The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of
England continues at 7 per cent., the directors
having at their weekly meeting to-day refrained
from making any alteration. There is an abundant
supply of money, and the inquiries, although sti-
mulated by the usual disbursements at this period,
are not sufficient to produce the slightest pressure.
About £59,000 in gold was taken into the
Bank yesterday.
The Seine, from the West Indies, has brought
£063,852.

The share list of the Mauritius Land Credit and
Agency Company will be closed on Friday next,
the Ist January.
The London office of the Anglo-Austrian Bank
will be in active operation o❑ and from Friday, the
Ist January, under the management of Francis
Breuer, Esq., for many years in the hoase of
Messrs. Ft tialing and Goschen.

The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to
this day are in round figures as under :--_

1863. 1862.
Great Western £63,594 £54,593
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland 48,438 43,538
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire..
Bristol and Exeter
North-Eastern
Manchester Stieffield, and Lincoln. 16,969 14,437
North British
Midland and Great Western (Ireland) 4,185 3,922

The ab .ve returns, compared with those of the
same period of last year, are of a most satisfactory
character. On the Great Western there is an
increase of £9,001 ; on the North Western, of
£9,968 ; on the South Western, of £4,004 ; on
the Brighton, of £124 ; on the Midland, of £1,900 ;
on the South Eastern, of £1,721 ; on the Great
Northern, of £5,303 ; o❑ the Lancashire and York-
shire, of .C 5,607 ; on the North Eastern, of 15,134;
on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of
£2,522; and on the North British, of £919.
Application having been made to The Land
Mortgage Bank of India to undertake the agency
of the Credit Foncier in the Mauritius by nearly
a hundred of the leading colonists, a special
general meeting of the shareholders has been
eummoned for Monday, the 11th January, at the
London Tavern, for the purpose of considering
the propriety of enlarging the provisions of the
articles of association, so as to enable the company
to undertake such and similar agencies for other
Companies throughout the British possessions in
the East.

Two O'CLOCK.

At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Renter's
telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40c.
Firm.

Further indications of depression are perceptible
111 the market for Consols, which appear to be un-
favourably affected by the dulness of business, and
it feeling of anxiety with regard to Continental
politics, especially the Schleswig-Holstein affair,
Which, it is still thought, will lead to serious diffi-
culties. Consols are 911 1 for transfer, and 911
exactly for the account. The New Threes and
Reduced Annuities are 911 1 ; India 5 per Cents.,
106:1 ; and Exchequer Bills, 9s. to 4s. die.; Bank
Stock is marked 2351.
The Foreign Market opened with a depressed
appearance, but more firmness has since prevailed,
and business is moderately active. Turkish 6 per
Cents., 1862, are 71 ; do. Consolides, 471 48 ;
2Nlexican, 371 ; Greek, 241 ); do. Coupons, 111;
Spanish Passive, 341 35 ; do. Certificates, 141 1;
Portuguese, 49 1 ; Russian, 891 1; and the Con-
federate Loan, 37 39.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been rather restricted, although prices have
shown increased buoyancy, owing to the favourable
traffic receipts on most of the principal lines. Great
Western and North Western have advanced ss. ;
Great Eastern, 10s.; and Great Northern and Lon-
don and Blackwell, £l.
In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings no
material alteration has taken place in prices.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally main-
tain former rates. Hindustan, China, and Japan
have improved[33l 34 ;jl.4ondon and:Brazilian to 55
55k ;;and Union of London to 401 ; London Finan-
cial shares are firm at 231 1; Discount Corporation
St 60 International Financial at 10; and Royal
Mail Steam at 771 78.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
_tank Stock 2355
4 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities
per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l/ i 1
,„."evz 3 per Cent. Annuities
al,. ew 34 per Cent. Annuities
tier Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
&t unities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4/
A„
n4f DittoS (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.
it to, 1874 —
Ditto 6 pet Cent. 1870
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 95
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 99
'meat Stock for Account
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO par
... Ditto under £l,OOO —
vonsols for Account, Jan, 7.. 9ll 1
&gift Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
4zehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21413 per Cent 4 9 die
Ditto £500
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
AtustriAut Bonds, 6 per Cent ..
Ditto 1859
llrtzilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859 —
Ditto 45 per Cent., 1852-58-60
-..,
Ditto 1863 .. 88
Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid
'Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
tolonabian 6 Scrip £l5 pd —
Luba, 6 per Cent.
week per Cent 1824-5, ex-Coupons —'
.) 241 / a
Ditto Account ..........
Ditto Coupons
Irluatemala 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account • •
Italian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway)
Diexican 3 per Cent
‘.Ditto Account 374 7 1 7 i
au • oortsh Imperial 6 per Cent
Nave Granada --
Dittolt Per Cent.
ittol3l,l
itepnieTFarrants (Hectares) —
Ditto
Ditto 3 Cent, (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
r cent. _
Perfivian rper eb„t
vitt° Account. •
Ditto 45 per U;n.t.,..1.8.6.2....."...... :
Ditto Account. ..... ..........
Piedmontese, 5 per Cent.., Ex. 25f
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Acc0unt............
:Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, ,6, '6O, 62,'3
'Ditto Account ...................
Ditto, 1863
Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid ............ 14 pm
kissisil 5 Per Cent., 1822, £ St ........
Ditto 4/ per Cent 1850
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1869
... Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 895
zardinian 5 per Cent ........
e‘ Ditto Account ............ • •
'Vanish 3 per Cent
titto Account ...........
Ditto New Deferred ....... ..... —........
Ditto Account .................... _
Ditto Passive .......................
Ditto Account 34/
)apish Cert. of Coup not funded
~, Ditto Account 14i45i4
vdieh, 4 per Cent
4•?rkish 6 per Cent. 1854
'Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 ~. ........... 7-0
,691
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account 7li
to Dio £lOO Bonds 7l
Ditt6 per Cent. 2863 —
Date Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. —
I,Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863
. ettezuela 3 per Cont.
Ditto Account —
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
tiltto Account .. 55
Dividends on the above payable in London.
lri.strian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
D
igien 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
tit'-'425 per Cent Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 .9
per Cent. Certificates
,Ditto,. Account... . - -,-
tench ltentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
ttto Account
itctitto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid~
141) 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
00n3ols, Itlonev TWO 0' CLOCK .
Di a .
exo ~ ..... ,• .
°A tult ...... 1,,,•,,,,, ~.. ~ 911

BALLOONING Fog,
MILITARY Fußroslis.—By 1
direct ion of the War
xwl a Department experiments will
be carried out by Mr. Co oolwich to-day to de-
monstrate the utility of balloons as means of ascertaining
the numbers and position of a military
er force. Mr. Coawell
was engaged during yesterday
in superintending the infla-
tion of his monster balloon from the Government gas-works
at the Royal Arsenal, and the ascent will ti
morning, the troops being ordered to assemble and dce thismareh
out in two divisions. On arriving at a certain altitude oi,-..
servations will be taken, and a report made by Mr, Coxwell
pied various officers who will accompany hirn.