The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

A fair amount of business has been transacted
this morning in the general discount market, where
the mercantile public are:obtaining accommodation
on three months' bills at six per cent., with
occasional concessions of s under that term. The
advices received from Frankfort regarding
a panic which prevails there in mone-
tary affairs, have not as yet influenced
to any appreciable extent the market
here. Bankers and brokers, whose capital had been
lying !dle for so long a time, now appear anxious
to employ it at the current rates, although they are
still evincing great prudence and unwilling to lock
it up in long-dated securities.

The 26th inst. has been fired for a special settle-
ment in the City B ink new shares, and the Ist pros.
in the Land Mortgage Bank of India, dealings in
which are to be recorded in the official lists.

During the last few days there has been less
excitement in the Foreign and Colonial Pro-
duce Markets. Sugar, however, has been in
steady request at fully late rates. Coffee
has been dull, and inferior descriptions have
slightly declined, while rice, fruit, and spices have
been dealt in to a moderate extent without any
material change in values. The tallow market has
been dull, chiefly in consequence of the unsettled
state of political affairs in Russia and Poland.

Two O'CLOCK.

At a general meeting of the shareholders to-day
of the Hudson's Bay Company—Sir Edmund Head
presiding—a dividend of 53. per share was declared.
As the principal sales took place in January and
March, the accounts of the company were not made
up till May, and until that time arrived the direc-
tors felt it to be impossible to fix the actual profit
dividend for the year, but from the prospects of the
fur trade, and the general aspect of affairs, it was
considered justifiable to recommend the dividend
before mentioned.

There is no material alteration to note in the
market for the English Funds, the small amount of
business that has been entered into having taken
place at the quotations current yesterday afternoon.
The general condition of the market appears to be
good, an improving tendency having been induced
by the greater confidence now felt in monetary
prospects. Consols remain at 921 y for money, and
at 911 1, less the dividend, for the account. The
New Threes and Reduced Annuities have improved
to 901 91 ; the New 21 per Cents. are 761 ; Exche-
quer Bills, 2s. to 53. disc Bank Stock is marked
235 237 ; India Stock, 224; the 5 per Cent. Loan,
1081 109, and the 4 per Cent. ditto, 1001 a. The
Debentures are 991, and the Bonds 3s. to 9s. prem.
1u the Foreign Market there is not so much
buoyancy, and business is dull. Turkish 6 per
Cents., 1854, are 891 901 ; do., 1862, 691 701; do.,
Consolides, 471 1; Mexican, 38 1; Greek, 31 1;
do., Coupons, 141 151; Spanish Passive, 341 a ;
do., Certificates, 14 1; Portuguese, 481 8; do.,
New, s 11 prem. ; Italian, 71 ; and the Confederate
Loan, 54 56.
Business in the Railway Share Market has not
been very active, but prices have shown more firm-
ness. London and Brighton have improved £1 ;
Bristol and Exeter, 108.; and Great Western, ss.
Great Eastern have receded 55., and Metropolitan
£l. _ .

The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
change of importance.
Bank Shares are in some instances at slightly,
enhanced rates, London and Brazilian having im-
proved to 52k 53; London and Westminster to 781
791.
In the Miscellaneous Market prices are also
firmer. Discount Corporation realise 11 4 ; General
Credit, 6i 7y ; and Royal Mail Steam, 79.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9214 /
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 3/ per Cent. Annuities
New 21 per Cent. Annuitie5....
5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873
Innuities, 30 yrs, expire bth J an., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
India Stock, 1874
Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 lOOl i
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 9 pus
Ditto under £l,OOO. •
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account, Dee. 3 9ll /
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cen t 2 5 dis
Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING' PRICES.
Austria g Bonds, 5 per Cent
--
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859 —
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Ditto 1863
Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Account 9l
Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent.
:bilian 6 per Cent lOl
Ditto 3 per Cent. B6l
Ditto 41 per Cent
Colombian 6 Scrip, £l5 pd —
Danish 4 per Cent., 1863
Egyptian 7 per Cent 99a i
Ditto, Second Issue
Equador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent l4
Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant 7l
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons..
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons
Ditto Account l5 14b 151
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account —
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway)
Mexican 3 per Cent ....
Ditto Account
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Ditto New Deferred ..
Ditto Deferred —
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares).... r•
Peruvian 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account B6k
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account.. 4Bl
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62..
Dittoplccount 4Bl A
Ditto, 1863
Ditto Scrip, £lO paid
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Ditto 41 per Cent 1850.. 9Ol
Ditto 1860
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1362 64/
87 1
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Ditto Account
_
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account _
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account —
Ditto Passive
Ditto'Account 3ll
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Ditto Account
Swedish, 4 per Cent
turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Ditto Account 9ob 89/
Ditto 6 per Cent. 185 S
Ditto Account 7O/
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account ....
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 —
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. —
_
Venezuela 3 per Cent. ..........
_
Ditto Account

Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Ditto Account :
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins.
Belgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 251.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 63

Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f —
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
iiitto Account
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account .

THE PRICES NOW ASKED AT CHARLESTON FOR
PROVISIONS 1--Butter, which was before the war about
61 per lb., is now 16s. Sd. ; coffee, which was about 71d.,
is now 195.; tea, which was 2s. 2cl. to 2s. 6d., is now about
£2 10s. per lb. ; beef, which was 4d. a pound, is now 4s. 2d.;
one reel of sewing cotton, which formerly cost about 3d, is
now 6s. 3d., and so forth.

THE MAIICGANY TRADE.—Mahogany is down
in England as well as in the United States, so that
it will not pay to cut it. Our cuttings in this colony for
the next year will not be snore than one-third of the usual
quantity, and the saute may be said in regard to logwood ;
so the chances for trade for the year 1864 in this colony are
very slim,- Honduras Paper.