The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-30 00:00:00

MONEY. MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
There is a steady demand for dii3count accommo-
dation, and the rates remain unchanged. The
minimum of the Bank of England is maintained at
21 per cent., although choice bill are negotiated
elsewhere at 2 per cent.
About £13,000 in gold was withdrawn from the
Bank of England yesterday.
The Tyne has arrived at Lisbon with the
Brazilian mails and £14,000 in specie for this
country.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, a fair
amount of business took place, and prices tended
upwards. The sales were 8,000 bales.
At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. G. J.
Calvert and Co., iron founders, of York, the
liabilities were stated to be £52,105 7s. lld„ and
the assets £16,619 15s. 6d„ showing a deficiency
of £35,485 12s. sd. After some discussion it was
resolved to accept an assignment to Messrs. W.
Roden, of the Shelton Iron Bar Company, and Mr.
J. Whitham, of Leeds, under the new Bankruptcy
Act.
The revenue account of the Dutch Rhenish Rail-
way for the six months ending 31st October last,
shows that the traffic receipts were £110,955, and
the rents £2,616, making a total of £113,571. The
working expenses for the same period were £38,474
12s. ld. ; the interest on Bonds £18,957 12s. 6d. ;
and £52,083 6s. Bd. to the payment of a dividend
of 10s. Bd. per share, which will leave a balance of
£4,056 to be carried forward.
A highly influential meeting took place to day
for the purpose of forming a British North Ameri-
can Association. Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., in the
chair. The following resolution, which embraces
the objects of the association was proposed by Sir
James Fergusson, AL.P., seconded by the Hon.
Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., and carried unanimously :
`f. That this meeting. having carefully considered. the
growing importance of B itish North America, the extent of
the British interests involved, and the desirability ior Im-
beriarr"."l:. c,£drawix-4N +.33.c .olo.t batureen. the 19.
northern country and provinces,, it is of opinion that a
British North American Association should be formed,
having the following principal objects in view, vis., the
dissemination of official information regarding the material
remurces of the British North American provinces, in
respect to the employment of capital and labour, the collec-
tion and placing in available forms, for the use of the mem-
bers, the general statistics of the provinces, not only con-
earning the development of their commerce, but also as
recording the progress of the arts and sciences, and of their
social and political condition, and that it be called the
British North American Association."
The market for Public Securities opened quietly
at the reduced prices current on the preceding
afternoon, and no alteration has since occurred,
Consols-being 921 for money and account. Busi-
ness is very dull, owing to the extreme apathy 1'
Shown by the investing public as well as by the
speculators. The New Threes and the Reduced
are steady at 92 Exchequer Bills, March, at
16s. to 19s. prem. ; ditto June, 19s. to 225. prem. ;
Bank Stock has receded to 239 and 242 ; India
ditto to 224 ; and ditto 5 per Cent. remains at
1051 1061.
The transactions in the Foreign Market have

been of a rather extensive character, and prices
show continued buoyancy. Mexican have again
been actively dealt in at 321 to 331„ the latest price
being 32/ 331. Spanish have improved to 538 1,
ditto Certificates to 6/ and 71, Venezuelan to 241 1,
and Italian to 64 65 ; Turkish 6 per Cents. are 84
to 841; ditto, 1858, 741 to t ; and the Moorish
Loan is 51 prem.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :---
1862.

1861.

Great Western ... .,41,425 £41,857
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter
Eastern Counties
. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln . 12,996 14,121
Great Southern and Western of Ireland 7,141 7291
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 5,915 5,678
Glasgow and South-Western
26
26
Grand Trunk of Canada 18,225 12,
Great Western of Canada 12,769 8,638
..continued falling off in the
receipts of most of the principal undertakings. on
the Great Western there is a decrease of £432 ; on
the North-Western of £6,629 ; on the South-
'Western of. £147; on the Midland of £26_16. L on,
the South-Eastern of £1,020 ; on the Great
Northern of £1,824 ; on the Lancashire and York-
shire of £4,537 ; and on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln of £1,125. The Brighton, however,
shows an increase of £1,208 ; the Eastern Counties
of £756 ; the Grand Trunk of Canada of £5,981 ;
and the Great Western of Canada of £4,126.
Inlthe Railway Share Market the dealings have
been limited, and chiefly confined to operations
connected with theliquidation. The unfavourable
nature of the traffic returns, however, on most of
the principal lines has caused a decided heavy tone
in values. Eastern Counties, Great Westerns, and
South-Easterns have declined ss. ; Caledonian,
South-Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 10s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire,
North-Westerns, and Midlands, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were
dull, and exhibited little change of importance in
prices. Great Luxembourg realise 10 ; Sambre and
Meuse, ; Southern of France, 28 ; Grand Trunk
Of Canada, 211; and Great Western of Canada,
11,1 t.
For Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
the enquiries are limited. London and South
African remain steady at 104-1-; Union of Australia,
at 401; Australian Agricultural have improved to
261 ; and the New Victoria 6 per Cent. Colonial
Securities are quoted 1031 104.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921
313er Cent. Consols Annuities 94
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent.lool 1
Ditto 51 per Cent .. lO6l
Dittoßonda £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account, Feb. 6
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 22
Ditto £5OO ...... 19 , 21
Ditto Small l6 19 I 19
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per, Cent, 1860
Chilian. 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent ,
-8
Crreek 321 i I
Mexican, 3 per Cent 32i i 31 3
Ditto Account
New Grenada, 2 per Cent
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. 461
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 6O
`ardinian 5 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent B4/
Ditto New Loan
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account .. 241 /
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. .. 641
Italian, 5 per Cent
~1861 . 641 5 41 5
TWO O'CLOCts .
Caols, Money
onDitto Account

TUE PRINCE CONSORT MEMORIAL FUND. The
Lord Mayor of London having invited`theMayor of Windsor
to-operate with the metropolitan committee for the purpose
of furthering the erection of a national memorial to the late
Prince Consort, a meeting was held at the Guildhall in that
town yesterday, for the purpose of adopting the necessary
measures. A series of resolutions for carrying out the ob-
ject in view were adopted, and a sum of between £3OO and
£4OO was immediately subscribed.
NEW AMERICAN WORY.—Just published, Dr.
Darwin on the Extinction of Specie, dedicated to the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Bankers of New York.

—Punch.
RUMOURED CHANGE OF FASHION.—A report
has been current for some days, in well-informed circles,
that the preposterous framework of hoops and cages, 'which
has long been in use to extend female dress to extravagant
dimensions, under the name of crinoline, is going out of
fashion in Paris. We sincerely trust that this rumour is
true. English society takes its tone from Parisian; and
good taste has too long been outraged by the social nui-
sance, not to say the social evil, crinoline.—Punch.
The Cardinal-Archbishop of Paris, accompanied
by the whole of his clergy, paid a visit the day before yes"
terday to M. Cihgi, the Papal Nuncio.