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

lIONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Owing to the sudden inerease in the demand for
Money at the Stock Exchange, and the exportation
of gold to America, the rates of discount continue
firm, and very little business is now transacted
under 6 per cent., which is the minimum of the
Bank of England, where numerous applications are
Made in consequence.
Notice has been given that tenders will be re-
ceived for a further sum of .£lO,OOO, in 6 per cent.
debentures, for British Guiana.
A fair amount of business was reported in the
Liverpool cotton market yesterday, and prices were
steady. The sales were about 12,000 bales.
The Magdalena has arrived from the Brazils with
£30,000 in specie.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1861. 1860.
Great Western £42, A 4 £42,945
North-Western
South-Western
trighton
Midland
18outh-Eastern
Great Northern 22,838 22,311
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 6,60.5 7,441
North-Eastern 41,511 37,819
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 11,188 15,246
West Midland
Great Southern and Western, Ireland 8,186 8,398
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Grand Trunk of Canada
Groat Western of Canada
These returns show some very unfavourable
features ; on the Great Western there is a decrease
of £721 ; on the North Western of £8,010; on the
Midland of £8,951 ; on the South Eastern of £3,473;
the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £12,445 ; the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £4,058.
There is however an increase of £5,707 on the
South Western; £5,855 on the Brighton £527 on
the Great Northern ; £3,692 on the North Eastern ;
£lBO on the Edinburgh and Glasgow ; £945 on the
Grand Trunk of Canada ; and £856 on the Great
Western of Canada.
The death of Count Cavour has caused great
agitation in the English Stock Market and also on
the Paris Bourse. Consols have receded -7 per cent.,
and the Rentes have fallen almost 40 centimes.
Speculative sales have been pressed to a consider-
able exrent, and extreme heaviness pervades each
department of the Stock Exchange. The present
prices for Consols are 89 I for transfer, and 901-
ex dividend for the July settlement. The New
Threes have declined to 891 1, the Reduced to
891 e, and Bank Stock to 231; Indian ditto is firm
at 226 and 228, and Exchequer Bills are steady at
6s. dis.

Very few transactions have taken place in the
Toreign Market, and prices tend downwards.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 701 711; ditto, 1858,
S5l ; Mexican are heavy at 211 22 ; Spanish De-
ferred, at 43; and ditto Certificate, at 58.
Increased business has prevailed in the Railway
Share Market, although the dealings have been of
a very limited character. East Anglian, Great
Westerns, North-Westerns, and North British have
receded ss. ; South-Westerns, 10s. ; and Mid-
lands, 15s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines continue flat.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have de-
clined to 158 ; and Grand Trunk of Canada to 19a.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares con.
tinue very quiet, at barely former prices. Char-
tered of India, Australia, and China, and London
Chartered of Australia, brought former rates.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9a I-
-3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities B9rnti
New 3f per Cent. Annuities
India stock ••P
Ditto 5 per Cent .. . 9B 7/ x d
Ditto Debentures, 1858 954a
Ditto Bonds 1:1,000 lO dis
t: Ditto under £l,000
Consols for Account, July 10
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid.
.10,tto £5OO. 6 dis
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent.
Ditto New Deferred
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded... .. •
Turkish 6 per Cent •
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account .- -

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051
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money B9a,
Ditto Account 9ll a