The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-06 00:00:00

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Thereis only a limited inquiry for discount accom
modation in the money market today, and were it
not for the few who obtain assistance in order to pro-
vide for the settlement in Consols, extreme quietude
would predominate. The bill brokers are, how-
ever, averse to making any concessions lest the ex-
pected outflow of gold should succeed the altera-
tion, and the rates are therefore maintained at 61
per cent.

The only alteration in the foreign exchanges
yesterday afternoon was a decline in the rates of
Holland.

There were no bullion operations at the Bank
yesterday.

The bar silver by the last West India packet has
been sold at 58. lid. per oz , showing a rite of id.
per oz. compared with the price realised for the
previous supply.

At the half-yearly general meeting of share-
holders of the Colonial Bank, held this day, the
report, whin recommended a dividend for the past
sur months at the rate of 12 per cent., was unani-
mously agreed to.

Two O'CLOCK.

At the Paris Bourse this morning (according to
Mr. Reuter's telegram) the Three per Cent. Rentes
Were quoted at 66f. 65c. Heavy.
The market for the English Funds continues
heavy, though little alteration is apparent in prices
this morning. The disturbed condition of continen-
tal politics has been the chief cause of the depression,
and the late time operations have also assisted to
produce an occasional rise or fall. Consols are now
60i 91 for money, and 914 1 for the account next
February. The New Threes are 901 91 ; the Re-
duced Annuities, 901 I ; Exchequer Bills ss. die.
to par ; India 5 per Cents., 106/ a ; do. 4 per Cents.,
100 ; and the Bonds, 3s. dia.

General aepress:on again prevails in the Foreign
Market, and business is very quiet. Turkish 6 per
Cents., 1862, are 1371- 68 ; do. Consolides, 47 I ;
Mexican, 361 a ; Greek, 238 24 ; Spanish Passive,
331 34; do. Certificates, 138 14k; Italian, 671 I;
Portuguese, 47i ; and the Confederate Loan, 38
40.

Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued very inactive, and the few dealings reported
show a further slight decline in values. North
Western, North Eastern (Berwick), and South
Eastern have each receded 55., and' _North Eastern
(York) 10s.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain
vary inactive, at former quotations.
In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there is
little variation to report as regards values. Lon-
don and Brighton have advanced to 54 55; Alliance
have declined 46; London and Westminster remain
firm, at 814 82 ; National Shipping Company are
quoted par prem.; Pacific Steam 16 to 2 prem. ;
Contract Corporation, 21 I, prem.; and Mauritius
Credit, 1 to 124 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
5
3 per Cent. Consols
901
Ditto Account
3 per Cent. Reduced 903
1
1
Nev. 3 per Cent 90
New 35 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Nev 35 per Cent.
5 per Cent. An Annuities
kunuities nuities, Jan. 1873
Ditto for 30 Yrs, expire eth J an.,
Yrs, expire sth April, 1885.
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.
___
__
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i k 3 per Cent:
1 5 ale
Pm.
Ditto
.£5OO
Ditto
£lOO and £2OO
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. '
shut
India Stock, 1874
106
Ditto 5 pei i
Cent. 1870
Dittott 4 er Cent. 1888
Ditt° Enpfao d Paper, 4 per Cent .. 100
Di"
Per Cent —
Ditto ditto
April, 1864
, tte Bonds El.O bitto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66
3 die
-‘;''oo
.uitto under £l,OOO — Pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSINGPRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 1856
1005
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
871
Ditto 4} per Cent.,
Ditto 1863
1852-6_B-60
-- die
Ditto Scrip, 1863, £45 paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd
Cuba, 6 per Cent. —
univan 6 per Cent. —
Ditto 45 per Cent, _ _ _
Danish 4 per Cent., 183
Dutch, 25 per Cent., Ea.
Equador New Consolidatel2 Guilders
d, 1 per Cent —
Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant
Egyptian 7 per Cent .. loli
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons..
23i i 45
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons
Ditto Account ll 10,5
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account • •
Itaiii‘n S per Cent.(Nlaremmana Railway) —__
Mexican 3 per Cent
3 Ditto Account.. 365 6
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada .. l3i
Ditto 2 per Cent
Ditto Deferred ......
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) —
Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Ditto 3 per Cent.
er Cent.
i:itto Account —
Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862
DitteAccount
PPedinontese, 6 per Cent. Ex. 25f —
Portuguese 3 per Cent., t 1,853 ...... -- • •
Ditto Account ..
Ditto 3 per cent., 1856, '7, '9,
1 1
Ditto Account '6o, 62,'3
Ditto,
Ipm , 1863
Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid
Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Ditto 43/4 per Cent 1850. . „ 87
Ditto 1860 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 -
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862
Sardinian 6 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account ......
33
i i
_
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Ditto Account . l4
Swedish, 4 per Cent
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account .............
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
£lOO Bonds,,
Ditto72s
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account,
DiDitto, £lOO Bonds ..
..
• 681 8
tto 6 per Cent. 1863 .... .................
Ditto Guararteed, 4 per Cent. ........ ---.
VDitto Debentures, 4 e Ct., Oct., 1§63 --
enezuela 3 per Cent...................
Ditto Account ......................
DDitto 6 per Cent., 1862 ..............
itto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
Belgian 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f... —
Dutch2s per Cent. Ex. 12 Gu11..,.....
Ditto 4 per Cent.' Certificates ........
French Rentes, 45 per Cent., Ex. 25f....
Ditto Account....
Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d, paid....
italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. pm
Ditto A.ocoutni... .

onsols Money THREE O'CLOCK.
C
Ditto Account .. 9O 191

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Cotton market very quiet, and full id. below
Thursday. Sales about 2,000 or 3,000 bales. Im-
133rt, 1,539 ; previousiy, 6,877.

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fEPITOMISED ART OBITUARY OF 1863.—Some
the most able painters have passed away in the past year
48. In France Horace Vernet and Eugene Dela-
;ii%-atoong ourselves, Abram Nomon, Augustus Leo-
-TgR, William Mulready, Charles Robert Cockerell,
---tl'fic
waeld, and J. D. Harding. Mr. Sheepshanks, the
ent donor of the collection that bears his name, has
also beeu called from us in the past year.
,A CRITICAL ESSAY ON SHARSPEARE'S
„o'rntuo" has been published by Mr. F. Liiders at
-tiatoburg, under the title of " Beitrage zur Erklarung von
Sh4kespeare's Othello." It consists of 108 octavo pages,
ftttd Presents several clever conjectural readings, as well as
other elucidations of the text.
TILE LATE MR BURFORD'S PANORAMA in Lei
tester-square has been finally closed.
An explosion of fire-damp occurred two days
back at the St. Paul coal mime, at Grand Croix (Loire).
Three workmen were burnt by the accident. two of them
ssverely.
During a rehearsal of the ballet of "Fiammetta,"
at the prowl 'Cheatre of Trieste, last week, the dresses of
Ver;li of the figurantes caugh, fire, and before the flames
c°4l(l Le extinguished one poor girl, only 14 years of age,
Was so dreadfully burnt that she died a few hours after.