The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-26 00:00:00

410NEr MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The rates of discount still show a downward ten-
dency, and the inquiries at the Bank has been
ftrrther diminished owing to the low rates upon
Which the mercantile community are enabled to
obtain accommodation elsewhere. First class secu-
rities are negociated in the open market as low as
2t per cent., and few are, therefore, disposed to go
to the national establishment where the minimum
is maintained at 3,1 per cent.

A small quantity of gold, viz. £5,000, was taken
into the Bank of England yesterday.
The Mooltan, which leaves to-morrow for Bom-
bay, will take out £8,750 in gold, and £230,280 in
silver.

No important alteration was exhibited in the
Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £339,000, and the exports £178,000.
'The traffic receipts on the South Austrian, Lom-
bardo-Venetian, and Central of Italy Railway, for
the week ending the 14th inst., were £68,607 on
1,251 miles, against £51,882 at the corresponding
period of 1860, when, however, only 917 miles were
open.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the
demand continued active, and prices were well sup-
ported. The sales were estimated at 20,000 bales.

Continued buoyancy has been perceptible in the
market for Public Securities to-day, a renewal of
speculative purchases baying caused an advance of
per cent., but the upward tendency of values has
received a check in consequence of sales in realisa-
tion of profits, and Consols, which have been dealt
in at 931 t, are now only 93 931 for money and the
7th prox. The New Threes have risen to 911 1;
the Reduced to 911 ='4 ; Bank Stock has declined to
229 and 230 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 1051; and
the New Loan Scrip has advanced to 1051.
Business in the Foreign Market continues inac-
tive, and prices remain tolerably steady. Turkish
6 per Cents. are 80 a ; ditto, 1858,681 e ; Mexican
are 261 j ; Brazilian 4,-4 per Cents. are firm at 92 ;
Equa.dor remain at 15-Z, ; Russian have improved to
1001 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. to 994 101.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been moderately active, and prices are a shade
firmer in several instances. East Anglian, Great
Nor therns, Great Westerns, and Norfolks improved
ss. ; and West Midlands, 10s.; Caledonians, North
Westerns, and Midlands, however, declined ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines were in increased
demand. Great Luxembourg advanced to 9494 ;
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian to 161 17;
Antwerp and Rotterdam to 64 61 ; and Bahia and
San Francisco to 131 ; East Indian realiged 102;
Great Western of Canada, 9 ; Great Indian Pen-
insula, 991 4 ; and Cape Town and Dock, 154.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
tinued without much change of importance. Lon-
don J oint Stock declined ss. ; Crystal Palace Stock
improved 1 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam
and Royal Mail Steam brought previous rates.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICFM
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll 1 1 3;
,Annuities,,3o yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs; expire sth April, 1885 l5 9-16
India Stock,...', ...... .. —
Ditto 5-per pent.
Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
Dino Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent 9B 7/
Ditto 51 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981
Ditto 1859
Consols for Account, Nov. 7. 931 I i
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
March I June.
13 15 pm

Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d.....
£5OO ..
Ditto Small ..

15 pm

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian, 6 per Cent• .,....
Ditto 41 pet Cent., 1860 92
Cuba, 6 per Cent. —
Ditto (Matanza & Sabinilla) 7 per Cent 101
Equador New Consolidated
Mexican, 3 per Cent. ..
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 . —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St „ .. 1004
Turkish 6 per Cent
• •
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent.. Exchange 12 Gull —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent... ..
...,
Ditto Account
.... 991 101
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account
t

Visitors from Boulogne declare: (says the Critic)
that the Lord Chancellor's new Bankruptcy Act is the
most popular reading in that city of sanctuary. It is even
said:that:Mr, Merridew (the local Mudie) has:had to provide
400 copies of that interesting work to meet the demands
made upon them.
THE YELTERTON MARRIAGE CASE.—At the
Judge's Chambers, yesterday, before Mr. Baron Martin, an
application was made by Mr. Patrick Adam, on the part of
the Hon. W. C. Yelverton, major in the Royal Artillery,
for an order under the statute 22 Vic,, cap. 20, to compel
the attendance of several witnesses at the Palatine Hotel,
Manchester, before John Cay, Esq., commissioner from the
Court of Session in Scotland, appointed to examine wit-
nesses on the part of the Hon. Major Yelverton, in the suit
instituted in the courts of Scotland for a dissolution of his
marriage with Maria Theresa Longworth, which has been
for some time past brought before the public in a prominent
manner in the Irish and Scotch courts of law. The order
was granted.

