The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-05 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NETVS.

CITY, Two o'CLocic.
Ample provision appears to have been made for
the commercial engagements of the 4th of the
month, and the bills due to-day, which are rather
heavy, are being met with promptitude. The ex-
tensive character of these liabilities has exer-
cised an important influence upon the demand for
112. °II6Y, which still continues active, although there
le rather less pressure. The rates, moreover, are
maintained, as the bankers and brokers anti-
eiPate a brisk inquiry in consequence of the nume-
-1.0113 payments which will have to be concluded
during the present month.
Notice has been given that on and after the 7th
Inet. the business of the London and County Bank
Will be carried on at the South Sea House during
the rebuilding of the premises in Lombard-street.
A call of L 2 per share, amounting to £28,000, is
dueday,
on Saturday. the 7th inst., on the Hereford,
""tY, and Brecon Railway.
The 4th instalment of 8 per cent. becomes due on
the Canada Loan on the 17th inst.

Market
from Liverpool report that the Cotton
market yesterday closed with rather more anima-
but all descriptions declined about d. per lb.
The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. In the Rail-
/61Y Share Market business was restricted, but
Nees further improved.
, The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
"I this day, are, in round figures, as under :

the 1860. 1859.
v atWestern..
°rtil-Western
~ob•
t Y.ll-Western
unghten
.4i and 39,039 34,518
totith. Eastern
Oat Northern
rrieashire and Yorkshire
vstol and Exeter . 6,057 5,879
i()rth-Eastern 35,619 32,342
klUltern Counties
olneheeter, Sheffield, and Lincoln
iflord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,921 4,268
td.4!'lin and Wicklow 1,424 1,772
grand
and Glasgow
eaud Trunk of Canada
'eat Western of Canada
These returns continue to show a steady improve-
ment on most of the principal lines ; on the Great
Xestern the increase amounts to £2,979 ; the North
western to £6;219; the South Western to £1,557 ;
the Brighton to £624 ; the Midland to £4,521 ;
the South Eastern to £1,250; the Great Northern
to £2,607 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £3,035;
the North Eastern to £3,277 ; the Eastern Counties
t° £1,185; the Grand Trunk of Canada to £3,905,
and the Great Western of Canada to £156.

The Bank of England directors have separated
/titilout making any alteration in the rate of dis-
unt.

increased firmness is exhibited in the Market
for Public Securities, partly owing to the dimi-
41shed pressure for money, Consols having risen to
for money and the 11th inst., and 94,1 95 for
ftY. Business, both real and speculative,
continues quiet, but more confidence prevails, and.
Purchases have
,preponderated, creating a firmer
not only in the English market, but also in
the Foreign Stock and Railway Share departments.
1.411 e 8 per Cent. Annuities are 1091 ; India New
Loan is steady at 1041 ; ditto 4 per cent., Enfaced
'raper, is 87 ; ditto 5 per cent., ditto, has improved
t°,, 98 1; and the 51 per cent., ditto, to 103-3,- 104 ;
'chequer Bills are 9s. to 12s. prem., being heavy.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues
gather active, and prices are well supported.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 to 801; ditto New,
e 2 to 621; Brazilian 5 per Cents. are marked 981
; ditto 41 per Cents. (1858) are firm at 91;
Grenada Active remains at 15; Mexican is 221 4 ;
Russian
41 per Cents. have improved to 97 ; and
Dutch 4 per Cents. are steady at 100.
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 3 to 1
4"111. ; the Universal ditto, 1 toy prem.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
den
:l active, and a further improvement has taken
Place in the rates current for most of the principal
viles. Caledonian, Great Western, North Western,
North British and North Eastern (Berwick) have ad-
Zanced 10s. Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee, and
B'vlidlarid' 15s ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and
45righton. £l, and Great Northern A Stock £2 to
42 10s.

