The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-02 00:00:00

IVO NBY 111AlliKE7' AND ell'Y SR WS.

CITY, Two o'CLoc.

The Bank of England returns, completed to the
27th ult., shows some very favourable changes.
The bullion has been largely augmented, and the
reserve of rates exhibits an increase of over a quar-
ter of a million sterling. The private deposits are
larger, and there is also a slight increase in the pub-
lic balances. An important feature is an augmenta-
tion of £326,000 to the Govern raent Securities.
In the other items of the balance-sheet the changes
are of a limited character. They will be seen in
the subjoined table :

Active Circulation .. £19,518,110
Increase .. .. • • • • 30
Bullion 12,208,721
Increase .. • . .. 315,465
Rest .. .. 3,436,215
Decrease .. • • • • - • 68,721
Public Deposits .. 5,820,870
Increase .. .. 169,263
Other Deposits 12,109,781
Increase .. .. 656,502
Seven Day and other Bills .. 586,479
Decrease 3,928
Government Securities .. 8,770,776
Increase .. .. 326,000
Other Securities .. 20,569,958
Increase .. .. 111,681
Notes Unemployed. .. 6,326,635
Increase .. 280,990

The steamer Ceylon, to be despatched on Mon-
day, the 4th inst., with the India and China mails,
will take out £167,417—viz., £7,261 in gold, and
the remainder in silver.

Notice has been given that the directors of the
Great Western Railway of Canada intend propos-
ing a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum
for the past half-year.
Yesterday the sum of £216,991 was paid to the
credit of the Secretary of State .for India, on account
of the capital of the Punjaub Railway Company.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a
moderate demand prevailed 'for most descriptions
at previous rates. The sales were about 5,000
bales.

Active preparations being in progress for the
engagements due on the 4th inst., the money
Market exhibits increased firmness and animation.

Another small parcel of gold, amounting to about
£B,OOO, was sent into the Bank of England yester-
day,

The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a slight advance in the rate on Amsterdam,
but Antwerp,Paris, Vienna, and Trieste were rather
lower.
The Atrato, R bich left to-day for the West
Indies, conveyed £6,688 in gold and £l,OOO in
silver.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have been
about £567,000 and the exports £648,500.

Exclusive of the above, the Arabia, which left
to-day for New York, took £259,189 in specie.
0 wing to the receipt of later advices from New
York, reporting an advance in the rate of exchange,
Consols improved to 911 1, for money, and 911 92
for the account, but they have since reacted to
91,1 1, and 911 1' respectively. The New Threes
remain at 91 ; the Reduced at 911 d ; the New
24 per Cents. improved to 761-. Bank Stock re-
ceded to 231; and Exchequer Bills to Bs. dis. ; but
Indian New Loan Scrip was steady at 1001.

Very little business has been reported in the
Foreign Stock market, and prices have not varied
to any important degree. Turkish 6 per Cents.
are 691 70 ; ditto 1858, 511 52 ex div. ; Mexican
are steady at 231, 24, and 241 ; Spanish are firm at
49; and Genada Active at 15i, but Sardinian are
fiat at 81k.

A moderate amount of business has been trans-
acted in the Railway Share Market to-day, and
prices generally have shown an improvement of
about m per cent. Caledonian, Eastern Counties,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western and
North Eastern (Berwick), have advanced 55., and
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South
Eastern, 10s.

In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the
dealings have been limited, and the variations in
prices unimportant.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
continue at steady rates. London Joint Stock,
however, has improved 10s., and Union of Aus-
tralia declined 55., and Red Sea Telegraph have
advanced ss.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 91a 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll a a a
New 21 per Cent. Annuities
India stock • • • —
Ditto 5 per Cent ... . lO4 100
Ditto Scrip
.. 100 k
thtto Debentures, 1858 951
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 25 dis
Consols for Account, March 7 .. 911 a A
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, Ild

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Mexican 3 per Cent 24
Ditto Account
New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent.
Sardinian 5 per Cent. - ..
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded....... 6il
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 91i i
Ditto Account

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

-
This Day,
between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. ,I. S.
9 a.m.
Nairn 29.48 25 34 W. 4 1I b. 2
Aberdeen 29.54 39 35 W.S.W. 3il j b. 2
Leith •• • • 29.65 41 39 S. 3lb.
Berwick 29.64 41 38 W.S W. 4 2i b. 1
trdrossan
ortruah
Shields
Galway.. , .
ear bor oug.h 29/3 40 38 N.W. 3 1 b. 3
Bull
Liverpool 29'88 41 39 W.S.W. 4 9 o. 2
Queenstown 29 88 46 45 W.S.W. 6 5 r. 4
Yarmouth 2919 40 39 N.W. 7 2i c. 3
London 129.93 41 38 W.N.W. 3 I 2I b.
Dover 129'91 43 41 W.S.W. 2 1 b. 1
Portsmouth
Portland ... 20.94 44
42
W. 2 5 m. 3
pymouth , 30.04 44 41 W. 3 3b. 3
Penzance
Jersey 3014 45 43 W.N.W. 5 1l b. 5

EXPLANATION.—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. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b , blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m , misty (hazy) ; 0.,
Overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s 7 snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

WIND AND WEATHER ]
Belfast, W.; dull
Birmingham, S.W. ; fine
Bradford, N.E. ; fine
Beaton, W. ; fine
Brighton, W. ; fine
Bristol, W. ; fine
Cambridge, W. ; fine
Cardiff, S.W.; cloudy
Chatham, N.W.; fresh
Deal, N.W. ; fine
Dublin, W•S•W• ; fine
Dundee, W. ; very fine
Edinburgh, W. ; fine
Falmouth, W. ; stormy
Glasgow, S.W. ; showery
Gravesend, N.W. ; fine
Hartlepool, S.W. ; fine
CONTINENTAL ST.

,EPORT, THIS DAY, 9 A.M,

Holyhead, W.N W. ; fine
Inverness, S.W. ; squally
Londonderry, W, ; dull
Lowestoft, N.W. ; fresh, fine
Milford Haven, S.W.; cloudy
Newcastle on Tyne, S.W. ;
fine
Newmarket, S.W. ; fine
Norwich, W. ; fine
Penzance, W.N.W. ; fine
Portsmouth, W. ; fine
Stockton on Tees, S.W.; fine
Sunderland, N.E. • fine
Wakefield, S,E • 'fine
Whitehaven, W:; fine
Wolverhampton, W. ; fine

Brussels, S. ; little fog
Cherbourg, S.W. ; rain
Copenhagen, W.S.W. ; rain
Dunkirk, W.S.W. ; cloudy
Havre, W. ; cloudy
Leghorn, E.N.E. cloudy
N.W. ; foggy
Lisbon, N.W. ; cloudy
Lyons, N.; fine