The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-16 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Within the last two or three days there has been
a considerable increase in the demand for discount
accommodation, owing to the settlement of the
account in foreign bonds and shares of all kinds.
Moreover, money has been sent to the country
for the protection of banks, so that they may
be prepared for any contingency that may arise
front Fenianism, but every confidence being reposed
in the Government no material change in the
?Toney Market is likely to take place from these
influences. Though the rates out of doors are now
altno,t equal to the minimum of the Bank, the de-
niand after all is comparatively insignificant com-
pared with the available resources of bankers and
bill-brokers.
The Cuba has brought about £2,000 in specie
from New York.
There were no gold operations yesterday at the
Bank of England.
Notice has been given by the liquidators of the
Imperial Mercantile Credit Association that a
second dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound will bo paid
on Wednesday next the 20th instant, or any subse-
quent Wednesday.
The share list of the English and French Steam
for
Company will be closed on the 20th inst.
lor London, and on the 22d for country applica-
tions.

It has been notified by Messrs. Freehling and
Geschen that the Coupons of the Egyptian Go-
vernment Loan, 1862, due the Ist March, will be
paid attheir office on any Monday, Tuesday, Thurs-
day-, or Friday, on and after that date.
The movements of the precious metals during the
past week have been on a very restricted scale. The
imports have diminished to about £140,466, includ-
ing £l,OOO from New York by the Asia, £8,700
by the City of Boston, £64,898 by the Germania,
and £2,000 by the Cuba. The Nyanza, from
Alexandria, has brought £45,240; £12,028 in gold
has been received from Portugal, and £6,800 in
Raver from the Continent. The exports have been
£73,600 in gold to the Brazils, and there have been
remittances to the Continent through private
sources estimated at £102,132 —the total amount-
ing to £175,732.

Two O'CLOCK.
According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
day, the French Rentes were 69f. 420. Few securi-
ties quoted. Bourse agitated.
On the whole the markets for stocks and shares
have not closed unfavourably. There are instances
of buoyancy—instances, also, of depression ; but
in the main the tendency is encouraging, especially
en account of the energetic and successful policy
P11.1111E41 by the Government in dealing with the Fe-
Inans and other disaffected persons. Consols closed
atThe 9O 91 for money, and at 91 / for the account.
New Threes are 90 / and Reduced Annuities
.„'"1 New 21 per Cents. 721, Annuities, 1885, 13 ;
Exchequer Bills 13s. to 17s. prem. ; Bank of Eng-
land Stock, 252 2531 ; India Stock, 216 ; ditto 5
Per Cent., 107 ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1021 ;
and ditto Bonds, 325. prem.
nThe Foreign Stock Market, in several instances,
elvs an improvement, though the amount of busi-
ss transacted has been very much curtailed, as
lUsual,
on
a Saturday. Greek have advanced I, to
a.‘ali
15 ; and Spanish Passive 1, to 22/ ;but
call have declined*, to 531 I ; Turkish 5 per
1, 31 ; and Chilian Loan 1, to prem. ;
Spanish Certificates are firm at 141 1 ; and Rus-
azAl Scrip, at 21 prem.
d: very moderate amount of business has been
stances"e to British Railway Shares, but in a few in-
Great prices are a shade firmer. Caledonian,
eve
Western, North Western, and South Eastern
mete each
and
very little business has been transacted in
Americanl, Securities, but Erie shares have declined
73 CO 37 138 k ; and United States 5-20 Bonds to
; while Illinois remain at 73 1, ex divideul illdscellaneoug and Finance shares exhibit little
ra
lor tlati" of importance. Anglo-American Tele-
rar a p are dealt in at 151 ; Credit Foncicr of Eng-
at" re
dealt
9-16ths ; General Credit and Discount
p ; Iludson's Bay Company at 16 ; and
e_ni n
5 nsular and Oriental Steam, 66k.
iteville Foreign and Colonial lines remain very in-
lye) without any material change as regards
values.
LBank Shares continue dull ; Bank of Australia,
cuowever, have improved to 671 ; London and
"'eadya
114tY)
t 4 to 641 651; and Union of London remain
si.

MINING MARKET.
SATURDAY, Two &Clock. There continues to be a good business transacted
In the Mining Market. The shares chiefly dealt in
are Great Rctallack, Prince of Wales, North Tres-
Chiverton Moor, West Chiverton, West
rakewalls, and North Crofty. Annexed arc the
CUrrent quotations :

