The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-22 00:00:00

\EY IVJ Ai?

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Tao money market still presents the quiescent
appearance noticed for some time past, and the quo-
t4tions remain steady.
The half-year's interest kas been announced for
PaYment on Cape of Good Hope 6 per Cent., New
s
'nth Wales 6 per Cent., and Victoria 6 per. Cent.
Debentures.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts
t'h4ring the past week have been satisfactory, al-
ik-"gh, as usual at this season of the year,
,_"e dealings have not been extensive, owing
17 the preparations made for stock-taking
artY,lnest of the principal manufacturers. Cloths
While the
at Manchester. have been at steady prices,
hude the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and
the has been wonderfully active, most of
i.e mills being in full operation. The hosiery and
:tea trades of Leicester and Nottingham continued
he4dY, while at Birmingham and Sheffield there
tiaB been rather activity consequent upon the
51141 Christmas demand.

Two o'CLocx.
Although business in the English Stock Market
ntly? exceedingly inactive, as usual at this period
wlen speculation is almost partially suspended un-
o;barter the Christmas holidays, strong indications
00Yancy are still apparent. At an early hour this
th ruing the tendency of quotations was again in
further
ascendant, and a few purchases soon led to a
',rtFter advance of about per cent. Consols
,it ,
leil opened at 921 for transfer, and at 92; for
then account, being now 92; and 92a- a respectively.
ath enl4.,,etv 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are firmer,
bit 7Z t,-; Exchequer Bills, lls. prem. ; Bank
CjeK iS flat, at 233; but India 5 per Cents. have
alin 1081.
,n'lnced tolo
tie transactions in the Foreign Merket have
z 't)t
been very extensive, but prices have been buoy-
allf. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are firm at 841
8
ditto, 1858, 701 I; ditto, £lOO Bonds, 74 ; ditto,
e' 711 I; and the Consolides, 41 1; Italian
improved to 71; 721; ditto, Railway Loan,
751 ; Mexican to 321 ; ; Portuguese Serip is 48
stein ; Russian paid-up. 941 ; Spanish Certificates,
4' and Venezuelan Scrip has risen to 14 dis.
Lusiiess in the Railway Share Market continued
t
,:ther inactive, but prices have remained without
eerial variation. North British and North
and South
(Berwick) improved 55., while Brighton
4"a South Eastern declined ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines were in moderate
r ieltlest at steady rates; Dutch-Rhenish brought
i; Eastern of France, 211; Great Western of
Canada rernainid firm at 13 1; East Indian
im-
ed 1081 109, and Great Indian Peninsula to
471 1073 9
Jo.
Int-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
ete rather fiat. Ottoman Bank declined to 33; 4 ;
79Iti Bank realised 921; London and Westminster
`` , 8° ; Oriental Bank, 54; ; Crystal Palace Stock
6
37 ; South Australian Loan, 33; and Oriental
°vernraent, 1.1 1/.

11ailk stoc BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLO_CKFUNDS-0NE233
a per 6'
a ‘' r, ent. Reduced Annuities
iiPeeCnCent. Consols Annuities
Itidi 4 Per Cent. Annuities
D!! Stock
Ott) 5 per Cent. lOB 71 8k
dittoßnficed Paper, 4 per Cent --
/3_ !ttc 5 per Cent
_l..ttc 5i per Cent.
huitt_o-Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001
-4.' ri, Benda £l,000
h Ditto under £l,000
toamls for`Acconnt, Jan. 8 921 f
'`lehecizier Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Ct.
cotes
FO;7.BIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
cotes Ayres 6 per Cent
eiclor New c c,:_ksolidated
IS.Ptiatt, 7 per Cent.
93 1
1, ito, Second Issue ..
Italian o 5
Cent
, per 4 51-
(mareutmana Railway) 75i 41 ,
xican, 3 per Cent -
Ourat° Account
tuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. —
,-uitto Scrip, £2O pd • ... 4k pm
,I),sian 5-per Cent 1+422 £ St
. Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 941 4
'Panish 3 per Cent
bitto Account
ill'aoish Cert. o f Coup. not funded
,Irkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account .. Bll 5
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
to Account . .. 7Ol I I
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
----'" 6C ' t 1862. Scrip, £6O pd 3l 1 pm
bitt per en " 711 $f
v , o Paid-up Scrip
Zezueia,3per Cent —
o.tto Account
llt° 1/ per Cent li
14,q Dividends on the above payable in London.
tb114."11) Ditto Account
711 21
TWO O'CLO C
tc,„
Ditto Money
'lto Account, Jan. 8 - 924 4

