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

i;!.OI.,TEY MARKET

A ND

COMMEECTU

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The money market continues to show symptoms
°f increasing ease, although no further alteration
hasbeen made in the rates charged for thenegotia-
tionof first class paper, the current quotations being
31
ti 4 per cent., but in a few instances business has
peen done at 3/. .
The Mandango, from the West Coast of Africa,
has arrived at Liverpool with specie and gold dust
lahled at £10,700.
The bulion operations at the B.Lnk of England
Yesterday comprisel an influx of £Bl,OOO in bar
°ld. There were no withdrawals.
The traffic on the Great Lux2mbourg Railway
exhibits a decrease of £854.
a meeting held to-day of the shareholders of
the Jlletropolitan and Piovincial Bank (Limited),
tlv,,hich Was numerously attended, the resolutions
ii;°l3°sed by the directors for the reconstruction of
i bank were unanimously adopted, and the meet-
ti'kg Passed off in a highly satisfactory manner, with
:e usual vote of thanks to the chairman, directors,
eild°ffieers. The capital of the new company will
ansist of £200,000 in full paid-up shares.
a T, he Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London,
nu China have announced that they have declared
avdividend for the half-year ending the 31st instant
1
,`B6 5,7 .)
per cent., free of income-tax, payable Jan. 1,

Two O'CLOCK.
According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
"al the French Rentes were 69f. 65c.
thin the Market for the English Funds to-day
ere has been a recovery of from the decline of
;ePer cent. which took place yesterday. The cur-
-46 quotations for Consols are 881 4 ; and the
Cheerful
884 1. Affairs, therefore, present a more
d(reerfo appearance. The New Threes and Re-
uced Annuities are 871 ; Bank of England Stock
k2l; Indian 5 Per Cents. 1061 ; ditto Enlaced 4
cents. 84 ; and ditto 5 per cents. 101.
In the Foreign Stock Market a firmer tone has
oprevailed in sympathy with the improvement in
°:s°lB. Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced
8i "34 ; Mexican Stock 1, to 18f ; Spanish Pas-
ttve to 204 f ; and the Certificates 1, to 131 14 ;
e New Russian Loan Scrip has also risen 8, to
3
E Areal.
yAIn the Railway Share Market business has been
..'y dull, and owing to the near approach of the
:iettlement, prices generally show increased depres-
t On• North-Western and Metropolitan have each
AeteiVed ; Great .Eastern, Great Northern, and
e,;"iand, each 4 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Liu-
f ; and South Eastern 11. Brighton, however,
ay: improved 11, and Lancashire and Yorkshire 4.
a Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
in2llMation. Bahia and San Francisco are marked
bai ; San Paulo, 141 ; South Austrian and Lom-
12r icl°-"Venetian, 151 ; Great Western of Canada,
;. and East Indian, 1044 1051. 1
t at4Merican Securities remain without material
eratiOn. United States 5-20 Bonds are steady,
a 471 ; Erie Shares have advanced 4, to 471 1 ;
'1,7c1 Illinois Shares 1, to 771 78.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
lieeady St.-
at 56 58, and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bo steady
are steady at 41 411.
eblsank Shares are very dull, and without material
pe,ange in values. Alliance are dealt in at 18 ;
Ottoman at 81 ; London Joint Stock at
do:i 421 ; and Chartered Mercantile of India, Lon-
n' and China at 30.
v,‘cellaneous and Finance shares continue in
1.47 limited request, but generally sustain former
16 es' Anglo-American Telegraph are marked 151
Construction
Credit Foncier of England, 22 ; Telegraph
rA-11struction and Maintenance have declined to
47; IJudson's aiy Company, to 168 1; and Gene-
Credit and Finance, to 31 31.