The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-01 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET

AND
CO= lERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Money Market is assuming a quieter ap-
pearance, and, with the daily improvement in the
Position of the Bank of England, the commercial
classes are expecting a reduction to-morrow in the
official rate of discount. A large number of mer-
cantile securities are therefore held in reserve, but
the brokers in the open market continue to enforce
full terms for the accommodation they afford.
Gold to the amount of £41,000 in sovereigns re-
ceived from the Continent was taken to the Bank
of England yesterday.
At the ordinary general meeting to-day of the
shareholders of the Metropolitan Railway Company,
a dividend upon the preference stock at the rate of 5
Pea cent. per annum, and upon the ordinary stock
and new ordinary shares respectively, at the rate
7 per cent, per annum, was agreed to.
The following notification has been issued by the
Bank of England :

Ist
"notice is hereby given, that in" order toAugust prepare 6 the
dividends due on the 10th October, 1866, the balances of the
several accounts in the following funds will be struck on
the
night of Saturday, the Ist September, 1866, viz. :
"1 £3 per cent. annuities, reduced £3 per cent.• an-
nuities, annuities for 30 years, annuities for terms of years,
and India £4 per cent. Stock. On Monday, September 3,
the above-named funds will be transferrable without the
dividend due on the 10th October next."
The half-yearly bonds of the Bay of Havana and
Matanzas (Cuba) Railroad. Seven per Cent. Loan,
1863, due on Aug. 15, will be paid on that day and
any succeeding day at the offices of Messrs. Schroder
and Co. The coupons must be left two clear days
for examination.

Two o'CLocK.
At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to
Reuter's telgrarn, the 3 per cent. Rentes were 69f
55c.

Extreme inactivity of speculation and the limited
demand for investment will every now and then ac-
count for the little heaviness in the markets for
stocks and shares. A few sales, effected to-day,
have caused a decline of 1 per cent., though affairs
generally, home and foreign politics included, are
not unfavourable. The latest quotations for Consols
are 88 f for money, and 881 1 for the 9th instant.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 8711;
New 5 per Cents., 1021 ; Bank of England Stock,
248 250 ; India 5 per Cents., 103 1 ; and ditto
bonds, 13s. prem.
Foreign Stocks exhibited weakness. Turkish 5
Per Cents. have declined 1, to 261 27 1 ; Mexican 1,
to 171 ; do. New 1, to 14 1 ; Spanish Passive,
to 191 201; and Brazilian Scrip, 1 to 31 2/ ; but
Italian have advanced 1, to 51i 4 ; Greek remained
at 11} 12 ; and Spanish Certificates at 141 15.
American securities are also generally at lower quo-
tations. Erie shares have advanced 1 to 4211;
but Illinois have declined 1, to 74 1 1 ex div. ; and
United States 5-20 Bonds have receded to 681 1.
Business in the Railway Share Market has re-
mained very inactive, and prices exhibit a slight
uownward movement. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln have declined £1; North-Western, 15s. ,
and Lancashire and Yorks-hire, ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines are without
change of importance. Grand Trunk of Canada,
however, have receded 1 to 211 22.
In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has been
Only a moderate business entered into. Alliance
have improved to 201 1; London and County have
declined to 421 ; and London and Westminster are
*lll at 91 1 ex div. ; Anglo-American Telegraph
are dealt in at 12413 ; Atlantic Telegraph, at 31 ;
Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, at 21
7' ; and relegraph Construction and Mainte-
nance, at 11/ 12.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES
a GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
. Der Cent. Consols
8 Do. Account, July 10.
k.,pe r Cent. Reduced B7i 1 }
revr Per Cent B7l i 1
New 2t per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
4,41)°•. per Cent. Jan. 1873 lO2l
ullotutfies, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do
• or 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs —
(Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — .

1, - - -•- . March. June.
ticquer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. D
£SOO
-111:1k of England Stock, 5 per Cent
Do Account
aill,a_nr-AN Go ItNMENT SECURITIES.
1-1,-“,llStock,vltl per Cent., April 1874 2lO
••te, Account
103
"°' 5 Per Cent. July, 1870
12Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
% Certificates _
'-'O. Eofaced Paper 4 per Cent °. per Cent , Jan. 1872 _
Do' 5} Per Cent., May 1879
r, 106
t-,°. -eb., 4 per Cent Aug. 1866
"Q'
~,0 Th, • •I
t, • •Doudat 41,000 l3 pm
"44er £l,OOO
A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm
rittstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 —
itziliao 5 per Cent —
°' 4} Per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do De.
9 Bon Account 1863 —
1865
Do. 410 d
. s 73
Suet,s "criP, £75 paid
1:,8 Ares 6 per Cent —
0:0° 004 Bonds
h.,? 1 per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent )
'lan 6 per Cent
0 • 41 per Cent
Do
.„0. 6 per Cent
0°0:101 nBbei ar inP '6. 4p7esr paid
t . — pm
t) 6 per Cent.
ens,h 3 per Cent, 1825 —
I„nuoian Principalities
,al-'O. Account
41Vador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
D°4'l Provisional Land Warrant
itDeb:, d _
t rre
P mu 7 per Cent
B
Second
nd Isssue —
Do £lOO o
r„ Do.
1864 B5
.-to £lOO Bonds —
Do. Government Railway Debentures BOl 1.
, Do. £6O paid
Lireek
Do
Acc unt
per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Coupons
Do. account
Ittlaternala 5 per Cent.
italian 5 per Cent 1865
Do Account 651
Do. Maremmana Railway
Mexican 3 per Cent
Co. Account
Do 1864 l4}
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
New Granada —
Do 2 per Cent
Do. Deferred
Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account 6l
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do. Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Doq per Cent. 1850
41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 1859
Do 5 per
Cent. 1862 B7
900 1i 8
t
Do 5 pper Cent. 1861 1
Bardinian 5 per Cent
Do. Account
Spanish 3 per Cent —
Do Account
Do Now Deferred —
Do Account
Do Passive —
Do Account 2O
6 1
P 3431811 Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account
SWedish 4 per Cent. —
,b Do. f per Cent. 1864
t utkisb• 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds—
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 52 11
Do £lOO Bonds 531
D
,0 6 per Cent.,1863 —
Douo 5 per Cont., 1865, paid up Scrip —
Account
. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed —
v enezuela 3 per Cent. —
Ditto account
Do 6 per Cent , 1862 25
Do. Account .
13°. 6 Per Cent, 1864 26 7 8
Dividends on the above payablein London.
ilStri
1151, 111) 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Ls ,Ltcs4l. 4-} per cent., Ex. 25f.
h 231. per Ceut. Ex. 12 Gull„ 571
rDo. Certificates ,.
.• eac . —
itAa „ L.• 'lentos 3 per Cent.
,a.ah 5
per
Accountant., 1861, Ex. 25f.
De..
Calleols for . THREE O'CLOCK.
1)O. Ace money
88;
88
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