The Foreign and Colonial lines remain at about
former rates. Lombardo-Venetian are 111.; Buenos
tyres and Salf,Fernando, 5 sfr ; East Indian are
111 at 1011 1021. ; Grand Trunk of Canada have
advanced to 35i 36 ;
to 991. and Great Indian Peninsula
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
,
at slightly improved rates. Bank of Austra-
lasia have advanced 10e. to 15s. ; Union of Aus-
tralia,

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3
6 Per Cent. Consols Annuities
l'''.l' Cent. Annuities
India, Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 par cent .. 87
Ditto 5 per Cent. 9B 1
bPitto 6i per Cent
I,tto Debentures, 1858
tl,"'ite, 1859
eto bonds, £l,OOO 1 5 d
toitto_ under n,000
Imps
for Account (April) ....
''''a Stock for Account —
Ditto,, Account, 5 per cent lO5
bleuequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 9212
1,:4L0 szeo 1
I,oitti°, Small, lid
'AWN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
„Itzilian 6 per Cent.
Otto 4/ per Cent. 1852 9Ol
m_ 4 per cent., 1858
Dittoitto Scrip, 1860
ttdor New Consolidated
Q to Provisional Land Warrant 3
tetada New Active, .31 per Cent.
Ditto
tt Deferred
"isan 3 per Cent.
I,l)itto Account
°llll'-uese 1853
D it to Account
, 3 per Cent. .
42 i
it ,_
I.,B!ian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ..
4'"itto 41 per Cent 97
Illish 3 per Cent —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
I Ditto Account
341
14,1 d eh 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
,o New Loan
1,41t0 Account
44,ezuelan 3 per Cent
-uitto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
bltteb. Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
+Pitt() Certificates, .4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 94a .1,
Ditto Account:" .• 94f 95

TO all parties interested .
in a pecuniary sense in
e clate county Cork election, will be gratifying to learn,
I-
competentthe authority of the Calk Examiner, that
llalle,'rn eenis are in. progress for the settlement of the eio-
"ea arising out of the late contest. In a few days it is
all will be squared.
t GOOD FRIDAY IN THE POST OFFlCE.—Yesterday
tr,..e°ramand of the Postmaster-General, notice was issued
Bokenaam, controller of the circulation department
lithet Office, that there would be no delivery of letters
„ Post
of''ll the limits of the London district post on the afternoon
trnnad Friday. Letters and newspapers will be collected
tij'eal the receiving houses the evening to be forwarded to
e.431_ Provinces, Ireland, Scointland, and by the foreign and
kou'llal mails. All intended for dispatch by the day and
tlurttizg mails of Saturday, the 7th Ist., must be posted at
lk; chief district branch offices, or the town pillar letter
?e„..18,. as there will be no collection for such mails from the
laT"lng houses. There. will be no dispatch of day mails
EDINBURGH
on Good Friday.
POST-OFFICE.— Th e Chancellor of the
Al.:4equer has addressed the following note to the Lord
(east of Edinburgh on the suspended work of the Post-
ei, erection in that city : I havvee ust received the report
tittLa Edinburgh Post -office: 1 jshall, I think, be pre-
kr44 to proceed with It, but with a contraction of the outlay.
klat4,?lr_tilllately, it is quite beyond my power to enter upon
,Vtitaat this time ; is pr b ble ou may be satisfied
Lien... ‘4e general description I haveo given you of our inten-
NI Should you desire further explanations, and should
" linable to postpone the period dof receiving them,. I
YollNuest Mr. Lang to put himselfin correspondence with
tgiA.
TislT to CowPER.—I never saw Cowper but
part I used to visit a rich cousin who lived near New •
at Et,,` 4gnell, and who got an eye beat out by a cricket ball
4,e64.1174: it was all he get there. In one of these visits I
that my friend, Lady Hesketh, was staying with
`
:11°Pp T„
in cottage at Weston, three miles off, and I
°f ntifeciiated her for a sight of her hermit, which she con
t`: to On calling, I found him the very model.
Cletedea lieagal::agt.eu'itlotfwhite cloth, ditto, and a snow-white
happened to be an auspicic?us. day, for
affif he had just written John Gilpin. Bu
r eLn 1.8.3 IllY surprise when I heard from Lady Hesketh,
v
L4-"iit.Y: that the anchorite really meant to return my
IQ,-",,111 Ito'rofilagly he came with her, and I contrived to get
myself in the shrubbery,
other
never passed two
#24110,,, resting hours. Among matters, I asked
;41404. ittuoleodfentererained on such a Herculean labour as his
" Sir," said the poet, " will tell
feat ill "a of mtayeru.nhappy melancholies, I thought &nue
ne 111(1,,labniious work might administer a salutarynmecil37,
to
ordingly at intervals, a d
4at, libel)", I traiiisniajed several bo-oljs. Lady Hesketh tran-
5...,"414 urged me to proceed • finally, so many had
-494,3-lpii.ed, that I determined to complete the trans-
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