The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-26 00:00:00

ItION RY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
There is no alteration to report in the immediate
tendency of the money market, and the rates con-
tinue exceedingly easy.
About £22,000 in gold was 'withdrawn from the
Bank of England.
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a slight advance in the rates on Paris,
Amsterdam, and Hamburg.
Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. cheaper here
than in Paris, and 2-10ths per cent. lower here than
in Hamburg.
The directors of the Agra and United Bank have
declared a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per
annum, and a bonus of Ll per share.
At the half•yearly meeting of the General Steam
Navigation Company a dividend, at the rate of 10
per cent., tcgether with a bonus of 2s. 6d. per
share, was declared.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi-
ness was moderately active and prices were firm.
The sales were 7,000 bales.
The steamer Ellora, which leaves to-morrow with
the Bombay mails, will take out £293,497 in
specie.

A call of 5 per share has been made by the
directors of the Illinois Central Railway on the
scrip shares.

The Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Com-
pany's second general meeting took place to-day,
Mr. Dent in the chair. The report, a summary of
which has already been published, was unanimously
adopted, and interest at the rate of ss. per cent. per
annum for the past 18 months ordered to be paid,
The chairman corrected an error in the report which
stated that the losses and averages amounting to
£211,332 for the year 1861 should also have in-
cluded 1860. The depreciation in the securities at
the time the accounts were audited amounted to
£4,600 ; but since then, through the amicable ad-
justment of the Trent affair, there was a difference
of £9,477, which represented a profit of £6,000.
At the half-yearly meeting to-day of the South-
igton Dock Company the report, recommending
the payment of a dividend at the rate of 31 per
'cent• per annum, was adopted.
There has been a firm market for Public Secu-
rities, and a moderate amount of business has been
negotiated for transfer and also on speculation.
Consols are well supported at 931 2- for transfer, and
at 935
g 1 for April. The New Threes and the Re-
duced are firm, at 931 ; Exchequer Bills, March,
are 225. prem.; India Stock is 2241 and 226, and
the
,5 per Cent. remains at 1067, 71.
The transactions in the Foreign Market have not
been of a very extensive character, but prices in
some instances show more firmness. Turkish 6
Per Cents, are 841 ; ditto, 1858, 751 76 ; Mexi-
can remain at 34! ; Peruvian have improved to
l
,1 ; Italian to 681
-1-; Brazilian to 103; Venezue-
an have receded to 242- 77,. The Ottoman (Mires')
loan is 651 66, and the New Italian Loan 4 dis.
to par.

The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been limited, but prices have exhibited a
alight improvement in one or two instances. Cale-
donian and Great Western have advanced 55.;
and Lancashire and Yorkshire, los. ; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Eastern Counties, how-
ever, have receded about ss. ; Brighton, South
Western, South Eastern, and one or two others
realised previous prices.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
Continued dull, and the only change of importance
to report is an advance of about I per cent. in
Grand Trunk of Canada.
in fair
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are
request at fully late quotations. London
a„.114 Westminster have advanced to 81; London
"ceint-Stock to 371 381; Bank of Egypt realise 22 ;
,rYstal Palace Stock, 341 351 ; and Peninsular and
k)"iental Steam, 691.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Neer Cent. Reduced Annuities 93t 5
Cent. Consols Annuities
In "! 3 per Cent. Annuities
Diliattst°pcker Cent.
22t4 6
1075 65 75
Ditt°D!tt per
Paper, 4 per Cent 9Ol 89t
nitro
5 per Cent 1025
'int° 5/ Cnt lOB
Ditto D e;Pueenrturees, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100
Ditto
ditto
... Ditto Bonds £l,
Ditto
April, 1864 995 100
1,000
oitto Aug. 1864 or 66 925 100
27
Yonsols for Ac March 6 935 5
India Stock torcount Acco,-ant, 5 per Cent
Jllll3.
March. I
Ezel,
22
-,equer Bins, £l,OOO 2d....
/),,, Ditto £5OO .. —
t!,T) Small
1"0 Advertised l7 20
t P. 9REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
103
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71;:qttiputiejatlardltriitooaar:
85?
1
I.Cshonrelni.dpated
5825 t
-itac
Q,, a.,11) `(') per Cent
‘ertafla Active
NT Do. Ex over-due Coups. & Hectares 9265510
re ely Grenada, 2 per Cent
avian 41 per Cent
1, Ditto Account
SicirtUgliese 3 per Cent., 1853 465 5
nto Acco nt .. 451
sh 3 per Cent
Ditto oPassive
Pallish Cert of Coup. not funded
urkish 6 per Cent. 865
05 S
Uitto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO 80nd5....
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Dividends 245 don.
on the above payable in Lon
Belgian, 45 per Cent., Ex. 25f 994
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861. _
68 5 5
931 5
Consols, Money THREE O'CLOCK.
934 5
Account