The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-13 00:00:00

MARKETS---This Day.

MARE-LANE.
The arrivals of English wheat since our last rsport have
Somewhat increased, but the show of samples on the stands
to-day was limited. The trade, generally speaking, was
by no means active, yet the bulk of the supply was dis-
posed of at Monday's quotations.
About an average supply of foreign v (heat was on sale.
American descriptions were in modr,rate request at full
prices ; but in other kinds, sales •progressed slowly, al-
though at quite previous rates.
Floating cargoes of grain met a slow sale at late cur-
rencies.

There was a large supply Of foreign barley on offer, but
the show of home-grown produce on the stands was only
moderate. Good and fine malting qualities sold steadily,
at fully late rates; otherwise, the barley trade was dull,
on rather easier terms.
The malt trade was steady, at full currencies.
Oats were in fair supply Wild slow request, at late rates.
For beans and peas tho trade was slow, yet no change
took place in prices as crimpared with Monday.
' There was a firm d'omand for flour, and the quotations
Were steadily supprJrted.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat.Barley.Malt. Oats. Flour.
yrinsghli.sh and S Wheat. Barley.
2,010 2,250 2,720 1,010
Foreign
1650 21,980 6,530 100 sacks
3,510 brls.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
The supplies of meat on sale at these markets are very
moderate. The trade for most descriptions is slow, yet
Prices rule high.

Per 81b by the carcase.
a
Inferior beef 3 dad
2 3 8
?diddling do. 3 10 4 2
Prime large do 4 4 4 6
Prim„ small d0...•4 8 4 10
Large pork 3 8 4 4

ad ed
Inferiur mutton 3 6 4 0
Middling mutton 4 2 4 6
Prime do 1 8 4 0
Veal 3 10 4 8
Small pork 4 4 4 8

Scarcely any BOROUGH HOP.
change has taken place in the value of
11.,„°P8 since we last wrote. The supply of produce, both
English and foreign, on sale being small, the market con-
tinues to present a firma ppearance and all descriptions of
,
Lops fully support previous quotations.
hlid and East Kent .
Weald of Kent .
Sussex.
`Yearlings ..

110 s to 200 s
1059 to 155 s
1009 to 1409
1009 to los

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The public sales of Assam were brought to a
termination yesterday afternoon without any material
ebange in prices.
B"AR.—Business has been dull, and West India
descriptions have further receded about 6d. per cwt. In
the Refined Market common lumps are quoted 435. to 435.
'6d• per cwt.
COFFEE.—Both Native and Plantation Ceylon have been
in Very limited demand, and prices have in some instances
given Way.
RICE.—There has been a fair inquiry for superior kinds
of East India, which have fully maintained previous prices.
TALLOW.—The market has been dull, without any
material change to record in prices. P.Y.C. on the spot is
quoted 41s. 41s. 3d. ; January to March, 425. 425. 3d. ; and
last three months, 435. 6d. per cwt.

