The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-18 00:00:00

CE.

.IC.VVJJ 3.IARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

The dealings in the Foreign and Colonial Pro-
duce Markets during the past few days have not
been very extensive. For sugars there has been a
steady enquiry, chiefly for home requirements, at
about previous rates. Coffee has fully maintained
former prices, but in tea, fruit, and spices no change
of importance can be reported in values. Saltpetre
has been in steady demand; while tallow has been
dealt in to a moderate extent, chiefly, however, for
forward delivery at slightly reduced quotations.
The public sales of Colonial wool, being the first
series for the presentyear, are fixed to commence on
the 27th inst., and the quantity already arrived
amounts to about 31,500 bales, chiefly from the Cape
of Good Hope.

In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday there
was an active demand, and the sales reached 15,000
bales, 7,000 of which were for exportation and spe-
culation ; prices further slightly tended upwards.

The traffic receipts on the Great Western Rail-
way of Canada for the weEk ending the 31st ult.
were £2,462 larger than in the corresponding
period last year,

On the South-Eastern Railway the receipts
during the past week amounted to £14,949 against
£15,448 in the like period of 1861, showing a de-
crease of £498.

A further sum of £74,000 in foreign gold coin
was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for ex-
portation.

The Europa has arrived from Boston with £1,959
in specie.

There is a moderate demand for discount accom-
modation, and the rates continue very easy.
The half-yearly meeting of the Blackwall Rail-
way Company has just been held, when the report,
which stated that the net profits for the six months
to the 31st December last, including a balance of
£469 1 ls. 2d. brought forward from the previous
account, amounted to £32,140 4s. 2d., from which a
dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum was
recommended, was adopted after some discussion.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have post-
poned the consideration of the application made for
the insertion of the Mires Turkish loan in the offi-
cial lists, until further information can be supplied.
The English Stock Market continues dull and
rather heavy, Consols being 928 93 for money and
the 6th prox., being the same as they were at the
close of business on the preceding afternoon. Specu-
lation is still repressed, and the dealings for transfer
are too limited to create animation. The New
Threes and Reduced remain at 931 ; and Exche-
quer Bills, March, are firm at 13s. to 16s. prem. ;
India 5 per Cent. Stock is 106* ; ditto 51 per Cent.
Enfaced Paper, 107;, 2 ditto Debentures, 100 ;
and ditto Bonds, 275, prem.
Foreign Securities to-day have not varied to any
material extent, but in several instances less firm-
ness has been apparent. Turkish 6 per Cents. are
841 4 ; ditto, 1858, 75 751 ; ditto £lOO Bonds have
receded to 251 ; Italian 5 per Cents., to 68* ; Im-
Perial Moorish Loan Scrip, to 5 1 ; Mexican, to
34 I ; but Brazilian 41 per Cents. are firm at 91t
92 ; Equador, at 19 1 ; Portuguese, at 47 ; Russian,
at 101! 102; Sardinian, at 801 ; Spanish, at 538 ;
ditto Passive, has improved to 19i 201; ditto Cer-
tificates, to 71 8 ; and French 42 per Cents., to 100 f.
The Turkish 6 per Cent. Loan, partially negotiated
by 14 • Mires, has been 661 67, but is now 661 1.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings to-
day were moderately active, and a further slight
improvement took place in prices. Caledonians,
Eastern Counties, Great Northern A Stock, Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, North-Western, Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Midlands, have ad-
"Vanced 55.; South-Westerns, 10s.; South Easterns,
however, have declined about 10s.
In the Foreign and Colonial markets the opera-
tions have been to an average extent. Great
Luxembourg have improved ss. Bahia and San
Francisco, San Paulo, Grand Trunk of Canada,
Great Western of Canada, East Indian, and Great
Indian Peninsula realise previous prices.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
are in moderate demand at steady prices. Bank of
Australia have advanced 10s.; London Joint-Stock,
65.; Canada Land, £2 ; Berlin Water Works de.
clined ss. ; and Crystal Palace Stock, ss.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ....... 931 /
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 93b i
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 lsa 9-16
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5} per Cent . . lO7l 1
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Consols for Account, March 6 ..
March. I
x.ellequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 16 13
Ditto Ditto £5OO
Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1858
...Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860
.-;(11-lador New Consolidated
Greek,
I: uiDe p et
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etMoorishopunt c e
nt Scrip 5
peoruvian 41 per Cent
rtlignese 3 per Cent., 1853 46 7
:sin tisdisitintaoinaksi countnt.,lB22, £St .. 101/
, Ditto A
cscopmeratCent —
...
801
*Panish 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded -.1 is
Turkish 6 per Cent... —
Ditto Account
Ditto NeNV Loan
Ditto Acco nt . 751 5
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f loof.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 6Bl 8
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Account

