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

HONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The inquiry for discount accommodation to-day
has been rather limited, but the rates remain at 51
and 6 per cent. for the best short-dated commercial
Paper, owing to the small supply of money on offer.
The amount of gold scut into the Bank of Eng-
land was £22,000.
The directors of the Albert Insurance Company,
in their report, have recommended a dividend at
the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income-
tax.

It has been announced that the half-yearly divi-
dend, due 15th April, on the Swedish Government
Loan of 1864, will be paid by Messrs. J. IL Schroder
and Co.

A special meeting has been held to-day of the
shareholders of the Brazilian and Portuguese Bank,
for the purpose of confirming the resolutions adopted
at the last meeting for changing the name of the
company to that of the English Bank of Rio de
Janeiro.

Two o'CLocit.
According to Reuter's telegram, this morning,
the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 52c. Flat.
A further improvement has taken place to-day
k in the prices of English Government securities,
chiefly in consequence of the tenor of advice.s from
Germany. In the morning the Funds were at an
advance of I per cent, but subsequently they re-
ceded k per cent, and are now quoted 86} 1 for
money, and 87 * for the account. The New Threes
and Reduced Annuities are 841 1 ; Exchequer
Bills for March, 10s. to ss. dis. ; for June, 6s. to
3s. dis. ; Bank of England Stock, for account,
245 ex. div. ; India Stock, 209 ; do., 5 per Cents.,
1021

Most of the speculative Foreign Stocks show
buoyancy. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 37i I ; Mexi-
can, 21 1 ; ditto New, 18/ 19 ; Greek, 131 144 ;
Spanish Passive, 261 1 ; the Certificates, 151 16 ;
Italian, 571 4 ; the Confederate Loan, 6f 7f ; Chi-
lian Loan, 11 f pm. ; Brazilian Scrip, 11 1 dis. ;
Egyptian Railway Loan, 131 11 dis. ; the New
Egyptian Loan, 1 / prem. United States Govern-
ment 5-20 Bonds, 72 4 ; Erie Shares, 55/ 56 ; and
Illinois, 81i 1.
In the Railway Share Market there has been
very little animation, but in several instances prices
are firmer. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North
Western, and North Eastern (Leeds), have each
improved 10s. ; and Great Eastern, ss. ; while
Great Western and Metropolitan have each de-
clined ss.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue
inactive at about previous rates.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in fair re-
quest. London and Westminster have improved
to 95i, 4 ; Bank of London to 26 ; London Finan-
cial are dealt in at l 14 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier
of England at ; and Overend, Gurney, and
Co., at Hi 171 ; and the Pasha of Egypt's New
Loan is quoted 1 prem. ; Reuter's Telegraph
Co., 1 2 prem. ; and Imperial Mercantile Credit,
18 11 dis. ; Imperial Ottoman improved to 121 f

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols -
Do. Account, April 5
864 4 I 4
3 Per Cent. Reduced 4
1 I
New 3 per Cent
84 4
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
.Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.,.
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug.,
21 1908.. z- .
6 3 dis
June. rch.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent.
Do. £5OO —
,r‘ Do £lOO and £2OO
Lank of England Stock, 5 per Cent
Do Account 245
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 209
Do. Account
Do, 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. Ce prtificates er Cent., Oct. 1888
._
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 _
Do. . 51 per Cent., May 1879
Deb., 4
£l,OOO per Cent., Aug. 1866
Do. Bonds,
Do under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Arugetntine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm
Asrian
13razilian 5 Bonds, 5 per Cent 1859 _
per Cent _
Do. 41 per Cent, 1852-58-60
Do
Do,
1863
Do 72f 3
Account 1865 —
D'). Scrip, .£45
.uenos Ayres 6 pepraid Cent — dis xd
Do. Account
Do £1(0 Bonds —
Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chilian 6 Per Cent
Do Do. 4Scrip, £25 paid
1 p er Cet —
Colombian 6 pern Cent. —
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Danubian Principalities
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent..,
EDo., Provisional Land Warrant,,.,,,,,
gyptian 7 per Cent
Do £lOO Bonds
Do. 1864
.. 93
884
Do £lOO Bonds
Do. Government Railway Debentures —
Do. £5 25 paid
Greek per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Coupons
no Account
(tuatemala 5 per Cent.
Malian 5 per Cent 1865
Do. Account
mma ...... .
_•Do. Ilarena Railway
Mexican 3 per Cent
D. Account
..............
Do
1864 l9 uo 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
fklontevidean. 6 per Cent., £3O paid
Newoi Imperial 5 per Cent
Granada
Do 2 per Cent
De Deferred
, I)0 Lad Warrants—
'-'O,. 6 per Cent 1864 (Hectares)_
A, uo Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
evnvian 5 _.
D per Cent., 1865
Do 41
o 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do per Cent., 1862
. Account
671
portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 45/
Do. Account
Russi
DO 4an 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 88
1 per Cent. 1850
1)3 41 per Cent., 1860
D,O 3 Pei Cent. 1859
.„-'-'0 5 per Cent. 1862
-3-'0 5 per Cent. 1864 914 i }s
°• 5 per Cent
~
paDnisli po• Account
•) 3per Cent
DDo New Deferred.
DOO Account
B naucPassive
Account
Do Account Account Cert. of Coup not funded —
4}k'edish 4 per Cent.
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Do Account
Do 6 P®r Cent. 1858
DOD Account
£lOO Bonds .
_DDo 6 per Cent. 1862
o Account .. .•
110 £lOO Bond;
D°o 6 per Cent.,1863
—}
1)DO 5 per Cent 1.865 paid up Scrip 374
^° Ace°unt .1........' 37/ }I i
li 0 4
I. • per Cent. Guaranteed —
T enezuela. 3 per Cent
Ditto ac t .
131
D „ oun_ .............................
,u tj per Cent., 1862
~..,o Account 291 29
'O. 14 per Cent
...............
Do. 1864
lustrA Dividends on the above payable in London.
oiftn, spr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
„1,g,i,44,2 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
pn 'zi per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull
1,,,,'° I per Cent. Certificates
it '',!'eh Relates 3 per Cent
','"an 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ..... -
'43 Account ................
THREE O'CLOCK.

004 sols
1)0 for money '''''''''''''''''''''''''''...
86
. May settlement ....................

MOOTING IN- THE HUNTING FIELD.—On Saturday
U is, non, the son of a farmer at Great Tey, was
17t4"ged before the magistrates at Colchester with shooting
ja_lifr• Osborne, a merchant in that borough, while in the
uhtin field. hound Mr. Osborne, it appeared, was out with the
sowerB' and while riding across the farm of the pri-
mfather,
as
the prisoner started up from behind a fence
Diet struck his horse, which swerved, and he then drew a
on 01 and levelled it at him. The prosecutor rode rapidly
not and neither h orse nor rider was hit. Mr. Osborne did
Wish
log .t to reess the charge, but the magistrates, observ-
Whl:d as a very serious felony, refused to allow it to be
able nrsawn ; they, however, adjourned the matter to en-
`me PriOoner to obtain legal assistance.