The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-15 00:00:00

tIONEY MARKET

AND
COMMEROT L MTELLLUEINLz.,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
For a Saturday there is a very full demand for
discount accommodation, though the amount of
Paper on offer is smaller. The lowest rate in the
°Pen market is fully 4 per cent.
The Tasmania has arrived from the "West Indies
With upwards of a quarter of a million in specie.
The specie movement during the week has only
been to a moderate extent, although a large arrival
was announced this morning from the West Indies
a" Pacific. The imports have amounted to about
413°11t £336,564, including £27,000 from New York
.„
17 the City of Washington, and £15,000 by the
Aedlen ; the Alandingo from the 'West Coast of
`rica has brought £10,700; the Tasmania, from
tcoWest Indies and Pacific, £257,595 ; the China,
f
!dui Alexandria, £1,617 ; and about £24,652, in
silver, has been received from the Continent. The
exports have been £21,3.00 to the Brazils, by
the„ Oneida, and there have been remittances to the
Continent through private sources estimated at
£244,300; the total amounting to £265,600.
An extraordinary general meeting of the English
a" Swedish Bank will be held on the 15th January
bast, when the results of the negotiations, which
~j'ave taken place between the directors and the
candinavian Share Company, will be laid before
the shareholders.
On the 27th instant the eleventh annual general
meeting of the Oriental Inland Steam Company
111,1 take place at their offices in Bilhter-street.
•Che directors of the Imperial Mexican Railway
e°lllPany have issued a report, to he submitted to
the
third ordinary general meeting on the 21st
atant) which states that the course of events
Which have elapsed since the meeting on the 27th
"line last have been very unfavourable to the pro-
gress of the undertaking. The state of political
affairs in Mexico, with which the shareholders are
Well acquainted, has prevented the Government
f
r°lll fulfilling their obligations to the company,
iLdimch the directors had reason to hope would have
that
observed with greater punctuality when the
thst report, was issued. It has much augmented
° Prevailing distrust in this country and on the
a.stidtinent, and has frustrated the efforts of the
irectors to raise funds by the issue of debentures
hectors
on the property of the company. In the
thePdrt issued in June last the receipts for the first
ree months of the present year on the Vera Cruz
s,ection were stated to have been £29,636 Bs., or
.101 108. ld. a mile a week. The receipts on the
aa Ine section from the Ist April to the 31st October
luat'Past (which includes the whole of the wet
season) were £54,364 17s. 3d., making a total of
tp,
i°ol ss. 3d. in ten months, or an average traffic
of
£4l 3s. a mile a week throughout the year 1866,
S' so far as returns have come to hand. The
tance of the debt due to the company from the
satel3 on the 31st October was £249,719, and on the
h,°d(l Debt Obligation of the Mexican Govern-
'gent, £68,383.
114: report of the directors of the Grand Trunk
AailwaY of Canada, on the Buffalo and Lake Huron
~gtreelnent, has been issued, which states that—
th't rnay be in the recollection of the proprietorsthat
"edc undertook that the bond and stockholders
should be called together at a special meeting to ac-
,,espt or reject any act of Parliament which might be
passed for ratifying the arrangement with the
voLlif. ale and Lake Huron Company, the heads of
tgell were approved on the 9th June, 1864. The
meeting of the 28th instant is convened accordingly.
Buffalo Company unanimously accepted the
tat a special meeting held on the 25th of October
aat• Explanations have from time to time been
4'orded to the bond and stockholders since the
:dial meeting held on the 9th June, 1864, and the
vrectors would now add that the experience of the
th°.rk'ng of the agreement makes them regard it, all
wlngs considered, as mutually satisfactory ; and
Wen
it not for the notion, entertained in some
qdarters, that the American Bonding Act may be
suspended little question could arise.
the following circular of the City Offices Com-
pany
(Limited), has been sent out with the notice
of call
" The City Offices Company (Limited),
St. Clement's House, Clement's-lane,
Lombard-street, London, Doc. 13, 1866.
1' sending you the enclosed notice of call, I am
4st
re meted by the directors to inform you that, as they have
thao i
buildings
to confine their operations to the completion of
e: uuildings now belonging to the company, they do not
saPect that any further call upon the shares will be neces-
ry..

