The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL iNTELLIGEN,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Money Market is well supplied with floating
capital, but there is a very small demand for it for
commercial purposes. The rates are consequently
very easy at 4 and 41 per cent. for the best short
dated paper. Loans, in the Stock Exchange are in
request at 4 per cent. prem. day to day, owing to
the settlement now in progress.
The Stock Exchange Markets generally present a
steady appearance, but the business chiefly nego-
tiated has been in connection with the arrangement
of the bi-montlily settlement... Some of the specula-
tors, who recently operated for a fall in prices, have
oversold, and the repurchasing has caused an im-
provement, especially in railway shares. The funds
are firm, and Consols have advanced 1 per cent. to
891 1 for money, and to 89i a for the account.
Gold, amounting to £6,000, was taken to the
Bank of England yesterday afternoon.
The Tasmanian, from the West Indies, has ar-
rived with £139,433.
At the twenty-seventh half-yearly meeting of
the Bank of Victoria, held at Melbourne on the
7th August last, the balance-sheet to the 30th June
submitted showed an available balance of £39,065
35., out of which a dividend at the rate of 10 per
cent. was declared, £25,000, leaving £14,065 35. to
be carried forward.

From the manufacturing districts the accounts for
the past week are, in several instances, more satis-
factory. At Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield, a
moderate amount of business has been done in win-
ter goods, and there has been some inquiry for
spring fabrics. At Manchester cloths and yarns
have been in fair request at a slight advance. In
the hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Notting-
ham there has not been much variation, but a more
cheerful tone has prevailed in the hardware districts
of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton,
owing to the more settled state of affairs in Ger-
many, money-orders for those markets, which had
been previously counterbalanced, having been again
issued.

There was rather more animation in the general
business of the port of London last week. At the
Custom-house 249 vessels were reported as having
arrived from foreign parts, and there was one from
Ireland. The entries outwards have been 95 vessels,
and those cleared with cargo 99, besides 26 were de-
spatched in ballast. The departures from the Aus-
tralian colonies have been five vessels—viz., four to
Port Philip and one to New Zealand, the tonnage
of which has been 4,176.

Two 'CLOCK.
According to Reuter's telegram from Paris, to-
day, the French Rentes were 68f. 85c.
In the Corn Market to-day there has been a very
fair attendance, and a moderate amount of business
has been done in both home-grown and foreign
wheat, at a further advance of is. per qr. on last
Monday's quotations. Barley, oats, beans, peas,
and flour fully maintained former values.
The English Stock Market has presented a rather
active and encouraging aspect. Quotations have
been well supported, and in some instances at a
slight improvement. Consols are 891 f for money,
841 for the Account. The New Threes and the Re-
duced Annuities are 871 ; Exchequer Bills, ls.
38. prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 242: India
Stock, 212 ; India 5 per Cents., 105/ 4 ; and
ditto Enfaced 4 per Cents., 84.
Most descriptions of Foreign Stocks have been
dealtin at enhanced values. Turkish 5 per Cents.
have advanced Ito 291 ; Italian, to 541 55 ;
and Mexican, 1 to 154 16 ; on the other hand,
Greek have declined f to 13f 4 ; Spanish Passive
continue at 211 1 ; and the Certificates at 141.
American Securities are rather depressed.
United States 5-20 Bonds are 701 ; Erie Shares,
19 60 ; and Illinois, 78 79.
Atlantic and Great Western Debentures have
declined 1 to 62 64, but the Consolidated Mortgage
continue firm at 41 43.
In the Miscellaneous Market there is very little
animation. Atlantic Telegraph stock has declined
to
60 ; Credit Foncier of England are at 31 ;
General Credit and Financial ebb- St I i nutISMC:"
Bay con,
Pan at 17 ; Telegraph Construction and
Maintenance have advanced to 16 ; and Anglo-
American Telegraph to 16.
have
The operations in the Railway Share Market
Pbeen to a fair extent, and in several instances
rices Showed an upward tendency. Midland have
Improved 10s. ;
G Great Western, Lancashire and
York ,
reat shire and South Eastern, each 15s. ; and
Eastern, £l.
_ '1:11e Foreign and Colonial lines are veryinactive,
an
Td
ahia d.exhibit no material alteration as regards prices.
and San Francisco are dealt in at 121, East
Indian at 102 f 103, and Great Western of Canada
at 13i. 1.
13ank Shares have been very quiet. London
Chartered__ of Australia, however, have improved to
„r 2.1. Consolidated are marked 5/, and Union of
a-,ondon 3i
The Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining
Company have to-day received more encouraging
advines, the yield showing an improvement for the
months of July and August over June of about 10
qrs. per ton. A profit of £l,BOO during July
Paid off previous debt, and enabled £1,200 tohad be
divided between the Associated Companies. A re-
mittance of £7OO has been received.
The directors of the English and Australian Cop-
Der Company (Limited) have received advices from
their manager, dated Adelaide, 29th August last.
The quantity of coal at Kooringa was 710 tons ; at
liapunda, 454 tons ; and at Port Adelaide, 436
tons. There were three furnaces at work at
sort Xooring
11a, and seven furnaces and two refiners at
Adelaide. Since date of last advices ship-
nlents of 200 tons of copper had been made.