1,1:1„!4'41 OF ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR GRAHAM
red tiAMOND, Benz., G.C.B.—We have to announce the
u,C4 cif Admiral Sir Graham Eden Haincnd, Bart., G.C.B.fthe
11:,,a8 only appointed to the high office of Admiral
his et
On the coming of age on the 9th of Novemberlast of
:30eal;Tieoeycairllyllighhess the Prince of Wales. Sir Graham was
4' Newman-street, London, on December 30, 1779, and
age Of five years and nine months his naTe.bap-
-71, -I'3' to have been borne on the books of th Irresisti. le.
ke,:aring the broad pendant of his father in the river
to as captain's servant, and he subsequently saw. a
bet'''. deal of service. Sir Graham married, in 1806, Eliza-
litmh; daughter of John Kimber, E-q., of Fowey. Cornwall,.
Ike -4ceeeded his father in 1828. The deceased admiral is
Iti\re-erue4 by his son, Captain Andrew Snape amend,
tied`,lB,46), who was born ac Freshwater in 1811, and mar-
-4411 1844, Mary Anne, the second daughter of Edward
pef,-' RN., of Cambridge.
-lITUGAL.—The climate of Portugal is good,
61th
For rather variable, the soil very fertile, and capabilities
itgl'intoerce immense. But want of energy and tyrannis-
ki in;°°etliznents have caused as much harm in Portugal
eotint There are means for vast enterprise in both
Pos
-
only waiting to be devel' ped. "Her maritime
tierf4°4---second only, if second, to that of these isles—
Pott:ttile soil, her delicious climate, her splendid river-
rear' and her command of a vast interior, ought to have
Dopu-elted Portugal one of the richest, freest, and most
Dt4:4B European states. There is hardly any natural
her :?tion, of general utility which cannot be cultivated on
nr-tiZ' She can produce every variety of wines,and wants
rnma. g but the inducement to beat all the wines of Ger-
tienl' not to say France, out of our market. Her popula-
%let 4113 industrious, and pre-eminently fond of peace and
tiO4, 48, appears by the evidence of their periodical revolu
the always end in an amiable ' transaction,' placing
11:4ei_torsin power, and the vanquished on the pension list.
in eeculd such a country not be our very best customer,
soy Portion to the size of her territory ? Why should not
shoal Year exhibit an increase of her trade ? And why
tio'4,Bhe not be able to discharge all her public oblige-
h the foreign as well as. the home creditof
to ,tit'o,f,_,,‘t faith 10' This is easy to ask, but not so easy
tan Pver, although we as a free and untrammelled nation,
tatb °BO better than the Portuguese themselves. The
have reas°/la which have hindered Spain from prospering
undid
Eo, e the same for Portugal, and will continue to do
ele
4 a sweepin system of reform is introduced.—Social
k'e Revie g
• tv.
1,4 has been issued by the Austrian Ern-
\VlZ at Paris, to the effect that no literary or artistical
Witho °f any kind sent to the Emperor Francis Joseph
authorisation, and unless transmitted through
""asB3', will -be received, but will be returned to the
13 at their risk and expense.
It w ,
(Yold appear that garotting is beginning to
az:,°4 the continent as well as in London. The Danube.j
tte_ "e states that two Jewish wool-merchants, who had
to:ted considerable sales at Pesth, had the imprudence to
-124,11 t th'ir money in an inn. On leaving it they entered a
t,t,ve, street, where they were assaulted from behind by
/heir ki l'en, 'who threw them down, stripped them of all
leeyaluables, and even their clothes, leaving their own
rael:tl4 exchange, and then abandoning them on the pave-
Door bound hand and foot, although not very closely. The
clifae Tea were thus obliged to creep along with great
theyittY, in order to reach a more frequented street, where
7 re at lengthliberated.
till
'the the visit of the Emperor, the signature of
ttlrtitl° :ta " Rothschild and Sons" devolved by special pro-
le
It 11 °II the Baron's daughter-in-law, Mdme. Gustave
,tethschild,—Court Journal.
pett Meeting of the Prussian Chambers is ax-
'pi tieg to take place on 10th January. The King
Lnt "t, it is thought, open the session in person,
Pth Will charge Count de Bismerk, with that. net.
The
go
10 al ve‘oment intends, it is said, to confine itself
liee:ng on the Chambers to approve of the ex-
litttifi'es incurred in 1862, over and above the last,
fat.'" regularly voted, that is to say, of 1861. As
bates
irds the Constitutional question, the Mi-
not make any concessions, bgt will pre-
g tto the Chamber the War Budget of 1863, under
Aorm, , .
Which Will involve the reduction of the mi-
litary
lie"le° to two yours.