The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-09 00:00:00

K E T
a 0 y AII

AND
COUMEROIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWZLVE O'CLOCK.
The in for accommodation in the general
discount market are not very active, but the rates
demanded by bankers and bill brokers for the nego-
eiation of first-class short-dated paper still con-
rnue a shade under the Bank minimum, viz., at
11 1i per cent.
The Rifleman has arrived from Sydney with gold
amounting to
£57,000.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
~,re firm at 24 22i, and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds at 18} 19k.
The New Honduras Loan is 1 4 prem.
In the corn market to-day there were only mode-
rateb fresh samples of home-grown wheat on offer,
rarilt of foreign there were large arrivals. Business
;ruined inactive, and last Monday's current rates
Here with difficulty supported.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts
de the
.tpast week represent that business in most
Man-
chester, partments has remained very inactive., At
however, the lowest point as regards the
; e decline
was touched on Wednesday, when soon
ofter there was a slight improvement in the value
cloths and yarns ; buyers, however, acted with
considerable caution, Ill* spinners and manufac-
urers generally are not ready sellers. In the
Woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield
operations have only been on the hand-to-mouth
prri,nciple, and chiefly to sort up stocks, prices gene-
.„4,llY remaining steady. The hosiery and lace trade
vLeicester and Nottingham have been moderately
l active, the late severe weather having caused a good
demand for useful descriptions of both worsted and
cotton hosiery. In the hardware districts of Bir-
bolngham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton dullness,
waver, has been the principal feature. Rather
mere business has been entered into in articles for
the IlaSt Indies and America, but for the home
rade there has been scarcely any inquiry.
ahTalle Committee of Investigation of the Atlantic
fT, Great Western Railway have forwarded the
I,l°.lelving notice to the bondholders The corn-
t,tl.ttee of
administration beg to notify that, up to
°s date, there have been surrendered to them cou-
P°ll froro. $3,600,000 consolidated bonds, out of the
total
issue of 1117,579,500 ; and they beg to inform
bondholders that they are prepared to receive the
DllP°u& from the remaining bonds up to the 31st
to loin
inclusive, by which date holders desiring
lein in the. arrangements should signify their
assent and surrender their coupons.

" W. H. SMITHERS, Secretary.
1.p." faces, 5, Weatminster-chambers,
Y 1004 a-street, S.W., Dec. 7, 1867."

Two o'CLoCK.
da4,,,ee.,°,rding to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
" toe French Rentes were 69f. 07c.
Continued depression pervades the market for the
sttiglish Funds, and the other departments of the
emek Exchange are by no means satisfactory.
tii:tisule have receded per cent., viz., to 92/ for
keptY., and to 921 for the account. Business is
she last
the narrowest limits as usual during
apeath-ast few weeks of the year. Speculators are
11-4,--etie, and investors seem disposed to wait for
to —l, eTuns bona fide undertakings which are known
in contemplation.
923 he New Threes and Reduced Annuities are
st{ ; Exchequer Bills, 28s. to 31s. prem. ; Bank
4 c)ek' 24 3i 3 ; India 5 per Cents., 112/ ; ditto
6 Per Cents, 1004; Enfaced ditto, 88/ ; and ditto
per Cents., 1041 34. •
Prev
tithe Railway Share Market a firmer tone has
ailed,
and prices in several instances have
tended
threat upwards. Caledonian have advanced 11 ;
0, Eastern and Midland, each 1 ; Great Nor-
a:"°, North-Western, and Metropolitan, each 11;
B'l Great Western and South-Etstern, each 4.
80111)i01ned are the latest current quotations of
44:e uf the
; principal lines :—Great Western, 434
la 123 123/ ; Londons, 1141 1141 ; Mid-
? d' 11 eds,3/ 113/ ; Brighton, 52 524; Caledonians,
Chathams, 184 181; Great Northern, 1074
trniinlitAn.
4714 116 ; South Eastern, 671 674 ; Sheffield, 461
North Eastern (Berwick), 994 1001 ; ditto
te,.°ll:)' 94 95 ; North British, 33 34 ; Great Eas-
„ti, 34 31.1
tjhe Foreign and Colonial lines remain very in-
S(ZE,3' and without material change in values.
in Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are dealt
gr:„".,14 Great Western of Canada at 164 ;
11itin Trunk of Canada at 17 ; East Indian at
Dll2i ; and Great Indian Peninsula at 1104 111.
exeApt i
tisiness3 in the Foreign Stock is rather inactive,
imAr°vSpanish descriptions, which exhibit an
toriuvereent. Spanish Passive have advanced 4,
`1,41451;_ ; the 3 per Cents. Stock 4, 351 36/ ; and
decline 5 per Cents. 4, 331 ; while Italian have
4:l;_ed 1, to 451 ; and Mexican h to 15/ 4.
are firm at 124 134. •
4,711 American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds
trie advanced 1, to 71 1, and Illinois 4, to 88 89.
e. Shares continue steady, at 474 48.
?o,tel'eellaneous and Finance shares are quiet.
ral
street Warehouse have declined to 121 ; Gene-
er:redit and Discount are steady at 54 ; London
a meral Omnibus Company, at 14 ; Peninsular
"riental Steam at 574 584, and Telegraph
t"truction and Maintenance at 15/.
peri:nit Shares remain exceedingly inactive. Im-
Lob:d are marked 171 ; Imperial Ottoman, 91 ;
°I and County, 55 ; London and West-
44ter' 704 ; and Union of London, 36.