The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-01 00:00:00

GOOD VRACES.—(7his Day.)

1..._._.

(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GOODWOOD CUP.
9to 4 agst The Wizard (taken)
7to 2 agst Thormanby (taken)
4to 1 agst Mon Etoile (taken.)
10 to 1 agst Doefoot (taken)
20 to 1 agst Optimist (offered)

31°IVEY 31,4RK ET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
REDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE OF

DISCOUNT.
Tile Directors of the Bank of England, at their st(
meeting to-day, reduced their minimum rate of :tv(
disc from 6to 5 per cent. This important Bt(s
easure was generally anticipated, owing to the st(
abundance of money, the diminished inquiry
for accommodation, the decline in the rates st
C
large(' for the negotiation of commercial st,
enorities in the open market, and the continuous 01,
i
,afitor of gold. The return to be issued this even- Es3tn
t:
g Will probably show an important increase in st,
the stock of bullion, and a falling off in the other 881:
securities the comparatively low terms accepted by
e banks and discount houses having recently st
the t,
eleinded the Bank of England from the general st
t
a2iness of the market. ati
About £BB,OOO in gold was sent into the Bank st!
of
The bar silver by the Tasmanian has been sold
at 58, id. per oz. standard, showing no alteration.
4't the forthcoming meeting of the Great 8t
Northern Railway Company a dividend at the rate st,
of 34 per cent. will be proposed.
The directors of the United Kingdom Elertric
Shelegraph Company have made a call of I 1 per 1,
a
re) payable on or before the 22d inst.
Business. in, the Liverpool Cotton Market yester- at
'43' continued rather quiet, but prices were firm. st
The sales amounted to about 8,000 bales. st
, meeting has been held to-day of the share- stltoiders of the London and County Bank. The
report, which was adopted, exhibited a net profit 8,,i
for
the half-year to the 30th of June last of st
4,473 3s. 3d., after payment of interest to cue- 19
totters, £47,451, and of the ordinary expenses, in- st
eollle-tax, rebate on bills discounted and not due,
and providing for bad and doubtful debts. A divi-
dend of 5 per cent. for the half-year, payable on the rt,'
12th inst., was therefore agreed, and a balance of at,
£19,473 will then remain to be carried forward. st
. Increased firmness has prevailed in the Market
foe Public Securities to-day, chiefly in consequence st
of the reduction in the Bank rate of discount, al- st
t
ithough the favourable weather is also productive of
:noyancy. Consols are 90 901- for transfer, and
for the account. The New Threes and the 0;
educed are steady at 892 902 ; Bank Stock has st;
Improved to 2311 and 233; India ditto is flat at
219 ; ditto 5 per Cents. remain at 99-1- 1 ; and 12
Chequer Bills, March, are heavy at 13s. to Bs. St'
, 44' ; ditto June, 4s. dis. st
In the Foreign Market a fair amount of business
alne been recorded, and prices are firm. Turkish
613er Cents. are 79 to 791 ; ditto, 1858, to 681 to
9; Mexican are steady at 222 ti ; Spanish have st
'lmproved 48Z-, ditto Deferred remain at 41}; Ver.e- st
t
tlelan at 172 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. at 631, ;
Peruvian 3 per Cents. have advanced to 74.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :-
1861. 1860.
reat Western
-ti
Orth-Western
91,526 92,638
ZuFh Western
ttighton 21,463 24,245
midland
,kuth-Eastern
.ureat Northern 27,642 25,131 et,
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Forth-Eastern
and Exeter 6,983 7,119
41,054 39,907
'Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 12, 162 12,125
_West
Wales
_West Hartlepool
inburgh lind Glasgow 7,001 6,967 sn
Great
Trunk of Canada
\Treat Western of Canada
These returns, in some instances, exhibit rather stl
/lafavnurable features ; in the Lancashire and :1
Yorkshire for example, there is a decrease of s 1
£2,142;17 on the North-Western, £1,112; on the
Brighton, £2,782 ; and on the South-Eastern,
4,"
'lO7. The Great Western shows an increase of
3,0347„, ; the South-Western, £1,539 ; the Midland,
; the Great Northern, £2,511 ; the North- s
Eastern, £1,147 ; the Grand Trunk of Canada,
and the Great Western of Canada, £2OO.
Business in the Railway Share Market has 'Bl
hen moderately active, and a slight improvement :1
tilts taken place on the rates realised for several of
aI,E; Principal undertakings. Lancashire and York-
ClnYork-
eNorth Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and
e6lll, and Midlands advanced ss. ; and Caledo-
nian and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. Great
Northern declined about 155., and the A stock dstt:
•X 2 to £3. st'
The Foreign and Colonial lines experienced little et
'N'iation. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian
st
are 10-1 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 111 ; Great st
western of Canada, 10 ; East Indian, 99 ; and st
'Great Indian Peninsula, 941 951. st
st
, Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares 81
orought about former prices. Union of London, et
however, declined ss.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
,
'',. Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O 89/ 90/
0 ner Cent. Cons,ols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 15 11-16 1
Incti i Stock ..
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent.
Ditto 5 per Cent.
l-).',, Bonds ,El,000
-uAllk Stock for Account 233
t-;01.,,e1s for Account, Aug 7 9O/ 90
2d Mar. p. day 1 June 31 p. c
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d l3 dis
D f,O £5OO 8 dia.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
13razilian 6 per Cen'. •••••••••..
Apish
41 per Cent. 1860 ..
nish 3 per Cent., 1825
Mexican 3 per Cent —
1, Ditto Account
eruyian 41 per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Lpitt
)3.,, 0 Account
t'r,,.iBh 3 per Cent.
43
Ditto Account
Jitt°tto New
wouDnetferred 42a
—k4l
v:1) ttlttsooh
A 6 c
cp eorunCten t .
Ditto
79
NAcecwounLotan
68 1 -1 i i
cllezuelan 3 per Cent
Dutch
Dividends on the above payable in London.
—co- 21- per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
TWO O'CLOCK
Consols Money 9O /
.Ditto Account ......

4 dis

4"usncEs, JUSTICE IN HUNTING.
DONSHIRE.

Ilarriet Creek, of Little Raveley, wife of Jonas
ThCreek, labourer, was charged last week before the
—ClRistrates of the borough of Huntingdon, with
g, in April last, used a steel trap for taking
if:111:. The information was laid against the de-
hyendhy Mr. Roper's gamekeeper.
4; loan named Woodcock deposed that he was
vn
Fefilg to work in the morning, when he saw the
ttendant, about a hundred yards from him, in the
eet. of killing a hare in a common rabbit trap. He
"You have a nice one there. It is worth
there
She replied, " It is worth more than that ;
i 8 a great deal of victuals on these things.
often have one. We had one last Sunday."
Mr., Wallingford, who appeared on behalf of the
,e'endant, contended that Mrs: Creek had a right
IT do as she
did. She was the servant of her hus-
httntikd' and was acting under his instruction, and her
‘,.,suand was the certificated servant of his master;
13"' he called Jonas Creek, who stated that he had
oneen certificated by Mr. Peter Martin to kill hares
vb;iB farm, but he had not seen any certificate.
Mr. Wallingford applied for an adjournment of
the "so but the bench thought there would be no
advantagede adjourning it, and they fined the
_.:endant £2 and 15c. expenses. This sum she
as unable to pay, and accordingly was committed
Jll.BOll for a month.
y
Thethis
Singular decision are D. Vease , W. names of the " great unpaid" who arrived at
W. Hum-
W. Deeborough, and Rey. A. F. Stopford.