The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-31 00:00:00

HURSTBOURNE STAKES.

Bertha
Lorelei 2
Ace of Clubs

Four ran.
GOODWOOD STAKES.

Elcho
Sparke
Balham

Eleven ran.
£lOO HANDICAP PLATE.

Wanton
Wombat
Shingle, ...

Ten ran.

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MONEY MARX E2' AND CITY 14' ETVS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

There is a very quiet demand for money, and
the rates for the best bills now range as low as
5 per cent. An early reduction in the minimum of
the Bank of England is consequently anticipated.
A large supply of gold, viz., £115,000, was sent
into the Bank of England yesterday.
No material alteration took place in the Foreign
exchanges yesterday afternoon.
Gold is now about 5-10ths per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris, and 9-10ths per cent.
higher here than in Hamburg.
At the meeting of the proprietors of the English,
Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, a divi-
dend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was
agreed to.

Less activity prevails in the Liverpool Cotton
Market yesterday, but priees were steadily sup-
ported. The sales were 8,000 bales.

The directors of the Electric and International
Telegraph Company have issued their report for the
past half-year, which states the profits at £33,733,
from which a dividend of 3f per cent. is recom-
mended, leaving £4,757 to be added to the renewal
fund, which will then amount to £36,360.
There has been a buoyant market for Public Se-
curities to-day, a rise of f per cent. having taken
place. A favourable effect has been produced by
the easiness of money, and the encouraging accounts
from the agricultural districts. The speculators
have been induced to make a few purchases, and
the quotations have tended upwards in conse-
quence. Consols were 90 90f for money, and poi I
for the account. The New 'Threes have improved
to 904 ; the Reduced to 898 901 ; but Exchequer
Bills, March, are flat at 12s. to 7s, dis. ; ditto June,
4s. to 3s. dis. Bank Stock remains at 230 232;
and India 5 per Cents. at 991 I ; and the New
Loan Scrip at 100}. _ _

Very little business has been recorded in the
Foreign Stock Market, but prices generally show
an upward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. have
improved to 78i 79; ditto, 1858, to 671 4 ; but
the 4 per Cents. are flat at 1011 ; Peruvian remain
at 971 ; and Sardinian have advanced to 79 ;
Spanish Deferred have receded to 41i.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been on a very restricted scale, and prices have
shown a farther slight depressi ni in several in-
stances. Great Westerns and North Eastern, York,
declined ss. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
10s.; and North Eastern (Berwick), 155.; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire improved ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines were flat at about
previous quotations.

For Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
there has been scarcely any demand. Bank of
Australasia have improved 58., and Union of Lon-
don, 55.; Crystal Palace Stock has declined to 32,
and Peninsula and Oriental Steam New Shares
realised 40.

BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
Hank Stock
i per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9k 90}
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities
,ie.N.v 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ok 90 k
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 lsk
India Stock ...... .. ~..
Ditto 5 per Cent.
l'itto Voan Scrip, .5 per cent
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
i ,ittoi Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864 96a
Ditto Bonds £l,000
_ ..

Otto under 11,090
2ousois for Account, Aug. 7 .. 90k
2d Mar p. day June 3t p. ct
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d l2 7 dis I 4 dis

tto £:500
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.

%reale= 3 pis Cent —
Ditto Account
Peruvian 4± per Cent —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St ..
Ditto 41 per Cent.
ardinian 5 per Cent .. —
Ditto Account
Sp tuish 3 per Cent...
Ditto New Deferred —
Ditto Account
rurkish 6 per Cent .. 78t
I)itto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9O 1
Ditto Acoount 9O 1

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAT

Amsterdam
Ditte
Rotterdam — 12 1
Antwerp
5 621
Brussels
2
13 10f
amburgh
Paris
Ditto
25 67 /
4,1 amines
Frankfort on Maine — 119}
Vienna
frieste
Petersburgh 32i
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo

11 19k
12 1}
12 1f
25 67t
25 67}
13 10}
25 42}
25 72i
25 72}
119 a
14 35
14 35
33

481 481
48} 481
25 N 25 85
25 721 25 7n
25 72i 25 77i
391 391
1174 117!

THE PRICE OF GOLD

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille prem.,
and the short exchange on London is 25.374 per £1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about 5-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.8) per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
9-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is iCei to 107 per cent., which, when compared
with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the
exchange is against England. But, after making allowance
for loss of interest and charges of transport, the present
rate loves no profit on sending gold to the United States.

DEATH OF GENERAL J. SWINBURNE.—GeneraI
John Swinburno, who died on the 27th inst., in the 73d
year, served at the siege of Copenhagen and the campaign
of 1808 in Portugal, and was wounded in the head on the
retreat to Vigo.
DEATH OF SIR A. J. LARPENT.—We have to
announce the death of Sir Albert John de Hochepied Lar-
pent, Bart., which occurred on his passage from Calcutta to
London. Tho deceased was the son of the first baronet, who
was for many years a merchant and East India agent, and
for a short period a representative in the House of Com-
mons for the borough of Nottingham. Sir Albert is suc-
ceeded in the baronetcy by his son George Albert, a youth
15 years of age.
THREE PERSONS KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—A
severe thunder storm visited the East Riding of Yorkshire
on Saturday last. At Eck, a village three miles from
Beverley, a man named Watson Patrick and three of his
children were engaged in a field hoeing turnips. They
sought refuge from the rain under a wide-spreading tree.
There the whole party were struck by lightning. Patrick,
his son Joseph, aged nine, and his daughter, Bessy, aged
13, were killed on the spot. The third child, a girl, aged
12, was stunned, and lay in a state of insensibility for some
time. On recovering her senses she was able to crawl on her
hands and knees to a neighbouring Muse and inform the in-
mates of what had happened. An inquest was held yester-
day, when a verdict was returned of " Accidental death."
TRAMWAYS IN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.—
The local authorities of Southwark have granted permission
for the laying down a double line of street rails along the
Waterloo, Borough, Blackfriars, London, Westminster-
bridge, and New Kent-roads, Newington-causeway, Stones-
end, and Blackman-street. The authorities of Westminster
have given an opinion unfavourable to the extension of the
Victoria-street tramway over Westminster-bridge to unite
with the before-mentioned line. The line along the Ux-
bridge-road is about to be removed. The vastly of Islington
have sanctioned a tramway along the New North-road, but
no operations have yet been commenced.

Closing Business
Sliarel Railways. 'Paid
Price. Done.