The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-21 00:00:00

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CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The discount demand is quiet, at 1 s to 13- per
cent.

The Wheat Market is firm, at Monday's prices.
Consols are firm, at an advance of at 93 to
931 for money and account. New and Reduced
Three per Cents., 93i to 931 ; India Five per
Cents., 1114 to 1121 ; Bank Stock, 248 to 250 ;
Exchequer Bills, 12s. to 17s. prem.
Foreign Stocks have further improved. There
is a fresh rise of 4 in the Viceroy's Seven per Cent.
Bowls, at 75 to 75, of in the Nine per Cents., at
90 to 901, and in Egyptian (1860), at 88 to 89,
and of lin the Railway Loan, at 92 to 921. Peru-
vian (1865) Bonds are A better, at 76 to 763-, and
there is an advance of a in Mexican, at 154 to 16+;
in Greek, at 121 to 13 ; in New Spanish, at 361 to
363- ; in Turkish (1865), at 328 to 328 ; and in
Italian (1861), at 44+ to 441.
The New 11,induras LJan is steady, at 4 to 1+
prem.

In American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds
are steady, at 72-1,- to 72t- ; Erie Railroad is 1 lower,
at 47 to 48 ; Illinois 1, at 88 to 89.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben-
tures remain firm, at 26 to 27f ; and the Conso-
lidated Mortgage Bonds at 25f to 26.

Railways are in moderately active demand. There
is an advance of 1 in Metropolitan, at 1131 to 114 ;
of 4 in Great Eastern, at 301 to 31 ; of 1 in Cale-
donian, 85 to 851 ; and in Great Northern, at
1071 to 1081 ; of 4 iu North British, at 35 to 351 ;
and of / in Brighton, at 46 to 461; and in Great
Western, at 46 to 461 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire
are 127; to 1271 ; Midland, 107+ to 1071 ; South
Eastern, 721 to 721 ; London and North Western,
118-; to 1181 ; Great Northern A, 1081 to 1091 ;
Sheffield, 42 to 431.
Bank shares on the whole are steady. Chartered
Mercantile is 1 lower, at 28 to 29, while Union of
Londo❑ is 1 better, at 34 to 25. Agra (A shares),
11 to 111 ; Alliance, 131 to 121 dis ; Consolidated,
to prem. ex div ; Imperial, 171 to 18 ; London
and County, 52 to 53 ex div ; London and West-
Minster, 68 to 69. _ _

Finance Shares are quiet, and the only quotable
change is an improvement of in General Credit,
which is quoted at 24 to 2e dis. International Fi-
nance 21 to 14 dis. London Finance, 24 to 23 dis.
Credit Foncier shares are 31 to 31.
In miscellaneous securities rather more business
is doing, but prices are not materially altered. H ad-
son's Bay is 4 lower, at 141 to 141. Atlantic Tele-
graph 8 per Cents. is dull, at 5 3-16 to 5 5-16.
Anglo -American Lelegraph, 191 to 194 ex div.
London General Omnibus, 1i to 21.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's shares
are 1 lower, at 57 to 59.
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Tile Bank Keturn does not show any material
diminution in strength, though the Bullion and the
Reserve are both lower. The Reserve is not much
above twelve millions and three quarters, but the
Bullion exceeds twenty-one millions, so that, though
they ore less than. the amounts of last week, they
are still important in their several aggregates.
rC.ne Government Securities have been dimi-
nished by repayments half a million, and con-
sequently the public deposits are very low for this
period in the quarter, being no more than.£4,048,567.
That the demand for money has been inconsiderable
/s shown by rather a large falling off in the private
securities which reduces the aggregate to about six-
teen millions and a quarter. The following are the
Principal changes compared with the return of last
Week :

Increase in circulation
Decrease in Public Deposits
D.-crease in other Deposits ..
Decrease in Government Securities 500,000
Decrease in other Securities
Decrease in Bullion
Increase in Rest
Decrease in Reserve
Bullion in both Departments
Reserve of Notes and Coin 12,818,989
• Circulation, including Bank Post Bills-23,971,756
The return of paid clearing for the week ending
WedneAay, Feb. 19, as certified by Mr. George
Derbyshire, is as follows :--

Feb. 13, 'Mils:lay
Feb. 14, Friday
Feb. 15, Saturday
Feb. 17, Monday 10,877,000
Feb. 18, Tuesday 10,544,000
Feb. 19, Wckinesday

