The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocic.

The demand for accommodation having abated,
the discount houses now seem disposed to negotiate
first-class bills on easier terms, business being re-
ported in the several markets at 41 and 5,1 per
Cent., whereas a few days ago the quotations ranged
or per cent. higher. Owing to the Victoria
Loan, railway calls, and other engagements, it is
imagined that any decided improvement cannot
take place at present, although the tendency may
be in that direction.

It appears that the tenders for the £1,078,000 Vic-
toria Railway Debentures represented £1,451,900,
and the result is that parties who have offered less
than £lO5 Os. 6d. will not obtain an allotment:
The biddings ranged from 105 to 106, and some
large sums were applied for by parties who obtained
a share of the previous issue.

Gold is now rather dearer in this country than
In Paris and Hamburg, and it is expected that as
the exportation will diminish the receipts from
Australia, &c., or a portion of them, will be taken
into the Bank of England. The remittance by the
Suffolk, it is thought, will be appropriated in that
Way, and the movement, should it be maintained,
May exercise an important influence upon the
Money Market.

In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon
a slight advance was apparent on Paris and Ham-
burg.

The transactions in the Liverpool Cotton Market,
Yesterday, were of a rather limited character, and
prices were steady. The sales were only 5,000
bales. In the Railway Share Market a fair
amount of business was recorded, and quotations
tended upwards.

Rather more activity prevails in the Foreign
Stock Market, but prices in some instances are
flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 761 ;
ditto New, 611- to 62; Spanish have receded to 47 ;
ditto Passive have advanced to 16, and Dutch 4
Per Cents. to 1001 ; Russian 4i per Cents. are de-
pressed at 96-1- 97 ; ditto 3 per Cents, at 64/, and
Danish S per Cents. remain at 101.

The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2,1 ;
prom. ; the Universal ditto, 1 t prom. ; the Vic-
toria Loan, 105 k t. _ _

Only a moderate business has been transacted in
the Railway Share Market, and in some instances
less firmness has been apparent. Caledonian,
Great Northern A stock, North-Western, Midland,
and North-Eastern (York) have declined 55., and
Lancashire and Yorkshire 10s. Eastern Counties
have improved about 10s., and Great Westerns,
South-Westerns, London and Blackwall, and South-
ftsterns have realized former prices,

The Foreign and Colonial lines shown little
animation. Dutch Rhenish are at 9il ; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 331 d ; Great Western of Canada,
131 ; East Indian remain steady at 1021 1.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are
in fair demand, and rather higher prices. London
Chartered of Australia have improved ss. ; London
and County, ss. ; Crystal Palace (Preference Stock),
£l, and Electric Telegraph, 10s.

Increased firmness has been experienced in the
English Stock Market to-day, owing to a few
'Peculative purchases. Consols were 94 / for
money, and 941 for the account. There is nothing
in the political advices to create much variation,
and the operators still abstain from extensive
transaction:. The New Three per Cents. and the
Reduced remain at 93k. India Stock is firm at
:0 ; ditto New Loan has improved to 105/ ; ditto
Per Cent. Enfaced Paper is steady at 971 981 ;
ditto 51 per cent. ditto at 1034 ; and Exchequer
Bills are 7s. to 1 ls. prem.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,
Bank Stock
a
Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 934 8
NPer Cent. Consols Annuities
ww 3 per Cent. Annuities
•,74115. 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7
220 1
tdia
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent. —
Ditto 6 per Cent. 974 8/
, Ditto 5i per Cent lO3l
"Itto Debentures, 1858
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
bitto under £l,OOO ... 8 d
Consols for Account (May 9) 941
achNuer Bills, 11,000, 11d 7 11
Ditto Small
146" ION FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Danish 3 per Cent e —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
liusian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4± per Cent.
. Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 641
'3Panish 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
°PDttish Com. ▪ itto Passive
a Cert. of Coup. not funded 4l i
4ur
ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
134teh Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Cons de, Money 9M a
Ditto Account

_LOMAARDO-VENETIAN RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN.

SIR,—It is well known that the Lombardo-Venetian
It •
%away pays a dividend of 14 per cent. and carries over a
reserve of £250,000, but when will the directors vouchsafe
1111 Y explanation of our prospects, said to be so flourishing ?
QUERIST.

