The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

During the past week there has been little change
of importance in the general course of business in
the manufacturing districts. At Manchester, how-
ever, a further advance has taken place in the value
of both yarns and piece goods. The woollen trade
at Leeds has continued steady, and at Halifax, Hud-
dersfield, and Bradford preparations for the spring
demand has given increased employment to the
operatives. The hosiery trade of Leicester has con-
tinued busy, and a fair amount of business v; as done
at Nottingham and Hinckley. The iron trade of
South Staffordshire has shown symptoms of im-
provement, but in the various hardware districts,
Viz., Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton,
no material alteration can be recorded.

There was more activity in the Liverpool cotton
market on Saturday, and 15,000 bales were dis•
posed of, at full rates.

There is a steady demand for accommodation,
and it is readily supplied, although very little
business is now transacted under 31 per cent., the
recent increase in the inquiry, and the monetary
advices from Paris, having induced greater firm-
ness on the part of the banks and discount
houses.

About £45,000 in bar gold was taken into the
Bank of England on Saturday.
The Africa, from New York, has brought £1,166
in specie.

The rate of interest on French Treasury Bonds
bas been raised from 31 to 4 and 4-3- per cent., ac-
cording to the time they have to run before falling
due.

A second call of £2 per share has been made by
the directors of the South Eastern of Portugal
Railway, payable on or before the 4th proximo.
The traffic receipts of the Northern of France
Railway from the Ist of January to the 23d ult.,
amounted to £1,786,596, being an increase of
£62,400 compared with the corresponding date
last year, and on the Paris and Orleans Railway
for the same period the receipts were £2,046,558,
or £166,626 more than in 1860.
The transactions in the market for Public Seen-
ties to-day have been rather restricted, but having
included a few speculative sales, prices have
shown a downward tendency. Console are quoted
92 I for transfer, and 93 931 for November,
being it per cent. lower than they were on Satur-
day afternoon. The New Threes and the Re-
duced are steady at 901 91; Exchequer Bills,
March, par to 3s. prem. ; ditto, June, 7s. prem. ;
Indian 5 per Cent. Loan is 103 k being flat; ditto
51 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is 1031; and Bank
Stock for account has improved to 237.
No material variation has taken place in Foreign
Securities, and the dealings have been of a mode-
rate character. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 841 ;
ditto, 1858, 68! 691 ; Mexican are flat, at 251 and
26}; but Brazilian have improved to 100; Portu-
guese, to 47.71 ; Russian, to 100 ; and Spanish are
firm, at 50; and ditto Deferred, at 42k.
Business in the Railway Share Market continued
inactive, and in some instances prices exhibited a
farther slight decline. Lancashire and Yorkshire
South Easterns receded ss. ; Great Westerns 10s. ;
and Caledonians, 15s. ; Great Northerns, however,
were in request at an advance of 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines continue fiat—
San Paulo brought 51 -7; ; Great Luxembourg de-
clined to 8: ; and Bahia and San Francisco to 121;
Great Western of Canida, to 9 and East India to
101.

Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have been in limited request. London and South
African brought 91 ; London Joint-stock, 321 ; City
Bank,BBi ; Peel River Land, 481,, and South Aus-
tralian Land, 34.