The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-03 00:00:00

M'NFIY DIARKET

AND

allvlE ROI'. ,

TWELVE o'CLoclc.

Biddings for bills on India took place yesterday
at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted
were—to Calcutta, 19.86.300 rs. (£198,630) ; to
Madras, 13.700 rs. (£1,370) ; and to Bombay,
15.38.51)0 rs. (Y. 153,850). The minimum price was
fixed at Is. PiN. on all the presidencies. Tenders
on Calcutta and Madras at ls. 100. will receive
about 65 per cent., those above in full, and on
Bombay at ls. 100. and upwards in full.

The Green Fruit Market has been dull since
Christmas, and prices for oranges lower ; some par-
cels of St. Michael's, Terceira, Valencia, and Sicily,
sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at
easier rates. Lemons of good quality support their
value, stock being lighter than usual. Nuts of all
kinds in moderate demand, without alteration in
price. Seville sours have arrived, for which there is
Some inquiry.
Business was resumed yesterday in the Foreign
and Colonial Produce Markets after the Christmas
holidays, but the unfavourable weather caused a
very limited attendance, and the operations in most
of the principal staples were of a very restricted
character. Sugar was in steady request at full
values, while moderate transactions were effected
in coffee at previous rates. Tea and rice; however,
were neglected, and quotations were nominally un-
altered. For cotton there was a better demand,
but tallow remained inactive, and quotations gene-
rally tended downwards in all positions.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are firm at 50 52, and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds at 40 41.

The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

Great Western
North Western
South Western
Brighton
Midland
South Eastern
Great Northern

1866. 1865.
62,304 60,878
111,002 106,385
22,484 18,883
22,437 18,530
52,331 54,136
23,661 22,636
32,454 30,097

Lancashire and Yorkshire 46,378 42,202

Bristol and Exeter 5,691
.._

North Eastern—

7_0,209 70,132

Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 22,587 21,564
Great Eastern
London, Chatham, and Dover 9,428 8,206
These returns, when comparel with those of the
corresponding week in the previous year, are gene-
rally of a very satisfactory character. On the Great
Western there is an increase of £1,426 ; North
Western, £4,617; South Western, £3,601 ; Brigh-
ton, £3,857; South Eastern, £1,025 Great North-
ern, £2,357 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £4,176 ;
Bristol and Exeter, £448 ; North Eastern, £77 ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1,023 ; Great
Eastern, £2,502 ; and London, Chatham, and
Dover, £1,222. On the Midland there is a decrease
of £1,805.

Two O'CLOCK.
Very little business has taken place in the Stock
Exchange markets, but sales having been pressed,
the movement is unfavourable. Railways espe-
cially have been depressed. Foreign bonds are
lower, and English Government securities are
rather less buoyant ; Consols, however, are still
90s I for money and the 10th inst. For the Feb-
ruary settlement the present price is 900 I, a de•
cline of k per cent. in the rates of continuation.
The New Threes are 89i I ; Reduced Annuities,
89k 4 ; Bank of England Stock, 2481 ; India 5 per
Cents., 107 k ; and ditto Eufaced 5 per Cents., 101.
In the Foreign Market the changes have been
merely fractional. Greek have declined I, to 14i
51-1 ; Spanish Passive, to 20i 21 ; the Certificates,
to 14 i; and Turkish 5 per Cents., I, to 32k I,
while Mexican advanced k, to 17i 181; and Italian,
k, to 524 53. The New Russian Loan is still firm
at 1 prem.

America.'" Securities are steady. United States
5-20 Bonds are 731 ; Erie, 46 ; and Illinois,
82

In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been to a fair extent. Great Eastern, Great
Northern A Stock, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
London, Chatham, and Dover and Midland have
each improved 1 ; while Great Western, North
Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
have declined 1, and Brighton, 1.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
material alteration. Bahia and San Francisco are
marked 13 ; Great Luxembourg 12/ ; San Paulo,
131 ; East Indian, 1041 105 ; and Grand Trunk of
Canada, at 191 201.
Bank Shares continue dull. Alliance are dealt
in at 191; City Bank at 15/ ; Imperial Ottoman
have declined to 8/ a ; and Union of London im-
proved to 44/ 451.
Miscellaneous and Finance shares are in fair re-
quest, and generally at steady rates. Anglo-Ameri-
can Telegraph are marked 151 16 ; City of Moscow
Gas, 17/ 18 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 16/ ; Na-
tional Discount Company, 141 15 ; Peninsular and
Oriental Steam, 651; and Crystal Palace Stock, 3031.