The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-25 00:00:00

DIONEIMARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Continued inactivity prevails in discount circles,
the commercial bills on offer being comparatively
fell'. The brokers, however, refuse to negotiate
business, even on first-class paper, under k per cent.
of the Bank rate, except in special cases, and this
reserve leads to the opinion that the position of the
national establishment will not warrant a down-
Ward movement at the weekly court to-morrow.
The gold taken out of the Bank yesterday
amounted to £4,000.
The Money Market remains in a very inactive
state, the inquiry for discounts being exceedingly
limited. The lowest quotations of the brokers, how-
ever, are still 5- and 6 per cent.
At a meeting held to-day of the Credit Foncier
and Mobilier of England the report of the directors,
Presented for adoption, stated that the net balance
for the current half year, including the balance
brought forward, amounted to £281,829, from which
a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. was recom-
mended and a bonus of 10 per cent. ; the amount
required for these payments make together £137,808.
The directors also recommend that £50,000 be placed
to the dividend reserve fund, which will then stand
at £150,000, and to carry forward the balance of
£86,606 to the next half-year's account. The
general reserve fund has been increased from
£200,000 to £500,000 by the amount received from
Premiums on the new issue of shares.

At a meeting of shareholders held to-day of the
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, the report of
!he directors stated that the disbursements in the
working account" for the year 1865 is very nearly
the same as that for the previous year. The cause
of the surplus in 1865 being £46,100 less than 1864
adl be found on the credit side of the account, where
a deficiency occurs in Government Contract money
and in the receipts for freight, met, however, to
some extent, by an increase in passage money. A
dividend of £4 10s. per share is recommended, and a
bonus of £2 10s. per share from the insurance fund.

Two o'CLock.
According to Reuter's telegram, this morning,
the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 45c. Heavy.
The English Funds have varied very slightly to-
(lay, and at one time depression prevailed, owing
to the conflicting advices respecting the political
State of the Continent. Some purchases for in-
vestment, however, have induced a firmer tone to
the market, and Consols are 86/ 87 for money,
4.4c1 86/ 87 1-16ths for the account. The New
Threes and Reduced Annuities are 85/ 1 ; Exche-
quer Bills for June, 4s. dis. ; Bank of England
B,tock, 242 ; India 5 per Cents., 105/ 1061; ditto
441 faced 5 per Cents., 102/ ; and ditto Bonds, 15s.
t° 19s. prem.
Several dealings have taken place in the Foreign
Stock Market. Mexican are 201 a ; do. New, 181 ;
vreek, 12/ ; Spanish Passive, 251 ; the Certifi-
cates, 15i ; Italian, 53 1. ; Chilian Loan, par to
Prom. ; Brazilian Scrip, 3/ 24 dis. ; Egyptian
hallway Loan, 3 2 dis. ; and the New Egyptian
Loan, 1/ 2 prem.; United States 5-20 Bonds, 70;
; Erie Shares, 52 1 ; and Illinois, 801.
In the Railway Share Market business has con-
tinued exceedingly dull, and prices have in several
Instances exhibited a slight decline. Great Northern,
Great Western, and Metropolitan have each receded
58,
The Foreign and Colonial lines are also depressed,
Grand Trunk of Canada having been dealt in at 22.
In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has been
1), Moderate demand, but at reduced rates in most
Instances. Chartered of India, Australia, and
China have declined to 201 ; Hindustan, China,
and Japan to 12 ; London and South African to
1(1; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England to
F n; International Financial to 41 1; London
•Inancial to 151 ; and Overend, Gurney, and
CO. to 141 4.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
~ GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
° Der Cent. Consols
8 Do. Account, May 9 B6i 74
tiler Cent. Reduced B5 1 Hi
.I,,ew 3 per Cent B5l I i it
'evr Ai- per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Apo. 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873
11111141 es, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880
lio. for 30 yrs, expire sth ArilABBs —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Apug., 1908 ir—arch.
El h June.
-cuequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. —
D £5OO
B Do £lOO and £2OO
It4IE of England Stock, 5 per Cent
D 0 Account —
14,PIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
19'11 Stock, 10i per Cent., AprillB74 —
0. Account
~' -
rIO. 6 per Cent. July, 1870
O. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
tso. Certificates
0. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent
D°. 6 psi Cent., Jan. 1872
0. 61 pr Cen.,
enMa'lAug.y 1879 —
"• Debe p ert C, 4 t A 1866
o• 13 ' D
-,, • unds, £l,OOO l5
•'-'0- under £l,000
4-FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
gentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm
irstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
Dthans per Cent —
° 11 per Cent., 1852-58-60

