The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-28 00:00:00

1861. 1860.
Great Western
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern 25,133 24.461
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 6,003 6,057
North-Eastern
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
North British
Great Southern and Western, Ireland
Zdinburgh and Glasgow 6,161 5,728
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada
These returns are generally of a favourable charac-
ter. Midlands, however, have declined, although
to a nominal extent. On the Great Western the

increase amounts to £2,326, on the North Western
to £1,380, on the South Western to £2,411; on the
Brighton to £2,005, on the South Eastern to £664,
the Great ,Northern to £672, the Lancashire and
Yorkshire td':-£llB, the North Eastern to £1,123,
the Grand Trunk of Canada to £1,035, and the
Great Western of Canada to £678.

In the Railway Share Market the transactions
have been on a rather limited scale, and in some
instances prices have shown a downward tendency.
The falling oft' in traffic returns having caused a
decline of fully 1 per cent. on Midlands, Great
Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Manchester,
'Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South Easterns, have
receded 1, and Eastern Counties, North Westerns,
and South Westerns ss.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
remained very inactive. South Austrian and Lom-
bardo-Venetian have declined to 12-7--„ 121; Grand
Trunk of Canada to 205 ; East Indian to 991, 991,
and Great Indian Peninsula to 945, 95.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
tinue extremely inactive, without any material
Change in values. Union of London realise 244; ;
lleninsular and Oriental Steam, 68 ; Trust and Loan
Company of Upper Canada 7, and Van Diemen's
Land,

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock .. ,
Ditto 6 per Cent
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 1858 95! 1
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d l3 dis
Ditto £5OO l3 dis
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK
Brazilian 5 per Cent......... lO2
Ditto 4} per Cent. 1860
Equador New Consolidated
Mexican 3 per Cent' .. 24k
Ditto Account
New Grenada Active, 3} per Cent.
Peruvian 4} per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1353. 461
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded... ...
Turkish 6 per Cent .. 741
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London

TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money 911 f
Ditto Account

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day, , r 1 r
between 8 and B. E. 1 M. D. F. C. I. S.
9 a.m.
-------- -
Naha
2944 41 40 S.S.E. 1 9 r. 2
Aberdeen .. _ 2915 42 41 E.S.E. 3 9 r. 2
'-'eith . ... 2942 44 43 N. 2 9 r. 2
Lerwick 29'42 47 45 N. 1 9 f. 1
A.rdrossan
?onrush
Gilds 2941 46 45 , W.N. W. 23r. 3
way 29•54 49 48 1N .W. 6 9 r. 4
Scarborough 2912 46 45 S.S.W. 3 8 r. 4
Ntiv,erpool
i'aLentla ......29.67 44 43 N. 4 60. 4
armouth 2949 47 46 S. 3 6 m. 3
London 2916 48 46 W. 3 9 r.
Lover ,29 47 50 49 S.E. 3 80, 1
Portsmouth . , 29'52 49 46 N. 3 6 0. 1
Portland ; 29'52 46 43 W. 2 2C. 3
PelnYonth ...• 29'52 45 43 W.N.W. 2 5 m. 2
nzance I 29•G0 45 44 tN.NV, 2 1 b. 2
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Ex PLANATION.—B. 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
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloild
(1 too ). I. Initials :—b , blue sky • c clouds (detached) ;
t, g. ; h., hail; 1, lightning • 'm" misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; a , snow' .
repeated augments—thus, r.r., rauji, rain. s, t.,. thunder. A letter
Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

3leurthe states that some
The Noniteur de la
labourers digging
in an orchard, near Vergaville, in that
department, discovered a dozen gigantic skeletons about,
two feet below the surface. They were all laid face down
Wards and surrounded by large stones. • On one of the
Skeletons was found a gold ornament, consisting of a disk
two inches in diameter, set with precious stones. Unfortu-
nately nearly all of the latter were forced out by the finders
before this relic of antiquity was seen by any person capable
appreciating its value.
The banns of marriage have just been posted up
between the Duke de Valencay and the Countess de Hata-
feld, daughter of Marshal the Count de Castellane.
CAUTION TO RAILWAF SMOKERS.—Mr. G. Cohen
'was yesterday fined 20s. and costs, by Mr. Elliot, the police
magistrate, for smoking in a railway carriage on the South
Coast of Brighton Railway. Tho proceedings wore insti-
tuted by the directors.
DOG FIGHTING AT MANCHESTER.--On Monday
between eight and nine o'clock, information was
received at the police-office, Albert-street, Manchester,
that a dog fight was going on in the collar of a beer-house
the
Rose and Shamrock. in Wood-street, Deansgate,
kept
by a man named John Houldsworth. A number of
odic
ers were sent to the place by Superintendent Gee, and
"-e
house was " garrisoned" by the police. Looking through
the grating of the cellar the police saw the dogs fighting,
buta woman called out " Police, put up the dogs," and
dltmediately the dogs were hid, and the gas piping torn
own. Some of the men got out of the cellar through a
Window but the police managed to convey to the lockups
"Men