The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-02 00:00:00

MOREY MARK ET AND CIT NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

Owing to the preparations in progress for the
commercial engagements arriving at maturity on the
4th, the demand for money has increased, and 3
to 3• per cent. are now the current terms for the
negotiation of good mercantile securities.
A large supply of gold, viz., £140,000, was pur-
chased by the Bank authorities yesterday.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon, in
most instances, exhibited a slight advance.
Gold is now about 5-10ths per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris, and 2 10ths higher here than
in Hamburg.

Increased dullness prevailed in the Liverpool
Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were rather
lower. The sales were only 8,000 bales.

The receipts of the Dutch Rhenish Railway for
the fortnight, ending the 15th ult., amounted to
£9,208, against £8,600 in the corresponding period
of last year.

The Tagus, from the Peninsula, brings £2,250
in specie.

There is a falling off of about £2,500 in the traffic
receipts of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
for the past week.

A call of £2 10s. per share became due to-day
on the Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway New
£lO shares.

The Seine, which left to-day for the West Indies,
took out £7,980 in gold and £4,609 in silver.
The directors of the Bank of France have again
advanced their rate of diser►unt 1- per cent., viz., to
6 per cent., and the measure has naturally excited
much discussion in financial circles. The move-
ment, it is thought, will lead to the exportation of
gold to Paris, and ultimately tend to produce an
advance in the value of money in this country.
On the Great Western Railway of Canada the
traffic receipts for the week ending the 20th ult.
amounted to £8,320, being a decrease of £9,403
compared with the corresponding period last year,
which, however, was at the time of the agricultural
exhibition and the Prince of Wales' visit.

At the close of business yesterday afternoon the
Funds were at a decline of fi per cent., and although
rather less depression is perceptible to-day, very
little recovery has taken place, Consols being 92/ t
for transfer, and 921 I forthe lOtli inst. The posi-
tion of monetary affairs, in France is the principal
cause of the depression, as the rise in the rate of dis-
count in Paris is expected to cause a similar move-
ment on this side. The New 3 per Cents. have
receded to 901 a ; the Reduced to 901 4 ; India New
Stock 1024 31; and the Scrip 103y7 Exchequer
Bills, March, are firm at par to 3s. prem., and
ditto June at 9s. prem.
The principal feature of importance in the
Foreign Market hu.s been the decline in Mexi-
can Stock, namely, to 25t and 26k, and the
dealings have been of a moderate cha-
racter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 851 4 ; ditto,
1858, t. Buenos Ayres have receded to 84, and
the Deferred to 27, but Grenada are firmer at 171,
and Venezuelan, after being 1.91, have improved to
201 t,
The Shares of the Metropolitan Bank are 1 to
I prem.

The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been of a rather restricted character, but in some
instances prices have exhibited more firmness.
Eastern Counties and Midlands have improved ss. ;
and Great Westerns, and Lancashire Yorkshire,
10s.; Manchester, Sheffield, may -Lincoln and
North-Westerns have declined ss. ; and South-
Westerns, 10s.

In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings business
also continued inactive, South Austrian and Lom- 8
bardo-Venetian declined to 161 4 ; Dutch Rhenish
brought 15.4; Scindes declined to 191; and East
Indian improved to 1011.
Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have continued dull, without any material changs
in values, London and Westminster realise 67*;
Red Sea Telegraph, 171; and South Australian
Land, 324,

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
?) per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9oa i
3 per Cent. Consuls Annuities
New S per Cent. Annuities
India Stock
OO 0
Ditto 5 per Cent.
t)it to Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
1
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent ,
Ditto 5 per Cent.
i )itto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 98
Bank Stock for Account 237
L ousols for Account, Oct. 10 41211 i
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
March. I June.

E xche q u e r Bills, £l,OOO, 2d —
Ditto £5OO .. par 3pm I
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent —
1 Ditto Account
Ditto Deferred
Equador New Consolidated
Mexican 3 per Cent —
i)itto Account ' 261 54 6k
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent
.. 85f
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
% enezu e 1 a n 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
Di ti o Certificates, 4 per Cent...
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861
TWO O'CLOCK.
92} 4.1
928 I

CJnEols, Money
Ditto Account

GENERAL FREMONT AND THE

MISSOURI SLAVES.

The following is the text of General Fremont's
deed of manumission for the slaves of Thomas L.
Snead :

Whereas Thomas L. Snead, of the city and county of St.
Louis, State of Missouri, has been taking an active part
with the enemies of the United States, in the present in-
surrectionary movement against the Government of the
United States—now therefore I, John Charles Fremont,
major general commanding the western department of the
army of the United States, by authority of law and the
power vested in me as such commanding general, declare
Hiram Reed, heretofore held to service or labour by
Thomas L. Snead, to be free, and for ever discharged from
the bonds of servitude, giving him full right and authority
to have, use, and control his own labour or service as to
hint may seem proper, without any accountability whatever
to said Thomas L. Snead, or any one to claim by, through,
or under him.

And this deed of manumission shall be respected and
treated by all persons, and in all courts of justice, as the
full and complete evidence of the freedom of said Hiram
Reed.

In testimony whereof, this act is done at head-quarters'
of the western d,partment of the army of the United States
in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on this 12th day
of September, A.D. 1861, as is evidenced by the depart-
mental seal hereto affixed by my order.
J. C. FREMONT, Major. General Commanding.

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICA.L REPORT

This Day, i
1 etween 8 and, B. E. lt.
9 a.m. D. F. iC. I. S.
Nairn , 29-62 52 to --------c ,„. --
Leithn-64 50 48 Q'•,,,,"• 2 8 o 2
'29 74 65 53 -mr. " • 3 4 c. 2
29•71 63 51 w.s.:is, 3 9 0.. 2
Ardrossan 29-78 55 52 W.N.W. 2 4 b. 2
Portrifsh 29-57 53 50 r 4, 6 0. 2
Shields 29-81 54 51 wiT.w. -.i 2 b. 2
Galway 29 4.01 5 i .52 w.N.w. 3 0. 3
Searborough 129-85 56 64 W. ' 50. 1
Liverpool 29139 56 53 S. 11 91 b. 2
.Valentia 130-00 55 53 2 6 0. 1
Queenstown 29-95 61 60 N.N.P.W. 1 o °- 1
Yarmouth ' 29.74 60 59 N.W. 1 5 1,(1),; 1
London 29.89 58 56 W. g.W. 2 9i 0- 2
Lover 99.85 83 61 W,N.W. 3 8, 0*
--;
Portsmouth 29'97 59 57 N.W. 4 41 0. ;
Pc:Maud
Plymouth
Penzance
P, ,n, , PTrINT -r: tz,,,..rnoter. corrected and reduced

1X PLANATION.-13. 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
"aPoration 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) ;
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).

ATTEMPT TO BURN THE BELFAST MILITARY
LAUIIACKS.—A private soldier of the 49th Regiment of
Foot has been committed for trial in Belfast for having
attempted to set fire to the barracks in that town. While
a patient in the hospital be collected a quantity of bedding,
which he set on fire; but before much damage was done it
Was discovered, and extinguished.