The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-14 00:00:00

RONEY NARKET AND CITY AV Eu 8.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
RISE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT AT
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
The Directors of the Bank of England have
just advanced their rate of discount from 7 per
cent., at which it was adjusted. on the 7th ult.,
to 8 per cent. The alteration has not created st,
much surprise, owing to the increased exportation FA!
of specie, and the extraordinary pressure which has
lately prevailed in the discount market. As it has
been impossible to negotiate bills at 7 per cent. in
the open market, the demand at the Bank has
been excessive, and the returns in the Gazette
to-morrow evening will no doubt show that the stti
authorities are fully justified in the course they `O,
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have pursued.
A further sum of £59 ,000 in Australian gold was at,
sent into the Bank of England yesterday. r
The steamer which left to-day for Spain con-
veyed £16,000 in gold.
The interest on Danish 5 per cent. Bonds will ,
be payable or and after the Ist proximo. St
A call of £3 per share, amounting to £90,000, is sti
due to-morrow on the Buffalo and Lake Huron :11
Railway, New £2Ol shares.
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Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yes- et,
terday continued inactive, and pricer; were again 881:
a shade lower. The sales were about 5,000 et,
bales.
Towards the close of business yesterday after- st,
noon a decline of about / per cent. took place in '
the market for Public Securitien, and a further
0,
similar depreciation has been reported to-day, (3.
Consols being 9116 for money, and 911 92 for the stl,
March account. This unfavou.rable change is, of
course, mainly attributable to the disturbed state
of the money market. The New Threes are flat, II
912. 92 ; the Reduced, at 911 ; the New 31 per
Cent. are 101 ; Bank Stock is firm, at 2341 and :ft;
235; and Exchequer Bills have advanced to 3s. et,,
die. and 2s. prem. ; the New India Loan Scrip has
been dealt in at 1001 I, but it is now 100/ 1. et(
The dealings in the Foreign Securities have
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been of an average character, and prices are etc
tolerably well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. stril
are 601 to 70 ; ditto New (1858), 551 to 56 ; Mexi- 19.1
can are flatter, at 24-} s ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. are
firm at 856; Russian 3 per Cents., at 611 ; Span-
ish Deferred, at 401 41 ; and Venezuelan 3 per
ste
Cents. at 211. etc
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up :1;
to this day, are in round figures as under :
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1861. 1860.
Great Western
North-Western

South-Western
Brighton 13,096 11,911 stook 8,,,,t Y.ork. al.ndkßi.ivnerdDitonkl 100
Midland
25 Stocktonßes &oD'ahington all
South-Eastern
Great Northern 26,329 24,597 25 Do New (1860) 3
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 5,693 5,621 stock Do
Pref. 15ro 1 lOO
North-Eastern ..
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
25 Do .•• . . ' 20
South Wales
Vale of N eath 1,708 1,468 stock Vale of Neath
West Hartle and Pim
pool
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Scottish North Eastern
„t;r,°,rd & Limerick, all
rnwa l ........ a
ll
Great Western of Canada
The above returns again show a considerable 10 DoTo Ist class
..•• -
••• ••• aall
improvement on those of the corresponding period stock WestTTartlepool flar.r
in the previous year. The increase on the Great stock Westand .l Ball
iland-Oxford 0
100 l
Western amounts to £2,145 ; the North Western, to stock O. Newport, 100
Do. Hereford, 100
£1,629 ; the South Western, to £762 ; the Brighton. -
to £1,185; the Midland, to £4,247; the South
Eastern, to £770 ; the Great Northern, to £1,732 ;
the Lancashire and Yorkshire, to £2,127 ; the North
Eastern, to £2,548 ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow,
to £671; and the Great Western of Canada, to
£2,826.
In the Railway Share Market the transactions
have been moderately active, but a heavy tone has
prevailed, the advance in the rate of discount hav-
ing caused a decline of about I- to 1 per cent. on
several of the principal lines. Caledonians, Great
Northern A Stock, North British, and West Mid-
lands have receded ss. Great Westerns, North
Westerns, and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ;
South Eastern, £1 ; and Midlands £1 to £1 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
been inactive, and also at slightly reduced quota-
tions. Paris and Orleans realise 37i ; Great
-Western of Canada have declined to 11 and 111 ;
Great Indian Peninsula to 951.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
continued in moderate request, without any mate-
rial variation in prices. London and County realise
35 ; Bank of London, 521 ; Oriental Bank, 47-t
and English and Australian Copper, 31 32,..

