The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-27 00:00:00

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3O3IMBItOIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Business bus been resumed this morning in dis-
kuut cirolcs on C. rather active scale. The brokers
e still requiring accommodation for short periods,
14 order to arrange their accounts falling due at
Ll4e present season. but for ordinary commercial
°llB'nesa the inquiry for assistance has been insigni
leant. The supplies of capital on offer remain
tern abundant, but the active demand keeps up
the rate to 6 per cent. for the best paper. Loans
trout day to day have been in good request at the
Stack Exchange, at 5i per cent.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the 3 per cent. French Rentes were
'6sf. 35c. Firm.
Business has been resumed in the Stock Ea.
bhange to-day, but there is very little inclination
°4 the part of the public to speculate, and the
dealings for transfer are equally restricted. The
bargains catered into are chiefly in connexion with
the settlement of the fortnightly account in foreign
bends and the various descriptions orshares. Con-
-101% however, are -} higher than at the close of the
411trket on Friday, the present quotations being
Lb follows :—For money, 89! f ; and for the 10th
140ziruo, 801 4. The New Threes and Reduced
411ttuities are 88! H ; India 5 per Cents., 102!
11/3 ; and Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101.
In the Foreign Market there is not much anima,
.11on, but prices exhibit firmness. Turkish 6 per
vents., 1862, are 72 k ; do. Consolides, 471 481;
!lexican, 29! a ; do. New, 271 I; Greek, 234 g ;
h'Panish Passive, 32! ; do. Certificates, 14! I;
E4'ortuguese, 48; the Confederate Loan, 61 63 ; the
B37ptian, S lk prem. ; the Danubian, k dis. par;
1/4d the Montevidean, 2 s prem.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
moderately active, and prices have in most instances
lbown an upward movement. Metropolitan have
,taproved lOs ; Midland, £1 ; South Eastern,
; and Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
std North Western, each ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little
ttlnnge of importance.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate
tecluest, at steady rates,

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
II) (10 VERNMENT FUNDS.
er Cent. Consols
0 0 Account, Jan. 10
kller Cent. Reduced
ii'W 3 pet:Cent .
'lv 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891
fuo 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 —
I t,Lluities, 30 yrs, expire 6th J an. 1880 —
-',O for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 'lBB5 —
ji u 0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
ks)bequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4;per Cent
Do £5OO
kiq
DO £lOO and £2
England Stk, 5i per,Ct.oo 240 38
b
1 , a Account..
14,11/Di &N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
pia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
"0 Account
),),0 5 per Cent. July, 1870
",3 Account
1-1,0 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 —
),"0 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
'u,o 51 per Cent., May, 1879 —
'JO 4 and Cent., Aug. 1865
Do'Jj Bsl,ooo
under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES
4
. atrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
ilian 5 per Cent
u 0 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ..
14 DO 1863 • •
betios Ayres 6 per Cent
4,.,0 Account.... -
oollan 6 per Cent. —
t„na, 6 ornbianer e 6 C
bDpner Cent
f
, per
? 5 per Cent. 1864
ish 3 per Cent., 1825
°b 5 per Cent, 1864
, ° 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — pm
'tlador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
DO,, Provisonal Land Warrant —
°PPtian 7 per Cent 96
1,1), Second Issue
`'o £lOO Bonds
Do 1864 .. 95
(4'-'0 Scrip, £l5 paid 1 pm
pk 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
,0 Account —
L 0 Coupons
(I'o Account
tiptemala 5 per Cc . —
Itmo 1839 and 186 s, . •• •
Its ill 5 per Cent.(Matemmana Railway) 713
tpean 3 per Cent
0 Account
Do 1864 . .
D_
° 6 Cen. Anglo-French
per nt. .
.. 0 Scrip, £53 paid....
ktt° French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — die x d
k;",_riEsh Imperial 5 per Cent
tY G .
bGranada
D)3O 2 per Cent. ..
° Deferred
h° Land Warrants (Hectares) .. —
`-'0 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 —
A, Do do Aug., 1866 —
I)llrian 41 per Cent ..
D° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... —
b 0 41 per Cent., 1862
orto Account
b°?uese 3 per Cent., 1853
b° Account • •
b°3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. 48
it° Account —
uelan 6 per Cent 1822, £ St., B9
b° 4/ per Cent., 1850 —
D 0
1860
Du 3 per Cent 1859 531
o o 5 per Cent, 1862 B7/
11164
Oo Scrip, £65 paid
tlirkian a per Cent ..
160 Account —
'oleh 3 per Cent
.. —
80 Account
DO New Deferred
b° Account
h 0 Passive
Account
N
b sh Cert. of Coup not funded
1/40 Account
41,e itclii sh, 4 per Cent. ,
b eh 6 per Cent. 1854
L 0 Account
o°6 per Cent. 1868 ...., ..........
D 0 Account
DB? £lOO on
P 6 per Cent.ds 1862
b° Account
£lOO Bonds.. —
li° 6 Per Cent. 1863
"Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.....
,bftuela 3 per cent.
b° Account .... -
b° 6 per Cent., 1862
b° Account
b° 6 p Cent., 1864
011 per Cent
kh. Dividends on the above payable in London
lq,'trian 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
trtittn ' Ex. 25f pt q, 41 per Cent., . ... —
b 4 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull
0 4
A per Cent. Certificates
'Lei °II Rentes, 3 per Cent .
e, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 26 francs..
I.h°4!..ccont
pan Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s.
1 t°ontase, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f —

14. THREE O'CLOCK.
b°lB, Money B9l
°A.oeount . 891

liverpool Cotton Market—Thus Day

44tket firm. Sales probably 8,000 bales or more
44IPPING INTELLIGENCE—This clay.

Tpox, Dec. 27.—Wind this day at noon—North-
1/4,4!erlY ; moderate breeze, and fins weather, but rather
,4'4Y and cold.
NSTOWN, Dec. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived—Amore,
)0' Demerara.
unt, Dec. 26,—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Erie, for
'lool:lllki.trourn, Dec. 26.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Suffolk,
Tendon for Melbourne.
litti,,LL) Dec. 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Penelope, for
;4„ '1);
rare. Dec 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—lrie, from
D are. Sailed—Eleanor Dixon, for Valparaiso—China,
eoaerara.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
krn GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
`,Ch'vedUrano, from Landscrona—Triton, steamer,
45oulogne.

DEAL, Tuesday' Morning.
11967 ed, Dec. 26 —Regina, for Buenos Ayres--Leon
qlcroriclo, for Madeira—Bristol, for Bornbay—all from

'lthn communication has appeared in several
tBejrench journals contradicting a statement made by
h 511,11 Paper that a French War Administration is about
')l,'"garge the class of soldiers whose time of service will
1,4(1-ittire till the end of 1865. The truth is that 30,000
here nal discharges are to be distributed among the sol-
Of
that class belonging to regiments at present in
11.41titt`'e; but the men who apply for them will remain at
iti:P°al of the Minister of War until their definite die-
°4 the 31st Dec., 1865!

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