The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-08 00:00:00

IIONE MARKET

..••r•/r

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

. The Lank return attests by the state of the
Teserve and the aggregate of the private securities
that there was a considerable demand for money during
the week. The discounts and advances have increased
tllmards of eleven hundred thousand pounds ; but
PnlY a part of this account has gone to swell the active
th
Pirculation while another part has been replaced in
e Bank in the form of deposits. These conditions
01P1y that a portion of the securities were
lodged,. in anticipation of an increase in the rate of
discount yesterday. As this expectation was not
tealised, it is probable that the succeeding return will
6110 w a smaller increase in the securities than the
present return shows, notwithstanding a continuance
°f demand. The bullion has fallen off more than
Ras expected, but the stock is considerably higher
than twenty millions. The following are the prin-
e'Pal changes since the preceding return :
Increase in Circulation
Increase in Public Deposits
Increase in other Deposits 29.2,152
No change in amount of government Securities.
Increase in other Securities
Increase in Bullion
Decrease in Reserve
Increase in Rest 5,797
Bullion in both Departments —.. . 20,402,992
Reserve of Notes and Coin 10,848,107
Circulation, including Bank Post Bills 24,927,015
The return:3 of Paid Clearing for the week ending
tie
ednesday,
May 6, as certified by Mr. J. C. Pocock,
inspector, is as follows :

April 30, Thursday
May 1, Friday 8,241,000
May 2, Saturday
May 4, Monday
May 5, Tuesday
May 6, Wednesday .. 8,816,000

