The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK

There continues to be a fair demand for accom-
modation in the general discount market, and the
rates remain firm at 3 per cent., with exceptional
transactions in superior paper at a shade under.
On Saturday there was a withdrawal £3,000 in
gold from the Bank of England.
The Deutchland, from New York, has brought
about £37,000 in specie ; and the Syria, from
Alexandria, about £4,500.
In the Corn Market to-day there was a rather
large attendance, and a good demand prevailed for
home-grown wheat at fully last Monday's quota
tions. Foreign wheat, owing to limited supplies
on hand and the prospect of short arrivals for the
next three months, has been in more request, at an
advance of 2s. per quarter. About 90,000 quarters
have changed hands during the week, and about
100,000 quarters are on passage shipping and to be
shipped up to July next.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts
for the past week show that business in several de-
partments has been more animated. At Man-
chester considerable excitement has prevailed in the
cotton market, and spinners and manufacturers
demand enhanced rates for cloths and yarns.
In the woollen districts of Leeds, Bradford, and
Huddersfield there has been little change of
Importance, but a better inquiry has prevailed for
autumn and winter goods. The hosiery and lace
trades of Leicester and Nottingham have been sea-
sonably active ; but in the hardware districts of
Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, there
has been little change of importance.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have declined k, to 31 32 ; but the Consolidated
Afortgage Bonds remain steady at 21 22.
A report has been issued by the Trust and Agency
Company of Australasia, in which they recommend
the payment, free of income tax, of a dividend for
the half year ending Dec. 31, 1866, of is. per share,
being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum ; also a
bonus of 2s. per share, making a total distribution
for the year 1866 of 4s. Der share, equal to 20 per
cent. on the capital called up.
If the contemplated arrangements are carried out
Ins Majesty the King of the Belgians has to-day
inaugurated the commencement of the operations
of the Belgian Public Works Company. This
event is invested with considerable interest, the
project involving an outlay of £3,000,000.

Two O'CLOCK.
According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
day, the French Rentes were 68f. 35c. Heavy.
In the market for English Securities there has
been very little variation, but upon the whole the
tendency has been favourable, and Consols are
higher, viz., 91 for money and the account, and
914 i for the June settlement. The New Threes
are 89/, ; Reduced Annuities, 89k ; Exchequer
ills, 21s. to 255. prem.; India 5 per Cents., 110 4;
ditto Enlaced 5 per Cents., 102 4 ; ditto 54 per
Ceuta., 1074 108 ; and ditto Debentures, 103 4.
In the Foreign Stock Market Tory little business
has been transacted, but prices are firm. Italian
have advanced to 48/ ; Greek, 13 14 ; Danu-
bian Scrip, to 7 5 dis. ; Russian Scrip 4, to 14
dis. ; and Spanish Passive 4, to 204 I ; Mexican
are without change at 154 164 ; Turkish 5 per Cents
at
294 ; and Chilian Scrip at 5 4 dis.
In the Railway Share Market there continues to
be very little animation, but in one or two instances
prices are a shade firmer. Lancashire and York-
Shire and North-Western have each improved 4,
and Brighton and Metropolitan, each 1 ; while
North-Eastern (Berwick) have declined 1, South-
Eastern and Great Northern 4.
The Foreign and Colonial lines show no change
;I,f importance. Great Luxemburg are dealt in at
84 15-16ths ; East Indian at 108 1084 -; Bombay
and Baroda at 101'1, and Scinde at 1004.
American Securities are steady. Erie Shares
have
advanced /, to 42 4 ; but Illinois remained at
76, and United States 5-20 bonds at 714 4.
Miscellaneous and Finance Shares remain at
tadY prices, Anglo-American being dealt in at 19 ;
lantic Telegraph 8 per cents. at 164 ; Royal Mail
Ste
am
at 935 95 ; and Viceroy of Egypt's Mort-
gage Loan at 704.
Bank shares are also exceedingly dull. Union of
Lem
'ion have declined to 37 38 ; Alliance are
;aarked London
and'
WLonmidon
4oin nater 92 and Jt-Stock 434, and
est

MINING MARKET.
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
Considerable activity has prevailed in the Mining
Market, and prices have tended upwards. West
Chiverton have risen £4, and Retallick are in de-
llland at 4 4i. Annexed are the latest prices:-
4 41,
r''Y'l Gwiog ... • Marke Valley
Chiverton Moor s} 51 North Crofty
qifford Antal amate 41 5 North Treskerby —
Eastttat 13asst g l5 171 Prince of Wales 538 Od sos Od
Carnadßonrea
EEast Car
ast Lovell Bf 91 Stray Park
Last Russell
x..;ftstWhealGrenville -- West Seton ......... 139
great Laxoy l7l 18 Wheal Chiverton ......1 66i
great Retallick
... 90 95

