The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-20 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock.

AUSTRIA AND TURKEY.

The Nord, referring to a rumour that an attempt
18 to be made to induce the Porte to transfer, for
an indemnity, Bosnia and Herzogovina to Austria,
80 as to allow the latter to give up Venetia, says:—
"This ptoject which, probably by error, is
ascribed to the French Government, is a veritable
anachronism. We are no longer in the times at
which the Congress of Vienna distributed provinces
t 9 Sovereigns, without troubling itself about affini-
ties of race and interests, and it is not a Govern-
ment which, like that of France, is based exclusively
on the principle of national sovereignty, which
can endeavour to carry us back to that epoch.
Venetia must become independent, but her inde-
pendence must be bought by Italian money or
blood—not with the liberty of two slave popula-
tions, who hope soon to enfranchise themselves."

CONEY MARKET AND CITY N.ETVS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Bank of England return completed to the
17th April, is of a rather satisfactory character ;
the chief feature, however, is a diminution of about
three quarters of a million in the public deposits,
owing to the payments on account of the April
dividends. In the other securities there is a dimi-
nution of nearly half a million in consequence of
the easier state of the Money Market, The reserve
of notes also share a slight diminution. The other
items of the balance-sheet, and the changes they
present, are shown in the subjoined table :

Active Circulation .. .. .. £20,295,215
Increase .. .. .. 136,875
Stock of Bullion .. . . .. 13,132,203
Increase .. . • • • • • 9,771
Rest 3 177 820
Increase .. .. .. •• 10,257
Public Deposits - . .. 4,195,906
Decrease .. .. • • • • 706.621
Other Deposits 13,379,936
Increase .. .. .. .. 178,145
Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 693,033
Increase .. .. .. .. 39,878
Government Securities .. .. 10,272,938
Increase .. .. .. .. 50,000
Other Securities .. .. .. 18,414,769
Decrease .. ... .. .. 401,237
Notes unemployed .. .. .. 6,518,635
Decrease .. .. .. .. 141,725

There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England yesterday.
A further general decline was exhibited in the
foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon.
At• the annual meeting of the Scottish Provincial
Assurance Company a dividend of 7; per cent. was
declared.

On Monday next a call of £2 10s. per share,
amounting to £23,000, is due on the Dublin and
Meath Railway shares.

Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester-
day continued active at the late advance. The
sales were 12,000 bales.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £72,000, and the exports £307,100.
The following notice has been issued from the
Bank of England :
" Bank of England, 18th April, 1801.
"Notice is hereby given, that in order to prepare the
dividends due on the sth July, 1861, the balances of the
several accounts in the following funds will be struck on
the night of Saturday, the Ist June, viz.:—£3 per Cent.
Consolidated Annuities, New £3 10s. per Cent. Annuiies
(1854), New £5 per Cent. Annuities, New £2 10s. per Cent.
Annuities, Annuities for terms of years, India £5 per Cent.
Stock.
"On Monday, 'the 3d June, the above-named funds
Rill be transferable, without the dividend due on the sth
July next.

"N.B. When the day for closing the accounts for the
dividends shall fall on Saturday or Monday, it will be re-
garded as a public transfer-day, and no fee required for
tickets placed in the boxes before one o'clocl."
The Market for Public Securities h as been very
heavy to-day, in consequence of the confirmation of
the report circulated a few days since to the effect
that two Greek firms had failed at Marseilles with
heavy liabilities. Consols are 91i 92 for transfer,
and 92 for the account. The New Threes and
the Reduced are flat at 904 s ; Bank Stock im-
proved to 230 and 232 ; India ditto remains at 222
and 223 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan, at 101/ 2k ; and
Exchequer Bills are 2s. dis, to ls. prem.

The dealings in the Foreign Market have been
exceedingly limited, but prices are firm. Turkish
6 per Cents. are 70k to 71; ditto, 1858, 53f to 54 ;
Spanish have advanced 49i I, ; and Russian to
1011 it, ; Mexican are steady et 24 ; but Brazilian
are flat at 98-1.

The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been limited, and a slight decline has taken place
in values. Caledonians, Great Northerns, and Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have receded 55.,
and Great Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
North Westerns, and South Easterns, 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines show little change
of importance. Bahia and San Francisco realise 101;
Great Western of Canada, 111 4 ; and Grand Trunk
of Canada, 20i 21. East Indian have receded to
991; and Great Indian Peninsula to 941.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
tinue very inactive, without any material change
in values.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICF,S
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ol }
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9OB 4
India Stock. .... 223 2
Ditto 6 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 6 per Cent.
100
Ditto 54 per Cent .. 1001 100
kat() Debentures, 1858 961 8
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,000
Consols for Account, May 9
Rxeheciner Bills, £l,OOO, lid.
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Braailian 5 per Cent .. 984
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 1015 8
Spanish 3 per Cent .... 491
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 25 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 914 2
Ditto Account 92

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

"I'Fis Day,
between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. L S.
9 a.m.
--
Nairn 30'28 51 47 W.S.W. ti 4 1, b. 2
Aberdeen
Leith 30•31 49 45 W. 4 71 m. 2
Berwick
,b. 2
30'32 46 42 S.E.S .E. 3 1
Ardrossan 30'33 46 45 S.W. 3 4! C. 3
Portz, sh
Shields
Galway 3028 51 49 S.E. 6 1I b. 4
Searboreugh 30.37 43 39 S. 2 5I c. 3
Liverpool , 30'36 46 40 S.E. 2 2, C. 1
Valentia i 30.2 58 53 S. 1 1, b. 1
'Queenstown...; 30 18 54 52 E.S.E. 7 5I o. 5
''Yarmouth....i 20•38 43 41 E. 4 21 c. 4
London , 30'10 45 40 E. 2 5I c.
.Dover I 3010 48 41 E. 7 j 1I c. 5
Portsmouth !3O 23 49 13 E. 3i 5 m. 1
Portland i 30/3 46 42 E. 0 I 2' c. 6
Plymouth l3OlB 48 46 E.N.E. 6 3' c. 4
Penzance i 30/4 48 47 E.S.E. , 2 3,b. ' 3

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
leg 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 ; 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-
ance (1 to 9).

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