The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-13 00:00:00

It is expected that the impending settlement in
,the Foreign Stock and Share departments will pro-
duce a little more activity in monetary circles to-
wards the close of the week, but at present there is
no perceptible change either in the demand or in the
terms upon which it is supplied. It is satisfactory
to notice the steady arrivals of gold and silver,
which will no doubt tend to keep the terms of dis-
count low, and assist in initiating the revival of
trade which all classes are naturally awaiting with
considerable interest.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
during the last few days a firmer tone has prevailed.
Buyers have been in better request, and prices show
an upward tendency. The public sales of tea have
continued to progress without animation. Rice,
owing to the continued high rates demanded by
holders, has only been dealt in to a limited extent,
while in tallow a moderate business has been re-
corded, and quotations for both present and former
delivery are well maintained.
At the Bank of England yesterday there was an
influx of £34,000 in bar gold, and 8,000 sovereigns
from Malta.
The Delta, with the heavy portion of the Bombay
mails, has arrived at Southampton with £5,376 in
gold. The specie brought by the Atrato amounts
to £140,000, of which £52,000 is in gold and the
remainder in silver.
Some of the shareholders of Hindustan Bank
held a private meeting yesterday, with the intention
of making a demonstration at the general meeting
next Monday, for the purpose of obtaining, if pos-
sible, an alteration in the management of the esta-
blishment.
It is announced that the second drawing of the
Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan will take place
at
,the Anglo-Egyptian Bauk on Tuesday, the 27th
instant.

At a meeting of the Trust and Agency Company
of Australasia a dividend, ad interim, was declared
at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum.
The Merchant Shipping Company have convened
%I extraordinary general meeting for the purpose of
"Itheriog or amending some of the articles of asso-
dation, to take into consideration the arrangements
Proposed to be made in reference to the surrender
and forfeiture of shares, and to pass such resolu-
tions respecting the samesas may be deemed de.:
!Arable.

It is stated that the lion. G. F. Verdon, treasurer
to the Victorian Government, has arranged to
return to Melbourne by the mail of the 26th inst.,
having most successfully accomplished his mission
to this country in connection with
,the Victorian
Loan, colonial defence, telegraphic communica-
tion, &c.

No change has occurred in the discount market
since the morning, beyond a slight increase in the
suPPly of particular classes of paper.

Two O'CLOCK.
According to Reuter's telegram this morning the
French Rentes were 69 25.
A large amount of business has been transacted
to-day in English Stocks in speculative account, as
Well as for bona fide transfer. Sales and purchases,
in the part of time operators being very evenly
balanced priCes, continue very strong. Consols are
891 .1 for transfer, and 881 1, less the dividend, for
the 6th proximo. The next few months, it is
thought, will be characterised by a steady improve-
Mew in enterprise of all kinds, and political pros-
pects are regarded with confidence. The antici-
pated policy of the Government in railway matters
has had a most beneficial effect in the market for
shares, debentures, &c. The New Threes and Re-
duced Annuities are 871 1 ; Annuities, 1885, 12
15-1613 ; Exchequer Bills, par to 4s. prem. ; Bank
of England Stock, 246 ; India Stock, 2121 ; do. 5
Per Cents., 106 1 ; do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1001 ;
and do. 5 per Cent Debentures, 1021.
In the Foreign Stock Market there has been in-
creased 'buoyancy. Turkish 5 per Cents. have im-
proved Ito 321 ; Mexican Stock, 1 to 171 1;
Greek Bonds, 1 to 141 ; Spanish Passive, 1 to 211 1 ;
and the Italian Loan, 1861, 1 to 541 55.
The operations in the Railway Share Market to-
day have been on a very moderate scale, and in
Several instances prices are a shade flatter. Great
*lVestern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, London,
Chatham, and Dover, and Midland have each de-
clined 1; Great Northern, 1 ; and Metropolitan, /.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive,
but generally sustain former values. Dutch Rhenish
are dealt in at 191; South Austrian and Lombardo-
Venetian, at 16 ; Great Western of Canada, at
12i ; East Indian, at 1031 ; and Madras 5 per
Cents., at 1001 101.
Bank Shares continue in very moderate request,
and without material alteration in prices. Alliance
are marked 181; Imperial Bank, 231; London and
County are at 621 1 ; Union of Australia at 48 ;
and Union of London at 44 1.
Miscellaneous and Finance Shares show little
change of importance, Credit Foncier of England
being at 31 1 ; Hudson's Bay Company at 161 ; In-
ternational Financial at3l ; and Atlantic Telegraph
8 per Cent. at 821 ; General Credit and Finance
have improved to 41 ; National Discount Co.
to 144 15 ; and Telegraph Construction and Main-
tenance to 14 I. Atlantic and Great Western Rail-
way Debentures are steady at 641 65 ; and the
Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 39 391 ex coupon.
The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway, for the third week of October,
amounted to $146,104, against $162,205 in the cor-
responding period last year, showing a decrease of
%°'6,101. The total receipts from the Ist January
to the 23d of October were $4,547,202, against
$4,222,078 in the like period of 1865, exhibiting an
increase of $325,124.