IioNEY MARKET

AND

COIVIDIEP,CIAL INTELLIGENCE,

~~~.

CITY, TWELVE o'CLocE.
Monetary affairs continue in an easy position,
and notwithstanding the active demand for accom-
modation now experienced, the abundant supply of
capital at the command of discounters shows not
th e least diminution. The brokers are again display-
ing an eagerness to obtain the business brought
lerward, and the rates remain easy at 51 I for the
best commercial bills. The applications for assist-
ance to the authorities have been more numerous,
but the Bank of England is still negotiating a com-
Paratively small number of securities through the
wer quotations which prevail in the open market.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank
yesterday.
The Bank of England return for the past week
0
t°ws several important alterations, which, by the
Irehduetion of the rate of discount, was fully expected.
vireserve, notwithstanding the payment of the
reserve,
has been augmented. Annexed are the
IZerttivieellelairreSul—ation
tuition Decrease
• 1 097 390
Increase 163, 163,798
tlitierease ' 3,422,791
PIMP
eposits
4,445,535
Other Depositsbeeyease
. 16,174,166
Seven
,locrease
av 2,299,189
-u

'lest

530,493
38,618
023, 211
and Other Bills
18,„
()Irtlaz,t,lllienctr;ecurities
Other Sel4ZaBs
-

trii'je,ne cteMe
11r°Yea 7 576 205
_ _1

lit t iereas 122,785
e '''
atterati to•lens return issued by the Bank of France the
,
Zv —which, upon the whole, are not very
advances an increase of 80,0001. in the
arid o
4rices, of 632,0001. in the notes in circulation,
3, 67,000/, in the Treasury balances, a reduc-
ob of £614,000 in the bullion, of 456,0001. in the
bills discounted, and 1,494,0001. in the current ac-
counts.

The accounts of the Universal Marine Insurance
Company to the 31st of December last show that
!he heavy sum of 127,9041., standing to the debit of
Income and expenditure account on the Ist of Janu-
ary, 1863,has been entirely covered. The directors
have resolved not to propose a dividend at the en-
suing meeting.
The report of the directors of the Melbourne and
Hobson's Bay Railway recommend a vidend a
the rate of 10 per cent. per annum forte
the half-
Year.

The Bank of New Zealand shareholders met at
Auckland on the 28th of October last, to receive the
sixth report, when it was unanimously adopted. A
dividend and bonus equal to 15 per cent. per annum
was declared.

buring the last few days a very limed amount
'of business has been transacted in most descriptions
of foreign and colonial produce. The of Indian tea have progressed slowly, at about p public sarles
viousl e-
y current rates. Sugars have been "in very
moderate request, and prices have given way 6d.
per cent. Steady rates, however, have been ob-
tained for coffee and cocoa, while rice has been in
active demand, at enhanced prices. The operations
in tallow have been moderate, and prices have coif-
tinned steady.
At the annual meeting to-day of the Peel River
Land and Mineral Company, the report of the di-
rectors stated that the amount available for divi-
dend was 16,1981. 2s. id., of which 9,0001. was
appropriated as an interim dividend in July last ,
and it was now recommended that a
further
6,000/., or one sum of
per cent., free of Income-tax, be
payable on and after the 24th inst.
The half-yearly meeting of the
South Wales was held at Sydney on the 26th of
Bank of New
October last. The report, -w
le net hich was unanimously
adopted, showed a divisib profit of 80,179/.
16s. 3d. for the half-year's wOrking. A dividend
at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum was declared
on the old stock—absorbing 56,250/. ; on the new
stock paid in the colonies, for five months, 8,172/.
10s. ; on. the new paid in London, three months,
1,8941. 10s. ; also a bonus of 2i per cent, per
annum on paid-up capital, taking 11,0521. 16s. Bd.
The City of Milan Improvements Company, with
a capital of 600,0001., in shares of 301. each, has
been brought forward by the Credit Fonder and
Mobilier of England. The directors of the new
Company have obtained a concession from the muni-
cipality of Milan of seven acres of land, upon which
is to be rebuilt the Piazza del Duomo. The pur-
chase money is very much below the price originally
Paid for it by the authorities, and the directors are
Tenabled to allow interest at the rate of 7 per cent.
Attl&ellding the sale or lease of the reconstructed build-
. the present time the rental derived from
ah.althe Property, which is freehold, is about 106,000/.;
ld assuming the capital required to be raised, the
dividend on the shares or debentures may be esti-
mated at 15 per cent. But there are other sources
Irgin which a good return may bey ex-
pected. The portion of the
city which isconfiden confidently
to be re-
built comprises the very quarter where the principal
business of the town is carried on, and the demand
for Offices, shops, &e., has latterly much increased.
The removal of the capital of Italy to Florence ig
also likely to give a further st imulus to the com-
merce of the northern part of the kingdom, and-

there appears to be every reason to justify the direc-
tors of the company in anticipating an exceedingly
good profit from their enterprise. The shares are
2 prem.
A general meeting of shareholders of the Metro.
politan and Provincial Bank took place to-day-. The
report presented stated that the directors regretted
that they could not, congratulate the shareholders
on the satisfactory progress of the bank daring the
half-year ending Dec. 31 last, they had unfortu-
nately to report that a considerable amount of pre-
viously reserved profit h1),,il been absorbed, and tliey
could not, therefc,re, at this meeting, recommend
the paynkakt of a'dividend. In the preparation of
the balance-sheet, provision had been made,
amply sufficient in their judgment, for every
bad and doubtful debt ; the usual propor-
tion of preliminary expenses had been
written off ; and the current expenses had been
paid, with the exception of the amount, appro-
