The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-02 00:00:00

IVIONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE o'CLocx.
More quietude has prevailed in the discount, and
business has been negotiated on rather easier terins.
there is, however, no quotable change, 6 per cent.
being the general rate for three months' bills. he
market is in a satisfactory position owing to the
return of notes and coin from various parts of the
country, but, as trade is so vigorous, there is not
any probability of an important relaxation.
Gold, amounting to £15,000, was taken from the
13auk yesterday. A decline of id. had taken place
the price of Mexican dollars. Those brought by
the West India steamer have been sold at 59p.
Per ounce.

Proposals have been issued for the completion
and consolidation of the entire capital of the Atlan-
tic and Great Western Railway--an enterprise
Which has attracted constantly increasing attention
during the past three or four years from its great
extent, the difficult circumstances under which it
has been completed, and the peculiarities of the
region through which it passes. The entire length
of the line is 607 miles (of which 100 have yet
to be opened), and it commands not only the
important traffic of the West, but also that of
the oil districts, the discovery of which occurred
shortly after the commencement of the under-
taking. The total capital will be £12,000,000,
hair in shares and half in 7 per cent. bonds, of
Which the whole have been issued, with the excep-
tion. of £2,771,600 now offered (with a half-year's
dividend payable on the 15th of January), at the
Price of 80, instalments extending to the middle
of February. The net cost, therefore, will be
74. It is stated that to meet the interest on
all the bonds and likewise all working expenses a
gross annual receipt of $6,442,000 will be required,
and that the present income is at the rate of
$8,194,761, which is estimated on the opening of
the whole line to be raised to $10,000,000. The
bonds are for 25 years, with quarterly coupons pay-
able, free of income-tax, in London or New York,
in gold. A feature of the railway is that it has a
uniform 6-feet gauge throughout, and therefore for
the first time in Western travel removes the neces-
sity for changes of carriage and constant haulage
of goods. At the same time it is satisfactory to
toe
that the proceeds of the present issue
tore required not for the completion of the line, but
re a,_Y Off loans long since contracted on this side
A
tuat purpose.
I,A prospectus has been issued of the London Steam
140 Wing Company, with a capital of £200,000
~000 to be first subscribed), in shares of £2O,
l Purchase the fleet of 16 powerful tug-boats, be-
tonging to Mr. William Watkins, and which have
eeell valued by Messrs. Alfred Brett and Co.
.1„It has been officially notified by the Opera Corn-
113r that the list of applications will close this day
Oaturday).
the
movements of the precious metals during
: Past week have been on a moderate scale. The
thee°,l'43 have amounted to £477,281, chiefly from
be West Indies and Pacific, while the exports have
t to the extent of £494,816, chiefly in silver, to
erabay.
It appears that the report of the Bank of British
litat't America, to be submitted on the sth inst.,
towels that the business of the bank during the year
diy,,euding has been favourable, and recommends a
rate
L'leud of 30s. for the past six months, or at the
of 6 per cent. per annum.
be'iine half-yearly report of the Scinde, Punjab, and
sal Bank Corporation states that the late losses
snetailie,
tray._
.11 from bad debts, owing to the direct con-
of orders by their local agents, will
attleunt to •
"ho about £2 per share in addition to the
eettorZ of the reserve fund. Arrangements are in
tto,llwitohf
anneogtohteiartbioannkf.or a satisfactory amalgama-
oollhe directors of the St. John d'el Re- y Mining
re,__P,a'llY have received per Rhone the following
prvurt, dated Morro Velho, 28th October, 1865 :
Oitc):l‘,ll_ee 2d division of October, ten days, 14,319
'us ; yield, 8,985 Oitavas per ton.

1„ -A ccording Two O'CLOCK.
to Reuter's telegram the 3 per Cent.
Rentes were quoted at 68f. 72c.
t 'All the Stock Exchange Markets have closed
e4411Y, Consoli are per cent. higher, being

871. 4 both for money and account. The other
Government Securities are firm.
Foreign Stocks continue to exhibit steadiness•
Turkish Consolides are 481 4 ; Mexican 254 4
*ditto, New, 248 54 ; Greek, 171 I ;ISpanish Passive,
284 s ; ditto Certificates, 148 15 ; Italian, 644 s ;
Confederate Loan, 8 9 ; and the Brazilian Scrip, 24
prem.

United States Government 5-20 Bonds are $64 5 ;
Erie shares, 591 ; and Illinois, 82i 831.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Consoli-
dated Bonds, 1# 2 prem.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been limited, and increased depression has prevailed.
Great Eastern, North-Western, and North Eastern
(Berwick) have each declined 1. Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and South Eastern each k ; and Metro-
politan, 4._ _ _

The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
material change, except Grand Trunk of Canada,
which have recovered 2, viz., to 31k 32.
• Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very quiet.
Imperial Ottoman have declined 151 ; Metropolitan
and Provincial have improved to 18i ; Fore-street
Warehouse are dealt in at 111 ; and Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. at 211 ; Bank of Turkey shares are
quoted 2i 3 prem. ; Naples Public Works Co., 21
prem. ; Fred. Symons and Co., par 1 prem. The
Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (old) shares,
31 4 prem., ex all ; and the new issue, 34 4 prem. ;
the St. Saviour's Wharf Company (Limited)
shares, 1 1i prem. ; the American Oil Wells
Trading Campany, 21 2f prem ; the Anglo-Swedish
Steel and Iron Company, a 11 prem. ; the London
Steam Towing Co. (Limited), 1 11 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.

