The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-05 00:00:00

.110.4178 Y _MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
There is rather less activity in the general dis
count market owing to the completion of the
monthly engagements due yesterday, but the rates
charged for accommodation continue firm. The
commercial community provided for their bills
in a very satisfactory manner, and no failures
Portance occurred, but a favourable liqui-
dat,iton of accounts was looked for in consequence
of Lae healthy condition of trade, and the abun-
dance and cheapness of money. The market
flay new be expected to assume a quieter aspect, as
the dividend payments will soon afford relief. In
addition to the interest paid away at the Bank,
numerous joint-stock companies are now calling
their shareholders together,lto divide the half-year's
profits, and by this means an enormous sum passes
into the hands of the public. The effect, however,
may prove of short duration, owing to the introduc-
tion of new schemes, and the anticipated , im-
provement in trade.
At the Bank of England yesterday there were
no bullion operations of importance.
Letters from Liverpool report that the cotton
market yesterday closed steadily, and about 8,000
bales were sold at previous rates. In the railway
share market business was rather more active, and
prices exhibited an improvement.
The total amount called up last year in the shape
of railway calls was £15,452,941.
a The market for English Securities opened with
. nul appearance, owing to the decline reported
in the Rentes
•
S.
TI and the Ministerial changes spoken
of in Paris. Consols at one time were 95:, but they
are now 954
1, being a shade firmer; the February
quotation is 951 9, The transactions have been
very limited. The New Threes and the Reduced
nnuities are 951, 96 ; Indian Debentures, 981 I;
ditto 5 per Cent. enfaced paper, 961, ; India Stock
prem.
is 104-1- ,; and the Exchequer Bills are 31s. to 325.
In the Foreign Stock Market a fair amount of
business has been transacted, and prices generally
show an improvement.
781 to 79i ; ditto Turkish 6 per Cents. are
New, 661 to 661 ; Mexican is
Bat at 221; •.Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. have ad- _
vonced to 85 Portuguese to 441 4 ; Dutch 4 per si
Cents. to 102 ; Russian 3 per Cents. to 66i, ditto
4} per Cents, to 981, ditto 5 per Cents. are marked
1091, and the Scrip 1 dis.
Tho Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares
are It 2 prem. ; the Universal ditto, k dis. to t
I
par ; San Paulo Railway, par to prem. Bank
of Turkey, Ito 11 prem.; and the New Canadian
Loan, 11 to 2 prem.

The last; week's railway receipts, ascertained up I
Ghost Western ..
to this day, are in round figures as underlB6o :-
1859.
North-Weatorn
£25,875 £24,694 t
72,053 65,198 St
Sonth-Weatern
14,452 13,234 st
14,607 12,786
Brighton .... ..... . ........... ~
kidland .....
Mouth-Eastern ....
Groat Northern ...29,244 24,171 Si
....
Latteahliji* and Yorks • a' '
34 190 30,175 li
Bristol and Exeter. lur
7;281 6,384
North-Eastern ..
33,288 29,411 13t•
tkfuelleste, Sheffield, and LinColn
Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton 4 722 4,375
West Hartlepool . :
3,351 2,760 st,
alia.burgh and Gies g. o ....
3,529 5,288 St:
Glasgow awl South-Western
Great Luxembourg 8 ril
1,944 1,551
Great Western, of Canada . 7,362 7,610 1
These returns show a satisfactory increase on most I
of the principal lines in the United Kingdom. On st,
the Great Western it amounts to £1,181; on the 1
North-Western, to £6,760 ;on the South-Western, 2,
to 4218; on the Brighton, to £1,821; on the st:
Midland, to £3,757 ;on the South-Eastern, to 1,
the Great Northern,.Xs,lo3 ; the Lancashire st
Z:
and Yorkshire, X 4,015 •; the North-Eastern, £4,877 ;
the Edinburgh and Glasgow, £241 ; and the Great .6:,
Canadalaucembourg, £393. On the Great Western of
st
there is a deer of £248.
Buiness in tile
moderately Railway Share Market has been 1
active, bu prices have sympathised St
with the heavy torte oft he English market. Great st
Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, S. Western,
Midland and North
Caledonian British have declined ss.
11.
, 10s. and South Eastern, 15s. Great
st,
Northern improved £l, and
10e, North Eastern York, Z
The Foreign and Colonial lines are also a shade
Si
flatter.
Lombardo-Venetian
have declined II;
'
Pernambuco, , and Bahia and San Francisco,
s. East Indian are flat at 104, but Great Indian
Peninsula advanced to 1021. Grand Trunk of
Canada are steady at 441, and Great Western of
at Canada, 121.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re-
main quiet at about former prizes. London and 1
,_ 7
Westminster realise 66, 11,Iadras Irrigation 21 to 21-, 1
20
and National Discount Company, 4:1.

ahlt Stock BRI G TISH FUNDS—CLOSIN PRICES.
-n
... 2281
.................
01, 6 5 4 1
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
• • uo
NRW 3 per Cent. Annuities '•
951 /4 6 5I 6
• • •
ludia Stock ..•
Ditto Debenture•;;lB•s•B• ..
..
........
•• • NI Z i
Dittol)Eitnlte' id
pa 1859
•••
POIIKOIR for Account (Jr.
Ditto 51 per Centr, ' !
sperlo cent.. ...
India Steek for Acountr'
Fxchequer Bills £l,OOO, 11
• 3l 229
Ditto
00 f55152040ii: .. .............. .... .. •d. ....
31 2 29
....
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent. ..................
u,.. Ditto Account ... —. . ...... . ....... 1031
iseuoe Ayres, 6 yer Cent•.............. • 86 _ .
vg. Ditto Deferred., ... .. . . ............... 22 i/
-quad New Consolidated ' •
............ 13
"Lezlsau, 3 per Cent. • .................. i
Ditto Account ...... 22
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. ..........
..... 411 1 /
Ditto Account
'toilful, 1822,Cent......... 109}
981 xd
Ditto 41 per Cent.
t St., 5 per
66/4 6/4
:Ditto, 3 per Cent 1859
.)
i d
Ditto Scrip,
84/
8"... clillian, 6 per Cent
43/ x d
Spanish 3 per Cent
44
Ditto Account
.. 10/
Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cen•t --
Ditto.
.. 79 84 9
Ditto Accoant
New Loan _
6 1 61 61
Ditto Account 6st 64
tellgian,
Dividende on the above payable in London. 4 25f 9Bl
Ditto Certifi
' 'Ol Exchl per Cent , Ex
ngetes, 4 per : 12. Guil.
Center Cent —
calo2

Co
uittolisols,Ac Money
count (Jan. 10) 95! t

THREE O'CLOCK.

lIR
1341778-11" _EXPEDITION TO CHITA.

•
Her Ma.; ,esLY
her Majesty's
--J's ships Simoom and Sphinx, with
arrived at gunboats Hardy and Haovck,
Dec. 6, St. Vincent, Cape de Verd Island,
from Portsmouth, an'd the three last sailed
Wea the 7th for Rio Janeiro and China. Her Majes-
s 6114) Encounter and the gunboat Grasshopper
arrived on the 7th, and sailed on the 11th for Rio
Janeiro and China; on the Bth, her Majesty's
ship Odin the and the gunboat Weazel, and on the 9th
gunboat Beagle, and all three sailed on the
game day for Rio Janeiro and Chine. •On the 10th,
her Majesty's gunboat Flamer, and on the 11th the
gunboat Snap, also arrived from Portsmouth, and
sailed also for Rio Janeiro and China.