The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-20 00:00:00

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
With the exception of a fnrthcr slight falling ott
in the demand, usual at the end of the week, the
money market to-day has remained without any
Veteeptible change.
Bince Monday last the imports of specie have been
about £311,000, and the exports £417,000.
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway
13f : Canada for the week ending the sth instant
amounted to £12,873 against £10,576 last year.
,The report has been issued to•day of the Oriental
Inland Steam Company prior to the annual meet-
inisg' and is of a satisfactory character. A surplus
exhibited on the company's operations of £10,614,
part of which has been earned during the present
tear with only half of the vessels comprising the
t profits
flotilla as yet in use, and next year the
;"8 will no doubt be largely increast d, inasmuch
; before the south-west monsoon commences in
beaY next all the vessels now building will have
te:4, completed. A dividend at the rate of 5 per
on' is recommended, free of income tax, payable
bc and after the Ist proximo, which will leave a
auce of £1,722 to be carried forward.

Two o'CLocx.
There is still a buoyant tendency in the Market
foor
the English funds, through continued purchases
aPeeulation. The more favourable aspect of
monetary relations is still stimulating the upward
th
l'raent. Consols for money are 921 ; and for
ieaticeount 92:. The New 3 per Cents. and the
pe'tleed have risen to 92Z ; Exchequer Bills, to
4_6,.. to 15s. prem. ; Bank Stock is firmer at 234;
11... el India 5 per Cent. Loan at 1071 11.
11_14 the Foreign Department the transactions
/0 been to a fair extent, and prices have continued
buoyant. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 84 85 ;
ditto, 1858, 701 Z; ditto paid-up, 1862, 71 ; and
the Consolides have advanced to 401- a. Greek
vends have risen to 161 ; the Coupons to 7fr ;
Italianr Railway Loan to 741- ; Portuguese New
'ean is 47Z ; Russian ditto, 931; 941; Spanish De-
ferred, 471; ditto Passive, 24 ; ditto Certificates,
„9 i• Venezuelan have improved to 25Z, and the
scrip to 2 and lf dis.

Business in the Railway Share Market continues
dull, although prices in several instances exhibited
more firmness. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Great
Westerns, North-Wcaterns, and Lanoashiro and
Yorkshire improved 55., while Manchester, Shef-
and London and Midlands declined ss. The
Foreign and Colonial undertakings were without
'll3' change of importance. South-Austrian and
Lombardo-Venetian brought 231; Bahia and San
Francisco 20 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 221 1.
l'itilbaY and Baroda improved to 1051 106 ; and
[lst Indian declined to 1081.
'Nat-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
re Without material variation in prices. Otto-
-4n
st Bank improved to 331 34 ; Crystal Palace
-.°4 brought 361 37.

Bank BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
St
ock 234
, Per Q ....
Per ent• Reduced Annuities . 921
kw ent. couNot.A....uitie.
41 Per Cent. Annuities
bilittiies, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 .—
tA. 0 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 188.5 —2li
, -u.itto (D_, ,_.
411(1i, B.,ed ett'Telegraph), Aug. 1908
' to s._per Cent.
trt i°ek
1075 I
bittr,
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent --
bitlr° 5 per Cenf ,
bitt° 5/ per Cent.
to Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 —_ _ .
Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001
101,, bilto
o,,lasTi° bonds El,oodOitt°
Aug. 1864 or 66 1001
lacli -`k for Account, Jan. 8 924 k
~„i4, Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
'Der Bills Xl,OOO, 25 per Ct.
Ditto £SOO
11razill:, °REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
1)47a,,
--•
, i.,,'; 0 per Cent .
*o1,„" It per Cent , 1852-58-60
tr—B Ayre9 6 per. Cent
sylpttti° 1 pet Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 381
93, .1::r an, 7 per Cent.
a, "to, se92l
eot , con_ Issue
Second ..
Dili.° Per Cent 1824-5, ex-Coupons .. MI 5
Italian-,Coupons., 7/
Itzfo u Per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 74 5
Ditian, 3 per Cent
Ist Ditto n'
t ~tv ,
,oun
b•tt'renada 2 per Cent
I'o,l -° ex over-due Coups. & Hectares
Ditto‘ itte
:titoo" 3 per Cent.. 1853
,itt., . o,Per Cent., 1862
10i4t7''',0 Der Cent 182? £ St
611.. Per Cent., 1850
' PhirliA ,Per Cent., 1862
re)..:. il Dittotio:prAdef ri
e.Deferredn
S-1, Account
241 4
't,lk°., Cert. of Coup. not funded
lAtc(;`,9 pertnt. 1854
bi)iit:to 6p per cent. 1858
'Atte '''''''
ilsirto Account
pd 3l Pm
° 6 pet Cent., 1862, Scrip, £607
ia 5
tit, aid-up scrip
Vtla ```) Guaratteed, 4 per Cent.
e,zuela, 3per Cent. —
Diet
Account
is
to
,6 per Cent , 1862 (Scrip), £53 paid 15 1 2 d
Dlit,,,, ii..vidends.on the above payable in London.
ltair'' 2/ per Cent , Ex. 12 Gull 6Bl
el, 5 per Cent . 1861, Ex. 25f.
itto Account " 7li
eolue TWO O'CLOCK.
ls one
itto'AMecojt, Jan. 8 925
A

;igentleman named Messum has presented to:the
tiliz,,`eY Institute, Southampton, a couple of eggs of that
The:et sztinct bird the New Holland cassowary, or
rather
toooae_e_ggs are rather larger than swans' eggs,
to10,1r: than ordinary birds' eggs, and of a deep green
The
frorg "S'nzaphore of Marseilles publishes a notice
eeei,,,the Chamber of Commerce, announcing that it had
Tilialed intelligence from the French Consul-General at
N'essel sof the loss, at Tabarque, of the French merchant
kta Miltiade. She left Algiers in ballast to proceed to
fOl. a Cargo of ore, but was wrecked on the 22d ult.
4.F'avea, but the vessel gone to pieces.
4.01 ' Gustave and Alphonse de Rothschild have
1,000;e4t to the Bureau of Public Assistance a sum of
'r• for the •
oen 0 poor of Paris.
leral LorencEz, having arrived in Paris
'''eta Cuz, was received yesterday by th..A Emperor.
1%
tato REAL UNION FLAG.—It was rumoured
'aiBjl hat a gentleman of secession proclivities in Troy had
414 e, " rebel flag. An excited party started for thepre-
h,Ttlit. the flag was found hanging from a back window,
Was a lady's balmoral which had been washed andht
flag's llt to dry. The husband resolved to stand by tthae,
lattgLtricl the crowd being loyal, gave three cheers for
Tll' and departed,—New York raper.
to tCe Credit Mobilier Company has sent 10,000 f.
orltt,
e Prefect of the Seine-Inf6rieure in aid of the distressed
en.
let a h 'lagiciennne steam frigate, which left Ton-
,
into e
'ew days since for the Levant, has been obliged to put
4444040 in consequence of an accident to her engine

SHARE MARKET...THIS DAY.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOoft.S.