The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-11 00:00:00

M O N

EKB2' AND OI7'Y NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

During the past week there has been very little
improvement in the state of trade in the manufac-
turing districts. Business at Leeds has been dull,
while at Manchester increased depression has pre-
vailed. and yarns and cloths have shown a further
slight decline. At Bradford piece goods were in
limited request. The hosiery and lace trade at
Leicester and Nottingham ha 3 been rather more
active, but a large number of the operatives are
still out of employment. In the hardware districts
there has been slight symptoms of improvement,
and at Birmingham, Sheffield and Wolverhampton
a better enquiry for goods for the home markets
has been experienced.
Continued pressure is experienced in the general
discount market, and the rates indicate increased
stringency. The demand has been stimulated not
only by the subscriptions to the Indian Loan, but
also by the extensive purchases of silver for trans-
mis,ion to the East, chiefly for the purchase of
cotton. The steamer Messilia, which will leave for
India to-morrow, will take out upwards of half a
million sterling in that metal, and it is expected
that the movement will be kept up for some time,
as the authorities will no doubt remit a portion of
the £3,000,000 they have just obtained at the
earliest opportunity.
There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England on Saturday.

The steamer Massilia which leaves tomorrow,
the 12th inst., will take £2,000 in gold to Alexan-
dria, and £21,900 in gold and £504,805 in silver,
to Bombay

In the Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturday,
business continued inactive, and prices were de-
pressed, The sales were 6,000 bales.
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail-
way of Canada for the week ending the 25th inst.,
exhibits an increase of £2,825 when compared with
the same period in 1860.

A firmer tone has pervaded tho market for
Public Securities to-day in consequence of several
speculative purchases, Consols being 911 92 for
money; and 921 --1; for the March account. Busi-
ness, however, is dull, and the market presents a
quiescent appearance. The New Threes are steady
at 91.4 92 ; the Reduced, at 911 92. Bank Stock is
at 232. India ditto has receded to 217 ; ditto 5
per Cents. 1021 ; ditto New Scrip is 1004 ; and
Exchquer Bills are flat at ss. to 4s. dis.
Very few dealings have been reported in Foreign
Securities, but prices are generally steady. Turkish
6 per Cents. are 691 70,; ditto (1858), 551 to 56;
and ditto £lOO Bonds have declined to 561; but
the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed are arm at 1001; and
Spanish at 48; ditto Passive at 18e, 1, and Belgian
41 per Cents. at 98 ; but Brazilian 41 per Cents.

(1860) have receded to 858.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
not been very extensive, and the variations in
prices have barely exceeded 2 per cent. Caledo-
nonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, North-
Eastern:(Ber wick) and South-Eastern have receded
about ss. ; and Bristol and Exeter and North-
Western, 10s.; Great Western have improved 55.;
and London and Brighton and Great Northern
A Stock 10s.

In the Foreign and Colonial Markets the deal-
ings were limited ; prices, however, were generally
fairly maintained. South Austrian and Lombardo-
Venetjan rose to 138 ; Great Western of Canada
to 111 e ; and Great Indian Peninsula to 951.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have been in moderate favour. London Joint

Stock have improved ss. ; Union •of London, ss. ;
Oriental Bank declined 10s. ; and Ottoman Bank,
ss. ; Canada Land Shares have improved to 111
and 112, and Red Sea Telegraph shales remain
steady at I.Bk.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock .. 232
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 91/ 2 11
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 1/
India Stock .....,....
Ditto 6 per Cent ...
Ditto Scrip
Ditto Entaeed Paper, 4 per Cent 77 t
Ditto 5i per Cent lOll 1 1
i tato Debentures. 18.58 9si a i
Ditto 1859
Ditto Bonds .£l,OOO 25
titto under £l,000
'Ongols4 for Account, March 7 .. 92i i
India Stock for Account —
Ditto 5 per Cent, for Account lOOl i
Exchequer Bills. £l,OOO, 14(1
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK
razThan 5 pet Cent
Ditto 4t per Cent. 1858
Russian b pei Cent. 1822, £ St • • --
Ditto 42 per Cent.
,panish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto eassive
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
z 51

Ditto £lOO Bonds
Ditto Gdaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, 4i per Cent., Ex. 25L
Ditto 4f per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 91i 2
Ditto Account

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

Feb. 11,'
between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S.
9 a.m.
Nairn 3026 32 31 N.N.E: 2 8 0. 2
Aberdeen 3017 37 33 E.N.E. 5 6 0. 4
Greenock
Berwick 3024 41 38 E.N.E. 4 6 C. 4
I'ortrush 30.27 32 E.S.E. 3 3 b. 3
Shields
Galway 3023 29 E. 1 1 b. 1
Scarborough 3013 37 36 E. 4 7 o. 5
Hull
Liverpool 3O/0 35 32 N. 2 8 C. 1
Queenstown 30.15. 40 39 N.N.E. 2 2 f. 2
Yarmouth 3O 02 25 34 N.E. 7 7 m. 6
London 3003 35 33 N. 2 8 s.
Ni2rht extreme 30 28 28 N. 5 1 b.
Kew....— 30'05 34 33 N. 8 3 b.
Dover 29.96 36 35 N.W. 5 6 0. 2
Portsmouth —3O 02 37 35 N.E. 3 7 0. 3
Portland
Pqmouth
Penzance

EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced I 81'
to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise 881i'l
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);
f., 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- it
anca (1 to 9). at

WIND AND WEATH

Alderney, N.N.E. ; cloudy
Belfast, N.E. ; fine, frost
Birmingham, N.W.
Brighton, N. ; cloudy
Bristol, N.N.E. ; fine •
Cambridge, S. ; snow
Cardiff, E. ; fine
Chatham, W., fresh; snow
Cork, N. ; fine, frost
Deal, N.N.E., fresh
Derby, N.E. ; snow
Dublin, E.S.E. ; fine
Dundee, S.E. ; dull
Edinburgh, E.N.E. ; damp,
cold

r.,11. REPORT, FEB. 11.
Falmouth, N. ; fine
Glasgow, calm; frost st
Gravesend, N.E., strong; lat

sleet
Hartlepool, N.W. ; wind
Harwich, N.E, ; snow
Holyhead, E.N.E. ; light
breeee and clear
Limerick, N.B. ; fine, frosty st,
Newcastle on Tyne, N.; snow st,
Southampton, N. ; cloudy st,
Waterford, N.E. ; fine, frost st,
Whitehaven, N.E. ; frost
York, N. 8.; snow

2BIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Feb. 11.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; fresh breeze, with fine weather, after a fall of
snow.

QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 9.—Arrived—Clara Hickman, from
St. John, N. 8., with loss of sails.
DEAL, Feb. 10.—Wind N.E —Arrived—Sir John Law-
rence, from Calcutta.

YOUGUAL, Feb. 8 —The Sylla, hence to Bristol, with
oats, has sunk in the harbour. It is blowing a gale from
E.N,E.

BELFAST, Feb. 9.—The City of Lucknow, from the
Clyde to Calcutta, which went ashore in Bangor Bay to-
day, is likely to break up; most of her cargo will be
saved.