for the account ex dividend.
The New Threes are 931 3 1 ; Reduced Annuities,
931 3 ; Bank Stock, 246 ; India 5 per Cents., 1151
f 15 ; Enfaced ditto, 1031; and ditto 51 per Cents.,
1091 8/.
'ln the Foreign Stock Market the tone is rather
firmer. Italian have advanced 1, to 451 ; Greek
1, to 11/ 12 ; Spanish .Passive 1, to 201 ; Certi-
ficates 1, to 171 1 ; New 3 per Cent. I, to 321 1;
and Turkish 3 per Cents. 1, 321 1 ; while Mexican
have declined 1, to 14/ 15. The Scrip of the New
Honduras Loan remains steady, at 3 to 31 prem.
For American Securities there has been less in-
quiry. United States have declined 1, to 701 1 ;
and Erie Shares 1, to 461 47 ; while Illinois have
advanced 1 per cent., to 841 85.
A very moderate amount of business has been
transacted in the Railway Share Market, and prices
generally have shown a partial recovery from the
late depression. Caledonian, Great Eastern, and
Lancashire and Yorkshire have each advanced 1,
and Great Northern, North Western, Metropolitan,
Midland, and South Eastern each 1.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
change, Great Luxembourg being dealt in at 91;
Great Western of Canada at 161 I ;-.East Indian at
1101 ; and Bombay and Baroda at 103 k
Bank Shares continue in very limited request,
and late rates are with difficulty maintained. Im-
perial Ottoman have declined to 8 15-16ths : and
Union of London to 351; Consolidated are marked
413-16ths ; London and County, 50 51 ; and Lon-
don and Westminster, 711.
Miscellaneous .au1:1 "Finance Shares continue
,
very quiet, although in a few instances a slight
advance,- has been established. Peninsular and
Oriental Steam have improved to 55 56; Viceroy
of Egypt's Mortgage Loan to 731 / ; and Atlantic
Telegraph 8 per Cents. to 761 ; Royal Mail Steam
remain steady at 661 1 ; and National Discount
Company at 111.

MINING MARKET.
THURSDAY, Two P. M.

More activity has prevailed in the Mining Share
Market, and prices generally show an upward ten-
dency. The shares chiefly in request are Prince of
Wales, Great Retallick, North Crofty, East Cara-
don, Marke Valley, and Seton. Annexed are the
closing quotations :

Oarn Brea, 18 20 ; Chiverton Moor, 5 5} ; Chontales
Gold, 3} 3; ; Clifford Amalgamated, 61 6}; East Basset, 11
13 ; East Caradon, 6k 7 ; East Lovell; —; East Russell,
—s —8; Frontiuo and Bolivia Gold, 16s Od 18s Od; Great
Lacey, 171 181 ; Great Retallick, 3} 34 ; Great Wh al Vor,
171 181; Ifarke Valley, 6} 61; North Crafty, 3 3}; North
Treskerby, 34s 365; Prince of Wales, 52s 6d 555; South
Frances, 31 33; West Chivorton, 70 72 ; Wheal Basset,
90 95; Wheal Chiverton, —; Wheal Grenville, 264
28s ; Wheal Seton, 100 105.

IMIISI )11.11D111—TWO O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Ueut. Consols
Do. Account, Dec 5 93 gxd
3 per Cent. Reduced 93k 3
New 3 per Cent 93f 3
New 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873..
inuuities, SO vrs, expire sth Jan., 188 P —
Do. for 30 yra, expire sth AprillBBs --
Do (Red Sea Tele6raph), A uo., 1908 —
March.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &2i per pi
Do £5OO — pin
Do. £lOO & £2OO —
Bank of England Stock, Sj per Cent 246
Do. Account