The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-28 00:00:00

!dONEY .111AREET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.
The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have
been closed during the past week for the Christmas
holidays. In private channels the transactions
have been only for immediate requirements, and no
che'llge of importance can be reported in the rates
current for the principal staples. The Public sales
of tea are announced to commence on the 2d of
January, when a rather large quantity will be
?tiered for public competition. The tallow market
has remained very quiet, and the quotations for
p
'Y'e., on the spot, are 605., and for Spring
delivery 60s. to 60s. 3d, per cwt.
Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool
C_otton Market yesterday, and the prices of some
descriptions exhibited a further advance of *d.
per lb. The sales were 15,000 bales.
There were no bullion operations of public
Interest at the Bank of England yesterday.
A dividend of £2 10s. per share, free of income
ta; was declared at the meeting of the Canada
e
°ralaallY yesterday.
The creditors of Mr. H. Bateman, a timber
terchant, at a meeting yesterday, agreed to an
adjournment, to enable them to obtain the opinion
cf counsel with regard to the question of partner.
ebiP With Mr. Browning, and in the meantime
arrangements will be made for liquidating the
estate under inspection.
There is still an active demand for money at full
rates, 5 per cent. being the lowest quotations, at
I'll.loll business is now transacted in the open
Inarket. 0 wing, however, to a plentiful supply
°t capital the mercantile classes are enabled to
tleetire ample accommodation at the current rates.
;als are in increased request at the Stock
I,ehange, and the terms have advanced to 5i
and 6 per cent.
A limited amount of business has been transacted
ttZday in the market for Public Securities, and
e, quotations have exhibited continued heaviness,
al
rit4"gh no further variation has taken place,
;Junco's being 923 a. The New Threes are flat at
21 ; the Reduced are steady at 921 8 ; India
1)
ebentures 96i ; and Exchequer Bills 4s. dis. par.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues
toTell' quiet, and prices are without alteration.
tourkish 6 per Cents. are 701 to 71; ditto New 57
t 671 ; Mexican have receded to 211, and Spanish
8°8%; Russian 41 per Cents. are 951 ; Buenos
6Ares 6 per Cents. 96k, and Brazilian 43 per Cents.
1.
4, eller% D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices
of
American Securities as follows :
Ni n Redeemable. Prices
1:10 Perts 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868
Cent Bonds .. 1874 90 92
P (L3111013' 6.per Cent. Bonds . 1668-72 91 92
IneVYlvatua 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 83 85
Illiia°l4 Central 7 per Cent. .. 1875 86 87
b. 011 Central 6 per Cent. .. 1875 86 87
11!lares, 80 dole. paid .... 291 281 die
be'ct;gan Central 8 per Cent.. 1869 88 90
4.• do. shares
Irot
44YcoolirkvertCiebnite71. 6 per Ct,,
1883 86 88
'V "York Central 7 per Ct.,
11 Ilv.s7ertible, from June 15,
40_59
shares
7.-York and Erie, 7 per Ct.,
b0..8% mortgage
2d mortgage
bo 3d mortgage
bO,lO. convertible
P.:( to. shares 39 40
"1°,.. rt a 7 per ct., let mo •
Wl° Str. Bonds, not cony 1865 100 102
1,e,„"L0., 2d do.
guylvania Central 6 per
"‘., let mortgage
beDealings in the Railway Share Market have not
ea
very extensive, and prices have shown rather
elle firmness. Caledonians, Great Westerns, Lan-
and Yorkshire, Manchester, Sheffield, and
ille°lll, Midlands, North British, and South
41t:ern have each declined ss.
Ilne Foreign Market remained exceedingly dull;
werp and Rotterdam brought 51; and
,eile and Francisco, 9i.
14411 the Colonial undertakings there was not
2ittleli variation. Grand Trunk of Canada remained
44 at 24 ; East Indian ex div. brought 981;
'd Great Indian Peninsula ex div., 96.
In int Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
It
here neglected. Oriental Bank, Union of Aus-
,ltlit% and Oriental Inland Steam realised previous
.itteaL.

