The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-11 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS .


ANOT CITY, Two o'CLocK.
HER DECLINE IN THE MINIMUM
RATE OF DISCOUNT.
A further reduction, viz., to 5 per cent., has
just been effected in the minimum rate of discount
of the Bank of England. The tendency of affairs
during the last few days had fully prepared the
Public for the change, and now that the value of
133.°11eY has returned to a comparatively moderate
Point there is reason to believe that a revival of
commercial activity will follow, notwith-
stanaing the unsettled state of political
affairs. Accommodation could be obtained
Yesterday afternoon at 5a per cent. in expectation
of the movement adopted to-day, and money being
Plentiful, while the demand is quiet, it is imagined
that first-class bills will, before many days have
elapsed, be negotiated on still lower terms.
About £56,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of
England yesterday.
In addition to the Alliance with £126,000, and
the Southampton with £86,000, which are now due,
the following vessels are stated to have left Aus-
t'Etlie for England, viz., the Copenhagen with
4,2°4,824, Empress of the Seas, £20,160 ; Owen
Glendower, £56,628; Kleber, £35,488; Kent,
£104,216; Marco Polo, £26,280; and the Peru,
With £58,248.
The Ellora, which leaves to-morrow for Bombay,
will convey £45,900 in gold and £100,635 in silver.
The suspension of two country banking firms
Was announced yesterday afternoon—viz., of
1
Pedder and Co., of the Old Bank, Preston,
established in' 1776, and of Messrs. Barnes, Med-
k3Y, and Ansel!, of the Faringdon and Vantage
4eak, which had a fixed issue of £8,977.
Rather. less animation prevailed in the Liver
Pool Cotton Market yesterday, but prices were
*ln- The sales were 10,000 bales.
The traffic receipts of the South Austrian and
Lombardo-Venetian Railway for the week ending
let inst., showed an increase of £2,254 compared
with last year.
The Market for Public Securities which improved
Yesterday afternoon, on the supposition that the
:ate of discount would be reduced, exhibited a fur-
her upward tendency to-day, when the movement
actually took place, but sales have since been
effected, and a slight reaction has occurred. Con-
-84 for transfer have been 91/ j and 91! 4 ; for the
account 92 to 921, and 911 92. The New 3 per
Cents. and the Reduced are firm at 901 ; but Bank
Stock has receded to 227 ; India ditto to 220 ; ditto
~6 Per Cent. Rupee Paper to 93/ ; and ditto 51 per
Cent. to 99/ ; Exchequer Bills have improved to
68. and Is. dis.
The dealings in Foreign Securities have been ex-
%edingly restricted, and prices show little varia-
tion. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 70k 71 ex. div. ; ditto
1858, 539 54 ; Mexican are flat at 23a ; but Danish
Itre steady at 82i.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
e this day, are in round figures as under :

1861. . 1860.
treat Western
:orth-Western
south-Western
b
trighton 18,8.07 17,965
Midland
tktli-Eastern
teat Northern 25, 921 23.690
iioashire and Yorkshire
1,41.et0l and Exeter 6,460 6,431
ft!rtli-Eastern
lin Southern and Western, Ireland
4laburgh and Glasgow
%.7go'cr and South-Western 8,323 7,913
-7`t Western of Canada " 10,781 9,050
These returns, in several instances, are of an
n•
hatisfactory character. On the Midland there
14a decrease of £1,356 ; on the South Eastern
°r £866 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of
'n944; and on the North Eastern of £2,634. The
n reat Western shows an increase of £623 ; the
"rth Western of £1,510; the South Western of
,!27; the Brighton of £842 ; the Great Northern
• £2,231; the Edinburgh and Glasgow of £326 ;
and the Great Western of Canada of £1,731.
In the Railway Share Market a more buoyant
tone has prevailed in consequence of the diminu-
tion in the rate of discount. Ureat Western,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, North
'v4astern (Berwick), and South Easterns have im-
proved 65.; Eastern Counties and Midlands, 10s.;
London and Blackwall, 15s. ; and Vale of Neath,
tl ; East Anglian have declined ss.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
raained very inactive, without any change of
importance in prices. South Austrian and Lom-
do-Venetian realise 121; Grand Trunk of Canada,
1g: 20; Great Western of Canada 1 and Great
Indian Peninsular, Hi.
`P°lnt Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
tooiltinne in limited request at previous rates. Bank
f
,Australia have declined 5s ; London and West-
izillister 55., and Peninsular and Oriental Steam,
el'? Shares, ss.

