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

XONEY 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
the lowest quotation for the best short-dated paper.
NOW, however, greater disposition is being evinced
by brokers and ethers to secure business, and the
minimum charge has fallen to 74 and 7j per cent.
The inquiry for accommodation is not very strong,
and as the supplies of the open market are exces-
sive, and competition is excited, there are but corn-
Parativeiy few applications made at the Bank of
England.
A large portion of the Mexican dollars by the last
Packet have been sold at ss. ld. per oz., being 20.
below 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
Iferefordshire Banking Company, under the wind-
ing-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. Renter's
telegram)
the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66.40,
66,50 ex Coupon. Heavy.
During the earlier hours of business the tendency
of prices in the market for the English Funds was
decidedly unfavourable, and a further decline of
1-16th was added to the depreciation experienced
Yesterday afternoon. Since then, however, pur-
chasers have come forward, and although their
Operations have not been extensive, they have im-
parted a firmer tone, and a recovery has ensued,
the latest prices being 907 4 for money, and 911 for
the account. The New Threes and Reduced
Annuities are now as low as 901 ; but India 5
per Cents. remain steady at 1067, and the Enfaced
ditto at 104; India Bonds are 14s 6s. die.; and
Exchequer Bills, lls. to Os. 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 Cinsolides, 451
46*; Mexican, 331 ; Ureek, 252_ ; Spanish Pas-
sive, 321 4 ; ditto Certificates, 124 13 ; Russian,
881 ; Peruvian, 851 86 ; and the Confederate
Loan, 36 38.

The agents of Messrs. Biring 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
and 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 ♦ery little animation. London and West-
Minster have improved to 79i ; Chartered of India,
Australia, and China to 33;; London Joint Stock
to 37;; Hudson Bay Company's shares have re-
ceded to 11f 3 ; Mercantile Credit to 8 ; and
Egyptian Trading Company to 3f.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 234
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9oa 1 i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 3i per Cent. Annuities
New 21 per Cent. Annuities..
6 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 -
11.niatuties, 30 yrs, expire 9th Jan., 1880..
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 141
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.
India Stock, 1874
Ditto 6 pei Cent. 1870
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ...
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent......

. .
Ditto 5 per Cent - 104
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991 9
rank Stock for Account
Ditto Bonds 41,000 l4 dis
Ditto under £l,OOO 6 die
Consols for account, Jan, 7.. 9l 903
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 1c 3 per Cent, 11 6
Ditto 4500 ..
Ditto Small -.
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 186-9
Ditto 4. per Cent., 1852-58-60
Ditto 1863
Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
'4ilian 6 per Cent.
nitto 41 per Cent,
Cuba, 6 per Cent. ..
.vitto 3 per Cent.
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd
Danish 4 per Cent., 1863
, Ditto, Provisona Land Warrant —
-Dutch, 21 per Cent., Ex. 12. Guilders
, Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct. Oct., 1863
'claador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
I:gyptian 7 pet Cent —
Ditto Second Issue
Qr
De's 1, 1
e 0 per CAccountent., 1824-5, ex-Coupuns —
itto
Ditto Coupons
Ditto Account ..
uuatemala 5 per Cent. -
Ditto Account • •
I..t''llan 5 per Cent.(Mareinmana Railway)
•,,,4
4exican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
looriGranada sh Imperial 5 per Cent
New
Ditto 2 per Cent —
Ditto Deferred —
~, Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) —
r aruvian per Cent. ..
Ditto Account —
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account..
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7,'9, '6O, 62 4Bl
Ditto Account —
Ditto, 1863
at Dittoia Socrpt 481
£l6 paid,
. £ St
__ pm
_
Ditto 41 per Cent 1850.'.
Ditto
Ditto 3 per Cent., 118867.....111:1:1111 '—
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 -8i I
Sardinian 5 per Cent •.
Ditto Account
.........
Spanieh 3 per Cent ..............
Ditto Account ........................... .
.
Ditto New Deferred ......... 31
..... . .
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive ...... --
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded --
Ditto Account . l3 123
Swedish, 4 per Cent. —
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1851 —
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1855
.7.
Ditto Account.
_7O
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
___.
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
_Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 ..............
............ —ICI'i
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account —
-Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 ..
Ditto Account
..., Dividends on the above payable in London.
'll utah2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil --
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
.r I )itto Account....
'tali", 5 per Cent., 1851, Ex. 25 francs..
Ditto Account.... ..
Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid.... pm
TWO O'CLOCK.
Console Money 903 I
Ditto Account