The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET ,7IVD CITY N.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The money market continues rather active, owing
to the necessary arrangements for to•rnorrow, the
4th inst. Notwithstanding the recent contraction
of trade, the engagements now arrived at maturity
represent a heavy aggregate amount, and the de-
mand for accommodation has been temporarily aug-
mented in consequence. Owing to the large avail-
able supplies, however, the best description of trade
bills are negotiable as low as 3 per cent., and the
inquiries at the Bank are, therefore, very mode
rate.

The foreign exchanges yesterday exhibited a
slight decline in the rates on Vienna and Trieste.
?Nearly the whole of the Mexican dollars by the
Tasmanian have been disposed of at ss. lld. per
oz., showing a decline of about 2d. compared with
the price obtained for the previous supply.
The Magdalena has been announced from the
Brazils with £1,836 in specie.
At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Peter
Brown, carpet warehouseman, yesterday, a compo-
sition of 12s. 6d. in the pound was agreed to. The
liabilities are £27,762, and the assets £21,408.
The creditors of Messrs. J. J. Tilley and Co.,
warehousemen, also met yesterday, for the purpose
of considering the propriety of accepting 4s. in
the pound, or whether the estate should be adju-
dicated in the Court of Bankruptcy. After some
discussion only a small majority were in favour of
the former course.

The steamer Pera, which leaves to-morrow for
India and China, will take out only £89,629, viz.,
£3,067 in gold, and £86,562 in silver.
A fair amount of business was recorded in the
Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and the pre-
vious advance was fully maintained. The sales
were about 10,000 bales.

Increased firmness has been exhibited in the
market for Public Securities to-day, owing to
speculative purchases, and an advance of fully 4 per
cent. has taken place, Consols being 931, Z. for
money, and 931 1 for account. The receipt of
higher prices from the Paris Bourse has produced a
favourable effect. India 5 per Cent. Loan is steady
at 1031 1; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has
improved to 961 ; ditto 51- per Cent. to 1021 ; and
the Debentures are firm at 96: ; Exchequer Bills
remain at par to 3s. prem.

Business in the Foreign Stock Market is rather
more active, and prices generally show a further
improvement.` Turkish 6 per Cents. are 74 to 741 ;
ditto New, 561 to 57; and the 4 per Cents. remain
at 1011 ; Grenada Active, have advanced to 17-1- 18 ;
ditto Deferred to 61 7; Peruvian 3 per Cents. to
731 ; Russian 41 per Cents. are steady at 931 ;
ditto 3 per Cents. at 631 ; but Spanish are flat at
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2k
prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, t I prem. ; and
the Universal, -1 y prem.

There has been rather more buoyancy in the
Railway Share Market, and prices generally have
shown an upward tendency. North-Western,
South-Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
coln, and Great Western have improved ss. ;
Brighton and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ;
Midland, 15s. ; South-Eastern, £1 ; and Lancashire
and Yorkshire, £1 ss.

The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in mo-
derate request. South Austrian and Lombardo-
Venetian are firm at 111 111, and Dutch Rhenish
have improved to 131. Grand Trunk of Canada
have improved to 271 and Great Western of
Canada realise 131

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
remained steady at previous quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock ..
Ditto 6 per Cent
Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent ... 102 f
Ditto Debentures, 1858 —
Ditto, 1859

Ditto Bonds £l,OOO ..
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Accoimt, 11th Oct .. 93a i i
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Peruvian 41 per Cent ..
Ditto (Uribarron), 41-per Cent.

Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • •
Ditto 41 per Cent 931
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
Spanish 3 per Cent... -
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred 'Al
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 931 93a
Ditto Account 93a 93/

Their Royal and Imperial Highnesses the Crown
Prince and Princess of Wurtembur,g have left Claridge's

