The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-17 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Money Market is a shade easier, and there
is a better feeling prevailing in discount circles.
The rates, however, show no change of importance,
5- and 6 per cent. being still the lowest charges for
three months' paper, and 51 per cent. for bankers'
short-dated acceptances.
"TO gold operations of importance took place at
the Bank yesterday.
Mr. Candlish, .M.P. for Sunderland, has joined
the Board of the London Steam Collier and Coal
Company as Chairman.
Subscriptions are invited by the London and South
African Bank for an 8 per cent. loan of £50,000
required by the Durban Corporation, Natal, for
proving the thoroughfares of the borough
authorised by a law of 1865, and for which the
.security offered consists of 1,875 acres of the town
lands, besides the general revenue of the corpora-
tion, upon which a charge of £5,000 exists.
In the foreign and colonial produce markets dur-
ing the last few days there has been very little
activity, The operaticns in tea have been deferred
untilthe public sales, which commence this day.
Sugar has remained at about previous rates, while
superior descriptions of coffee have been in fair re-
quest, at steady prices. In rice, fruit, and spices
there has been no change, while tallow has been in
Moderate demand, at steady quotations, for both
present and forward delivery.
An allotment of the shares in the Mysore Coffee
Company has taken place.

Two o'CLocK.
According to Reuter's telegram, this morning,
the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 75c. Flat.
The English Stock Market has continued to show
increased_
symptoms of buoyancy, and a further
irtnprovement of 1 per cent. has taken place in the
3,llnds. The aspect of affairs both here and on
the Continent is more promising, and speculators
are therefore purchasing for a rise in values.
°Il slB are quoted 861 1 for money, and 864
-1
.rll° ?r the account. The New Threes are 841 ; and
, Reduced Annuities, 844 4 ; Exchequer Bills,
Ba to 3s.
dittoLis. for March; and ss. dis. for June ;
England Stock, 243 ; India Stock, 212 ;
itto 5 per Cents., 1031 ,11 ; and ditto Enlaced 54
Per Cents., 1073-
A good business has also been negotiated in
firms Stocks, and the market has presented a
i
, _ln appearance. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 334 1 ;
lexican, 204 ditto New, 181 ; Greek, 13 ;
„Panish Passive, 251 26 ; the Certificates, 154 1 ;
di
Han, 53,4 541 ; Egyptian Railway Loan, 4 2
Government 5-20 Bonds, 684 69 ; Erie Shares,
'44 53 ; and Illinois, 791 1.
Business in the Railway Share Market has
continued inactive, but in a few instances prices are
a shade firmer. Metropolitan have advanced 155.,
Great Eastern 108., and Great Western and Lanca-
,e and Yorkshire each 55., while Caledonian
'lave declined 15s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines show little change
of inaportance.
flank and Miscellaneous Shares are, in some
e,,,ses, a shade firmer. Alliance are dealt in at
"I 1 ; Bank of New Zealand at 19 ; Imperial Bank
at 281 ; Oriental Bank at 47/ ; General Credit at
; National Discount Company at 131; and
verend, Gurney, and Co., at 14 141. The Scrip
of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company is quoted 11 2 prem., and the Pasha of
13'Ypt's New Loan Scrip 4 14- prem.
The subscription list of the Mineral Rights'Asso-
elation was closed yesterday afternoon, and the
411Inber of shares applied for was nearly 40,000.
The allotment will be made in a few days.

SHARE MARKETS.—This Day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Share Railways. I Pali Closing I Business
Price. dene.

ross:

100
100
100
all
100
100