The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-17 00:00:00

JIO NRY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

TF►ere is still an exceedingly active demand for
m onf 3y in the general discount 'market, as well as
at tb.e Bank of England. The expected advance in
the. rates has induced the mercantile public to
su ply their immediate wants without delay, and
in many instances parties have obtained even more
ac commodation than they immediately require.
GI water activity consequently prevails than for
so ve time past, and the quotations exhibit in-
cr 01 tsed firmness.

9 'he foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hilt) ited an advance in the rates on Paris and Am-
.
stet! edam.

'Sher° were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England yesterday. The £151,000
by the Orwell, the £20,000 by the Europa, and the
fre all amount of gold by the Atrato, however,
ha•ve been purchased for exportation to the conti-
.
ne nt.
The steamer Shannon, which leaves to-day for
t'he West Indies, will take out £9,500, nearly all
cif which is gold:
Increased activity was exhibited in the Liverpool
C!o tton Market yesterday, and prices tended up-
wg trds. The salesiamounted to 20,000 bales.
The accounts received to-day report increased
ea siness in the New York Money Market, and
(ruing to the diminished shipments of specie to
Durope, gold was accumulating in the City Bank.
lacreased firmness was experienced in the market
fsr stocks and shares, which, after a little depres-
s ion, exhibited renewed buoyancy.

There has been rather more firmness in the
7ilarket for Public Securities to-day, owing to some
peculative purchases, and a better feeling gene-
rally prevails. Consols are 92; 93 for money, and
93 to 931 for the account. The cessation of the
e flux of gold has produced a favourable effect.
The New Threes and the Reduced have improved to
911 1. Bank Stock is steady at 229 to 231; India
ditto is heavy at 219 ; ditto New Loan is firm at
1 031 ; ditto 4 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has
receded to 791; ditto 5 per Cent. remains at 96 ;
wail ditto 51 per Cent. at 1021. Exchequer Bills
a re par to 3s. prem.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode-
=VAT active, and prices are tolerably well sup-
ported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70 to 701; ditto
New 551t0 551. Mexican have improved to 221 I.
Brazilian 5 per Cents. remain at 98 ; ditto 41 per
Cents. are firmer at 871 881. , Portuguese are flat
at 441 ; Spanish at 481; but the Deferred have
improved to 401.
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 11 21
p rem. ; the Thames and Mersey, 1/- prem. ; and
the Universal, t I prem.

The Railway Share Market exhibited increased
activity, and prices, in some instances, were at a
d ecided advance. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Lon-
&on, Chatham, and Dover, North-Eastern (Ber-
wick), and North-Eastern (York), improved 10s.;
Dr,orth-Western, 15s. ; Great Northern, Great
Western, Sonth-Eastern,, and West Midland, £1;
amd Midland,, £1 10a. . ,

`The Foreign Market remained quiet, prices,
however, were well maintained. South Austrian
said Lombardo-Venetiap realised 11-1 ; Antwerp
and Itotterdam, 53; and Bahia and San Francisco, 9.
`ln the ColOnial 'undertakings a further adtance
took • place in Grand Trunk of Canada, which
stalised 28 to 281; Great Western brought 14 and
111; East Indian, 991; and Great Indian Penin-
sula, 961 96t.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
tinued in , limited request without any material
elitEnge in values. London and, County were dealt
in. at 35. Ottoman Bank 17 to 17k, and Scottish
Australian Investment declined to 124.

13,RITXSII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Ba nk Stock , 2291 31.29
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 1 1
3 F .er Cent. CouselsAnnuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Az Lnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
:Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6l 16
Int lia Stock . .
'Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. 79±
'Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 5i per Cent lO2l 2
Ditto Debentures, 1858 961
_ _
__ Ditto, 1859

D Rt.° -Bonds £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,000
Cois sols for Account, Nov. 8
Exchequer Bills, £l,O00, lid
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent 98
Ditto 4i per Cent. 1858 BB
Ditto 4i per Cent. 1860
Chilian 8 per Cent lOll
Ditto 4i per Cent.
Mexican per Cent —
Ditto Account
New Grenada Active, 3} per Cent. —
Ditto Deferred -
Peruvian 4± per Cent
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent.
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. • • 441 i t
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, A St —
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
_ __

Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent 4Bi
Ditto New Deferred —
40 /
Ditto Aocount
Spanish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6l
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto 1.1 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account

TILE VOL UN IEE It 111 0 V .8111 EN T .

FIRST SURREY VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY

CORPS.

The volunteer movement has k taen deep root in
Surrey, but although the county bristles with rifle
corps, the above is the first
levohmepeanj
received
feveioludnteer
artillery yet formed in it.
•c the
sanction. of the. Lord Lieutenant, it was the 55vthe
pally ila Great Britain, and though young, bids fair
°m*
-
to rival in zeal and patriotic feeling its older com-
peers in other parts of the country. To the militant
instincts of certain gentlemen in Lambeth is due the
merit of starting the cows. The First Surrey Corps
marclaed out on Saturday afternoon, from their drill-
grov,nd at the Lambeth Institution, Lambeth-road,
and their first collective appearance in public was
hig, hly creditable. Their uniform is that of the Royal
Artillery, except that the facings are of silver in-
stead of gold. The corps is daily gaining in num-
bers, and the greatest harmony prevails amongst
the chief promoters. In the much-vexed question
of the admission of artisans, instead of wasting time
in the discussion of the principle whether the " bone
and sinew" of the land should form part of their
company,u they have boldly thrown open their ranks
that sturdy class, made such judicious
arrangements have • dicious
arrangements as to the payment for uniform, sub-
scription, &0., that no respectable working man.,
need have any scruple aboutbe enrolling himself.
Artisan and tradesman
_ will dressed alike (a
dif-
ference in the quality of the facings being the
only perceptible
variation),will drill together,
up indiscriminately and bb mixed on parade. A
library containing upwardsof 200 volumes has been
clubbed together for the use of
applied of the men, so that the
b
volunteer principle will to reading as
well as soldiering. This feature in
i‘
nthe affair is due
to Mr. William Morton, who,
it
instrumental
of
f tbelr. Great
in Rt eh xe
and others, have been largely
movement on the Surrey side
water. The
Ist Surrey Volunteer Artillery Corps has made a. n
auspicious debut. Woolwich
has now to
further
question work in furnishing a field piece, and the rthle
question remains
whether the company will be
niointed. A rumour has been in circulation that
amongst the offers of ground, in addition to the ex-
cellent drill-ground at the Lambeth Institution,
was one from his Grace the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, who is disposed to allot aportion of Lambeth
Palace-gardens for the purposes of a drill.