The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-29 00:00:00

NO E MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
There is a moderate demand for discount accom-
modation at firm quotations.

About -1:32,000 in gold was purchased by the
,Bank authorities yesterday.
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon
exhibited a slight advance in the rate on Paris.
The bar silver by the last West India steamer
has been disposed of at ss. ld. per cz.
The tenders for the £27,000 Six per Cent. De-
bentures of the Cape Town Railway and Dock
Company were opened yesterday, and they repre-
sented a total of £45,000. TEe Debentures were
disposed of at an average of 106, the reserve price
having been fired at 105.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been £383,000 and the exports £393,000.
There was a meeting to. day of the Reliance and
East
of England Life Office, when a report for the
Past year was presented, which showed that the
new assurances have amounted to £149,013, pro-
ducing a premium income of £4,804 ls. 6d., in
addition to which, £1,389 18s. 3d. have been
received as the consideration monies for imme-
diate annuities, £27,193 14s. 6d for renewal
Premiums, and £5,408 17s. Ild for interest,
Taking the year's income, from these sources,
£38,796 12s. 2d. The claims have amounted to
X 9,000, upon thirty. one lives—a sum in excess
of the claims of each of the two previous
Years, but not reaching seventy-six percent. of the
estimated The present net value of the
entire risks is £454,820, and the present value of
the premiums payable on these risks, after deduct-
ing £91,780 as a reserve for future boNuses and ex-
penses,, is £347,979 165., exhibiting a not liability
of £106,840 4s. The account of assets shows an
available sum of £125,264 9s. 6d., leaving a sur-
plus of £18,424 ss. 6d. beyond what is required
t° cover the above stated liability. The
directors recommend that £3,000 of this
amount be reserved to meet a possible
increased mortality during the next three years, and
that the remaining £15,424 ss. 6d. be declared the
divisible surplus to be apportioned according to the
terms of the deed of settlement, namely, two-thirds
as a bonus to members, and one-third as a rest until
the next division. This apportionment will yield a
bonus relatively equal to previous allocations.
A dividend of 13s. Old. per share will be payable
on and after the Ist proximo to the shareholders of
the Tournay to
_Jurbise and Landen to Hasselt
Rail way.

Renewed indications of heaviness have been
perceptible in the English Stock Market to-day,
and sales having been pressed a decline of about #
Per cent. has taken place, Consols being 931 for
transfer, and 931 for the 10th proximo. The New
Threes were 921-1 ; the Reduced, 921 ; the New
2i per Cents. 771 ; and Exchequer Bills 17s. to 20s.
; India 5 pGr Cent. Loan was 1081 s ; the 5
Per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1031 ; and ditto Deben-
tures, 1001.
Foreign Securities show no material alteration,
Turkish
the dealings have been of moderate character.
l'urkish 6 per Cents. are 841; ditto, 1858, 701 711 ;
and the 4 per Cents. are firm at 1021 103 ; Mexican
„at 341 ; Sardinian are 11 ; Spanish Passive
aitto Certificate have reBceded to 61 ; but Italian
111 We improved to 66 ; and the Moorish Scrip is
stady at 61 prem. The New Turkish scrip is 21 1
em.

In the Railway Share Market the chief dealings
4,have been in connection with the half monthly set-
tlement, and prices have shown a further down-
,!ord movement. Great Western, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and Midland, have declined 10s.; South
stern, 55.; and North 'Western, 155.; South
Western, however, improved about 10s.
In the Foreign and Colonial Markets the opera-
tions have been limited, Great Luxembourg, how-
ever advanced 10s. and Sambre and Meuse, 15s.
The Canadian and East Indian have experienced
little variation.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
seen steady. Bank of Egypt improved to 24i 25,
ttud Ottoman Bank to 27± 271. Crystal Palace
Stock declined to 351, and Royal Mail Steam
realised 35.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Per Cent. Reduced Annuities..
New
Cent. Consols' Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities.. 92k I *
'4,T ew 2''" 4 pertuck Cent. Annuities 771
clia
Ditto 5 per Cent. .. loBa * i
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent. lO3l
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1004
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100;
axehequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l7 20 pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ....
Italian, 5 per Cent. (Maremmana R. Scrip)
Ditto Scrip
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account.
. .
Imperial Moorish Scrip ....
61
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St
Ditto 41 per Cent ..
93h
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 62
Sardinian 5 per Cent. ... Blk
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
'Llirkish 6 per Cent. B4l
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto A,,count ......
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Diyidonds on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Celt., Exchange 12 Guil. -
-1
11.,?itto certificati, s. 4 per Cent.
Sian, 5 per Cent., IS6I
TWO O'CLOCK.
C 931 °llscas, Money .. .
Ditto Account

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam
'"itto
Att
Rotterdam — 11 18 11 18/
Awerp — 25 52i 25 60
b.rossels
',arnburgh.. — 13 8t 13 82
_

, 8
Paris 201
bolriti)aitt°lle - 2255
5352 i
3 Months. 25 50
25 521 25
119
55
.',.,eti nkfort on Maine —___
118 i
13 90 14 0
Yi,
Tries - 14 0
peter b 1-
13„a nrg„.
Madridzr in —
481 49i
i., 49
48i
~.'adiz
'-'eghorn . 25 55
Milan
Genoa, — 25 522 40k
Naples *************
-- 25 52i 25
25 55751-
391,
•
Palernao ..... 120
INlessina
Lisbon
............. 521 53,1
Oporto ..............
11,,,,i0 Janeiro ......
°w4Nb York ..
'reign Gold in Bars ( 0 5 0
,Mexican Dollars .. . ...............
Standard), per 0.z..............£3 17 9
0 0 0
"iiver in Bars (Standard)
0 0 0
'ollth, American Doti loons