The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-25 00:00:00

310.378 Y MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

There has been rather less inquiry for discount
accommodation during the last few days, in conse-
quence of an immediate advance in the rate of dis-
count being no longer expected. Should the
efflux of gold, however, be resumed, a rise would
no doubt ensue; and, as extensive supplies of
foreign produce continue to arrive, some movement
of the kind may eventually take place, notwith-
standing the present abundance of money and the
moderate requirements of trade.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi-
ness continued rather quiet, but prices were steady.
The sales were estimated. at 8,000 bales.

At the meeting of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company yesterday a dividend of £2 per
share was declared. _ .

A dividend of 2s. per share was agreed to at
the meeting of the Sambre and Meuse Railway
Company yesterday.
The directors of the Calcutta and South
Eastern Railway Company have made a final
call of £2 per share payable on or before the
20th proximo,
The directors of the Bank of England, at their
weekly meeting to-day, made no alteration in their
rate of discount.

At the commencement of business this morning
the English Stock Market presented a dull and
heavy appearance ; but since the adjournment of
the Bank Court, an advance of about 4 per cent.
has taken place, Consols being 93 to 93i for money,
and 94 1, for account. Business, however, con-
tinues very auiet. The New Threes and the Re-
duced are steady at 911 1; Bank Stock is at 2291 and
231, and India ditto at 221; ditto New Loan has
receded to 1021; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper
to 95,1 i 96; and Exchequer Bills remain at N. dis.
to 2s. prem.

A fair amount of business is recorded in Foreign
Securities, and prices tend upwards. Turkish 6
per Cents. are 70i to 70; ; ditto New, 551- to 58 ;
the 4 per Cents. are 1011 ; Spanish are firmer at
49, ditto Deferred at 40, Dutch 4 per Cents. at 100,
Portuguese at 441, and Russian 3 per Cents. at
641- t, but the 5 per Cents. are flat at 104, and
Sardinian at 85f.

The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 19 to 2
prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, 1 prem. ; and
the Universal, 1 prem.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :-
1860. 1859.
Great Western
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton 18,275 17,723
Midland
south. Eastern
Great Northern 27,206 26,723
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 6,693 7,231
North-Eastern . ... 40,131 39,861
West Midland
Great Southern and Western of Ireland 8,884 8,448
Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,455 6,260
Grand Trunk of Canada 16,525 12,061
Great Western of Canada
The above returns upon the whole are tolerably
satisfactory, although in one or two instances some
unfavourable features were exhibited, particularly
as regards the North Western, the decrease amount-
in g to £2,795, principally from the passenger
traffie. On the Great Western there is a falling
off of £221 ; the South Western shows an
improvement of £1,798; the Brighton of £552 ;
the Midland of £3,976 ; the South-Eastern of
£786 ; the Great Northern of £483 ; the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire of £4,022 ; the North-Eastern
of £273; the West Midland of £6lO ; the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow of £195 ; the Grand Trunk of
Canada, £4,464;. and the Great Western of Canada
of £1,793.

The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been on a rather restricted scale, and in some
instances prices have shown rather less firmness.
Great Western, North-Western, North-Eastern
(Berwick), and South-Easterns have declined 108. ;
Great Northern and Midland, however, have
advanced ss. to 10s.

In the Foreign Market there has been no change
of importance. South Austrian and Lombardo-
Venetian realise 11k, Great Luxemburg 62, and
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 58-.

The Colonial undertakings have continued
steady, with the exception of the Grand Trunk of
Canada, which have shown a further depression,
viz., at about 1 to 1 per ccut., dealings being rtcr
corded at 251 to 261. Great Western of Canada
are steady, at 131 131; East Indian, at 100; and
Great Indian Peninsula, at 961.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
been in very limited request. London and County
declined to 331, Union of Australia to 411 ; Crystal
Palace realised 281 29 ; London General Omnibus
Company, 11, ; and Oriental Inland Steam, 31 Z.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l} 1 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
3
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock. . 221
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 6 per Cent 96 51
Ditto Debentures, 1858 964
D;tto Bonds £l,OOO —
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account, Nov. 8....
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d
Ditto £5OO 2 dis 2 pm
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 6 per Cent
Portuguese 3 par Cent.. 18.53. •
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 .. 444
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St lO4
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Spanish Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6a
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Nov Loan
Ditto Account . , ............ 55
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account .. 1014
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Data Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent...
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. ........ 100
THREE ,
O'CLOCK.
93 9f
Consols Money
Ditto Account

NEW MUSIC.

TIII4 MELODIES OF THE BUCKLEY
SERENADERS.

A choice collection of the melodies sang
nightly
by the Buckley Serenaders, at St. James's Hall,
has been published by Messrs. Hopwood and Crev.
of New Bond-street, in a very brilliant and attrac-
tive form. We have at present before us " The
Lily was the only Flower," " Our youthful days
have vanished," 4‘. The Queen of the Dell," " I'd
choose to be a daisy," " The grave of Little Bell,"
and "Ella Leene." "Without exception a more
charming set of ballads has not been issued for
some time. The songs are all set within the com-
pass of ordinary voices, and the accompaniments
are easy and yet surprisingly beautiful.

THE CONSERYATIVE PRESS.—A London
con-
temporary gives publicity to the following singular c"11-
lar:— 1
~ (Private and confidential.]
" 47, Eaton-place, S. W., London, October, 1860.
a
" Dear Sir,
_The importance of making the Conserv-
Ingestre,
tire press more efficient is so well acknowledged, that an
effort hu been made by a party of Conservative members of
Parliament and gentlemen, consisting. of Viscount
M.P., Major Edwards, Mr. Stirling, M.P., T. J.
Miller, Esq., M.P., R. N. Fowler, Esq , and Coleridge
J. Kennard, Esq. (with the approval of the heads of the
party), to assist in securing success to those organs of
the press which advocate Conservative principles.
Amongst the weekly papers the Press has, after a
long and careful examination, been selected as
worthy of support. We, therefore, now venture
to appeal to the great Conservative party to make a small
seen ce for the purpose of giving efficiency to the recom-
mendations of the Committee by taking the Press for one
year. Arrangements have been made to secure for this
organ the earliest and best information, and we are assured
by the editor that an increased circulation will enable him
to obtain the best possible writers. We take the liberty of
sending for your signature a form authorising the paper to
be sent to you ; and we shall feel obliged if you will at your
earliest convenience return it, dated, to Viscount Ingestre,
M.P., directed 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W C , who will
see that your wishes are attended to.--We are, dear sir,
yours faithfully,
" INGESTRE,
Joint Secretaries."
" HENRY EDWARDS,

The following is from an article in the Verona
Gazette, the Austrian organ in Italy :—" See Naples and
die! Such is the cry which you [the person addressed is
Victor Emmanuel] will hear from the mouths of the Laz-
■3roni of Santa Lucia. To that cry, the deathknell of your
own ambition, a terrible response will shortly be given by
the three monarchs assembled at Warsaw."