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

MONEY 111AREBT AVD CITY IVEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
RISE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT AT i
THE BANK OF ENGLAND. ~ rre I
The Directors of the Bank of England have
50 15,Ztast and ilaHymen%
just advanced their rate of discount from 7 per
51t3.11 Tlir., Wrol , annAl •11rC..1Nru al
cent., at which it was adjusted on the 7th ult., (41' ryl4; at I'vne 'lc
to 8 per cent. The alteration has not created 10 Rost. Slcaf. and Mid.Co
-,tack Bristol and Exeter
flinch surprise, owing to the increased exportation, stock Caledonian ,
°f specie, and the extraordinary pressure which has .
r) ceaoWal.nri-dhprn,a.ti
(La:dig-al:
Pork,
r illrlock., trassag,c
Cornwall.....
been prevailed in the discount market. As it has .200
been impossible to negotiate bills at 7 per cent. in 10 Do A(A gets no div.
the open market, the demand at the Bank has to Do 13 ! rastbe6en'• Pde.ral
been excessive, and the returns in the Gazette 50 Dublin k Belfast June.
25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc.
t -
morrow evening will no doubt show that the stock East
o Anglian
authorities are fully justified in the course they stocksoe reassteernrn Pn'ionntiel stock
have pursued. StCOC Do do Bdo
25 Do Nw A, late EIJNis.
A further sum of £59,000 in Australian gold was stock 'East Suffolk
stock 'Edinburcrh & Glasgow
sent into the Bank of England yesterday. stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee
The steamer which left to-day for Spain con- 10 Forth &Clyde Junctionl
stock Furness .
veyed £16,000 in gold. stock ;alas.% and S. Western
The interest on Danish 5 per cent. Bonds will sto"ck (clrreeaatttrhtleornf Scotland
be payable on and after the Ist proximo. stock Do do A stock
stock Do do T 1 do
A call of £3 per share, amounting to £90,000, is stock Gt. S. kW. of Ireland
due to-morrow on the Buffalo and Lake Huron stockoe Gri;aotsilTeern , ~
Val a..• fito..ClC.
Railway, New £2Ol shares.
stockl2 Irish South-eastern
Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yes- stock Lancashire London
an : 73tt
or ki:w tariri
terday continued inactive, and Coast
prices were again stock Tl., oonn IRA gall!. .
and& Dover
a shade sower. The sales were about 5,000 stock Load. &Nth. Western
stock Load. & •ith. Western
bales. 25 L'derry & Coleraine
Towards the close of business yesterday after- st2osek waiine.ra:f.FinalsKi.tolllnen
1100 n a decline of about i per cent. took place in 114 mgpodrto antsvisarrieissie
the market for Public Securities, and a further 10 Metropolitan
similar depreciation has been reported to-day, stock 4 91olanndew.
Consols being 911 1 for money, and 91i 92 for the stock Mpi0,Y17,,,v,
ingij&t:?erbdy
March account. This unfavourable change is, of 25 Do A shares
Course, mainly attributable to the disturbed state VI 9;101C, gaty Line . .
of the money market. The New Threes are flat, 1(1).g
.7.,ewcasreAand
(QV.
911 92 ; the Reduced, at 911 1 ; the New 31 per 20 Newrye wrWarn;Lt.. & Roe.
Cont. are 101 ; Bank Stock is, firm, at 2341 and stock
Norfolk....
sil •.• • • • • • • • •
235; and Exchequer Bills have advanced to 3s.
stock x'or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoct
dis, and 2s. prem.; the New India Luau Scrip has stock
uDni4s,l,:ptkoth ccesnnpvili
been dealt in at 1000 i, but it is now 1001 I. stock Do R stock ..... ...
stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick.
The dealings in the Foreign Securities have 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase
stock no Leeds .... --
been of character and Irices are stock Do Yori,

Railways

an aTerage p,
tolerably well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents.
are 691 to 70; ditto New (1858), 551 to 56 ; Mexi-
can are flatter, at 248 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. are
firm at 84; Russian 3 per Cents., at 611 1 ; Span-
ish Deferred, at 401- 41 ; and Venezuelan 3 per
Cents. at 211.

)ciz North London
10 Do new
.16.4 North Staffordshire
10 N. and S. W. Junction
12 Not. &Grantham Rail
10 1- eebl es ...... • •• •
20 Portsmouth
10 Rhomney..... ••• • • •
ock Scottish Central
ock Scot N. E., Aber. stock
ock Do Scot. Mid. stock..
,ock

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up :I:
to this day, ars in round figures as under :-
1861. 1860. et,
Great Western
North-Western
South-Western
t righton 13,096 11,911 sib,
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern 26,329 24.597
Lancashire and Yorkshire

ek Shropshire Union...—.
0 Sittingbourne k Sheer.
)ck South Devon
0 N, hn. Countiea Union ..
S.-Durham & Lane. Un.
Eck SJnth Eastern ........
)ck South Wales ..........
)ck S. York. and River Dun
!0 Staines, Wok,. and Wok
15 Stockton & Darlington
!)5 Do do
;5 Do New (1800)
>ck Taff Vale ......

all
all
100
100
100
100

11
all
all
all
100
100
100

Ick Do Pref. No 1 lOO
ThamesHavenl k&Rail 22
;0 Ulster
Do . I 20
10 Do
)ck Vale of Neath
,0 Victoria Sta. and Pim j all
10IC Waterford & Kilkenny 100
10 Waterford & Limerick all
!CI West Cnrnwall
West London all
10 Do Ist class ...... all
?.0 Do 24 class ..
)ck WestHartlepool Harbr
and Rail lOO
)ck West Midland—NewpOxford 100
no. ort 100
stock Do. Hereford 100

---
Bristol and Exeter 5,693 5,621 et
North-Eastern .
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
South Wales
Vale of ti Bath 1,708 1,468 et(
-West Hartlepool
Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,072 5,401 et(
Scottish North-Eastern
Great Western of Canada
The above returns again show a considerable
improvement on those of the corresponding period et;
111 the previous year. The increase on the Great
Western amounts to £2,145 ; the North Western, to
£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
/:astern, to £2,548; the Edinburgh and Glasgow,
to £671; and the Great Western of Canada, to
£2,826. •

In the Railway Share Market the transaction s
have been moderately active, but a heavy tone has
Prevailed, the advance in the rate of discount hav-
ing caused a decline of about 71,- 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 37-1 ; Great
Western of Canada have declined to 11 and 11i ;
Great Indian Peninsula to 95t.

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, 471 ;
and English and Australian Copper, 31 31.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 2 1/ 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 n 2 11 1 t
New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOl
India Stock .
Ditto b per Cent .. ...
Ditto Scrip
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5} per Cent lOll 1
Co/Isola for Account, March 7
Exchequer Bills, £l,O00, 11d
D tro £5OO 2 dis 2 par 3 dis
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES,
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1858 B5l
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 B5l 1
Mexican 3 per Cent 241 1 1
Ditto Account - 1 1 1 1
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9
Russian 5 pet Cent. 1822, St —
Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859
Spanish 5 per Cent...
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded....... 61 1
Turkish 6 per Cent • •
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed. 4 per Cent.
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.

THREE O'CLOCK.
Commis, Money 914 /
Ditto Account

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