priated under the articles of association, to the re-
muneration of the directors, which, in the present
instance, they proposed not to accept. The position
of the bank, on the Ist of January, may be briefly
stated as follows, viz. :—A subscribed capital (held
by 535 proprietors) of 1,934,700/. ; a paid-up capi-
tal of 309,380/. ; a reserved fund of 10,000/. ; and a
balance of 3,0731. ss. 10d. carried forward to the
profit and loss new account.

Two o'CLocE.

At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele-
gram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes have been 66f. 75c.

The quotations for English Stocks to-day have
not undergone any important change, but the ten-
dency has been unfavourable. The Funds have re-
ceded about * per cent., Consols for money being
894 *, and for the account 90*. The principal at-
tention of the members has been devoted to the
preparations for the settlement of the account in
Foreign bonds and share property. The New
Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88* 89* ;
the 2I per Cents. 1894, 714 ; Exchequer Bills, par
to ss. prem. ; and India 5 per Cents., 103 k 104.
In the Foreign Market there has been very little
fluctuation ; prices opened flat, but have since par-
tially recovered. Turkish 6 per Cents., 18&, are
70 1 4 ; do. , Consolides, 494 50 ; Mexican, 274 28;
do. New, 261 4 ; Greek, 24 1 ; Spanish Passive,
321 I ; do. Certificates, 14/ I ; the Confederate
Loan, 53 55 ; the Egyptian, 1* * prem. ; the
Danubian, 2 dis. par ; and the Montevidean, 31
prem.

Business in the Railway Share Market has been
rather dull, and prices generally exhibit a down-
ward movement. Great Eastern and South Eastern
have each declined ss. ; Great Northern A Stock,
11. ss. ; and Metropolitan, 11. 10s. ; Bristol and
Exeter, however, have improved 11., and London
and Brighton, 15s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines show little
variation of importance.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in one or two
instances a shade firmer. • London and County
have improved to 84 ; Union of Australia, to 54i ;
Metropolitan and Provincial, to 16i; Alliance Bank
to 34 ; London Financial, to 23i 24 ; and Ocean
Marine Insurance, to 26i I.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, Feb. 9 9Ol. 90
3 per Cent. Reduced B9i 8i
New 3 per Cent B4 8i
New 2i. per Cent. Jan. 1894 714
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, 4 per Cent par 5 pm
Do. £5OO —
Do. £lOO and £2OO —
Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent 240
Do. Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 —
Do Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. Account
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 5j per Cent., May 1879 —
Db. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 --
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — pm
Do. under £l,OOO —
FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 4j per Cent., 1852-58-60
o. 1863
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Chilian 6 per Cent —
Colombian 6 per Cent. —
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Do 5 per Cent., 1864 —
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid —
Danubian Principalities
Da.£ls paid
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Egyptian 7 per Cent —
Do., Second Issue —
Do. £lOO Bonds 99i
Do. 1864 9s+ 1 f
Do. Scrip, £35 paid — pm
Do. Account
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons

Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Do. 1839 and 1850
Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway)
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Do Account
Do 1864
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Do Scrip, £53 paid
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c dis
Montevidean 5 per Cent., £l5 paid
Moorish Imperial 5 per. Cent
New Granada
Do 2 per Cent
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Ffectares)
Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April, 1864 —
Do do Aug., 1856
Peruvian 4 per Cent.
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 4/ per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do Account
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do Account 471 7
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St.,
Do 4/ per Cent., 1850
Do 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do 1864
Do Scrip, £65 paid
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Do Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do New Deferred
Do Account
Do Passive
Do Account 32i
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded

Do Account
Swedish 4 per Cent.
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account
7Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1863
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Account
Do. 6 per Cent, 1862
Do. Account
Do. 6 per Cent., 1864 424
Do. 1 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent, Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil
Italia,n 5 per Cent.,
1861,
Ex. French
4 per Cent. Certificates
Renter, 3 Pe r Cent
951.
Do. Account
Consols, Money TWO O'CLOCK.
Do. ,
ocou
nt

___________
___
Bank of England Return,.—Last Evening.

An Account, purs;;;;-"t1
cap. 32, for the Week ending

he Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1865.
P ARTDIENT.

ISEUE DEP
Notce lesued .......428,M3,100L

Government Debt £11,015,1( 0
Other Securities .. 3.634,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 13,408,400
Silver Bullion ....

£28,C55,490!

DANHIIIG D
e:oprietors' Capi-
tal £14.553.000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding. Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

X 28,053,490

rities ((including
nutty) ....Dead ..Government .................. 0679:
2005
Other Securities : -1-;:68R8:0101
Notes ... • —,-37,669
Gold and Silver
Coin

counts) 4.45,535
Other Deposits— 16,171,166
Seven Day and
other 8i115....., 530,493

4qm,A985
• V

£39,125,985
MILLER. Chief Cashier,

Jai), 12, leen',