The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-13 00:00:00

AtO.NEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

There has been no change in the discount market
during the last few days, and it is expected to re-
main in its present position for some time to come,
The Teutonia, from New York, has brought
£58,990 in specie.

There was rather an active demand for cotton
yesterday in the Liverpool Market, and prices
were firm. The sales were about 7,000 bales.
The latest advices from Australia report the de-
parture of the following gold ships, viz.:—Young
Australia, with £78,336; Alfred, £113,584; York-
shire, £51,560 ; and Omar Pasha, £81,268. In
addition to the above the Netherby, with £22,000;
the Marian Moore, with £33,000 ; and the Result,
with £158,000, are also on the passage to this
country. _ _

The- Van Dieman's Land Company's annual
meeting took place to-day. Mr. John Cattley in
the chair. The report stated that only £1,700 had
been received during the past year from the colony,
and the directors consequently had not a sufficient
amount of money in hand to pay a dividend.
There has been no alteration in the Market for
Public Securities to-day, and the principal attention
of the members has been directed to the liquidation
in foreign stocks and railway shares. Consols are
931 !- for transfer, and 932 I for account. The New
Threes and the Reduced are firm at 92k ; Ex-
chequer Bills remain at 19s. to 225. pram.; Bank
Stock is rather firmer at 235 and 237; India ditto
has declined to 222 ; but the 5 per Cent. is 1071 1,
being a slight advance.
Rather more activity has prevailed in the
Foreign Market, and prices in some instances show
a slight improvement. Turkish 6 per Cents, are
841 to 85; ditto, 1858, 691 701; Mexican have
improved to 34+ 1; Peruvian to 99+; ditto Uri-
barren, to 95 96 ; ditto 3 per Cents. to 851 861;
and Portuguese to 461; Spanish are flat at 53 ; the
Moorish Loan 5 prem. ; and Italian 5 per Cents.
at 66t.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1862. 1861.
Great Western ..£48,915 £49,667
North-Western
South- Western
Brighton 12,340 12,575
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter
North Eastern . .
Eastern Counties
Midland and Great Western of Ireland 4,843 4,439
3gclinburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow and South Western
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada 10,474 8,226
These returns are again of a very unfavourable cha-
racter, particularly as regards the principal lines
in the manufacturing districts. On the North
Western there is a decrease of £4,163 ; on the Mid-
land, of £3,209; on the Great Northern, of £1,929;
on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £4,423; and
on the Great Western, of £752. The Grand Trunk
of Canada, however, shows au increase of £8,998 ;
and the Great Western of Canada, of £2,248.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
leen chiefly connected with the arrangement in
Progress for the liquidation, and prices in most in-
stances have exhibited increased buoyancy. Mid-
lands, North British, and South Easterns have im-
proved ss. ; Eastern Counties, Great Western,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South 'Westerns,
108. ; Caledonian, 10s. to 15s. ; and London and
Brighton, Xl. _ _

The Foreign and Colonial lines have exhibited
little change of importance. Great Luxembourg
realise 111; Bahia and San Francisco, 17,t ; Great
Western of Canada have improved to 13! ; East
India remain steady at 102/1; and Great Indian
Peninsula at 1011.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are,
in some instances, a shade firmer. London and
County here improved to 391 391 ; London Joint
"t°6ll, to 361 ; Union of London, to 331 ; Red Sea
and India Telegraph realise 181; and South Aus-
tralian Land, 137.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Pack Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 1
3 per Cent. Consols •Annuities
Ne
kr' w 3 per Cent. Annuities 921 1 1
Vew 2 per Cent. Annuities 761
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 9Ol
Ditto 5 per Cent. lo4t
Ditto 6 per Cent lO7l 1 8
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100
pitTo Bonds x:Loot, . 30 28
Consols for Account, April 10-- 931
March. Jung.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 19 22
Ditto £5OO ......
Ditto Small — 19 22
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860
Chinn 6 per Cent —
Ditto 41 per Cent . B6a 1
Grenada Active
Do. Ex over-due Coups. & Hectares. 9/
Italian, 5 per Cent. (Maremmana R. Scrip) 2
Mexican, 3 per Cent -
Ditto Acco nt 34k 2i
i i
Imperial Moorish Scrip 5
.New Grenada, 2 per Cent
Peruvian 41 per Cent .. 991 1 9
,Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. .. 95 6
Ditto 3 per Cent .
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 461
-Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 981 91
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 62
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent. B4 ft I
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO 80nd5....
Dr.vidends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
)it,i, 4:ertifientE.,s, 4 per Cent.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 871
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto April Account