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

IVIONEy mARIJT AND CITY NEWS.

• 'ITY Two o'CLooK.
The Bank of England returb,',lmpleted to the
29th inst., is of a satisfactory ,qharajter* The
.
bullion, however, owing to the withdi-awals to: 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 ..
Rest ..
Increase

.. £20,471,185
479,995
:: 16,280,369
70,570
• •
3,288,900
4,590

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

5,753,063
.. 285,723
.. 14,751,486
.. 614,595
.. 712,191
34,567
.. 11,568,618

Decrease .. 700,000
Other Securities .. .. 17,030,838
Decrease .. • • 68,264
Notes unemployed .. .. 9,563,065
Increase 381,735
At the half-yearly meeting of the Scottish Aus-
tralian Investment Company, held this day, the
chairman proposed that the report be received an:l
adopted, and that a dividend of 10 per cent. free of
income-tax be declared. The motion was unani-
mously carried, and theretiring 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. lid.
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withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday.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
Hof Foreign and Colonial Produce. Tea, at public
ale, 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 wag 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. More firmness, however, prevails, and
Consols, which have been 92;1 1, are now 921 I for
money an,i the 6th pros. The New Threes and the
Reduced a.re steady at 92 ; Exchequer Bills,
March, 17s. prem. ; ditto June, 19s. prem., being
flat; India Stock is 2251; and the 5 per Cent.
remains at 1051 1061.
In the Foreign Market the dealings have not
been quite so extensive, although continued
buoyancy has prevailed. Mexican have experienced
8 further improvement, viz., to 331 d ; Spanish
Securities have also been in considerable request
at enhanced quotations, the 3 per Cents. have ad-
vanced to 531; the Deferred to 4317 the Passive
to 171 18; and the Certificates, after numerous
fluctuations, are 78 Z. An advance of 1 per cent.
has taken place in Venezuelan, viz., to 251 1, owing
to the favourable advices from the republic.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 84 to 841 ; ditto, 1858,
741 to 75 ; and the Moorish loan is 59.
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
es., 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 161-4;
Bahja and San Francisco, 151; East Indian, 102 ;
Great Indian Peninsula, 1001 ; and Great Western
of Canada, have improved to 11/ 121.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
remained dull without any change of importance in
Values.

BRI7TISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES .
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 / 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities..
New 21 per Cent. Annuities 76
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 9-16
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent lOl 1
Ditto 51 per Cent s• lO7 61 I
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864 994
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 99/
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Consols for Account, Feb. 6 921 f
March. I June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 17 19 18
Ditto £5OO .. 19
Ditto Small

FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

Chilian 6 per Cent —
Ditto 41 per Cent ,
Mquador New Consolidated
Greek - 8
itlexief 3 per Cent . - 33

_Jan, pe,
Ditto Account
Grenada Active

Do, Ex over-duo Coups. &Hectares. 101 10 1
Ditto Deferred
New Grenada, 2 per Cent
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 47
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 98/.
Ditto 41 per:Cent, 1860
Sardinian 5 per Cent. ..
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred 42i 31
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent B4 /
Ditto Account . ... 84/
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Amount
Ditto £lOO Bonds
'Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividonds on the above payable in London.
ItaNan, 5 per Cont., 1861 6sa A 6a /
THREE O'CLOCK.
Cpnsols, Money ..... 92/ a
Ditto Account