The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-14 00:00:00

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AND

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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
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
111)" an increased demand for money, have been
41gnaented to the extent of £340,997. The public
and pr,vate deposits both showed a considerable
addition, and there is also a slight augmentation in
the Government securities. Subjoined are the par-
ticulars
4tetive Circulation
Bulllion Decrease

...£22,093,;95
... 619,380
... 18,551,471

Rest InCrease

••
• 311,427
•••
•••
•••
: 3,247,639
.
•••
...
pt,i, Increase 8,643
•••
•••
••
• •••
e Deposits ... ••• • ''• ••• 7,388,241
Other Increase .. 550,458
•••
•••
Deposits ... ::: :.. ... ... 18,425,551
I!

seven .
_ -uincrease ...
ay and Other Bills ...
ow_ Decreaso

684,684
491,208
14,028

lernmeniiecurities ... ... ... ... 13,011,222
Increase ... ... ... ... 54,953
Other Securities ... ... ... ... 19,636,741
ii.co._ _ Increase ... ••• ••• •.• 240,997
''e 8 Unemployed ... ... ... ... 10,403,905
Increase ••• ••• ••• ••• 890,720
The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending the 13th inst., shows the following changes
compared, with that of the previous week :—ln-
,;ease—cash in hand, £525,680 ; bills discounted,
XBO,OOO ;
66,640 ; advances, £B,OOO ; Treasury balance,
private accounts, £1,200,000. Decrease
notes, £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
Imperial Ottoman Bank that the interim dividend
6n account of the profits of the year ending the
alit December, 1866, of 10s. per share (the limit
the
by the statutes), will be payable on and after
'oe lit January, 1867, on the old and new shares
°I the bank.
Notice has been given by the Imperial Bank that
the ninth ordinary general meeting will be held on
e Tuesday, the 15th January, for the purpose of re-
:lying the report of the directors, and to declare a
dividend.

It is -announced that • Messrs. Grant, Murdock,
an Co., merchants, of Liverpool, and their firm in
Singapore, Messrs. Middleton, Hamilton, and Co.,
have suspended payment. No estimate can be formed
m.
"' Present of the amount of the liabilities, the losses
having principally arisen from operations at Singa-
pore,

„ The Bank of Prussia has reduced its rate of dis-
'Nut from to 4 per cent.
sum of £2,000 in gold was taken to the Bank
c't England yesterday.
The National Bauk of Australia has declared a
dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum.
t, appearS the paid-up capital represents £540,000,
"e reserve fund £130,000, and the deposits upwards
of 1,000,000.
It has been notified by the Anglo-American
o:legraph Company that they have removed their
'lees from 72, Cornhill, to 26, Old Broad-street,
Notice has been given that at a meeting of the
t
°4l'd of the City Offices Company a call of £5
rat share has been made, payable on the 31st
°uary next, at the London and County Bank.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
tiring the last few days there has been a moderate
al/I°llat of activity. Sugar has been in fair de-
mand, and superior qualities have advanced about
p_,
'• per cwt. The dealings in coffee have been to
fair extent, but owing to the large quantity
brought forward prices have ruled a shade easier.
'lce has remained at steady prices, while at the
Public sales of fruit slightly higher prices have been
0,
utalued for superior qualities of raisins, but cur-
:ants have been neglected. Tallow has been in
more demand, and quotations in all positions show
411uPward tendency.

At the meeting held to-day of the Eastern Bengal
Tea Company, a resolution to wind-up the com-
anY voluntarily was unanimously adopted.
Al a meeting held to-day of the Panama, New
Zealand,
and Australian Royal Mail Company,
4.lnlited, the report of the directors stated that dur-
111g the last three months £30,000 had been received
for debentures, making the total amount £82,500,
°tit of the proposed issue of £150,000, and when
the balace of £67,500 was subscribed for the pay-
latent of the dividend could be arranged.

Two O'CLOCK.

, Meording to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
's3.' the French Rentes were 69f. 70c. Heavy.
All the Stock Exchange markets are exceedingly
buq .1 aut, and Consols have risen nearly per cent.
his shows a considerable improvement within the
last few days, Consols are 881 1 for money, and
481 for the account. The New Threes and Re-
duced Annuities ark 871 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 3s.
t 0
78. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 106/.
firmer tone is apparent in the Foreign Stock
iarket, prices generally showing a decided upward
410vement. Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced
ibte 321 33 ; Mexican Stock, Ito 181 19 ; Greek
'olids I, to 131 141 ; Spanish Passive 1, to 201
20 ; do. Certificates 4, to 131 14 ; and the Italian
m'au of 1861 1, to 551 j. The New Russian Loan
Scrip
has been in good demand, and has improved
4' tO 8 11 prem.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
11°re animated, but the variations in prices have
hot been important. A firmer tone, however, pre-
vT.,ails• Great Eastern have improved to 261, and
`rest Western to 481 491 ; North-Western remain
41t, 1151 116 ; Metropolitan, 1204 121 ; Midland,
'l9 1i94; and South Eastern, 611 621.
The foreign and colonial lines remain very in-
active and without material change in prices.
`.reat Luxembourg are marked 11/ ; West Flan-
-71 ; East Indian, 1051- 1061; and Great In-
'au Peninsula, 1061.
American Securities remain inactive. United
States 5-20 Bonds, however, have improved 1, to
7 shares
Illinois shares declined 1, to 771 78 ; and Erie
"Uses remain at 47/.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
„..ave advanced 1, to 56 57 ; and the Consolidated
.4lortgage Bonds 1, to 42 421.
In Bank Shares the operations have again been
N-erY inactive. Alliance had improved to 17, Im-'
1/erial Ottoman to 81 91, South Australian to 251,
44(1 London Chartered of Australia to 22. London
and Westminster are dealt in at 95, Provincial of
li'eland at 82, London Joint-Stock at 411 to 42,i-,
and London and County at 63.
Miscellaneous and Finance shares remain in-
aCtiVe: General Credit and Finance, however, have
2Proved to 31 I, and Credit Foncier of England
21. International Financial are flat, at 21 ;
tngle-American Telegraph steady, at 1511; Na-
,onal Discount Company at 141, and Telegraph
'''onstruction and Maintenance at 131 1.