The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-25 00:00:00

I °AIRY MARKET AND CITY IVETVS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.
The markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce
during the last few days have shown rather more
activity. Tea at public sale advanced about id. per
lb. For the better qualities of sugars there has been
a brisker inquiry, and a slight advance has taken
place in prices. Coffee has been dealt in to a
moderate extent, chiefly for home consumption,
Without any material alteration in value. The
dealings in rice, fruit, and spices have been of a
limited character, but increased inquiries have
been experienced for saltpetre, and holders demand
enhanced rates. Tallow has continued in moderate
demand at steady quotations. P:Y.C. on the spot,
603- ; March delivery, 60s. 6d. ; and last three
months, 575. 6d. per cwt.
There was a, meeting to-day of the shareholders
in the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered
Bank, and the available balance being £19,402, a
dividend was agreed to at the rate of 6 per cent.

per annum, in accordance with the recommenda-

tion contained in the directors' report, which was
adopted. It was also resolved to add £2,902 to the
Reserve Fund, which will then amonnt to £22,487.
The half-yearly meeting has also been held to-day
of the proprietors of the Scottish Australian In-
!estment Company, when the directors' report pro-
Posing a distribution at the rate of 10 per cent.
per annum was adopted.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday less
activity was exhibited, but prices continued very
firm. The sales were 8,000 bales.
The inquiries for money were on rather a larger
Scale, and the markets exhibits increased firmness,
although no change of importance has yet occurred.
There were no bullion operations of importance
eat the Bank of England yesterday. The gold by
the Roxburgh Castle, viz., £167,000, has been pur-
chased for exportation.

A meeting took place yesterday of the creditors
of Messrs. Holdsworth and Co., sugar refiners,
When a further adjournment was agreed to, to enable
the firm to make an offer of composition.
The half-yearly meeting of the Unity Joint Stock
Mutual Banking Association has just been held,
When the report, of which the following is an ex-
tract, was unanimously adopted :—" The directors
state that the losses, as shown in previous balance
Sheets, have now been written off the capital ac-
count, and that after payment of the current ex-
penses, interest to customers, and making provision
for bad debts, there remains (including the balance
of profit of the preceding half-year) an available
surplus of L 4,213 lls. sd. Out of this amount the
directors propose to pay a dividend of lOs per share,
and carry over to the next half year a balance of
£2,753 lls. sd. In December last a branch of the
bank was opened in Lambeth, which is believed
will meet the requirements of a large trading dis-
trict, up to that time without banking accommo-
dation." After some discussion it was agreed to
award the directors the sum of £5OO for their past
services.

Notice has been given that 314 Portuguese 3 per
Cent. Bonds, amounting to £156,000, have been
cancelled.

The sum of £32,174 has been applied to the
redemption of 115 Peruvian 41 per Cent. Bonds, of
the External Debt, of the total value of £39,200 ;
and £10,439 to the extinction of 64 Peruvian 41
Per Cent. Arica and Tacua Railway Bonds.
There has not been much animation to-day in the
Market for Public Securities, and the quotations
exhibited very little variation. Consols, however,
are rather lower, viz., 911 1, for money, and 911
for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced
are steady, at 911 1 ; Bank Stock has receded to
231 k ; India New Loan, at 1001 2-; ditto 5 per
'Cent. Rupee Paper, at 931 ; and ditto 51 per Cent.,
at 991 100. Exchequer Bills are flat, at 7s. to
2s. die.

Less animation is apparent in the Foreign Stock
Market, and prices are tolerably well supported.
Turkish 6 per Cents, are 691 to 701 ; ditto New,
44.1 to 551; and the 4 per Cents. remain at 1011
Mexican have improved to 221 4-; Portuguese tare
steady at 45k; and Spanish Deferred flat at 404.
The dealings in the Railway Shfirs Market have
continued moderately active, and a further improve-
blent has taken place in the rates realised for most
of the principal lines. North Westerns have ad-
vanced ss. ; Brightons and Midlands 10s.; Cale-
Sian, Great, Northern A Stock, and South
-tasterns 155.; West Midlands Ll ; and Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln £1 103.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
also been a shade firmer. Dutch Rhenish brought
13, and Bahia and San Francisco 8; Grand Trunk
of Canada have improved to 22i, and Great Western
Canada to 101, 101.
Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
been in very limited request, without any material
%l,ingo to record in values.

8 St BRITISH2 FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
ank
3 Pet Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 1 /
New
Cent. Consols Annuities
A2r 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll f
--uanities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
~ bittoSfor 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6l
+Act to ck
.. .
Dl
bi.tt° 6 per Cent
tl.tto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. lOOl
ate 5 per Cent.
Ditto Si per Cent lOO 99/
h Bonds £1,000
•rvlsols Account, Feb. 7 .. 9ll 1
'l4cheqter Bills, £l,OOO, 11d ... —
tt° £5OO 2 7 dis
Ditto Small
Itt „., FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK
;rent 3 per Cent —
p ;rent
Account 22i 1 i
or
vu, guese 3 per Cent., 1853. •• .
8,„ 4.4 Account
'1;4118h 3 per Cent.
Tb,..ltto New Deferred ...
—l-I•7"`„°h 6 per Cent
• .
1,--"ro Account
--,itto
-1-1„„ New Loan
--;,'!"0 Account
1J Jtto £lOO Bonds
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Cots t 0 aols, Money
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