The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-01 00:00:00

-01NEY MARKET

A ND

COMMERoTi,L 1 writla .iGF.NO

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

13usiness in the Discount Market to-day has been
moderately active, and the rates have continued
Jinn.

Gold to the amount of £33,000 was taken to the
13ank of England yesterday, and there was a with-
drawal of £5,000 sovereigns for transmission to
EgYpt.
At a meeting of the shareholders of the Natal
Investment Company it was decided that the com-
pany should be voluntarily wound up, and Mr. G.
Lumley, of Southampton, and Messrs. F. W.
flgelbach and Salmons, accountants, were ap-
pointed joint liquidators.
The specie movements during the past week have
been to a moderate extent as regards the imports,
"bleb have amounted to about £351,016, including
142,000 from New York by the Australasia, £4OO
11 the Louisiana, £2,094 by the Edinburgh, £4OO
by,, the Hansa, and £4,000 by the Borussia. The
Tanjore, from Bombay, has brought £4,976, the
Ithone, from the Brazils, £16,835. £12,651 in gold
has been received from Portugal, and about
277,660 in silver from the Continent. The ex-
ports have been £825 to Bombay by the Delta ;
82,000 in gold has been sent to Nova Scotia, and
here have been remittances to the Continent through
Private sources estimated at £94,722, the total
amounting to £177,547.
The Seine, from the West Indies, has been an-
nounced this morning, but the amount of specie on
board has not yet been telegraphed.
payment of the dividends has been announced
by Messrs. J. H. Schroder and Co. on the Bay of
Matanzas
and Matanzas Railroad, and also on the
slatanzas and Sabanilla Railroad.
The latest advices from Vienna confirm the state-
ment made last week as to the renewed confidence
towards Austria at home and abroad. Austrian
Industry seems to call for some attention in Eng-
land, and we are assured, from reliable parties, of
1e sale or renting of the quick silver mines belong-
ing to the Government ; it is also reported that the
4'410-Austrian Bank will make some arrangement
(43 finance the-Frances Joseph Railway, which will
count for an active business in the Bonds, and
the advance of from three to four florins per share.
Negotiations are in progress with some En glish h3uses
'or the sale of coal mines, amongst them those of Vasas,
near Fanfkerchen, in Hungary. If true, we can
congratulate the buyers as well as Hungary, as
those
rich deposits will pay large dividends, and
greatly benefit a country which, although full of
rkeaenrces, is only in its infancy. The grain mar-
are,e at the latest date, active, and prices every-
Ivhere have advanced, with a prospect of a further
rise, as there is a considerable demand from the
ritil of Germany, Switzerland, and France. The
and
during the week has been less active,
41' the prices of stocks have not varied to an im-
portant extent. Within the last few days, however,
e Uank has assumed a more buoyant appearance,
and business has revived, owing to the amicable
arrangement made with Hungary.
Subjoined are some of the latest prices :-5 per
r,
-ent• Metalliques, 60 ; National, 66 60 ; Credit
tiShareB, 154 (1 florin higher) ; National Bank, 715
erins ; Discount Bank, 610 florins ; North Rail-
,_4mY
,
biersg4 florins; French first Loan, 207 florins ;
Chernowitz, 185 ; 20 francs, 10.211 ;
1118 on London 127.90 ; on Paris 50.75 ; and on
Frankfort 107.30.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are firm at 55.57, and the Consolidated Mortgage
fonds have advanced to 41 4.
117ngTehtiereport of the Directors of the Bank of
Zitish North America is to be presented at the general
on Tuesday next, the 4th December. It
`ates that there is every prospect that the result of
beeoperations of 1866, after due provision shall have
n made for all doubtful dependencies, will com-
„v,e,re not unfavourably with those of last year. Con-
;nerable depression has lately prevailed in the
and
of Vancouver Island and British Columbia,
bu" several failures have in consequence occurred,
ji!onle of which this bank may be affected. But,
Making suitable provision for those contin-
'eeeica, the business on the Pacifiz Coast continues
vrofitable. The directors have now to announce
thatthey have declared the usual half-yearly divi-
dend of 30s. per share, being at the rate of 6 per
cont• per annum, which will be payable, free of in-
ele-tax, on and after the sth of January next.
The agents for the Crown colonies have invited
6
4clers for £250,000 in New Zealand Government
Per cent. Debentures, which is required for the
purpose of paying off Treasury bills issued in Lon-
otn; authorised by Act in '1865, in anticipation of
hi
the loan. The sum now to be paid will not have
effect of withdrawing capital from this country.
tlir-A. call of £5 per share has been made by the
Smith, Payne,
of the Delhi Railway, payable at Messrs.
'th, Payne, and Smith's, the bankers to the com-
Pally
ththe on or before the 28th inst. It is stated that
e sutra of £34,000 was paid into the Treasury of
eee Secretary of State for India in Council, on ac-
-1114 of payments in anticipation of calls.
1.: ,•he report of the Clerical, Medical, and General
tZe Assurance Society was adopted at the meeting
aiitia.Y. It states that a meeting will be held on the
clf January at one o'clock at the society's offices
the purpose of declaring a bonus. The new
h'ineas of the year ending June 30, 1866, consisted
he issue of 576 policies, assuring the sum of
4; 6,164, on which premiums amounting to £12,577
t3e7Payable annually. The sums assured exceed by
t 'l9l, and the new premiums by £1,248, the cor-
41ending items of the previous year. The income
has increased £8,190, and the payments on
irnut of deaths have decreased from £133,520 to
/4161416. There was added to the accumulated
the sum of £70,394 as against £44,943, the
4r,plas of the previous year.
tie he following circular has been addressed to the
Pesitors in the Albion Bank :
Albion Bank (Limited), 2, Bank-buildings, E.C.,
gi Nov. 29, 1866.
pti„:, You will no doubt have observed in the public
01;17 that a petition has boon presented to the Court of
by.theerY for winding up the Albion Bank. I am requested
Itdvi e board of directors to inform you that they have been
lottaaed by counsel that the petition so presented is frivo-
t4, balance
can be fully answered ; and also to inform you that
Db4u4lance now standing to your credit with the bank is
naTehetlY safe and will be duly protected.
bs directors therefore ask that, notwithstanding this
tetei Pt to injure the reputation of the bank, it may still
hsve Your unbounded confidence and support.
Slittr7;tl add, the petitioner did not become a registered
014 laolder until the 29th day of October last, and holds
ten shares.

