The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-17 00:00:00

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Money Market has preSented an active and
firm appearance to-day. Discount accommodation
has been in good reqvest, and the quotations of
brokers for three months' paper are 6id and 7 per
cent. A large number of Australian and Indian
engagements fall due to-day and to-morrow.
The Seine, which was to have left to-day with
the West India Mail, has been postponed, in order
to enable the public•to consider and reply to their
advices, received by the steamer just arrived from
Chili, and to take the necessary steps for the pro-
tection of British interests.

A numerous body of shareholders in the Great
Northern Copper Mining Company of South Aus-
tralia (Limited) have combined together for the
purpose of securing is dissolution, and in pursuance
of their instructions, Mr. Pulbrook has presented a
petition for that purpose.

The General Credit and Finance Company ad-
vise that they have received erotic of the collection
of $22,450 at the different ports, for the Venezuela
Six per Cent. Loan of 1864.
A further advance of £lO per ton in the price of
copper has taken place, in consequence of the news
received by the Chili mail that the Chilian forts
were to be blockaded by the Spanish authorities.
The report of the Anglo• Egyptian Bank is ex-
ceedingly favourable. The dividend proposed is
18s. per share, after discharging the preliminary
expenses, leaving £4,000 to be carried to the reserve.
The profits of the establishment have been at the
rate of more than 16 per cent. per annum.
The mail from Guayquil has brought a remittance
of £l,OOB, 7s. sd. on.account of the dividend on the
debt of Ecuador.
The rate of discount in Holland has been ad-
vanced from 51 to 6 per cent.

The Bank of England return continues to present
some very favourable alterations. The reserves of,
bullion and notes have been further 'increased, as
Will be observed by the following analysis :
Active Circulation ... ....£21,152,125
Decrease ... 321,650
13,677,098

Bullion

Increase

370,821
3,197,785
Increase • ••• ••• ••• 9,048
..
Public Deposits ... 5,690,148
increase ••• ... 803,287
Other Deposits ... 12,275,016
Decrease ••• ..• ••• ••• 873,770
Seven Day and Other Bills ... 509,006
Decrease „. 13,116
aoyernment Securities 9,741,100
Decrease 4,989
Other Securities 19,308,882
ecrease
• ••• ••• 762032
Notes UneDmployed ... 6,357,,870
Increase ••• ••• ••• ••• 612,265
The direetors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received the following
report, dated Morro Veiho, Oct. 17, 1865 :—Pro-
(Lice for September, 31 days, 54,020 oitavas ; cost
for September, £9,720; profit for do., £11,106.
Produce, 9 days of October, 14,627 oitavas ; yield,
9.681 oitavas per ton.
In the Foreigh and Colonial Produce Markets
there has been very little business transacted during
the last few days. Sugars have remained very in-
active, and prices are a shade lower; superior de-
scriptions of Colonial coffee, however, have brought
full rates. Rice has been dealt in to a fair extent,
While tallow has remained at steady quotations for
both present and forward delivery. -
The position of the Bank of France duringthe past
Week has been farther weakened. The notes in
circulation have increased £173,400, while the
bullion has been reduced £506,700, the bills dis-
counted have fallen off £528,000, the advances on
8„tclok £60,000, the treasury balances £586,700, and
the current accounts £592,000.
.&t the fourth series of public sales of colonial
:°°i, which commenced yesterday afternoon, there
"48 a good attendance of both home and foreign
dealers, and a fair spirit was evinced in the biddings,
he rates obtained for both Australian and Cape
1)"oee showing an advance of about ld. to 2d.
~,,
lb., on those current at the close of the previous
411ctions.

Two o'CLocK.
At the Paris Bourse, yesterday, according to Mr.
41euter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Routes were
68 37.
The English Stock Market has been steadily sup-
extent' and quotations have not varied to any great
be-,:ent• During the earlier hours there was a little
Isitieee doing, but Consols are again 89* *
;ler, „111(3neY, and 457* 88, less the dividend,
A- the account. The New Threes and Reduced
tinuities are 871- ; Exchequer Bills, 4s. to
dis• for March, and Bs. to 4s. dis. for June ;
India Enf aced 5 per Cents., 100* ; do. Bonds, 17s.
; and Bank of England Stock. 248.
-Alnerican Securities have been dealt in rather
actively. United States Government 5-20 Bonds
163 i i ; Erie shares, 53:1- 51 ; and Illinois, 81 * •
611. the Foreign Stock market sales of Greek and
~;11.8b. securities have caused great depression.
New,r ish Consolides are 46 ; Mexican, 251, 26 ;
241 a
the 2 4 ; Greek, 16*1 ; Spanish Passive, 27* ;
N-iertificates 13 Italian, 64 f ; Confederate