The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-31 00:00:00

i~iO2'EY MAR AND CIT B WAV.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Money Market continues to present indica-
tions of improvement, and although bills can now
be negotiated at 3a per cent., increased easiness is
anticipated. . _ _

About £16,000, in gold, was purchased by the
Bank of England yesterday.

No alteration of importance took place in the
Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
amounted to about £631,300, and the exports to
£169,200.

A fair amount of business was reported in the
Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices
Were firm. The sales were about 12,000 bales.

There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors
of Messrs. James Coster, Beater, Dennant, and
Ruse, warehousemen, to consider the legal question
whether the executors of the late Mr. James Coster,
who claim £129,265, are entitled to rank upon the
estate as creditors in a like manner to the trade cre-
ditors who represent about £84,328. After a
lengthened discussion resolutions were passed to
wind up under a deed of inspectorship, and a com-
mittee of 11 was appointed who will take proper
legal advice on this and any other questions that
may arise.

The market for;Public Securities has been quieter
to-day, but it has shown continued buoyancy.
Consols having closed at 92/ for money and the
10th September, the dealings have been limited.
The New Threes are firm at 92/ Z-; the Reduced
at 02i Bank Stock is 235 ; India New Loan
Scrip, 1041 1, being rather higher; ditto 5 per
Cent. Enfaced Paper, 96i ; ditto 51 per Cent., 104 i;
Exchequer Bills, March, are 3s. die. ; ditto June,
7s. to Bs. prem.

Very little alteration has taken place in Foreign
Securities, and the dealings have been moderate.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791, ; ditto, 1858, 681 to
69; Mexican are firm, at 211 ; Peruvian, at
1001 ; Equador, at 15 ; and Spanish, at 492-.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been limited, and in some instances a slight decline
has taken place. Caledonians have receded ss. ;
and Great Northerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
Midlands, and North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s.
South-Easterns have advanced 10s.

In the Foreign Market prices have been steady.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are firm at
178 1714 ; Dutch Rhenish, 14! 141; and Great Lux-
embourg, at 8; 81.
Messrs. Bell and Sous give the following quota-
tions in American Securities :

Redeemable. Prices
United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 80
Do. 5 per Cent Bonds
Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 68 70
Maryland 5 per Cent. Bonds 65 70
:Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock 70 72
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 68 70
Virginian 6 per Cent. Bonds 46 47
Boston 41 per Ct. Strlg. Bonds 83 85
Illinois Central 7 per Cent.
Illinois Central 6 per Cent.
Do. shares, 80 dols. paid
Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1869 80 82
Do. do. shares —
New York Central 6 per Ct ,

not convertible... -
Xew 'York Central 7 per Ct ,
convertible, from June 15,
1857-59
Be. do. shares
IN'eNv York and Erie, 7 per Ct.,
Ist mortgage
Do. do., 2d mortgage
De. do., 3d mortgage
_
do. convertible
Do. do. shares
Panama 7 per Ct., let ntort •
„ gage Str. Bonds, not cony..
1)0. do., 2d do.

1883

82 84

89 91
68 70
92 94
92 94
78 79
50 55
20 21
98 100
97 98