The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-27 00:00:00

EY MARE_E7' AND CITY 117 ETAS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The inquiry for money continues active at full
(ylotations, capitalists having taken advantage of
the temporary effect produced by the arrangements
higher
with the close of the year to exact rather
Tgher terms for the nse of the means at their
disposal. At 5 per cent., however, first class se-
curities can be negotiated in the open market as
well as at the Bank of England, but as usual
when the terms are equal the preference is given
to that establishment, and it is consequently pre-
:liethermed that the next Gazette returns will show
an important movement in the other secu-
rities.
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon
exhibited a slight decline in the rates on Paris.
There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England yesterday.
A call of £2 per share has been made by the
directors of the Bahia and San Francisco Railway,
Payable on or before the 6th of February.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday an
..active demand prevailed, and prices of most descrip-
tleha advanced Id. per lb The sales amounted to
15,000 bales.
[The Glasgow, which left for New York to-day, has
500
"eYed £83,443 in specie, and the Nova Scotian
for Portland.
The Bank of England Directors have not made
"Y alteration in their terms of discount today.
The English Funds continue depressed; Consols'
beiag 921
8 The New Threes are 921 ; the
Reduced 921 1 ; Exchequer Bills 4s. dis. to par. ;
India 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 941 95/ ; and
oitto Debentures 96a-
t Continued quietude pervades the F:reign Mar-
4et, and prices remain without any importan
vellange. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 701 11 ; ditto
,"ew, 571 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. 511 ; Mexican,
Portuguese,
22 ; Brazilian 4-1 per Cents., 1852, 861 ;
4-°llllguese, 47 8 ; and Spanish Deferred, 421 1.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
t, gag day, are in round kr.... an undsr
1860. 1859.
Great Western
2°.rth-Weatern 85,050 82,035
r'r.ighton 18,03) 14,300
ldland
6°llol-Eastern
treat Northern
014aalaire and Yorkshire
N'4to, 1 and Exeter
tr!)rta-Eastern 40,719 36,702
Midland
t‘i.'lld and Great Western of Ireland 4,569 3795
fai:'_'°urgh and Glasgow . . 6,196 5,585
Noand South-Western 7,909 6,895
IT sts Western of Canada
°ium of France 47,885 47,560
The above returns show a satisfactory increase on
all the principal British lines. On the Great Wes-
tern it amounts to £909 ; the North Western to
£1,015; the Brighton to £1,750; the Midland to
; the South Eastern to £793; the Great
Northern to £A73O ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire
to £2,464 ; the North Eastern to £4.017 ; the
Edinburgh and Glasgow to £6ll ; the Great Wes-
tern of Canada to £1,346; and the Northern of
"ranee
to £325.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been limited, and the variations have barely
°lceeded Ito 1 per cent. Caledonians have de-
clined 971 989 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire to 1201 ;
North Western to 1011 1021; and South Western
to 1;
931. Great Northern have advanced to 112
'neat Western to 751 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln to 561 57 ; Midlands to 1361 ; and North
Eastern (York), to 951.
The Foreign lines remained at almost nominal
Quotations, the only bargain recorded being in
South Austrian, and Lombardo-Venetian at 13.
In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of Canada
4oproved to 231 24 ; Great Western of Canada to
11i; and East Indian to 1001 101.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re-
main very dull at previous rates. Union of Aus-
tralia 441 ; London and Westminster 641 ; and
4cottish. Australian Investment 140.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
veer Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 a I 1
1 dia t !Q' 3
S per Cent. Annuities
nock —
• a
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
.., Ditto 6 per cent ..
241.0 Debentures, 1858 96k
13,.. - Ditto
itto Bonds £l,OOO 9 die
~, Ditto under £l,OOO
Loasols for Account, Jan. 10
4xcheqner Bills, £l,OOO, 10
D *to £5OO par
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK
Brazilian 5 per Cent
~Ditto 41 per Cant, 1852 .... 861
Mexican 2 per Cent 2l;
Portuguese
Account
3 per Cent.. 1853. • •
Ditto Account
Sp 3 per Cent. .. -
Ditto Account
, bitto New Deferred
lAlrkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK
Consols for Account, ex div.