The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-16 00:00:00

ONES' MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The discount market this morning is easier than
it was at the concluding hours of business yester-
day, when a reaction occurred, end 8 per cent. was
11110 lowest quotation for the best short-dated paper.
Nevf, however, greater disposition is being evinced
°Y brokers and others to secure business, and the
Tinirnum charge has fallen to 71 and 7-1- per cent.
he inquiry for accommodation is not very strong,
slid as the supplies of the open market are exces-
alye, and competition is excited, there are but corn-
Paratively few applications made at the Bank of
A large
portion of the Mexican dollars by the last
packet
have been sold at ss. Id, per oz., being nth
elow the price realised for the previous supply.
A first dividend of 10s. in the pound is now in
course of payment by the official manager of the
Herefordshire Banking Company, under the wind-
la
.-up order in Chancery.
The dividend proposed at the meeting of share-
holders to-day of the Crystal Palace Company
amounted to 2 per cent. (2s. per share).
There was a slight downward movement in the
foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon.
The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday
comprised an inflax of £27,000 in bar gold, and the
Withdrawal of 10,000 sovereigns for shipment to
Alexandria.
The Seine, from the West Indies, has brought
£320,000.

Two O'CLOCK.

At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's
asieegrarn) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66.40,
'6.60 ex Coupon. Heavy.
of prices
the earlier hours of business the tendency
',II prices in the market for the English Funds was
iecidedly unfavourable, and a further decline of
'l6th was added to the depreciation experienced
/esterday afternoon. Since then, however, pur-
-nme forward, and although their
on extensive, they havr
recovery has ensued,
for money, and 91} for
d Threes and Reduced
~re now as low as 94 ; but India 5

Per Cents, remain steady at 106 Z, and the Enfaced
ditto at 104; India Bonds are 14s 6s. die.; and
/Lehequer Bills, 11s. to Gs. die.
There has been a paucity of business in the
Foreign Market, and prices are depressed. Turkish
6 per Cents., 1862, are 701-, 4 ; ditto Consolides,
; Mexican, 33i 4 ; Week, 258 I ; Spanish Pas-
sive, 321 4 ; ditto Certificates, 124 13 ; Russian,
881 d ; Peruvian, 851 86 ; and the Confederate
Loan, 36 38.
The agents of Messrs. BAring Brothers in
Venezuela advise that_they have received 53,620
dols, for the dividends.

In the Railway Share Market the operations have
been limited, and prices have not varied to any im-
portant extent. Great Eastern, Midland, and
North-Eastern (Berwick) have improved 55.; while
Great Western have declined ss. ; Metropolitan
sod South Eastern, 15s.
Business in the Foreign and Colonial markets
continue very dull, without any material change as
regards prices.
In Bank and Miscellaneous shares there has
been very little animation. London and West-
minster have improved to 79f ; Chartered of India,
Australia, and China to 331; London Joint Stock
to 371; Hudson Bay Company's shares have re-
ceded to 111 ; Mercantile Credit to 8; and
Egyptian Trading Company to 31.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
90i I 4
Cent. Reduced Annuities
P per
er Cent. Consols Annuities 9Ol 1 4
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
New 25 per Cent. Annuities... —
5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 144
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 lO4
Ditto 5} per Cent
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991 9
Bank Stock for Account
Ditto bonds £l,OOO l4 dis
Ditto under £l,OOO 6 dis
Consols for Account, Jan. 7 9l 90i
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent ll 6
Ditto £5OO ..
Ditto Small -
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent lOO
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
Ditto 44 per Cont., 1852-58-60
Ditto 1863
...Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
„ Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
'Lilian 6 per Cent —
r, Ditto 41 per Cent, B3l
'tam, 6 per Cut. ..
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
D°lotabian 6 Scrip £l5 pd
41ish 4 per Cent., 1863
....Ditto Provisonal Land Warrant .
klutch, 21 per Cent. Ea. 12, Guilders ..
~„ Ditto Debentures, per Ct., Oct„ 1863
-s.(Plador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent..
-e18).
,517ptian 7 per Cent —
Litto, Second Issue .. MI
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons..
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons —
Ditto Account
uuatemala 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account —
Italiani 5 per Cent. plaremmana Railway)
I
'-exican. 3 per Cent
...Ditto Account 33a 4 i
Zoorish Imperial 5 per Cent
''''-'," Granada —
Ditto 2 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) —
Peruvian 3per Cent.
Ditto Account —
Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862
_ Ditto Account
r ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account -
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 4Bl
Ditto Account —
Ditto, 1863
Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid
Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £St -- pm
Ditto 45 per Cent 1850
Ditto 1860.
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
.......**
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 ****** . .***
Sardinian 5 per Cent *************** 88-I I
-
Ditto Account **********************
Spanish 3 per Cent *********************
Ditto Account ************************
Ditto New Deferred **************** 534
*********
Ditto Account *..
Ditto Passive
--
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ***** . 3--2 t 1 i
Ditto Account
Swedish, 4 per Cent —
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
70
Ditto Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds ..........
Ditto 6 per Cont. 1862 .............. 70/
Ditto Account 7Ol
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 .............
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
_Ditto Account —
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account
~., Dividends on the above payable in London.
1)003.21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil -
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 4/ per Cent., Ex. 25f —
I Ditto Account —
talian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account.... -
Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — pm

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
ilitto Account 9l 1