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

tIONEy MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
No alteration has been made this morning in the
°tticial rate of discount. An idea partially prevailed
Yesterday that the directors would, in consequence
f the falling off in the number of bills recently
brought for negotiation, and also owing to the in-
crease which it was supposed to have taken place
111 the reserve of bullion, have been enabled to
lower their minimum. The inquiry is now more
litle4ve because of the large number of bills that were
in reserve. In the open market the rates for
r negotiation of first-class bills remain at 81 and
Per cent.
At the Bank of England yesterday 5,000 sove-
z.eigna were received from Beyrout, and £42,000 in
B°l4 was withdrawn, including 40,000 sovereigns
for shi •
pment to Lisbon.
tot The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
his day, are in round figures as under :-
1866. 1865.
Great 75,347 74,135
Western North st3rn
117,339 116,244
south Western 29, 29,707 32,434
lalhaten
50,509 41,660
south Rd
trisctoalstaelar,
Gr -astern 24,879 24,697
tart Northern
cianEd jetoorikshire
7 182 6,825
North
BancEastern 74,471 68,608
nester, Sheffield and Lincoln ......•• 20,098 17,14745
LoudonEasr
and Chatham and Dover
These returns, when compared with those of the
0 corresponding period of last year, are generally
a favourable character. On the Great Western
the
re is an increase of £1,212 ; on the North-
' 'v. rn eate
deer of £1,095 ;on the South-Western a
ease of £2,727 ; on the Brighton an increase of
X 238 ; on the Midland of £8,849 ; on the South-
Easternof £lB2 ; on the Great Northern a decrease
of
in ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire an
increase of £4,026 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of
x 3
; North-Eastern of £5,863 ; on the Man-
i, ester) Sheffield, and Lincoln of £2,924 ; on the
°lid", Chatham, and Dover of £598 ; and a
decrease
on the Great Eastern of £ll9.
An extraordinary general meeting of the share-
41,°IderS of the Consolidated Bank has been held, and
i'oe terms recommended by the directors for the re-
sumption of business were adopted.
A General Court of the Hudson's Bay Company
will be held at their house in Fenchurch-street on
Thursday, 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
of India, London, and China, on the London
Register, on and after the 2d July next.
The biddings for bills on India took place yester-
day at the Bank of 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. 10d. on Calcutta and Mad-
I'm, and Is. 100. on Bombay. Tenders at and
above these prices will receive in full.
The following communication is of interest to
Peruvian bondholders :-

" Foreign-office, June 19, 1866.

" Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Earl of Clarendon
'0 inform you, with reference to your letter of the 22nd of
January last, that her Majesty's Minister at Madrid has re-
tod to his lordship that in a conversation which he had
"heldixcellency with the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, his
La t informed Sir John Crampton that the Spanish
Zadron had been ordered home from the Pacific, and
xsiaconsequently the projected occupation of the Chincha
"a would not now take place,—l am, Gentlemen, your
west obedient humble servant, " E. IlAmmorin.
"Messrs. J. Thomson, T. Bonar, and Co.,
57i, Old Broad-street."
Mr, James Cooper, of the firm of Johnstone,
Coo
th_ 12eri Wintle, and Evans, has been appointed by
.„.uWATaster of the Rolls official liquidator of the
'e Zealand Banking Corporation (Limited).

Two o'CLocK.
eccording to Reuter's telegrams this morning,
e French Rentes were 62f. 90c. Everything firm.
a The English Stock Market has been rather active,
su
cinotations have, with few exceptions, been well
jlAported. The Funds are at low prices, but pur-
asers
can hardly be expected to make investments
1?°11 a large scale when they can obtain 6 and 7
o',r 4 4
.cent, interest for their money. Consols
Thee !61 for money, and 861 1 for the account.
85 dew Threes and Reduced Annuities are marked
e ; India 5 per Cents., 1031 ; ditto 4 per
11:;t8' 90 ; ditto 51 per cent. enfaced paper,
ditto 4 per Cent. Debentures, 1001 ; and
mitt° Bo_ ,s,
o par. ithn the exception of Greek, which have declined
yoer cen
rkt.,
th e other alterations with the Foreign
Stock Maet have not been important. Spanish