The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-13 00:00:00

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7Tl' NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

There is no further change to report in the
general condition of the Money Market, and the
minimum rate of the Bank of England remains at
21 per cent., th© directors at their meeting to-
day having found it unnecessary to alter their regu-
lations. The current terms in the open market
range as low as 2+ per cent.

There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England yesterday. _

The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London
and China have announced a dividend of 5 percent,
for the past half year.

At the forthcoming meeting of the Ottoman Bank
a distribution at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum
Will be recommended,

Increased activity was apparent in the Liverpool
cotton market yesterday, and 10,000 bales were sold,
7,000 of which were for exportation and on specu-
lation. Prices were firmly maintained.
There has been very little variation in the Eng-
lish Stock Market to-day, but the tendency of
prices has indicated a slight degree of heaviness.
Consols are 924 93 for money, and 93 for the 6th
proximo. Speculation continues very quiet. The
New Threes and the Reduced remain at 9311 ;
Exchequer Bills, March, are 12s. to 13s. prem. ;
ditto, June, 14s. to 18s. prem. Bank Stock has
receded to 240; India 5 per Cents. are buoyant at
106'2- I.

Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a fair
'extent, and in most instances at enhanced quota-
tions. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 841 851 ; ditto,
1858, 751 764; Mexican have advanced to 341135 ;
Russian to 1001 1 ; Spanish Deferred to 431 44 ;
ditto Passive, to 211 4 ; ditto Certificates, to 81 ;
and Italian to 678 681 ; Equador are steady at
182. and Buenos Ayres 941.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :--

1862. 1861.
North-Western
Great Western .. £42,427 £42,728
74,415 77,718
South- Western
Midßri
and
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 5,303 5,693
North Eastern
Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,161 6,072
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada 10,633 8,991
These returns continue to show a considerable
falling off in most of the principal undertakings,
particularly those in the manufacturing districts.
On the Great Western there is a decline of £3Ol
the North-Western of £3,303 ; on the Midland'
of £2,780 ; on the Great Northern of £1,448 ; on
the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £5,225 ; and on
the North-Eastern of £3,061. The South-Western,
hoverer, shows an increase of £1,093 ; the Brighton
of £939; the Grand Trunk of Canada of £6,818;
and the Great Western of Canada of £1,642.
Business in the Railway Share Market con-
tinued moderately active ; the dealings, however'
Were mostly connected with the liquidation of the
account, and prices generally exhibited an upward
Movement. Eastern Counties, Great Westerns,
North Westerns, and Midlands have improved 58.;
Great Northern A Stock, Brighton, South-Eastern,
and West Midland, 10s. ; and South-Westerns, 15s.
In the Foreign and Colonial Markets the varia-
tions were not of an important character. Great
Luxembourg realised 104- ; Dutch-Rhenish, 161 ;
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 20; Grand
Tzunk of Canada improved to 25; and Great Wes-
tern of Canada, 12* ; Great Indian Peninsula re-
Mained steady at 100/.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
tare flat. Ottoman
Bank realise 20:1; Union of
,s"don. aiZ . Oriental Inland Steam, 71; and
reninsular and Oriental Steam, 694.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
240 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
934 a
3 per Cent. Consols 'Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
931 4 New 21 per Cent. Annuities
774
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 lsf
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent lolk t
Ditto 5 per Cent,
Litt', Bonds £l,000
Ditto under ,tl,OOO
Consols for Account, March 6
March.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 12 •
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small l2 114 18
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Ei,nzilian 5 per Cent
")tto 41 oer Cent, 1858
E9ll 4
Llenos Ayres 6 per Cent
quador New Consolidated
Imperial Moorish Scrip
51 5 Al"ican, 3 per Cent
1
Ditto Account
Grenada
toprtiutgt(PlieD:
Qua Active
ee Ef3e xr roevder - d u c Coups. &Hectares lO5 I
6
per Cent., 1853 . 47
11,8,8ipal 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 1001 4 1
~.,--'O,O 41- per Cent, 186)
, -uitto 3'per Cent. 1859
%imish 3 per Cent —
Oitto New Deferred 44 34
Spanish Ditto Passive
.... 211818 5 i 1 1
, Cert. of Coup. not funded
“tricish 6 per Cent B5 1 44
-Ditto New Loan
-Ditto Acco -nt
.. 751 61
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
254
Dividends on the above
payable in London.
tptlBtrian 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins 531
Itrel•ich 5 per Cent., 1861.
, Rotates, 41, per Cent., En. 25f 9sf. Tic.
ttnan,
671 85 75 85
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, MoneyTHREE
A
Account 93
93 1
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