The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-02 00:00:00

YeAr.n'Y IJL4RKET CIT./ NEWS..

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The public markets for Yoreign and Colonial
Produce remain closed for the Easter holidays, but
,they will re-open to-morrow, the 3d inst. Private
dealings have taken place in sugars at fully late
rates. For coffee there has been a moderate in-
quiry. Rice, rum, saltpetre, and tallOw have been
in very limited request, without any material change
in value. P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 58s. 6d.;
April to June delivery, 575. 6d. ; and last three
months, 555. to 555. 3d. per cwt.
About £40,000 in gold was sent into the Bank
of England yesterday.

The steamer La Plata, which left to-day for the
West Indies, conveyed £12,386 in specie.

A call of £2 10s. per share, amounting to
.£105,527, became due to-day on the Glasgow and
South Western Railway guaranteed £lO shares.

A moderate amount of business was recorded in
the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, mad prices
were steady. The sales were about 7,000 bales.

Although the demand for money continues active
the supply is abundant, and the mercantile public,
who are now busily preparing for the 4th, are en-
abled to obtain the accommodation they require on
previous terms.

the following account of the number and ton-
nage of vessels now on the berth at' the port of
London, and loading for the Australian colonies, is
extracted from the usual monthly list prepared by
Mr. Miller, the manager of the Jerusalem coffee
House :
r(irfLaunceston 2 vessels

„ Hobart Town ... 3
„ Sydney and Moreton Bay 8
„ Melbourne and Geelong 221
„ Adelaide
„ Swan River
„ New Zealand .. . .10

1,035 tons.
1,626 „
6,855 )9
17,844 ~
4,855 ~

281 „
6,134 „

Total 53

38,630 „

Notwithstanding the expectation that the mar-
ket for public securities would have indicated an
improvement, increased heaviness has been experi-
enced, Consols having declined to 94 *-for money
to 911 for the 10th inst., and 94 to 92 for the
May account.

India Stock is firmer at 2214, ditto 5 per Cent.
Loan, at 99?,- 100; ditto 4 per Cont. Enfaced Paper
is 77 ; ditto 5 per Cent. 931 94 ; and Exchequer
Bills are 13s. to Bs.. dis.

Very little alteration has taken place in Foreign
Securities, and the dealings have been limited.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 74 to 741;
.ditto, 1858,
63t, 541. Mexican is firm at 2474 ; Peruvian 3 per
Cents. at 731 ex div. Sardinian are heavy at
821, and Spanish' Deferred at 411.
In the Railway Share Market business has con-
tinued rather dull, and prices have shown a decidedly
heavy tone, the decline in most instances being
about to Q per cent. North Western, South
Eastern, and Great Western have receded 55.-;
Caledonians, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ;
and Midland, 15s. London and South Western
have improved 10s.

The Foreign and' Colonial lines have shown very
little animation, and prices have been steady. San
Paulo realise 21 ; Great Luxemburg, 64 ; Recife
and San Francisco, 108 ; Gieat Western of Canada
have improved to 111, ; and Bombay and Baroda,.
to 921.
Joint Stock Banks and Miscellaneous shares have
continued dull, without any material alteration in
value. London and Westminster are dealt in at
644 ; Oriental Bank have declined to 49 ; Union of
London to 24; Peninsular and Oriental Steam are
steady at 68; and United Mexican Mining Shares
have advanced to 6 and 61.

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BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
• India Stock .. ,
' ' ' '-Ditto 5 per Cent ' . 100199 i. 1001 100
, , Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. 77,
;. Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent
, • :„
'- ' ' Ditto'Btaids 51,000 T .37 dis
Ditto under £l,000
Consols for Account ... .
India Stock for .Account .
Ditto 5 per Cent
Exchequer Bills, £4OOO, 2d .. , lO 813 7 dis
~ . Ditto sop . l3 8' dis
~ .- . Ditto, 'Small ' ' .... 13 7 dis
__
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSINii PRICES.
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditio Account
PiittiPian'4f per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent —
.Ditto Account
,
‘.l, ' Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ 5t.... .... . . --
, , I,litto 41 per Cent.
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
' Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent......
' ' ' '..' • • Ditto Npw Deferred
Di to Account
Vat) Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent .. 741
' - Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account * , 54-1 4
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London..
:/ , . , Data Exchange, 12 Guil. 2i per Cent
' ' ' Ditto Certificae, 4 per Cent. .. 98 - '
THREE O'CLOCIi.
~ •
Consols' Money 91a 4
, . Ditto Account