£6l, 595,000
This is a satisfactory return, inasmuch as it indi-
cates a very steady trade. No settlements have oc-
curred on the Stock Exchange to affect the total.
The discount demand is steady at 2/ per cent. for
the best bills.
Corn continues quiet.
The English Funds are rather dull. Consols are
quoted at 94 to 94/- for money, and 92/ to 92i ex
div. for account ; New and Reduced Three per
1
t,-)ents-, 92% to 92 India Five per Cents., 115/ to
161 ; Bank Stock, 244 to 246 ; Exchequer Bills,
12s to lis )rem.
_There is no particular change in Foreign Stocks.
°lexicon are quoted 15% to 15/ ; Greek, 13 to 13h ;
New Spanish, 354 to 35- ; Italian (1861), 48/ to
; Turkish (1865), 34i to 34/ ; Egyptian (1864),
i 8 to 79 ; ditto Railway, 88% to 89/ ; Viceroy's 7
Per Cents., 70/ to 71 ; ditto 9 per Cents., 89 to 90 ;
Chiliad (1866), 101 to 102 ; ditto (1867), 95 to 96.
American securities are not much dealt in. United
thanes, States
5-2045 Bonds are steady at 70a to 70/ ; Erie
toto 46/, being / lower. Illinois, 95
„Railways are dull upon sales. London and North
estern are j lower, and Great Eastern, Great Wes-
Cl 3, and Caledonian, / each. The quotations are :
acashire and Yorkshire, 127/ to 128/ ; Midland,
407 to 1074 ; South Eastern, 741 to 741 •, London
lid North Western, 115 to 115% ; Great Northern,
a 42 to 103/ ditto (A), 97 to 97/ ; Great Eastern,
53 t° ; Great Western, 53/ to 54 ; Brighton,
i
53?3 ; Sheffield, 43/ to 44 ; Metropolitan, 112
to ; Caledonian,-r/ to • and Chatham, 18i
1-9. .
Porei- Railways are quiet. Lombardo-Venetian
~3 Aa
quoted l4g to 142. ex div. Great Luxembourg,
'4 to 14.
f 13auk Shares are little inquired for, and prices are
th e most-part without change. Agra (A shares),
tr 1 to 10/ ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Anglo-Aus-
an' 4/- to 5 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to
iv ; Consolidated, 4% to 4/ ; Imperial, 18 to 19 ;
piaPerial Ottoman, ); to I ; London and County,
`i',2 to 53 ; London and Westminster, 69 to 70 ;
"35iental, 41/ to 42/ ex div. ; London Joint-Stock.
It° 36 ; and Union of London, 34 to 35.
Ste Foreign Mining Shares St. John del Reys are
to pr, at 19 to 20 ; Chontales are better, at 2,3-
; Port Philip unaltered, at 1 to la.
1;14t1 Miscellaneous Securities the dealings are very
As„llited, and prices are without movement. Anglo-
,rleriaan Telegraph is quoted at 23/ to 23g ; Atlantic
GeielegraPh 5/ to ; Hudson's Bay steady, at 14/ toG
is Omnibus, 1/ to 2/.
1,000 in bar gold were yesterday sent into the
razil
1.1 n, s and 75,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for the
A further sum of £220,000 in specie left New York
yesterday for Europe.
special general meeting of the Metropolitan Rail-
w''3' has has been called for the 28th inst. for the purpose
111 ,2nsidering the provisions of the bill now pending
Parliament.
. The directors of the Dock Company at Kingston-
upon-
have called an extraordinary general meet-
hih or shareholders for the 22nd inst., to consider the
~,I°A• before Parliament.
hav'ne Sunderland and South Shields Water Company
eon: piled ft special meeting for the 26th inst., for
I!`-tering the provisions of the bill now pending in
araattent
The •
candle annual general meeting of the Chartered Mer-
-I,Le 13ank of India, London, and China, has been
ordPu for the 19th inst., for the transaction of the
iltIT'Y business of the company.
be, LS officially stated that no agreement has yet
tra:ll come to with her Majesty's Government for the
ri,,lfer of the Hudson's Bay territory.
f 0 ,1211 e receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
the week ending April 18, show an increase of
l;0185 eras Compared with the corresponding periods of
yea.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
, GOYEIINMENT FUNDS.
91i 3i 41 3i
u kor Cent. Consols
921 / xd
, liitto for Account, June 4 ist Per Cent. Reduced 921 .-,
lki.e'v 3 per Cent. Jan. 92i 4 i #
-`8.,,, 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
uo. 5 per Cent. d an. 1873
annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885...
1,
43 (Red Sea Telet,raph), Aug., 1908 —
zehe-quer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct
Do.
£5OO
taDo £lOO & £2OO l5
.1E
.
- of England Stock, 41per Cent 245} 6
.uo. Accountl -
11141!.7,ntoLteN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.k, 101 per Cent., April 1871
OD. Account
1161
;0. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Cent., Oct. 1888
Do' Certificates
D% Pafaced Paper 4 per Cent —
e• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
b°,.: !I Per Cent., May 1879 —
o D. Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
o,
do. 1877
Dc. 1)°. do. 1882 —
1), Deb Cent Aug.
Per Cent., .£l, 1873
000
' °uds, 5 per
• u B nder £I,OOO
ArzA jOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
_
~411",i;:tdue Ropulic, 0 per Cent
.uritAil!t4 Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 —
xd
00 1A4,11 5 per Cent
_
,00: 'l' Per Cent., 1852
00 do., 1858....• —
Do do., 1850 —
Do. , do., 1863 —
g 0„ Au Per Cent, 1865
0,„.
Iv. Ayres 6 per Cent —
(113 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Doe
~, 6per Cent. ''u
6 per Cent 724
u 0 '9 Per Cent —
Do' b Per Cent., B —
N., , 1867
N., ~' Per ,Cent, 1866 lO2l 2
Q .)1,,,,,.'1,"eriP £32 paid
Ilaili-'la, 6 per Cent.
nosn e
xd
1)46i . ter Cent., 1825
~, D 4441 Principalities, 7 par Cent
,-,7
II A Per Cent 1867 _ /6
a'cir
le'
..,
•per Cent. 13
Optio , w Consolidated, 1
..
to, ge(),,apier.sOent
, 1. Stle
.....
b,s: t6OO Bonds
v• 4106 Bonds BO 79
1)0
781
Bo 45,.
1864
Do. i° Bends 771
4 4100 Bonds BO
..•..
qreiZeor,s_n_le_litnßailtvay Debentures ..... 891
Dl)o.4'ooeriiki4 t., 1824-5, ex Coups ,
in
Do; t)°llPotie ...
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.......................................... 54 i
Yond„ ala 5 Per Ce.n.t.......... —
At . mra,B ri. .. 4 itati ,xov.llail.Loan., 10p. Ct.,.£25 p
bon Au, Per Cnt., 1866 —
Account
141,i ' derar • ' .
,kiCar. 3a,na Raiway —
De,
"bittofurAceCouenntt
~ ...!0 8
1864 —
41 Per Ce t
14 4teVid 0,
,!'l • Anglo-French xrc'er434 1 yer Cent
Do'
`nne4ra,e.e
1),Y.)%10. ift,f,,..,;/.1.
,C. Latlaa
"sayia, '•
_Werrpuats (Hectares) 1,-,),3 Aeco",,p_ Cent. 1865 —
1)0i- a
(go .il per L,i, .......... , ....................
e Cent. (Uribarren) —--
Cont.. 1E62
Port. --eoUnt ' gn,„„„ „ ................ „, --,
--
Do ''' .3 Per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2, 0 40i-
b do, 1 ,
111 .0. d ' `, "‘ %all 5 0., Scrip, £2O paid —
Do 41 Per Cent., 1822 £St —
Do 4r, Per Cent. 1850 '
too 41ppeerr BZ.I 1860859
___-
0') Per Cent.' 1 ,
,AL 1 , ~ 862
6 0-4JUteb, 184 £l.OO Bonds —