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

MONEY 114.RKET AND CITY NEWS,

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 amoant 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 / per cent. has since
occurred, Consols closing at 931 I for money, and
938 I for account. The New Threes are steady at
918 4 ; the Reduced at 911 a; Exchequer Bilk,
March, at 2s. prem. ; ditto June, ss. to Bs. prem. ;
India 5 per Cent. Stock is firm at 104; and the
Scrip at 104*.
In 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., 83184* ; ditto 1858,
at 64 69 ; Mexican 232 a ; Spanish have risen to
508; Dutch 21 per Cents. to 642; and Venezuelan
are steady at 201.

The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been of a ♦ery 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
ss:-; and South Western and Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln, 10s.; Great Westerns have improved
as. ; and Eastern Counties, 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in
moderate demand, and, in most instances, at pre-
vious rates. South Austrian and Lombardo-
Venetian realised 171 17.2-; Bahia and San Fran-
cisco 13,1 131; Recife and San Francisco have
receded to 151 ; and Dutch Rhenish advanced to
15-1 ; East Indian have declined to 1011 1014 ;
Great Indian Peninsula are steady at 994-.

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

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICR::,
per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94
tndia Stock—.
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Loan Scrip, .5 per cent
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent
ihtto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
'o-Aols for Account, Oct. 10
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent

104
1041

961 I
1031 I it
98i
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1041
I June.
75 pm

March.
exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 2pm
D tto £5OO —
Ditto Small

8 pm

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent.
Peruvian 42 per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent. B2k
Spanish 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive .. 161
Turkish 6 per Cent
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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.
Consols Money 931
Ditto TWO O'CLOCK.
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