The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.
There has been rather less activity in the Foreign
and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few

days. Tea has been exceedingly quiet, the dealers
deferring their operations until after the arrival of
advices by the Overland Mail. For sugar there st
has been a steady enquiry, chiefly for home con-

sumption, and prices have been fairly maintained. sti
Coffee at public sale went at slightly reduced rates, St'
but the enquiries for the better descriptions were

to an average extent. Rice continued dull and the
dealings in saltpetre were only to a limited extent,
at about former quotations. At the public sales of
indigo prices have shown little variation, and
tallow has been in steady request at a slight ad- st'
vance in values. st

The third series o. olonial w'
menced yesterday evening, the attendance of both
home and foreign buyers was good, and prices sl
averaged about the same as at the close of the st'
auctions in May. The quantity to be offered i sti
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about 89,788 bales.
Rather less activity was exhibited in the cat& 2
market at Liverpool yesterday, and prices remained st
unchanged. The sales were estimated at 8,000 :t:
bales.

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-00 l sales com-

An active demand for money is still reported, gtt(
and the rates of discount consequently continue 0,
firm. The payment of railway calls and subscrip- etc
tions for shares in new companies still augment the
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general inquiry, and the expectation of a loan for
the fortifications has added to the reserve shown
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by the capitalists, who are no doubt to some extent
holding themselves prepared for any operation the
Government may have to negociate. st
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At the forthcoming meeting of the Scottish

Australian Investment Company a dividend will
be proposed at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum.

The Ripon has arrived from Alexandria with

£l,lBO in specie. 8 Li
A meeting has just been held of the English,
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Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, when a st,
dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, as '4l

also the report, was warmly adopted. ato
Very little alteration has taken place to-day in {t2
the market for Public Securities, but the trans- Rstt°o
actions having been limited prices have not been i=r
affected to any material extent. Consols are 931
for money, and 031, for account, being the same
as they closed yesterday afternoon. The New 3 -1
per Cents. and the Reduced are heavy, at 9311; 0,
the New 2712- per Cents., at 761; India Stock is etc(
firmer, at 218 and 220 ; ditto New Loan is steady, st
at 1041 K ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is at st;
971 -I; and Exchequer Bills are ls. to 4s. prem. 74',
Bank Stock is flat, at 2281 to 230. St

Continued quietude has prevailed in the Foreign
Stock Market, and prices, in some instances, are
rather heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 77 to 771 ; et
ditto New, 601 61 ; Russian 41 per Cents. have re- st
ceded to 93! ; ditto 3 per Cents. to 64; Dutch 21 per
Cents. are firmer at 651; ditto 4 per Cents. at 12
; and Brazilian 5 per Cents. at 1001.
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 1 st,
prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, =4 1 prem. ; and the
Universal, 1 I prem.
The Mercantile Bank of St. Petersburg has de-
st,
elined to !- prem.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market were st'

on a very limited scale, and the variations in prices
have been unimportant. North Western have de-
clined 55.; South Western, 10s. ; and South Wales
£l. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and West Mid-
land have improved 55., and South Devon, 10s.
For the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there