The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-26 00:00:00

HONEY MARKET

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Money Market, like every other place of
business, is inactive, and few operations are in
progress. Most of the large warehouses and offices
are entirely closed, and the attendance at the places
which are opened is exceedingly limited. The day
presents the appearance of a national holiday.
The tea trade is thus reviewed by Messrs. Taylor
and Co. in their circular :—" The demand has been
less active during the past fortnight, and owing to
the close approach of holidays the trade have, as
I:euch as possible, refrained from making any very
lir portant additions to their stock ; importers have,
however, continued to supply the market freely
from the recent arrivals, and under some pressure
to realise prices have suffered a considerable decline,
both Kaisows and Monings, at ls. 9d. to 2s. 3d.
Per lb., showing a fall of fully 3d. per lb. from the
highest point attained in the early part of last
month.

Two o'CLocK.

According to Reuter's telegram the French
Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68c. 27c.
Flat.

The English Stock Market has been exceedingly
quiet, and at one time a slight downward movement
Occurred. Since then, however, a recovery has
taken place, and Consols are 871 1 for money, and
87+ a for the account. The New Threes and Re-
duced Annuities are 87+ ; Exchequer Bills, 6s.
dis. ; Bank Stock, 246 ; India 5 per Cents., 1021 ;
ditto Bonds, 19s. prem.

Foreign Stocks have generally been dealt in at
lower quotations. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 42.1 ;
Mexican, 24114 ; ditto New, 224 ; Greek, 15i 16 ;
Spanish Passive, 27i ; ditto Certificates, 15i 4 ;
and the Brazilian Scrip, 1f prem.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
dull, and, with one or two exceptions, prices show
a downward movement. Great Eastern, Great
Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire have each
receded 55., Midland 10s., and South Eastern, £1 ;
North Western, however, improved 10s., and North
Eastern (Berwick), ss.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings main
tain former rates.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in very
Moderate favour, and show little change of import-
ance as regards values. Alliance are dealt in at
294 ; Imperial Ottoman at 13; 14 ; Union of Lon-
don at 544 ; Joint-stock Discount at 8j- 9 ; and
Overeud, Gurney, and Co. at 214 ; Charles Lafitte
and Company shares are quoted 24 31 prem. ; and
London Steam Towing Company, 1i 2 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS-•CLOSING PRICES.

GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 Der Cent. Consols
Do. Account, Jan. 9
8 per Cent. Reduced B7* f 7
New 3 per Cent 874 4 7
New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 6 die
Do. £5OO — dis
Do £lOO and £200
Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent
Do Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, 104 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. 54 per Cent., May 1879 —
Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO —
Do. under £1 000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
- Do. 1865
Do. Scrip, £25 paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Do. Account
Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Chilian 44 per Cent
Do. 3 per Cent
Colombian 6 per Cent. —
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
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Egyptian 7 per Cent —
Do., Second Issue —
Do £lOO Bonds 92j
Do. 1864 92
Do £loo*Bonds
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
ttuatemala 5 per Cent.
Do £B6 paid
Do. 1839 and 1850 —
Italian 5 per Cent, 1865
Do. Account
Do. Maremmana Railway 6B-1
Do Scrip, .£67i paid —
Do 5 per Cent., 1864 —
Mexican 3 per Cent
Do. Account
Do 1864 221
])o 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 47
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c —
Montevidean 6,per Cent., £3O paid
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —

Do 2 per Cent —
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 —
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
Peruvian 44 per Cent
Do. Account
Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) —
Do 4i per Cent., 1862
Portaguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do 3 per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do. Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9l
Do 44 per Cent. 1850
Do 44 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 pet Cent. 1859
Do 5 per Cent. 1862
Do 5 per Cent. 1864 931
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Do Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto account —
Do New Deferred —
Do Account
Do Passive —
Do Account —
Stbanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Do Account l5l
Swedish 4 per Cent. —
Do. 44 per Cent. 1864
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Do Account —
Do 6 per Cont. 1858
Do Account 7Ol
Do £lOO Bonds —
Do. 14 per Cent —
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 72k
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1863 —
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 —
Do Scrip, £35 paid
Do Account
Do 41C0 Bands —
per Cent. Guaranteed —
v enezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do. Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, spr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., En. 25f.
butch 24 per Cent., En. 12 Guil 62
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates —
French Rentes 3 per Cent. —
Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, En. 25f. —
THREE O'CLOCK..
Consols for money
Do. Account,

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Lay.

The market opened rather steady.
bably about 5,000 bales.

Sales pro

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A PRISONER. —On Sunday
eN'ening Eli Sykes, who was sentenced last Tuesday
at the Leeds gaol delivery to death for the murder of
4annah Brook, his sweetheart, and Sarah Brook, her
toother, at Batley, near Dewsbury, made a violent attempt
to commit suicide in Leeds Gaol. The chaplain of the
135300, after an interview with him, had left the door of
his cell open. The prisoner took advantage of this, and
411dderdy rushed out in spite of the efforts of a turnkey to
restrain him. He passed rapidly up the corridor, ascended
the Stairs to the uppermost balcony, and threw himself
headlong into the area below. As his legs are fractured
411 d his head and other parts of his person greatly injured,
little hope is entertained of his recovery. This case bears
,111.0 similarity to that of Victor Townley, who took the
14° of the lady who had rejected his suit, and, after sen-
t,,,ce of death had been commuted, killed himself in the
'4ocle attempted by the culprit at Leeds.