By order,
\\r G. N. ROGERS, Assistant Secretary.
)1111. are requested to publish the annexed corn-
uication
413 Russian (Vyksounsky) Ironworks Company

(Limited.)
To Renry Pawle, Augustus Goldsmid, Sir Thomas
arkyns, Bart., and James Russell Ross, and each
,atid every of them.
to a.' .aereby authorise you on my behalf, and as my agent,
lloZll any agreement you may think expedient with th
totit,,T4 (Vyksounsky) Ironworks Company (Limited)
qlartying terms for the repayment to me and other
hhlreholders similarly situated of the monoy paid on my
tbrt4e: itithe said company ; and I agree to carry out the
°f such agreement,. provided that such agreement
)11,i tot be binding upon me unless it be confirmed by a
the.:ritY of the votes of all the shareholders subscribing to
ke,7.llarautee fund of Messrs. Harrison and Lewis, at a
043,;,14g to bo convened by you (with not less than four
1a 0:1°14°4 such majority to be ascertained by calculat-
kay
1 number of shares held by each shareholder who
~riti.°te, either in person or by his authorised agent, in
t1:1g, at such meeting.
ated this 30th day of November, 180."

er„ Two o'CLocK.
6toek few
cetit Market to-day, and a decline of about per
Pakie'i,has taken place in Consols, owing to the
/i 9 ;3' of dealings ; the latest prices are therefore
for 41 for transfer, and 89; I, less the dividend,
Atiti,";e account. The New Threes and Reduced
ti;)l7`,ties are firmly sustained. Bank of England
bee,,e's marked 248, an 3 Indian Securities have
fiery little deajt in at former prices.
e11a,,,,,111 the oth3r departments of the Stock Ex-
Very'e' transactions have been brought within a
narrow compass. Mexican Stock continues to