`‘ WALK YOUR CHALKS."—A very simple expla-
„
ttion of this expression may be given. I believe that
tain ale-house frequenters, when they have been drink
long enough tb make a boast of being sober, and to die.
Lilt° a point with each other, will chalk a long straight line
`t,lle ground, and then endeavour, one after the other, to
uAon it without swerving to right or left. Those who
eed are aeljuged to be sober, i.e., to have " walked their
~galke.,' A witness on a trial in Buckinghamshire, about
rfe Year 1841, made use of this expression, and a barrister
youediately explained it in the above manner to the puzzled'
Ot. This " walking the chalks" is, however, not peon-
t-,7 to Bucks, and may be witnessed in London. Addressed
Person whose compan Jis no longer desire d, as cited by
;Tlir correspondent "C. ~" the expression " walk your
(elks" would thus mean, " walk straight off."—Noffs aid
REPRESENTATION OF HARWICH.—The Liberals
,s 1 Rarwich, convinced that with divided action on their
Part the success of the Conservative candidate was assured,
hat determined to select by ballot one candidate from
ejll°.llg the three gentlemen who offered themselves for their
eeo—viz., Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C. Mr. James
Duncan Thomson, and Mr. Alfred Brett. 'The result of
4oe ballot was that 40 votes were recorded for Mr. Thom-
-36 for Mr. Brett, and only 11 for Mr. Chambers. Mr.
Thomson is accordingly now the selected candidate of the
rlty. Mr. Brett has come down to Harwieh,:and has given
ohl assent to the decision of the electors, and Mr.Cham-
-1,....'11 will in all probability also acquiesce in the resolution
ai,.ved at. The ballot was shared in, however, by only
t--. 1 the number of registered Liberal electors, so that the
te°,lllt is after all scarcely conclusive. Mr. Thomson is a
‘,!litive of the Bagshaw family, long connected with Har-
wich and Harwich politics.
0, GARDENING IN SPRING.—The girls have done
Zir best with their brothers' gardens : and the display is
bl'oed rather surprising, so early in the seascn. The rock-
Ond which separates the two plots was expected to be
ameant with wall-flowers, and shining with periwinkle,
t 43 and white, and tufted with daffodils : but the borders
pe ay beyond expectation. There are half-a-dozen
!rioties of tulips ; and hyaeinths on the point of blowing;
auriculas p
rimroses; ots carefully covered every night ; and
„net double p and the crown imperial is superb;
e 2 the Persian iris most elegant:; and the frittillaries of
different kinds and kingwort ; and jonquils, in their pride
t7tuo• delicacy. There may be plenty to do, which the sis-
-14:1 have left to their brothers for the pleasure of doing it :
t,he grand essential—abundance of flowering plants-
-13 Gen splendidly managed.—Onee a Week.
11,, °CAL TAXATION.—The amount annually collected
44 rates, tolls, and dues in the United Kingdom is
thf;902,096, as far as the same has been ascertained. To
° !Mtn England and Wales contribute £11,613,363 ;
„:etland, Ll,2Bs,4Bolreland, £1;729,683, to which
144tribution the light dues of the United Kingdom, amount-
iiLto the sum of £273,570, must be added. The principal
in the account is poor-rates, which in England and
id
alone figure for £8,188,880. The average of the
it Ih-rate in England and Wales for the last seven years
2ee 26, 3,710, with additional voluntary contributions of
n", 40. The total sum given above must by no means
I,'"lleidered as the whole amount collected, as the return
IValtY imperfect, for, out of 14 items for England and
bee!, it only affords information on five, the remaining
d,°eing entered as " not aseertainetll."
•••••& 4RRISON THEATRICALS.—WooLWICH, April 17.
\V Wand
and military amateur performance took place at the
—twieh Theatre this evening in aid of the Royal Artil-
hrY Ite •
fra Regimental Charitable Fund. The theatre had been
*steBontely decorated for the occasion, and its approaches
tit crowded with carriages containing officers of various
14„414„, many of whom arrived from London. Amongst the
";oei4to were Major-General Sir Richard J. Dacres,
Bap K.C.B.
'".andant of Woolwich Garrison ; Brigade-Major Shaw,
tat:l Freeth, Assistant- Quartermaster-General ; Colonel
yttitao2, Commandant of the Woolwich Division of
t.14,,ty T'.arines, and numerous officers of the Hussars, Mili-
-144 pi`eitill Corps, City of Dublin Artillery Militia, &c., &c.
Oleee selected were "Little Toddlekins," "Prison and
Vl°4;lerand "White-bait at Greenwich." Amongst the
e a were Captain Phillips, R.A., Captain Ready,
0;144 'Vain Williamson, D..V.A , Lieutenant Lacy. 12th
be Mint, Lieutenants Lacy, Bond, and Burman, R.A. ;
4141 '4Bos Bul N and Willard &c &c The
.ef t, flier, "son, •,
.•
4„Rike. he Royal Artillery was in attendance during the
oct, ' and the entertainment was in every respect hiKhly