•
WARMING RAILWAY CARRIAG E S.—A corre-
spondent, under the signature of " A Frequent Traveller,"
suggests that, now that the winter and cold nights are set-
ting in, railway companies should avail themselves of the
system of warming their carriages, introduced in France
last winter, [from the exhaust steam of the engine. This
mode of using up the waste steam involves only a trifling
expense, it appears ; and the result is a great boon to the
public, every carriage being made comfortable, without ex-
ception of class.—Builder.

THE FRENCH DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SER-
TICES.—The diplomatic staff of France consists. of 290
persons-96 political, and 194 consular. The former con-
sist of 11 ambassadors, 23 ministers-plenipotentiary, and 62
secretaries of embassy. The salaries of ambassadors vary
eatly, those at St. Petersburg and London being 300,000 f;
'Vienna, 200,000 f; Madrid, 150,000 f; Constantinople and
Rome, 140,000 f; Berlin and Berne, 100,000 f; Turin,
80,000 f ; and 'Brussels, 70,0001. The maximum salary of
ministers-plenipotentiary is 80,000 f ; and the minimum
30,0001; that of secretaries of embassy is from 14,000 f to
5,000 f; and the secretaries of ambassadors have, moreover,
an additional allowance of from 4,0001 to 1,0001. In the
consular service are 29 consuls-general, and the rest are
consuls, chancellor s, dragomans, interpreters, &c. The
salaries of the consuls-general vary from 18,00 Of to 50,000 f.
In the Budget of 1862 the Budget of 1862 the total sum set
down for diplomatic and consular salaries is 6,222,800 f.
DEEROOT AND HIS MATCHES.—The Sporting Life
says :—" Public interest in the deeds of Deerfoot has by no
means abated, and there already seems plenty of work cut
out for the wild child of the prairie. The Indian's guide,
philosopher, and friend' is determined that his, man shall
lose no opportunity of distinguishing himse'.f or winning
fresh laurels. The following is a list of Ilis engagements
for 1861, and no others will be entered in:to until they are
decided :__Four mile handicap, at Birrriingham, on Mon-
day next ; one
(although one mile handicap, at Sleffield, on Nov. 4
mile is not his forte and will be the last
handicap he will run in ; ten mll'a sweepstakes,' at Ports-
and
mouth, on Nov. 13 ; ten mile reatch with Barker, Nov
25 ; twenty miles in two hours, for £lOO a side, if the
backer of time will allow him a rea, nable chance of accom-
ishing it."

SHARPS AND FLATS. Talsle Philosophical teacher
ga nm ua mankind
aiable proposition
in ,' Candide" laid it: down
that nothing that existed anion
calculated stgloss, were clearly
peculiar use, nor without the adjunct w ithtoou tit s
,fspsorp.eht
era
helcvheesint.ahadliik'hheeasnnosoe
dis-
play its capabilities. Legs, said Dr. PP
accordingly we
made to wear breeches; so there .
was given a bridge to support
have spectacles. Natural ?hi'
man-
ner declared that no animal lass been created that
some smaller animal also Dade to be its
Pheasants eat worms, ared man eats pheasants;n BuPP:I:,,
sharpers are made to live upon flats, and flats are bBO
the especial purpose of feeding and maintaining shorn for
As there are many races of sharpers, so also are therearrevres.
ral distinct species of flats. Here is the lame horse dealer,
there is also the country gentleman who leaves his cheque
as a deposit while he is trying tho lame horse, and returns
to the stable to find the seller flown and the cheque pre-
sented. There is the skittle sharp ; born for his support
there is the countryman, who has come to see the sights of
London, and who is lucky enough to meet with a friend who
is acquainted with them all, and whose only failure consists
in finding that what used to be a rifle• ground is now a
skittle alley. Thirdly, there is the fortune .hunting sharp
—this last being usually a foreign noble,—and for his sup-
port arl reared certain ladies of a certain age, with strong
appetites for husbands and a comfort .7 7,- F'l rrt in the Three
liherisCents. One of the last-named fitly-matched pains have
week had their tale of true love brought before the pub-
lic through the somewhat unsentimental medium of the Old
BCleY,—Zondon .nevi
r.