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

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Increased firmness is apparent in the genera
discount market, full rites 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 L 1 per share became due to_day on the
Newry and Armagh Extension Railway shares.
The Bank of England directors have not adopted
itnY Change in their rate of discount.
°wing to several sales for transfer, the English
Stock Market has been further depressed to day,
Consols being 911 4 for money, and 92 to
924 for the 10th prox. 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
94 the New 24 per Cents. to 76; Bank Stock
firm at 2314 233; India ditto New Scrip is 1004 4,
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 701 ; ditto 1858, 514 624. Buenos Ayres
have receded to 92 ; Portuguese to 461 ; Russian
to 1014 ; Sardinian to 82 ; Spanish Deferred to
40i ; ditto Passive remain at 17i ; and Chilian
6 per Cents. are 1014 and 1024.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :
1861. 1860.
great Western Z35,177 £33,728
North-Western X 75,177
73,900
South-Weald
Brighton
Mi and
dl
South-Eastern
Great Northern 24,780
Lanoashire and Yorkshire
5,861
Bristol and Exeter 34,32
North-Eastern
35 823 5,867,
34,125
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
*West Midland
Z 6,
dinburgh and Glasgow 6,783 6,,676
184 5,570
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 £l,lOl ; 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
noted 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 108.

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 11k; Great
Indian Peninsula 951 ; East Indian 991.
Soint Stook Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
a shade flatter. London and Westminster have
declined 10s., and London and County ss. ; Electric
Telegraph realise 98, and Red Sea Telegraph
1 I,

The following telegram was received this day :
---Paris, March 7.—Three per Cent. Rentes, 68f. sc.
bull.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRIM+
Bank Stook .
per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 911 I 1 f
5„.3 per Cont. Consels Annuities ..
laLI ew 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l i i iiiii
si 2f per Cent. Annuities 76
a Stock 2325 205
.. .
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Scrip
.. 1001
Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Uitto Debentures, 1858 955
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 25
ihtto under £l,OOO
Como's for Acco, Aril 10
die
226
Exchequer Bills,unt Ll,ooop, lid
__ _

FOREIGN Be F.UNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
.1
en 5 per Cent
+taut
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. ......... .• • • •
ebiliDittoan 6 per C Account
1}
ent
1
1,
..11tell Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 631
uteaican 3 r Cent ••
aDitto Account 231
,_ ,
4.`„,evr Grenada Active, '3l per Cent.
pow
3 per Cent.. 1853. • •
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822. £ St .. 1011
r,Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860
eardinian 5 per Cent
Ditto Account
I:4tniele 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
„, Ditto Passive
turkieh 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 971 81_

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THREE O'CLOCK,
Consols, Money
Ditto April Account

THE WEATHER.