Total £76,055,000
This is a considerable total compared with that of
the precedin, week. The addition arises chiefly from
a heavy settlement on the Stock Exchange and the
maturing of colonkil bills. There is, however, reason
to believe that the clearing of interval bills is in-
creasing.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank yes-
terday.
The Don Pedro North del Rey Mining Company
announce a dividend of 5s per share of 14s, making
13s for the year 1867.
The arrivals- of wool to date for the forthcoming
tendon sales amount to 103,258 bales.
The annual general meeting of Price's Patent
Candle Company has been called for the 26th March,
for the purpose of receiving the directors' report and
to declare a dividend.
The ordinary general meeting of the Agricultural
Mall Company has been convened for the 3d March,
to receive the directors' report and ttO declare a divi-
dend. After which the meeting will be made special
for the purpose of authorising the directors to borrow
a Stun not exceeding £3,000.
The subscription list of the second bate of the
Orel Vitebsk Railway Loan was dosed thiA morning
at twelve o'clock. Besides this loan, other railway
leans are being emitted by the Russian Government,
and among theta one of £700,500 at 6 per cent.
interest for the construction of a railway from
lielsingford to St. Petersburg, to be issued at 961,
and to be redeemed at par in 431 years The con-
tractors are Messrs. Erlanger and Soms, oi'll?rankfort,
the Vereins Bank, and Messrs. Haller alid Messrs.
Tohle and of Hamburg.
Mr. Charles Co.,E. Stewart, who filled ocifea.-6;.
Secretary to the London and North Western Pa-
lmy Company for nearly 20 years, and who hat been
chairman to the AngtivAjnexienn Telegraph Company
since its formation, about two years since, expired
suddenly in the mard-root, a that company on Wed-
nesday evening, tko 12th shortly before six
o'clock.
There is irt.,l tees r. tpr believinA• that s negotia-
tions for the consolidation of the Egyptian debt are at
an end, and it is believed 'hat the parties with whom
a provisional contract seems to hive been made, have
proved unable, from the want of combination, to move
eyond the first step. Meanwhile, the current advance
in the price. of cotton has created a decided improve-
trent in the present and the prospective fitiancia' Condition of the Pasha. Within the past week alone
the difference in the price of Egyptian cotton has im-
proved the immediztte resources of his Highness to the
extent of £700,000. Under these circumstances it is
expected that the necessities which led to the provi-
Sional engagement referred to will be met by a tem-
Eerary loan of about £2,000,000 about which there will
eno difficulty. This is the explanation of the in-
ereasing strength of Egyptian securities.
The French journal of public works states that the
maritime cities of Bordeaux and Dunkirk have
..",ered to the State the necessary sums to secure the
nevention required for the various works required to
Tvance their commercial interests. Bordeaux offers
1400,000 for the construction of decks, and Dunkirk
4.8°,000 for the improvement of the harbour and the
btt►ldings of a new floating dock.
ti 2:he linngarian Government has officially announced
4114 t the subscription to the late loan has produced
trir.ea(l,Y £4,000,000 sterling, a sum which will be
month ,
uietent to carry on the works for the next eighteen
Past The report of the Credit Foncier of England for the
half-year shows that the general affitirs of the
pro'Pany have, during that period, materially im-
th ved• Including the balance brought, forward from
,re last account, the available balance of
Per amounts to £63,754 equal to a six
qr cent. dividend. In consequence, however,
loss of £40,574 lOs by the China Steam.
drP Company, which it is proposed to write
at once, no•dividend is recommetalod. The above
14:,rint and a further deduction of £4,973 16s 2d for
vi)(1, debts, reduce the balance to £18,205 14s 3d,
co 'eh it is proposed to carry forward. The other
eo4l4)anies in which the Credit Foncier are largely
jleerned are making progress, and the directors are
e4)h.lg forward to the time when the actual results
L l4'l4justify the confidence reposed in their enter-
eZhe followin, is Messrs. Durant and Co.'s silk
dated Feb. 20:—'The
periodical public sales
city r„'eed yesterday and are concluded. The quan-
ht4('',,,lered was about 1,000 bales Bengal silk, 3,500
Bilk China, 400 bales Japan, and 800 bales Canton
ver, whole was allowed to pass heavily with
qtal't -4`w hildings. The general market has been
the this week, which is not unfrequently the case on
tunnediate eve of public sales, but to-day the fcel-
"Mt4 to be rather more cheerful.'

BR/TIS It FUNDS —TWO O'ILOCL.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per pent. Consuls
Do. Account, March 5 —
3 per Cent. Reduced • 931 1.
New 3 per Cent - i i
New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Do. 5 per Cent. can. 1873 —
Innuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 l3
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Au,,., 1908 —
E tchoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. —
Do £5OO —
Do. £lOO & £2OO —
B tnk of England Stock, 41 per Cent —
Do. Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIEF.
ndia .tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874
Do. Account -
• Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 - 12
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificate,
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
!)o. 51 per Cent., May 1879 loB}
Do 5 per Cent., lop. Deb., 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. do. 188.)

