The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-01 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE o'CLocK.
The Money Market is assuming a quieter ap-
pearance, and, with the daily improvement in the
position of the Bank of England, the commercial
classes are expecting a reduction to-morrow in the
official rate of discount. A large number of mer-
cantile securities are therefore held in reserve, but
the brokers in the open market continue to enforce
full terms for the accommodation they afford.
Gold to the amount of £41,000 in sovereigns re-
ceived from the Continent was taken to the Bank
of England yesterday.
At the ordinary general meeting to-day of the
shareholders of the Metropolitan Railway Company,
a dividend upon the preference stock at the rate of 5
per cent. per annum, and upon the ordinary stock
and new ordinary shares respectively, at the rate of
7 per cent. per annum, was agreed to.
The following notification has been issued by the
Bank of England :

" Ist August, 1866.
_." Notice is hereby given, that in order to prepare the
dividends due on the 10th October, 1866, the balances of the
several accounts in the following funds will be struck on
the night of Saturday, the Ist September, 1866, viz.:-
1'1.6w £3 per cent. annuities, reduced £3 per cent. an-
nuities, annuities for 30 years, annuities for terms of years,
and India £1 per cent. Stock. On Monday, September 3,
the above-named funds will be transferrable without the
dividend due on the 10th October next."
The half-yearly bonds of the Bay of Havana and
Matanzas (Cuba) Railroad. Seven per Cent. Loan,
1863, due on Aug. 15, will be paid on that day and
any succeeding day at the offices of Messrs. Schroder
and Co. The coupons must be left two clear days
for examination.

Two o'CLocK.
At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to
Reuter's telgram, the 3 per cent. Rentes were 69f
55c.

Extreme inactivity of speculation and the limited
demand for investment will every now and then ac-
count for the little heaviness in the markets for
stocks and shares. A few sales, effected to-day,
have caused a decline of 8 per cent., though affairs
generally, home and foreign politics included, are
not unfavourable. The latest quotations for Consols
are 88 + for money, and 884 1 for the 9th instant.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87f 4;
New 5 per Cents., 102/ ; Bank of England Stock,
248 250 ; India 5 per Cents., 103 1; and ditto
bonds, 13s. prem.
Foreign Stocks exhibited weakness. Turkish 5
Per Cents. have declined 1, to 264 27 1 ; Mexican 4,
to 174 ; do. New
4, to 14 1 ; Spanish Passive, /
to 194 204 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 8 to 34 24 ; but
Italian have advanced 4, to 511 ; Greek remained
at 114 12 ; and Spanish Certificates at 141 15.
American securities are also generally at lower quo-
tations. Erie shares have advanced 4. to 421 4 ;
but Illinois have declined 1, to 74 1 + ex div. ; and
United States 5-20 Bonds have receded to 684 -1.
Business in the Railway Share Market has re-
'named very inactive, and prices exhibit a slight
downward movement. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln have declined £1; North-Western, 15s. ,
and Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss.
, The Foreign and Colonial lines are without
,change of importance. Grand Trunk of Canada,
no wever, have receded 1 to 211 22.
In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has been
,Only a moderate business entered into. Alliance
have improved to 204 8 ; London and County have
declined to 421 ; and London and Westminster are
firm. at 91 1 ex div. ; Anglo-American Telegraph
are dealt in at 124 13 ; Atlantic Telegraph, at 31 4 ;
Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, at 2/
dis„ ; and telegraph Construction and Mainte-
nance, at 114 12.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
. GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
0 Der Cont. Consols
Do. Account, July 10.
BPer Cent. Reduced
87
1 1
m,eNew3 per Cent B7} 1 i
21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 —
12/0- 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 lO2l
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Do (Red Soa Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
March. Juno.
EZellequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent.
Do. £5OO 4 7
, Do £lOO and £2OO
"'al* of England Stuck, 5 per Cent
D° Account —
"DUN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES..4,Ij3.II Stock, 10} per Cent., AprillB74 —
Do. Account
Re. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
"0. 4 Do. Cer pe
tificates r Cent., Oct. 488 _
_
Re• Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do 5 per Cent., Jan:lB72
—O. si• per Cent, May 1879
_
Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l3 pm
De• under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republic 6 per Cent., £l5 pd.. pin
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
j3O. 4i• Cent., per 1852-58-60
Do
D 0.1863
. 1865 —
uo Account 72
Do. £lOO Bonds —
Do • _
dis
8 u.
Do
ni
oi a oxsBlcA6or
oyl pr, e
Bondsf 76a Pe
ra i Cd e n t
0111D° 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Do.per Cent —
Do. 4i per Cent —
o 6 per Cent
s,• . .
Col criP'
£7a
paid
pm
Cubs clan° 6 per Cent. —
D,e
ail, b 3
ba -B''' Per Cent, 1825 —
nubian Principalities
~, Do. Account
'Ts•lador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
D., Provisional Land Warrant —
Do Deferr d
E • e
gyptian 7 per Cent —
1)0., Second Issue —
Do £lOO Bonds B9
, Do. 1864 —
-lie £lOO Bonds
• Do. Government Railway Debentures.
DO. £6O paid
k3reek 5 per Cents, 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
tl
1)o. Account
it
ualaittielrina sla 5 per Cent.
per Cent 1865
Do Account
Do. Maremmana Railway
tlexican 3 per Cent
Do. Account
Do 1864 l4i
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
ilontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
New Granada —
Do 2 per Cent
Do. Deferred
Peruvian 5 per Cent, 1865
Do. Account
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do q per Cent., 1862
DO Account 6l
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ..
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do. Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 41 per Cent. 1850 . B7
Do 4i per Cent., 1860
,I)(1 3 per Cent. 1859
'''-',° 5 per Cent. 1862
L'o 5 per Cent. 1864 9oi
Sardinian 5 per Cent
, Do• A.ccount
s'PaLlish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred —
D 0 Account
Do Passive —
Do Ace,
S &lint 2O i
Palush Cert. of Coup not funded —
De Account —
Swedish 4 per Cent. —
De• 4-1,, per Cont. 1864
T —
urkish 6
per Cent. 1854 —
Do Account —
DCont. 1858
Do£l.oo
Account
Xl.OO Bonds —
6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 52 1i•
Do £lOO Bonds
DDo 6 per Cent., 1863
Do 53i
° 5 per Cent 1865, paid up Scrip
Account " - 7
A
- per Cent. Guaranteed —
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto account —
I-° 6 per Cent 1862
DO. Account ~
Do.
6 per Cent, 1864 26 7
Dividends on the above payabloin London.
Austri
)3,1 . 11, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
bern, q per cent, Ex. 25f.
D0•e" 'hi per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil 7,7 i
, Certificat -R reneh r es •
itswa lentes 3 per Cent. —
D 0•1 1, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
Account " ' sli I
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consuls for moue Y
Do, Ac_
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