The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-02 00:00:00

Notwithstanding the large amount of accommo-
dation obtained last week the demand continues
*itive, and it is imagined that the market will
Nein a very animated appearance until after the
liquidation of the commercial accounts on the 4th
'lot. is completed; even then the stringency now
eZperienced may be prolonged, as the dividend
payments, which are expected to produce relief, will
not come into operation until some days after.
During the month of March the amount paid for
dividends on English mining shares was £44,106.
By the Cape mail, just arrived, intelligence is
Richards,
of the steam transport Powerful, Captain
Aichards, from London to China, belonging to the
Greek and Oriental Steam Navigation Company,
Which arrived at Simen's Bay, Cape of Good Hope,
on February 20th, after a fine run of 16 days from
Ascension. The steam transport Thunder, No. 1,
had also arrived at Simon's Bay. The Powerful
nude the passage from the Downs to Simon's Bay
in 42 days, including stoppages at the various coal-
ing stations.
The English Stock Market at the commencement
of the business was in a dull and depressed condition,
efoornegtiinnued sales being encouraged by the state of
politics, the irritation created by the
Opinions expressed in reference to the Savoy ques-
tion, and the stringency felt in monetary circles
Business has been transacted in Consols at
93i 941 for money, and 94 to 949 for account.
recovery, however, has since taken place, the
quotations being 54* I and 94± respectively. In-
Ca Stock receded to 218 ; ditto New Loan, to 1044 t;
ttt° 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, to 972;, ; ditto 51
cf,Cent. ditto, is heavy, at 103 i ; and the De-
18s.
m.
'are 951 ; Exchequer Bills are 15s. to
A fair amount of business is recorded in the
Foreign
Turkish 6 Seercurities at enhanced quotations.
per Cents. are 781 to 79 ; ditto New, 601
to 60,4,-;
Spanish 3 per Cents. are firmer at 451 46 ;
ditto Deferred at 341 35 ; Russian at 108 ;
Chilian 6 per Cents. remain at 102 ; and Mexican
It 201 21. The New Brazilian Loan is marked 4
to I dis.

The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 to
3 prem..; the Universal ditto, 2to prem. ; and
the Buenos Ayres Railway, 2 s prem.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been limited, and the few transactions entered into
leave shown increased heaviness. South-Western
tad South-Eastern have declined ss. ; Caledonian,
Ind Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 10s. ; and
kidland, 15s. ; Brighton, North-Western, and
Great Western brought about former rates.
The Foreign lines have been neglected. Lom-
ll&rdo-Venetian are flat at 11-1.

In the Colonial Markets lower rates are cur-
hut; East Indian have declined to 1011 1011;
and Trunk of Canada to 341 ; GrPat Indian
Peninsula to 981; and Punjaub are steady at
to 41.

Join t-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares
have remained inactive, at about previous rates.

13ilITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
a, Per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent.
,Ditto 51 per Cent lO3l 1
Ditto Debentures, 1858 961
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO —
Ditto under £l,OOO
Exchequer
for Account
.(April) ....
PRICES
Bills, £l,OOO, 1td....
• b
"`l'akilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 —
Ditto Scrip, 1860
r,
b.-Ulan. 6 per Cent
'Lexie= 3 per Cent,
"Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Aecoant
rortuguese. 1853, 3 per Cent.
R• lusion, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lOB
Ditto 41 per Cent 961
. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859
oknish 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
4 tlrkieh 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
,r, Dividends on thp above payable in London.
batch Exchange, 12 Gun.. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. .. 99t

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account

in It is announced that the railway from Boulogne
Calais is shortly to be commenced, and is to be concluded
Ca ,qllickly as possible. It is to unite with the Paris and
A4', Railway at Pont de Briques, in the Pas de Calais.
4ItYSTAL PALACJi.—HALF-CROWN DAY.—Satur-
VdO--Admitsaions on payment, 751; ditto by season tickets,
~,'°,•-•-•Total visitors, 3,149.
bie Weekly Register says that Cardinal Wise-
-tee health is improving, and that he has been honoured
Y h 1 •
e n-
. 6 permitted to accompany the Pope in a carriage
to DOINGS AT AN INN.—What every traveller sighs
41id Was palateably furnished by the Green Dragon at
coL,°wfield—a famous inn, and a constellation of wandering
bill':4lerr. Their pleasant smiles seasoned plenty, and the
tkul.B-8
of the gilded in a manner unknown to our dys. Whoso
ale of the Green Dragon kept in his memory a
is ti 7 %Part for it. The secret that to give a warm welcome
Lome breath of life to an inn was one the Green Dragon
even then, not to share with many Red Lions, or
04; of the Morning, or Kings' Heads, or other fabulous
track ers; and as if to show that when you are in the right
(3/1,4Y0,11 are sure to be seconded, there was a friend of the
°Malso Dragon, who, on a particular night of the year,
re.nown to enlarge t.o the dimensions_of a mir_aele.
44,_apti,',‘, tor the moment, is my secret.—. From Evan
Frsteloll ; or, He Would be a Gentleman," in Once a