The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-21 00:00:00

310.27EY MARKET "IND CITY IVEIVS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The demand for discount accommodation con-
tinues very moderate, and the rates show increased
firmness, the best bills being negotiable at 3 per
cent.
A large amount of gold, viz,, £145,000, was sent
into the Bank of England yesterday.
There was no material alteration in the foreign
exchanges yesterday afternoon.
A meeting of the Oriental Bank Corporation
will take place on the 29th proximo, for the decla-
ration of an interim dividend.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £440,000, and the exports £124,370.

A fair amount of business was transacted in the
Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were
well maintained. The sales were about 15,000
bales.

The traffic receipts of the Dutch Rhenish Rail-
way for the fortnight ending the 31st ult.
amounted to £10,670, showing an increase of £933
compared with the same period last year.
The Market for Public Securities has continued
dull, the dealings especially for transfer having
been very restricted. At the commencement prices
were steady, but a decline of I per cent. has since
occurred, Consols closing at 931 for money, and
93e I for account. The New Threes are steady at
91a I; the Reduced at 912 -a ; Exchequer Bills,
March, at 2s. prem. ; ditto June, ss. to Bs. prem.;
India 5 per Cent. Stock is firm at 104; and the
Scrip at 104 k.
_

—ln the Foreign Market a limited amount of
business has been transacted, and prices, in some
instances, show a further improvement. Turkish
6 per Cents. are firmer, viz., 831 84-1 ; ditto 1858,
at 68§ 69 ; Mexican 234 I; Spanish have risen to
508 ; Dutch 24 per Cents. to 641; and Venezuelan
are steady at 20t.

The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been of a very limited character, and a further
downward tendency was apparent in prices. Cale
donian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, North
Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern have receded
58. ; and South Western and Manchester, Sheffiel3,
and Lincoln, 10s.; Great Westerns have improved
55.; and Eastern Counties, 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in
moderate demand, and, in most iastances, at pre-
vious rates. South Austrian and Lombardo-
Venetian realised 171 171 ; Bahia and San Fran-
cisco 131 131 ; Recife and San Francisco have
receded to 151 1 ; and Dutch Rhenish advanced to
151 Z-; East Indian have declined to 1011 1016;
Great Indian Peninsula are steady at 991.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
continue inactive without any material alteration
in values.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE 6
g'per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l 1
India 5t0ck............
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent
oitto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Consols for Account, Oct. 10
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .

104
104 k

-961 I
1 98/
103/ 1
93 /
1041 /
IJune.
75 pm

March.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 2pm
D 'to £5OO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
New cirenada Active, 3f per Cent.
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto 3 per Cent. B2f
Spanish 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
TWO 0' C LOC li .
Consols, Money 93; f
Ditto Account