The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-16 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Jan. 15.—Two o'clock.—There is very
little business doing to-day, and quotations gene-
rally show a decline. Threes, for the Account, have
receded 71c.--to 68f. 50c. Credit laobilier Shares
are if. 25c. lower—at 785 f. Italian Fives show
some degree of firmness, and have recovered 7ic.,
the price now being 62f. 60c. In the Railway De-
partment Lombards show a decline of 3f. 50c.
Comptoir d'Escompte Shares have improved 2f. 50c.
Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows.:-
41 per Cents 97 50
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 6B 50
Do. end month 6B 57;
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3640
Credit Fonder 1312 50
Italian Loan 62 30
Do. end month 62 50
RAIIN

Roman —
Ottoman Fives 4O
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred

WAYS.
Orleans
... 850
Northern
... 1115
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern — ... 853 75
Western — ... 55t 25
... 560
Eastern — -- ... 530
Sardinian.
...
Austrian
... 411 25
Lombard
... 420
North of Spain
... 183 75
Saragossa — ... 218 75
Ditto to Barcelona — ... 105
Roman

THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS,

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The Delhi, from Calcutta, December 23, reached
Suez on the 15th instant., at 11 a.m.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Jan. 15.
In a congregation held this day the following degrees
were conferred :

M.A.--Andrew Hannam, Merton ; Charles L. Shadwell,
Oriel ; Rev. George Augustus M. How, Rev. Fitzherbort
Astley Cave-Browne-Cave, Brasenose College.
B.C.L.—Rev. Edgar D. Whitmarsh, Worcester.
B.A.—Richard Robinson (Fellow), Queen's; Edmund M.
Sneyd Kynnereley (Fellow), St. John's ; John A. Creed,
Corpus ; John Jones and William James Price, Jesus ;
Henry Edward Hodson, Worcester.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY

SMITIMELD.—Moadow hay, £4 4s to £5 8s; clover.
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1.16s to £2 2s per load.
A slow trade.

CumßEßLAxn.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £slos Od; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Trade heavy.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 4s to £5 8s ; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Demand inactive. •

COLONIAL,

COLONIAL.

TEA.—Business has remained very inactive, the trade
having deferred their operations until to-day when the
public sales of China commence ; about 17,000 packages
will be offered, all of which are without reserve.
SUGAR.—The market has been very quiet ; superior
descriptions of West India, however, fully maintain pre-
vious rates. In the refined market there is little change
of importance.
COFFEE.—OnIy moderate quantities have been brought
forward; full rates, however, are current for superior
qualities of both Plantation and Native Ceylon.
RICE.—The market is very dull, and the operations have
been of quite a retail character, at barely previous quo-
tations.

TALLOW.— Business has continued inactivo, and prices
for both present and forward delivery have ruled in favour
of buyers.

The directors of the Alliance Bank have issued
their report for the past half-year. It shows an
available total of £27,466, including a previous
balance of £4,485, and recommends a dividend at
the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, -which will ab-
sorb £24,144. The sum of £1,483 is to be applied
to preliminary expenses and buildiNg accounts, and
£1,839 will remain to be carried forward.
The directors of the Bank of London, at the half-
yearly meeting of shareholders tobe held to-morrow,
will propose a resolution for the purpose of dividing
the present £lOO shares in the capital of the bank
into five shares of £2O each, and for providing that
for all purposes of limiting the number of shares,
which may be held by any proprietor, and for all
purposes of calls and giving votes and qualification,
five £2O shares shall be equivalent to one £lOO
share, and for making such other alterations in the
deed of settlement as are requisite for carrying into
effect the proposed subdivision of shares.

REPORTED SUICIDE OF ADMIRAL PAREJA.—AC-
cording to letters received in Paris from Madrid, intelli-
gence had reached that city assorting that Admiral Pareja,
commander of the Spanish squadron off the Milian coast,
had committed suicide.

RESUMPTION OF BUILDING OPERATIONS.—The
works which were suspended in consequence of the
severity of the weather, and by which some thousands of
mechanics and labourers were thrown out of employment,
were resumed yesterday morning. Theso large works in-
clude those of the Thames Embankment, Blackfriars New
Bridge, the new Government Offices, and several private
buildings in the City and the West-end. Some hundreds
of workmen are engaged in repairing the wires of the tele-
graph comiSanies which were damaged by the recent
storm.