The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET THIS DAY.

-, Two o 'Clock.
The Bank return shows noCITY
important changes,
except such as have arisen from the disbursement of
the dividends ; but it also indicates that, as far as the
means of the public were increased by the diffusion of
this particular money, the effect is over for the current
quarter. This condition, in connection with the con-
tinued animation of the cotton and produce markets,
may help to explain the greater firmness that
has characterised the Discount Market for the
last two days. The most conspicuous feature
in the return is the substantial identity of the
variations in the private deposits and the private
securities, from which it may be inferred that the
temporary advances made by the Bank in anticipation
of the dividends have been lionidated. This leaves
the private deposits at a little over twenty millions,
and the private securities at about seventeen millions
and three-quarters, so that there are evidently ample
means in the outside market to meet the requirements
of trade without appealing to the Bank reserves. The
following are the variations since the preceding
return :
Increase in Circulation
Increase in Public Deposits • 135,936
Decrease in other Deposits..
Increase in Clovernment Securities ••• 9.696
Decrease in other Securities
Decrease in Bullion
Increase in Rest 6,896
Increase in Reserve
Bullion in both Departments
Reserve of Notes and Coin 11,245,800
Circulation, including Bank Post Bills-24,948,595
The following is the return of Paid Clearing for the
week ending Wednesday, April 15, as certified by
the chief inspector, Mr. George Derbyshire.
April 9, Thursday
April 10, Friday —•—•-•-•••
April 11, Saturday 10,474,000
April 13, Monday
April 14, Ta6day
April 15, Wednesday ••• 'll, 875, 000
•

Total £54,188,000
As the clearing of the week was undisturbed by Stock
Exchange settlements, and as it included the dies non
of Good Friday, this aggregate must be considered
satisfactory. It clearly justifies the opinion that trade
Improving.is
There is rather less demand for money both at the
Bank of England and in the open market, but the
rate is firm at 1i to 2 per cent. The settlement being
concluded there is also less inquiry for advances in the
Stock Exchange.
Consols are dull upon sales at 931 to 93g for money
and account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents.,
92 to 92i ; India 5 per Cents., 114 k to 1141;
Lank Stock, 244 to 246; Exchequer Bills, Its to 19s
prem.

