The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-05 00:00:00

MONEY MA

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

In O'CLOCK.
the discount market to-dayTWELVE there is at present
an active demand for accommodation, and full
rates are required for all descriptions of bills.
Gold, amounting to £13,000, was taken yesterday
to the Bank of England ; but it is understood that
00,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for transmission
to Scotland ; yet operations of this kind are not at
all unusual at the present period of the year.
Annexed is a letter from the Chairman of the
Stock Exchange Committee in reply to Mr. David
Robertson I\l .P., repecting the resolutions passed at
the meeting
of the holders of Spanish Passive Bonds
and the Certificates

Committee Room, Stock Exchange,
London, May 4, 1866.
M
Y dear Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 3d instant,
enclosing resolutions passed at meetings of the holders of
desired Spanish Passive Bonds and Spanish Certificates, I am
bY the committee to inform you that they have
eordered that your letters and their enclosures be entered
.eh.eir minutes. lam further directed to assure you of
the sincere hope of the committee that the proceedings to
arrang You allude may lead to a speedy and satisfactory
ement.—l remain, dear sir, yours very sincerely,
(Signed) MaTTaaw FLOWER,
Chairman of the Committee for General Purposes.
D. Robertson, Esq., M.P.
It i 8 notified that the directors of the Imperial
Land Company of Marseilles (Limited) have made
of £
4 eall of £5 per share, payable in two instalments
2 10s. per share on the 24th inst. and 24th July
respectively. The offices have been removed to 10,
St. S withins-lane.
thThe movements of the precious metals since
eday last have been on a very limited scale.
,; imports have amounted to about £259,659,
i'Llefly from the West Indies, the Pacific, and the
£c)ranzils• The exports have been to the extent of
4)129, the greater portion of which has been
spatched to the Continent.

