The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-04 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
A steady business is reported to-day in discount
circles, but notwithstanding its being the 4th of the
month, the supply of bills on offer does not exhibit
any material increase. The fact is, the mercantile
community had previously provided for their en-
gagements, so that at the last moment there was no
inconvenience. Tue available supplies being abun-
dant, the joint-stock and private establishments
continue to negotiate bills as low as 61, per cent.,
notwithstanding a slight feeling of reserve, dictated
by the recent purchases of gold in this market for
transmission to Paris.

Tne accounts from the various manufacturing
districts for the past week have, in most instances,
been satisfactory, although business has been par-
tially suspended consequent upon the annual stock-
taking. At Manchester both c!oths and yarns
have advanced in price, owing to the shortness of
stocks of cotton at Liverpool. The woollen trade
of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield has been
seascnably active, and both spinners and manufac-
turers are busily engaged upon spring fabrics. At
Leicester and Nottingham there has been little
change of importance in the hosiery and lace
departments, while in the hardware districts of
Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, there
has been rather more animation than usual at this
season of the year.

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.
Renewed heaviness characterised the opening of
the English Stock Market this morning, and sales
on speculative account were resumed, owing to the
uneasiness felt respecting the Schleswig-Holstein
and other political questions abroad. Consols far-
ther receded It per cent., viz., to 906 I for money
and the 7th inst., and to 91i for the February
account. The New Threes and the Reduced An-
nuities are NI 91, showing little alteration; Ex-
chequer Bills are 7s. to 2s. die.; and India 4 per
Cent. Debentures, 991.
A decided decline has taken place iu the value
of the principal speculative Foreign Stocks, and
there are very few operations. Turkish 6 per Cents.,
1862, are 67/ 684 ; do. Consolides, 4741; Mexican,
351 2; Greek, 23 I, ; Spanish Passive, 33i 341;
do. Certificates, 13i 14 ; Portuguese, 472 4 ; and -
the Confederate Loan, 37 39.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have 11
been very limited, and prices have, in most in- SI
stances, shown a downward movement. North
Eastern (Berwick) have receded ss. ; Great Wes-
tern, Brighton, North Western, Metropolitan, and I,
South Eastern 10s.
_ The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have I
been neglected, and remain nominally without
change of importance. si
et
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have • been in

moderate request, but prices have in most instances e,
sympathised with the heavy tone in Consols. Lon-
don and Brazilian have declined to 54, Oriental
Bank to 571, Alliance Bank to 46. West India
and Pacific Steam are quoted 2 to 24 prem. ;
National Shipping Company, d to 1 prem, ; Con-
tract Corporation, 21 3 prem. ; and Foreign Con-
tract, 24 24 preen,

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock —
3 per Cent. Consols Ann.ut.:t.i.e.s ...
91 90/
Ditto Account 9oi 1 901
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
ew_Nv 3 per Cent. Annuities
l'i+ 23/4 per Cent. Jan. 1891
6 e: ai per Cent. Annuities
4,- t2fujeteiertat:3Ano unities, Jan. 1873
yrs, expire Sth Jan., 1880 —
DittoDlo for 30 yrs, expire .sth April, 1885 —
(lted Sea Telegraph). Aug. 1908.
4xchequer Bills, £l,OOO 000 21 & 3 per Cent. 2 7 dis
Ditto
1,500'
Ditto Small
India Stock, 1874 •
Shut
Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 —
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 4 per Cent —
Ditto ditto April, 1864 991
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 --
Ditto Bonds ELMO
Ditto under £1,000...• •
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.

Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....-
Ditto 4t per Cent., 1852-58-60
Ditto 1863
i
Ditto Scrip, 1863, £45 paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd —
Cuba, 6 per Cent. —
uhilian 6 per Cent. —
Ditto 41 per Cent,
Danish 4 per Cent., 1863
Dutch, 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders
Ditto, £lOO Bonds —
Equador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent l3/
Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant —
'Egyptian 7 per Cent..
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons —
Ditto Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account .. --
Italian 5 per Cent.(lVlaremmaua Railway) 77 81
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account 36a a a 51
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Ditto 2 per Cent. —
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) —
Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Peruvian 3per Cent.
..
Ditto Account
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account
Piedinontese, 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account..
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3
Ditto Account —
Ditto, 1863
Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid
Russian 5 per Cent.' 1822, £ St —
Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 B5l
Ditto 1860 —
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 ..
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account 62k
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account 34 i
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
i)i tto Account -
Swedish, 4 per Cent
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 . —
Ditto Account 7O
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds 6Bi 71
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account 23/
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account .. 55i 5
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
Belgian 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch2l per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 4t per Cent., Ex. 25f —
Ditto Account .... —
Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — pm
-Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account • • • .
' 671 k
Consols THREE O'CLOCK,
Money 9Ol 1
Ditto Account

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Market
very strong, and large attendance of
buyers.
4tnport,
Probable sales, 15,000 bales. All quota-
-T-1"s be higher. Market not yet developed
3,227 bales.

°a Thursday Professor Tyndall delivered the
third of his Christmas course of lectures at the Royal
institution. Having in the two previous lectures illustrated
and explained the phenomena of electrical attraction and
repulsion, and the induction of electricity in bodies at a dis-
tance from the excited electric, he yesterday proceeded to
consider the excitement of electricity in larger quantities
than can be produced by rubbing rods of glass or sulphur,
and its condensation in the Leyden jar. For this purpose t.
More complicated forte of apparatus WAS necessary, and th,
P6werful electrical machines and batteries of the Royal In-
stitution were broug
ht into operation.