The foreign stock market is flat, speculative holders
continuing to realise upon the absence of an investing
demand and unsettled prices from the Continent.
r.gyptian (1864) and Viceroy's Seven per Cents. have
declined 5, and do. Nine 'per Cents. Peruvian (1865) and
Orel-Vitebsk f each. Current prices are :—Mexican,
155 to 151 ; Greek, 12f to 121 ; NeW Spanish, 354
to 351 ; Itaian (1861), 47f to 475 ; Turkish (1865),
34 to 345 ; Portuguese, 1 to 15 prem. ; Orel-Vitebsk
801 to 815 ; Peruvian, 81 to 82 ; Brazilian, 745 to
.„7°A ; Egyptian (1864), 81 to 82 ; ditto, Railway
Bonds, 895 to 905 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 71f
to 711 ; and the Nine per Cents., 884 to 89.
The New,Honduras Loan is par, to 1 prem.
The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan fully paid
uP, is 90/ to 915, and the Scrip 15 to 1 dis.
The Colonial Bonds are steady. Canada: per
Cents. are quoted at 100 to 102_,• Mauritius Six per
Cent., 104 to 106
' • New South Wales Five per Cent.,
1001
99 to 101 ; New Zealand Six per Cent., 105)i to
; Queensland Six per Cent., 1034 to 1045 (Vic-
toria Six per Cent., 111 to 112.
American Securities, United States Five-
Kwenty Bonds are quiet, at 705 to 705 ; Erie
shares are 5 lower, at 45 to 46; and Illinois, 5, at 935
to 94,
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have
tggraisen 5, to 295 to 305, but the Consolidated
e Bonds have receded 5, to 335 to 344.
Hudflf,`Jish railways are steady, but quiet. South Eastern
and Loudon and North Western are firmer. Subjoined
ace the prices :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 126 f
1261; Midland, 1061 to 107 f ; South Eastern, 34
to Rd?
London and North Western, 115 f to 1151 ;
Great Northern, 1024 to 1034 ; ditto A, 985 to 991- ;
Great Eastern, 345 to 34,7 ; Great Western, 505 to
; Brighton 52 to 52/ ; Sheffield, 435 to 445 ;
Metropolitan 1125 to 113 ; Caledonian, 72 to 725
ex div. ; and Chatham, 19 to 194.
Foreign Railway shares are dull. Lombardo-
enetian is S lower, at 14g to 14g ; Great Luxem-
burg, 95 to 9j ex div.
Bank Shares are without movement, and dealings
ire only nominal. Agra (A) shares is quoted at
don to 104 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Union of Lon-
Lo), 31 to 32 ; London Joint Stock, 315 to 325 ;
fluon and County, 51 to 52 ; Imperial Ottoman,
4,t0 prem. ; Imperial, 175 to 18 ; Consolidated,
x2lridte9iise4r.s ; Anglo-Austrian, 4 to 45.
Finance shares attract but little attention. Credit
marked at 2g7 to 35 ; General Credit 24 to
International Finauce, 15 to 15 dis ; London
-''Hance, 25 to 23 dis.
is to Foreign Mining Shares St. John del Reps are
VIII, at 211 to 24-, being an improvement of 5 ;
°-,,t Philip, 1 to fi ; Chontales, 35 to 31.
Wialiscellaneous Securities are quiet, and prices are
thout change. Anglo-American is steady at 235 to
„04 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cent., 55 to 55 ;
Fre Street Warehouse, 2to dis. ; Hudson's Bay,
145 to 141.
.r About £4,000 in American gold coin was withdrawn
om the Bank yesterday for export.
The next biddings for Council Bills upon Calcutta
.I,lld Madras are announced for the 6th of May, when
the amount offered will be £350,000.
The report of the West Flanders Railway, for the
past half year, recommends a dividend of 5s 3d per
share.
tA special general meeting of the Mersey Steel and
hou Company has been called for the 25th inst., for
purpose of proposing a resolution to the effect that
the capital of the Company be reduced to £500,000,
ande that the shares of the company be £l2 103
instead of £2O each.
een
_ The ordinary general meeting of the Fairbairn
Tinsgineering Company has b convened for the 30th
' t., to receive the directors' report, and to declare a
dividend.
We have been requested to say with reference to the
rPanish Colonial Loan, in order to correct misappre-
hensions, that its exact position is established by two
orders, signed by the Queen and by the Colonial
Ali • '
ulster. The question of the consent of the Cortes
4 Set at rest by these documents.

BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES.
3 GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
Per Cent. Consols 93i
3 to for Account
92 -4-1 2
„per Cent. Reduced
‘,.4l°Tv 3 per Cent
41evr 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Annl3. 5 per Cent .) an. 1873
forlci).itle, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan.,
30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 l2 9-16 7-16
tbo (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 —
DO.
Iccuer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct 2O
£500
£lOO & £2OO
Pm
1344 k Do. of England Stock, 4}p3r Cent 244 6 3
Account
lediINIMAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
, tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874
-ue• Acco t 0
)30
.un
1141 I 1
b . 5 per Cent. July, 1880
tIO. 4 for Cent., Oct. 1888
‘,O. Certificates —
Do. tufaced Paper 4 per Cent BBl
De
b_. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
D 0 51 Per Cent., May 187
Deer Cent , Rup. Deb. 91872 —B
Do.
'
Do.
do. 1877 —
do. 1882 lo3l lk• Bob •+ per C t 873 —o„ 0 p Cent., ~ Aug.•
I,'" onds, 0. under £l, 5 per
000 Cent., £l,000
4'
pm
A:
rgez:nCeli,ElGli FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
•urrittzoilian sR;ePru
blic, 8 per Cent
.t!ko3triao Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859 —
bent .
Do, q Per Cent., 1852
—°. do ~
1858..... —
1)1)13. d 0.,. 1860
E°' do., 1863 —
1)°. 5 per Cent , 1865 —
, 0 Account •
75 41 5
"411,e008 Ayres 6
0 4,i_o 2 per Cent(Deferred 3 per Cent )
04,,?%), 6 Per Cent.
140°116 per Oent D 1 per Cent B2}
• 6 per Cent., B
1,1)0°0 1867 ~
•
90} i
D 0 0 7 per ,Cent., 1866
00,,'7,crip £32 paid
.0_ aulan, 6 Cont
1)7/1184 3 plr , 1825
,/,ioubin Principalities, 7 per Cent 6Bl
ke jj
8 per Cent., 1867 illiftdor New Oonsolidated, 1 per Cent —
Il)tian, 7 per Cent
,o. Seeoud Issue gni
"". 80 Bonds
1) Do.
1861
,t,°. 4550 Bonds —
.."' XlOO Bonds B2 1
}
urCioverntnent Railway Debentures ..... 90
',eel( 5 Per Cent 182415, ex Coups —
G0•1J0 A .1
• peCOlnn
4 -
.r, Coupons
G (174: Account
1 chiras Gov. Rail. Loak; 10p. Ct., £25 p
40a,nA50cp:urnetet!., 1860 —
ii._,' • Mexernmana Raiway
,4„„ostz 3 per Cent _
To.
.unt r Account _
Do
1864 _
kiZu 6..zr Cent. Anglo-French —
-44) Cent.
6 per Cent. 'II —

Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Do 3 per Cen,,
Do. Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares) - -
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1863
Do Account .. 81
Do 44 per Gent. (Uribarren)
Do 44 per Cent., 1E62 -.
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'h 40
Do. do., 1867
Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid —

Russian 5 per Cent., 18i2,1: Si B3:
Do 4i per Cent. 1850
Do 44 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds, 851 61
Do. do. £Bl 15s. d 0...,
.2 Do 1866, £lOO Bonds B6

Do. do £B4 15s. do.,
Sardinian, 5 p€r Cent
Spanish 3 per Con
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do Account
Do Passive
Do Acc. ant ...
Do Com. Cert. of Cott. not funded
Do Account
Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed
'Pa •kihh 6 per Cent.
110 Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862_
Do Account
Do .CIOC Bonds
Do. 1863_,
Do 5 per Cent., 1865..
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .
Dividends on the above payable in London
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M.
Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2k per Gout. Ex. 12 GO,

G3'4.
661
34i 1
571

DJ Account
Italia], 5 per Cold. 1851, Es. z5l.
Do. Account 47f
CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Money 93f I
Do. Account, sth May .. 93;

POLICE IiVTELLTGENCE.-THIS DAY.

WESTMINSTER.

RUFFIANISM IN THE STREETS.—A tall, powerful
man, who gave the name of John M'llonald, was
charged with the following ruffianism in the
street :

Elizabeth Clowes, a young woman living at 3,
Cross Keys-yard, Chelsea, said—l was walking
along near Chelsea Gardens, last night, when this
man came up, struck me on the head, and knocked
me down, and then kicked me on the side. I
screamed, and the policeman came up and took him
into custody.
Mr. Arnold—Do you know the man ?
Complainant—No, he is quite a stranger to me.
Mr. Arnold—Had you said anything to him ?

Complainant—Not a word.
William Carrol, 135 B, said—l was on duty in
the Queen's-road East last night, and I saw this
man going up and down the street drunk. He was
making use of very bad language, without talking to
anybody in particular. Suddenly he crossed over to
the young woman and attacked her.
Mr. Arnold—Had she said or done anything to
him ?

Constable—Nothing whatever. When I saw him
attack the woman I went up to arrest him, and he
then knocked me down. He afterwards put his foot
before me and threw me upon my head.
Mr. Arnold—Are you much hurt?
Constable—l am rendered unfit for duty through
his violence.

Defendant—l am very sorry for what has hap-
pened. I was drunk, and I hope you will look
over it.

Mr. Arnold—l am sure I shall do nothing what-
ever of the sort. You commit a most unprovoked
assault upon the young woman, and then upon the
constable. You are committed to hard labour for
two months, and shall find bail for six months
more.