The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-22 00:00:00

The advices from the manufacturing districts
during the past week have not shown any material
alteration in the general state of business. At
Manchester the unfavourable advices from the East
and China, combined with the prospect of an ad-
vance in cotton has tended to restrict operations in
goods suitable to those markets. Business at Leeds
has been very quiet, and at Halifax and Hudders-
field the operations in piece goods have only been
to supply immediate requirements. The worsted
hosiery trade at Leicester has been active, owing to
some large orders being given out by London
houses. In the various hardware districts there is
no particular feature to notice. Prices of iron
remain unaltered, and at Birmingham, Sheffield,
and Wolverhampton, a fair business has been done
for the season of the year.
The resumption of the efflux of gold from the
Bank of England by a withdrawal of £40,000 on
Saturday, is likely to create renewed anxiety with
regard to the tendency of the rates of discount,
as a continuance of the movement must lead to a
change in the minimum quotation. The Money
market appears exceediiagly firm, and very little
business is negotiated even as low as 4 per cent.,
enhanced terms being required by the bankers and
discount houses, particularly for long dated bills,
which can only be negotiated at rates that would
at least partially protect the discounter, if an ad-
vance should take place before they arrive at
maturity.
A moderate amount of business was transacted
in the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday, and
prices were very firm. The sales were estimated
at 10,000 bales.
At the forthcoming meeting of the Royal Mail
Steam Company, the usual dividend of £2 per
share will be proposed.
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail-
way of Canada for the week ending the sth inst.,
exhibited an increase of £2,662, compared with
the same period in 1859.
' Very little variation has taken place in the English
Stock Market to-day, and the dealings have been
exceedingly limited. Consols are 921 for money,
and 921 93 for the account. The position of mone-
tary affairs, and also of Continental politics, pro-
duces an unsettled feeling. The New Threes are
fiat at 911 ; the Reduced are steady at 911 d ;
Long Annuities have receded to 16, and Exche-
quer Bills to ls. dis. and 2s. prem. ; Bank Stock is
steady at 2291 and 231 ; and India ditto at 220/ ;
ditto New Loan is heavy at 1031 1.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market has been
moderately active, and prices, in some instances,
are rather firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 691
to 70 ; ditto New, 54 to 541 ; and the 4 per Cents.
are fiat, at 101, and Mexican at 221 ; Vene-
zuelan remain at 23 ; and Peruvian Uribarren, at
831- ; Portuguese have improved to 441 ; and Rus-
sian 5 per Cents., to 104/,
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 11 21
prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, - - 1 prem. ; and
the Universal, 1 -a prem.

Business in the Railway Share Market has been
moderately active, but prices have, in some mea-
sure, sympathised with the heavy tone of the
English Funds. Eastern Counties, Great Western,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, and
Midland have decline 55.; Great Northern, North-
Eastern (Berwick), and West Midland 10s. ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln improved ssi.
The Foreign undertakings continue flat, and at
quite nominal rates.
In the Colonial Market a downward movement
was apparent. East Indian declined to 99i; Grand
Trunk of Canada brought 27i 28 ; and Great
Western of Canada 14.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
undergone no change of importance.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6
India Stock ** ie 2ZUt
Ditto 6 per Cent ..
Ditto Enfar.pd Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto i per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 1858 961
D tto Bonds £l,OOO 4 d
Consols for Account, Nov. 8
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS-LONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican per Cent ..
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent.
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. • • --
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 441
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. MI
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto Account
Spanish Com. Cert: of Coup. not funded 64
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.

TWO O'CLOCK
Consols, Money 92/ 921
Ditto Account