The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-19 00:00:00

NO_VEY MARKET AND CITY NEB'S.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The demand for discount accommodation
bas slightly increased, and the rates, which, for
,'°.ine days past have tended downwards, now ex-
hibit rather more firmness. The alteration, how-
ever, is very unimportant, as business is still
recorded at 41 per cent., or per cent. below the
116ank of England minimum. There is an aug-
mented inquiry for loans on the Stock Exchange,
and
the rates have advanced to 4 and 41 per cent.
In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon
a slight decline was apparent in the rate on Ham-
burg.
The suspension was announced yesterday after-
noon of Messrs. Dodge and Giandonati, indiarubber
manufacturers. The liabilities are estimated at
£40,000, while the assets are not expected to exceed
£20,000.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there
Was an active demand for all descriptions, and prices
Were id. per lb. higher. The sales amounted to
20,000 bales.
No bullion operations of importance took place
at the Bank of England yesterday.
The Mexican dollars by the Atrato have been
sold at ss. 24d. per oz.
The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Company's steamer Kangaroo sailed this morning,
from Liverpool for New York, with £82,000 in
OPeOle.

The steamer Indus which leaves to-morrow the
20th instant for India, China, &c., will take out
£53,238 in gold and £149,877 in silver, making a
total of £203,415, the whole of which is on private
account.
A small amount of business has been transacted
in the Market for Public Securities to-day, and the
variation has been limited to 1- per cent. Consols
to-day advanced to 93/ t. The expectation of
favourable news from China gives some support to
the market, and prevents speculative dealings for
a decline. The New Three per Cents. are firmer at
92i 931, but the Reduced remain at 22:4 93, and
zehequer Bills at ss. to 2s. dis. Bank Stock has
Improved to 2341, but Long Annuities have re-
ceded to 16.
A moderate amount of business has been trans-
acted in the Foreign Market, and prices show no
Important alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 72
to 721 ; ditto New, 571- to 58 ; Spanish 3 per Cents.
are steady at 51t ; Deferred at 421- ; ditto Pas-
sive at 23-1-; Peruvian at 96 ; Brazilian 4-1-; per
Cents, at 861 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. at 100/, but
Ilelgian 41 per Cents. have advanced to 98.
The transactions in the R Alway Share Market
have been to a fair extent, and several of the prin-
cipal undertakings have been dealt in at enhanced
qaotations. North Westerns have improved 55.;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midlands, 10s.;
kanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1; and West
Midlands, £l. Caledonians and South Westerns
have declined ss. ; South Easterns, 10s. ; and Great
Northern A stock, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have not
Clown much variation. South Austrian and
Lombardo-Venetian realised 13/ ; Grand Trunk of
Hof
improved to 25Z- 26 ; and Great Western
Canada were firm at 11/.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
been in moderate demand at previous rates.
Oriental Bank, 47; ; Crystal Palace Stock; 35 to
36, and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 75 to 76.

25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per
) c. pref. (issued at £s('
:tk Bris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock
20 Do. do. do. Shares
)ck Caledon £10,41 per cent
)ck Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.
61 Cork lz Bandon, 5% p. c.
20 Cornwall. 5 per cent
IDun.Perth&Aber..Tnn
ack E.Anf.rn.Clitss A 7 &sp.c
ack Do. do. Class Ti 8 p.c
lel: Do. do. Class C 7 p.c
ack E. Corm.. Ex. sp. c. No. I
,ek Do. do. No. 2
Ick Do. New 6 per et. stock.
cic Eastern Union, 4 per ct.
'el{ Do. 5 per cent. guar...
)ek sp.c. shares
ick Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D.
ack .din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c.
)ck Furness, 5 per cent ....
iek Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c.
wk Great Northern, 5 p. ct.,
)ck Do.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.e.pml
)ek Do. 41 p. c. do. do.
)0 Do. sp.c. Redin. 5 p.c. pm
10 Gt. TsTli. of Seotld. Ist pf.
Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) I
)ck p. et. pref. stock
,0 Great West. (Perks and
Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct.
Ick Co. Redeemable, 4% p.et.
lel: Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct.
ock Do Irredeemable,
ick Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref.
8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares.
[0 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh.
[0 Do. do. sp. et. pref
)ck 1)o Biring.guar. stock ,
26'4 no. Chester gua. shares
831 Do. do. dn.
20 Do. do. do.
,ek T,an.&York 6p. e. stock
▪ Do.llarnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc
ck Do. 6 per C. (E. Lan.)
ck Lon.& Brig. 5 pe.gn. No 1
,ck Do. 5 p. e No. 2
,ek Do. 2:1111. 6p. c.
lek Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4
)ck Do. do. 4% per cen'*.
5 IDo. do. 4} p. c. shares
)ck Do. 7 p. et. I'ret. stock.
)ck Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.)
Do.4p.e.S.(div.def.til '65)
ck Lon. Chat. and Dover..
,ek Lon. and N.W. Cov. and,
Nuneaton, 5 p. ct.....
,ek I,on. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock
Ick Do. 41 per cent
ed. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns.
of2s. ..............
121 Londoncly. & Cole. .% sh.
[2% Londony. k Ennis.} sh.
>el: Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et.'
6 Do. ..£5
Do..',} per cent
10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent i
12 *Jary .ort & Car., 4p. c
124 Do. 44 per cent
Do; Mid. Con. 6 p e. stock
el: Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c.
ck Do. c. pref. stock• •
6 Do. with option till 18601
ck Do. T,eic. & Hit. pref. st.l
ek Norfll: sp. C. Ex. st.lBl6'
,ek 4-/o. 5% p. c. T'ref. do. 1847
icic Do.sWay.Val.F.',x.st.lB47
)ck North British, SP. C. ..;
)ck Do. New, Prim. SP. e• •• •
101 Do. Bor. Un. pf. ehs
10 Do. do. do.
)ck Nth. Dev. Rail. & Dck.Co.
)ck N-East.cons.Pref. 4p. c.
ack Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pre,
17 Do. do. do
20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. I
12% Do. do. Quarters, 1818
"25 Do. York, . S. Purch.
10 North Staffordshire
f 0 Rhymney Guaranteed.
8% Scottish Central, new pf,
lek (Scottish North-Eastern

, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stook - 3
1.3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 2i 3
et
3 •qt
dmv? 3 per Cent. Annuities - 3i 24 11
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6
India Stock
Ditto Debentures, 1858 - 6
Exchequer
for Account, Jan. 10
Bills, £l,OOO, lid
D tto £500
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
trazilian 6 per Cent

4 pi.
, Ditto 4} per Cent. 1858 96
‘;hilian 6 per Cent
Ditto 4t per Cent 8 I
Ditto 3 per Cent 7Ol
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St ..
Ditto, 1860
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto Account_ 5l

----.._ _
Ditto New Deferred —
Ditto Account
23,
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 6a ..if
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f... 9B
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2i per Cent 6s±
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Account, ex div.. 93± ff

CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
?era, Capt. Jamieson, with the heavy portion of
the above mails, has arrived. It.
The brings 118 passengers, L 2 ecie, and 8,
,322 in sp
a large cargo, including raw silk, value £200,000.
The British barque Washington, of Shields,
homeward bound, from Odessa, with wheat, foun-
dered. on the 10th inst. The ships papers only
Were saved. The master and crew were taken on At'
St(
board the Pera, and landed at Gibraltar. st,
On the 11th inst. the Pera passed the steamer sstt'
Royal Bride, of Bristol, hove to in a gale of wind; et
and, on the 13th, a man-of-war, supposed to be the
St. Jean d'Acre, 34 days from Malta. it
et
The Pera also observed several vessels with top- st
rusts gone, and on the 15th passed her Majesty's
ship Mersey, coming out of Lisbon.
Gibraltar freights and exchanges were unaltered.

stock
It is stated that there are to be two extraordinary stock
novelties in London next spring. Blondin, the Niagara stock Do. 7p. c.epniqa.sa.;:k
rope-walker, who has, it is said, been secured by the loos. Sorohpieveodn, Ann. 10s.
manager; and there is to be a rather revolting exhibition 1.0.6 South EaxsteAWeracdeinntg;
of the remains of Julia Yastriana, who died in Russia, and
atom tnon., 1.0.6)
having been embalmed, and her boly been made the sub- stock Do..ll4xlAllepn.ct..lst is
j act of a law process with the St. Petersburg doctors, stocketne :so..Du4)th4;r4Witsrlalirrs,cgennta.. 4p, 0
resulting in damages to the extent of 16,000 francs, is to be
brought to England for exhibition, with her child, also 25 Stock & Daerl 4A115e. gua.
25 Do. B 6 uer cent P.
c
**
embalmed. This is the woman with the beard. 25 Do. C p_er cent
- A decree of Garibaldi.of thetg3d October ordered ~slVic, v 21.27,„stk
p. c.,
the distribution of 7,000,060 f. among the people of Naples. stock Do. -ti 'Auoa
The distribution not having been made, a petition to Victor esrocet DZ:leriw3Perit 5 P•c•Pf.red.
Xaimanuel is now being signed in that city, praying that stock Do. tillV9,Plsrls36.i
he money may be immediately divided. 121 DO. do. 2d is.
A Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels says '
Arrangements are being made in Paris for reorganising
the service of the omnibuses. Those carriages now convey
annually nearly 70,000,000 passengers, or nearly double
what they did five or six yea s ago. The Government is
inclined to lengthen die term of the monopoly, increase the
materiel, and add to the measures necessary for protecting
the interests of the shareholders by rendering the action of
the Prefect of Police greater over the whole service."
LEEDS FAT CATTLE SHOW.—The first yearly
exhibition of this undertaking opened yesterday in the
Smithfield Cattle Market, Leeds. In shorthorns, for oxen
of any age, the first prize (£10) was awarded to Mr. Robert
(fell, of Grimston, near York, and the second price (£5) to
Lord Harewood ; for oxen not exceeding three years old,
the first prize (110) was taken by Mr. Thomas Robinson,
of Wingate Hill, near Tadcaster.
The Patrie says :—" A telegraphic despatch an-
nounces the approaching evacuation of the town and pro-
'since of Viterbo by the French troops. This news is
entirely incorrect. Not only will no evacuation of the kind
take place, but we have reason to know that the French
columns sent from Rome have passed Viterbo to occupy
Aquapendente, Bagnarea, and several other points."
A universal exhibition of painting is to take
Place next year at Florence. The municipality has con-
tributed 100,000 fr. to the expense; the provincial council,
30,000 fr. ; Milan, 20,000 fr. ; Pisa, 7,000 fr. ; and Leghorn
I,ooofr.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about 14 per mile premium, and the short exchange on
London is 25.20 per £ sterling. On comparing these rates
with the English mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for
standard gold, it appears that gold is about the
same price in London as it is in Paris. By advices from
Ilaraburg the price of gold is 424 rer mark, and the short
exchange on London is 13.41 per £ sterling. Standard gold
at the English mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per
cent, dearer in Hamburg than in Loudon. The course of
exchange at New York on London for bills at sixty days'
eight is about 104 to 105 per cent:, at which rate there is a
Profit on sending gold to the United States.

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