The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-28 00:00:00

MONEY MABEE T AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Not the slightest diminution can be reported in
the demand for money, which, in fact, is becoming
more active, owing to the quarterly disbursements,
and the approaching monthly liquidation of com-
mercial accounts. Bankers and brokers, whose
available supplies have become very much reduced,
are consequently asking enhanced terms, and only
short-dated first-class bills can now be negotiated
in the general market at 4 per cent. ; a considerable
amount of business, therefore, is taken to the
Bank of England.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a further slight advance in the rates on
Amsterdam and Hamburg. •
The half-yearly interest on Turkish 6 per Cent.
Bo-ads (of 1854) has been advertised for payment.
Accounts from Liverpool report that the cotton
market yesterday closed quietly, and prices were
well supported. The sales were only 3,500 bales.
the railway share market a slight reaction took
Ft lace, and business was not quite so active,
The directors of the Grand Trunk Railway of
C anada have issued their report, in which they
dt ‘scribe the progress of the undertaking and its
At tancial position. The sum of £1,500,000 is re-
q t tired without delay to pay off existing liabilities,
a lid to provide increased rolling stock, &c. An
if ;sue of Bonds for periods not exceeding seven
years, and upon rates of interest as may be here-
litter agreed to, is therefore proposed.
.At the meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Com-
pany to-day, resolutions were adopted authorising
tht! issue of £25,000 6 per cent. debentures, for the
pu:rpose of restoring to working order, if possible,
the existing cable. The directors subscribed in the
room £4,000 of the required amount.

The report presented to and adopted by the pro-
p rietors of the Ottoman Railway Company at their
in eeting to-day, states that during the half-year to
the 31st December last, the total receipts from calls
amount to £89,523, making, together with the
pri ivious payments, £352,723, whilst the arrears
fro m the commencement to this time amount to
£7 2,206. Since the 31st December £3,268 has
bee .n received, of which £1,948 is on account of
cal Is in arrear. In order to enable the company to
lII.s ►secute the works, the directors have determined
to request the sanction of the general meeting to
au' issue of Debentures for a sum not exceeding
X ?.50,000, on such terms as may be deemed advis-
al de. These Debentures will not be in excess of
th
.e capital of the company, but in substitution of
th it amount of shares, and will be a first charge on
the, undertaking. 1

['here has been very little animation in the
11 rket for Public Securities to-day, and the Funds
ha' ,-e not undergone any change of importance,
Co nsols being 94 for money, and 94Z Q for the
ac4;ount. Speculation continues very dull, and the
vestments made by the public are limited. India
New Loan is steady, at 104 a ; ditto 5 per Cent.
Rnihced Paper has receded to 981 ; ditto Deben-
tures remain at 971; Exchequer Bills are 15s. to
las. prem.

Only a very limited business has been trans-
acted in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices
show increased depression. Turkish 6 per Cents.
are 781 to 79 ; ditto New, 611 to 62 ; Brazilian 41
per Cents. have receded to 901 ; Peruvian 4.1. per
Cents. remain at 92 ; Mexican at 211; Spanish are
firm at 451 ; the New Brazilian Loan is dis.

The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 3 to
%, prem. ; the Universal ditto, I prem. ; and the
Buenos Ayres Railway shares have advanced to
2134 prem.
Increased heaviness has prevailed in the Railway
Share Market to-day, most of the principal lines
having been dealt in at a decline of to 1 per cent.
on previous rates. Caledonian, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, North 'Western, and North British, have
declined 10s., and Great Northern, Great Western,
and South Eastern, £l. South Westerns improved
108., and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton, 1. _ _ _

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
also been a shade flatter. Lombardo-Venetian
realise 11k ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 331 34;
Great Western of Canada, 12.1 q ; and Great In-
dian. Peninsular, 99.
Joint-Stock Bank Shares have slightly improved.
dank of Australasia have improved 10s. ; Bank
of London, 55.; and Oriental Bank, ss.
steadthe at
11l the Miscellaneous Market, Canada Land are
124, and Red Sea Telegraph have
im-
proved to 15:.