are' I anl also instructed to acquaint you that the works
rra emPi dIY progressing, and nearly all the property that is
1- 3' for occupation has been lot on satisfactory terms.—
oUr obedient servant,

" G. W. BENWELL, Secretary."
The sum of £lO,OOO in gold was taken to the
;44. Yesterday, and a like amount was withdrawn.
'lle Peninsular and Oriental steamer due at
geld
c't4hanlpton on Tuesday will bring £440,000 in
The Mexican dollars by the French packet La
airaallee have been disposed of at 591 d. per ounce,
4:wing no alteration in the price. The total
unt
.brought by this opportunity for London
only about £50,000.
f 4 telegram from Lihore announces the acceptance
ti the terms of resuscitation of the Agra Bank by
ele creditors and shareholders at that place. This
pnl)letes the assent of all the parties in the East.
tec;;claY application was to be made to Vice-Chan-
Or-‘
Page Wocd, in order that the final arrange-
:44B play be carried out with the sanction of the ell.
cl4tl order was made yesterday by the Court of
of aneery for the distribution of a second dividend
t _5B. 4d. in the pound to the creditors of the Bank
AT:43,llclon, payable on the 20th and 21st inst., and
J. E. Coleman, the official liquidator, has issued
oiePort in connexion with it, showing the progress
the realisation of the estate, the result of which
1A,4.t least as satisfactory as could have been hoped.
itll the payment of the new dividend, which will
dale the total distribution thus far 12s. in the
44d, the liabilities of the Bank will be brought
re Wirl to £496,662, against which there are assets
irrillaining of the full estimated value of £584,696,
klePective of other amounts unsecured. Of this
11141 £229,244 is expected to be realised within 12
ROO ilths from the present date, and as the collections
C).
), °II the
whole will be disbursed in dividends of ls.
18. 6d. in the pound.

Two o'CLocK.
Lela the matter of Overend, Gurney, and Co., we
411; that a summons has been taken out by large
to influential shareholders to apply to the Court
tlie°tder the liquidators to distribute the whole of
of assets in hand to the creditors instead
ttv.he 28. 6d. declared. The reason for this being
4t at the present time many of the shareholders
of e capable of paying their calls; but in the event
a longer delay there is a probability that they
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niay
hot be so able. The consequence would b e
4 n
Will fall more heavily upon those who are in
0 position to respond to the call. Mr. Charles
hot4/euheime, on behalf of the creditors, will, we
,te, support the appeal.
too,,wing to some large purchases a further upward
45;eulent has been established in the English
441' Market. Consols have advanced I per cent.,
*° 881 89 for money, and 89} for the account.
37 eNv
Threes are 8741 881; Reduced Annuities,
ill ; India 5 per Cents., 1061 ; ditto Enfaced
20` t Cents., 100; and ditto 4 per Cent. Bonds,
,1(1) 255. prem.
preta" New Russian Loan has advanced 1, to 1 1
Por
Gree,elZn Stocks have in most instances improved.
A.' have advanced + to 13; 14+ ; Spanish
41 live) I, to 20+ 1; Turkish 5 per Cents., 1, to
tOl3 While Spanish Certificates have declined
4111 a ; and the Italian Stock is firm at 551 ;
Thlexican, at 181 4.
LPoreign and Colonial lines remain very in-
p; prices but prices are steadily maintained. Great
aQd ellar b°urg are dealt in at 11/ 1 ; South Austrian
1054"-40cnbardo-Venetian at 15g.; East Indian at
Vet I°6i ; and Great Indian Peninsula 1054 106.
kiiY
WaY little business has been transacted in the
Share Marketi but, in one or two instances,