The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-16 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Inman steamer City of Edinburgh, from
N6W York on the 2d instant, has arrived, after an
unusually stormy passage.
There is very little of real interest transpiring in
financial circles, and the usual holiday of quietude

is the ruling feature. A comfortable feeling is every-
where manifest, and the New Year is ushered in
under circumstances which are highly favourable.
Our financial affairs are in a healthy state, and pro-
mise a steady improvement. The apprehensions
which prevailed ons year ago are no more felt, and
it is the general belief that there will henceforth
be a steady growth in property. The advent of
the National Banks has marked a new era in the
financial world, and there is no question that this
new system of banking will tend to the good of
the country.

Mr. Charles Christmas, of the firm of August
Belmont and Co„ representatives here of the Rothe
°hada, retires from the firm after an experience of
nearly half a century in Wall-street. Mr. Mat-
thiessen also withdraws from the house. The busi-
ness will hereafter be conducted by Mr. Belmont.
The movement in general trade has been light,
' though fair for the season, On Thursday there was
but little business done, the merchants being more
desirous of squaring up than of assuming new obli-
gations. We hear of many proposed changes, some
of which are of the oldest and best known firms in
the city. The markets were firm for the most part,
at the close—merchants generally anticipating an
active movement soon. The stock of some kinds of
goods on hand were not fully made up on Thursday,
but they will appear in our next issue.

Gold has not been subjected to any very violent
changes since our last, though the bulk of the sales
have been at rather lower rates. The closing rates
at 5 p.m. may be found below.
Foreign. exchange has been dull, and the busi-
ness for the steamer was light. Sterling bills have
been sold at 1661 per cent.
The telegraph announces, that 35,000,000 of
legal tender interest-bearing Treasury Notes will
soon be delivered to the public. They are to be
negotiated through the
National Banks. The
notes under 100 dole. will be without coupons, and
payable in one year from
January 1, 1864, with
interest at maturity. The note of 100 dole. and
upwards will have coupons,
and payable semi-
annually, and the principal will be redeemable
in two years from the Ist of January, 1861. These
notes will bear a uniform
date, 50,000,000 dole. of
these notes were sold in advance to the Associated
Banks in September last,
which will be paid before
they are delivered to the public.
The loan market has been rather more active,but
rates are the same. Call loans are quoted 7 to 8,
but regular borrowers have no difficulty in obtain-
ing accommodation at
the inside figure. There
is much speculation concerning the probable effect
of the proposed negotiations
through the National
Banks of the interest-bearing
Notes at par and interest, legal tender Treasury

The market for Goverbment securities remains
The twenty-year without decided change, six par
firerfirer, as likewise the certi-
ficates and Coupon sixes.

_ --
The biddings for £400,000 Government bills on
India were received at the Bank of England on the
16th. The applications Within the limits amounted
to £1,240,000. £210,000 Were allotted on Calcutta,
£170,000 on Bombay, and £20,000 on Madras. The
minimum price was unaltered, 18- 111 d. per rupee
on Calcutta and 'quirts, and is. 111 d, on Bombay.
Tenders at ls. 1111
°a Calcutta receive about 9 per
cent.; on Bombay at 23. oid,, in fall, no allotment
being made below
that rate; and at ls. llid. on
Madras, about 60 percent. On the Continent money
Paris, is rather higher in
and at St. Petersburg
rates are merely nominal.
There has been
an active movement in stocks
since our last, though
t
o the market has
ds, not
r, arery
buoyant. Some few
shares have sold largely on
speculation, but at irregular
Some prices. On the whole
rates are rather loser.
considerably higher. Government stocks were
steady. The prin;khow been
eve very
afternoon, it having'!,pal sales at the Board were of
"7
the Five Twenty
.iearbeeSixnes a
was no second Iseasion of the Board on Thursday
voted °ltel to 101. There
dlito adjourn over
until to-day.

being pushed along
THE IMPERIAL
daily indulging his favourite exercise of skating, or
to Mr. Kinglake be it said), and ..--To see the Emperor
the ponds of the Bois de Boulog"' ono would never imagine
he had just escaped 4, imminent a danger I But Louis
stands him in good stead. Whilst inSaKsileTdlßSoo the ice of one or other of
nerve (with all duo respect
Napoleon is a man of no common
to be one of the leadint; features of his character, in so far
fixed his glance sternly en tho his fatalism, which is said
fired off in the imme-
at Compiegne to a meet, a gun apes
carriage. The Emperor
(hate proximity of the Imperial driving a few weeks ago
chock VMS blanched into deadly and indifference, and
her side an appearance of calmnessthe Imperial Eugenie's
succeeded so very far that, ahhougli
Ealprses, as if to enforce on
who accompanied the Imperial and continued the any cry which could betray emotion,
con-
versation which had been so untowardly interrupted. This
paleness, she suppressed
beard it from the lady
anecdote I can vouch for, having
.
occasion, pair on, this particular

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