The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-22 00:00:00

MONEY 111ABKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The progress of business in the Foreign and
Colonial. Produce Markets during the last few
days has continued active, and prices generally have
been well sustained. Tea has fully supported late
prices. Sugars have continued in fair request, and
good and fine qualities have slightly advanced.
Coffee has been in good demand, and rather a large
business has been done in rice at enhanced rates.
In the tallow market there has been considerable
animation, and prices for both present and forward
delivery have tended. upwards. P.Y.C. on the spot
is quoted 525. 6d. to 535.; and spring delivery,
548. per cwt.

Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool
Cotton Market, yesterday, and prices tended up-
wards. The sales were estimated at 25,000 bales.
Notice has been given that tenders will be re-
ceived for Ceylon Government 6 per cent. deben-
tures to the extent of £lOO,OOO, for the purpose of
raising the balance required for paying off the
shareholders of the Ceylon Railway company.
About £lO,OOO in Russian gold was taken into
the Bank of England yesterday.
The bar silver by the last West India steamer
has been disposed of at ss. Otl. per oz., being with-
out alteration.

Further indications of easiness are now percep-
tible in the general money market, owing to the
extensive supplies in the possession of banks and
private firms, which induce them to negotiate secu-
rities on rather lower terms, and by these means the
Bank of England with its minimum at 31 per cent,
is virtually excluded from participation in the cur-
rent discount business. For instance good com-
mercial bills have been negotiated at 3 per cent.,
and in exceptional instances at a fraction lower,
which, of course, is sufficient to attract the com-
mercial classes to whom 1 per cent. is of the utmost
importance at the present moment, owing to the
general depression of trade and the reduced profits
they now derive from their transuctions.
The market for Public Securities opened this
morning with a firmer appearance, and although
the transactions were limited purchases preponde-
rated, and a rise of 4- per cent. has been established,
Consols being about 924 I for transfer and the 7th
proximo, The New Threes and the Reduced
were steady at 901 ; Exchequer Bills, March,
have improved to ss. prem. ; ditto, June, to Bs.
and 11s, ; Bank Stock has advanced to 233 ; India
5 per Cent. Loan to 1041 a and the New Loan
Scrip to 1041.

In the Foreign Market the dealings have been
on a limited scale, and prices generally are rather
flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 80 1 ; ditto, 1858,
68 1 ; Mexican firm at 261; Portuguese have re-
ceded to 46i ; Spanish, to 49i ; Chilian 41 per
Cents., to 844 ; and Italian 5 per Cents., to 681
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
very inactive, and little change of importance has
taken place in prices. Great Westerns and North
British, however, have advanced 10s., but North
Westerns have declined ss. Eastern Counties,
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South
Easterns remained at previous prices.
The Foreign and Colonial lines were in fair
demand. Great Luxembourg:brought 98 ; Dutch
Rhenish, 151 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 131;
East Indian, 1011 102 ; and Great Indian Penin-
sula declined to 99.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
were flat. London and Westminster declined to
70 71, Union of London improved to 281, and
Red Sea and India Telegraph to 19Z 1.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9oa a A
i per Cent. Cons*ls Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 21 per Cent. Annuities 76t
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —

Ditto foi 30 Yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 15 7-16
ndia Stock OO CI

Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
Ditto Entaced raper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent 961 / A
Ditto 51 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent,, Oct., 1863 98/ i
Ditto ditto__ April, 1864 98/

Ditto 1859 . ,
98
Date, Bonds £l,OOO —
bitto under £l,000
Consols for Account,.Nov. 7 92} a a
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
March June.
Exchequer Eills, £l,OOO, 2d..... 5 pm 8 11 pm
Ditto £5OO .. 5 pm 11 pm
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Chili= 6 per Cent
Ditto 44 per Cent
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Peruvian 4i per Cent 96}
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, .£ St ..
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 6lk
Sardinian 5 per Cent.

Ditto Account ... . Blk
Spanish 3 per Cent. ••••
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 5l
Turkish 6 per Cent • • ----
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch' 21 per Cent., Exchangel2 Guil.
'mad Certificates, 4 per Cent...
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861

THREE
:Consols, Money 921 I
Ditto Account 92a

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tins DA.T.
Ainsterdam
Ditte
Rotterdam — 12 11 12 15
Antwerp
Brussels .—, 25 675 25 70
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 675 25 72i
Frankfort on Maine —119 a
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 324 33
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York — .. ..
i‘Ficerxieicangn Gold in
.41.. 9, Bars (Standard).... per ca. () 4
1
3 17 914
Silver in Bars (Standard) '' 0 5 01
0 0 0
South American. Doubloons

481 482
481 481
25 80 25 85
25 80 25 85
25 80 25 85
392 391
1182 118/
1181 118/
62 521
621 621