The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-12 00:00:00

2201VEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx7

The accounts from the various manufacturing
districts continue of a very satisfactory character.
At Leeds, during the past week, there has been a
good attendance in the various cloth halls, and a
large business has been done in articles suitable to
the hosiery trade. Most of the mills in the neigh-
bourhood have been working full time in the pre-
paration of fabrics for the spring demand. At
Bradford piece goods have been dealt in to a fair
extent for the season, and there is a steady demand
for worsted yarns. Business at Manchester has
been less active, owing to the rather un-
satisfactory adv ices from the East India
markets ; for the home demand, however, there
WIS been a steady inquiry for most descrip-
tions of cloths. The hosiery trade of Leicester has
tshown less activity, but the future prospects of
eusiness are considered promising. At Birmingham
the transactions have teen moderately brisk for the
season, and large orders have been received from
the United States. The iron trade, however, has
been inactive. At Sheffield a fair amount of busi-
ness has been done in cutlery for the Australian
markets, and trade generally has been active. The
iron trade of Wolverhampton has shown slight
symptoms of improvement, some extensive orders
for the East Indies having been given out, and the
manufacture of the accoutrements of the various
title corps has given full employment to most of the
°Perativee.
• In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday
been
was rather more active, 8,000 bales having
...Wei sold, at previous rates. The Railway Share
41arket closed steadily, but prices had a downward
tendency.
further sum of about £20,000 was withdrawn
from the Bank of England on Saturday, which,
I.lld the £293,940 by:the Swiftsure, has been taken
ulr the continent.
There is no particular variation in the state of
°°etary affairs, the inquiry being fairly maintained
ot
fell quotations. The supplies appear to be abun-
dant, but bankers and others, anticipating an aug-
mented demand until the close of the year, refuse
to
negotiate even the best descriptions of mer-
eantile
paper below the minimum charged at
the Bank of England. Small quantities of gold
iltinno to leave that establishment notwithstand-
ingthe appropriation of the receipts from Aus-
tralia
4lin and America on Continental account, and if
the movement should increase it is probabb that
the °facial terms of discount will soon be advanced
to
3 per cent., although the subject at present at-
'• lets very little attention in commercial circles.
Another marine insurance project has been in-
t
iittlduced to the notice of the investing public,
the Universal Marine Insurance Com-
-1:4117,'' which has been brought out under the
tisPiees of an influential board of directors. The
naPital required is one million, which it is proposed
to
raise in £2O shares. The promoters, in bringing
°l"ward the scheme, point out the necessity which
ousts for further insurance companies, and direct
ttntion to the success which has attended the old
established concerns.
In ° the circular announcing the postponement of
the Meeting of the 15th instant, the directors of the
Great Ship Company state that one of the objects
e; which it was called has been partially attained,
ttain arrangements having been entered into to
meet the outstanding engagements. It may, there-
te' he presumed that the statement alluded to
t:der this head on Saturday, namely, that the direc-
ehad obtained a sum on mortgage amounting to
4,000, is correst. The following is given as an
approximate statement of the assets and liabilities
the company :
Tow R.
anee D
of temporary loan
atuount of sundry other liabilities..

£45,000 0 0

To balance
II CR.
cash at achebk rs and balance of receipts
for - • t Ll,lOO 0 0
viewmg ship
Y alnount of arrears on calls all considorcd
Rood
B alance

L 15,000 0 0
I.lllmber of Number still to issueued at £1 each.. L 30,258 0 0
. 263 ,
742 0 0