BRITISIL FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock ..•......."......•••"••• 235 41
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l 2 11 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
12 1
2114
/
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l
New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOl
India Stock ....
1001 1
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Scrip
Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 51 per Cent lOll 1
Consols for Account, March 7
Exchequer Bills, £l,O00, 11d
Ditto £5OO 2 din 2 par 3 die
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 4i per Cent. 1860
Mexican 3 per Cent .. 241 1 1
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cont., 1856, '7 and '9
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St ..
Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859 .. • . 611 1
Spanish 3 per Cent.
Ditto New Deferred 4Ol
Ditto Account
Ditto Vassive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded.....; 6l /
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account;
Dividends on the aboVe payable
WO on in Ldon.
T O'CLOCh
Consols, Money 911 1
Ditto Account ...

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

Feb. 14,
between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. •
9 a.m.
Nairn 2910 32 31 S. 2 7 o. 2
Aberdeen 29.89 23 W. 1 1 b, 1
Greenock
Berwick 2917 35 32 W. 2 2 b. 5
Portrush
Shields
Galway 29/8 42 41 S. 4 9 o. 4
Scarborough 30.07 29 W.N.W. -1 1 f. 3
Hull
Liverpool__ 30.05 32 31 E.S.E. 3 6 c. 1
Queenstown 29.73 47 46 E,S,E, 7 1 o. 6
Yarmouth.... 301.7 30 W. 2 7 f. 3
London 30*13 30 S. 1 f.
Night extreme 3013 26 S.E. 1 90. 1
New..•.— 3014 25 calm 0 8 1.
Dover ... .
Portsmouth 2917 43 42 N.N.W. 3 8 o. 2
Portland
PAymouth
Penzance

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 ; clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ;h„ 1., hail ; lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r„
rair.; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments
t us, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

WIND AND WEATHI
Alderney) S.S.W. ; cloudy
Ayr, N.B. ; frost
Bradford, N.; frosty
Bristol, S.S.E. ; frost
Cambridge, S.S.E.; fine,frost
Cardiff, E. ; cloudy
Carlisle, S. ; fine
Chatham, N.E., light; fine
Deal, S.S.W. ; fine
Derby, N.W. ; fog
Dublin, S.E. ifine
Dumfries, N. ; frost
Dundee, N.E. ; frost
:Edinburgh, calm; hazy, frost
Glasgow, N.E. ; frost, fine
Goole, S.W. ; frosty
Gravesend, calm; fine, frosty
Holyhead, S.S.E., breeze,
and clear

L'R REPORT, FEB. 14.
Harwich, N.R. ; frost
Inverness, N.E. ; frost
Leeds, N.W. ,• foggy
Leith, S E. ; frost
Middlesboiough, W.; frosty
Milford Haven, S.E. cloudy
Newcastle ma Tyne,. S W ;
frost
Newmarket, S.W. ; fine
Norwich, S.E. ; fine
Peterborough, S R.; fine
Southampton, N.E. ; cloudy,
frost
Sunderland, W.S.W. ; frost
Wakefield, S.E. ; fine
Weymouth, S.E. ; unsettled
Whitehaven, S. ; fine
Wolverhampton, S.E.; frost
York, S.E. ; fog
'ATIONB, FEB. 13.
; very d
E. • fine
Morsel
loud
cloudy
Montpellier,
N.
1V FY
E fog
u
St. Petersburg,W • foggy
S
Madri
Paris, S. ; e y
Strasbourg, •
Toulon, E.N.E. ; fine
Turin, E.; foggy
Vienna, calm ; foggy

CONTTNENTAL
Brest, S.W.; cloudy
Brussels, S.S.W. • cloudy
Cherbourg, S.S.E.; fine
Dunkirk, S.; cloudy
Havre, S.W. fine
Leghorn, W.S.W.; cloudy
Leipsic, S. ; cloudy
Lisbon, N.; intense fog
Lyons, S.; cloudy

General Ulloa and Baron Jochmns, the latter
bearer of despatches from the Austrian Government, were
to leave Marseilles the day before yesterday for Civita Yeo-
!shia, on their way to Rome.