The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There is very little inquiry for money, and busi-
ness in most departments is exceedingly dull, as
usuAl just More the Easter holidays. The supply
of floating capit l continues superabundant, and the
rates range as low as 2 per cent.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have an-
nounced that the house will be closed on Easter
Monday ; and although business will be resumed on

Saturday, it is believed that the transactions in the
respective departments will be of an exceedingly
limited character, so many persons having arranged
to remain away from town till Tuesday morning.
About £40,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of
England yesterday, making a total of £331,000
since the last weekly return. _

The steamer, which left to-day with the West
Indian mails, took £9,670 in specie.
The final return of capital, viz, 16s. 6d. per share,
of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company
will be payable on and after the 21st inst.

The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining
Company (limited) have received, by telegram from
Lisbon, the following report, dated Morro Velho,
March, 1862 :—Produce for February, 41,622
oitavas ; cost for do., £8,667 ; profit for do., £7,029.
Produce, 10 days of March, 12,642 oitavas.
Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool
cotton market yesterday, and prices of nearly all
descriptions were about 71,-,d. per lb. dearer. The
sales amounted to 12,000 bales.
The following remarks with regard to the pro-
gress of business in American securities during the
past week are from the circular of Mr. E. F. Sat-
terthw,:ite :—" We have had a drooping market in
London for American Securities since our last,
Illinois shares being particularly affected; they
close heavy at a decline on the week of 2 per cent.
Erie shares have declined 1 per cent. Railroad
Bonds remain without change of quotations, except
Atlantic and Great Western, New York Section,
in which a large business has been done at fully
improving prices ; they close firm at 69 buyers,
showing an advance of 4 per cent."
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under:---

1862.
Great Western .. X 52,115
North-Western
South-Western
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter
North Eastern
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
Eastern Counties
Brighton l 5,500
South-Eastern
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada 11,602

These returns are again of a very unsatisfactory
character. On the Great Western there is a de-
crease of £3,442; on the North-Western of £3,068;
on the South-Western of £9OO ; on the Great
Northern of £2,079; on the Lancashire and York.
shire cf £5,289 ; on the North-Eastern of £2,809 ;
the Eastern Counties of £1,856 ; the Brighton of
£2,077 ; and the South Eastern of £2,759. The
Grand Trunk of Canada show an increase of £759,
and the Great Western of Canada of £1,152.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

Two O'CLOCK.

At the half-yearly meeting of the Oriental Bank,
held to-day, it was resolved to pay a dividend of 5
per cent. for the half-year ending December, 1861,
and a bonus of 3 per cent., which is equal to 8 per
cent., or £2 per share. It was stated that the past
year's business had been less satisfactory than the
preceding one, which was attributed to the general
bad condition of foreign banking, the harvest, and
the civil war in America.

The English Stock Market to-day has remained
in a quiet state, and very little variation has taken
place. Consols are 931 for money, and 93-,1 94 for
the Bth proximo. The New Threes and the Re-
duced remain at 928 H ; Bank Stock has advanced
to 238 and 240; India ditto is firm at 229 ; and the
5 per Cents. at 1081 i 2. _ _ .

A fair amount of business has been recorded in the
Foreign Market, and prices generally exhibit firm-
Fess. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801 8l1; ditto,
1858, 701 711 ; Mexican remain at 32,1 y ; Moorish
Loan, at 911; ; Russian 5 per Cents. are flat at 98/
991 ; but Sardinian have improved to 821 a ; and
Venezuelan, to 24-1 t; Spanish Certificates, after ad-
vancing to Eq,- t„ have receded to Bfr ; the Turkish
Scrip is 21 prem.; and the Egyptian, 11 prem.

In the Railway Share Market the dealings were
again of a very limited character, and a slight
downward movement was produced in prices by
the unfavourable character of the traffic returns,
Caledonian, Great Northerns, Great Westerns, and
North Westerns have receded ss. ; South Westerns,
North British, and North Eastern (Berwick), have
improved ss.

The Foreign lines were at firm rates. Great
Luxemburg ;improved to 14 ; Sambre and
Meuse brought 101 I; and South Austrian and
.Lombardo-Venetian 202. I.

The Colonial lines were without alteration.
Grand Trunk of Canada realise 241 ; Great Western
of Canada 121 ; East Indian 1034 ; and Eastern
Ben gals 101-,7-, 1021.
. . .

Joint Stock Bank Shares showed no change of
importance as regards prices.
The Alliance Bank shares are 4Z- 51 prem.; Im-
perial, 111 prem.; Northern Counties, 31 prem.;
and British Columbian, 2-1, prem.
In the Miscellaneous Market Electric Telegraph
Shares realised 99:-4 ; and Rio di Janeiro Improve-
ment, paid up, 26 ; Berlin Water Works, 41, 5, and
Nerbudda Coal and Iron, 5 to si.

BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92k i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 151 6-16
India Stuck
Litt° 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 51 pet Cent
' Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100/ f

Ditto Bonds :E1.0(30 —
itto under f.I. 00') 30 pm
'Consols for Account, May 8....
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 4f per Cent., 1860.. , 92i 3
Italian, 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway)
Ditto Scrip ' 2i
141,xican. 3 per Cent
Ditto Account .. 32i I
Imperial Moorish Scrip 9ll
Russian 5 per Cent 1822, £ St 9Bt 91
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860
'ardinian 5 per Cent
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account . 7lf
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Venezuela, 3 per Cent . , .... 241 1
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch VI per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil...
Ditto Account
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861
TWO O'CLOCK
Consols, Money ..
Ditto Account

The sentence of a court martial held upon Gun-
ner John Sullivar, depot brigade. Royal Artillery,
has just been made public at Warley Barracks.
Sullivan was convicted on three charges of threat-
ening the life of Battery Sergeant Major Lavery,
and striking Min repeatedly with his clenched fist.
Taking into consideration the prisoner's general
bad character, and the fact that he had been previ-
ously convicted, the court sentenced hied to ten
Tears' penal servitude.
Advices from Berlin state that several elec-
toral meetings have been held within the last
few days in that city, and that, from what
took place, it is certain that, with the excep-
tion of M. Kulme, of the Constitutional party,
whose re •eleetion is doubtful, all the other
members for Berlin to the Second Chamber will be
again chosen by a large mjority:
Letters from Berlin mention a combina-
tion, by which Count Schwerin and M.
d'A uers wald would return to office ; it is
expected in that way to rally the greater part
of the moderate Liberals. It seems to be ad-
mitted that the Queen of Prussia has written
to the Countess Schwerin, inviting her to
request her husband, who is now travelling in Italy,
to shorten his absence as much as possible.