The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-07 00:00:00

MaN EY MARK ET AND CITY .N _E 11' S.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Increased firmness is apparent in the genera
discount market, full rotes being charged for the
negotiation of all descriptions of commercial
securities.

At the forthcoming meeting of the Midland
Great Western Railway Company, a dividend will
be proposed at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there
continued to be an active demand at the late ad-
vance. The sales were fully 15,000 bales.
There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England yesterday.
The Tagus, which left to-day, conveyed 20,000
sovereigns to Lisbon.
A call of £1 per share became due today on the
Newry aEd Armagh Extension Railway shares.
The Bank of England directors have not adopted
any change in their rate of discount.
Owing to several sales for transfer, the English
Stock Market has been further depressed today,
Console being 911 ti for money, and 92 to
921 for the 10th pros. The state of monetary
affairs and the efflux of gold to the United
States are creating a very unfavourable effect. The
New Threes and the Reduced have receded to
911 ;the New 21 per Cents, to 76 ; Bank Stock
is firm at 2311 233; India ditto New Scrip is 100/1,
and Exchequer Bills remains at 6s. to 2s. dis.
A fair amount of business has taken place in
the Foreign Market, but prices generally have
shown less firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are
70 to 70}; ditto 1858, 511 52/. Buenos Ayres
have receded to 92 ; Portuguese to 46: ; Russian
to 101/; Sardinian to 82 ; Spanish Deferred to
40-1, ; ditto Passive remain at 'l7! ; and Chilian
6 per Cents. are 1014 and 1021.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1861. 1860.
Great Western £35,177 £33,728
North-Western 75,518 73,900
South-Western
Brighton 12,565 11,364

ig.,_ .
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern 24,780 24,821
Laneashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 5,861 5,867
North-Eastern
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
Vest Midland
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Great Western of Canada

These returns show a continued improvement in
the receipts of most of the principal lines. On the
Great Western the increase amounts to £1,449; the
North Western, to £1,618 ; the South Western, to
£1,057; the Brighton, to £1,101; the Midland, to
£1,556 ; the South Eastern, to £6BO ; the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, to £181; the North Eastern,
to £1,698 ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow, to £614 ;
and the Great Western of Canada, to £1,878. On
the Great Northern there is a decrease of £4l.
Only a limited amount of business has been
transacted in the Railway Share Market. Prices,
however, are steady, and a slight advance may be
toted in several of the principal lines. Caledonians,
South-Westerns, Midlands, and North-Easterns
(Berwick) have improved ss. ; North-Western 10s.,
and London and Brighton, and Vale of Neath £l.
Bristol and Exeter, and South-Easterns, have de-
clined 10s.

In the Foreign and Colonial Markets the deal-
ings have been unimportant, and prices have been
steady. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian
'realise 12t; Great Western of Canada 11i; Great
Indian Peninsula 951 ; East Indian 99}.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
a shade flatter. London and Westminster have
declified 10s., and London and County ss. ; Electric
Telegraph realise 98, and Red Sea Telegraph
14 t,

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stook
3 per Cent. Redueed Annuities . 91t f $ i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l Mini
New 2} per Cent. Annuities ' 76
India Stock .., . ~ . „ 222 k 20k
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Sorip
t)itto Debentures, 1858 9si
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 25
Uitto under £l,OOO
Coßsols for Account, April 10
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lkd

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FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK
Brazilian 5 per Cent....
Ditto 4t per C.A. itit3o
Euenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Chißan 6 per Cent. lo2k 11
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. • •
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822. £ St .. 1011
Ditto 4I per Cent, 1860
Sardinian 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account ....
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, 41. per Cent., Ex. 25f .. 97/ 8/

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TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9ll
Ditto April Account

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
between 8 and B. E. M. D. F C. I. S.
9 a.m.
——
Nairn 29'68 i 35 34 W. 3 8 0. 1. 3
Aberdeen .. 2911 35 34 N.N.W. 7 1 b.
Leith
Berwick 29/5 42 38 W. 2 5 b. 1
Ardrossan 29.66 43 39 N.N.W. 3 1 b. 3
Portrush •• • • 291)9 43 41 W. 3 3 b. 3
Shields •• • • 29130 39 35 W.N. W. 4 3 b. 3
Galway 3O 16 45 44 W. 6 9 o. 4
Scarborough 29'83 42 38 N.N.W. 6 1 b. 5
Liverpool 30408 44 41 W.N.W. 6 2 b. 5
~
aQueenatowu••• •30 24 48 45 W. 2 40. 1
Y tn:Louth ••
• 29.87 41 39 N.W. 8 1 D. 5
London •• • • 30'04 54 39 N.W. 5 3 b.
Dover 29•99 46 41 N.W. 5 1 b. 5
Portsmouth
Portland
Plymouth 10•21 46 45 N.W. 3 3 m. 3
Penzance
Jersey 30.27 47 44 5.W. 4 4 b. 3
EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced

EICPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise
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-
ance (1 to 9).

I.EPORT, This DAN-, 9 A.M.
Holyhead, N.N W. ; windy
Hull, N.E. ; strong
Inverness, NW. ; sleet

Leeds, N.W. ; fine
Leith, S.W. ; fine
Lowestoft, N.W. ; fine, fresh
Middlesborough, N.B. ; fine
Milford Haven, N.W. ; fine
Newcastle oa Tyne, N. W. ;

fine
Port Glasgow, S.W.; dull
Sheffield, W. ; fine
Stockton on Tees, S. ; fine
Sunderland, N.E.; dull
Wakefield, N,E. ; fine
West Hartlepool, ;

cold
Whitehaven, N.N.W. ; fine
Wolverton, W. ; fine