The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
No alteration has been made this morning in the
°ltl eial rate of discount. An idea partially prevailed
ofeYBterdaY that the directors would, in consequence
the falling off in the number of bills recently
err"ght for negotiation, and also owing to the in-
crease which it was supposed to have taken place
in
the reserve of bullion, have been enabled to
lower their minimum. The inquiry is now more
active because of the large number of bills that were
held in reserve. In the open market the rates for
the„llegotiation-of first-class bills remain at Si and
9
or cent.
At the Bank of England yesterday 5,000 sove
r,, i
were received from Beyrout, and £42,000 in
I::4vvas withdrawn, including 40,000 sovereigns
18111131tellt to Lisbon.
to
Lhe last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
this day, are in round figures as under :-
1866. 1865.
Nar-eat Western 75,347 74,135
'MI' Western 117,339 116,244
bol Western-right°
Itt'd ...
jaad ...................................... f A
aO9 41,660
soup,Great Northern N'tO.rsttheirl ........
.............
2343:897739 24,697
36483
I,ajicaster and Yorkshire
-,istoj a
Xorth, Eastern
Exeter
krke, ....Astern 74,471 68,608
Clr nester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,098 17,174
Loudon eat Eastern
and Chatham and Dover
cor These returns, when compared with those of the
""ding period of last year, are generally
wtie__avouroafble character. On the Great Western
estern an increase of £1,212 ; on the North-
£l,o9s ; on the South-Western a
2e3r,ease of £2,727 ; on the Brighton an increase of
; on the Midland of £8,849 ; on the South-
OfMteril of £lB2 ; on the Great Northern a decrease
iner2lslo ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire an
4&, ease of -£4,026 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of
eh ' ; -North-Eastern of £5,863 ; on the Man-
toester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £2,924 ; on the
er,"(114 Chatham, and Dover of £598 ; and a
":ease on the Great Eastern of £ll9.
Cu extraordinary general meeting of the share-
rs of the Consolidated Bank has been held, and
e terms recommended by the directors for the re-
sumption of business were adopted.
4 General Court of the Hudson's Bay Company
Till , be held at their house in Fenchurch-street on
illirsday, the sth July, at 1 o'clock. •
A dividend of 5 per cent., free of Income-tax, for
the half-year ending 30th current, will be paid to
the proprietors of the Chartered Mercantile Bank
(,),,f India, London, and China, on the London
Register, on and after the 2d July next.
bills on India took place yester-
day ril
ate thebid dßinagns f
Bank of England.
England. The proportions al-
lotted were-to Calcutta, £36,500 ; to Madras,
3,000, and to Bombay, £ll,OOO. The minimum
Price was fixed at ls. 100. on Calcutta and Mad-
ras, and is. 10Id. on Bombay. Tenders at and
a'ove these prices will receive in full.
The following communication is of interest to
Peruvian bondholders
Foreign-office, June 19, 1866.
to`.` Gentlemen,-1 am directed by the Earl of Clarendon
4ferre you, with reference to your letter of the 22nd of
lJanuary last, that her Majesty's Minister at Madrid has re-
rexiceidietaochyis lordship that in a conversation which he had
t 4 with the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, his
informed Sir John Crampton that the Spanish
litilliatadrert had been ordered home from the Pacific, and
Isia-,7sequently the projected occupation of the Chincha
"8 'would not now take place,-I am, Gentlemen, your
host
obedient humble servant, " E. HAMMOND.
Messrs. J. Thomson, T. Bonar, and Co.,
Mr. 571, Old Broad-street."
dames Cooper, of the firm of Johnstone,
-00
the 131‘er, VVintle, and Evans, has been appointed by
11.e_ 'ster of the Rolls official liquidator of the
New Zealand Banking Corporation (Limited).

Two o'CLocx.
thetenrding to Reuter's telegrams this morning,
Zreneh Rentes were 62f. 90c. Everything firm.
aed"e English Stock Market has been rather active,
thclootations have, with few exceptions, been well
al)orted. The Funds are at low prices, butpur-
p„Bers Can hardly be expected to make investments
per'l a large scale when they can obtain 6 and 7
are 86 for
interest for their money. Consols
for money, and 86i 1 for the account.
85ie New Threes and Reduced Annuities are marked
e 02. ; India 5 per Cents., 103-4- ; ditto 4 per
(lit ditto
10611te' 90 ; ditto 5i per cent. enfaced paper,
4 per Cent. Debentures, 100} ; and
It°.l3° lids, par.
1 Tv ith the exception •of Greek, which have declined
StockStter cerit., the other alterations with the Foreign
Alitrket have not been important. Spaniah