- "', -COURSE OF' EXCHANGE.--T HIS' DAY.," -
4,...tozst.tratota
. Ditto.' ' - ' '3`Months. 12 ' f' 'l2 11
Rotterdam - 'l2 1 ' ' 12 ' 11
Antwerp ' 25 624 25 67?
Brgesels ... .-- 25 621 25 • 671
gpxottyvh
Twig .. Short. 25 35 ' 2.5 421
! Ditto :.. , 3 Months. 25 671 25 75
Memel] les ' ' . 25 70 25 76
Frankfort on Maine,
Vien.u?, ~, — 15 60 .15 70 _
Triekte .. .., ..... 15 55 15
33Z0

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Petersburot
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
liog,horn
Milan
Genoa
'Naples
Palermo

331
484
48f
26 0.
25 - 85
25 85
38k
1161 '

'4B}
48
26 6
25 90
25 90
89i
117

Messina
lasbp,
Oporto
Rio Janeiro

52

New York

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),...per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars ........ ~ 0 4 11

Silver in Bars (Standard) e. i„ •;; 0 5 01
South American. Doublons

THE WEATHER.

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METEOROLOGICAL REISORTS.

This Day, t
between S and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. A.
' 9 a.lll.
L.--- I—.;-- —.....
Nairn 2916 46 45 E.N.E. 5 9 0. 7
Aberdeen .... 29'92 42 41 N.E. 5 9 o. 3
Berwick 29/3 46 45 N.E. 6 7 m. 6
Portrush
Shields
'Galway 29/8 46 45 E. 6 9 r. 4
earborough - r. 4
Liverpool .
Valentia . 2918 44 43 N. 2 9 r. 1
Qtieenstow'n.:: 29/1 46 45 W.N.W. 2 6 r. 1
Yarmouth 29134 45 44 S.S.E. 3 7 ' in. 3
Loudon 29/2 44 42 S.S.W. 1 9 f.
Dover 29 72 48 , 45 S.W. 2 9 co. 1
Portsmouth 29/4 50 47 S.W. 4 6 0. ' 2
Portland
Pirnonth
Penzance : 29.72 43 42 S.E. 1. 5 b. 2

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 thermometei '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(o 9)., I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached)
f., ' fog. -h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy); 0.,
overcast(dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
wide (1 to 9).

WIND AND WEATHER
Ayr, N.E. ; dull;
Birmingham, N.E.; dull
.Boston, S.W. ; fine
Bradford, N.W. ; wet
Brighton, W. ; showery
Bristol, S.W. fine
Cardiff, E. ;' cloudy
'Chatham, S. ;" cloudy
Darlington, N.E. rain
Meal, S.W. ,_-cloudy
'Doncaster, N.W.;. wet •
Dublin, N.E. ; rain
Dundee. N.E. ; dull
Edinburgh, N.E. ; dull
:Falmouth,-N.W. cloudy
'Glasgow, E.; fine

IEPORT, Tuts DAY, 9A.M.
Goole, W. ; heavy rain
Gravesend, S. ; cloudy
Harrogate, N.E. ; rain
[Joblead, E. ; fine
Huddersfield, W. ; wet
Hull, E.N.E. ; rain
Inverness, N. ; rain
Lowestoft, W.S.W. fine
Middlesborough, N.B. ; rain
Milford Haven, E.; cloudy
Newcastle on Tyne, N ;

cloudy
Stockton on Tees, N.W•; rain
Sunderland, N.E. ; rain
West Hartlepool, W. ; rain
Whitehaven, N.E. ; rain

CONTINENTAL ST.
Barcelona, E. ; fine
Brussels, S.; foggy
Cherbourg, E.S.E.; foggy
Copenhagen, E:N.E.; foggy
Dunkirk, W. ; cloudy
Havre, S.S.E.-•, fine
Leghorn, W. ; rain
Leipsic, S. ; foggy
Lisbon, N.; cloudy
Lyons, S.; foggy

LTIONS, APRIL 1.
Madrid, S.W. ; foggy
Marseilles, N.W. ; fine
Moscow, S. ' • cloudy
Paris, W. ; fine
St. Petersburg, 3. • foggy
Strat=bourg, S.K; rain'
Stockholm, E.N.E. ; foggy
Turin, N. • rain
Vienna, ; little foggy