The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-20 00:00:00

IMAREET AND CITY IVEWS.

, Two O.
In consequence of the CITY
expectation' that the
directors df the Bank of England will speedily
reduce the rate of discount, the money market has
become exceedingly quiet, although accommodation
can be obtained as low as 7,1 per cent. The com-
mercial public are aware that a movement on the
part of the authorities would probably cause a fur-
ther important relaxation in the terms current in
the open market, and therefore limit their imme-
diate discount operations as far as practicable.
A further small amount of gold, viz., £B,OOO,
Was sent into the the Bank of England yesterday.
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a slight decline in the rates on Amsterdam,
Hamburg, and Paris, but Vienna and Trieste were
rather higher.
Gold is now about sixth-tenths per cent. dearer
in London than in Paris, and seven-tenths higher
than in Hamburg.
Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yes-
terddll was not quite so active, but there was still
a fair demand at very full prices. The sales were
12,000 bales.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship IVlassilia, which sails from Southampton to-
day, takes out in sovereigns £2,790, bar silver
£45,520, dollars £60,081, gold coin £15,797, and
Jewels, gold thread, &c., £5,695.
A meeting was held of the New Grenadian
Bondholders to consider the proposal for the ar-
rangement of the debt.

The Borussia, which sailed to-day for New York,
took £lO,OOO in specie from England and £9,750
from Havre ; and the New York also left with
120,000 dole, in specie from Bremen and 350,000 f.
from Havre.

The market for Public Securities to-day has pre-
sented a very inactive appearance, the transactions
on speculative account as well as for investment
baling been unusually restricted. This extreme
Wetude is partly attributable to an unwillingness
the part of the operators to extend their engage-
ments until further advices are received from
America. The quotations, however, are steadily
maintained, although a little heaviness is occa-
sionally exhibited. Consols are 91i 92 for trans-
fer, and 92k 1 for the 10th nrox. India Stock has
advanced to 222 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan remains
at 100- I; ditto New Scrip is flat, at 1001 ; ditto 5
Per Cent. Enfaced Paper, at 931 ; Exchequer Bills,
per diem, are Bs. dis. ; ditto, 2d. per diem, ls.
to 4s• prem.
About an average amount of business has been
recorded in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices
are well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 75 to
76k ; ditto, 1858, 541 to 554 ; Spanish have im-
Proved to 49 ; Passive to 18 ; Dutch 4 per Cents.
to 1001 ; Chilian 6 per Cents. to 103 ; and ditto 4k
Per Cents. to 821 ; Mexican are firm at 241; and
Portuguese remain at 461.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been on a very moderate scale, and several of the
Principal undertakings have undergone further
alight depression. Eastern Counties, Great Nor-
thern, and North-Western have receded ss. ; and
Bristol and Exeter, and Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 10s. London and Blackwall, Midlands,
and South Eastern have advanced ss.
The Foreign lines have continued very quiet.
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian have de-
clined to 121 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam realised
61; and Great Luxembourg, 7k.
For the Colonial undertakings there has been a
'very limited inquiry. Grand Trunk of Canada
have improved 55., and East Indian and Great
Indian Peninsula have declined ss.
Joint Stock Bank and miscellaneous shares con-
!mile dull. Bank of Australasia, however, has
improved £1; Ottoman Bank declined ss. ; and
Red Sea Telegraph, ss.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock
Ditto 6 per Cent
Ditto Borip .. 100 a
Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent
tlitto Debentures, 1858 958
f, Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 25 dig
"348016 for Account
14d. I 2d.
lizehequer Bills, £l,OOO 8 d 1 4 1 pm
Ditto, small
tit, FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
s'.ilian I per Cent
b Ditto 41 per Cent,
'l„,quador New Consolidated
''..esieon 3 er Cent —
N_l)itto Account
___. , 94k k

'IN Grenada Active, 3f per Cent. —
r bit Deferred 6
-"fugueef 3 per Cent.. 1853 .. .. 461 i
b Ditto Account ..•.... 46t
441ssian 5 per Cent. 1822. £ St • •
Ditto 43/4. per Cent. 1860 .. 9o}
0 Ditto 8 per Cent 1859
qtaliala 3 per Cent. 496
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
..15 Cert. of
Cent Coup. not funded 5l
Atuskish 8 er
Ditto Acc per
75 i i 5
'Ditto New Loan
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2f per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Console, Money 9ll 92
Ditto Account