Hotel for Belgium.
His Highness Prince Menschikoff has arrived at
Claridge's Hotel frOm Paris.
The Earl and Countess of Bective have left Bray,
county of Wicklow, to join Mrs. Thompson at Underly
Hall, Kirkby-Lonsdale, Westmoreland. We are happy to
learn her ladyship has quite recoved from her late severe
illness.
The Earl of Mount Edgecumbe has arrived at
Penance's Hotel from a cruise in his steam yacht off Cowes.
The Count and Countess Bobrinsky have arrived
at Claridge's Hotel from Paris.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—A marriage is ar-
ranged shortly to take place between Alfred Joseph Tich-
borne, Esq., son of Sir James Francis Doughty Tichborne,
of Tichborne Park, near Alresford, Hants, and the Hon.
Miss Arundell, daughter of Baron Arundell, of Wardour
Castle, Salisbury.
DEATH OF THE REV. DR. ALEXANDER FLET-
enEa.—We regret to announce the death of the Rev. Alex.
Fletcher, of Finsbury Chapel, East-street, Finsbury-circus,
at the advanced age of 84 years. The reverend gentleman
expired at his country seat in Essex, on Sunday afternoon,
after a long and painful illness. The disease which was the
immediate cause of death was dropsy.
THE PRINCE GF WALES IN CANADA.—A telegram
from Chicago says—The Prince of Wales has arrived here,
via Detroit. He has been received with the most gratify-
ing and cordial enthusiasm. All the Royal party are in
excellent health, and go from here for three days shooting
on the prairies.
THE WEATHER IN THE NORTIL—The weather
on the coast of Northumberland, which was extremely,
stormy on Sunday and the two previous days, greatly im-
proved on Monday, and yesterday was extremely fine. About
200 vessels have sailed from the Tyne since Monday at noon
for nearly all parts of the world.
NOTTINGHAM GREAT OCTOBER CATTLE AND
Cu asn FAlR.—This great annual business and pleasure
fair commenced on Tuesday, the 2d instant, and was pro-
claimed for nine days. There was a tolerable supply of
horses, most of which were of inferior quality, and sold at
irregular prices, while anything good and useful made very
high rates. The best animals were disposed of on the pre-
vious day (Monday) at the stables, and many of them moved
off at over 100 guineas. The demand, however, was decidedly
flat, and secondary qualities hang heavily on hand. Good
cart horses made X,•50 • secondary, £3O to £45 each ; colts,
£l6 to £lB ; nags, £4O to £5O ; rough Irish colts, £l2 to £l4.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about 4 per mille die., and the short exchange on London
is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the
English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard
gold, it appears that
_ gold is at about the same
price in Paris and London. By advices from the city of
Hamburg the price of gold is 4241 per mark, and the short
exchange on London is 13.4 per £1 sterling. Standard gold
at the English Mint price is rather more than 3-10ths per
cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of ex-
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight
is about 100! per cent., which, when compared with. the Mint
par between the two countries, shows that the exchange
is slightly in favour of England ; :and, after making allow-
ance for charges of interest and difference of interest, the
present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold
from the United States.
MR. SPURGEON AT HIS DEVOTIONS.—The Hon.
G. J. R. Gordon, her Majesty's Minister at Stuttgardt, it
appears, was at the English chapel at Baden-Baden on the
Hetlws describes
same Sunday that Mr. Spurgeon was. "
Mr. Spurgeon's conduct in a letter to the Union :—_ Mr.
Spurgeon, accompanied by a lady, entered the church soon
after I did, and they occupied places as near the pulpit as
possible, and in front of the congregation. They both of
them maintained their seats during the whole service, nei-
ther standing nor kneeling at any part of it, and my att en-
Von being attracted by their demeanour, I observed them
whispering and smiling, and on one occasion even obliged
to cover their faces with their handkerchiefs to conceal
their laughter. They were seated close and at right angles
to me, so that I could not avoid observing and being scan-
dalised by their unseemly conduct, which lasted during
the whole service. At one moment Mr. Spurgeon made a
movement as if to leave the church, but was unfortunately
restrained by his companion. Mr. Flower's sermon made
reference to baptismal regeneration, and Mr. Spurgeon be-
came so much excited by the clear and positive enunciation
of catholic doctrine made upon this point by the preacher,
that he once certainly expressed audibly his dissent, as
judged by his tone of voice and gesture, though I did not
o etch his exact words ; and throughout the sermon he con-
tinued to show his disapprobation or ridicule of what wts
said. 1 will only add *hat during the sermon Mr. Spur-
geon's manner became so excited and unseemly that I ex-
pected at any moment he might get up and answer the
preacher, or commit some other gross act of impropriety;
and that I and a friend near me were fully prepared, had
he done so, to hays removed him from the chapel."