June.

Salmon fishing, now become a subject of so much
Public interest, commenced last week, and some remark-
ably fine fish were taken in the Severn and Wye. A salmon
451 b weight was captured in the Severn. It was the
largest ever known to be taken in that river, and it was
sent as a present to Lord Palmerston, In the river Ure,
in the North Riding of Yorkshire, a correspondent calls
attention to the ravages among the salmon occasioned by
otters.—Derbyshire Courier.

NAVAL EXCHANGE.—Captain Oldfield, late com-
mander of her Majesty's steamer Lyra, had exchanged with
Command., Alexander for the command of her Majesty's
steamer Ariel.—Cape and _Natal _Sims.
TUE REPRESENTATION OF LEICESTER: The
nomination- of a member to serve in Parliament in the room
of Mr. John Biggs, resigned, took playa yootorday on Imo--
ings erected in front of the Exchange, Leicester. About
20,000 persons were present. Thera was no opposition to
Mr. Peter Alfred Taylor, who was declared duly elected.
Most of the leading Liberals of the town were present.
" In the diplomatic world," says a Paris letter in
the Journal du Havre, "it is reported that M. Mon is
shortly to marry the only daughter of the Duke de Soto
Mayor, which would elevate him to the rank of grandee of
the first class ; wives, according to the terms
of the Spanish laws, conferring nobility on their husbands.
M. Mon is not, it is true, in the prime of youth, but ladies
on the other side of the Pyrenees are not accustomed to look
at the age of the husband when a high position is con-
cerned."

PEDESTRIANISM -DEERFOOT AND SMITH. A
six.raile race between the above men took plate yesterday,
but hi consequence of the disrepute these races have now
acquired there were very few persons present. At the 18th
lap Smith resigned the contest, and the Indian was left to
finish the remainder of the distance.

THE OMNIBUS ACCIDENT AT W ALWORTH.—The
unfortunate driver of the Peckham omnibus who was
thrown off his vehicle whilst driving on Sunday night, ex
Aired in the hospital. The inquest will be held to-
Inerrow.
POPULATION, REVENUE, &C.—Under this title
curious little return, one of what may be called the fancy
returns that occasionally make their appearance, has been
presented to Parliament on the motion of Mr. Kinnaird. It
IVlows that in the three years 1853-60 the amount of taxa-
tionpaid by the three kingdoms under the head of Customs,
1,
Bf-office, and Inland Revenue (omitting income-tax on
Public funds and public salaries) was as follows:—England
4.11149,524,475, Scotland £22,451,980, Ireland X 19,850,936 ;
1
, £191,827,391. Scotland paid considerably more in-
(74'1,1 revenue than Ireland, and somewhat more customs'
es) but in letter-writing numbers count, and the postage
paid
.was greater in Ireland. Then follows a calculation
that,...ouipthe relative proportions of M.P.'s to the mean of
ation and revenue for the three years are these :
2_ gland has 15 representatives too many, Ireland six too
may, but Scotland 21 toe few. Which was to be proved.