The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-27 00:00:00

21/ ONE I' MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The minimum of the Bank of England is main-
tained at 2 per sent., the directors at their meeting
to-day having, as anticipated, refrained from making
any alteration. The ,subject, however, attracted
-very little notice either in monetary or commercial
circles. There is still an abundance of money, and
accommodation can be obtained in the general•rnar-
ket as low as 21 and 21 per cent.

At a special meeting of the Natal Land and
Colonisation Company the directors were empowered
to raise £150,000 on 6 per Cent, Debentures, which
money is to be invested in first mortgages on lands
in Natal.
A small quantity of gold, viz., £4,000, was with-
drawn from the Bank of England yesterday.
The Ethiope, for the West Coast of Africa, took
£2,000 in specie.
A call of 25 per cent. becomes due to morrow on
the East Indian Railway 5 per cent, Debentures.
Rather more business took place in the Liverpool
cotton market yesterday, and prides tended up-
Wards. The sales were 10,000 bales.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under
1862. 1861.
North-Western
Great "Western
..£41,334 £41,183
73,901 77,895
South-
Western
lTZidland 'righton 12,610 12,516
36,067 37,537
South-Eastern
Great Northern 24,375 25,515
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 5,101 5,786
Nort
North Eastern
British
(2•eath South Western (Ireland)
kilasp.,oxv and South-Western
Glasgow
dWestern Trunk of Canada
These
Great of Canada 10,359 7,050
returns still show a considerable falling off
in the receipts on most of the principal lines in the
therenaan iufascturing districts. On the North Western
a decrease of £3,994 ; on the Midland, of I
1,470 ; on the Great Northern, of £1,140; on the
Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £4,565; on the
North Eastern, of £2,607; and on the South Eastern,
of
£727- The Great Western, however, shows an
4Derease of £l5l ; the South Western, of £1,111;
the Brighton,
of £94 ; the Grand Trunk of Canada,
of
X 6.311; and the Great -Western of Canada, of
£3,339.
Business in the market for Public Securities has
continued quiet, and the quotations have indicated
are 931 3, for the April account 934 I. The trans-
Itetiolls have been very limited. The New Threes
and the Reduced remained at 931 1,-; Bank Stock
;
firmer at 243 and 244; India ditto flat at 224;
A
ditto
r, - per Cent. firm at 1071 ; the New 21 per
"ents. realised 771.
6There has not been much activity in the Foreign
tlrket, and prices are rather depressed. Turkish
Per Cents. are 851, 85/ ; ditto, 1858, 75,1;1 ;
4":ican are flat, at 341 ; Italian, at 68-7,- Q ;
,SPahish, at 5% ; ditto, Deferred, at 43! ; and
nitte, Passive, at 194 ; the Moorish Scrip is steady,
at A
Prem.; and Venezuelan, at 24/. The
littntnan (Mires') Loan is 64/ 65i, and the New
Italian about 4 dis. to par.
a The half-yearly meeting of the Victoria (L0n-
h.213) Dock Company was held to-day-Mr. J. P.
Ilerwood in the chair. The report was carried
unanimously without much discussion. The chair-
an stated that the directors had received notice
that the Charing-cross Railway Company would
require their steel yard, and that the directors
'Would watch the interest of the shareholders in
obtaining the full value for their property.
The operations, to-day, in the Railway Share
Market have been chiefly in connection with the
arrangements for the settlement, and prices gene-
rally exhibited increased firmness. Great Northerns,
iiriglatons, Norfolk, and South-E -sterns have im-
Proved 55.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Mid-
lauds 108. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and
"don, Chatham, and Dover, however, have
receded about ss.
iThe Foreign and Colonial lines have been in fair
ielnest, at steady rates. Great Luxemburg realise
431; Bahia and San Francisco 16; Sambre and
I,,euse ?-1-; Great Western of Canada have im-
-ved to 13-1 4; and Punjaubs to 141 15.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares re-
-1
42 inactive. Bank of Australasia, however,
Proved 155., and Electric Telegraph declined 10s.

II BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
atilc stock -
244 3
Per 0
3 p, ,-eilt, Reduced. Annuities 934 4
New't.;ent. Consols Annuities
ew „u,Per Cent. Annuities. . .
44 41 per Cent. Annuities 774
bnities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
1)10 '
14iiitteoropre3r0
Cyrens,t.expire sth April,
la Stock
224 • P
107 i 7 64
Dittos
Ditto Enlaceds Paper, 4 per Cent
1024
Ditto DE per Cent.
Ditto z per Cent
bebenture_,
if
a r Cent., Oct., 1863 100
Ditto ditto . April, 1864 100
~ Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100
p.ltto Bonds £l,OOO
ir,outisitto under £l,OOO
India'mi ols for Account, March 6 931
StOtk tor Account, 5 per Cent .
Ezo,
March.* Jun .
...Niter Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 22 20
llitt Ditto L. 500 ......
zi,, 0 Small... . .
l
1Q....
° Advertised ....................... 17 20
be, POREWN UNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
iart 5 per Cent
eVto 44 per Cent, 18581.. .
lYtti 6 per Cent
trad.„ pato New Cent
er Consolidated
AisPerial Moorish Scrip
p 'mean, 3 per Cent
tLttligilese per 'Cent., 1853.
, -uitto Ace° open .. 461 1 ,ardinian 5 per Cent . ..
'Pettish 3 per Cent
Hitt() New Deferred • 431 a
Ditto Passive
191 i 1
panish Cert. of Coup, not funded
••••••••
Turkish 6 per Cent..
.
bitto Account ..
... ..........
854
Ditto Account
Ditto New L0an......... 75 41 6/ i Ditto 1.00 Bonds 75/
774 i 64- 7
venezuele, 3 per Cent
bitto Account
b„, Dividends on the above payable in London.
Ictom:lpsab.::26:
:peer or:eCl:rantt..:lEB6ic hangs 12 Gui 1 . A A 644
681 i 4
THREE O'CLOCK.
"A
ft.P
931 4