The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-13 00:00:00

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kIIONEY 112 ARK ET AND CITY IV EIVS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

During the lest few days the transactions in the
Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have not
been of a very extensive character. In tea the
operations have been sustained owing to the ap-
proach of the public sales, which commence to-day.
Sugars remained in fair request, at full rates ; and
in the refined market the demand for home consump-
tion was on the increase. Coffee continued dull,
and prices have slightly given way in consequence
or the large quantity to be offered at public sale.
Rice has been in active request, at full prices, and
a moderate business has been done in tallow for
both present and future delivery.

A fair amount of business was reported in the
Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were
Wall supported. The sales were 8,000 bales.
About £BB,OOO in gold was sent into the Bank of
England yesterday.
The Atrato has arrived from the West Indies
with £128,600 chiefly in silver.
Telegraphic advices report the departure of the
following vessels with gold, from Australia for
England, viz., the Kohinoor with £472, the Orwell
With £155,036, and the Water Nymph with
£203,072.
A call of £2 per share, amounting to £260,000,
becomes due to-morrow on the Great Indian Penin-
sular Railway shares.

At the half-yearly meeting of the London and
131ackwall Railway Co. held to-day, it was stated that
the balance of profit available for distribution was
£12,474 18s. 11d., from which it was resolved to
declare a dividend at the rate of £2 15s. per cent.
per annum.

The demand for discount accommodation con-
tinues steady, and the rates show no material

variation.

Business in the market for Public Securities con-
tinues very dull, but notwithstanding •the limited
operations for transfer and on speculation, the
quotations remain very firm. Consols for money
are well maintained at 901 1, and for the account
at 90a 1. The New Threes and the Reduced are
firm, at 901; I; Exchequer Bills, March, are 12s.
dis. ; ditto June, ss. to 2s. dis. ; Bank Stock is
2354, being flat ; India New Loan Scrip is firm at
100 a.

Very little alteration has occurred in Foreign
Securities, and the dealings have not exceeded the
average. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 781 to 79 ;
ditto, 1858, 69 to 691; ditto £lOO Bonds have re•
ceded to 71 ; Chilian are firm at 103; ditto 41-- per
Cents. at 82 ; Peruvian at 991; and the Uribarren
are steady at 90.

In the railway share market business has con-
tinued rather dull; in one or two instances, how-
ever, a slight improvement has taken place.
Brighton and North-Eastern (Berwicks) have ad-
vanced ss. ; Great Northern, 10s. ; and Great
Western, 15s. South-Western, North British, and
South-Eastern have declined 55., and North-
Western, 10s.
The foreign and colonial undertakings have re-
mained at about previous values. Grand Trunk of
Canada, however, advanced abcut ss.
Joint-stock Bank and miscellaneous shares have
bezn exceedingly inactive. English, Scottish, and
Australian Chartered improved 55.; London and
County declined 108.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ol 1
3per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9oa 1
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Rh Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 13-16 1
india Stock. .• —
1001
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 51 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 79
Ditto 1859
Consols for Account, Sept. 10
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
Mar. 2d. p. day. June 3/ p. ct
Ruthequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d l2 die 5 2 dis
D tie £5OO .. 2 die
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 BB
Chili= 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Peruvian 41 per Cent 99 1 100 9SI
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent... • —I
Ditto New Deferred 4II
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto New Loan
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil —
Ditto Certificates. 4 per Cent.
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 831
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9oa 1
Ditto Account

THE FEMALE BLONDES'.

Considerable excitement prevailed yesterday aTter sto
-
noon in the vicinity of Cremorne-gardens on account Bst°o
of the announcement that a lady calling herself :I°o
the "Female Blondin " was about to cross the
river on a tight-rope extending from the gardens estt'cc
to a wharf at Battersea. Through some deficiency Bsttcc
in the guide-ropes, as they are called, the feat stc
was not completely accomplished, and when the
lady, who had started from Battersea, had per- I
formed four-fifths of her perilous journey, she was eti
compelled to sit down, and ultimately descend into st,
a boat. The courage displayed under these trying :14
circumstances created almost a greater amount of
admiration than would have been produced Lad the
artist walked all the way from Battersea to Cre- et
Morne, and of her ability to perform the feat there et
18 not the slightest doubt. Both sides of the river
Were densely thronged, and, though the perform-
ance st
was over at half-past seven, the roads leading et
to Cremorne were scarcely passable at nine o'clock st
'on account of the returning crowds. The experi- B.;
nient will be repeated on Monday next and the four st
following Mondays, when Mr. E. T. Smith will Sali
give as many special fetes. On the 27th inst. Mr. et
-Adams, the secretary of Cremorne, whose indefati-
gable zeal and industry have proved eminently
serviceable for the last 10 years, will take his
benefit.

THE WEATHER.

WEATHER EXP:

?,CTED TILL TO-MORROW OR
NEXT DAY.
North-west to north-east ; moderate.
Northerly ; settled ; fine.
North to west ; settled ; fine.
Northerly, moderate ; cloudy.

North Britain .
East Coast
South Coast
Ireland

METED.

,OLOGICAL REPORTS.

. This Day,
Letween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S.
9 a.m.
----- — —
Aberdeen ... 29'71 i 56 55 W. S. W. 3 g r. 2
Leith. 29/ 59 56 W. 1 8 O. 1
lierwick 29'77 60 58 N.N E. 1 g r. 2
.A.rdross an
Portr .. sh 29'86 58 57 S.W. 2 2 b. 2
,fillields • • 29/3 69 55 I W.N.W. 5 3 c. 2
Qalway 29'96 66 63 W. 2 5 C.
ouch I"'carbor 29.74 62 58 W. N. W. 3 6 C. 1
Liverpool 129 2986 62 58 N .W. 3 5 c. 2
Valenta 29'98 59 57 N. I 1 2b. 1
9neenstown 29'93 59 58 W. 1 1 b. 1
xarmouth . 29'80 68 67 W. 2 6r. 3
-,,,,L0nd0n •• • 29'88 6i 59 W. 5
mover 2986 70 67 W. 3 4 0. 2
Portsmouth
Portland
I,clYinnouth
' zance

xPI.II.IIA.TIoN.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
4'o 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise
,allsing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
pr", abovi 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
xPo PPa thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
,
vaPcration and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
Zot magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
t°, 9)• I. Initials :—b:, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
,„"°g• ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
jereast (dull) ; r., rain ; s , snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
-I.lce (1 to 9).

Ris
Majesty the King of Sweden arrived at Os-
e'rne last evening on a visit to her Majesty. Her
Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, on board the Victoria and Albert,
"ith the Emerald, 51, screw, Capt. A. Cumming,
In artte.ndance, steamed out to meet and welcome
the
A MONSTER BLOCK OF STONE.—A huge block of
at .3,one
, 26 feet long, 9 feet wide, and G inches thick, was a
4,3efwillaYs back (says Galignani) extracted from the quarries
vei.beisenhef in Prussia, and dispatched to Brussels. It
ei,nrs 303,5001b5., and was drawn by 18 horses. The man
to-Teged witla the conveyance was obliged to give security
b, any damage which might be occasioned to bridges
•the excessive weight of the stone.