The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-30 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There is a fair demand for money in the general
discount market, but not more than is usual at this
period of the year, when numerous payments have
to be provided for, and the rate for first class bills
is 61 per cent.
About £3,000 in bar gold was taken into the
Bank yesterday.
In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon
there was no alteration.

The Agra and United Service Bank h%ve received
the following telegram from Bombay :—Exchange,
• Bank Bills, 2s. 2id ; Government paper, no quota-

Lion.

The committee of th© Stock Exchange have ap•
pointed Friday next, the let of January, a special
settling day in the shares of the Muntz's Metal
Company, to be marked in the twice a week list ;
and have also ordered that the shares of the Anglo-
Brazilian Gold Company be officially quoted.

The Mauritius Land Credit and Agency Company,
with a capital of £250,000, in shares of £2O each,
1,500 of which are reserved for the colony, has just
been announced. There is to be a local board in
addition to the London directors, and the under-
taking is introduced by the International Financial
Society. It is stated that a strong desire for its
success has been evinced by the Chamber of Agri-
culture and the commercial classes generally of the
Mauritius. The business it is proposed to enter
into is very remunerative, the legal rate of interest
on mortgages there being 9 per cant. The com-'
pany seems to have been organised on a safe basis,
and the manner in which it has been introduced to
notice will no doubt insure it liberal support from
the investing public. The shams are already quoted
11 2k prem.

Two O'CLOCK.

At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 35c.
Heavy.

A dividend of £1 per share was declared at the
meeting, to-day, of the Canada Company.
Only a very small amount of business has been
transacted to-day in the market for the English
Funds, which, however, although dull, are ex-
ceedingly well maintained. The favourable pros-
pects of the money market give support to the
quotations, although they fail to stimulate spec-
lation, or to promote investments. Consols for
transfer are 914 I, and for the account 9173- I. The
New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 91k I ;
India 5 per Cents. 106! 1; Enfaced 5 per Cents.,
1041 ; Exchequer Bills, Bs. to 4s. dis., and Bank
Stock is marked 234.

A general improvement has taken place in the
Foreign Market, and business is rather more active.
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 71 ; do. Congo-
lides, 47: 481; Mexican, 37: I; Greek, 341 35 ;
Spanish Passive, 341 Q ; do. Certificates, 131 ;
Portuguese, 49 1; Egyptian, 1001, t; Italian,
701 ; and the Confederate Loan, 37 39.

Business in the Railway Share Market has
been more active, and a slight upward improve-
ment has taken place in prices. Caledonian, Great
Eastern, Great Western, and North Western have
each advanced ss. ; and North Eastern (Berwick),
158.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, have
declined 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain
without change of importance.
Bank shares have been quiet. London and South
African have improved to 24; National of Liver-
pool have declined to 198 ; Bank of London are firm
at 163.
In the Miscellaneous Market International Finan-
cial shares have improved to 91 10} ; Hudson Bay
Company realise 121; National Shipping Company
are quoted 11- prem. ; West India and Pacific
Steam I, 1.1 prem ; Consolidated Discount 4 to 1
prem.; Contract Corporation 51 4 prem. ; and
Mauritius Credit, 18 21 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock 234
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
per Cent. Consols Annuities 9ll 4
NeW 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
6 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873
New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891....
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 13-16
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
India Stock, 1874 —
Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 —
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent lO4l
Ditto 5i per Cent
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66
',lank Stock for Account
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,000
Consols for .4ccount, Jan. 7.. 9ll
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
Ztchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i k 3 per Cent 4 8 die
Ditto £5OO .. 9 dis
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
"'Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent ..
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Ditt o 1863
~„Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent .
Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd
euba, per Cent.
'l,l-lan. 6 per Cent. —
uitto 41 per Cent,
DanishTl 4 per Cent., 1863
--'uto'h, 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders
b Ditto, £lOO Bonds ..
'''lnador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent..
Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant —
viXYptian 7 per:Cent lOO4 1
Ditto, Second Issue - ..
(ireek 5 per Cent.i 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 241 4
Ditto Account 24/ 5
Ditto Coupons
Guatemala 6 per Cent.
_ Ditto Account—
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway)
Alexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account 371 4 i
boorish Imperial 5 per Cent
.ciev? Granada ..
Ditto 2 per Cent .
Ditto Deterred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) —
Ditto 1 r
Cent,
(Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Ditto 3 per
_,
.oCent.
-I-ezuvsan aper Cent.
bit
Ili Ace '
ittii Account44 per Cent. 1862
..
Pie dmontese An
Po rtuguAesecociiila
I.l3ecreCtietn.,t.l,BEs3x. 25f.. —
881
Ditto
Ditto 3 per Cent*:18.6.6.,:7., ..
.... . '6O, 62,'3 494
Ditto Account
...
Ditto, 1863 ....................
...
Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid ...............
Itussian 5 per Cent., 18,22:iWt .......... pm
Ditto 41 per Cent
11886500 .............. : ..
.............. =—
Ditto
*Ditto Acc0unt.............
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 ..............
......
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 B9l
tardinian 5 per Cent
. Ditto Account -
QPrinish 3 per Cent
:Ditto Account ..
Ditto New Deferred ................
Ditto Account —
Ditto Passive ... ........ ,
~. Ditto Account
'IP anish Cert. of Coup not funded ..
8 Ditto Account l3l I
3,l7edish, 4 per Cent. .......
4.'f.irkigh. 6 per Cent. 1854... •
Ditto Account ........
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 ..............
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Dittotto 73/
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Account Ditto
6 per Cent. 1863 -
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — .
irDitto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863
enezuela 3 per Cent.
-Oitto Account
bitto 6 per Cent., 1862 ..
Dia() ACCOUiIt ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian
ei, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
i)ugiall 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
/it)?42/ por Cent., Ex. 12 Guil —
_!tto 4 per Cent. Certificates
prile 'tto Account ... . —
0/101 Rent es, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
litto Account
~ta..tto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid pm
ultrii 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 701
eolls°lB, THREE O'CLOCK.
M Dit to oney
Account .... 914 4

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Th.G°l(l, steady market, at firm prices. Sales Will
r'obahly reaca 8,000 or 10,000 bales.