Passive have receded 1, to 181 1 ; the Certificates
1, to 141 1. Brazilian Scrip has advanced 1, to
5 4 dis. ; Mexican remain at 141 1 ; ditto New at
12 ; and Turkish 5 per Cents. at 254 26. United
States 5-20 Bonds are 654 66 ; Erie Shares, 41,1;
and Illinois, 76 1.
The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little
change of importance.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very dull.
Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and China
have improved to 28 29, and Metropolitan and
Provincial to 13 ; Oriental Bank Corporation have
declined to 33f, and Alliance are steady at 19 ;
Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are at 2/
dis. ; International Financial, at 21 dis.
Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued very inactive, and prices in most instances
show a further slight decline. Great Northern have
declined 15s. ; North Western and North Eastern
(Berwick) each 10s. ; and Great Eastern, Great
Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, each ss. ;
while Metropolitan have improved 10s., and South
Eastern ss.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GCVERNNENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, July 10.
3 per Cent. Reduced B5 1-
Now 3 per Cent B5! -1 i
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 6Bi
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April;lBBs —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., nos —
March. Juno.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. sd .5 5 m
pm
Do. ..£5OO. sd p
Do ;6100 and £2OO
Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent
Do Account —
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 —
Do. Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 por Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 54 per Cent., May 1879 lO6l
Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO
Do. under Xl,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pin
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
Brazilian 5 por Cent ....................... .
Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 1865 ...
704 694
Do Account ...................
Do. Scrip, £55 paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 1 por Cent. (Deferred .3
por Cent.)
Ohilian 6 per Cent
Do. 41 per Cent..
Do. 6 per Cent .................... • .........
Do Scrip, £5O paid
Colombian 6 per Cent. ................ .
Cuba, 6 per Cent. ••..... ••,,
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 .................. .
Danubian Principalities
Do. Account
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 9
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Do Deferred
Egyptian 7 por Cent.
Do. Second Issue —
Do ~£lOO Bonds
Do. 1864 —
Do £lOO Bonds 771 91
Do. Government Railway Debentures 764 71
Do. £6O paid ................................. 15i. die
;reek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account '
-,uatemala 5 per Cent. —
.talian 5 per Cent 1865
Do Account .......
R........ 5O
Do. Maremm ana ailway
11exican 3 per Cent
Do. Account
Do 1864 .. „._
Vo 6 per Cent. Anglo-French .. , —
.11ontevidean 6 per Cont., £3O paid
11.00rish Imperial 5 per Cent
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
New Granada
Do 2 er Cent .................................
Feruvianp 5 per Cent., 1865 ..................
Do. Account ................................. 65 6
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) —
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Portsguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do. Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 18.22, X St —
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 pox Cent. 1859
Do 5 per Cent. 1862
Do 5 per Cent. 1864
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Do. Account ...
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Account ............................ .. .
Do New Deferred
Do Account
Do Passive
Do Account lB4
iranish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Do Account
Swedish 4 per Cent.
Do. 44 per Cent. 1864 .................
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account .................................... 51 I 1 2
501 q 50
Do £lOO Bonds 5ll
Do 6 por Cent., 1863 —
Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip...
2
Do Account '3: I 2 5 G I
Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed —
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto account
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cont., Ex. 25f.
Dutch '24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
French Routes 3 per Cent. • —
Italia;. 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ..,,
Do. Account ........................... - ..... 39 84
'THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for money .................... . ......... 854 6 xd
Do. ACCOUEIt ...................................... 864 I ad
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SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —Ths Day.

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LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, June 21—Sarah and Ocean, from Caen.
Sailed, June 21—Pantheon, steamer, for Corfu ; Flandre,
steamer, for Dunkirk•
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Anchored—Racehorse, for Sydney ; Flora, for Salcombe
—both from London.
Sailed, Juno 20—Spheroid-Camillas, with several others,
outwards. All well.

UNITED STATES POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

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Saturday .evening, Wednesday morning, and Wednesday
evening. Letters for the Saturday and Wednesday evening
mails must reach the General Post-office by 6 dclock
p.m., and those of the Wednesday morning mails by 6
o'clock a.m. that day. Newspapers must always be post de
half an hour earlier. Tho Wednesday and Saturday's
mails aro taken up at Queenstown, on the following day,
by the Liverpool steamers. The Wednesday morning
mails are taken by the Southampton steamers.
Mails from the United States are duo in London on
Mondays and Thursdays of each week.
Periodical works not of daily publication, issued in the
shape of pamphlets, may be sent to the United States,
California, and Oregon, by packet, at the following rates :
—Not exceeding 2 oz., Id. ; above 2 oz., but not exceeding
3 oz., 6d.; above 3 oz., but not exceeding 4 oz., Bd.; with an
addition of 2d. for every additional ounce up to 16
ounces, above which the privilege does not extend. At
the same rate of postage, any pamphlet not weighing more
than 8 oz (even though it be not a periodical publication)
may be sent to the United States, California, and Oregon.
This postage is only the British portion, a further sum
being charged on delivery. Tho periodical works
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books (except those specified above), addressed to the
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There must be no writing, or other marks upon such
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they
ex-
cept the names and addresses of the persons
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Any other writing, &c., will render the packetsliable to
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How DAUGHTERS WERE BROUGHT-UP 20 YEARS
AGO.—" Lady Lucas," adds her daughter, " was
particularly careful to bring up her children under the in-
fluence, not of fear, but of love. She would not suffer her
servants to be rude before us, or to domineer over us,
which all vulgar servants are apt to do." And, as a proof
of the well-ordered nature of her household, she continues
—"Neither would my mother suffer the vulgar serving-
men to be in the nursery among the nursemaids, lest their
rude love-making might do unseemly actions, or speak un-
handsome words, in the presence of her children." For
tutors, adds the Duchess, "although we had all kinds of
virtues, as singing, dancing, playing of music, reading,
writing, working, and the like, yet wo were not kept
strictly thereto ; they wore rather for formality than bene-
fit, for my mother cared not so much for our dancing and
fiddling, singing, and prating of several languages, as that
we should b bred virtuously."—Once a Week.
The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
118. loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about 1-ioth per cent. dearer in Paris than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is about lo9i per cent. At these rates there
is a
profit on the importation of gold from the United
State,