The £330,000 0 0
tb/tt aiv,—ve assets are, of course, exclusive of any proceeds
inay be derived under the arbitration.
a„,,11 43 new form the Bankers' Almanac, Diary,
17' Directory for 1860, edited by D. Morier Evans,
iorints a mass of information of utility and interest
%litho banking and mercantile community. Not
3' are the whole of the ordinary financial and
mercantile statistics famished, but also the recent
tar
r of Russia, Japan, China, India, and New
Zealand, so that the banker or merchant can
a'lll, at a glance, whatever he requires in con-
Zion with his various pursuits. The yearly
retrospect
of the list of failures and the chronology
tjalents increase the value of the book both for
l'anco in the future and reference to the past.
hat usiness in the market for English Securities
ttk e(iatinued quiet, and very little alteration has
tu en place in prices. A decline of y per cent. oc-
%Zed °II Saturday, and dealings have been recorded
hev,,lll°llling at that depreciation. The market,
coo;ver, is strong, as the advices from the
reoTent are considered favourable, and the Rentes
prr,-,1111 firm. Consols have been 963 1, for the 10th
10;" The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced
gorier,
at 051 ; India Loan Stock is rather
itotfert at 106; 3 ; ditto Bonds remain at 3s. prem.,
Rtn,,LEchequer Bills at 275. to 30s. prem. Bank
,74 is 227 to 228.
hitl-1:1 the Foreign Market to-day the transactions
hue, been rather limited, and very little change
I.7lAraken place in values. Turkish 6 per Cents. are
eOr I!13, and the New, 66 to 661 ; Dealings are re-
ferNa 'e in Spanish 3 per Cents. at 451, in the De-
Btoo-1: at 33, and in the Passive at 10,1- ; Mexican
221 'lB quiet, at 221, and Venezuela Bonds are
4*

tIL e
Ocean Marine Shares are 11 premium, and
The
of the Universal are quoted t, to 1 prem.
tee 40 dealings in the Railway Share Market have
moderately active, but in one or two instances
rl.rraness has been apparent. Lancashire and
Itiialure, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
tlitlpind, and North-Eastern (Berwick) have do-
Ore-58. ; and Blackwall, 10s. ; Eastern Counties,
Western, and South-Western have ad-
-66. ; and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, I ;
The Foreign
improved about £1 to £2.
V eti e Poreign lines were dull but firm, Lombardo-
etian advanced to 12; 13. Great Luxembourg
/1,1,44.11,_t 711 ; Paris and Lyons, 37;-.
tiftt: Lue Colonial Market there was very little va-
Indr„11 East Indian were 1021- 1031 ; Great
44,1-11 Peninsula, 1011 ; Grand Trunk of Ca-
-13141 391 391: and ,Great Western of Canada,

teaoint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
ltl ill limited request. Ottoman Bank have de-
/ et 10,58. ; and Union of London, ss.
Talilllit'," Miscellaneous Market there is very littlo
pan I°ll of importance. London Discount Clorn-
, ' are at 4to 41; and Crystal Palace, la 1.,.
Com-
b
411441x5141, ,PIT-XDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
~,P,31. e. ex
"41+ 'lit* Red d Annuities
Ind. 3 Per co II"951 I '
14, Seer , tit. Annuities
951 t
Ditt, °eK
Al\Ditto'ili,' 1859, 5 p r Cent.
ttu -elids, zi oeoo
(~,_ Iknder, £l,OOO
kugr;ol% for A 3 6 p
, zie.qi, . Account (Jan. 10)
'ItIQR- .' '3lllll, £l,OOO, 11d .. 30 27
' tazii• °V FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
ttex• 41. 5 per Cent 1 103 21
R bilttrA3. Per Cent
btil;(i,,i'lsittnc°pent
r Cent
41)44411;i" ...
bitto Per ent............ Zi
bhitto 'Neount
t-iittc,
,k-evrolitisbetferred, 3 per Cent —
T
lltith,l'assive 3a
4- Per Ce lOl
't °Xew L '''t _
_
V°llletll,leeoil:t .. GO it
4 glliA2i Pe.r.Cent. . .. 281
-v"tends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.

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D°111!°
itty' Money
Lto Account (Jan. 10) 951 d

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Let et of t, Yof the new palace at Westminster. The
cle 4 the fresco is Lord William Russell the night
execution.