The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-14 00:00:00

_MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

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CITY, Two o'CLooK.
During the last few days there has been very
little activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets. The advices by the Overland Mail, I
however, have carried a firmer tone in the tea mar-
ket, and at the public sales which commenced
to-day rather higher rates are expected to be s
realised. Sugars have been in moderate request Si
without any variation of importance in values.
Coffee has continued in fair demand, and rather
extensive transactions have taken place in rice,
Chiefly for exportation. Saltpetre has 13, en in fair
demand at steady rates, and a moderate amount of
business has been done in tallow, chiefly, however, :I
for home consumption. 81
Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yes 81
terday continued rather quiet, and prices had a :1
downward tendency. The sales were about 8,000 81
bales.

About £84,000 ir, gold was sent into the Bank I 81
of England yesterday.
The bar silver by the Seine from the West In- „,
dies hca been sold at ss. Old. per oz. standard, st,'
ileing a decline of about id. per on.
A. c all of £2 per share, amounting to £1,500,000,
18 due to-morrow on the South Austrian and Lom- 81
bards Venetian Railway, and of £1 per share, or si
£9,000 en the Dundalk and Enniskillen Cootehill 8
Extension Railway.

Rather less pressure is now experienced in
the money market, but 5 per cent. is still
the current, rate for the best bills, and the pros-
m,
pect of an advance, should the efflux to 6.
America still continue, is still attracting atten et
-
tion. Lip to the present time, however, very
little imyression has been produced upon the
Stock of bullion, for while sovereigns have been
Vithdra,,vn for transmission to America supplies
tof Austr Alien gold have been sent into the esta-
blishment. A steady inquiry for money still pre- Vi
/ails it i the agricultural districts, and subscrip-
tions 'co joint-stock undertakings also contribute :reoc
to;thr, 'immediate demand for accommodation. 25
4t,
Th traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail- 81
'way of Canada for the week ending the 26th ult. 't
'exhi.bited an increase of £BO3 compared with last it
yea r.

Continued inactivity pervades the market for
Foreign Securities, and the rate of the other de-'
partments of the Stock Exchange is very little si
'better, speculation being repressed, while the 8,1
arperations for transfer are conducted on an
equally restricted scale. The Funds exhi-
bit very little variation, the last move- st
/rent nearly exceeding f per cent., and when st
even a decline of s takes place a reaction speedily
fellows. Yesterday a slight degree of depression
prevailed, but the dealings recorded this morning
.81,
/restored quotations to their previous level, Consols
'being 91,1 for transfer, and 92 to 921.
for the account. Since then, however, renewed
st?,
heaviness has ensued, and the present prices are
98i 1, and 92 respectively. The New Threes and
the Reduced remain at 891 I, Bank Stock has im-
proved to 232 and 234, Indian 5 per Cent. is 1011
ditto 5 per Cent. Rupee Paper have receded to
vq, and Exchequer Bills to Bs. and 4s. dis.
81
Continued quietude prevails in the Foreign 81
Market, but prices in some instances show more
firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 71 to 71; ;
ditto 1858, 56 to 568; and Dutch 4 per Cents.
have improved to 100. Mexican are flat at 221 ;
and Spanish Passive are 16g.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
bean of a rather restricted character, and chiefly
connected with the liquidation of the half monthly
account. Prices, however, have shown more firm-
ness in several instances. Lancashire and York- 8,,
shire, North-Western, Midland, and South-Eastern
have improved ss. ; Great Westerns and North-
Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; Great Northerns and
West Midlands have advanced ss.
In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there st
has been no change of impostance. South Austrian :,t
and Lombardo-Venetian are firm at 151 to ; East st
Indian at 100 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 97. .44
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares '4Bt,'
are flat, and show a slight depression in several 81
instances.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE,:
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9h 1
3 per Cent. Censels Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities B9/
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 151 1
India Stock .. ... .
Ditto 6 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent. . 94
Ditto 5, per Cent. 991 1004
Ditto
_Debentures, 1858

.Ditto, . 1859 96}
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO —
I ,itto under 13,000
Consols for Account, June 6" .. 92 1i
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, Id.
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto 1859 62 3 I
]Brazilian 5 pet Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 BB
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Eussian_s pet Cent. 1822, £ St . •

Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859....
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian 5 per Cent. En. 10 Florins 47/ 8
Dutch 2i per Cent., Exchangel2 Guil.
Ditto Certificatzs, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols' Money
Ditto Account 92 it

6 I Bt,
et
2s.

The distribution of prizes to the inmates of the :
Asile Fenelon, at Vanjours, took place two days ago, in
presence of the Princess Clotilda. Her Imperial. High- :;
ness was received on her arrival by the members of the 81
Society. After hearing a mass sung in the chapel by the

children, the Princess went into the room prepared for the s
distribution, where the young pupils sang a cantata and
other pieces, after which the distribution took place, her
Imperial Highness adding a spocial prize from herself to
those awarded by the Society. The Princess afterwards
visited the different parts of the establishment, and was

present at a repast ordered by her for the children, and
then retired amidst the joyous acclamations of her young

protegees..