The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-04 00:00:00

At a meeting of a section of shareholders of
the Credit Foncier of England (Limited), it was
resolved to adopt the policy of securing a legally
constituted meeting for considering the various
heads of a report to be presented for altering the
future management of the company.
The annual meeting of the proprietors of the
London and Westminster Bank will be held on the
20th of January.
At the meeting of the City of Moscow Gas Corn-
Pat/ (Limited), it was resolved, with a view to the
liabilities of the concern being paid off, to raise fresh
capital to the extent of £530,000, bearing a pre-
ferential dividend of 6 per cent. per annum, and to
be redeemed during the next 30 years, at a premium
of £2 13s. per share.
The meeting of the Millwall Freehold Land
and Dock Company was adjourned till Monday
next, to give tho directors an opportunity of con-
sidering a proposition forwarded to them for a set-
tlement of all matters in dispute, including that
with the Credit Foncier of England.

It is intimated that the whole; of the shares of
the Britannia Fire Association have been taken
Up, the applications having exceeded the number
offered.

A new banking establishment is to be formed
under the title of the Palatine Bank (Limited).
It arises in consequence of the Alliance Bank
(Limited), which has establishments in Liver-
Pool, London, and Manchester, having decided to
Withdraw from the Liverpool business in aid of
this new and independent company. A new
company is therefore to be constituted, with a capi-
tal of £600,000, in shares of £2O, to be called the
Palatine Bank (Limited), for the purpose of carry-
ing on and extending the Liverpool portion of the
uheiness of the Alliance Bank. This business at
Liverpool and Birkenhead is to be made over with-
-I°l4 any payment for the goodwill, the Palatine
'lank collecting the assets for account of the Alli-
ance Bank without charge ; but the Palatine Bank
agree to purchase from the Alliance Bank at cost
Price their Liverpool and Birkenhead premises.
With reference to the addenda of the Anglo-
Austrian Commercial Treaty of 1865, a meeting of
the Principal manufacturers of cotton and woollen
~g°,_Cds in the whole Empire has been convened to
-:`," into consideration the proposed reduction of
per cent. of the Customs duty on these goods.
A conference of all the railway managers and in-
specters of the different Austrian railways, under
e Presidency of the Minister of the Board of
Trade,b will be held to discuss as to the best means
tiYa Which additional precautionary measures for
c Prevention of accidents on railways can be
ad°Pted.
The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of £134, coin-
Pared with the corresponding period of last year ;
the Metropolitan Extension, separately, an increase
of
£381; the Lancashire and Yorkshire an increase
0,
a` £461; the North eastern a decrease of £640 ;
tic' the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an
increase of £557.
thfi• telegram has been received by the secretary of
Pestarena United Mining Company, as follows,
f
:o°l Pallauza Remittance made to office, gold
549 ounces."
The last time the Bank minimum was established
4, 113 per cent. it was a reduction, viz., on the 6th of
February, 1867, when the bullion stood at
xi ""',024,193, the reserve of notes at £10,070,770,
and the other securities at £18,716,418.
The return from the Bank of England for the
Nvck. ended the 2d December gives the following
, results when compared with the previous week
£3,068,636 ... Decrease £25,897
Othe_eeposits
deposits 18,085,878 ... Decrease .. 17,130
gouveule other side of the account :
ti,Pnlant sacuri-
oth__ .............
lietef lt
. securities 17,193,379 Increase 531,209
Iv • ueniployed 8,497,315 ... Decreaso 396,785
being
amount of notes in circulation is £23,510,112,
; an increase of £266,857 ; and the stock of
union •
in both departments is £18,087,448, showing
4 decrease
of £169,189, when compared with the
preceding return.
of s„llbioined is a comparison of the present position
wa Bank of England and the prices of Consols
acel Pr
last year d,
en Rentes with the corresponding week of

million . Same Week
At Present. last Year.
.£18,087 448 ... £21,117,442
11,:f.,-serre ''' : 9,577,338 ... 12,874,872
'F,_°,t.:B in
..iil"u.l ''''' ;0n...—. 9-3510,112 ... 23,842,570
cola'
50013c1.1
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3 p9e2racent. ... 2 per cent.
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French Relates . 71f. 70c. 69f. 20c.

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