The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-23 00:00:00

AIONEY iIIARKET AND CITY .N.ETV,S.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
A very easy tone still pervades the !general dis-
count market, where the supplies of money are far
in excess of the current demands, -and the conse-
qat.r.ce is that the rates still show a tendency to
decline rather than otherwise. First class bills
are negotiated slightly under 3 per cent., capi-
talists being disposed to accept that moderate
quotation in order to find employment for a por-
tion of their surplus means. On the Stock
Exchange the returns asked for temporary
advances are still remarkably moderate.
There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England yesterday.
. _ _

The Indus has arrived from Alexandria with
the heavy portion of the India, China, and Austra-
lian Mails, and £182,800 in specie.
No important alteration took place in the foreign
exchanges yesterday afternoon.
The specie movement continues satisfactory, inas-
much as nearly the whole of the gold received from
Australia and other places is taken into the Bank
of England. The remittances recently made to
America, including a moderate consignment to-day,
are not regarded with the slightest anxiety, be-
cause the efflux in that direction is scarcely
expected to assume proportions calculated to inter-
fere with the position of monetary affairs at home.

Gold is now about 4-10ths por cent. dearer in
Loudon than in Paris, and 2-10ths higher herethan
in Hamburgh.

The directors of the Great North of Scotland
Railway Company are prepared to receive applica-
tions for portions of a further issue of new £lO
shares bearing interest at the rate of 411- per cent. per
annum.

On the Great Western Railway of Canada the
traffic receipts for the week ending the 11th inst.
amounted to £11,122, being a decrease of £4OO
compared with the corresponding period of last
year.

Considerable excitement prevailed in the Liver-
pool Cotton market yesterday, and prices of
American descriptions advanced Id. to id. per lb.
The sales amounted to 20,000 bales.
A new fire insurance company, entitled the
" London and Lancashire," has just been formed.
The prospectus states that it is estabiished for the
purpose of extending to Liverpool, as well as to
London and elsewhere, that addition to the facili-
ties for fire insurances which was recently demanded
for the metropolis, and which the extraordinary in-
crease in the commerce of Liverpool now consti-
tutes an urgent necessity. The capital is to be
£1,000,000, with power to increase. The shares
are to be divided into 40,000, at £25 each, of which
only £200,000 is to be at present called up. The
company seems to be fortunate in the choice of its
directors, as they are all gentlemen well known for
their respectable and large mercantile connections
With the ports of London and Liverpool.
At the half yearly meeting of the Royal Mail
Steam Packet Company to-day the usual dividend
of £2 per share was declared.

The half yearly meeting of the shareholders in
the -West Flanders Railways took place to-day, and
a dividend of ti per share was agreed to ; the direc-
tors' report in which it was recommended, being
'unanimously adopted.
Very little animation has prevailed in the mar-
ket for Public Securities to-day, speculation still
being conducted on a limited scale ; but, upon the
whole, a firmer tone has been manifested, and
Consols are 921 71,-, for transfer, and 94 s for the 7th
proximo, The New Threes are steady at 901 ;
the Reduced flat at 904 ; Exchequer Bills, June,
have advanced to 9s. and 12s. prem. ; India 5 per
Cent. is firm at 1043 d ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced
Paper at, 961 ; and the 51 per Cent. 1034 ; Bank
stock has receded to 232.

Business in the Foreign Market has been inac-
tive, and prices generally show less firmness.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 80+ ; ditto, 1858, 67+
68+ ; Mexican are flat at 26+ ; Sardinian, at 81+ ;
Grenada 2 per Cents., at 19+; and Italian 5 per
Cents., at 68/; Chilian are firm at 85, and Rus-
sian 4} per Cents. are 921.
Business in the Railway Share Market continued
moderately inactive, and, with one or two excep-
tions, a slight improvement took place in prices.
East Anglian, Eastern Counties, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, North Western, and North Eastern
(Berwick) improved ss. ; London and Brighton
10s. ; and Great Northern 15s. Midlands, how-
ever, declined 55., and South Eastern 10s.
The Foreign lines were in fair demand, at
steady prices. Great Luxembourg improved and
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian remained
at previous rates.
In the Colonial undertakings there was little
change of importance ; Grand Trunk of Canada,
however, improved to 201 t-; East Indian, realised
1O►1I; and Great Indian Peninsula, 994.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
were a shade firmer. London and Westminster
improved ss. ; Union of London, 58. ; and Red Sea
and India Telegraph Company declined 10s. to 15s.
being dealt in at 19.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock . 232
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O t
3 per Cent. Conoco's Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9O/ 1 1
India Stock
ss„
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent 96f
Ditto 51 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 --
Ditto ditto April, 1864 98/
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,000
Consols' for Account, Nov. 7 921 i i
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .. • • 1041 / I
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. • • •.. 5 pm 12 pm
Ditto' £5OO — __
Ditto Sir all
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING P RICES,
Chilian 6 per Cent --
Ditto 41 per Cent
Mexican, 3 per Cent. oo
Ditto Account - 6
New Grenada' 2 per Cent ln
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St --
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Sardinian 5 per Cent. -_
..
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded...,,.. 6
Turkish 6 per Cent
••
Ditto Account
imto IN; eV/ Loan
Ditto Account -
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in. London.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 6Bl
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money /.. 921
Ditto Account

THIS DAY'S SILIPTING.

LONDON, Oct. 23.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; moderato breeze and fine weather.
SIIEER"Oct.B, 0 22. --Wind S.—Arrived—Royal Alice,
from Moulmein. ' —W
frora
DuBL
St . IN
John Oct. 21.
's, I\l'ac
Wm' d S.E.—Arrived—Catherine,
PORTSMOUTH, Oct.
22. -Wind
ship
—Am-
phi from Belize; her cm Ina S.E.—Arrived—Am-
Ma its.
Mohawk, from
L IMERICK; Oct. 21.—wi
frova Quebec. nd s
X.—Arrived—Primrose,
FALMOUTH, Oct. 22.—wind s.,
froln Rio Janeiro. -E,_A`rrived—Martha,
PLYMOUTH, Oct. 22.—Wind s.-Ar
_Arrived—Elis
Sasanne, rom anoon for R;
Ali pedeie,f fromß Riog Janeiro; her maotterdao d with crew sick; ;
hound, from Malta. JQBtrs ship Grey-
LOUGH FOYLE, Oct. 23.—Arrived_Bohemian, screw
steamer, from Quebec.
PILL, Oct. 22.—Wind S.—Sailed—R. D. Br
ook man, for
New York.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
from w
The Borussa steamer, which sails hence to-day for A
old
York, takes out £17,500 in silver, and £15,960 in
London, and 37,500 francs from Havre.
Arrived—Elizabeth, from Llanelly ; Florida, from New_
port, ; Leda, steamer, from Dublin, and left for London.
Sailed—Unite, for Rotterdam.
(BY SUB3IARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning,

Arrived, Oct. 23—Fidelity, from Le Viviers ; Augustus,
from Cembritshamn ; John and Mary Ann, from Caen;
El iza, from Guantanamo ; Norma, from Taganrog; Emily
Wylde' from Tavira.
Sailed Oct. 23.—Cid, steamer, for Bilboa ; Black Eagle,
for Halifax ; Sir E. Banks, steamer, for Calais.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Several arrivals. Boats boarding since daylight.

The Semaphore of Marseilles says :—" Prince
Leopold of England, accompanied by Colonel Bowater,
arrived at Marseilles on Saturday, on his way to Cannes,
where his Royal Highness is going to stay some time for
the benefit of his health,"