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TWELVE o'CLocK.
In the Discount Market to-day business has been
quiet, and the rates of discount remain unaltered.
The return from the Bank of England for the
17eek. ending Dec. 12 has again been of a satisfactory
character. There has been an increase in the re-
serve of notes of £890,720, and also in the bullion
Of £314,427 ; while the other securities, consequent
I'M an increased demand for money, have been
augmented to the extent of £340,997. The public
atld pr:vate deposits both showed a considerable
addition,
and there is also a slight augmentation in
the
Government securities. Subjoined are the par-
ticulars
4'tire Circulation —.X22,093,793
Bullio Decreqso •••
•••
... . .. 619,380
n 18,551471
... ••• ••• ••• ••• •
'lest Increaso •.. . ••• ••• ••• 314,427
3,247,639
In-

Public
ncrease • ••• ••• ••• 8,613
DI "
posits 7,388,241
0 Increase ••• ••• 550,458
"lor Deposits 18,425,551
SO Increase 681,684
roll Day and Other Bills ... ... 491,208
oo Decreaso ••• ••• ••• ••• 14028
l'ernraent Securities ... 13,011,,22-2
Increase ••• ••• ••• ••• 54,953
.Leer Securities
... 19,636,741
lucreaee 240,997
'es tjnemplosed 10,403,905
Increase 890,720
••• ••• ••• •••
The return of the Bank of France for the week
:tiding the 13th inst., shows the following changes
c°llaPared with that of the previous week :—ln-
ease cash in hand, £525,680 ; bills discounted,
£2
66,640 ; advances, £B,OOO ; Treasury balance,
'B°,ooo ; private accounts, £1,200,000. Decrease
.--"tes, £186,400.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have noti-
fied that the House will be closed on the 24th inst.
It has been announced by the directors of the
Irnperial Ottoman Bank that the interim dividend
°1 account of the profits of the year ending the
31st December, 1866, of 10s. per share (the limit
t,"Ted by the statutes), will be payable on and after
'ie Ist January, 1867, on the old and new shares
of the bank.
the
has been given by the Imperial Bank that
ege ninth ordinary general meeting will be held on
iesdaY, the 15th January, for the purpose of re-
,ving the report of the directors, and to declare a
lend.
It is announced that Messrs. Grant, Murdock,
sil.(l Cu., merchants, of Liverpool, and their firm in
have suspended
Messrs. Middleton, Hamilton, and Co.,
aye suspended payment. No estimate can be formed
at
ePresent of the amount of the liabilities, the lossesAor
ing principally arisen from operations at Singa-
The Bank of Prussia has reduced its rate of dis-
e
°tint from 41- to 4
per cent.
&t, sum of £2,000 in gold was taken to the Bank
of England yesterday.
d. The National Bank of Australia has declared a
tdend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum.
t ivi
aPPears the paid-up capital represents £540,000,
he reserve fund £130,000, and the deposits upwargs
Of Zl,OOOOOO.
Telt has been notified by the Anglo-American
egraPh Company that they have removed their
Ecces from 72, Cornhill, to 26, Old Broad-street,
Notice has been given that at a meeting of the
bard of the City Offices Company a call of
Per
Share has been made, payable on the 31st
4,411arY next, at the London and County Bank.
d 'l-11 the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
,iiring the last few days there has been a moderate
:cunt of activity. Sugar has • been in fair de-
Giatid, and superior qualities have advanced about
a Per cwt. The dealings in coffee have been to
br fair extent, but owing to the large quantity
iti°light forward prices have ruled a shade easier.
ee has remained at steady prices, while at the
Public sales of fruit slightly higher prices have been
obtajued for superior qualities of raisins, but cur-
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have been neglected. Tallow has been in
4:re demand, and quotations in all positions show
uPward tendency.
TeAt the meeting held to-day of the Eastern Bengal
a Company, a resolution to wind-up the coin-
pa
tIY voluntarily was unanimously adopted.
zAt a meeting held to-day of the Panama, New
L' Intl,and , and Australian Royal Mail Company,
ted, the report of the directors stated that dur-
feog the last three months £30,000 had been received
04' debentures, making the total amount £82,500,
the °f the proposed issue of £150,000, and when
41: halace of £67,500 was subscribed for the pay-
of the dividend could be arranged.

Two O'CLOCK.

According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
'43r the French Rentes were 69f. 70c. Heavy.
4411 the Stock Exchange markets are exceedingly
tii,°Yant, and Consols have risen nearly per cent.
13 Shows a considerable improvement within the
gs-: few days, Consols are 881 / for money, and
i for the account. The New Threes and Re-
t:ced Annuities are 871 ; Exchequer Bills, 3s.
k prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 1061.
tiA firmer tone is apparent in the Foreign Stock
1114ticet, prices generally showing a decided upward
°lrenient. Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced
i1r,13 32i 33 ; Mexican Stock, to 18/ 19 ; Greek
-1-1 to 132 144 ; Spanish Passive to 201
0; do. Certificates I, to 13/ 14 ; and the Italian
of 1861 to 551 The New Russian Loan
Scanll3 has been in good demand, and has improved
'to li prem.
1413usiness in the Railway Share Market has been
li„ci,re animated, but the variations in prices have
been important. A firmer tone, however, pre-
Q. 4118.
r Great Eastern have improved to 264, and
4t eat Western to 481 491 ; North-Western remain
111115 i 116 ; Metropolitan, 120/ 121; Midland,
-1191 ; and South Eastern, 614 62k.
4ett ne foreign and colonial lines remain very in-
Ive and without material change in prices.
6:eat Luxembourg are marked 14 ; West Flan-
tits, 7i ; East Indian, 105,1 106:1 ; and Great In-
'4llPeninsula, 106 i.
kAmerican Securities remain inactive. United
704,tes 5-20 Bonds, however, have improved 1, to
shares
Illinois shares declined f, to 77i 78 ; and Erie
remain at 47k.
aaideand Great Western Railway Debentures
i‘'e advanced f, to 56 57 ; and the Consolidated
crtgage Bonds /, to 42 42k.
e'l Bank Shares the operations have again been
11 inactive. Alliance had improved to 17, 'ra-
ver;
,„,-at Ottoman to 84 91, South Australian to 251,
4-17 London Chartered of Australia to 22. London
11,1 Westminster are dealt in at 95, Provincial of
44e,:a11d at 82, London Joint-Stock at 414 to 42i,
London and County at 63.
act.-useellaneous and Finance shares remain in-
it:e. General Credit and Finance, however, have
to 21:()ved to 3,1 -I, and Credit Foncier of England
7t. International Financial are flats at ;
tiotial glo-American Telegraph steady, at 15f ; Na-
biscount Company at 14f, and Telegraph
Ilqruction and Maintenance at 13i /.