Cara Camborne, --s --a ; Chiverton Moor, 61 61; Chon-
tales Gold, 2} i ; Clifford Amalgamate, 61- i ; Cooks
East Basset, 18 20 ;
kitchen, —; Drakewells, - lit ;
East Caradon, bk I ; East Cam Brea, —; East Lovell,
10, 10}; East Russell, 31 i ; East Wheal Grenville, 1i 2;
GGreat Lakey, —; Great North Downs, ——; Great
tallack, 503 55s ; Great South Tolgus, ;
108 12s Gda•t Wheal Vor, 161 17* ; Marko Valley, 4 41; Nrth
e
aro-t
tY, 5i 54; North ltoskear, 10} 111; North Treskero
by,
pt-4,3:1 ; Prince of Wales, 35s 37s 6d; Prosper United,
—;
--41°°r, 98 11x; South Condurrow, —s —8; South
Grenville, 8s 10e ; south llerodsfoot, —; Tincroft,
'Y
---„,.; West Caradon, • West Chiverton, 61 63 ;
ost D '
rakewells, 5s 7 6d; Wheal Basset, 64 G 6; "Mimi
NI e ~
17 1-r' 43 30 ; Wheal Chiverton, ; Wheal Grenville,
8 Gd `os; Wheal Seton, 102* 106.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
IaCVERNSIENT FUNDS.
ber Cent. Consols
3 1). Account, March 7 91 90/
901 I
els,
New Cent. Reduced
irw 3 per Cent
2i per Cent. Jan.
1894
Do. 0 Per Cont. Jan. 1873.,, i z 4
. •••• —.....
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jen., 1880 _
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l3
1908_
Do (Rod Sea Telegraph), Aug.,
13 17
I'chequer Bills £l,OOO, h 4 per Cent _
pin
11)° ................ £5OO .........
17
Bank Do. ............ £lOO & £2OO /
of 4glaud Stock, 6/ per Cent
, lzibio GovERNALENT SECURITIES.
an,tiau Stock, 10/ per Cont., April 1874 216
P.,0- Account
1071
un°. 5 per Cent. July, 188)
_
‘,O. 4 per Certificate; Oct. 1888
1,.;10.
•
-1-10. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent
102*
Do. 5 per Com., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
Do. Doh., 5
,per Cent, Aug. 1873
pm
Do. Bonds, p Cent , £l,OOO
Do. under .£lOOO .
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent —
traAustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent 1839
D.zilian 5 per Cent ... ...
_—
A /
-. '*--t Per Cent., 18.52-58-60
Do.
1863
1::)°. 15 per Cent , 1865
Jy.),o Account .•
75 1
i:!0..£100 Bon.d.s
1.'1'004 Ayres 6 por Cent
-') 2 Por C Def red 3 per Cent.)
°Plan 6 per Cent.. °r
99
t"-`). 3 per Cent. ..
2,0: 6 per Cent A .........
00. 17 B
_
bo. 17 1867 .
Pm
paid
°Anibian,'.6 per Cent. £lO
L'iitbr'l,:,,6 Per Cent. .
xpli 3 per Cent., 1825 —
b„ )* Per Cent., 1861 ..
,liiblau Priuci alities
V.fi"n°.l4`ce°oot ..
•,, .
-4( `Or No W 0011 ............... 1 per Cent
.00 b
t, -/ ..lovisional Land Warrar t —
.--,0 nof ) I
, • (no(
.......
.1370 ban 7 per Cent
',)o,Seeond Issue
XlOO Bonds
..................
831
1),.0. Do.
1861
"0. 4100 Bonds .. .
orb° Covernnient 11;,i1;;;;..D..e.b.e.n..t.u..;e7. 88011
)'''k 5 Per Cents 1824_5, ex Coupons 141- 15
/JoJ. C°oPens ”
. .kecou
1:),,t,(j,
~t
_Li
......................
-
It u,.. 'MI 0 por °eat.
1;144 Per Cent 1865
--;0, .Aeeount
Do AT • ..................
1111 • -.Armin:lna Railway
4) iti. 3 pt.‘r Cent
for Accouet
11r).
1864
Do
per Cent. Anglo-French
outevideau C per Cont. ....... .. —
Outs per
5 Vex dealt 1,1111111

\Taw Granada
Do 3 per Con,
Do. Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Do. Account

Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account -
Do 41 per Cent., 1865
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 6 per Cent., 186',
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853 '6,'7,'9,'60,'2, '3, 421 I
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 4 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 1859
Do 5 per Cent. 1862
Do 5 por Cent. 1864
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1836, all paid BBl
Do. do. £25 paid p
iardinian 5 per Cent
Slpanisli 3 por Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do. Account
Passive Do
Do Acc4ant
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account
S wedish 4 per Cent.
Do. 41 per Cont. 1864
Do. Scrip, £6O paid
Uurkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cont. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do. Account
Do 6 por Cent. 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1863
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account
Venezuela 3 per Cont.
Do. 6 per Cont., 186 24f
00. 6 per Cent, 1864
Ditto 11 per Cont.
Dividouds on the above payable iu London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
13,41gian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 2 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates
French "lentos, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f.
Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f.
Do. Account 531
TWO O'OLOOK.

Consols, Money 9Ol 1
Do. Account

Landseer's Lions.

