The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

1 Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues
moderately active, but prices in some instances
show a slight decline. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 711
to 72; ditto New, 57f to 584 ; Mexican is flatter
at 211 1 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents, at 96 ; ditto 3
per Cents. are firm at 74: ; Venezuelan 3 per Cents.
are 211 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents, remain at 1004.
The transactions in the Railway Share Market
have been moderately active; a slight decline,
however, has been apparent in prices. Lancashire
and Yorkshire, Brighton, and Midland, have re-
ceded ss. ; Caledonian and North Western, 10s. ;
and Great Northern A stock, 15s. ; South Easterns
improved ss. ; and London, Chatham, and Dover,
and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s.

The Foreign and Colonial markets were steady ;
Pacific and San Francisco brought 10k. and San
Paulo, 34- ; Grand Trunk of Canada improved to
251 26; and Great Western of Canada declined
to 111.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
realised fully previous quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stook
3 rer Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 3
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock
OO .•
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent. ..
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
of:to under £l,000
Num°ls for Account, Jan. 10
India Stock for Account , .
Ditto 5 per Cent, for Account lOll
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 5 dis
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
ehilian 6 per Cent.
Ditto 4± per Cent
vlexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
........... 21i a
Peruvian 4,1- per Cent .................. 96 k
Ditto 3 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
••••
Ditto New Deferred 42/
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded., 6/
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account 59
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins 4B
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.

O'CLOCK.
11Consols for Account, ex div.THREE
93k

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tms DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 171 11 17/
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 35 25 40
flamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 47/ 25 521
Frankfort on Maine — 1171. 118
Vienna
Trieste - 14 35 14 45
Petersburgh - 34/ 341
Berlin —
Madrid
Cadiz
Le horn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
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South American Doublons „ 00 0

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- 25 65
- 25 57i
- 2.5 57/
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- 53

49
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25 70
25 62f
25 62f
39i
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1194
53
53k

/ are happy to state that REY S HEALTH.---We (Press)
THE EARL OF DE , ....,
so fully restored that he
to Knowsley Park after Chrt
the ankles is the last trace Whichas.
earl's recent severe indisposition.
CONTRACT OF RUM FOR TILE N
tract for 100,000 gallons of rum for the
health of the Earl of Derby is
s.ine invited a large shooting party
A slight weakness in
remains of the noble
use of
con-
has
been taken by the undermentioned firmsse.of-,,The navY
and Co., Thomas Lowndes and Co., RoW.--lenrY White
e and sons, and
Alfred Lamb.
THE NEW SCHOOLS IN ST. GILES'S. —Lord job,
Russell,
M.P., has consented to preside at the openin,—,
the new parochial schools, in the parish of St. Gilefi-i°.
the-Fields, to-morrow. The schools occupy the site an;
block of old houses which formerly stood at the south-west
corner of Endell-street and Broadstreet, St. Gilee's, and
thus form a highly prominent object as viewed either from
the south-west or the north-west in association with St.
Gilee's Church.

The transactions in the Foreign Colonial Produce
Markets during the last few days have been of a
rather restricted character. Tea has been dull,
without any change in price. Sugars have been
in very limited demand, at a decline of about 6d.
per cwt., and in the refined market lower rates
have been accepted. For coffee there has been a
limited inquiry. The finer descriptions, however,
have maintained their previous values. Rice, fruit,
spices, and saltpetre have been at almost nominal
rates. In the tallow market a steady business has
been done chiefly for forward delivery, the demand
for consumption on the part of the trade having
been extremely limited. P.Y.C., on the spot, is
steady at 60s. 3d., and for speedy delivery 60s. 3d.
to 60s. 6d. per cwt.

A fair amount of business was concluded in the
Liverpool cotton market yesterday, and prices were
well maintained. The sales were 12,000 bales.
A meeting has been convened by the Bank of
London shareholders, for the purpose of receiving
the directors' report and for the declaration of a
dividend.

The directors of the Bombay, Baroda, and Cen-
tral India Railway ha-re made a final call of £2 per
share on the B shares. •

The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail-
way of Canada, for the week ending the 30th ult.,
exhibited an increase of £414 compared with the
same period in 1859.
There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England yesterday.
It :has been announced that Mr. F. H. Saroder,
sugar refiner, has suspended with liabilities esti-
mated at £20,000.
The transactions in the market for Public Secu-
rities, to-day, have been limited as usual, and they
have not led to any change of importance in quota-
tions. At the close of business yesterday some
depression was experienced, the improvement esta-
blished in the morning being nearly lost, but a
slight tendency towards recovery is now apparent,
Consols being 931 4. The New Threes and
the Reduced are steady at 921 93 ; India 54 per
Cent. Enfaced Paper is firmer at 1014 ; but Ex-
chequer Bills are flat at ss. dis.