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

MONEY OLIIi!KET .41VD CITY N_EIV,S.

.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.
1, til The tank of England return completed to the
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,
o
‘ving to the payments on account of the April
dividends,n,, In the other securities there is a dimi-
nution of nearly half a million in consequence of
oi,e easier state of the Money Market, The reserve
notes also share a slight diminution. The other
4 Of the balance-sheet, and the changes they
-• •
.t, are shown in the subjoined table :
A ye 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 g 40 0. 4,1951906
Decrease 706,621
Other Deposits 011 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 1.8 414 769
Decrease .. 401,237
Notes unemployed .. • ' • •
6,548,635
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 71 per cent. was
declared.
On Monday next a call of £2 103. per share,
amounting to £23,000, is due on the Dublin and
4eath Railway shares.
Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester-
day continued active at the late advance. The
ssl©s 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
'lank of England :

"Bank of England, 18th April, 1861.
„.'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
l 110 night of Saturday, the Ist June, viz.:—£3 per Cent.
~,
lisolidated Annuities, New £3 10s. per Cent. Annuities
(1854), New £5 per Cent. Annuities, New £2 10s. per Cent.
Annuities
Annuities for terms of years, India £5 per Cent.
Stock. '

_.!"311 Monday, the 3cl June, the above-named funds
and be transferable, without the dividend due on the sth
111 Y next.
ai`!N.B. When the day for closing the accounts for the
'Mends shall fall on Saturday or Monday, it will be re-
garded as a public transfer-day, and no fee required for
IlelKets placed in the boxes before one o'clock."
The Market for Public Securities h as been very
heavy to-day, in consequence of the confirmation of
„
report circulated a few days since to the effect
that two Greek firms had failed at Marseilles with
heavy
liabilities. Consols are 91 92 for transfer,
the 92 for the account. The New Threes and
" Reduced are flat at 901 ; Bank Stock im-
proved to 230 and 232 ; India ditto remains at 222
and 223 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan, at 1014 28 ; and
te,diequer Bills are 2s. dis. to ls. prem.
The dealings in the Foreign Market have been
eXcaedingly limited, but prices are firm. Turkish
SPer Cents, are 70k to 71; ditto, 1858, 531 to 54 ;
Parish have advanced 491 4 ; and Russian to
104 ; Mexican are steady at 24 ; but Brazilian
are flat at 98t.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been limited, and a slight decline has taken place
'll 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, 1 l ; and Grand Trunk
°f Canada, 20i 21. East Indian have receded to
491; and Great Indian Peninsula to 941.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
%llia very inactive, without any material change
is Values.

Bank
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE'.
Stock
33 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 90$
Per Cent. Conso,lB Annuities
"ew 3 per Cent. Annuities 9oa
IMia Stock 223 2
.. ~
Ditto 5 per Cent ..
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent...,
oitto Debentures, 1858 O6l I
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO —
Ditto under £3,000
Consols for Account, May 9
I(ehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d
D trn -L5OO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 1011 i
Danish 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Oividends on the above payable in London.
buteb. Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cont.
TWO O'CLOCK
Consols, Money 9ll 2
Ditto Account 92

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEsmuniv.
4klatterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 19 11 19i
Antwe 25 45 25 50
Brussels — 25 45 25 50
Ibiaraturgh
•• aria - Short. 25 15 25 20
-Ditto
Ilarseilies — 25 45 25 50
▪ raukfort on Maine — 118 1181
Vienna
Trieste
P▪
etershargh — 333 333
terlin —
kadrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
liilan -
.k.,Genoa
'LltPles
Palermo
Nressina
Lisbon
°Rl,o°lrtG..3-14,11eire - -
New York — • • • .
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. £3 17 9
Ilexies:n Dollars ... • . If 0 0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard) It, 91 0 5 1a
Salatb. American Doublons „ 0 0 0

48g
48g-
-25 75
25 62i
25 62i
39i
117 i
117
52
52

49f
25 80
25 67f
25 70

39a
118
118
521
63

THE 'FEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

Thi-1; Day,
tetween 8 and! B. E. M. D. F. C. LS.
9 a.m. I
------I— --
Xairin ...., . 30%28 51 47 W.S.W. 4 1! b. 2
Leith
:.• • I 30*23 46 43 S.W. 5 11 b. 22
eith .. •• I 30•31 49 45 W. 4 7m.
L
Lerwick 130.32 46 42 S.F. 3 1; b. 2
Ardrossan 130 33 46 45 S.W. 3 4 c. ;
Portr.sh . 30.30 49 47 S. 3 31 b. 3
Shields . • 30'31 43 39 S. 5 3, c. 2
Galway , 30.28 51 49 S.E. 6 1! b. 4
Scarborough j 30'37 43 39 S. 2 5 C. 3
Liverpool ', 30.33 45 40 S.E. 2 2t c. 1
Iralentia. 130'.2 58 53
E.S.E.
1 1, b. 1
Queenstown !30 18 34 52 7 5; o. 5
Yarmouth ; 30•18 43 41 E. 4 2' c. 4
London ' 30•30 45 40 E. 2 5 c.
Dover ' 30•30 48 41 E. 7I 1; c. 5
Portsmouth ... 30 23 49 43 E. 3! 5 in. 1
Portland 30'23 46 42 E. ' 61 2 c. 6
Plymouth .. ' 30.18 48 46 E.N.E. 6 3' C. 4
Penzance ..•• :130.24 48 47 E.S.E. 2 3i b. 3
I I

EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at tnean 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.
zxposed 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 7 snow; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT, Tins DAY, 9 A.M
Ayr, E.S.E. ; fine Brighton, W.N.W. ; fine
Birmingham, N.; fine Bristol, E. fine
Boston, S.E. ; fine Glasgow, \V. ; dull
Bradford, S.W. ; fine I Wolverton, N.E. ; fine

TREASURE TltoTE,—An inhabitant of the High-
Street of Hounslow, when enlarging a cellar on Thursday
last, found imbedded in the loam, just below the old foun-
dation on which his house stands, an earthen vase or cup,
containing about 800 silver, and a few copper, coins ; silver
groats of Henry VI., struck at Norwich, York, Bristol,
and London; others of Edward IV., Richard 111., and
Burgundian pieces of silver of Charles the Bold, brother-
in-law of Edward IV. In the troublous times of the Wars
of the Roses much treasure was hidden, and from the
dates of the coins, ranging faom 1406 to Richard's short
reign, 1485, it is poisible that the owner of the treasure
May /We fallen at 1395wortht