Two o'CLock.
At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to
Beater's telegram, the Three per Cent Rentes were
4111,°ted 64e. 80f. Firm.
°eign politics still exercise paramount influence
4e44.°4 the markets for stocks and shares. Yesterday
the
...
the latest prices of Consols were per
ent• better, but to-day there is a reaction to the
same fractional amount. They are now 861 i for
ta'°7leY, 861 for the account. In all the other
Government,. securities there is also a considerable
degree of depression.
-F ()reign Stocks also close with an extreme appear-
ance of heaviness. Italian have further receded 3
Per
1.;., ce•nt
; Spanish Passive, 11 per cent. ; the Cer-
iiiica"
t,s_
i,
it per cent. ; Brazilian Scrip, 1 ; and
of Mexican I per cent. ; but there has been a recovery
nearly 1 per cent. in Turkish. Annexed are th e
l
atest quotations :--Turkish 5 per Cents., 291 30 ;
181 1 ; Spanish Passive, 231 1 ; the Cer-
7tificates, 141 ; Italian, 411 42 ; Brazilian Scrip,
6,1 ; and United States Government 5-20
---`'nus, 671 681,
b In the Railway Share Market the dealings hare
een nu a limited scale. Great Eastern have de-
clined ,
; South-Western, ; Great Northern A
Sto°k
1;
Metropolitan, 11; while North Western
have improved 1.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
material vari tion.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and
112 some instances are a shade flatter. Alliance
being marked 201, 201; Chartered Mercantile of
India, London, and China, 39, 40 ; Imperial Bank,
26, 27 ; Union of London, 531 ; Credit Foncier
and Mobilier of England, 3/, 4 ; General Credit
and Finance, 21, 3; London Financial 11/, 12 ;
and Overeud, Gurney, and Co., 131, 14.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GCTERNMENT FUNDS.
1
° Der Cent. Consols
3864 1
no• Account, May 9
86
Nper Cent. Reduced 843
ew 3 per Cent
841 -low 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
~ Do. 5 per Ceut. Jan. 1873 —
4110uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jun., 1880
Do. (Redo yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —Do Sea Telegraph), Aug" 1908.. k—arch.
June.
Elellequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — Do.
£5OO —
9 dis 5 dis
~ Do
.£lOO and £2OO
loank of England Stock, 5 per Cent
Do
.A,ccount —
, lamuos GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
la
Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874
Do. Account
1051 1- 1
DO•., 5 per Cent. July 1870
'-',..,0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
00. Certificate —
_
.00. Enlaced Pa
r 4 prer Cent °. pe
5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do.
k,O 54 per Cent., May 1879 —
Do Bond . Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
. ,
Do. unders, ££ll,oooooo — pm
tg• rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
11;asentine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — pm
trian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
azillan 5 per Cent
De 41
. '1 Per Cent 1852-58-60
Do. 1
1863
A-,,, 0
Account 1865 _
68 1
47 i 1
dis
Do s
.
Bu • eriP• £45 paid
ti.,;,°. 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Do-.'oao 6 per Cent —
D° R •
Striper
£25 paid
pm
_
41 per Cent
1)0. 6 per Cent ei,olboniaabiart per Cent. — 1),,,,,•:1, r Cent.
1.),'18,0 r per Cent., 1825
",11110ian Principalities
,„ -1-'O. An
61
awtua(tor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
tr •121°., Provisional Land Warrant
V, tiara 7 per Cent
uo £lOO Bo
, Second Isssue —
nd
D 0
Do. 1864 B5l 24
0 £lOO Bonds
3)1)00. Government Railway Debentures —
(4., ,o.' 4)0 paid
D 0 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do.
..--'0 Account
eic,„
L 0 s'
'pons
~,_ • Account
441,ateniala 5 per Cent. —
D°•all 5 per Cent 1865
I'altleau 3 per Cent
Do
Do•.A.ccount
1864 l6l
1413° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
tio_nte videan 6 per Cent., £3O paid
e.
1,3 A Granada
- Ortlin,,, 3
il ''.t.' por Cent., 1853
~,o 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
—2
80. Account
4
-`llBBian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B6l83
~o 41 per Cent. 1850
"-)3 4 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 1859 _
Do 5 per Cent. 1862 _
p 1)0 5 per Cent. 1864 904
''''.„‘rdinian 5 per Cent
v 4'o: Account
''Panish 3 per Cent
_D°
pAccount
c) New Deferred
00 Account
D 0 Passive
t3Do Account 24 4
11.11ish Cert. of Coup not funded
L., -00 Account l4l i
13Vredish 4 0 t
-1-,_ per ell .
1, --'.. 41 Per Cent. 1864
erkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —Do 0 Account BB
.0 6 per Cent. 1858
DoDo Account 6ll
£lOO Bonds
DO
6 per Cent. 1862
D°°
Account 62- 31
£lOO Bonds
6
i)per Cent., 1863 —° 5 per Cent 1865 paid up Scrip —
1.r),0 Account ~
'
1,--'''.l per Cont. Guarantjed —
IDezuei 3 per Cent.
)iotto account
6 1-)er Cent 1862 —
00 Account "
tD°- 1864 304 /3,
,_ 4 I•9i:.ends ou the above payable in London.
eu 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 101.,., ° tier Cent. Certificates 92
14171 ch 'lentos 3 per Cent.
1,1411 SP, Cent 1861. Ex. 25f.
--.0 Account " . 421 11
TWO O'CLOCK.
00,,1154 o.ls.
efor money
tO. A count B6i 1
Jun, Account 864 7

REPRESENTATION OF THE METROPOLIS. —The
lilic:tl3lllation of the metropolis has been estimated by the
ti gistraz-General at 3,054,940 on the Bth of April, 1866,
t." Years from the date of the last census. Of this popula-
On, 2620,339 are within the Metropolitan Parliamentary
riunpughs represented by 18 members in the House of
the °.rts ; the remaining 425,601 persons are not within
limits of any of the boroughs. The " etroolis" of
110
tt'e Registrar-Gene al extends from Fulham tmo Plup mstead,
from Ifampsteud to Streatham.