The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-10 00:00:00

Al 0 N-- BY NA It Kii

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCg_.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is a steady demand for discount accommo-
dation, and the rates continue firm.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £352,500, and the exports £347,300.
The Mexican dollars, by the last packet, have
been sold at 5s 3vd per oz., being a further advance
of 0.
The Continental Exchanges exhibited no mate-
rial alteration yesterday afternoon.
Notice has been given that £2,060 has been re-
ceived by Messrs. Baring Brothers, from the Cus-
tomhouse of San Jose de Quinta, on account of New
Grenada dividends.
The British and American Exchange Banking
Corporation is introduced with a nominal capital of
£1,000,000, in 20,000 shares of £5O each, the first
iEsue to comprise 10,000 shares, on each of which it
is not intended to call up more than £25. It is
brought for ward for the purpose of dealing in ex-
changes between this country and America, and ope-
rations are to be commenced by the establishment
of an agency in New York. The directors also ex-
pect a large business between America and the
ports of India and China, which will be conducted
in conjunction with the Oriental Bank. There
Will be no "promotion money." The project has
been well received in the City to-day, and the
shares are already dealt in at I to I prem.
The Inus of Court Hotel Company is to erect,
On the site of the George and Blue Boar, in Hol-
born, an hotel containing every modern improve-
tient, and very ample accommodation. Besides
the ordinary requirements of the neighbourhood,
the concentration of the several law courts near

this locality, and the increased demand that must
arise for hotel accommodation, render the project
blghly desirable. The capital required is £lOO,OOO
111 shares of £lO each, and interest upon the amount
Paid, at 5 per cent., is to be allcwed from the date
Of payment until the opening oc the establishment.
The exceedingly remunerative character of hotel
business, conducted under the joint-stock system,
bus been fully demonstrated by the success of the
existing companies.
Another million of capital (of which one-half is
to be first issued) is likewise requ7red for the City
of London and General Fire and Life Insurance
Company, the shares of which are to be £25 each.
The company is stated to be brought forward with-
out any " promoters" charges, and solely by
traders who rely mainly on the support of their own
connexions.
The Continental Bank Corporation has also been
brought forward, and the proposed capital is
£1,000,000, in shares of £lOO each, the first issue
being limited to 5,000 shares, on which the pay-
ment of £25 is contemplated. This project is also
designed with a view of facilitating banking and
exchange operations, but in this case between Eng-
!cirri and the continent. The chief office is to be
nr London, and the first branch in Paris, bat of per
agencies are to be opened according to the progress
‘)f the enterprise. The directors are very insuen.
tint, and there can be no doubt of the success of the
enterprise. It is attracting considerable attention,
and the applications for shares are already very
numerous.
The half-yearly meeting of thn National Discount
Company will take place on the 21st inst.

Two O'CLOCK.
A little depression has been apparent in the
English Stock Market to-day, but the decline has
bot amounted to --k per cent., Console having closed
81 938 for transfer, and 938 1 for the account. The
NeW Threes and the Reduced have been quiet ; the
fernier is marked 93 931, and the latter 931. Ex-
chequer Bills have risen is., viz., 14s. and 18s.
Prem. ; India 5 per Cents. have been dealt in at
1084 ; do. 4 per Cents. Enfaced, 961 ; do. 5 per
Cents., 106; and do. 51 per Cents., 1121 113.
A fair amount of business has been recorded in
the Foreign Market, but prices in some instances
have shown a downward movement. Turkish 6 per
Cents., 1854, are 841 851; ditto, 1833, 71 1 ; ditto,
1862, 671 681 ; and the Consolidei, 40 21,-, ; Egyptian
951; Italian are heavy at 69i 708 ; Mexican, at
; Peruvian New Loan, at 89 1; Russian ditto,
at 958 96 ; Spanish Passive, at 241 1 ; the Certifi-
ea4B, at 91 d ; and Venezuelan 3 per Cents., at
23Z 24,

Business-in the Railway Share Market continued
dull,
\ and prices were a shade flitter. Great
Northern, Great Western, and South Eastern re-
ceded os. ; Caledonian, 10s., and Bristol and Exeter
Zind.
_Great Northern A Stock, £l. London and
and North British, however, improved ss.
the Foreign and Colonial lines were without
material alteration.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re-
mained steady ht previous quotations.

