The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-25 00:00:00

2L! °AEI' MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
During the last few days the operations in the
Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been
moderately active. Dealings in tea, however, have
been suspended until the public sales which com-
menced to-day. For sugar, coffee, and rice there
has been a steady demand at about late quotations.
Saltpetre has been less inquired for, and quotations
tend downwards. For tallow there has been a more
active demand on speculative account, and some
large transactions have taken place for forward
delivery.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair
amount of business was transacted, and prices were
unaltered. The sales were about 7,000 bales.
A further sum of £30,000 in foreign gold was
withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday.
Monday next, the 3d proximo, has been appointed
a special settling day in the shares of the London
and Provincial Bank, and dealings are to be offi.
cially recorded.

The traffic receipts of the South-Eastern Railway
for the past week show a decrease of £727, com-
pared with last year.

The inquiries for money continue limited, but
more activity is expected to wards the end of the
week, when preparations for the monthly liquida-
tion of commercial accounts will probably increase
the supply of mercantile bills. At present, how-
ever, the market is quiet and easy, the current
terms for first class bills being 21 to 21 per cent.
At the 36th annual general meeting of the Stan-
dard Life Assurance Company, held at Edinburgh,
yesterday, it was stated that the new assurances
effected during the year 1861 exceeded half a mil-
lion sterling, making upwards of £7,500,000 of new
assurances issued during the last 15 years. The
annual inct.me is £315,000, and the accumulated
fund nearly £2,000,000 sterling.
A further improvement has occurred in the
English Stock Market, owing to a renewal of pur-
chases and the short supply of stock in the hands
of the dealers, Consols being 931 e for money and
the 6th proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced
have improved to 93a1,- ; Bank Stock is flat, at 242 ;
India ditto, at 224 ; but the 5 per Cent. remains
at 1061 1071.
Rather more business has taken place in the
Foreign Market, but prices exhibit very little
alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 84-} 85 ;
ditto, 1858, 741 5 ; Mexican are steady at 341 3 ;
Italian fiat, at 68 ; Spanish remain at 531 *;
ditto; Deferred, at 431, but the Certificates are
heavy at 7 t; Venezuelan have receded to 241 25.
Russian are firmer at 103 ; the New Italian Loan
is 11 prem., and the Ottoman (Mire's) Loan
651 66.

The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been limited, and prices have exhibited a
slight depreciation. Great Western, Brighton,
North Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Ber-
wick) declined ss. ; and Great Northern, 10s.;
-Bristol and Exeter, however, have improved £1;
and Lancashire and Yorkshire, ins.
In the Foreign and Colonial Markets scarcely
any business of importance has been recorded, and
quotations remain without alteration. South Aus-
trian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 198 ; Great
Western of Canada, 121; 8; and East Indian, 101/
1021.
liJoint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares con-
tinue dull. London Joint-Stock Bank realise 368 ;
Crystal Palace Stock, 341 35 ; Royal Mail Steam,
4; and Scottish Australian Investment, 136.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
,; Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93i, a .1
',.,,Peer Cent. Consols Annuities
Indi
- w 3 per Cent. Annuities 931 1 I
a Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditt 5 per Cent. lO2 f
Ditto 51 per Cent lO7l 8
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100
Ditto ditto April, 1864 99i
Consols for Account, March 6 93}
March. I Jun 9.
22

Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d
Ditto £5OO
uitto S mall — 1 19
F }REIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
quador New Consolidated
Mexican, 3 ver Cent
4
Ditto Account
rruvian 41 per Cent .. 100 a