The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-28 00:00:00

AIONEI MARKET ./'ND C

ITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

There is no alteration to report in the appearance
of the Money Market, the inquiries being moderate,
while the quotations still exhibit a downward ten-
den ty.

About £82,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of I st;
E'agland yesterday.
No change of importance was exhibited in the st
foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon.
Gold is now 7-10ths per cent. dearer in London
than in Paris, and 9-10ths per cent, higher here
than in Hamburg.
It was announced yesterday afternoon that
Messrs. Scott and Wright, engaged in the woollen st(
trade, had suspended payment, with liabilities esti- 811`,
niated at from £40,000 to £45,000. et(
At the half-yearly meeting of the General Steam st
Navigation Company a dividend at the rate of 10 :11
per cent. per annum was declared.
(
st
The half-yearly dividend on the State of Georgia su
6 per Cent. Sterling Bonds has been announced for
Payment on the 2d prox. et(
The Scinde Railway Company have determined st( st( upon making a further issue for the remaining sum etc
of £167,000, required to complete the original 1
.t(
amount of £500,000 authorised at a meeting of pro- et(
prietors in March 1860. The Secretary for India
811(
has sanctioned the issue of debentures for this residue
bearing 5 per cent., and a preference is to be given 8
ta
to the shareholders of the company at the rate of
84
one share for every £l2O stock.
Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool
Cotton Market yesterday, and the recent advance 81!
Was well maintained. The sales amounted to 15,000 st(
bales. It is a remarkable fact that last week no
less than 15,000 bales of Surat cotton were sent
from Liverpool to New York. 1(3
The third series of public sales of Colonial Wool
for the present year, which commenced on the 18th etc
July, terminated yesterday afternoon, the quantity etc
offered amounted to 86,076 bales, of which about at`
half consisted of Sydney and Port Philip produce. 5,1,
The attendance of home dealers was large, but 2
limited of foreign until the close, when a better :lc
tone was apparent. Prices, compared with those etc
realised at the previous auctions, showed a decline 19;
Of 2d. to 3d. per lb., except upon the very superior etc
descriptions.
The English Stock Market continues tolerably I 2
active, and at the commencement of business in- etc
creased buoyancy was apparent, but a reaction has etc
Since taken place, owing to several speculative sales. i
Consols have been 921 1 for money, and 921 a for 1
the account, but they are now 921 8 and 921 re-
sPectively. The New Threes and the Reduced are et!
4rrn at 9281; Exchequer Bills, March, are 2s. to
18• dis., ditto June, 4s. to 6s. prem. ; India 5 per
Cent. Loan is 103/ 1. et(
A fair amount of business has been transacted st(
ill Foreign Securities, and prices are tolerably
steady. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 78; 79; ditto
1858, 69 4 ; Mexican are flat at 211 4 ; and sty
Spanish at 491 ; Chilian 41 per Cents. have et.
Proved to 821 ; Russian 5 per Cents. to 1021 ; ditto
41 per Cents. are steady at 901; and the 3 per
Cents. are 611.
The preparations for the half monthly account are St
la operation in the Railway Share Market ; and :1
prices, in most instances, show increased firmness. si
Eastern Counties and South Eastern have improved -
8; Caledonian, Great Western, Brighton, North
w°
I. °stern, Midlands, and West Midlands, 10s. ; and
Lancashire and Yorkshire, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial Markets continued
moderately active, without, however, any material
"'teat
in values. Dutch Rhenish brought 141 ;
"'teat Luxembourg, 81 I; and South Austrian s'
naid Lombardo-Venetian, 171. Great Western are :1'
4,4 at 91 1; East India at 1011; and Great India
'ellinsula improved to 981 981.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
Et\-e remained in limited request without any
material alteration in prices. London and West-
izster realise 661; Oriental Bank, 50,1- a ; Crystal
Palace Stock, 3317 and Peninsular and Oriental 8'
Steam New Shares, 42.

a BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 1 1
Ater ~Cent. Consols Annuities
India 7 0
Stock per Cent. Annuities 92
.
121.1,t0 5 per Cent.
Dit-vitco Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
5 per Cent.
to 5± per Cent.
bitto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto Bfinds £l,OO01559
nooitto under £l,000
India for Account, Sept. 10
... 924 4 4 4
`lB. Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1034
2d. . June 31
zehecitter Bills, £l,OOO, 2d Mar. 2
1 p dieday. 4 6 pm.c t
4-', D.tto £5OO 2 1 die 6pm
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
„ Can 6 per Cent
couitto 44 per Cent B2l
41elatentals. 5 per Cent 64
It an 3 per Cent 214
It tto Account
Ussian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St lO2l
Ditto 44 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859..
tirnish 3 per Cent. ..
kish 6per Cent
Ditto Loan
uitto £lOO Bonds
1,a,.. Dividends on the above payable in London.
'4Nr4n Dollar Bonds, 44 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 84
TWO O'CLOCK.
et:llWe Money
Ditto Account

THE WEATHER.

LA.TIIEB. EXPECTED TILL TO-MORROW OR
NEXT DAY.
Fine, variable, light breezes.
South-westerly, moderate.
Light, variable, fine.
Settled fino; variable breezes.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS

North Britain
Ireland
East Coaat
South England

___,............. ........un..4 a.
L,31118 Day,
W„een 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S.
......_ 7,
.m.
N'aiss----
Abe•••• ** 29133 64 61 S.W. 2 2 b. 2
, rcleen... **
**
: : 2918 60 58 S.W. 3 6 o. 2
tteTh.,4ll. 2912 66 62 W. 1 2b. 1
Arlo 2917 63 60 S.W. 4 3 b. 2
po'iatr_9asaia... • 2911 60 69 W.S.W. 6 ;:,.,L 3
Shield sh
Qat.., 8 BOll 64 60 S.W. 3 1 b. 2
g "ay ... 29139 63 62 S. 2 7 1
eiarborough 3018 63 61 S.S.W. 2 8 o. 2
gulerPool .. • 3o'ol 61 60 S.S.E. 2 1 b. 1
'yft;enstown 2913 66 65 S.S.W. 4 3 0. 2
to Mouth..., wig 67 65 S.W. 3 1 b.
I.? "on 30.14 65 60 vg*, 11b.
DO'l'er 301.5 68 65 W. S .W. 1 1 b. 1
I.),,ttamouth . • 30•10 70 68 m. 1
/inland
p Ykouth
eliztillee
t_ tBI'LA.NATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
mi'32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise
ne ca, , ~,A.,. "C. z_

totBPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and _
'need
~2, deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise
g. i'n about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
,g above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
lxPosed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
Vaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
:.,Qt rnagnetie). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
4tO 9). I. Initials :—b blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ;
~
Z.fog. • h„ hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
-read' (dull) ; r., rain ; a , snow • t., thunder. A letter
epeated augments—thus, ix., mull rain. S. Sea disturb-
`nee (1 to 9).

Xis Imperial Highness Duke Nicholas of Leach-
N)erg, attended by General Rehbinder, has left Claridge's
Intel far St. Leonards-on-Sea
The Earl and Countess Russell left town yester-
4tY for .A.bergeldie.
Sir 'Tames and Lady Anne Mackenzie qaridge's hotel for Rosehaugh, N.B. have left
4 r. Charles Gilpin, M.P., and family are spend-
a few weeks in Germany.
etters hatLfrom Naples state that it is now certain
Ihr 'laribaldi will not go to that city on the anniversary
entrY at the beginning of September last year.
" e cad from Trieste that the Austrian iron-
tad
stain frigate Salamandra, which, on being launched,
°PPe'l on the ways, was successfully launched on
tie 22d,
a.he stoppage has been announced of Messrs.
,ott and
Wright, woollen dealers, of Vigo-street, for
.tO,OOO or .C 45,000. The books have been placed with
4c e_sars. Clark, Ford, and Co., accountants.
ttEASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Messrs. Quil-
t,' Ball, Jay, and Co., the eminent accountants, have
'`en the extraordimuy, course of refusing to sign the ac-
Nuts of the
Itad, half.year. Eastern Counties Railway Company for the
They assert that they have detected errors
2an.ainnunt which, if properly adjusted, "would absorb a
of
ttyr large proportion, and perhaps the whole of the balance
evenne now assumed to be available for dividend."
:Jley. are. influenced in their decision not to sign the ac-
-71.e late "less by the extent than by the character of the
4,t.rents in the official inventories"—mis-statements
'cm `II4IY a deliberate perversion of matters of fact."

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