The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-31 00:00:00

1110 NET MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Bank of England return, completed to the
29th inst., is of a satisfactory character. The
bullion, however, owing to the withdrawals for the
continent, has been slightly diminished. The
reserve of notes shows a large addition, while a
small diminution is apparent in the securities dis-
counted. The other items of the balance-sheet, and
the changes they present, are shown in the sub-
j oined analysis :
Active Circulation ..
Decrease ..
Bullion .. ..
Decrease ..

.. £20,471,185
479,995
.. 16,280,369
• • 70,570
.. 3,288,900

Res
Increase ..
Public Deposits
Increase ..
Other Deposits..
Decrease .. • •
Seven Day and other Bills ..
Decrease
Government Securities • •
Decrease
Other Securities
Decrease .. •
Notes unemployed .. .•
Increase ..

.. .
4,590
.. 5,753,063
.. 285,723
.. 14,751,486
.. 614,595
.. 712,191
• • 34,567
.. 11,468,618
.. 700,000
.. 17,030,838
• • 68,264
.. 9,563,065
.. 384,735

At the half-yearly meeting of the Scottish Aus-
tralian Investment Company, held this day, the
chairman proposed that the report be received and
adopted, and that a dividend of 10 per cent. free of
income-tax be declared. The motion was unani-
mously carried, and the retiring directors re-elected.
The sum of £1,832 10s. has been applied to the
redemption of four Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Bonds,
together valued at £2,000 ; and £9,981 7s. 11d.
has been employed in the purchase 160 3 per Cent.
Bonds, amounting to £33,600.

A large quantity of bar gold, viz., £130,000, was
withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday.

The directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway have determined to propose a dividend
at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum at their next
meeting.

During the last few days there has been a limited
amount of business transacted in most descriptions
of Foreign and Colonial Produce. Tea, at public
sale, however, sold at steady prices. Sugar con-
tinued dull, and only the superior qualities have
sustained former values. Coffee, rice, and cocoa
hays been at about previous quotations, while a
further slight decline has taken place in the value
of tallow.

Rather more activity was exhibited in the Liver-
pool Cotton Market, yesterday, and some descrip-
tions were Id. per lb. higher. The sales were about
10,000 bales.

At the half-yearly meeting of the Australian
Trust and Agency Company, held to-day, a dividend
at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum was declared.
Rather an unfavourable effect was produced in
the English Stock Market to-day by the Bank
returns, and the demand for gold on French
account. Moro firmness, however, prevails, and
Consols, which have been 922- I-, are now 921 d for
money and the 6th pros. The New Threes and the
Reduced are steady at 9211 ; Exchequer Bills,
March, 17s. prem. ; ditto June, 19s. prem., being
flat; India. Stock is 2251 ; and the 5 per Cent.
remains at 1054 106y._ .

In the Foreign Market the dealings have not
been quite so extensive, although continued
buoyancy has prey ailed. Mexican have experienced
a further improvement, viz., to 33! d ; Spanish
Securities have also' been in considerable request
at enhanced quotations, the 3 per Cents. have ad-
vanced to 531 ; the Deferred to 431 ; the Passive
to 171 18; and the Certificates, after numerous
fluctuations, are 71 '4. An advance of 1 per cent.
has taken place in Venezuelan, viz., to 251 t, owing
to the favourable advices from the republic.
Tirkish 6 per Cents. are 84 to 841 ; ditto, 1858,
741, to 75 ; and the Moorish loan is si.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
dull, and the few dealings recorded have been at a
further slight reduction in prices. Eastern Coun-
ties, Great Westerns, and Midlands have receded
55,, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s.
Caledonian, London, Chatham, and Dover, and
North-Eastern York realised previous rates.
The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in
limited favour. Dutch Rhenish realise 16/ ;
Bahia and San Francisco, 151; East Indian, 102 ;
Great Indian Peninsula, 1007, ; and Great Western
of Canada, have improved to 111 121.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
remained dull without any change of importance in
values.

• BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 1
1 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 2i per Cent. Annuities 761
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire gth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 9-16
India Stock .. ,' _ _ 2251
Ditto 5 per Cent..
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent lOl 1
Ditto 51 per Cent .fa lO7 61
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864 991
Ditto , ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Coniols for Account, Feb. 6 921
March. Jun-).
'Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 17 19
Ditto £5OO — 19
Ditto Small — • I 19

FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
!Greek 7i 8.
itlexicon, 3. per Cent
Ditto Account
Grenada Active
Do. Ex over-due Coups. &Hectares. 101
Ditto Deferred
Peruvian 4i per Cent —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St
• Ditto 41 per:Cent, 1860 iih
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Spanish 3-per Cent
• Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
• Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6.per C0nt.."...
Ditto Account
• Ditto New Loan
• Ditto Account
Venezuelan 3 per Cent •
• Ditto Account, - . 1
• Dividends on the above payable in London.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861
651 1
TWO O'CLOCIi .
•
Consols; Money
Ditto Account