The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-11 00:00:00

1102vLY 111ARKE2' AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

During the past week there has been very little
improvement in the state of trade in the manufac-
turing districts. Business at Leeds has bean dull,
while at Manchester increased depression has pre-
vailed, and yarns and cloths have shown a further
slight decline. At Bradford piece goods were in
limited request. The hosiery and lace trade at
Leicester and Nottingham has been rather more
active, but a large number of the operatives are
still out of employment. In the hardware districts
there has been slight symptoms of improvement.
and at Birmingham, Sheffield and Wolverhampton
a better enquiry for goods for the home markets
has been experienced.
Continued pressure is experienced in the general
discount market, and the rates indicate increased
stringency. The demand has been stimulated not
only by the subscriptions to the Indian Loan, but
also by the extensive purchases of silver for trans-
mission to the East, chiefly for the purchase of
cotton. The steamer Messilia, which will leave for
India to-morrow, will take out upwards of half a
million sterling in that metal, and it is expected
that the movement will be kept up for some time,
as the authorities will no doubt remit a portion of
the £3,000,000 they have just obtained at the
earliest opportunity. - .

There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England on Saturday.
The steamer Massilia which leaves tomorrow,
the 12th inst., will take £2,000 in gold to Alexan-
dria, and £21,900 in gold and £504,805 in silver,
to Bombay.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturday,
business continued inactive, and prices were de-
pressed. The sales were 6,000 bales.
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail-
way of Canada for the week ending the 25th inst.,
exhibits an increase of £2,825 when compared with
the same period in 1860.
A firmer tone _ has pervaded the market for
Public Securities to-day in consequence of several
speculative purchases, Consols being 91i 92 for
money, and 921 for the March account. Busi-
ness, however, is dull, and the market presents a
quiescent appearance. The New Threes are steady
at 918 92 ; the Reduced, at 911 92. Bank Stock is
at 232. India ditto has receded to 217 ; ditto 5
per Cents. 102* ; ditto New Scrip is 1001 ; and
Exchquer Bills are flat at ss. to 4s. dis.
Very few dealings have been reported in Foreign
Securities, but prices are generally steady. Turkish
6 per Cents. are 691. 70 ; ditto (1858), 551 to 56 ;
and ditto £lOO Bonds have declined to 56i; bat
the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed are firm at 100*; and
Spanish at 48; ditto Passive at 188 e, and Belgian
42 per Cents. at 98 ; but Brazilian 4* per Cents.
(1860) have receded to 85Z-.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
not been very extensive, and the variations in
prices have barely exceeded * per cent. Caledo-
nonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, North-
Eastern:(Ber wick) and South-Eastern have receded
about ss. ; and Bristol and Exeter and North-
Western, 10s. ; Great Western have improved ss. ;
and London and Brighton and Great Northern
A Stock 108.

In the Foreign and Colonial Markets the deal-
ings were limited ; prices, however, were generally
fairly maintained. South Austrian and Lombardo-
Venetian rose to 13k ; Great Western of Canada
to 111 ; and Great Indian Peninsula to 951.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have been in moderate favour. London Joint
Stock have improved ss. ; Union of London, ss. ;
Oriental Bank declined 10s.; and Ottoman Bank,
ss. ; Canada Land Shares have improved to 111
and 112, and Red Sea Telegraph shares remain
steady at 18t.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 2 1 i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent ..
Ditto Scrip
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent.nt
Ditto öt per Cent lOll 1 t
Ditto Debentures, 1858 9sk i i

Ditto

i 869

Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 25-d
,itto under ELMO
'onsols for Account, March 7
India Stock for Account —
Ditto 5 per Cent. for Account lOOl 1 1
Exchequer Bills, £l,O00, 10
:et/REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 B5/ .
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Mexican 3 per Cent —
I lift , Account .. 231 1
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 .. 46/
Russian fi per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 100
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Ditto 41, per Cent, 1860
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
, Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f, _
Ditto 41 per Cent..
- THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money.. 911 1
Ditto Account

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