The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY AEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Business in the Foreign and. Colonial Produce
Markets during the past week has continued rather
dull, Sugars, however, maintained previous rates.
At the public sales of tea, late prices were barely
:maintained. Coffee continued in active demand at
full prices ; and moderate dealings were recorded
in rice, rum, spices, and saltpetre. Tallow has
been dull, and is quoted 595. 9d. per cwt. on the
spot.

A fair amount of business was recorded in the
Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and previous
prices were well supported. The sales were 10,000
bales,

About £45,000 in Australian gold was sent
into the Bank of England yesterday.

The report of the Universal Marine Insurance
Company has been issued prior to the meeting,
which proposes a distribution of 5 per cent. on the
£lOO,OOO share capital of the company, the balance,
after writing off preliminary expenses, &c., being
£302,473.

A call of £5 per share, amounting to £250,000,
became due to-day on the Madras (Fourth Exten-
sion) Railway.

A moderate amount of business is reported in
the general discount market, and full rates continue
to prevail.

The steamer Ellora, which leaves to-morrow, the
27th inst., for Bombay, will take out £ll,OOO in
gold and £186,690 in silver. _ .

The meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Schilizzi
and Vuras has just been held, when it was stated
that the liabilities amounted to £31,893, and the
assets in London to £16,386, irrespective of a sum
of £17,796 due from Constantinople. After a few
remarks it was resolved, in the present state of
uncertainty with regard to assets, to place the affairs
under the supervision of Messrs. A. T. Ralli and
J. Negroponti, and to adjourn to the 16th of April
next.

The meeting of the shareholders in the Victoria
Dock Company has also been held to-day, when the
report was adopted, and the usual dividend at the
rate of 54 per cent. per annum was declared.
The Market for Public Securities has continued
in a quiet state to-day, but the few transactions
recorded have produced a favourable effect upon
prices, Consols being 911 e for money, and 911-
for the account. Speculation continues dull, and
the purchases for investment are very limited.
The New Threes and the Reduced have im-
proved to 911 ; Long Annuities, to 16i ; Bank
Stock has receded to 234 ; India ditto, to 223 ;
ditto New Scrip, is 108; and Exchequer Bills are
6s. to 2s. dis.

The dealings in the Foreign Stock Market are of
an average character, but prices in some instances
'tend upwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 691 to
70 ditto ; New, 541 to 55. Mexican have im-
proved to 231 I, and are now nominally quoted
231 to 24 ; Spanish to 49 ; ditto Deferred to
411 ; Russian 5 per Cents. are 104 ; Dutch 21
per Cents., 631 ; and Peruvian have advanced
to 98i.
Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued inactive, but in some instances prices have
slightly improved. Eastern Counties and Great
'Western have advanced 55., and Midland 10s. ;
Great Northern, Brighton, and North Eastern
(Berwick) have declined 55., and Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln £l.

The dealings in the Foreign and Colonial un-
dertakings have been of a limited character.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have im-
proved to 128; and Great Luxembourg to 68;
East Indian declined to 9717 East Indian Penin-
sula improved to 95i; and Great Western of
Canada New Shares realised Bi. 81.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have been inactive. Ottoman Bank, however, have
improved ss. ; Union of London, 10s. ; Royal Mail
Steam, £lO ; and United Mexican Mining, 10s.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING- PRICES.
Bank Stock
1 1
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 911 I /
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll 1 1
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 1631
India Stock.
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Scrip
Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 51 per Cent
'Ditto Debentures, 1858
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO —
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account, March 7 .. 91/ 1
India Stock for Account lOO
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, I.ltl
Ditto Small
4 dis
Ditto Advertised ........
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.........
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1858
Ditto ,it per Cent. 1860 B5l
Puenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. .........
Mexican 3 per Cent .. 23/ 1 1 4
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 104 1
/Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 6l
Turkish 6 per Cent • •
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 63/
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Console, Money
Ditto Account

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
between 8 and B. E. M I I. D. F. C. I. 1 S
9 a.m.
---- --
Aberdeen .... 30.03 36 34 S.S.W. 3 1 b. 2
Greenock .... 30.05 42 40 S.S.W. 3 9 o.
Berwick 3013 44 41 I W.S.W. 1 3 b. 1
Ardrossan
Shields I 39.17 40 39 W.N.W. 2 3 o. 3
Galway I 30'19 46 45 S.W. 4 6 c. 2
Searboritugh ' 3018 41 40 W.S W. 2 7 0. 3
Dull
Liverpool
-Valentia ...I 3015 46 45 N. 1 3 b. 5
Queenstown , 3011 49 48
N.N.E.
Yarmouth. ', 30 21 40 39 3 7 f. 5
London 130.19 39 38 i N.N.E. I 1 8 m.
Night extreme' 2920 36 E. 3 6 b.
Kew 130'20 37 36 N.N.E. , 2 9 o.
Dover 30.14 39 38 N.W. ' 7 8 0. 6
Portsmouth , 30'19 41 39 N. , 3 5 m. 2
Portland 3019 42 40 I, E.N.E. I 1 6 c. 3
Plymouth ! 30.16 41 40 N. ' 1 3 f. 2
Penzance s. 30.19 40 39 I S.S.E. I 1 6 b. 2
'
-c.‘,,5., Am ATT ()v.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced

EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and iuced
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) ;
1., 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).
• WIND AND W EATHER REPORT, Tuos DAY, 9 A.M.

Alderney, N.E. ; cloudy
Ayr, S.W. ; dull
Belfast, thick wet
Birmingham, E. ; fine
Bradford, S. ; dull
Bristol, S.E. ; fog
Cambridge, N. ; foggy
Cardiff, E.; cloudy
Carlisle, S. ; fine
Chatham, N.N.E.; fine
Cork, N.E. ; dull
Deal, E. ; foggy
Derby, N.E. ; fog
Doncaster, N.E. ; dull
Dublin, S.E. ; fine
Dumfries, W. ; dull
Dundee, W.S.W. ; fine
Edinburgh, S.W. ; fine
Glasgow, N.N.E. ; fine
Goole, N.E.; dull
Gravesend, E. ; fine
Hartlepool, S.W. ; fine
Harwich, N. ; cloudy
Holyhead, S., light breeze;
haze
Inverness, S.W. ; fine

Kingstown, N.W. ; fine
Leeds, N.E. ; dull
Leith, S.W. ; dull
Limerick, calm • thick
Londonderry, W. • fine
Lowestoft, N.W., Ugh

hazy
Manchester, N.W. • fine
Middlesborough, W. ; dull
Milford Haven, N. ; cloudy
Newcastle oa Tyne, S.W.;
fine .
Newmarket, N.E. ; foggy
Norwich, N.; fine
Perth, calm ; frosty
Peterborough, S,L. ; fog
Port Glasgow, S. ; dull
Sheffield, N.E fine
Southampton N.N.E. ; dull
Stockton =Te N.
e;s, E. ; fine
Sunderland,
Wakefield, N.
;.
fine
Whitehaven, S. ; fine
dull
Woorlk, S. vcr ;
yerha m.ptofilin,eN. ;
York,

HISTORY OF ENGLAND, BY LORD BROUGHAM.
—lt is now known that Lord Brougham has at length
consented to publish, with his name, a second edition of his
unacknowledged work, " History of England under the
House of Lancaster." It is understood that his lordship
has also given a new preface.

A Parliamentary return shows that during the
last 20 years 18 bills have been introducedinto the House
of Commons and two into the House of Lords in relation to
church•rates. The first was in 1841, by Mr. Easthope and
Mr. Hume. The second was in the following year, by Sir
J. Easthopa and Mr, Mark Philips.