A writer in the Times says :—The following
details may possibly interest tho British public
Baron Marochetti, it is well known, has supplied
the metal and made the castings, for which he is
to receive £ll,OOO. The weight of each lion is 7
tons. Sir Edwin Landseer is to receive £6,000. It
is stated that a firm offered to perform Baron
Marochetti's part of the work for £6,000. Whether
this be so or not, I can assure you that a partner o
one of the most extensive and most important engi-r
neering establishments in this country, where com-
plicated castings of very large dimensions are con-
stantly made, not only of cast iron, but of the alloy
of which the lions are composed, informed me that
payment at the rate of ls. 2d. per lb. would be re-
munerative, and that he would undertake to pro-
duce such castings at that rate. Thus you will
perceive, that £3,650 (in round numbers) would
have sufficed to procure for the nation what has cost
£ll,OOO.

Railway and other Companies.

MIDLAND.

The half-yearly general meeting of this com-
pany was held yesterday at Derby ; Mr. W. E.
Hutchinson in the chair.

The report (an abstract of which has appeared in
The Sun) was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said that the increase in the traffic amounted
to the large sum of £72,000 in the half-year (this
had shown itself in all the items of traffic carried on
the railway). The increase would have been greater
but for the disasters which occurred in the autumn
of last year, these arising in consequence of the
floods and the bad weather which prevailed for an
unusually lengthened period. A viaduct on the
Leeds and Bradford line had been destroyed, that
caused an interruption of the traffic ; they had also
had to deal with the embankment on the Rowsley
and Buxton extension line. Their traffic had also
suffered from the strikes which bad taken place at
the ironworks and collieries in their districts, the
results of these had been that instead of their ac-
counts showing a swady increase of £3,000 a week,
there had been a diminution amounting in the
aggregate to £lO,OOO in the last six weeks of the
half-year. Their expenses had been very heavy, the
proportion to the receipts being greater than usual.
The cost of some of the renewals had been borne by
revenue. Among the items under that head was one
in way and works department amounting to £7,000
during the half-year. The locomotive expenses had
been increased by running additional trains over the
lines of neighbouring companies, they bad had to use
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and others,
and would of course have to pay for that accommo-
dation. The increase of train mileage run last half-
year was £500,000 miles. In reference to the loans
recently raised or renewed they had not been able
to borrow on such favourable terms as heretofore,
but he believed that in this particular they bad done
as well as their neighbours ; and but for the dis-
asters to which he had referred he had no doubt that
they would have earned 61 per cent. The expendi-
ture in the half-year on capital account amounted
to little short of £1,750,000 on works at present un-
productive; and taking into account the amount
thus expended, as reported up to the end of June,
1866, the aggregate was more than £3,500,000 ;
that sum had been raised by way of debentures,
open stocks, and in other ways. In the half-year the
interest on that amounted to £89,000 unproduc-
tive, which amounted to 11 per cent. on their capi-
tal, or 15s. per share on the half-year. lie believed
that When the new lines were opened for traffic that
there would be a considerable rebound in dividend, '
especially as soon as
the London and Manchester
lines were open.
Of this he took a most hopeful
view. He comracladed to the especial favour of the
shareholders the proposed amalgamation with the
Glasgow and South-Western line, which project
would be attended with the greatest advantage to
this company.

chairman, seconded the
Mr. PRICE, the deputy_
motion for the adoption of the report.
After a long discussion, in the course of which
amendments were proposed, the report was adopted
on a show of hands by a large majority. Dr. O'Brien
demanded a poll, but it was believed that the result
of the vote on the show of hands will be unchanged.

The Queen is understood to be preparing a work
for the press, illustrated by plates of her own execution.
Mu. DICKENS was a spectator of Monday's Re-

form demonstration from the balcony of the Athenaeum
Club, in company with the Archbishop of York, who
about a year and a half ago, denouncod the reading of
novels as pernicious. •

A marriage is arranged to take place between
Lady Marion Loftus, daughter of the Marchioness of Ely,
and Mr. Springfield, of the sth Dragoon Guards.
Sir Robert and Lady Vivian have left Edwards's
Royal Cambridge Hotel for Brighton.

Sir John and Lady Sebright have taken a house
in Grafton-stroot, where thoy have arrived from Beech-
wood, Hods, for tho season.

PURE DENTISTRY, AND WHAT IT DOES FOR US
—is the title of a very interesting little book,
which has just been published by Mr. A. Eskell, of
Grosvenor-street, the well-known consulting practi-
tioner in dentistry, and author of several important
works on dental surgery. It is not a collection
of fulsome puffs, tacked together and pub-
lished as a professional advertisement, but a useful
volume, overflowing with valuable advice as to the
preservation of the teeth. The great object of the
work is to show how much the state of the mouth
and teeth affects the general health, and as the lan-
guage used is devoid of technicalities every person
once taking up the book cannot replace it on the
table without obtaining much useful information.
There are chapters on the mouth and teeth, pre-
servation, and extraction, imperfect remedies,
tartar and its extirpation, the scaling operation, the
conditions requisite to the safe and effectual per-
formance of the operation, and various other mat-
ters all tending to the preservation of the teeth.
The best test of the utility of the book is the fact
that the first edition was exhausted before any-
thing like the demand could be met. The author
in the new edition has made certain additions to
that originally published, and those who desire in-
formation on the subject of teeth cannot fail to
fil it in Ur, B3kell'o little book.