The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-27 00:00:00

MONEY .31 A 1?Ii E .7' AND CITY IV 1? WS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

A slight diminution is reported in the demand
for discount accommodation, but at present the
rates continue firm, and as preparations are now in
progress for the liquidation of speculative accounts
at the Stock Exchange, and also for the bills which
arrive at maturity on the 4th proximo, no imme-
diate relaxation is anticipated.

A further sum of £48,000 in gold was sent into
the Bank of England yesterday, but 40,000 sove-
reigns were withdrawn.

The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon
exhibited an advance in the rates on Amsterdam,
Antwerp, Hamburg, and Paris.

Gold is now five =tenths dearer in London than
in Paris, and three-tenths higher than in Ham-
burg. _ _

At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Ede and
Co., engaged in the Levant trade, the liabilities
were stated to be £20,058, and the assets estimated
to realise £23,200, exclusive of about £30,000 capi-
tal in Constantinople. After a brief discussion an
adjournment was agreed to until the 15th of April
next.

The directors of the Agra and United Service
Bank have declared a dividend of £2 10s. per share
with a bonus of £1 per share, making together a
distribution of 12 per cent. for the year 1860.
A call of £5 per share, amounting to £375,000,
was due to-day on the Scinde, Punjaub, Railway
Shares.

Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market, yester-
day, continued moderately active, and prices were
firm. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales.

A quiet tone has pervaded the market for Public
Securities to-day, but the improvement which
took place yesterday afternoon is steadily main-
tained, Consols being 91a / for money, and
91/ for the account. The improvement
is attributed to purchases for investment, but
speculation is very dull, and the settlement in
Foreign Stocks and Railway Shares has occupied
the chief attention of the dealers and brokers.
The New Threes and the Reduced are firm
at 91i Bank Stock remains at 234 ; Exchequer
Bills at 6s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents. have improved
to 1001 ; and ditto New Scrip, to 1001 I.
Foreign Securities exhibit increased buoyancy
but the dealings continue on a limited scale.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 691 to 70 ; ditto 1858,
55 to 551; ditto £lOO Bonds are 561 ; Mexican are
firm at 23k 24; Chilian at 1021; Russian 3 per
Cents. have improved to 60k ; Spanish to 49} ;
ditto Deferred to 41/, and ditto Certificates to 6/.
The preparations for the liquidation of the half-
monthly account have occupied the chief attention
of the dealers in the Railway Share Market to-
day. Prices, however, are steady, and, in some
instances, show a slight advance on previous rates.
North Western, North Eastern (Berwick), South
Eastern, and Midland have improved 55., Great
Western, Brighton, and Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln, 10s. ; and Eastern Counties, £1 ;
Caledonian declined ss. ; and Bristol and Exeter,

In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the
transactions were very limited, quotations, how-
ever, show an upward tendency. Great Wes-
tern of Canada improved 55., East Indian 10s., and
and Great Indian Peninsula 53.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have c-intinued very inactive, without any material
alteration in prices.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9la f
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per'Cent. Annuities 9ll a
India Stock 66 • -
Ditto 6 per Cent -
Ditto Scrip
Co"Isola for Account, March 7
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11(1
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK
Chilian 6 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent 23/
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • •
Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859
Spanish 3 per Cent. ..
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 6a
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 91 ± a
Ditto Account

TILE IVEATIIER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S
9 a.m.
Nairn 29•54 47 44 S.S.E. 5 5 o. 3
Aberdeen . •
Berwick 29'82 45 42 W. 4 6 r. 4
Portrush
Shields
Galway 29'63 48 47 S.W. 8 9 r. 6
Scarborough 30.00 37 35 S.W. 2 1 b. 2
Hull
Liverpool.
Queenstown 2956 60 49 W.S.W. 5 6 0. 4
Yarmouth 30*13 37 36 S.W. 3 5 c. 2
London :1013 37 36 W. 1 f.
Dover 30'14 39 37 S. E. 2 8 0. 1
Portsmouth
Portland
Plymouth
Penzance
Jersey , 30.21 40 39 E. i 2 ! 6 f. 2

EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ' • h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s , snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r, much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

EPORT, Tais DIY, 9 A.M.

Holyhead, S.S.W., fresh
breeze; clear
Inverness, S.E. ; dull
Kingstown, N.B. ; gloomy
Limerick, W.S.W.; dull
Londonderry, S.E. ; stormy
Lowestoft, S.W. ; fine
MilfordHaven,S.S.E..cloudy
Newcastle on Tyne, d. ; very
fine
Newmarket, N.E. ; fine
Southampton, N. ; fog
Waterford, W. ; dull
Weymouth, calm ; cloudy
Whitehaven, S. ; rain'