The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-11 00:00:00

LYIONE Y YAB:FET

AND
COMMEROI INTELLIGEN'UIt,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
In the discount market to-day affairs are very
(Piet, notwithstanding a well-sustained demand,
and the rates are unchanged.
•
The bullion market is very quiet, and the fol-
10rwing are the latest prices published by Messrs.
A
tocatta and Guldsmid :—Bar gold, 775. 9d.
Pe' oz. standard ; do., parting, 775. 10Id. per oz. ;
d
a°llbleens, Spanish, 745. 6d. per oz. ; do. AL-xi-
n aqd South American, 745. per oz. ; United
States Eagles, 765. 24d. ; bar silver, ss. id per oz. ;
"lexican dollars, 4s. 1111 per oz.
Letters from Glasgow announce the failure of
M
b e'ars. Scott and Co., of Cartsdyke, extensive ship-
tililders, with, it is believed, large liabilities. Owing
° this stoppage and that of Scott and Co., of St.
pazaire, previously referred to, the Greenock
11"rY Company have also been compelled to sus-
Pend Payment.
co It appears that Mr. Henry Jackson, the railway
*actor, of Parliament-street, has executed a
dwhereby
which was registered on the 6th instant,
:hereby the business will be carried on under in-
tretnra, and his estates and effects be assured to
for the benefit of his creditors, as in bank-
ruptcy.
TO-day, December 11th, has become due the half-
'early interest on the Danish Four per Cent. Loan,
negotiated
Lin 1863. Not a single transaction has
'e'en officially recorded in this security during the
present year, and the only bargains in the other
sallisli issues have been limited to the following :
sL'OE (1825), July 30, at 81; ditto, August 14,
begi A ; ditto, October 21) at 81; and ditto, Novem-
e 10, at 82.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
during the last few days there has been a fair
inquirY for sugar, coffee, and rum, which in most
Rice
hances have been supported at previous rates.
vas been neglected, while in tallow the opera-
lens have been to a fair extent owing to an in-
creased trade demand.
Some dissentient shareholders in Hodge's Dis-
toi 'erY Company (Limited) have issued the follow-
," circular to their co-proprietors:--" Sir,—Here-
th We beg to hand you copy of a requisition to be
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imade to the directors, the object of the same being
ti explained therein. We consider that by taking
tireelY action we shall be able to prevent mishap, and
ne assist in making the concern what we believe it
capable of being made—' a good investment.' Our
friends already represent a very large amount of
fillip apital, and we shall be greatly obliged by your
gup the form accompanying the requisition,
414 forwarding the same on or before the 13th inst.
4 either of the undersigned sub-committee :
t'
/)11111TD ELLISTON, Esq., Great George-square,
3Liverpool; W. H. BARBER, Esq., 2, Stockwell
iark-road ; and CHARLES Buss, Hon. Sec. pro tem,
December 10th, 1866.
"To the Chairman and Directors of Hodge's
Dritl"ery Company (Limited).—Gentlemen,—We,
shareholders os the company whose names are
hereto attached, representing a considerable amount
of
the capital, feeling dissatisfied with the very
I,aglie information, and the very serious items con-
tined in the balance-sheet submitted to us at the
annual meeting, are desirous of appointing a coin-
,;ittee of investigation, composed of the gentlemen
whose names are mentioned below, to inspect the
accounts and transactions of the company. In
adOptingthis requisition we entirely disclaim all per--
64,1 feelings or disrespect to you, gentlemen, but
Wholesome
a considerable stake in the concern, and a
°lesoine warning before us of the way in which
a .m
mismanaged
number of simiiar enterprise have lately been
811141:aged ; we think, as men of business, it is
Imost desirable we should know something of our
ff`lirs before we go too far. We trust that the
eatigation, if agreed to, will prevent the neces-
sity of calling an extraordinary meeting ; and
wlll give us general satisfaction, as we believe
the
w concern has all the elements of success if
irked in a judicious and business like manner.
e therefore beg that you will appoint a time be-
°l‘a the instant to meet us, and will give us all
the facilities we require, for the purpose hi view ;
intici assure you that the whole of our proceed-
shall be in perfect faith and for the interests of
CA,e. company.—W. H. BARBER, Esq., Acting Sec-
. Address, 2, Stockwell Park-road.

Two o'CLocK.

According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
day the French Rentes were 69f. 60c.
The Mandingo has arrived at Liverpool from the
Vest Coast of Africa; she brings specie and gold
dust, value about £10,700.
tjhe public sales of colonial wool have concluded ;
the quantity offered has been about 80,000 bales,
e greater portion of which has been from the
~,,1 13° of Good Hope. Australian descriptions have
'd at steady rates, while Cape qualities, owing to
the
~ large quantity offered, have in most instances
'q at a decline of Id. to 2d. per lb. on the rates
current at the close of the previous auctions.
t The different markets at the Stock Exchange
:41ain in a state of stagnation. The operations
are conducted on a minimum scale, the charges in
.11!ices are generally fractional, and there is a con-
,....lgerable degree of flatness. The existing quietude
not at all unusual at this period of the year,
ilazticularly when there are no special influences
tk 4t bear upon monetary and political affairs.
Q''
c"asols for money have declined k, viz., to 88k I,
dad for the account they are 884 The New
threes and the Reduced Annuities are each dealt
1n at 87+ ; Indian 5 Per Cents. are marked 105 k
and the Bonds, 23 prem.
here has been no increase in the amount of bI.ISI-
;8.8 as regards Foreign Government securities, and
pees have slightly given way. Turkish 5 per
kellts., for example, have receded f, to 324 33 ;
Pexiean 1, to 181 ; Greek 1, to 13} 14 ; Spanish
a.4BiVe I, to 101. 4 ; ditto Certificates 1, to 131 k ;
4c,1 the New Russian scrip f, to f prem.
The dealings in American securities have been on
7nraited scale, and prices have shown less firmness.
illited States 5-20 Bonds have reached 1 to 704
Iti! While Erie shares have advanced 1, to 47f.
Ills
shares remain at 77i.
14 British Railway Shares the dealings have
awnon a very limited scale, and the general ten-
-I\l'ae3r of prices has again been towards a decline.
‘l,°rth-Western, Great Western, and Manchester,
IZeffield, and Lincoln, have each receded 1 ; and
eaTion, Chatham, and Dover, and South-Eastern,
; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Metropo-
-44, however, have each improved 1.
ijoreign and Colonial Railway Shares remain
Northern
and without !thy material change in prices.
of France are marked 47f ; Dutch
hßenish, 201 1; Paris and Lyons, 35f ; East
"Lao 105+ ; and Great Indian Peninsula,
AO6l '
If I.
-tiBcellaneous and Finance shares are in some in-
ht '
g1,44c" a shade firmer. Anglo-American: Tele-
,
and
have improved to 15i 16f ; North British
`4 Mercantile Insurance, 151 ; while Telegraph
1341struction and Maintenance have, declined to
bj; the,Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan is firm,
:1g dealt in at 751.
hive
and Great Western Railway Debentures
koe declined 1 to 55 57, and the Consolidated
irtgage Bonds are steady at 414 421.
h,rt Bank Shares there has been little variation.
hil:4.tered Mercanlle of India, London, and China
tate e declined to 294 30 ; London Joint Stock are
zttcial33" at 42 421 ; Imperial Bank at 221; London
of IVestminster have receded to 931- ; and Union
"'lstralia to 49g.