BRITISH FIT
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94/ I 1 I
FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
India Stock 2201 „
Ditto 5 per Cent . ' lOll I I
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 percent....
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto 5} per Cent lO4 i
Ditto Debentures, 1858 94 3 ,
It
Consols for Account (April)
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, Ifd lB 15
Ditto £5OO l9
Ditto Small, 11d.

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
13 .ozilian 6 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 9Ol
Ditto Scrip, 1860
Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent.
~Ditto Deferred
'lexicon 3 per Cent.
Diu% Account
Ikeruvian 41 per Cent 92
Ditto 3 per Cont.
Russian, 1822, £ Si., 6 per Cent ..
Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859
4863k1
Spanish 3 per Cent.
Ditto Passive
Turkieh 6 per Cent. 79
Ditto New Loan .. 6l! 1
Ditto Account
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto 11 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money
Ditto Account 941

The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and Lady.
Elizabeth Yorko have left town for Wimpole Hall, Cam-
bridgeshire.

The Hon. Lionel Sackville West will leave town
in a few days to enter upon his duties as Secretary of Le-
Cation at Turin.

lady Rokeby and the Hon. Miss Montagu left
town yesterday on a visit to the Earl and Countess Cowley,
'at Paris. His lordship will leave town on Saturday for the
French capital.
The Earl and Countess of Craven and the Ladies
Craven have left town for Ashdown Park, Berks.
BOUNTIES TO SEAMEN ENTERING THE ROYAL
NATY.—Lastnight's Gaults contains an Order in Council
respecting bounties given to seamen entering the navy,
which states that it being judged expedient for her Majesty's
service that such bounties should, so far as they relate to
able and ordinary seamen, be continued to be paid from the
alst day of March instant, the time limited for payment of
the said bounties of £4 for able seamen and £2 for, ordinary
Seamen, will be extended to the 31st day of March, 1861,
SOUTH DEVON MILITIA.--The South Devon
under the immediate command of the Lieut.-Colonel
Commandant, Lord Churston, will assemble at Plymouth
on the 30th of April for 27 days' training and exercise.
The regiment will be advanced in the musketry exercise
With the new rifles, for which the men were prepared by
Preliminary drills at the last training in July, 1859.. The
noble commandant is always with his regiment when it is
easembled either for duty or training.
A plan is on foot for the establishment of paper
ling in the metropolis of breweries, Burton-on-Trent.
n"Spent hops" are to be worked up and supplied to the
market in the form of paper. Samples of the manufacture
sate, now on view. The paper is of a light brown, and of
"146 kind suitable for packing.
Several detachments of workmen selected from
the
divisions of the let corps d'armee have j net been
(3rdered to join the military establishment of Ver-
40A (Euro) to assist in the construction of waggons
flol other accessories required by an army on
Its entrance into campaign.
We are glad to learn, from inquiries made at
ii?uclon-house, St. James's-square, yesterday, that the
iellop of London is recovering, though slowly, from his
il.7'ent severe indisposition. His lordship, we believe, had
bJ_left his room up to Saturday, and was unable to preach
ba "re the Court at Buckingham Palace yesterday, as com-
manded by her Majesty.
11„`IPOTHECARIES HALL.—The following are the
41205 of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the
pra(ll, je and practice of medicine, and received certificates to
Cira.2,,,e) on Thursday, March 22 :—Robert Arnold Hall,
itiv,l"aam ; Henry Meade, Bradfcrd, Yorkshire ; Walter
de,,;, gton.; Joseph Ridge Greenhill, Lewes, Sussex ; Fre-
`'`chc Charles Sponncer, Gain borough Lincolnshire.
LaBAtARIVAL OF SPORTING MEN FROM AMERICA.—
Eiuteovening considerable excitement was manifested at the
mum -equare railway station by a large number of per-
of together to witness the arrival of upwards
Lotcluo sporting men from the United States, who reached
bY the Liverpool mail train. The visitors consisted
rieto, Pally of the backers and friends of Heenan, the Arne-
the ',l)nce„ilist, who is engaged to "do battle" with Sayers,
champion, on the 16th proximo, and included,
of iatt ogler fighting celebrities,Aforrissey, the conqueror
wilpn in a prize fight in America, on the only occasion
*44 the letter has contended hi the prize ring. .