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

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

A slight diminution is reported in the demand
for discount accommodation, but at present the
rates ccafinue 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 matztrity 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reigns were withdrawn.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
adjourn,ment was agreed to until the 15th of April
next.

The directors of the Agra and United Service
Bank have declared a dividend of L 2 10s. per share
with a bonus of 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 911 1 for money,. and
911 7; 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 911 13-; Bank Stock remains at 234 ; Exchequer
Bills at 6s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents. have improved
to 1001; and ditto New Scrip, to 1001 1.
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 231 24; Chili= at 1021; Russian 3 per
Cents. have improved to 601 5 ; Spanish to 491 ;
ditto Deferred to 411, and ditto Certificates to 61.

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, L 1 ;
Caledonian declined ss. ; and Bristol and Exeter,
£l.

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
ald Great Indian PeninsUla
Joint Stock Bank and , Miscellaneous Shares
have c3ntinued very inactive, without any material
alteration in prices.

BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
a per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 911 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9li # I
5 per Cent. Annuities lO7
India Stock oo Pl.
Ditto b per Cent
Ditto Scrip Cent
1001 I k
Ditto Debentures, 1858 .1"" 951
Consols for Account, March /
India Stock for Account.... ii,-' ___
Ditto 5 per Cent. 4s •• •• • 100
Exchequer Bills, £1,000,.1}4 si- 6 did
D•tto £5OO 2 2 dis
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860
Chilian 6 per Cent.
Mexican 3 per Cent .23/
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822. £ St —
Ditto 51 per Cent 9113
Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859
Spanish 3 per Cent...
49/
Dittd Account
Ditto New Deferred —
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded... 6l
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto New Loan •
511
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Dividends on the above payable in London.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account

THE WEATHEE.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
between 8 and B. IE. M. D. F. ,C. I: S
9 a.m.
Nairn 29'54 47 1417 S.S.E. • 5 5 o. 3
Aberdeen
Berwick 29'82 45 42 - W. 4 6 r. 4
Portrush
Shields
Galway.. ....
Scarborough 30.00 37 35 S.W. 2 1 b. 2
Hull
Liverpool 30.00 40 38 S.S.E. 2 2 b. 2
Queenstown 2986 60 49 W.S.W. 5 6 0. 4
Yarmouth 3013 37 36 S.W. 3 5 c. 2
London 3013 37 36 W. 1 t.
Dover 3014 39 37 S.F. 2 8 0. 1
Portsmouth 29'15 44 41 E. 3 9 f. 2
Portland ..... 3012 33 42 calm 9 o. 2
Plymouth .... 30109 42 40 N.W. 2 3m. 2
Penzance .... 3011 44 41 S.S.W. 2 6 b. 2
Jersey 30'21 40 39 E. 2 6f. 2

St,
EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced fit,
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 sal:
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud at,
to 9). I. Initials :—b , blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; a., snow • t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).
WIND AND WEATHER R

,EPORT, Tilis DAY, 9 A.M.
Holyhead, S.S.W., fresh
breeze; clear
Inverness, S.E. ; dull
Kingstown, N.E. ; gloomy
Limerick, W.S.W.; dull st,
Londonderry, S.E. ; stormy
Loweatnft, S.W. ;
Milforaliaven,S.S.E.;cloudy I st
Newcastle OR Tyne, S.; very

Belfast, S.W.; gloomy
Brighton, N.W. ; fog
Bristol, S.W. ; fine
Cambridge, S.W. ; fine
Cardiff, S.; cloudy
Chatham, W.S.W.; fine
Cork, W.; dull
Deal, N.E. ; moderate
Derby, S.W.; fine
Dublin, S.W. ; fine
Dundee, S.W. ; fine
Edinburgh, N.W. ; cold
Falmouth, S.W. ; fine
Glasgow, S.W. ; fine
Gravesend, W.S.W.; fine
Harwich, S.W.; fog

fine
Newmarket, N.H.; fine
Southampton, N.; fog
Waterford, W. ; dull
Weymouth, calm ; cloudy
Whitehaven, S.; rain

THIS DAYS SHIPPING.

Lorrnow, Feb. 27.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and very fine sunshiny
weather.

DEAL, Feb. 26.—WindN.E.—Arrived—Netherby, from
Calcutta.

PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 26.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—
Jersey, from Sunderland for Demerara.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 26.—Wind • S.—Arrived—Zenobia
from Havre for New York, with loss of sails ; St. Pauli,
from Havannah.
OFF DUNGENESS, Feb. 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived--
Henry Hurman, from Demerara.
SWANSEA, Feb. 2t3.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Cubana, for
Swansea.
KINGSTON, Feb. 26. —Wind S.—Arrived—Euphemia,
from the Clyde far Bilboa ; William and Martha, from
Mazagan.
SHIELDS, Feb. 26.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Queen of the
Ocean, for Shanghae.
Dovint, Feb. 27.—The Lady Shelbonrne, of Alloa, from
London to the Cape of Good Hope, with a general cargo,
is ashore at Dungeness.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Feb. 21—Destiny, from Scotland ; Ceres,
steamer, from Dublin; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey;
Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Argyll, .steamer, from
Carentan.
Sailed—Narragantett, for Antwerp ; Ceres, steamer, for
London ; Ukko, for Cardiff.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAM)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Feb, 27.—Leo, steamer, from Rotterdam.
Sailed, Feb. 26.—Diana, steamer, for Amsterdam.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
The brig Lady Shelburne, from London, for the Cape of
Good Hope, is reported to be on shore at Dungeness.
Anchored.—St. Katherine, irom Cape Coast Castle, for
n don.
Off Dover.—Trial, from Boston, for Antwerp.
Passed, Fob. 26.—George Marsden, from Shieble, for Nqw
ork,