btbk BRTISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
S k 237 'Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 5
New Cent. Consols Annuities 93/ / 3 /
, 3 per Cent. Annuities
-alln.uities, 30 yra, expire Sth Jan., 1880 l2l
Ditto for 30 yrs expire sth April, 1885. —., !itto (Red Sea'Telegraph), Aug. 1908 22
arid% Stock 228
Ditto 6 per Cent lOB/ 1
D itte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 96
Iltto 6 per Cent
3343 61 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863
Consols
Ditto ditlool
'ollsols for Account, April, 1864 ,
Feb. 5 931 it
'chequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent lB 14
Ditto £500
Ditto Small lB 14
.„ FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
'l%-xitian 6 per Cent
uhuittu 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
lian. 6 per Cent
D. "itto 41 per Cent
`41:111ador New Consolidated
4aKPPtian 7 per Cent 9s}
(}reek
6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms —
It Ditto Coupons 6l
xpii,la 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 731 I
-~exican. 3 per Cent
Is- °lish Imperial 5 per Cent
e_vi- Granada 2 per Cent 2B
uitto Land Warrants .. 4/
1, Ditto Deferred
Tula/14i per Cent
Ditto 1862
-"lotto A t
p , COO= •..
411-uguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account 471
Ditto 1862
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
_Ditto 4i per Cent., 1860
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
bitto 6 per Cent., 1862 . 95/ 6
'''Pal.lieh 3 per Cent
LhttoPiussive
„Danish„ Cert. of Coup not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Nilo Account.. B5
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account . .
' itto £lOO Bonds 75
Ditto 6.per Cent. 18,2
,uitto Account.... . ....
veneauela 3 per Cent. ...........
Ditto Acc0unt................
Ditto 6 per Cents., 1862 (Scrip), £53 pd li i dis
Dividends on the above payable in London.
ltalian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ...... --
Ditto i
'`'tto Account
TWO O'CLOCK..
uo/Ils 618, Money ........
Ditto Account
...--
I

681 7t 8

-,ORD PALMERSTON'S MAIDEN SPEECH.—Mr.
Jot.
"n Timbs, in writing to the Builder relative to a
'll.*senssion which has arisen as to where
lered his first speech, says :—" In a late number Premier
o de-
1'
of the
tt4fiCier you state that in a room of the
CotllBB No. 345, Strand, 'at one time the office of theis
Wier, Lord Palmerston is supposed to have made h
speech.' In this, I think, you are mistaken. The
the of which you speak was the office of the Courier only
eta litter days, previous to which it was in a house fur-
ther weetward. In a little book, ' A Companion to
;: Theatres,' which I wrote in 1829, in the fronds-
v'ecet the Courier office is shown to bo the house east
cif
1,„ the English Opera•house entrance. The Courier
:i"lzzie front, which I xemember many years, was of Egyp-
!4l character in the lower floor, and is shown in Cooke's
„sic° Print, Old Exeter Change.' It was, I think, re-
l-4"ed on making Wellington-street. In the Picture of
'ondort, for 1810, it is stated to be No. 348, Strand. Still,
!,ra certain that this was the Palmerston house; for the
•etcture of London, 1806, among the evening papers, gives
The Courier opposite Somerset House.' Now, here are
three Courier offices ; and as Lord Palmerston began his
Prolitical career in 1806, his maiden speech to which you
,efer, tray have been made in the last named house ; the
1,014 •
IL Pt", indeed, seems to have changed its office as often as
Politics. Excuse this cart-rope' note ; but identifies-
f London localities is a dear subject with your old

