The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-25 00:00:00

MON BY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
• From the. manufacturing districts the accounts
during the week have again been of an extremely
unsatisfactory character. The stagnation in trade,
owing to the onerous terms charged in the discount
paarket,-together with the political and commercial
';'disturbance in qurunited States, having materially
interfered with-the usual progress of business. The
woollen trade "al Leeds, Bradford, -Huddersfield,
and Halifax has continued very quiet,
the only transactions entered into being for home
requirements. At Manchester, symptoms of im-
provement were anticipated, owing to the expec-
tation that the.wea.ver strike at Blackburn had
been arranged, but the unfavourable advices from
tyry
India had again thrown a gloo* ver the market.
The hosiery trade at Leicester hcontinued active,
and little or no improvemen can be recorded in
the various hardware trades'in the neighbourhood
of Birmingham, Sheffieltfoand Wolverhampton.
An increased amount of business was recorded
in the -Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday, and
prices exhibited a partial recovery from the late
depression. The sales were about 10,000 bales.
The encouraging appearance of the Bank of
England return has produced-rather a favourable
influence upon the. Money Market, the - demand
having slightly diminished, while the banks and
discount: houses hive shown more disposition to
grant accommodation at the current rates. The
downward tendency of the American .exchange is an
nniatisfactory feature, but this is counterbalanced
by the arrival of large quantities of gold from
Australia and their transfer to the Bank of Eng-
land. Last week an aggregate of £215,000 was
sent into that establishment, and it is considered
probable that a . portion of . the following con-
signments by vessels , now at sea, will be similarly
appropriated, viz., by the Hebe with .£29,000, .
Thames with' £69,000, the Ydale with £23,000, s
Monarch with £89,000, and the Ocean Chief with :
£BB,OOO. t a
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway
Of Canada for the week ending the Bth inst. exhi- 8
bited an increase of £4B3,compared with the same :1
period in 1860. 19
The annual meeting of the Bank of Egypt has
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just been held, when the directors' report, which
detailed at some length the transaction with the
El Hami Pacha, comprising a loan of £162,000, dt
upon which some difficulty has arisen, also et:
recommended the carrying over of the balance of et,
profit, Tiz., £2,887.195. 7d., to the Reserve Fund, ,t,
which was unanimously adopted.

A special meeting of the Mercantile Discount
Company has also been held, at Which a resolution
for liquidating the company was confirmed. ,
The transactions in the Market for Public Se-
curities to-day have been limited, and have failed
to inflUence the 'quotations to any appre-
ciable extent, - Consols being- 911 for
transfer, and 911.' for account: Rather a heaVy
feeling is produced by the decline in the New
York Exchange, but the easier appearance in the
money market prevents active speculation for the.
fall. The New Threes and the Reduced are
steady at 911 ; the 5 per Cent. Annuities are
107; Bank Stock is at 235 k ; India. ditto, 223 and
225 1 ditto 5 per Cents. are 99l ; and ExchEquer
Bills remain at 6s. to 2s. dis.
Foreign Securities have been moderately active,
and prices Show'no important variation. Turkish
6 per Cents. are 69 to 70 ; ditto New 54 to 55;
Mexican are fiat ,at 23k; and Portuguese at 468;
Brazilian 5 per Cents. are steady at 100 k ; Sar-
dinian at 811 ; Spanish at 484 ; ditto Deferred are
firm at 401 1 ; and the Certificates at 6k; Dutch
4 per Cents. are 100 i.
In the Railway Share Market business has con-
tinued moderately active, but the variations in prices
have not been important. Lancashire and York-
shire, Great Westerns, South Westerns, and North
Eastern (Berwick), have declined ss. ; Caledonians
and and Great Northerns, :10,3:; and Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1; Eastern Counties,
Great Northerns, and North Westerns have im-
proved ss.
In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there has
been very little activity, and prices have shown no
change of importance.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
flat. London and County realise 341 ; London
and Westminster, 611 611 ; Union of London, 231
and Crystal Palace Stock, 291 291.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK,
Bank Stocii
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
5 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock. ... ,• 225 3
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enlaced raper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
-Ditto:s3/4"per Cent lOOl
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 2O dis
Ditto under £l,000
Consols for Account, March 79
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
D tto £500
Ditto Small • • 5 6 dis
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Peruvian 43/4 per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent 734
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. • • --
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St ..
Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account '
Spanish 3 per Cent •••• --
Ditto Account

Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 6
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money (na
Ditto Account

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day, E.
M.
between 8 and B.
! D. '' ' F. C. I. S.
0 a.m.
--
Aberdeen 3O 21 _3l 33 S.W. 3 1 b.
Greenock 3028 39 137 N.W. 3 9 f. -
Berwick 30.21 '43 39 W. 2 4 c.
Ardrossan
Shields
Galway 3026 49 41' S.E. '6 9 o.
Scarborough 3026 42 41 N.E. 2 8 r.
Hull -
Liverpool...
Valentia
Queenstown 3020 43 , 42 L.N.W.T 2 3 c.
Yarmouth 3O go 41 40 N.N.E. 3 8 0.
London 30.23 41. . 40 ' 9 0. -
Night extreme 29 62 38 N.N.E.NE 6 6 c, -
Kew 3024 41 39 N.N.E. 3' 9 o.
I -
Dover 30'17 43 42 N.E. 6 7 o.
Portsmouth
Portland
Plymouth ..:
Penzance

EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 'lO feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg. causing nearly 3-100 the 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-Lestimated). C. Cloud
!(1 to 9). 'l:lnitials :—b , blue sky; c., cloudr(detached) ;'
f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull).; r., rain ; s , snow ; t., thun4er. A letter
%repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea diiturb-
mice, (1 to 9).
•

WIND AND WEATHER
Alderney, ,• cloudy
'Birniiiighara; N. ; fine
Bradford, N.B. ; fine
Brigliton;'N.N.W. ; cloUdy
Bristol, N. 8.; fine ,
. Cambridge, N. •, wet
CArcliff, N.W. ; fine
Chatham,- N.N.E. ; cloudy
Deal, N.N,E. ; cloudy
Doncaster, N.E.; fine
Dublin, N. ; 'fine
'Edinburgh, S. W.'; Cold'
Glasgow, calm, hazy; fine
Goole, S.E. ; fine I
• Gravesend,'N. ; eland),
Holyhead, calm and hazy
InverriesS, S.W. ;' fine ,

ZEPORT7 Tins DAY 9 A.M.
Leeds, S.W. ; fine
Milford-Havft,lT. ; frog
Newcastle on Tyne, N.W. ;
fine -
Newmarket, N,E. ; very wet
Norwich, N.W. ; fine
Peterborough, N.N.E. ;,,fine
Sheffield, ; fine.
Southampton,N.N.E.; cloudy
Sunderland, N.W. • dull
Wakefield, S.E. ; fine
*reef flartiepool,N:W. ;
wernouth,
_N. fine
Whiteliiiven, S.W. ; fina
Wolverhampton,
N
iverhTfinptoen, N.H. ; fine
York,

-THE DUCHY kiF., CORNWALL.—J. he accounts of
the Du.chy_of the inheritance of the Prince of
Wales, for the year 1860 have been laid .before Parlianient.
. The 'receipts :during the year from rcrtits and- other sources
amounted to £58,626f above £2,000 _more than in the pre-
.vions year. The expenses of management were £6,30 ;
repairt and permanent improvemenfs took £1,940;.
ties, Stiperannintt4sl mid law charges, £1,779; salaries of
officers of, the -Stannary Court, £1,997 ;. property and other
taxee, £t,717;, allowing as the result a Sinn of £15,073 to
iaked for • d
be avprepr
~payments to an investments for his
Royal Highness—a larger sipAby,:pbvp.4l,o9o tlltt_lkixt the
previous year was paid to the Prince's trustees and treasurer.