The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-19 00:00:00

MONEY !IARKET AND CITY NEWS.

y CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
There is ver
little variation in the general ap-
P"ranee of the money market, for although the
demand for commercial purposes is comparatively
moderate, the banks and discount houses, notwith-
standing the large available supplies at their com-
mand, still continue to enforce free terms for the
negotiation of mercantile securities. Next mouth,
h
°weYer, an improvement is expected, as the Indian
loan Will then have been negotiated, while the

market will experience some relief from the pay-
Xent of the July dividends.
About £48,000 in gold was taken into the
Bank of England yesterday, while 60,000 sore- sti
reigns were withdrawn for exportation to America.
gt
The Pera, which leaves to-morrow for East India
sty
and China, will convey £200,649, of which st
£100,019 is on Government account. st
The bar silver by the last -West India packet
has been sold at ss. Otd. per oz., and the dollars, 8
si
together with a portion of the previous supply, at
et
48' 10Zd. per oz., being rather lower in both st
instances. st
In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon Sat
a slight advance took place in the rates for bills
on several of the principal continental cities. stet
A fair amount of business was transacted in the sstt,
tiverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and 8,000 bales st,
Were sold, 3,000 on speculation and for export, at st
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about previous prices.
st
A meeting has been held to-day of the share-
holders of the South Australian Land Company, at
'Which the proposed dividend of 7 per cent. per stl
annum, or 355. per share. was declared, pay- st
able as usual on the 15th of July and 15th of
January next. This dividend, with the year's
interest on the debentures, amounts to £25,817105.,

leaving a balance of £6,432 6s. 4d., which includes
the quarter's rent above stated, to be carried for- s'
ward to next year.
A further decline of I per cent. has taken place 8
in the English Stock Market to-day, Consols st,
having receded to 891 y for money, and 90 to 901 et!
for the account. This heaviness has been pro- st
duced by a few sales on speculative account. st
The Reduced ,Annuities brought 891 d ; and the to.
Now 3 per Cents: 891 891, The 5 per Cent.
St
India Loan realised i..)81.; Indian Bonds 12s. to 18s
die., and June Exchequer Bills par to 2s. prem:
Business in the Foreign Market remained very st
inactive without any material change in prices. st
Mexican, Stock realised 221 221; Brazilian 5 per "
Cents. advanced to 99 ; Russian 5 per Cents. to St!
103.7, ; Piedmontese 5 per Cents. brought 74 ; and st
Dutch 4 per Cents., 991 ; Turkish Bonds were a st
silade flatter ; the old 6 per Cents. being quoted 72
to 721 ; the Loan of 1858 has receded to 561, and
the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed to 1001. at
Incrcased heaviness has prevailed in the Rail- st
way Share Market, scveral of the principal
British linen showing a further decline of 1 to 1
12
per cent. Ca:edonian, North-Eastern (Berwick), st,
and South Easteirns have receded ss. ; Great Wes- st,
terns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western,
and Midlands, 10s. ; and Great Northerns improved
6s- The other linos detzlt in realised about former
st

prices.
For the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
Was a very limited enquiry. South Austrian and
Lombardo-Venetian declined to 153-, and Great
Indian Peninsula to 981 98/ ; East Indian, however,
improved to 101.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares have

continued heavy. London and Westminster have
declined 10s. ; Union of London, 55., and Crystal
Palace Stock, ss.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9a
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities B9* 1 1
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 151
India Stock. ......... .
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO lB
12 18 dis
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account, July 10 9ok 90
India Stock for Account
Ditto 5 per Cent.
March. June.
Exchegnerßills, £l,OOO, 2d — par 2pm
Dti . £5OO — par 2pm
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent .. 99
Ditto 4 per Cent., 1860 B7
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 10:la
npinish 3 per Cent. .......... 0 .....
Ditto Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent
..
Ditto New Loan ......
Ditto Amount
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21- per Cent., Exchange 12 Gull —
Ditto bertificatc,s. 4 per99l
Pielruontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25 francs 74
TWO O'CLOCK.

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Consols, Money
90
Ditto Account

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COURSE OF EXCHA.INGE.—YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam ........ Short. 11 19 11 19
Ditto ............ 3 Months. 12 01 12 1
R0tterdam.......... --12 01 12 1:
Antwerp .. 25 621 25 67,
Brutisels .. 25 621 25 671
llanaturgh
Paris • Short. 25 321 25 40
Ditto
Alarseilles — 25 65 25 70
Frankfort on Maine — 1191 1191
'Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 33 33±
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
'Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York — •• ••
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars •e
0 0
. elle 99
Silver in Bars (Standard) 9I 0 5 0;
South American Doubloons

48a
48
2/ 80
25 80
25 80

25 90
25 85
25 85
39t
1174
117 k

39{
117
1171-
52a