The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-20 00:00:00

to assure you that, should you obtain any clue, the com-
mittee will readily afford every assistance in bringing to
punishment the originator of the scandalous falsehood.—l
am, Sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) MATTHEW FLOWER,
Chairman of the Committee for General Purposes
of the Stock Exchange.
E. W. Watkin, Esq., M.P.

P.S.—A copy of this letter will be sent to the news-
papers.
At a meeting held to-day of the London and
River Plate Bank, Limited, the following report of
the directors was adopted :

" Notwithstanding the severe monetary crisis of the pre-
sent year, the directors, in presenting their Fourth Annual
Report, are happy to be able to congratulate the share-
holders on the continued success of the bank. The an-
nexed statement of accounts, made up at the head office
and branches to the 30th September, 18GG, shows that after
payment of expenses and making ample provision for all
contingencies, the .iirectors are enabled to add £30,000 to
the reserve fund (raising that fund to £130,000), and to
recommend a dividend for the half-year of 5 per cent. and
bonus of 21 :per cent., making, with the interim dividend
and bonus paid iu June last, 15 per cent. for the year.
There will then remain an undivided balance of £lO,lll
2s. 83., to be carried forward to Profit and Loss New
Account.

Two o'CLocr.
According to Renter's telegram from Paris to-
day, the French Rentes were 69f. 300.
A further advance of 4 per cent. has taken place
in the value of the English Funds, Consols being
89f for money and 891; 1 for the account. The
upward movement has been very much stimulated
by the reduction of the other markets, there has also
been a certain degree of buoyancy. The New
Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 a ; An-
nuities, 1885, 13 ; Exchequer Bills, 6s to 10s prem. ;
Bank of England Stock, 2491 250 ; India 5 per
Cents., 1074 ; ditto Enfaced 4 per cents., 841 ;
ditto 5 per Cents., 1001 ; and ditto Bonds, 20s.
pr em.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are steady at 54 56, and the Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds at 411 42.

Bank Shares are in moderate request, and with-
out any material change in prices, Consolidated
being at 41 ; London and County at 63} 64 ;
London Joint Stock 428 ; and Union of London at
43i 44. _

In Miscellaneous and Finance Shares there has
been a moderate amount of business transacted.
Anglo-American Telegraph have declined to 16i 4 ;
City of Moscow Gas to 14i ; while Ebbw Vale
have improved to 12} ; and the General Credit
to 4i I.

Foreign Stocks generally have sympathised with
the buoyancy in the Consol market. Turkish 5 per
Cents. have advanced k to 328 33k, Mexican Stock 1
to 181 8 ; Spanish Certificates, k to 138 8 ; and the
New Russian Loan Scrip k to 1 11 prem.
A firmer tone is apparent in the Railway Share
Market, consequent upon the reduction in the Bank
rate of discount. Midland have improved 1 ; South
Eastern, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
and Manchester, Sheffield, and London, each k
Great Eastern , and Brighton and South Western
each 1 ; while Great Northern have declined k.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
change of importance. South Austrian and Lom-
bardo-Venetian are marked 151 ; Antwerp and
Rotterdam 8} ; East Indian 106 1061 ; and Great
Indian Peninsula 1058.

MINING MARKET.
THURSDAY, Two o'Clock.

Business in the Mining Share Market has been
moderately active, but there is little change of im-
portance to report in prices. Subjoined are the
current quotations of some of the principal adven-
tures :

Chiverton Moor, 41 4 ; Chon:ales Gold, 21 3 ; Clifford
Amalgamate, 5.1 ; East Basset, 20 21 ; East Caradon,
41 51; East Wheal Grenville, 2 21; Great Retallack, 10s, 12s
6d ; Great Wheal Vor, 14 15; Market Valley, 314 ; North
Crafty, n 3 ; North Treskerby, 211; Prince of Wales,
24s 26s ; Prosper United, 21 I; South Condurrow, 11s
13s ; South Grenville, 8s Od lOs Od ; West Caradon, 12 13 ;
"West Chiverton, 51 53 ; West Frances, ; West
Seton, 110 115 ; Wheelßuller, 17 18 ; Wheal Chiverton,
64 7 ; Wheal Grenville, 21s 26s ; Wheal Seton, 1271 1321;
East Lovell, 11 12; Province Mines, 20 22.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, Jan. 10 B9l 1
3 per Cent. Reduced BBl 1
New 3 per Cent BBl
New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891
•--
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 13
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 -
Hi xehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 6 10 pm
Do £5OO 6 10 pin
Do £lOO Sc £2OO „ 6 10 pm
Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... 250 491 50

INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
[ooiau stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874
Ditto for Account —
Do. 5 per Uent. July, 188')
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —

Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Bll
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 5i per Cent., May 1879
Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO — pm
Do. under £1,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Do. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 1865
Do Account 7O
Do. £lOO Bonds
Juba, 6 per Cont.
ianish 3 per Cent., 1825
Do. 5 per Cent., 1864
Uanubian Principalities
Jo. Account
M4lquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant
Do Deferred
Kgyptian 7 per Cent
Do.' Second Issue s. 831
Do £lOO Bonds
Do. 1864
Do £lOO Bonds
Do. Government Railway Debentures B5l .1
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
)3 Account
Jo. Coupons
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Iblian 5 per Cent 1865
Do, Account
Do. Maremmana Railway
11exicar. 3 per Cent
Do. Account
D.. 1864
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
dontevidean 6 per Cent.
Iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Tew Granada l3

Do 3 per Con
Do. Doferrad
Do Land ,farrants (Hectares)
'eruviau 5 per Cent., 1865
no Account
Do 4} per Cont. (Uribarren)
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do 3 per Cont., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do. Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 4} per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 1859
Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B5l 5
Do 5 per Cent. 1864
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid
Do. do. .£lO paid lok 111
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Do. Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do Account
Do Passive
Do Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account
S wedish 4 per Cent.
Do. 41 per Cent. 1864
Do. Scrip, £6O paid
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 59

Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1863 --
Do 5 per Cent., 1865 ...•.
Do. Account ..... 821 3
Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed —
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do Account —
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account • —
no. 6 per Cent, 1864 27}
Ditto 1}- per Cent. —
Dividends on the above payable in Londou.
Austrian, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
13,1gian, 41-per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2} per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . ..
French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
Italia,. 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f.
Do. 5 per Cont. Account
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money B9l
Do. Account, Jan. , B9