The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-10 00:00:00

Al 0 Pil:T MARKET N CITF NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
During the past week the progress of business in
the manufacturing distriats has not been very
active. At Leeds the woollen trade has continued
dull, and the operations in both yarns and piece
goods at Bradford, Halifax, and Huddersfield have
been on a very limited scale, without any material
change in prices. Business at Manchester has been
inactive in all departments, and the hosiery and
lace trade, at Leicester and Nottingham, have ex-
hibited little variation. In the hardware districts,
viz,, at Birmingham, Sheffield, Walsall, and Wol-
verhampton the dealings entered into have been
chiefly for home requirements, and prices have re-
mained unaltered.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday
there was a fair inquiry for most descriptions, and
prices were firmer. The sales were 6,000 bales.
About £30,000 in gold was withdrawn from the
Bank of England on Saturday.
The steamer which left to-day with the Brazilian
mails took out £11,382 in specie.
The Sasonie, from New York, has brought
£44,463, and the Ethiope, from the West Coast of
Africa, £B,BOO in specie.
The traffic receipts of the Great Northern Rail-
way of Canada, for the week ending the 24th ult.,
anieuntei to £10,633. against £8,991 in 1861.
Although the demand for discount accommoda-
tion has slightly abated, the rates continue very
firm and few transactions are reported in private
channels under the minimum of 21 per cent. There
seems to be an impression that a further upward
movement will take place, and capitalists are there-
fore less inclined to enter into business at the cur-
rent quotations.
Gold continues to be withdrawn from the Bank
of England for exportation, about £30,000 having
been taken away on Saturday.
The following comments upon the recent pro-
gress of business appear in Messrs. H. W. llewes-
aary and Co.'s Price Current :—" While many
branches of trade remain unsettled, the markets
have been steady and moderately active since the
settlement of the American difficulty. There is a
large demand for consumption ; the transactions on
speculative account have been considerable within
the Past fortnight, and there are already symptoms
of an extensive export demand when the navigation
of the north of Europe opens. The stock of bullion
held by the Bank of England exhibited a further
important increase last month, and the rate
Was, according to general expectation, lowered
to 21 per cent. on the 9th ult. A sudden renewal
of gold shipments to the Continent has prevented
any further reduction being made, and money is
more in demand in other quarters. The financial
operation on account of the French Government
:will doubtless have an effect upon the market, it
_being proposed to raise £2,000,000 to £4,000,000
here on the security of the French rentes of 4 per
cent, interest. Accounts from the manufacturing
districts co,itinue of an unsatisfactory character.
The high price of cotton entirely absorbs the pro-
fits of the producers, and many of the foreign mar-
kets keep fully supplied by the excessive ship-
Ments made at former periods. Under these cir-
cumstances the adoption ofshort time at the various
mills makes further progress, and the number of
operatives out of employment is still on the in-
crease."

The half-yearly meeting of the Royston and
Ritcbin Railway Company has been held to day,
'when a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per
atituin was declared.
Very little fluctuation has taken place in the Eng-
lish Stock Market to-day, and the transactions have
been rather limited. Consols, at the latest moment,
Were about 923- 93 for transfer, and 93 for the ac-
"unr• The New Threes and the Reduced are
fiat at 93' ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 14s. prem.;
Bank Stock is steady, at 240 and 2411 ; India ditto,
226; and ditto 5 per Cent., 1061 4•
TA. fair amount of business has taken place in the
oreign Market, and prices are firmly maintained.
Turkish 6 per Cents, are 844 85 ; ditto, 1858, 759
76; Mexican are.7firm at'33 35; Sardinian have im-
Proved to 80; Spanish Passive to 193 ; and Italian,
to 671 68 Venezuelan are 25a.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
°een on a rather limited scale, and, in some in-
Stances, rather less firmness has been apparent.
Great Western Midland, North Eastern (Berwick),
ktlnd South Eastern have declined 55., and Great
":n hero and West Midlands 10s. North Wes-
ilr and London, Chatham, and Dover, however,
T
"ri improved 55., and Brighton and Norfolk £l.
he Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
hmaterial variation. S Austrian d
ardo-Venetian realisedouth 20 to 20k ; Wes ante tom-
rn and
i
ls.ort h Western of France 22 to 22
.li6 i ; Dutch Rhenish
i; Grand Trunk of Canada 21,1 to 24; Great
stern
aid Gr ea of Canada, 121 ; East Indian 1011 102;
t Indian Peninsula, 1001.
J.oint. Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares ge-
nerally remain without material change in values.
—........-
11 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a Bank Stock 2411 40 3 Per Cent Reduced Annuities 93 / 3
Kew,,,,Per Cent. Cons e.;18 Annuities
3 per Ce-. 4. Annuities .. 93 1 3
A,,,ew 3/ per Cent. Annuities lOO
--`,llll,l'.es, 30 s exire ith Jan., 1880., I "it.to for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 lsi 1. •
o..:.tia Stock
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5
5+
1 perper CCent ent
. . ........ Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct.. . 106/
, 994
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 0863 r 66 100 Mt, Bonds .El,OOO ...
Ditto under £l.OOO
Consols for Ace 25
'dunt, March 6... 93 2/
March. June. 4(therittor Bills, £l,OOO 2d..., 10 13 9 14
l"• I)itro £5OO .. 10 14
'ltto Small 9 I
b FOR SREI N Gent FNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
•c
per CU
eh.D.ii,tto
AyresADe 6
ctotount 1860
Buenos y per Cent —
91 1
1n 6 per Cent
, Ditto per Cent
f'cillador 41 New Consolidated .19 / i
'Lexicon Moorish Scrip 5 1 i
'Lexicon 3 per Cent
+,p Ditto Account
ruvian 41 per Cent
p unto (Uribarren), 4i per. Cent.
I,:lguese 3 per Cent., 1853.
It."tte Account ..
•essihn 6 per Cent. 1822, £ St
bitto 41 pet Cent 93} 21
bitto 32per Cent. 1859 6Ol
tdinian 5 per Cent.
80
uitto Account
P'tte A cchaT'lsh 3 perount Cent
541
...._
Ditto New Deferred
431 4
chino
Account
194 20 191
R "ittO Passive
8 71 8 71
1,-Piaarlakiisshh C 6 e'pretr. 01-CfeCntoup. not funded
841 5/
Ditto
.AccoLlut
bitto Ditto - New Loan"
Ace° nt -
76 5/ /
.
Vl)i'te £lOO 80nd5....
...
erozuela 3 per Cent —
'4'lo Ac'ec.unt
251
li. D:vidends on the above
100 f.
, relielt Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 2')l 67i 87! I
Italian, payable_ in London.
5 per Cent., 1861
eellsols, Money THREE O'CLOCK.
921 4
91 3
Account

f SVERN SALAION.—SaImon fishing has commenced
_o
filet
-le season and Mr. Long and Mr. Davis have had. some
fish- ; Air. Davis one weighing 201 b. A splendid fish
te,R taken. the first cast at Mr. Long's fishery, at Stone-
'4ell. Gloucestershire Chronicle,
r‘n. TIARGE OF STEALING THEATRICAL CHECKS.—
Priday, John Puttrell, a check-taker, at Drury-lane
bettf
:'re; was charged before the magistrate, at Bow-street
b_th. stealing and appropriating to his own use certain
msoks for admission to the theatre. Ile was remanded.