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
between 8 and B. E. M. D. 1F.C.1. S.
9 a.m.
.......______— ----
-
I'Le ir n 29.11 43 41 S. 3 7 o. 2
t_Dertleen .. 2914 39 37 S. S. W. 5 6 0. 3
"L'lleick 2914 42 39 W. 4 8 0. 5
Shields
6 alwaY •• .
tearboreuih 2948 40 38 W. , 3 70. 3
.Q'"lverpool
ueeu a tow n., 29'56 48 47 W. 5 4 o. 3
Larmouth.. 29'66 40 39 W.N.W. 6 6 c. 4
ondon
Nrteth
Portland
tinlouth 44 W. 5 70. 4
-,- enzanoe
Jersey 29'88 47 45 W. S.W. 3 5 o. 3

EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduoed
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.
Xaposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
Xtot magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(I to 9). I. Initials :—b 'blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
' fog. • h., hail ; 1., lightning, ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; a., snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

`WIND AND WEATHER
.....&rdrossan, S.W. ; wet
Bradford, W. ; fine
4irtningham, W. ; dull
toaton, S.W. ; very fine
Brighton, N.W. ; dull
Bristol, E • rain
eArdiff, N.W. • fin.
~Chatham, N.W. ; fine,_•liarlington S.W. ; fine
11144) ffne
W • ; fine
S.W.Dubli ; rain
Dues, W. ; dull
Dilzdee, N.W. ; dull
I,„l4:dinburgh, W. • dull, cold
; unsettled
~'llasgow, wet
,`"rooltare/de,
miS ; fine
", N.W.; fine
CONTINHNTAL STS
Barcelona, W. ; clear
'lsrnasels, S E. ; rain
'l,lkrbourg, S. ; rain
,nePenhagen, S.S.E• ;fine
-"ttnitirk S W • rain
' '
garb W.io,:vrif,- cloudy
Ll, S.E. •, clear
eghorn, W.N.W.; rain
ilana,_ S. rain
N. 8.; fine

k,EPORT, THia DAY, 9 a.m.
Greenock, S. ; rain
Harrogate, W. ; fine
Holyhead, W.S.W. ; rain
Hull, W. ; fine
Inverness, S.E. ; fine
Leeds, N.W. ; fine
Leith, S.W. ; dull
Lowestoft, S.W. ; fine, fresh
Milford Haven, S.W. ; rain
Newcastleoa Tyne, N.W. ;
cloudy
Perth, S. ; fine
Sheffield, S.S.W. ; fine
Stockton on Tees, S.E.; fine
Sunderland, S.E. ; fine
Weet Hartlepool, S.W. ; fine
Wlntehaven, S.W. ; rain
Wolverton, W. ; cloudy

.TIONS, 341Incx 19.
Marseilles, N.W. ; fine
Montpellier, W. ; foggy
Moscow, E. ; cloudy
Paris, W.S.W. ; cloudy
St. Petersburg, S.E. ; foggy
Strasbourg, S.S.E. ; cloudy
Stockholm, S.E. ; cloudy
Toulon, N.W. ; clear
Turin, W. ; clear
Vienna, W.N.W. ; oloudy

Advices from Naples announce that the sale by
ithltetion of the property of the late Prince of Syracuse is to
ih" Place immediately, beginning with the objects of art.
13 Chioja Palace and its beautiful garden were to be put
I.IIP at 200,000 ducats (4f. 25c. each), and his Villa at Son•
eato at 100,000 ducats.
aLrhe Armonk of Turin, the ultra-clerical organ,
'3unces that one of its editors is going to proceed to
1,;4310) in order to lay at the feet of the Supreme Pontiff, a
"rire chest filled with valuables, and the sum of 64 000 fr.
Fitected during the two first months of the preseni year.
st."„Saixa journal asserts that the Pope has received £5OO
tolg offered by the savages of Australia ! We are glad
offelear that the savages of that distant country are so well
w,4 FRENCHWOMAN IN ENGLAND.--Miss Selena
otdurY has long enjoyed a high reputation in the literary
her which ehe rewrite no danger of losing by having, as
'a,
_preface tells, n the MS. " Autobiography of
u:pa° Constance," for a more amusing and interesting
that ',11`1)5.3 l'arcly read. " Madame Constance" is not
often
u carricature of French manners and feelings we
'l,l7)taa meet in English books, but a real natural French-
ljer descriptions of London life, seen from a
Prenct pond of view, are excellent.