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
' Closing
Share aaiiways Pal& Price. Business don,
100 Atlantic &St Lawrenck all 67 69
etk Elom.,Barocla&.Cent Ind IN 1055 1065 1063 an
Gu. 5 per cent.
20 Do. New . ..... 2 - -
203 Buffalo and Lase
10 Do. Preference
100 Buffalo,Brant,&Godric.l,
- 10, 77 80
6 p. cf. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 1871-, MO 73 76
100 Do. do. .11111, 1, I':4 100 73 76
st T.' ' 100 101 106 xn
at ;I'apeTown & Dock S,-Ti! 160 1, 85 91 1043
stock jEastn. Bengal gu. Sp. r 10.) 116 1 8 xn
stock j East Indian, gu. 5 p.'•. 10' 1073 1, 84 108 71 xn
20 I Do. do. G Ext 5 13 11p xn
20 Do. do. H do.
stock Grand Trunk of Canad, 10, 22 23
100 Do. 6 per cent. Fret all 75 77
100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et all 65 67 66
100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr all 34 36
100 Do. 7 percent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867
100 Do. do. 1872
stock Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.c 101 116 107 1065 an
20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 13p
20 Do. January, 1862
stock Gt. South.of India(Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 104 106
203 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer. all 123 123 123 1
203 Do. New ....... 18 73 73
100 !DO. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt. all 08 100
100 j Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8 all 91 03
10 !Indian Branch Limited Z 3d 3p
j,•!-oc!c I Madras guar., sp. c.
stow; Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 98 10:1
stock Pf% 100 94 16
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - xn
stock Ilelb.Corp.6 p. 0. Buds. 100 -
50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53
100 Do. 7 p.c. Mortg,. Bds. all - -
20 INewßrunswick& Cand.
Class A. Capital Shar, all 3 5
20 I Do. do. B Capital do.
IN.RI.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds 100 83 65
stock .Scinde (100 1154 1003 105/
st jDo. Delhi
1 Do. do
•i 2 3 I 21
't
xn
20 Do. Punjaub .... 15 3 1 p
at J Do. Do. , 100 104 105 xn
stock no. Indus. St. Flo.) 1,10, ,100 102 101 xn
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC 1. 161.1211-,
c,0.110v. 6 p.e.:111, &July•
- ! 1077-Si
- j Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Auc.i 100 'll6 108
- i Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept.! 100 106 108
- j Do. sp. c. Jan.&July.l 100 163 974 97 61 xd
Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 65 07
- I Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873! 100 iO-; 110
- Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 ;111 113 1123 3
- I Do. 1890 100 112 114
- I Do. Jan. & July, Mt,: 100 111 113
- Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p o! 100 -
1 N.B.Gov. 6 p.e.J a.&Julyl 100 1044 1053 105 41 xd
-1.0. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 -
N. S.W. U ost. 5 p 0.,1866' 100 995 1101
- Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 995 1104,
- Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 09 ; ' 995 xd
- New Zealand 6p. cent.. 100 103 110
- Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.;
- sterling, 1875 lOO 105 1( 6
- Queensland Gov. 6p. c ! 100 119 111
- S. Aus Gdp.c.lB7B.&up I 100 109 11l
- Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..&July 100 1107 109 11083
- Do. to 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 110 1103110} 3 10
BRITISH MINES.
2 ;Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 'par 3o
- Clillord Amalgamated - 16 18
- Devon G. Cone. (Tavist 2 1 500 510
- East Bassett (Illoo•anl 3O 53 65
1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. p IP
- ;East Caradon 461 474 463
- 'East Cann Brea... 3.0.0 113 (14
- WI Russel (Tavistk.! 7.19.0 43 41 43 1
- Gam..:tSt.Aubyn(Gwen.)! 573 17 19 20
- Great 80:2th Tolgus... . 17s 7 71
- G. Wheal V0;•1-1elstot1 140 6 64
- (Grenville 4.15.1 43 53
- Herod's-Foot 8.12 43 60
Hingston Downs i4,' 7 0 23 23 23
- Lady Bertha 12.0.6 ilt
- Margaret (Uny Lelant 14 41 4.3
-Jfarke Valley..
4 , Byndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2,3 ds pr
- !New Setun l9? 145 155
- (North Downs 24 23 21 23
- I N.WII 'i Basset (111o_fan U 7.1! 23 ?-3 33 3
- \•ortli Wheal Crotty
- j Par Consols (St. Blazey ly 5 6
20 I Providence (Uny Lelnt.; 1020.; 1 43
- ; South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 390 400
- IS. Carr/ Brea (Illogan) 5.15.0 23 2/
- Fran. (Mogan 18.1-.9 90 95
- Stray Park
5 iTamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 I.
10 Pin Croft 9 123 133 13
- I West Basset (Illogan) ~ 13 13 14
- Caradon (Liskeard 5
473 28 30
- West Seton ... 285 295
- Wheal
ill fuaslreert(iileldlorguatnh:!l
553
47771 85n
- Wheal Kitty (15.Lelanq
2.2.100.8 9
.671 83
- IVhealLud ott
- Wheal 111aryAnn (Men ) 15 16
- NN-heal Seton 583'235 245
- heal Treiawney (Lis )j 7 165 175
- !Wheal Union 3.13 51 63

_ARES.
it., 111
red. 4} per cent., 98}
!I' cent. pref., 98
ED RENTALS.
. 92

PREFERENCE Si
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 6 per oen
Gt. Western ( 'erks & Hants Ext.),
London, Chatham, and Dover 5 pei
LINES LEASED A e FIX.
London and Chatham 44 per Cent,
Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 971
Shrewsbury and Hereford, 137 i
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 7; 8
Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gna. 7 per cent., 211
Great Luxembourg, 144
N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent. (lim.), 3
Recite and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 19
Royal Danish, 4
Sambre and Meuse, li
San Paulo ;Bra.), gua. 7 per cent. (all), 231
Turin and Savona, 3
FOREIGN MINES.
Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. CO. (11m.), 2i
Port Philip, It
Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 31
JOIN T-STOCK HANKS.
Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lira.), 20
Australasia, 721
Bank of Queensland (lim.), 41 3}
Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 104
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 21
Imperial Bank (lim.), 10 ;
London and Brazilian (lim.), 31.1 2 14
London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate (lim.), 12i
London Chartered Bank of Australia, 271
London Joint Stock, 36
London and Northern (lim.), 31
London and South African, 251
Oriental Bank Corporation, 551
Standard of British South Africa (lim ), 104
DOCKS.
London, 601

MISCELLANEOUS.
Crystal Palace, '3i
Great Ship (lim.),
Italian Irrigation Canal,l; f
London General Omnibus Company (lira.),
National Discount Company, 8i it
Peninsular and 0 iental Steam, 72 31}
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 29—Ditto 3}
Submarine Telegraph (Registered),
Van Diemen's Lanu,