llo: ' 1863
Do. 1865
Do Account —
)3 De. Scrip, £45 paid - dis xd
11,enos Ayres 6 per Cent
01,";,? per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
D-miaa g ,-, ~
u.per k...,ent —
Do•° ScriP, £25 paid
4i per Cent —
bo
it,, • 6 per Cent
.- 4
izirtubian 6 per Cent. —
ti" 011) 6 per Cent.
ballish 3 per Cent., 1825
an,hubian Principalities
N, '"0. Account
ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cont —
$ °., Provisional Land Warrant
'
7Ptian 7 per Cent BB
r,°•l Second Issue —
4-10 £lOO Bonds 9l
Do. 1864 B7+
bo £lOO Bonds
4 m
ID°. Ggvernent Railway Debentures.
(3 85 85paid
~ 2
Do 5 per Cents 1824-5, ex Coupons
Account
p.., Do. Coupons
pitenaala per Cent. —
Italian 5 per Cent 1865
4-'O. Account
Do. liaremmana Railway —
Mexican
3 per Cent
Do. Account
Do 1864
W,,,,° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French .
Denteviclean 6 per Cent. £3O paid
3,7°orish Imperial 5 per Cent
."..,w Granada
Do 2 per Cent
_
,4-10 Deferred
D ODO Land Warrants (Hectares)
J](:) 6 per Cent, 1864
" Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865
.Ir:',o Account
" 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) —
AO
'pi) 41 per Cent., 1.862
\''teguese 3 per Cent 1.853
-11;° 3 per Cent 1856, '7 '9, '6O, '62, '3, 451
.1 7
-•-• o Account
Russian 5 per Cent 1822, £St B7
*,
'De 4i- per Cent. 1850
B°3 9 Per Cent, 1860
b 3 Per Cent. 1859 —
b° 5 per Cent. 1862
6 ara° 5 Per Cent. 1861 —
D
"Inisil 5 per Cent
0. Account
Phableh 3 per Cent
7 Account —
-"° New D f d
t-,-,0 c e erre
o ..ftsount ...
n r assive 2slr 1
st-0 Account —
.poiliell Cert. of Coup not funded — ii,v, Account l5l
Irish 4 per Cent. —
T,,,,°: 4i Per Cent. 1864
Dc4-ish 6 per Cont. 1854 —
A _ 0
o ..."ee unt
/) per Cent. 1858
I)? -A-ccount___ 64 i 31

70}
r,lO XlOO Bonds
6GI 7
'''',,° 6 per Cent. 1862
,'-'0 Account
69 1 8-i- 9
'Jo 4100 Bonds
'D° 6
Dr, - per Ce- '.B6:'

5 - vent., 1863
Do
per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip 34); 3,1 -uo Account
Venn ID°. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed
~ztiela. 3 per Cent. —
Do_
Ditto aecount
_
-,, per Cent. 1862
_
4-'0 lic °mat '
noc• 1864
butch Dividends on the above payable in London.
2i per Cent, Ex. 12 Guil _
1.1.'0 1 per Cent. Certificates 1, bl.lett 'lentos 3 per Cent —
Doihan 5 per Cent , 1861, Ex. 25f.
Account .
console for money THREE O'CLOCK.
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