The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-25 00:00:00

XO-11BY MARKET

AND
COIME.RCIAL !NrmX.C. f;ITATc'F',

In the TWELVE O'CLOCK.
general discount market there is no material
change to report. There continues to be a mode-
iltc inquiry for accommodation, and previous rates
are maintained, viz., at 4 1,1; per cent. •
In the corn market to-day business remains very
quiet, and last Monday's current rates for home-
g,rewn and foreign wheat are bdrely maintained.
erle oats, beans, and peas are a shade cheaper,
mule flour remains without change in value.
A The liquidators of the Imperial Mercantile Credit
ssociition have arranged with the creditors to
aecePt the balance of their elai-ns in six equal half-
acl'l37 Payments, with interest at 5 per cent. per
um.
The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remittance
°f
f'529 ls. 9d. on account of the dividends on the
debt of Ecuador.
The A.nglo-Argentine Company have issued a
Prospectus requiring a capital of £50,000 in shares
of Li each. It is intended to purchase silver mines,
t33.4lelting and reduction works, at Hidalgo, in Sau
Ilan, a province of the Argentine Republic. The
mines and works are to be transferred without
anY Cash payment whatever, except the amount
Pended on them—viz., £45,000 being taken
11,13 by the parties interested entirely in paid-up
Euares, not to be issued until a dividend of 20 per
rent. shall have been earned out of profits upon the
arbor paid-up
capital of the company. The works
in a state of perfect efficiency, requiring only
iOrganiSatiOn to commence at once operations on a
arge scale. According to the last advices they are
}
11°17 Yielding a large percentage of profit on the re-
Itricted and altogether inadequate funds with which
'theY are being carried forward. A new feature in
be
arrangements is, that the share certificates can
e converted into share warrants, which will be
transferable without any transfer deed.
tie meeting was held to-day of the Central Argen-
Railway Company fnr the purpose of autho-
rising the issue of the remainder of the capital of
esof company, and to give directions as to the mode
i'ue• Of the amount required, £600,000, the
lgentineGovernment, duly authorised by Congress,
``,4 subscribed for 15,000 shares at par, equivalent
'° £3OOOOO. The remaining moiety will be taken
dY,,,Mesars. Brassey, Wythes, and Wheelwright in
at'uentures of the company at par, bearing interest
line has cent. The period for the completion of the
ivas been extended to the 31st December, 1868.
lase the manufacturing districts the accounts
much that during the past week there has not been
animation exhibited. At Manchester the
1,711 es of cloths and yarns have still tended down-
Bradford while in the woollen districts of Leeds,
tered
and Huddersfield, the operations en-
to into
a have been principally confined
In iisinall lots of goods to sort up stocks.
pit,i,`"l,e hosiery trade of Leicester more acti-
ati ?8 prevailed, but at Nottingham scarcely
COl-toe:a,nge can be reported in the rates current for
hosiery and lace. Business in the hardware
trios of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolver-
reer°4 has been rather more active, owing to the
tntliPt of
orders for armour plates, railway iron, and
Act?' Chiefly from Canada and the United States.
tares ?tic and Great Western Railway Deben-
iikte; 'aye risen it, to 20i• 24 ; but the Consoli-
-1,4`4 Mortgage Bonds have declined to 14
em,e --evr Honduras Loan is firm at to
The
larid Pig iron trade is quiet at Teesside and Cleve-
and important contracts have been made
e Past week. The list prices are—No. 1,
ner e-r.; ; I\l.°. 3, 435. 6d. ; and No. 4, 425. 6d.
warrent -"nee keep up pretty well, and the stock in the
bofluent twer t store
l able is 71,319 tons. Forge iron is in
demand, but shipments are restricted. Con-
, ine e„
inquiries are scarcely so numerous. The
a —sunaption, however, does not appear to flag.
The ntlfaetured iron there is still very little doing.
tiez. Proposed reduction is the theme of conversa-
\yin b It i
-8 generally understood that 10 per cent.
not Yet
be generally
ta,ken off the wages, but the masters have
to arrived elated what will be the exact prices offered.
t; I, including
and sailings at Newcastle, according,
the ustows books,have
g. 30 screws;
t'valz . been last week :—Ar-
-31 screws ; sailings, 123, in-
but these returns give no ade-
-4:1.r
210dea of the trade of the port, as considerably
day, . ° sail of the ships left the port laden yester-
Ye:4oB ftiding several large British and foreign
of which °r Various parts of the globe, the major part
at.
Preight„. e not reported.
80ree te-h: 011 the week generally are steady, with
are affe7eney towards improvement, except such as
,„10iiri-ne"ed by special influences.
41artlenn-g,the Past week 107 vessels have arrived at
good;r"°1, seven importing timber, six iron, two
(Inrink,ll,l:l One each oil cake and cement ; whilst
West-T,""e name period 84 ships have sailed. At
giber4-1-artlepooi
ear 64 ships have arrived, 21 having
grain, a„ gees, four merchandise and goods, six
saibe "'I one each salt and stones. During the
ecrevi,ri°ll 87 have left the port, including nine
efr • elealner
lght. 8. There is a scarcity of ships, and
are looking up.

