The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

About £64,000 has been announced from Aus-
tralia by the Omar Pasha, and further supplies are
expected without delay, as several vessels are
now overdue. _ _ _

There.is very little alteration to notice in the
appearance of the money market, but a larger
business is reported, and increased activity is likely
to prevail during the next fortnight. The rates,
however, have not undergone any material
variation.

About £14,000 in gold, being a portion of the
recent American arrival, was sent into the Bank of
England yesterday.
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a further downward movement in the rates
on Vienna and Trieste.

The South Australian Government Bonds, re-
deemable on the Ist proximo, will be paid on the
day following, together with the half•yearly
interest thereon.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, the
demand was rather active, and 10,000 bales were
disposed of at about previous rates. The Railway
Share Market was more animated, and prices tended
upwards.

The Committee of the Stock Exchange have been
requested to make Saturday next a holiday, in
order to enable the members, many of whom are
volunteers, to attend the grand review. No deci-
sion has yet been announced, but there is an im-
pression that the application will prove successful.
Notice has been given that the dividend on the
following securities will be paid on and after the
2d proximo, viz., Russian 4 per Cents., Canada
Sterling Debentures, Nova Scotia 6 per Cents.,
New Brunswick 6 per Cents., Virginia State 5 per
Cents., South Carolina 5 per Cents., Boston City
Sterling 41- per Cents., and Havannah Railroad 7
per Cent. Bonds.

There has been very little business in Public
Securities to-day, and the changes in prices have
been unimportant, Consols being 931 Specula-
tion is extremely dull, and very few bargains are
reported for the investing public. New Loans still
form the leading topic of conversation. The New
3 rper Cents. and the Reduced are flat at 931 h ;
India 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is irm at 971, ;
ditto 51 per Cent. ditto at 1022- ; and the Deben-
tures are 961 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. to 7s. prem.
The transactions in the Foreign Stock market
have been limited, and prices are tolerably firm.
Turkish 6 per Cents, are 77 to 771 ; ditto New, 60
to 601 ; Portuguese have improved to 45?,-,.; Brazi-
lian 41- per Cents. (1858) to 88 ; ditto Scrip to 4
dis., and Russian 5 per Cents., to 1091 ; ditto 41
per Cents. remain at 97 ; and ditto 3 per Cents.,
at 64i.
The Ocean Marine Insurance shares are 11 4 pm. ;
the Thames and Mersey .1 to 4 prem. ; and the
Universal, par 1 prem. _ _

In the Railway Share Market the transactions
have not been extensive, and prices varied only to a
limited extent. London and Blackwall, Midland,
and South-Eastern have receded about ss. ; North
British have advanced 15s. ; and Edinburgh, Perth,
and Dundee, 10s.

The Foreign and Colonial Markets are very dull.
Sambre and Meuse are 51. 5,1; East Indian have
advanced to 1021 1021, and Grand Trunk of Canada
to 30it 30/. Great Indian Peninsula have declined
to 99ti.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have been very inactive. Oriental Bank have im-
proved ss. ; Union of London, 10s. ; Red Sea Tele-
graph have declined about ss.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 938 I
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.... 161-
India Stock
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 1858
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Consols for Account, 10th July 93! i I
India Stock, 5 per cent. —
Ditto Account
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
D tt,. £5OO 4 7
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brasilian 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 BB
Ditto Scrip
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. 458
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St lO9l
Ditto 4/ per Cent 97
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols for Account, ex div 93i 1

TILE VICTORIA CROSS.

(From the Gazette of last evening.)

Th 9 Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her
intention to confer the Decoration of the Victoria Cross on
the under-mentioned soldiers of her Majesty's army, whose
claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's
approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by them
in India, as recorded against their several names, viz :
Pensioned-Sergeant H. Hartigan, 9th Lancers—For
daring and distinguished gallantry in the following in-
stances :—At the battle of Budle•ke Serai, near Delhi, on
the Bth June, 1857, in going to the assistance of :Sergeant
H. Helstone, who was wounded, dismounted, and sur-
rounded by the enemy, and at the risk of his own life car-
rying him to the rear. On the 10th October, 1857, at
Agra, in having run unarmed to the assistance of Sergeant
Crews, who was attacked by four rebels. Hartigan caught
a tulwar from one of them with his tight hand, and with
the other hit him on the mouth, disarmed him, and then
defended himself against the other three, killing one and
wounding two, when he was himself disabled from further
service by severe and dangerous wounds.
Sergeant Robert Ewart, let Battalion, sth Regiment—
For conspicuous devotion at Alumbagh, on the 14th Sept.,
1857. in proceeding under a heavy and galling fire to save
the life of Private E. Deveney, whose leg had been shot
away, and eventually carrying him safe into camp, with the
assistance of the late Lieut. Brown, and some comrades.
Private Patrick M'Hale, Ist Battalion, sth Recipient—
For conspicuous bravery at Lucknow on the 2Actoher,
1857, when he was the first man at the capture of one of
the guns at the Cavvnpore battery—and again, on the 22d
December, 1857, when, by a bold rush, he was the first to
take possession of one of the enemy's guns, which had sent
several rounds of grape through his company, which was
skirmishing up to it. On every occasion of attack Private
M'Hale has been the first to meet the foe, amongst whom
he caused such consternation by the boldness of his rush,
as to leave little work for those who followed to his support.
By his habitual c olness and daring, and sustained bravery
in action, his name has become a household word for gal-
lantry among his comrades.