The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY IYEWS'.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

During the past week the progress of business
in the manufacturing districts has been more
satisfactory. At Leeds rather large operations
have been entered into in the woollen goods, and
at Bradford and Huddersfield the demand for the
winter has been more animated. Business at Man-
chester, however, has remained dull owing to the
excitement that prevails in the Liverpool Cotton
Market. The hosiery and lace trades at Leicester
and Nottingham have slightly revived, and symp-
toms of improvement have been manifested in most
of the hardware districts' in the neighbourhood of
Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday
business continued rather active, and the recent
advance in prices was firmly maintained. The
sales were 20,000 bales.
About £32,000, in gold, was purchased by the
Bank of England authorities on Saturday.

The Atrato, which left to-day for the West
Indies, took out £5,040 in specie.
The Magdalena has arrived from the Brazils,
with £164,891 in specie ; and the Indus, from
Alexandria, brings about £1,500.
A steady business is still recorded in the general
discount market, and the rates continue easy. The
inquiries at the Bank of England are very much
reduced, in consequence of the greater facilities of-
fered by the joint-stock and private establishments.
While the discount operations of the Bank are
thus curtailed, the influx of gold is still maintained,
and the next weekly balance-sheet is therefore
expected to show a further decided improvement.
A further slight improvement has taken place in
the English stock market, owing to the continued
fine weather, the favourable tendency of monetary
affairs, and the purchases which are still effected
on speculative account. Consols are about 93 for
transfer and the 10th inst.; for October they are
937, 1. The New Threes have improved to 92'i-
and the reduced to 921 93. India Stock advanced
to 221; ditto 5 per Cent. is firm at 1031 104, and
the New limn scrip is 1041.
An average amount of business has been recorded
in Foreign SecuritieF, and prices are tolerably firm.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 1; ditto, 1858, 651
ex div. ; Spanish are steady, at 492 4 ; ditto De-
ferred at 42, and Brazilian 42 per Cents. at 894 ;
Peruvian 41 per Cents. are 971 982 ex div. ; and
Portuguese have improved to 471.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been numerous, and increased buoyancy has been
apparent in prices. North-Western, South-Eastern,
and Stockton and Darlington have improved 5,.;
Caledonian, Great Western, Lancashire and York-
shire, London, Chatham, and Dover, South-
Western, and North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; and
Great Northern and Midlands, £1 ; Eastern Coun-
ties, however, have declined about 10s.
In the Foreign and Colonial lines there has
been a fair business transacted. South Austrian
and Lombardo-Venetian are steady at 171; Dutch
Rhenish have advanced t 3 141 -a ; East Indian to
10211; Grand Trunk of Canada, however, have de-
clined to 204.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
continue firm, at fully previous rates. Agra and
United Service realise 85 ; Oriental Bank, 50! ; and
Crystal Palace Stock, mi.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92k / 3
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 21 per Cent. Annuities 76/ k
ndia btock..... ..... .. ...
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
,ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981
Ditto ditto April, 1864 981
Ditto 1859
t'onsols for Account, Sept. 10 .. 92
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 103 k I 4
March. June.
exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d — 6 8 pm
D tto £5OO .. 6 Bpm
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent ..
Ditto 4± per Cent., 1860 B9k
Chilian 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent .. 83
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Peruvian 4t per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. ex div
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Swedish, 4 par Cent.
i urkish 6 per Cent .. 7O
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.

French Rentes, 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f 9sf. 60c.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money 92k 3k
Ditto Account

THE WEATHER.

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NE:

1:0 TILL TO-MORROW OR
CT DAY.

Wee
Nor
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iterly to north, fresh ; fine.

th-west, northerly; fine.
filar.

IGICAL REPORTS.