The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-03 00:00:00

MONEY M4RKE2' AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The inquiry for discount accommodation has fur-
ther increased, but the demand is not more ex-
tensive than might have been anticipated just
before the payments of the 4th of the month. The
current charge for first-class bills in the open market
is about 31 per cent., and the tendency of the quo-
tations appears rather in the ascendant, partly in
consequence of the unfavourable change in the po-
sition of monetary affairs in France.
The minimum of the Bank of England remains
at 31 per cent., the directors at their meeting to-day
not having considered it necessary to make any
alteration.
Only a small amount of gold, viz. £2,000, was
taken into the Bank of England yesterday.
The Ceylon, from Alexandria, brings about
£ll,lOO in specie.

The Pera:which leaves to-morrow for India,
China, &c, will take out £lO,lOO in gold and
£54,152 in silver.

A fair amount of business was reported in the
Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices
were firmly maintained. The sales were 12,000
bales: The Glasgow, which left yesterday, took
out about 260 bales of American cotton.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :
Great Western
North-Western
..451,700 £50,615
92
South-Western
21,559
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern
........ 30,279 26, 24,577
726
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 40,452
N orth-E astern 7,491 7,451
North British 40,809 41,759
6, 6,506
808
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 15,704 15,103
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada
These returns continue to show a further falling Eli,
off in most of the principal. lines. On the North- sti
-Western there is a decrease of £145 ; on the South-
Western of £346 ; on th a Brighton of X 360 ; on the st(
South-Eastern of £636 ; th 2 Lancashire and York- sL‘
shire of £2,687 ; the North-Eastern of .£950 ; the 'istt
Grand Trunk of Canada of £2,778, and the Great
st(
Western of Canada of £9,404. The Great Western, `41((
however, shows an increase of £1,085 ; the Mid- I
land of £844; the Great Northern of £3,702, and stc
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £6Ol.
The dealings in market for Public Securities :Ic,
to-day have been rather circumscribed, owing to stc
the prevailing quietude of speculation, but the st(
tendency of prices has been favourable, Consols
having further recovered to the extent of * per 4te.
cent.—viz., to 921 93 for transfer, and to 93, 93* for .1
the 10th proximo. The New Threes and the Re-
12
)
duced have improved to 90t, 91 ; Exchequer Bills, Ste
March, 3s. prem.; ditto June, 7s. to 9s. prem. ; India ste
Loan is 1031, and Bank Stock for account is marked Ste
sto
235,

The dealings in the Foreign Market have been
on a limited scale, and prices, in some instances,
show more firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are
85 to 851; ditto, 1858, 681, 691, being flat ; Mexi-
can have improved to 26/ e ; Buenos Ayres Deferred
to 28; and Venezuelan to 201 ; Portuguese are
steady at 47, and Dutch 4 per Cents, at 99k.
The shares of the Metropolitan and Provincial
Bank are quoted 1 prem.
Considerable activity has prevailed in the Rail-
way Share Market, and in most instances a decided
improvement has taken place in prices. Eastern
Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North
Easterns (Berwick), have advanced 10s. ; Caledo-
nians, Great Northerns, Great Westerns, Brightons,
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South-
Easterns, £1 ; and North-Westerns, £1 ss.
The Foreign and Colonial Markets continued
rather dull, but prices generally tended upwards.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian advanced
to 161 1; Bahia and San Francisco brought 12f14-;
Great Western of Canada 91 1; and Great Indian
Peninsula 981.
Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
remained inactive, Loudon and South African de.
clined ss. ; Union of London and Crystal Palace
Stock remained at previous rates.

BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities Ol 1 4
3 per Cent. Conssls Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92a 1 3 24
90k I ]. la
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 lsa
India Stock •Ile
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per nt.
Ditto 51 per cent lO4 14
Ditto Debentures. 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto, April, 1864
Ditto 1859
Ditto Bonds £l,000
Bank Stock for Account 235
t,okisolki for Account, Oct. 10
March June,
Exchequer Bills, -£1 000 2d 3pm 97 Pm
Ditto £5, 00,
Ditto Small
FOREIGN
.
FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian, 5 Per Cent ...
Ditto 41 per Cent., 182 ..............
TO!
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent
Ditto Account ...................
Ditto Deferred .. .................. 84 51
Mexican 3 per Ced.........." '' ••• • • • .. 28 71
Ditto Account .. . .................. 264
.. .......... 26a 4 51 64
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 11;ii
Russian b per Cent. 1£322. £ St. ..................... 17)0
'1 urkish 6 per Cent ...........
Ditto New Loan ....................
Ditto Account .........................
R I 90 3
Ditto £lOO Bonds ............. ........ 9714 1 a 8
Ditto Guaranteed. 4 per Cent........ 101?-
Venezuelan 3 per Cent - -
Ditto Account ....
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 24 per Cent., Exchangel2 Guil. ~ __.
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent...
THREE O'CLOCR,
Console, Money 93 4
93 a
Ditto Account ......