3 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, Dec. 7 B7l A, 1
3 per Cent. Reduced B7l
New 3 per Cent B7; 1
New 31 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
March June
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & per Cent. 9 dis
Do. £5OO — 8 4 die
Do £lOO and £2OO
Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent
Do Account : —
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, loi per Cent., AprillB74 — _
Do Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 5i- per Cent., May 1879 —
Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 —
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — pm
Do. under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING RRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 1865 ... —
Do. Scrip, £25 paid — pm
Buenos Apes 6 per Cent —
Do. Account

Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chili= 6 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cent —
Colombian 6 per Cent. 824
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid —
Danubian Principalities
Do Account 76
iquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Egyptian 7 per Cent —
Do., Second Issue
Do £lOO Bonds —
Do. 1864 921 3
Do £lOO Bonds
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Do £B6 paid
Do. 1839 and 1850
Italian 5 per Cent, 1865
Do. Account
Do. Maremmana Railway
Lb 1865
Do Scrip, £674 paid
Do 5 per Cent., 1864
Mexican 3 per Cent
Do. Account
Do 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c —
New Granada
Do 2 per Cent
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .
Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 —
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
'eruvian 11 per Cent
Do. Account
Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) —
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account —
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do. Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 pex Cent. 1859 —
Do 5 per Cent. 1862 9O 894 4
Do 5 per Cent. 1864 924
Sardinian 5 per Cent

. 78

Do Account —
Spanish 3 per Cent —
Ditto account —
Do New Deferred —
Do Account —
Do Passive —
Do Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account l4f
Swedish 4 per. Cent. —
Do. 4 per Cent. 1864
rurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 - —
'Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account
Do .£l.OO Bonds
781
Do. 14 per Cent —
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 74 4
Do £lOO Bonds 74f
Do 6 per Cent.,1863 72 701
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 —
Do Scrip, £35 paid
Do Account 441
Do XICO Bands 441;
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do Account

Do. 6 per Cent., 1862
Do. Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 4 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 4 por Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates _
French Rentes 4£ per Cent. —

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols for money
Do. Account, ex div B7l x d

A STAFFORDSHIRE COALPIT ON FIRE.—THREE
LIVES LOST.—A serious calamity has occurred at
the Brockhouse Pitt, at Bucknall, near Hanley. After the
colliers had left work on Tuesday, the engineer, W. Bates;
a blacksmith's striker, Ephraim Dovey ; and a fireman, W.
Cooper, proceeded to affix new conducting rods, and in
order to fix the tops of the rods it was deemed necessary to
cover the pit shaft. This probably led to an accumulation
of gag is the pit, but the possibility of such a result does
not seem to have occurred to the men, who, on descending
the shaft in a "bowk," a sort of large bucket, in order to
see that the rods were right in the shaft, took with them
candles instead of lamps. After they had been down about
ten minutes a cry from one of them was heard, and in about
half a minute it was observed that the shaft was on fire.
The "bowk" was rapidly drawn up, but it seems that no-
body took the trouble to look into it, although three men
had gone down alive in it. The " bowk" was drawn aside,
and the people about proceeded to smother the fire in
the shaft. In about an hour a man went to the side of the
" bowk," and found therein the dead bodies of Bates and
Dovey. The presumption is that the third man was blown
out of the "bowk" by the explosion. The fire raged in the
pit all night, but it was hoped that the accumulation of
water would enable the men to get at Cooper's body. Mr.
Wynn, Government inspector, has been informed of the
circumstance, and no doubt there will be a strict inquiry
into the matter.

LEECH'S SUCCESSOR.—We are informed, says the
Guardiqn, that the sketches in Punch signed "G. B. M.'
are the production, not of a young lady at Manchester, but
of a young artist, a native of Tisbury, Wilts, Mr. G. B.
Gaddarl— The Reader.

LEIGH HUNT.—Messrs. Roberts Brothers, of
Boston, have in the press a hitherto unpublished work, by
Leigh Hunt, entitled, " The Book of the Sonnet." It con-
sists of a critical and historical introduction on sonnet
writing, with copious extracts and reviews of those Italian
and English poets, from the earliest almost to the present
time, who have excelled in this kind of composition. To
give to the book completeness, Mr. S. Adams Lee, of
Philadelphia, a correspondent of Hunt's, and the editor of
the American edition of his poetical works, will add a
critical essay upon the American sonnet writers.
G. W. GORDON'S INSURANCES.—We have heard
with satisfaction that the directors of the Star Insurance
Company, with whom the life of the late Mr. Gordon was
insured for £2,500, have unanimously resolved to pay over
the amount at once to his widow. The significance of this
fact is obvious. The policy would naturally become void
in the case of a man executed as a felon ; but the directors
of the Star Company have, as we aro informed, justly de-
cided that Mr. Gordon's case is simply that of a man un-
lawfully slain. The directors deserve the higloßt credit
for thin courno of a otion.—NorningAper.