The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-14 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

Money easy Gold, 128.
Exchange on London, 137 ; on Paris, 4f. 15c.
Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 91k; Illinois,
116 ; Erie, 731 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1041.
Cotton dull. Middling upland, 39c. to 40c.
Flour declining. Wheat and corn dull. Provi-
sion steady. Coffee and sugar quiet. Molasses
steady. Petroleum slightly firmer—crude, 26ic. ;
refined, 41c.
The receipts of cotton at New York since January
amount to 230,000 bales, and the exports since
September to April 3 to 345,000 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, April 3.
Cotton heavy. Low middling, 34c. to 36. Three
days' sales, 5,000 ; three days' exports, 18,000 ;

four days' receipts, 12,000 bales. Stock, 173,000
bales.

Cotton— middling, 36c.

CANADA.

MOBILE, April 2.

TORONTO, April 3.

The order for disbanding the Volunteers has been
rescinded, and forces continue to be despatched to

to frontier.

MEXICO.

NEW YORK, April 4.

Advices received here from Vera Cruz to the 22d
ult. state that General Ogazon had proclaimed him-
self President of the Mexican Republic, in accord-
ance with the Constitution of 1857.

Two hundred Imperialist prisoners of Mendez's
force are reported to have been shot by the Liberals
in retaliation for the execution of Liberal prisoners.

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ant tini I Tar.

HER MAJESTY•

OSBORNE, Friday.

The Queen walked in the grounds yesterday
morning, accompanied by Princess Louise and
Princess Beatrice, and drove in the afternoon, ac-
companied by Princess Helena.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and
Prince Leopold drove out in the afternoon.

MONEY-MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

In the Discount Market to-day there has been a
tendency toward additional firmness, and the rates
have only in a few instances ranged below the Bank
minimum of 6 per cent., even for the best descrip-
tions of three months' bills. Yesterday afternoon
the rate for advances on Government securities in
the Stock Exchange were 4 to 41 per cent.
Gold amounting to £lOO,OOO was taken yester-
day from the bullion department of the Bank of
England, and the movement added to the firmness
of the discount market.
It has been certified that applications for shares
in the Mineral Rights' Association will not be re-
ceived after to-day (Saturday) for London, and
Monday next for the country.
Owing to the position of the London and Parisian
markets and the course of trade, the exchanges
yesterday afternoon for bills .on the principal cities
of the Continent was decidedly lower.
There is still a considerable difference between
the rates of discount in the principal cities of Europe.
In the open markets the particulars of the lowest
quotations are as follows :—London, 5 j ; Paris,
3i ; Vienna, 6 ; Berlin, 51 ; Frankfort, 4 ;
Amsterdam, 51 ; Turin, si; Brussels, 4 ; Ham-
burg, 5 ; and St. Petersburg, 61.
The specie movement during the week has been
to a fair extent as regards the imports, which have
amounted to about £301,811, chiefly from Aus-
tralia and the West Indies and Pacific. The ex-
Ports have only been to the extent of _about
£190,275, chiefly to Bombay and the Brazils.