'pm
Pm

Do. Deb., 3 per Cent., Aug. 1871
Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO
')o. under £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS —T WO CLOCK.
A r ~,•utin,, Bepub!ie, 0 per Cent —
Au .r.an Bonds, 5 pet Cent. 1859
B:.;:i•it,r, 5 per Cent —
!.r, 41 per Cent., iB5, —
Do. r do., 18 8 —
Do. do., 18 ,0
i /0. do., 1863 .
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Uo Account 74i 5
C.iba, 6 per Cent.
C.,,inor 6 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent. —
Do. 6 per Cent., B .
Do., 1867
Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866
Do., Scrip £32 paid
C , nibian, 6 per Cent.
)anisn. 3 p a- Cent., 1825
D nubian Principalities, 7 per Cent —
Do 8 per Cent., 1867
Eluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cow —
,!gy-ptiav, 7 per Cent B7}
)o. Se, oud Issue
D '. (5 HI Bonds
Do. .£lO6 Bonds —
Do. 1864
90. ..(510 Bonds —
Do. £lOO Bonds ~... 90 89/
Government, Railway Debut tires ..... 92

•
Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups
Do. Account.
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
G ;;,!,t;nala 5 per Cent ..'
Honduras Gov. Hail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p
It,. ;-) per Cert., 1865
po, Account
Maremtnana Itaiway
.11,,xicaz 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864
Do 11 per Cont. Anglo-French
•lontevidQau 6 per Cent. •
Aoorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Now Granada
Do 3 per Cen
Do. Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account 76 1 5i

Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 41 per Cont.. 1862
Do Account .
Port 4guese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 294
Do. do., 1'67 —
Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid —Pm
Ruisian 5 per Cent., 18zz, £ St —
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds BBl 1
Do. _ do. £B4 15s. do.
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds BBl 1 91 81 1
Do. do. £B4 15s. do
Sardinian, 5 per Cent. _
Spanish 3 per Con
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do Account

Do Passive
Do Account
Do Com. Cert. of Coui,. not funded ...
Do Account
Turkish 6 per Cent. — -
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds —
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account
Do .£IOC Bonds 634 1
Do. 1863 —
Do 5 per Cent., 1865 54
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865 _ 531 41 31
Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed
Dividenas on the above payable in London.
French Rentos, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. B7
Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil„ —
Do Account
--
Italian 5 per Cont. 1831, E. 25f.
Do. Account 441 I

TWO WOLOO.K.
Console, Money 93i I
Do. Account, March 931

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Feb. 20.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.

Feb. '2O. Feb. 13.
fr. c. fr. c
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight 34,170,526 92 34,097,587 28
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 72,855,094 81 72,405,215 73
Current accounts, Paris 387,486,846 32 374,036,898 59
Do. branch banks 45,130,252 43,437,142
Dividends payable 1,747,205 75 1,704,995 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six mouths 930,376 76 930,376 76
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.
Feb. 20. Feb. 13.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c
Branch banks 1,109,010,039 26 1,085,820,444 44
Commercial bills over- _ _ _

due
Commercial bills dis-

66,805 61

384,378 98

_
counted, not yet due 240,339,023 77 241,524,611 97
Do. branch banks 215,078,223 227,093,046
Advances on deposit of
bullion 56,420,600 59,377,300
Do. branch banks 10,955,277 11,143,077
Do. on French Public

Securities 12,048,800 12,066,700
Do. by branch banks.., 7,507,400 7,645,300
Do. on railway shares

36,671,700 -- 36,604,100
D
ksFesencier 27,352,100 -- 37,551,600
Do.nbodin-atincecrbehedibnattun

Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750
Do. disposable
Eleutes Immobalisees

(Law, Juno '2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
propezty branches 8,332,849 8,302,173
Expenses of manage-
ment 304,766 72 299,672 82
Sundries

Total 1,958,914,174 42 1,952,559,053 56
Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) ROULAND.

MA RKETS—(2 his Day.)

CORN.

The trade continues firm, and the demand for floating
cargoes of wheat on Continental account gives additional
stability to prices.

The reports from the country markets prove generally
higher.
At Mark-lane this morning there was a moderate at-
tendance, and a firm tone prevailed, although the demand
was not active.

English wheat was taken off slowly at fully the terms
of Monday last.
Foreign wheat held with increasing firmness, the num-
ber of cargoes sold from port of call for the continent
giving confidence to holders.

Flour in steady request at late rates for both English
and fureigu.
Malt uualtsred in value.
Barley, Beans, and Peas remain steady in value, with a
moderate demand.
Oats rather dearer on tho week.
NEIVGATE AND LEADEN HALL.

MEAT.— The weather having become warmer the demand
in the dead moat market has diminished, and for prime
qualities of mutton the advance established in the early
part of the week has been lost.