The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-09 00:00:00

ONEy MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The demand for discounts to-day has been very
moderate, aid the quotations have not undergone
any further change.
In the Foreign Exchanges :yesterday afternoon
there was no material alteration.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
amounted to £356,969, and the exports to £257,713,
inclusive of £112,500 despatched to-day by the
Oneida to the Brazils.
The directors of the Union Bank of Australia
have resolved upon a dividend of £2 per share,
being at the rate of 8 per cent, for the half year.
The prospectus of " The English and Foreign
Library Company" has just been issued. The
capital stock is set down at £lOO,OOO, which it is
proposed to raise in £lO shares. The object of this
enterprise is to supply every English and foreign
book of value to the public, without any reference
to sect or party, and is to be conducted on sound
commercial principles. The names which appear
on the prospectus are a sufficient guarantee that such
Rill be the case, one of them being that of the late
gifted Mr. Thackeray—a fact in itself significant
of the soundness of the project. The specialty of
this company appears to be that, in addition to the
Immediate supply of general literature, every atten-
tion Will be directed to the maintenance of a scien-
tific department, available to the students of medi-
cine, engineering, philology, and the mathematical
and physical sciences ; and, further, the company
propose to supply all foreign literature on the same
liberal scale with which they deal out the English.
The directors have made arrangements to start on
the purchase of the stock and goodwill of Hookham's
Library, 15, Old Bond-street, which was established
In 1764 ; and on these grounds they are of opinion
that the investment is not only sure to eventuate
in a liberal return for the capital invested, but that
the profits will date from the immediate operations
of the company.
The traffic receipts on the Great Western Rail-
way of Canada, for the week ending the 25th ult.,
amounted to £11,858 12s. 7d., showing en increase
of £1,243 ss. Bd., when compared with the corres-
ponding period last year.

Two oCLooiC.
The market for the English funds is' decidedly
flatter, and a vary small amount of business has
been transacted. Console are 901 91 for money,
and 911 for account. Foreign politics are creating
a depressive influence. The New Threes and Re-
duced are 901 91 ; Exchequer Bills, ls. die. to 3s.
prem.; and India 5 per Cents., 1061 ; Bank Stock
Is 236 ; and India do., 215.
Tbpre is very little business in the Foreign
Market to-day, and prices in almost every instance
have declined to some extent. Mexican have re-
aded to 361 ; Greek to 23: 1; Spanish Passive to
1! ; ditto Certificates to 131 1; Russian to 881
891; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, to 671 ; ditto
Ponsolides to 461 471-- ; and the Confederate Loan
14 38 40
•

The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
it- gala been very limited, and prices have in most
12114011 mi shown less firmness. Great Eastern,
ancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, Midland,
eaZ34. North-Eastertt (Berwick), and South Eastern have
8., an on
1,5%. "lined a d L don and North Western,

The 1.0
.thout reign and Colonial undertakings remain
nlitterial change in values.
a_tanacie33::tndMiscellaneous Shares are in some in-
- slightly enhanced rates. London and
131;azilian h
T —"e improved to 55 55t ; City Bank, to
to 6; 4raperial Bank, to 241 y ; and Oriental Bank,
11. Sti 59; Mauritius Credit shares are quoted 1 to
NEttretu.; Contract Corporation, 31 41 prem. ;
42,°441 Shipping Company, k dis. pram,; and
—Nitta Steam; 11 2 Pram'

, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a Per
tiOVEIINMENT FUNDS.
Cent. Console
91
911/ 901 1/
~ Ditto Account Feb. 4
New
Per Cent. Reduced
/
3 per Cent. 9O 1
_
New
35 per Cent. JAnnanztit
34 per Cent.
...e.,
Jan.
6 per Cent. Annuities, nsuiett.pire
stn
Jillan73.?
Annuitiec• 30 Yr ' sth April, 1908 _
8085.:
_--
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire , . Aug. 1. _
Ditto (Red Sea Tt.elleBg7rao pn),
Ditto 5 pet Cent.
Ditto 4 per Cent.
dittolBBB
Ditto
ditto Aug.
Ditto
£l,OOO, April,
1864 orlB
666 --
Ex ch equer Bills,
£5OO 2,1 & 3 per Cent. 3Pm
1 dis
Ditto
£lOO and £2OO
Ditto
SECURITIES.
Bank England Stk, 45 per Ct., last hf.-yr. 236
N
215
Itinux GOVERNME T
India Stock, 1874
_
Ditto Account
Ditto Ditto 5 per Cent.
4 per Cent, 1883
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .... —__
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Ditto bonds .61,090
Ditto under £l,OOO
_....
. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING
'lstrian Benda, 5 per Cent
PRICES.
Ditto 1859
_
Brazilian 5 per Cent
_
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
881
Ditto 45 per Cent , 1852-50-60
im Ditto . 1863
nu' 41.e3 6 Per Cent
Ditto 4100 Bonds
_
Colombian 6 Scrip £5O pd
Cuba, 6 Per Cent.
_
L41,,11473. 6 Per Cent
Danish"ttto 45 per Cent,
—'
7,, 4 Per Cent., 1863
t't4cil, 25 Per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders
Ditto,-L.quador N w Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Proevisonal Land Warrant..
. —loli
ftYptiaii 7 per Issue ...
-Ditto, Second
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5,
Ditto Account ............
ex-Coupons.. —23 i 4
—'tto Coupons ......................
_—
TqUatDitto Account ...................... _
ent.ale. 5 per Cent. ................
441nna 6 per Cent. Plaremutana Railway)
Mexican 3 per Cent ....
361 I I
Ditto Account .....................
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
13/
New Granada . ._. .............
_
Ditto 2 per (lent.
Ditto Deferred ............
_
~ Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
_
V eruvinn Ztper Cent.
I"tt° Account, .. 1,._.!, —
DittDitto ili per L.ent ..1002
o Account.. ; ................. 85/
Fearnense, 5 per cent Ex 25f —
Ditto, 1863 't '
-I,l)ltt° Scrip, £l.g p..a.ici : .... :. :
p "-..‘tt° B°rlP (1863) 442.85. 3d,. Paid.. • • pm
°queue% 3 per Cent 1853
Dttto Account ..... ..'. ...........
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866,;i,-,g . '60,..
63
Ditto per
...... .. ....'
Russian 5 per Cen .... 1822, Z St. —
Ditto 45 per Cent 1850 —
Ditto
1860 ..............
Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859
.......... 7' 81
SardiDitto 5 per Cent, 1862 .............. 8- i
lAttonian 5 per Cent, .................
Account • . .............. Mt
BPsnisla 3 per Ceti.; .......................
13ittbig° Account ................ . - - .....
Dittoo Passive ............. 1
Ditto Account .................... 331
Account .....................
.. , ................. _
Ditto New Defer; ea ....
SPiPsnish Cert. of Coup not funded ..
1-3/ 1
Ditto Ac3ount ... .
wedish, 4 per Cent. .... -._
Ifurkieh 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account ... ..
Ditto 6 per Cent. 185.8 ...
Ditto Account .
Ditto, LlOO Bond;
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
71 I i
Ditto Account ....... .
Ditto 6 per Cont. 1863 ............
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per •
Cent
Vene....Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863
"jittzuela 3 per Cent.
Nio Account
lo 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditt-
--u Account ..................
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 Per Cent,. Ex. 10 Florins.._
Zielgiau 4 Per Cent, Ex- 25L ....
. -
tteoch Rentes, 45 per Cent.. Ex. --- • •
utch2s per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
. Ditto 4
i... per Cent. Certificates
341—'5 5 Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Aecount.... .... ~ ,
.....
0048018 Mo
TWO
90 oiCriCLOCK.
bitto A ney ............
ccount ...
....... • • .. 91h 1
l'iverpOOt Cotton Ma Day,
f I.°Ftathoer more inquiry. Sales, variousl
0 to 5,000 bales. y estimated
8,0
T
---
lat A ~. _ -

Isiotife ALEXANDRA CASE.—We are informed that
nt
4°4Y, t nbe givenis the case of the Alexandra on
he lUi inst.