Two °Timm
According to Reuter's telegram, this morning,
the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 55c. Better.
A large amount of business has been transacted
to-day at the Stock Exchange, . chiefly in conse-
quence of purchases in realization of profits.
Consols are / higher at 86 4 for money, and 864
for the account. The New Threes are 844
and Reduced Annuities, 84 4; Exchequer Bills for
March, Bs. to 3s. die., and for June, ss. dis. ; India
5 Per Cents., 1034 4 ; and ditto Enfaced 5 per
Cents., 102 4.
Foreign stocks are at an improvement. Turkish
sper Cents. have closed at 331 4; Mexican, 194, 20;
ditto New, 174 181 ; Greek, 13 1 ; Spanish Pas-
" 251, e ; the Certificates, 151, 4 ; Italian, 54 55.
It is announced that the subscription list for the
sale of £2,207,300 Ordinary Stock of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway Company will close
on Monday next for London, and on Tuesday next
for the country.
In the Railway Share Market •the operations
have been to a very moderate extent. Prices, how-
ever, are a shade firmer. Great Eastern, North
Western, and South Eastern nave each improved
55., and Great Northern A Stock, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and Metropolitan each 10s., while
Great Western have declined ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
change of importance.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in most in-
stances at steady prices. Alliance, however, have
declined to 254 26 ; Imperial Ottoman are marked
1014 London and Westminster, 951 ; Credit
k'oncier and Mobilier of England...to 64 4 ; Gene-
ral Credit, 4 * dis. ; and Overend, Gurney, and
Co., 141 4.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
86 i 5k 6i
8 Der Cent. Consols
Do. Account, May 9 864
3 per Cent. Reduced
841
i- i
New 3 per Cent
}a
Now 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sthJan , 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth A pril,lBBs —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
March. Juno.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 8 :)
Do. £5OO 3
Do £lOO and £2OO
Bank
Do A ccou of England Stock, 5 per Cent
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indite Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 —
_
De. Account
DO. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do• C ert i 1
. 4 perificat Cenes t., Oct. 1888
Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 5} per Cent., May 1879 _
Do. Deb.,
ds, 4 per Ce.,
nt Aug. 1866
Bon £l,OOO
Do. under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — pm
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Do. 4i per Do Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do 1863 Account 7l
D. Scrip, £45 paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Do £ICO Bonds
D 0 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Chilian 6.per Cent .. -
Do Scrip, £25 paid . -
Col Do. 4i per Cent. ... . ...................
omlnan 6 per Cent........,,,............... Cuba, 6 per Cent. ..
Danish 3 per Cent., 182.5 .....................
Danubian Principalities .....................
Do. Account ....... ... . .... .
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per
Cent... Do., Provisional Land Warrant .........
Bgyptian 7 per Cent ............................
Do,, Second Issue ........................... Do £lOO Bonds ...............................
Do. 1864
Do £lOO Bonds B9 81
Do. Government Railway Debentures —
Do. £35 paid
die
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons —no Account
Do. Coupons
(11.11ateluala 5 per Cent.
-111441 5 per Cent 1865
Do. Account
IC?' Maremmana Railway
can 3 per Cent —
Do. Account
De 1864- —
1/13° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
paid —
outevide 6 Cent. .£3O —
Mow an per 7
.-7 .
sh Inaperia,l 5 per Cent NeGranada
Do 2 per Cent
Do Deferred
Do.—
11)0,„Land Warrants (Hectares)
_
t uloer Cent, 1864
_
p '''o tivaranteed, 4 per Cent
ePlviart 5 per Cent., 1865
_
'-'0 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
_
1::/el 4 per Cent., 1862 De
_
1,0 . ccount
illtguese 3 per Cent., 1853
1,0 3 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
I, 4'o. Account
_
.4 ussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St D
_
1,0 41 per Cent. 1850
4'3 4/ per Cent., 1860
54
t° 3 pex Cent. 1859
89f
T,c)... 5 Per Cent. 1862
b,;`-',u. 5 per Cent. 1864
.rclanin 5 per Cent —De
, Account
13,4;111811 3 per Cent
Do Account
.T.,1210 New Deferred 351
DO Account
Do Passive —
13 Do Account 251 f
allish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Acco count
of . un
Wethslll per c —
Do 4 ent •
rn : i per Cent. 1864
... olush 6 per Cent. 1854 B7
E 0 Account BB
O 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account e
n £lOO Bonds
60} 60
Do
Do Acc per Cent. 1862
ount
61 5
Do 6 per Cent., 1863
Do
b 0 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip —
DO ~o Aunt
.4 per Cent. Guaranteed
321 /
3}
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto account
Do 6 iaer Cent., 1862
Do Account ....
Do. 11 per Cent .
Do. 186 i. .......................2 3
..........
. .
Dividends on .... above . Pa.yable in London.
batch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
„,„ Do 1 per Cont. Certificates
.•.. •••
4' rend' Routes 3 per Cent. ...
Italian 5 per Cont., 1861, Ex. 25f. .....
Do Account
T
Consols for money -svo O'CLOCK.
De. Account

"11-LARD° ATTHE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Thiti Wonder-
trful performer on the spiral column has been the great at-
action at the People's Palace since Easter Monday, and
the enthusiasm which greets his appearance each day is
7ttiking Proof that his daring ascension has lost none of
117 original freshness. Ho continuos his speciality during
a°,lla(!,aY, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the coming week,
la
tightLuen visits Manchester to fulfill an engagement of 10
s, returning, we believe, to Sydenham on the Ist of