The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-05 00:00:00

KONTIY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIOZNCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

In the Discount Market to-day there has been
less inquiry for accommodation, and the rates are
easy, at 3/ 4 per cent.
The Oneida has arrived from the Brazil; with

£51,113 ; the Asia, from Boston, with £.35,589 ;
the Malta, from New York, with £35,540 ; the
True Briton, from Melbourne, with £75,236 ; and
the Omar Pasha, with £56,160, making a total of
£253,600.
There were no gold operations of importance
at the Bank on Saturday.
On Saturday last, Vice-Chancellor Stuart made
an order that the voluntary winding-up of the Otto-
man Financial Association (Limited) should be con-
tinued under the supervision of the court, and
directed the petitions of J. Suche and Co. (Limited).
creditors, and of two shareholders, to stand over till
Hillary term.
The tenders for the Victoria loan was to be opened
at the London at Westminster Bank at 2 o'clock to-
day.
From the manufacturing districts the accounts for
the past week have generally been unfavourable.
Prices of both cloths and yarns at Manchester have
declined to a considerable extent, and but little
business has been done. In the woollen districts of
Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield, operations in
Most departments have been on a very limited scale
and only to supply immediate requirements. The
hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Notting-
• ham have been very quiet, without, however, any
change in prices. In the hardware districts of Bir-
mingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, dullness
has again been apparent in most departments, prices,
in some instances, showing a downward tendency.
The directors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received per Oneida the
following report, dated Morro Velho, September
'29, 1866 :—Produce 2d division of September, 11
days, 16,032 otiavas ; - yield 9,794 otiavas per ton ;
remittances received, 101,755.8 oitavas-977,5651b5.
troy.
Vice-Chancellor Wood has appointed Mr. G. A.
Cape (of the firm of Cape and Harris) provisional

official liquidator to the Richmond-hill Hotel Com-
Pony, which was ordered to be wound up.

Two o'CLocK.
According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-day
the French Rentes were 68f. 75c.

There was only a moderate attendance in the
Corn Market to-day, and the samples of home-
grown wheat on offer were only in moderate condi-
tion. Business continued dull, and to effect sales
holders had to submit to a decline of 2s. per quarter
on last Monday's current rates. Foreign wheat sold
slowly at a decline of Is. per quarter.
A moderate amount of business has taken place
to-day in the market for Government Securities, and
the quotations have remained in a very firm position,
the latest prices of Consols being 89+ s for imme-
diate transfer and the Bth inst., and 89+ for the
December settlement. There is nothing important
ill connection with politics, trade, or finance, to
produce active fluctuation or to stimulate specu-
lative dealing. All the markets, however, are
strong,
and an improvement both as regaTds prices
and business may be expected within the next few
Weeks. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities
are 86.1 87 ; Exchequer Bills, par ; Bank of England
Stock, 245+ 247 ; India 5 per Cents., 1051 106} ;
and ditto Debentures, 102 f.
In the Foreign Market there has been a moderate
amount of business, and a reaction of + per cent.
has taken place in Turkish 5 per Cent. Bonds.
Mexican have also improved. Turkish 5 per Cents,
have risen to 30 ; Mexican, I, to 1611; and
Spanish Passive, +, to 21+ ; and Italian, ~ to
55i ; but Spanish Certificates have declined +, to
133 14.

In the Railway Share Market only a moderate
amount of business bas been transacted, and in
several instances prices show less firmness. Great
Northern A Stock, London, Chatham, and Dover,
South-Western, and Midland, have each declined
and South-Eastern, j ; while Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln have. improved I.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very
inactive, but with a few exceptions maintain pre-
vious rates. Bahia and San Francisco are dealt
in at 128; Ottoman, at 3 31; Great Indian Penin-
sula at 1064 1071 ; and East Indian, at 1034 104.
Bank Shares are very quiet. Chartered Mer-
cantile of India, London, and China are firm at 34f
35; Imperial Ottoman, at 9+ 8 ; London and
County, at 614 611.
In the Miscellaneous Market there has been
rather more activity. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per
have improved to 88/ 90 ; Anglo-American
u.egraph, to 145 4 ; Hudson's Bay Company are
44131 at 161 ; and London Financial at 10 10/.
American Securities are in limited demand.
United States 5-20 Bonds are 681 ; Erie Shares,
°Of 514 ; and Illinois, 77 4.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are firm at 65 654, and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds at 40/ 404 ex coupon.