The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-22 00:00:00

SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock.

NAVAL 71E1:Li-CRAW:.

The following appointment was made at the Admiralty
ib is evening :
Assistant-Engineer H. W. Hart (acting 2d class), to the
:Imperieuse, for disposal, -rice Stewart.

VONET 111A:REET AID CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

There is stilt an abundant supply of money, and
-the ro.tes of discount continue easy. Owing to the
facilities oZered in the open market, the inquiries
at the Bank of England continued limited.
The an n"ial meeting of the London and County
Manking. Company will take place on the 6th prox.
for the declaration of a dividend and other business.

The 'half-yearly meeting of the National Discount
Comps ny took place to-day, at which a report was
read showing that the gross profits for the six
non the ending the 31st ult. were £43,123 125., and
aftc r making allowance for bad and doubtful debts,
the directors recommended an increased dividend
tsr, the proprietary, viz., at the rate of 6 per cent.
per annum free of income tax.

There is a decrease of £2,700 in the traffic receipts
of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for the
past w eek.

Tio Indus from Alexandria brings £1,350 in
epee; e.

N. o material alteration took place in the Foreign
Ex changes yesterday afternoon.

Gold is now about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in
P aris than in London, and 3-10ths percent. cheaper
lere than in Hamburg.

There was more activity in the Liverpool Cotton
Market yesterday, owing to an export demand for
t3hipment to the Federal States, and prices were
Firmer. The sales were fully 4,000 bales.
A further sum of £40,000 in gold was withdrawn
front the Bank of England yesterday.

T he Bank of France has reduced its rate of dill-
cou.nt from sto 4} per cent. _ _

'The directors of the Bank of Amsterdam have
alvo lowered their rate—viz., to 31 per cent.
There was a meeting to-day of the creditors of
Mr. Frederick Meyer, trading as Charles Ogleby
and Co., oil merchants, &c., of Lambeth. The
balance sheet presented showed that the liabilities
amount to £53,244, and the assets to £58,443, leav-
ing a surplus of about £5,200 in favour of the
debtor. The statement presented was regarded as
favourable by the meeting and a resolution was
ngr eed to appointing a committee to investigate the
affi tirs of the estate, and to report as to the best
mode of dealing with the estate.
At the meetiug of the London and Mediterranean
t•+?,ain Navigation Company, held to-day, the
director's report was adapted after a long dis-
tussion.

T'ne market for Public Securities opened firmly
at the improvement established on the preceding
akernoon. Consols are 92; 93 for money and the
Ct h pro7;imo. Business is very quiet, speculation
being very much curtailed. The New Threes and
the Reduced are firmer at 92k 1; Exchequer Bills,
Mareb, 17s. prem.; ditto, June, 20s. ; India 5 per
cent.. Loan is 1051 ;, being steady.

Itsther more business has been transacted in the
Foreign Market, and prices tend upwards.
Twrkish. 6 per Cents. are 831 ; ditto, 1858, 731
74-1; Mexican have advanced to 29k ; Spanish to
53 ; ditto Deferred to 43 ; ditto Certificates to 6i ;
Venezuelan to 241 ; Dutch to 651; Buenos Ayres
are 91, and the Deterred 311 1. The Moorish Loan is
4t Sa p'reni.

The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been of a more active character, and prices
genr.rally exhibit increased buoyancy. Eastern
Counties, Great Westerns, Lancashire and York-
shire, North Western, and North Eastern (Berwick)
be,ve advanced 5s ; Caledonian, Brighton, Midland,
d South Eastern, 10s.; and South Western, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue
in moderate favour at steady rates. South Austrian
and Lombardo-Venetian realise 19; Dutch Rhenish,
/6k ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 21; East Indian,
101 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 100.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
r ontinued in fair demand, London and West-
Ininster improved 10s.; Chartered of India, Aus-
tralia, and China, 55.; Van Diemen's Laud shares,
k owever, have receded ss.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
13anic Stock
.`6 pear Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 1 i
2 per Cent. Consols Annuities
Il'ew 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 i
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 9-16
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent B6i
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100
Ditto ditto April, 1864 991
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100 991
Dit in Bonds 0,000
Ditto under £3,000
Consols for Account, Feb. 6.. 93 2k
kndia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent ..
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 22
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small —
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
:Brazilian 5 per Cent
I )il to 41- per;Cent, 1860
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Di' t o Deferred, 1 per Cent. 3l/ 1
:Equador New Consolidated
Zexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Grimada Active
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.
Ditto Account .
ardiniau 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
:Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds'
"Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
.. . .._ .

Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2A-, per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil...
Ditto Account
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 . 63} I

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Dit tt, Account

MIS DAPS SHIPPING.

LoNDorr, Jan. 22.—Wind this day at neon—South-
"Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, Jan. 21.—Wind E.—Arrived—Ellen Peard,
from Demerara; Gorpen Vleet, from Havannah. Sailed—
lier Majesty's ship Revenge, for Queenstown; her Ma-
jesty's ship Warrior, for Lisbon.
CARDIFF, Jan. 21.—Wind E.—Sailed—Mary Ann, for
N.S.
CLYDE, Jan. 21,—Find S.E.—Arrived—C. F. O'Brien,
from New York.
NEWPORT, Jan. 21.—Wind E., with snow.—Arrived—
Gleaner, from Hamburg for Callao. Sailed—Thornhill,
for Halifax, N.S.