The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Money Market is more active to-day, owing
to the settlement at the Stock Exchange. The quo-
tations of the brokers are firmer, few first-class bills
having been negotiated under 6 per cent. Loans
on Government securities have also advanced to 5
and 51 per cent. from day to day.
There were no gold operations at the Bank of
England yesterday afternoon.
The alterations in the Bank of England return
are not of great importance, and the position of the
establishment is still far from strong. The follow-
ing are the particulars :
Active Circulation ...£22,161,115
Decrease 142,680
13,855,776
Decrease 33,336
Best 3,204,852
Increase q 044
•
Public Deposits ... •.:: 4,417,147
Increase 371,688
Other Deposits ... 13,294,641
Decrease ... 677,149
Seven Day and Other Bills ... ... 427,129
Decrease 13,101
Government Securities 10,694,254
Increase 50,000
Other Securities 18,507,854
Decrease 468,862
Notes 'Unemployed 5,844,205
Increase 106,185
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
the following special settling days : Anglo-Mexican
Telegraph Company (Limited) shares, Wednesday,
2d proximo, to be marked ; in the scrip, represent-
ing paid-up ordinary stock of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway, Thursday, 3d proximo ; and
the committee have also ordered the Bonds of the
San Paulo Railway to be officially quoted.
Mr. Coleman, of the firm of Messrs. Coleman,
Turquand, Youngs, and Co., of London, and Mr.
H. W. Banner, of the firm of Messrs. Harwood,
Banner, and Son, of Liverpool, have been ap-
pointed by the Master of the Rolls joint provisional
Official liquidators of Barned's Banking Company
(Limited.)
The Bank of France return presents some fa-
vourable features. The bullion has been increased
£288,000, and the notes in circulation have been
reduced £440,000. The commercial bills, however,
have received an addition of £260,000, and the
advances on stock, &c., £B,OOO. The Treasury
balances have been augmented £576,000, and the
Current accounts £466,000.

Two o'CLocK.
According to Reuter's telegram, this morning,
the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 80c. Flat.
The English Stock Market has presented a rather
buoyant and favourable appearance. Several deal-
ings for investment have taken place, and quota-
tions are generally a little higher. Consols have
Unproved k per cent., the prices being 86! to 87 for
Honey, and 87 to k for the account.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 851
to ; ditto Red Sea Telegraph, 191 ; Exchequer
Bills, 3s. dis. ; Bank of England stock, 242 to 243 ;
India Five per Cents., 1061 to 1; and ditto 4 per
cent. debentures, 101 i.
In the Foreign Stock Market the operations have
been principally confined to the settlement, which
Will be concluded this afternoon. Spanish Passive
have risen to 25t 26 ; and Certificates to 15.1 26 ;
Italian are weak at 501 ; Turkish 5 per Cents.
are 33i ; Mexican, 201 1 ; do. New, 181 ;
Greek, 12 13 ; Chilian Loan, 11 . prem. ; and Bra-
zilian Scrip, 32i dis. ; United States Government
6-20 Bonds, 70 a ; Erie Shares, 52 1 ; and Illinois,
80 I.
Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued exceedingly dull, and in several instances
Prices are a shade flatter. Great IYestern have
declined k, Great Eastern and Metropolitan each 4,
South Eastern k, and Midland 4.
The Foreign and Colonial lines are without
material variation. South Austrian and Lombardo
-Venetian have receded to 15k, Grand Trunk of
Canada to 24 and Great Indian Peninsula have
unproved to 1100.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive.
Bank of London are dealt in at 24 ; Imperial
Ottoman at 14 ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.,
tI dis. ; International Financial, 11 dis. ; London
ioancial, 44 4 dis. ; and Credit Foncier and Mo-
biller of England, i prem. ex div.
Mr. Edward Gibbon Swann has announced his
l'etiremest from the Oriental Commercial Bank,
for the purpose of concentrating his attention upun
his Private business.