Two o'CLocK.
,s
tel4e t the Paris Bourse to-day, according
/11°4111, the 3 per Cent. Rents were 68
to
fß7eustoer
baveelPeeting Egyptian finance favourableiallcschoournttlys
be ~,- anreoeived, and a communication w
Th4e-i uY Mr. Larkin upon the subject.
is The til 111perial Ottoman Bank will, if possible,
Loa, e letters of allotment of the
4 to-inorr
lil th ow• new Egyptian
been e Railway
of
Share Market the operations have
Great a fair extent and, with the exception
forced
sale. proms ern, which have declined 2 upon
4aB' Prieell area shade firmer. Midland Elanvde
l'orkileke,cl i., Caledonian q, and Lancashire
1. a
'l'Cir° and North-Eastern (Berwick) each
tecka.: l'°reign and Colonial lines are in moderate
aild `,
generally at steady prices. South Az ustrsiasno
Pan] i-44nbardo-Venetian are quoted
Wea7 161 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 117314; ; Great
1111rn Of Canada, 161 1; East Indian at 110/
lis ;n1,411(1 Great Indian Peninsula, 1101.
ity,n-' Shares remain inactive at previous rates.
tl siiallk are marked 13 ; London and County,ta
131111ta;,L°4don and Westminster, 69 ; Oriean34l.
lia,„; end Union of London remain at 33,
.n.
lleie"atieons and Finance Shares continueia ; ere.„., eredit Foncier of England realise 2 15-16, 4 _
pal:I.:4o. N
' Warehouse, 111 ; Hudson's Bay Corn-
l'
l'eain,„Ti ; INTational Discount Company, 101 ;
7i --o'lar 411 d Oriental Steam have improved to
G3i 664 i and Royal Mail Steam are firm at
„ (-)n thA Q
I.7°lva ~ Stock Exchange English Securities have
f
~"14ine:11113ward tendency, and a large amount
do.,
'Allem - 'aa been transacted. Consols have a aad 931' alad the latest prices are 941 i for money,
Tilt ;16 for the sth December ex div. . .
I)2i 24vf Threes are 921 13 ; Reduced Annuites,
48. to 31s, Annuities (1880), 9 ; Exchequer Bills
ICBI, i.-.,4i1tt}30. tle.rt.; India 5 per Cents., 116 1151
per
Cents , 1001 ; Enfaced ditto,
iitpe6t: ditto 5
1, per cents:, qre 1)euent,,,,....
~ 'al (1877), 103.
104 1 31 4 ; and ditto
kare4,ter unoyancy has prevailed in the Foreign
Leoev' ,t'd prices generally show an upward ten-
, t0"1 Italian have advanced 1, to 458 46; Greek,
ite t2l i ; Atexican, 1, to 141 15 ; Spanish Pas-
3i,' i4' to 22i i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 3-16ths, to
- al d 'l' • •
advance
Pas-
oft
I. ) 1 uikish Lines, 321, 33, an 4146,,
`;2O t s'll are are depressed. United States
1, at 4d 47
are 1-16th lower, at 75f f ; Erie Shares
47 ; and Illinois, fit, at 841 85.

AIINING MARKET.
l‘tark
Ajo°l,, ild
hiverton
aet very quiet. Prini‘::fNDNNAraTlesT,"'C'o P.M.
th, , Chontales chiefly dealt in.
5.1 Annexed are
%al!) .
c! ern , g quotations :
Gif.,, "'oll, 25 27; Chiverton door, 6 ; Cliontalels
11. 1,"i" 3t ; Clifford Alualgama,ted, 611 6i; East Basset 1.1
a3','..L,t Caradou, 51 6 ; East Lovell, —; Etat Russel ,t,
L,'„,:e "; Prentitio aud Bolivia Gold, 18s oil 203 Od ; Grea
17 tj' 171 18 ; Qt.", Ret„llick-,
......_ ; Great Wh al T0r,...
Tr, 114.0.1,1 Valley, 61, 61; North Crofty, 21 i ; I‘T°llll
t,9 114
CS oa 4‘; trilkoe of Wales, 21 2i ; south