The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-03 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Jan. 2.—A material change has taken
place in the tone of the market, which has become
very buoyant, with a good business, at improved
quotations. Threes, for the Account, have advanced
to 67f 70c. Railways firm, and higher.
The following are the last quotations :-
41 per per Cents ... 95 35, Credit Foncier llBO
Do end month.... 95 45 Belgian 4t
3 per Cents
Do. end month..., 67 75 Roman
Bank Shares 2930 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.. . 727 501 Spanish Threes —
Do. Account 730 Rome Debt

42 ONE I) 2TA .R.KETA ND CITY NEWS.

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CITY, Two o'CLocx.
The Bank of England return, completed to the
Ist January, shows some rather important varia-
tions. The increased demand for money usual at
the close of the year has caused a large addition to
the ' other securities, and there is a considerable
diminution iu the reserve of notes. The bullion
shows a small addition, while there is a consider-
able increase in the amount of the public and pri'
Tate balances. The various items and the charges
they present. are shown in the subjoined table :
Active Circulation .. £20,165,540
Increase .. .. • • ••• 598,845
Bullion .. 15,961,439
Increase .. • • • • • • 205,506
Pest 3,181,084
Increase 39,342
Public Deposits • • • .. 7,345,833
lacrosse .. • • .. 255,692
Other Deposits.. . • .. .. 15,036,062
Increase .. • • .. 1726,420
Seven Day and other Bills SO 652650
OS
Increase .. 18,766
Government Securities 11,561,672
Increase . 498,525
.
Other Securities •• 18,761,058
Increase .. 1,935,034
Notes unemployed 9,626,725
Decrease 395,425
To-morrow being the 4th• of the month, active
preparations are in progress for the bills arriving
at maturity, and the discount market consequently
exhibits a firmer and more animated appearance.
As the available supplies, however, continue abun-
dant, the mercantile community are enabled to ob-
tain all the assistance they require at the current
rates, which continue to rule as low as 3 per cent.
for first-class securities.

The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday
were of an unimportant character.
The steamer leaving to-morrow with the India
and China mails will take out £121,810 in specie.
The Hansa from New York has brought £58,000
in specie.

Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool
Cotton Market yesterday, and exhibited a further
rise of about id per lb. The sales were fully
20,000 bales.
During the last few days the operations in most
descriptions of Foreign and Colonial Produce have
been on a very limited scale. Tea, however, has
maintained full prices ; sugars were in some instances
rather cheaper, but there was a good demand for
Coffee at an advance of 6d. to ls. per cwt. ; rice,
fruit, and spiees have been neglected, and tallow
has been in very limited request, at slightly re-
duced prices for both present and forward delivery.
At the half-yearly meeting of the London Dock
Company,
held to-day, Mr. Manning in the chair,
a dividend of 11- per cent. for the half-year, was
agreed to. The report stated that the profits for
the past six months had been £82,159, and that
large sheds for saltpetre and other combustible
Materials had been erected at a remote part of the
docks. The directors had opposed the high rate of pre-
mium which the fire insurance offices had sought to
Charge, and should this advance be continued, they
(the directors) would recommend the proprietors
to bear the risk themselves instead of paying so
large a sum for insurance. The report and accounts
Were unanimously agreed to after some discussion.
A further decided improvement has taken place
in the English Stock l‘larket to day, owing to the
intelligence from America, which has led to exten-
sive purchases on speculative account. Consols have
been as high as 904- 4, and the latest quotations are
92 92i. The market presents a buoyant appear-
ance, and increased animation is perceptible. The
New Threes and the Reduced have risen to 911 ;
Exchequer Bills (March), to 13s. prem. ; ditto,
June, to 14s. and 15s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent., to
105,1 and 1061; and the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper,
to 981 I.
t Continued buoyancy has been apparent in Fo-
reign Securities, and the dealings have been rather
more extensive. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79 to 80;
ditto, 1858, 70 to 71; Mexican, 271; and 281 ;
Spanish have improved to 501 ; ditto Deferred to
431 ; and the Certificates are firm at 61 ; Vene-
zuelan are 22/.

Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued rather active, and increased firmness has
prevailed in prices. Eastern Counties and South
Easterns have improved 55.; and Caledonian, Great
Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, South Western,
and Midland, 10s. ; and North Eastern (Ber-
wick), £l.

The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in fair
request. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian
have advanced 55.; and Great Western of Canada
68. ; East India and Great Indian Peninsula
realised previous rates.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
show a slight advance in several instances. Lon-
don Joint Stock realise 331 ; Oriental Bank, 513;
Union of Australia, 384; and Royal Mail
Steam, 471.

B
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
!junk Stock
6 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l/ /
3
~per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9la i i
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent, 9Bl 1 9
' Ditto 5/ per Cent lO4/
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 99
Ditto Ditto Bonds Xl,OOO ditto April, 1864 99
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account, Jan. 9
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
March. June.
Zzehequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 13 14 15
Ditto £5OO ,, 13 14 15
Ditto Small l3 11 14
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Dt
t. „,I)itto 4, per Cent, 1860
exican, 3 per Cent
Peruvian 41 per Cent
Ditto—
(Uribarren), 4.4 per Cent.
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856,'7 ,'9 7 and '6O —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St 9B/
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 59 i
Spanish 3 per Cent
_Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred 4l
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account .. BO 79} I /
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
-Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861

THREE O'CLOCK,
Consols Money
Ditto Account