The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-11 00:00:00

IfOAE 111.4.RKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Business in the foreign and colonial produce
markets during the last few days has been rather
less active. Tea, however, supported previous prices;
coffee and cocoa are also at full rates, but sugars
show a slight decline, particularly for low and in-
ferior descriptions. Rice, fruit, and spices have
remained without any material alteration in prices.
For saltpetre there has been a better demand, and
enhanced rates have been realised. Tallow has been
dull, at steady quotations for both present and for-
ward delivery.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi-
ness was moderately active, and prices underwent
no material change. The sales were about 5,000

bales.
Continued easiness and abundance are still the
principal features of the general Discount Market,
and no immediate alteration is expected, because
the trade of the country remains in a very quiescent
state, and large supplies of gold are received from
Australia and other sources. _ .

•
About £71,000 in gold whs taken into the Bank
of England yesterday.
The steamer which leaves to-morrow with the
Bombay mails will take out £342,580, of which
£308,430 is in silver.
The bar silver by the Shannon, from the West
Indies, has been sold at ss. Itd. per oz., and the
Mexican dollars at ss. Ofrd. per oz.
The prospectus of a new Joint-Stock Bank for
London and Liverpool has been issued. The
nominal capital is to be £2,000,000, in 20,000 shares
of £lOO eaoh ; but the first issue will only consist
01 10,000 shares, upon which not more than £25 is
to be paid. The title of the undertaking is, the
"Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool," and the
directors, in urging their project upon the attention
of the public, state that besides there being ample
room for further banking accommodation in Lon-
don, the increasing trade of Liverpool and its
neighbouring towns gives to such an establishment
every prospect of success. It is also stated that,
although Liverpool during the past 25 years has
more than doubled in population and wealth, no
new bank has been established there in that period.

There is a decrease of 11,378 in the traffic re-
ceipts of the South-Eastern Railway for the past
week.

The traffic returns of the Great Western Rail-
way of Canada for the week ending the 21st ult.,
amounted to £10,474 against £8,226 last year.
The Spanish Financial Commission have given
notice that the auction of the Foreign Redeemable
Debt will take place at Madrid on the 29th inst.,
and the Government have assigned £5,546,072
Teals for that purpose.
A further slight improvement took place in the
English Market yesterday afternoon, and continued
firmness was apparent on the commencement of
business this morning, Consols being 932 I,- for
transfer, and 93t- t for the account. A reaction,
however, has occurred, owing to sales in realisa-
tion of profits, the latest quotations being 931 for
transfer, and 938 1 for the account. The New
Threes are firm at 921 ; the Reduced at 931 -1;
Exchequer Bills remain at 19s. to 225. prem.; Bank
stock at 238 ; and India 5 per Cent.lo7 1.
The dealings in the Foreign Market have been
of a moderate character, and prices show a down-
ward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 842 85;
ditto, 1858, 70-4- ; Mexican remain at 341 ; Chilian
41 per Cents. at 86, and Spanish Certificates at 61 7.
Italian have receded to 671 ; Portuguese to 4611,
and Venezuelan, to 241. The Moorish Scrip has
been dealt in at 4 8 die.
Business in the Railway Share Market to-day
has been rather less animated, although in some
instances prices show a slight advance. Loudon,
Chatham, and Dover, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
and South Eastern have improved 55.; North
Western, 10s. ; and Caledonian, 15s. ; North Eastern
(-Berwick), however, have declined ss.
The Foreign. and Colonial undertakings have
remained ;dull at about previous prices. Dutch-
Rhenish realise 16" ; Bahia and San Francisco
173 171 ; and Great Western of Canada have de-
clined to 131 131. East Indian are firm at 1021
1021; and Great Indian Peninsula at 1011 104.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
exhibit little variation in values. London and
Westminster, London Chartered of Australia, and
Ottoman Bank, however, have declined about ss.
The Don Pedro North Del Rey Gold Mining Com-
pany are firm at 4 to d prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock ...........
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92a i i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 9l
Ditto 5 per Cent. lO2l
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 -,1
Ditto Bonds 1;1,000
)itto under £l,000
Consols for Account, April 10
March. I June.
19 22

Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small
' FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK•
Chilian 6 per Cent
Ditto 4k per Cent . ..
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Acco .nt 34i
Imperial Moorish Scrip
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.
Ditto Account
E)anish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent.
Account - ..
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account

Venezuela, 3 per Cent -
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2& per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
Ditto Account
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 67 a
TWO O'CLOC
Console, Money
Ditto April Account