The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-17 00:00:00

2POTTINGHAM RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
BUNNEY PARK STAKES.
Ididdleton Maid 1
Blackcock
2
Five ran.

ZIONBY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The money market remains in a very quiet state,
and as the inquiries are exceedingly moderate, the
banks and discount houses are transacting business
on lower terms. The rates for the best bills now
range from a to f, per cent. below the minimum at
the Bank of England, and advances can be obtained
on the Stock Exchange as low as 3 to 3* per cent.
A small amount of gold, viz., £5,000, was sent
into the Bank of England yesterday, but 50,000
Sovereigns were withdrawn for exportation.
The Shannon, which. left to-day for the West
Indies, took out only £4,563 in gold.
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon
exhibited a slight decline in the rates on Antwerp
and Vienna.
Gold is now 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London
than in Paris, and about 8-10ths per cent. higher
here than in Hamburg-
A fair amount of business was reported in the
Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were
firmly maintained. The sales were 10,000 bales.
At the meeting of the Bank of London, held to-
day, the report, of which the following is an extract,
'Praa unanimously adopted :—The result of the ope-
rations of the Bank for the past half-year has been
unusually favourable. The balance of profit and
"a account amounts to £37,580 2s. 6d. After
Payment of all expenses, making ample provision
for bad and doubtful debts, and allowing for rebate
of interest on bills discounted not yet due, there
remains available the sum of £17,543 13s. 9d, The
directors are, therefore, enabled to declare a divi-
dend at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum, free of
income tax, and to carry to the reserve fund the sum
of £lO,OOO, by which addition that fund is in-
creased to £41,000. The balance, viz., £43 13s. 9d.,
is transferred to the credit of profit and loss account
of the current half-year.

At the half-yearly meeting of the London and
Westminster Bank, held to-day, a dividend of 6 per
cent. per annum and a bonus of 7 per cent. on the
paid-up capital was unanimously agreed to.
There has been rather a heavy market for Public
Securities to-day, but the variation has been very
limited. Consols are 891 90 for money, and 901 I
for the account. The advices from America,
and the large supply of money stock, have
Produced an unfavourable effect. The New
Threes and the Reduced Annuities are flat
at 891 Exchequer Bills were Bs. dis. ; June
ditto 2s. dis. to 2s. prem. Indian 5 per Cent. En-
faced Paper is firm at 94t, and ditto 5 per Cent.
1011.

The New Indian Loan Scrip is 1001.
Continued buoyancy prevails in the Foreign
Stock Market, and the dealings have been rather
active. Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen to 79 80 ;
uitto 1858, to 651 661 ; ditto £lOO Bonds, to 67 68 ;
Mexican to 228 ; Peruvian to 96i ; but Buenos
Ayres have receded to 83 84 ; and Brazilian are
fiat at 99.
Business in the Railway Share Market has con-
tinued rather dull, and in some instances prices
have shown less firmness. Caledonian, Great
Western, Lancashire, North-Western, and North-
Eastern (Berwick) declined ss. ; and Midlands,
10s.; Eastern Counties and Great Northern have
tligEtly improved.

In the Foreign and Colonial lines prices have
shown little variation. Namur and Liege, Great
Western of Canada, East Indian, and Great Indian
Peninsula have realised previous rates.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have remained at about previous values. Oriental
Bank realise 49! ; London Joint Stock, 3l ; Aus-
tralian Agricultural declined toCrystal Palace
Qtaek realised 32; and Royal Mail Steam, 491 50.

3 Per Ce nt. RBRITIeduc SH
ed A FUNnnuDS K —ONE O'CLOC.
s B9l
ii\itier Cent. Conswls Annuities
A "? 3 per Cent. Annuities B9i
Annuities, 30 s expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Lldiatgck.o. yrs,Yr expire sth April, 1885 lsa
0000000 ~
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto • '
Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent. 941
DittolG/ per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 1863 95 a
Ditto 1864 95 a
Ditto Ditto 1859 £l,OOO 1859
96
bit,to under £1 000
'
consols for Account
/ Aug..
March. I June.
2 dis

Exchequer Dills, £l,OOO, 2d —
Ditto £5OO _
I
Ditto Small
tr il. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
az lan 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 B7l 5 7
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent............ —
.. - Ditto AccountB3 4
Chilian 5 per Cent
7, Ditto 41 per Cent.
lexicon 3 per Cent 22/
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent .
.7 Ditto Account
,?Pinish 3 per Cent.
Ditto New Loan
Ditto £lOO Bonds .. • ..... 651 6 51 i
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cant....... 665
.. 101 8 7
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Consols, Money TWO O'CLOCK.
891 ,
Ditto Account 9oi 90