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
.. GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
.4 Der (mut. Consols
94 1
D O. Account, May 9 9ll 1
D
per Cent. Reduced B9}
iNlew 3 Per Cent B9k I I i
-1-7 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 _
-0. 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 y
ors, ea ire -
ire sth Jan. 1880 D
0. for 30 yrs, xpiro sth April 1885 -
0 (Red Sea Televaph), An ~ 1908 --: m
-.'clloquer Bills, £l,OOO, a ene4 per Ct 25 1 p
Do
£5OO —
na Do. £lOO & £2OO —
ilk of England Stock, 61 per Cent
1 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
u.Nclittn Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
4-1.:0• Account . —
71-I'o. 5 ptm Cent.
Oct.
1880
i;°- 4 Per Cent , Oct. 1888
••,,0• Certificate; —
-130. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do -
D 0 • 0 per Cent., Jan. 1872
r, 6i per Cent., May 1879 lOB 71
,‘"). Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
uo. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000
1)0. under £l,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
Brazilau Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
•
~aa per Ce
-'0• 9 per Cont.,, 1852-58-60
Do -'2'. 1863
r, -•- per Cent. 1865
$••-',50 Account ' 72} 3
tiu • £lOO Bonds —
L'll°B Ayres 6 per Cent 7B}
0 id 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont )
D0.4-'4Ol 6 per Cent —
41
1) -s per Cent —
Do.c'' 6 Per Cent A .
DO, I, B
bo. ~ 1867
°Jlvl,:th. ~ Scrip, £2O paid
lo an, 6 per Cont.
Dahl', L 6 Per Cent. - —
ti
-1 B't 3 per Cent., 1825
jr344. per Cont., 1861 ..
II Principalities, rincipalities, 7 per Cent
Do.
1867 D
1., o. Do.
Do. 8 ~
Scrip, £2O paid dis
zalo-attor New Consolidated, 1 per Cont —
6?tiall 7 per Cent —
80. Second Issue
83}—
"°.
DO, Z100°• 1-00 Bonds
Do,
D 1864 BO i
t Bonds
CireelGovernment Railway Debentures BO
' 8 per Cents.
B , 1824-5, ex Couponb
-0. Accounti I
i. Coupons
13
%ik,. Account
J J2'„ternala 5 per Cent ..
IV' 1 Per Cer t 1865
°, Ace
~ °tint .
AlBx?' alltreioniallit Railway
b.'eat, 3 per Cent
Di for Account
Do
‘.DO 6 • 1864
',tont Per Cent. Anglo-French
mo oYuleau C
per Cent •
IT °l-igh IMPorial 5 per Cent
Z Granada
IP 3 Per Con
,0. Deferred
___
N".O Land Warrants (Hectares)
.p 4. 5 per Cent 1865
D 0
0 Account 6B}
.._ 4 Per Cent., 1865
Do'? Per Cent. (Uribarren) .......
p° 4i Per Cent., 1862
1,0 Account
h„lt4.guese 3 per Ct.,1853, '6,'7, '9,'60,'2,'3 401 1 1 1
rattn 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
DO-;•'0 41 per Cent. 1850
ii, 9 per Cent., 1860
if 2 P3r Cent., 1859 sli ° v per Cent., 1862 Bs}

Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 _
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866 B5l
Do. do. £6O paid i die
iardinian 5 per Cent
Sp tnish 3 per Cent .... —
Do Acc/Junt -...
Do Now Dorm led _
Do. Account
.... —

Do Passive
Do Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account
S wedish 4 per Cont.
Do. 4i per Cont. 1861
D. Scrip, £6O paid
Curkisli 6 par Cont. 1851
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account

Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 186:1„
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account
Do. 6 per Cent., 1865
Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed....
Venezuela, 3 per Cent.
Vo. 6 prr Cent, 1862
Do. 1861
Ditto 11 per Cent.
Divilonds on tho above payable in London.
AustnNn, a per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch "h* per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,
Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates .....
French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
Itafian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251.
Do. Aocount 4Bl 1
THREE O'CLOCK
•
Oonsols, Money 914
Do. Account

251

THE REFORM MEETING IN HYDE

P ARK.

THIS DAY.

The excitement caused by the proposed meeting
this afternoon in Hyde Park under the auspices of
the Reform League, in defiance of the expressed
determination of the Government not to allow the
park to be used for such a purpose, has somewhat
subsided in consequence of its being semi-officially
announced that no active steps will be taken on the
part of the authorities unless an attempt is made
to erect platforms for the accommodation of the
speakers at the meeting. The Secretary of State
has, we believe, agreed to allow audiences to be
collected in any.number, but nothing further will
be permitted.

The attendance of the public to-day in the early
part of the morning in liydß-park was as gay as
the weather was brilliant, Rotten-row was crowded
with the cream of the aristocracy, and nothing was
at all apparent that would give any indication of
the scene the park will present between six and
seven o'clock this evening.

The number of special constables sworn in to-day
in different parts of the metropolis has been very.
great. At one o'clock to-day not less than be-
tween 14,000 and 15,000 persons had taken the
oath to assist in preserving the public peace. As
they were sworn they, in most instances, were
formed in companies of six, when a sergeant was
appointed and a district appointed to each. The
proceedings were conducted with the utmost good
humour, the great majority of the newly ap_
pointed officials looking upon the matter as a capital
bit of fun.

