The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-28 00:00:00

Debt, less amount in the Treasury 52,453,559,735 23
DeLt, less amount inTreasury on Ist ult. 2,461,131,189,:;6

Decrease of Public Debt during the past
month
Decrease since March 1, 1869
BONDS ISSUED TO PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANIES, INTE-
REST PAYABLE IN LAWFUL MONEY.
Amount interest accru d
Character of Issue.
1 .
9,V13 85
outstanding. not yet paid.
Union Pac. Co., 6
p. c 5526,688,008 00 SGG6,V2B : 7
Kan. Pac., late U.P.E.D.,1 437,000, 00j-
6 p. c . 6,303,000 00 157.575 (0
Sioux City & Pac., 6p.c ... 1,628,320 00 40,708 ( 0
2362 000 09t bq 064 ' 2
Central Pacific, 6 p. c ...
,009,000 00 549,639 66
{22" 3- ' ' '
Central Branch U. P. to
assignees of Atchinsou
and Pike's Peak, 6 p.c... 1,600,000 00 40,000 00
Western Pacific, 6p. c. ... 1,648,000 00 18,575 64

$7,571,454 13
71,9V,524 78

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Total issue 862,625,320 00 $1,536,205 i• 4
Interest paid by United 5tage5,,,,,,,,.......... $4,984,822 51
Interest repaid by transportation of mailsote 1,836,730 (4

Balance of interest paid by United Statess3,l4B,o92 LO

The Mark-lane Express thinks as the shortened
home supplies settle the question as to the ability
of farmers to meet the Christmas claims, and
foreign importers are equally on the 100k-out for
something to make up the recent heavy toes,
markets may further harden as the New Year
breaks upon us. Foreign markets show little chan,e
in the value of wheat-. - In many of our counties the
floods have reached alarming dimensions, and
much of the young wheat will doubtless have to be

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NOTTINGHAM, 24th.—Business in the lace trade
has on the whole been quiet during the week, owing
to most houses being engaged in stock taking. In
the value of goods generally there is no alteration.
There is very little doing in brown nets, but manu-
facturers still maintain the late advanced prices.
In the silk department there is a slight improve-
ment, but makers still complain of the scarcity of
orders. There has been more business doing in
the hosiery trade during the past week in conse-
quence of the hardening price of yarns, and there
is a better demand for the American trade. More
orders are also placed for the home market, ard,
on the whole, business may be reported in a more
`satisfactory state.
SHEFFIELD, 24th. —This being what is generally
known as "bull" week (the week before Christmas)
the men in almost all branches of the Sheffield
'trades have been working overtime.. Most of tl e
'shops -will now be closed for several days. T 1
prospects of the new year are encouragit g.
There promises to be a good trade in cutlery, aid
a much improved demand for files and for some dc-
; scriptions of edge tools. Should the unfortunate
difficulty which at present exists as to the invoic-
ing of steel for the American markets soon become
settled, the new year will iu all probability s ee a
very active trade in that class of 1.,-sod-. e
Bessemer royalty will run out in February, and it
is expected that this will have an important bear-
ing upon the trade in steel. Not much improve.
meat can be expected in the demand for saws,
i which for some time past has been of a most languid
character.