33
Stock BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
;141t
k Pez. Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O 1
r Cent. Consols Annuities
A,,!' 3 per Cent. Annuities
-*".c.,„ uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Mao for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5l
India Stock . .
Ditto 6 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto 5f per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 1858 951 6
, Ditto 1859
Otto Bonds £l,OOO —
t Ditto under £1,000
boasols for:Accotmt, May 9
'lt hequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 2 1 5 dis
Ditto £500
Ditto Sinall
b, FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK
ha;4ll 3 per Cent., 1825
per Cent 23f
-"`-'lll 6 per Cent .. -
Ditto N L IN. EIW 08.11
Ditto Account
.bividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 912 f
Ditto Account

THE TVEATRER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

1, TIT"-
uetw Day, i 1
een 8 andf B. E. M. D. F. C. I. IS.
Vim.
AlbiZ, 30.38 50 46 WS.W.4 1 b. --2.
k.,eiii.geen 3w:A 47 45 E. s. E. 3 1 b. 1
tier " •
Arviti,ei 30'41 49 47 W.S. W. 23 b. 1
pod `3Ban
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4,pida
Sio./vvltY .. . 1 30.47 54 51 N.N.W. 4 1 b. 2
tiv-e",,._rsugh 30.47 46 44 W. S.W. 2 8 o. 1
,;(41;„ 01
ttlae,„-„wat .. i 30•53 52 49 S. S. E. 3 4 b. 3
; trit'stoarn I 30'48 48 47 S.W. 1 5 o. 1
.44,, outb , 30.51 41 40 N.E. 2 1 b. 2
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pomver .......
PO4',lnlouth
AI -and 1 30.50 45 42 N. 2 1 m. 4
I,yrtionth
vnBallce i3o 51 48 46 E. 2 4b. 2

EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
t 032 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise
da_tising about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
)N above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
‹x.
Posed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
LoPoration and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
d magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
t 44.9)• I. Initials :—b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
OP,,:°g. • h., hail; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy); 0.,
t east' (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter
~,,eeeted augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
-40e (1 to 9).
NAr

B 11\111 AND WEATHER
1,:•48.at, calm 'N
loomy
Vrteitigham, AV. ; fine
Iss'eaton, S.W. • fine
-gradfo d N * • dull
b W.
N.w.; fine
Pato], W.
.11:413ridge S.W. • fine
ediff, S.S.E.; fine
~hathan3S.S.E.; fine
bl4l, N.: fine
b 'leaster, N. • fine
; fine
pruiee, E.S.E. ; fine
I.•,,ittburgh, W. ; fine
othau?uth, W.; fine
(.I•ool44gew calm; fine
*.; fine
teelieBoetid'.lrWN. wfine• dull
eKO • • • '
°WI —ead, S.W. ,• cloudy
--, W.s.w. ; fine

IEPORT, THIS DAY, 9 A.M.
Inverness, S. ; fine
Leeds, W. ; fine
Leith, W. ; fine
Londonderry, S.W. ; fine
Lowestoft, N.E. ; fine
Manchester, N.W. ; dull
Middlesborough, S.W. ; fine
Milford Haven, S.; fine
Newcastle on Tyne, W. ; fine
Newmarket, S.E. ; fine
Norwich, S.W. ; fine
Perth, N. ; fine
Port Glasgow, W.N. W. ; fine
Sheffield, S.E. ; fine
Stockton on Tees, S. ; fine
Sunderland, N.N.W. ; fine
Wakefield, W. ; fine
West Hartlepool, S.E. ; fine
Wolverhampton, S.E, ; fine
Wolverton, N.W. ; fine

t 1 'EPLIES TO ESSAYS AND REVlEWS.—Besides
)43e volume announced some weeks ago as in preparation by
I.* Mansell, Dr. Thomson, and other gentlemen, Messrs.
J 4
and Jas. Parker are about to publish a similar col-
bruc'n of replies to " Essays and Reviews" by the Rev.
Gculburn, the Rev. Dr. Heurtley, the Rev. Dr. Irons,
e 4 Rep.. 11. J. Rose, and the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth. The
1101) of Oxford is to write a preface.