MEETING OF TIIE EXECUTIVE OF THE
REFORM LEAGUE.
A meeting of the executive committee was held
this morning at the offices of the League, Adelphi-
terrace. The whole of the executive committee were
present, and also deputations from Birmingham,
Portsmouth, &c. The O'Donoughue, M.P., P. A.
Taylor, M.P., Thomas Hughes, Esq., M.P., and
Mr. Whalley, M.P., and several members of the
general council were also present.
The representatives of the press were not ad-
mitted, but they were furnished with the following
account of the proceedings :
" A long discussion followed in reference to the
Government prohibition of the meeting after the
opinions expressed by the law officers of the Crown.
"The following resolution was carried unani-
mously :

" "rhat it is the desire of the Executive Com-
mittee that their friends abstain from holding any
meetings except those appointed by the Executive.
It is also desirable that the speakers should abstain
from any unnecessarily exultant reference to the
conduct and position of the Government with re-
gard to the Hyde-park question.' "

THE RESOLUTIONS TO BE PROPOSED
THIS EVENING IN THE PARK.

The following is the resolution prepared by the
League for adoption by the meeting in the park
this evening :

" That this meeting, whilst still adhering to resi-
dential and registered manhood suffrage, protected
by the ballot as the only really efficient means of
reform in the representation of the people, hails
with satisfaction the withdrawal last Thursday even-
ing of Lord Grosvenor's proposed amendment, and
the majority of 81 on the same evening against
the two years' residential clause in the Government
bill, and earnestly calls upon the House of Com-
mons to make that bill a more full and honest
means for the extension of the franchise by
expunging from it the rate-paying clauses,
equalising the borough and county franchises
on the principle of household suffrage, and intro-
ducing a provision for giving the vote to lodgers,
or else to reject the bill altogether."
It was also arranged at the final meeting of the
League prior to the meeting that the meeting should
commence at the sound of the trumpet ; and at the
conclusion of the meeting around No. 1 platform
the trumpet will again sound, when the Council of
the League hope the whole of the other meetings
will conclude and quietly disperse.
The great points of rendezvous will be Clerken-
well-green, Kennington, Russell-square, and Tra-
falgar-square. The Council will quit the offices of
the League about 5 o'clock, and proceed in the most
unostentatious manner to Hyde-park. The Cler-
kenwellers, however, having engaged a band three
weeks ago ,
have made up their minds to avail them-
elv
the music as far as Regent-circus, at which
se
e ss
of
point the band will cease playing, and the north
entrance section will proceed to the place of meeting
in accordance with the directions of the League.

TIIE BISHOP OF LONDON'S FUND. Yesterday
evening there was a special service in the large open space
under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, and a collection
on behalf of the fund which the Bishop of London has es-
tablished for the spiritual destitution in his diocese. The
sermon was preached by the Bishop of Ripon.
VIRGINIA WATER.—The well-known Chinese
fishing temple at Virginia Water having become de-
cayed, it will be replaced by another building, designed
like a Swiss chalet, which will give increased accommo-
dation when required by the royal family. It is to be
completed by the autumn.

The Sunday Gazette states that the object of the
meeting of Lord Derby's supporters summoned for to-
day is to give a full explanation of the course the Go-
vernment have made up their minds to adopt with re-
gard to the amendments proposed or threatened to the
Reform Bill. It is thought most probable that the lodger
franchise scheme will not be opposed, but it is said to be
now unlikely that the united Cabinet will agree to Mr.
llibbert's amendment or abandon Mr. Disraeli's last pro-
posal to abolish invidious distinctions between one class
of compound householders and another by the repeal of
the third clause of Sir William Clay's Act. The
Sunday Gazette believes that the Liberal party will
unanimously resist this step, and that the consequence
will be the fall of the Ministry or a dissolution of the pre-
sent ;louse of Commons.

THE TOMER CASE.—On Saturday morning Mr.
Ferry, the governor of the County... House of Correction at
Reading, in which 'roomer has been confined since his
trial at Abingdon last year, received a post letter from

the Home-office ordering 'roomer's release, her Majesty
having granted him a free pardoa for the crime of
which ho stood convicted. The contents of the letter
were immediately conveyed to 'roomer, who appeared
much pleased that the demand he had made through his
friends fm: a free pardon had been acceded to. He quitted
the gaol durihg the morning.

l'autt Ihirrisll INSTINCTS.—A white bear got
loose from a menagerie the other day at Nottingham,
and strayed into a field where some labourers were at work.

They looked at the strange animal, thought it looked dan-
gerous, and went off to call the police, the richest illustra-
tion of true British instinct wo have recently had. if
Satan wore to appear to an average Englishman, ha would
first call a constable, then write to the Times, and then
describe his visitor at a public meeting.—Spectator.