The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, but
generally maintain former rates. London Steam
rl'(Aving Co.'s shares are quoted , 1i 2 prem.; Chas.
Lafitte and Co., 21- 21 prem. ; Galatz Candle
Co., prem. English and American Bank, 11 it
prom.

BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 Der Cent. Consols
Do. Account, Feb. 8
87f
6
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent
86/ New 21 per Cent. Jan.
r
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1871894 3
Annuities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880
Do. for 30 yrs,
T expire .sth Apeil,,lBBs —
~ De (Red Sea elegraph), Aug., 1908
LXchequor Bills, £1.000,3 per Cent. —
Do. £560 —
Do £lOO and £2OO 5
Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
hidian Stock, lot per Cent., April 1874 2OB
Do Account
80. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent
°. 51 per Cent., May 1879
DO. 4 per Cent.. Aug. 1866 —
Do. Bonds, £l.OO —
"o• under £1,6000
FOREIGN FUNDS—O
Anstrion Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 NE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. Loper Cent., 1852-58-60
. 1863
Do. 1865 —Do Account 75 4/
13
4Do. Scrip, £25 paid
-Yho. Account
-uo 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chilian 6 per Cent
1)0. 41 per Cent
Colonibian 6 per Cent.
Lub 6 per Cent.
anish 3 per Cent., 1825
DO. 4 per Cent., 1863 —
D perl773-77, £25 paid —
anubian Principalities
-Do Account 731
&,qUador , p
New Consolidated Iper Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Egyptian 7 per Cent 92 /
-PO., Second Issue
-00 £lOO Bonds
Do. 1864 92
Do £lOO Bonds
"I'peek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons . Account
D0.,.s Coupons
tz 1) 0 . ACCOUIIt
'llpatemala 5 per Cent.
-1-,,, 0 .£B6 paid —
I,_-"0. 1839 and 1850 —
'Alian 5 per Cent, 1865
Po. Account
D 0 . Alaremmana, Railway
-Po Scrip, £671 paid
IaDO 5 per Cent., 1864 —
exicon 3 per Cent
Do. Account - 1i
. Do 1864 —
-1,-)0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
kr-uo French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e
i"';onte. videan 6.per Cent., £3O paid
New Granada
1)0 2 per Cent
Do Deferred
DOD'
Land Warrants (Hectares)
°,,,. 6 per Cent, 1864 —
uo Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
' eruvian 5 per Cent —
3)° 0. Account
3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
041 per Cent 1862
1,
Do
.Dlccounf
"
.
guese 3 per Cent., 1853
De A 3 per Cent 1856 '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 451;
R ; ccuunt''
lissiati 5 per Cent., 1822, £St ,
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
° 4i per Cent., 1860
D 3 pee Cent. 1859 —
b° 5 per Cent. 186-2
° 5 per Cent. 1861 931
a.hrdinion 5 per Cent
•L'o .£1.(0 Bands' —
Do. 11 per Cenf —
Ppailish 3 per Cent
DO-uitt account 44 1
New Deferred —
D 0
~, Account
Uo
D°Passivo , Account
r,'lllsh Cert. of Coup not funded —
''''', Account l4}
-edish 4 per Cent.
1, o. 41 per Cent. 1864
—.
tirkish 6 per Cent. 1854
1)0
DO
6Account —
n° per Cent. 1858
DO'-'0 Account
1) .£lOO Bonds
DO 6 per Cent. 1862
'lO Account
1,1),0 £lOO Bonds
681 1
,'° 6 per Cent., 1863 —
7-,'° 5 per Cent. 1865
-.Jo Seri X' - paid
-r, p .)a
tio Account
veu-
uela 6 per Cont.
-Do Account
4 Dividends on the above payable in London.
plistrian, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Dutchleuch Rentes 3 per Cent. —
21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil —
e TWO O'CLOCK.
onsols for
8-
money ............................... I
1)0. Accowat .................................... 87i I

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Stock Exchange markets indicate a firmer
tone, although the alterations that have taken place
In values have been comparatively unimportant.
The Funds have improved per per cent., Consols
now being 87i for money, and 87} for the account.
Foreign stocks, English railways, and American
securities also show a slight advance.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under:—

Great Western
.£1866. 1865.
62,350 £61,556
North Western •
100,476 94.416
South Western •
... 17,889 18,768
13righton
..• 15,921 14,936
Midland
..• 46,516 44,523
South Eastern
... 19,736 20,300
Great Northern . •
34,082 32,361
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 39,617 34,575
Bristol and Exeter ... ... 5,298 5,309
North Eastern
... •56,749 53,442
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 18,060 15,942
Great Eastern . ▪ ... 32,037 82,126
London, Chatham, and Dover ... 7,052 6,522
These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, generally show
some satisfactory results. On the Great Western
there is an increase of £794 ; on the North Western,
£3,060 ; Brighton, £985 ; Midland, £1,993 ; Great
Northern, £1,718 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
£5,072 ; North Eastern, £3,307 ; Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincoln, £2,118; and London, Chatham,
and Dover, £520. The Bristol and Exeter, how-
ever, shows a decrease of £ll, the Great Eastern
of £B9, the South-Western of £l9, and the South
Eastern of £564.
At the seventh half-yearly meeting of the Alliance
Bank, to-day, a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum,
free of income tax, or 12s. 6d. per share on the old
shares, and lls. 3d. per share on those issued in
1864, was agreed to.

The 57th half-yearly meeting of the London Joint
Stock Bank was held to-day, and a dividend of 12}
per cent. per annum, with a bonus 14s. 3d. per
share, making together £1 13s. per share, or at the
rate of 22 per cent. per annum, was adopted.
The half-yearly meeting of the Metropolitan and
Provincial Bank was held to-day, and a dividend
of 10s. per share on old shares, and Bs. 9d. per share
on new, being at the rate 5 per cent. per annum,
was agreed to.

Two o'CLocK.
The English Stock Market has been favourably.
Influenced by the non-alteration in the rate of dis-
count, and an advance of if: per cent. has taken
place in the Funds. Consols are 87 f for money,
and 874 for the account. The New Threes and
Reduced Annuities are 868 87 ; Exchequer Bills,
58. to par ; Bank of England Stock, 245 ; India
Stock, 208 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 102-1 8 ; and ditto
Bonds, 15s. prem.
Foreign Stocks generally are lower. Turkish 5
Per Cents. are 39i ; Mexican, 211 22 ; ditto New,
19 1 ; Greek, 131 14 ; Spanish Passive, 258 268 ;
the Certificates, 14 I ; Italian, 64 8 ; the Con-
federate Loan, 6 7 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 818 prem.
United States Government 5-20 Bonds, 658 668 ;
Erie shares, 571 58 ; and Illinois, 76 I. The
Egyptian Railway Loan Scrip is quoted 111 1. prem.
More activity prevailed in the Railway Share
Market, and in most instances enhanced rates were
Current. Caledonian improved 11, Midland 1,
Lancashire and Yorkshire and South Eastern each
Great Western and Metropolitan each 1, and
Great Eastern and North Eastern (Berwick) each
The Foreign and Colonial lines show:no change
of importance.