The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-01 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

In the bullion department of the Bank there was
a withdrawal of £106,000 yesterday afternoon for
the Continent.
The Imperial Mercantile Credit Association have
notified that they are having a complete audit of
the accounts by their auditors, Messrs. Coleman,
Turquand, Young, and Co., in conjunction with
Messrs. Quiller, Ball, and Co., and that their re-
port to the shareholders will be made in a few days.
This I rocedure has been deemed necessary in con-
sequence of various rumours respecting the position
of the company. The Committee of the Stock
Exchange have appointed Thursday, the 3rd of
'",-(7, a special settling day in the shares of the Lon-
"n, Windsor, and Greenwich Hotel Company
(Limited), which are not to be marked.
According to Reuter's telegram this morning the
French Rentes were 65f. 75c. Firm attention
absorbed in the settlement.
A close holiday is being observed in the Stock
Exchange, which as usual on the first of May, is
shut for the purpose of enabling the authorities in
the transfer office of the Bank of England to strike
the half-yearly balances.
The money market continues to present symp-
toms of activity, and the brokers are consequently
asking full terms for the negotiation of the best
short dated paper. Owing to this firmness in the
rates
a good inquiry for accommodation prevails at
the Bank of England, but there has been no pres-
sure anywhere. On the Stock Exchange the charge
for daily loans on Government securities has been
advanced to per cent.
The following notification has just been made :
Bank of England, Ist May, 1866.—Notice is hereby
given, That in order to prepare the dividends due
the sth July, 1866, the balances of the several
accounts in the following Funds will be struck cn
the night of Friday, the Ist June, 1866 :—£3 per
Cent. Consolidated Annuities, New £5 per Cent.
i\-`tinnuities, New £3 10s. per Cent. Annuities (1854),
ew los. per Cent. Annuities, Annuities for
terms of years, India £5 per Cent. Stock. On Sa-
t,urday, the 2d June, the above-named Funds will
sth
transferable without the dividend due on the
th July next. East India Stock shut Wednesday,
13th June, 1866 ; open Friday, 6th July, 1866.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets,
during -
the last few days, a firmer tone has prevailed.
Sugars have been in moderate request, and late
r.a.tes are well supported. Coffee has continued in
demand, and superior qualities of both plan.
In
and native Ceylon have supported full values.
J rice there has been no material alteration in
rn.
limited ,
while the transactions on tallow have been
suited at about previous quotations, for both pre-
sent and future delivery.
The Australian Mortgage Land and Finance
£l2ny have declared a dividend at the rate of
pas per cent. per annum.
The directors of the Trust and Agency Company
Of Australia state in their report that there is an
available balance of £17,823, after payment of the
interim dividend of November last. Besides car-
ryingt £5,000 to reserve, the directors recommend
thepayment of a dividend and bonus equal (with
interim dividend) to 20 per cent. per annum on
the capital called up, the extinction of the prelimi-
nary expense and furniture accounts, and the car-
rying forward of £4,310.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

YESTERDAY.

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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., 1908 —
March. June.
4nhequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent, —
Do. £5OO —
Do £lOO and £200
sank of England Stock, 5 per Cent
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, hnituki GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
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tustriala Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
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.1)41 per Cent., 1860
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THREE O'CLOCK.
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GROCERS.—The grocers of the cities, tows,
he villages of England, being desirous to he pin
6 great work of saving life from shipwrecks on our
eu°44tm, have contributed the handsome sum, from sixpence
IN-I).:vtarcis, of £435 to defray the cost of a lifeboat. Tho
an
1"al Lifeboat Institution has undertaken to find
iineeligible station ,for the Grocers' " Lifeboat.
h
„ of the credit to this successful undertaking
4`
1e 'me to Mr. William Reed, of the Grocer and Oil Trade
Monument-yard, who has been for many months
tPliak,eteion!efatigable in his benevolent exertions in collecting
vreth
b' of the lifeboat. The drapers, emulating their
roll the grocers, also hope, at no distant period, to
uontribute the vat of a lifeboat.