1864

91 95
76 77
91 93
89 90
79 80

1867
1859
1883
1862

a BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
tiPeer Cent. Reduced Annuities . 921 1 I
La! 3 per Cent. Annuities
-,ca, stock
bitt
4 Debentuns, 1858
b.I Ditto 1859 ..... ... 96 f
tto Bonds £l,OOO ..
Coq i to under £1,000
India Stock focr Account Acount, Jan. 10
bit,
tz 10 5 per Cent. for Account lOll I
e4rtquer Bills, £l,O00, lfd
A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
...tie..
bp. u lan Bonds, 5 per Cent 721
-;\l4.i lital 6 per Cent
htl•-iit to 4i 861
per Cent. 1860
11141"8 Ares, 6 per Cent 96f
Dtan 3 per Cent 2ll
I‘l, to Account
IC* Limns& Active, 31 per Cent.
tieNajan 5 pot Cent. 1822, £ St • • ----
8 exd"glt's Ati per Cent.
. •
b:1I tuali 5 per Cent.
At 't t 4 Account
rth,4111.i,11 per Cent
-6,'sb. 6 per Cent .. 701
ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto
-
l'to Account
po.„ Dividends on the above payable in London.
-'ian. Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 791
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Account, ex div.. 921 1

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tits DAY.
ktiltsterd
„Ditfe
ktotterd
are
i 3712 twerp
..,, ...gel, .. 25 271 25 40
gaze__ , 13 61 13 61
I" aria`urga
Short 25 12} 25 224
bitt°
Ita,, p seines — 25 45 25 52i
V;4llldort on Maine — 1171 118
.0,„.. 14 90 15
IN-"'
P "t 4 - 14 90 15
betersburffh 34± 341
.edin .., 00000000
Madrid
49 491-,,
`Adiz — 491 491
Leghorn — 25 65 25 75
Milan— 25 621 2.5 67/
Na
Geti a
? _ 2.5 60 25
40 67/
cPateB
rmo
Messina — 1191 1191
Lisbonts 52/ 53
_
u,porto
Rio Janeiro 4
—•. • •
New York — • . .
Poreign Gold in Bars (Standard) .. .. per oz. £3 17 9

TUE LATE ACCIDENT ON TIIE EASTERN COEN-
RAILWAT.—The farther hearing of the case " Stokes
t. the Eastern Counties Railway," was resumed this
blorning before the Lord Chief Justice, in the Court of
Queen's Bench, Guildhall, and at the conclusion of the
14.glmnents the jury returned a verdict for the defendants.
„ The Nationalites of Turin of the 23d says :
eeld has been very intense for some days psst, and this
41,_°111ing the thermometer fell to 13 deg. centigrade below
'l'o (about 7 deg. 25 min. Fahr.)

MO Belgian Government has just accorded a
ai'Zo gold medal to Male. Von Oltefen do Silva, a cele-
brated Dutch tragic actress, in acknowledgment of her
h 4.•
performed at Brussels in the course of the national
September. _

BNow-BALLING.—Four young men were yester-
day fined by the magistrate at Bow-street Police-court
:41g varying from ss. to 205., for assaulting the police in
"t' James's-park.
GAS EXPLOSION.—A fearful explosion of gas
t
.°v?k Place on Wednesday, at the Glas,r,ow and South-
besters Railway station, Bridge-street, Glasgow. The
lost)
was completely destroyed. No lives were
"") but some persons were seriously injured.
!somewhat singular fact is mentioned in the
Russian journals : several ladies regularly attend the
4et of professors of the university of St. Petersburg,
glld take notes like students.

13The South-Eastern Gazette states that in a neigh-
bouring county a clergyman told a mother that all unbap-
led children " become hobgoblins after death," and are
4°t Permitted to go to heaven. The same paper states that
--dham a clergyman refused to read the Burial Service
"er a child that had not been baptised, and would net even
PerMit it to be buried in the churchyard till after dark.
PROFITS OV THE DOCK WAREHOUSE SYSTEM
k 1 LivEnrooL.—The profitsfrom the warehouses built by
Mersey Dock Board around the Albert, 'Wapping and
the
Docks, have during the past year amounted to
t sum of £22,200, which has been passed to the credit of
111 General Dock Eptate account,