The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-14 00:00:00

IO.A.AY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLoes.

The inquiries for discount accommodation are
tolerably well maintained, both in the open market
and at the Bank of England, where a larger business
now transacted than for some time past.

About £42,000 in gold was sent into the Bank
of England 3 esterday.
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon in
most instances exhibited a slight decline.
The Atrato, from the West Indies, has brought
£31,140 in gold, and £BB,BOO in silver.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a
moderate amount of business was transacted, and
prices were firm. The sales were estimated at
60,000 bales.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £133,200, and the exports £72,000.

The sum of £l,OOO has been applied to the
purchase of 13 Guatemala Bonds which have been
cancelled.

The half-yearly interest on Portuguese 3 per
Cents. be paid on and after the Ist of
January.

Notice has been given that the sum of £680,000
in Portuguese 3 per Cent. Bonds of 1860 have
been issued, of which £lBO,OOO were subse-
quently cancelled. _

Thee has been very little animation in the
English Stock market to-day, and no material
variation has taken place, Consols being about 900
for money and the account. Later intelligence from
America is awaited with much anxiety in specula-
tive channels. The New and the Reduced are firm
at 891 90 ; the June Exchequer Bills 12s to 15s
Prem. ; Bank stock is 234 ; India 5 per Cent. ditto
1021 103; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 96i.
In the Foreign market the dealings have been
of a very limited character, but quotations have not
varied to any material extent. Turkish 6 per Cents.
are 761 77 ; ditto 1858, 67 to 68 ; ditto 4 per Cents.
have receded to 104. Mexican remain at 261
271. Chilian 4* per Cents. are 83. Sardinian 5 per
Cents. are firm at 771. Spanish Certificates are at
6Z-, and Venezuelan at 21a.

The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been extremely limited, the speculators having been
occupied with the settlement of the account, and
prices have shown no material variation. Caledo-
nian, Great Western, Midland, and South Eastern
improved 55., and London, Chatham, and Dover,
d North Western, declined ss.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were
without change.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
tinue very dull. London and County brought 36;
Oriental Bank 491 ; Union of London 271; and
Electric Telegraph 93.

, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
!,sank Stock
4 per Cent. Reduced Annuities..
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
~New 3 per Cent. Annuities B9k / 90
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent 961
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
• Ditto 1859
Consols for Account, Jan. 9
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
March. I June.

Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d....
Ditto £5OO ..
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
(Milian 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent.
N,lexican, 3 per Cent
sardinian 5 per Cent.
,Panish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent... 77
Ditto New Loan

Ditto Account
nitre Guaranteed. 4 per Cent.
-Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam. — 11 195 11 194
Antwerp
• •
Brussels — 25 55 25 60
tiatobirmh — 13 84 13 81
Paris b Short. 25 221 25 324
bit/ 0
Atarr ;illes -25 574 25 625
1,, -3
rankfort on Maine — 1183 1181
Vienna -14 40 14 55
-tiniest°
l'etersburgh
Perlin —
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn —
Milan
..
Genoa —
INTaples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon ..
Oporto —
Foreign Gold in Bars (standard) ....
Mexican Dollars ..
silver in Bars (Stand aid) ..... ....
south American Doubloons

48#
48i
25 65
25 7)
25 70

48i
48a
25 75
25 75

39a
118 k
118/
52
52

25 75
39i
119
1191
52i

52;
£3 17 9
0 4 114
0 5 1
0 0 0