The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Moderate consignments of gold continue to arrive
from the United States, as the present rate of ex-
change at New York enables exporters to derive
a small profit from such operations. The City of
Washington, announced to-day, has brought
£160,000, and remittances of this kind, in ad-
dition to the Australian supplies, are sufficient
to satisfy the wants of the bullion dealers on conti-
nental account. During the past week, therefore,
no withdrawals from the Bank of England have
taken place, and as the demand for discount has
subsided, causing a decline of 1 to 1 per cent. in the
rates accepted by bankers and brokers, the Thread-
needle-street authorities may soon be enabled to
relax their existing regulations. First-class bills
are now negotiated at 31 to 4 per cent, and the
market generally presents a quiet and easy appear-
ance.

The particulars of the specie on board the Ripon,
which leaves Southampton to-morrow, the 20th,
to India and China, are as subjoined :
Alexandria, gold,
Madras, silver,
Ditto, gold
Calcutta, silver
Ditto, gold
Hong Kong, silver
Shanghai, do.

13,640
3,200

Total
Of this amount, about £287,750 is forwarded on
Government account. The total now transmitted
shows some diminution in the general exportation
to the East, and it is expected that it will continue
on a comparatively limited scale. Silver is rather
heavy at ss. 2?, d. per oz. standard.
The Magdalena has arrived from the West
Indies with £121,600.

To-day a call of £2 per share, or £6,146, is due
on the Vale of Neath Railway.

At the Bank of England yesterday there were no
bullion operations of importance.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a very
moderate business was transacted, and 4,000 bales
were sold at per lb. lower for all descriptions. The
Railway Share Market closed quietly, and prices
were without any material alteration.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

There was a special meeting of the London Joint
Stock Banking Company to-day, W. J. Lancaster,
Esq., in the chair, when Mr. J. G. M'Lean was
elected a director.

In the market for English Securities to-day
there has been very little business, and prices
although flat, show no alteration of importance.
consols have been 91 .1 for money, and 911
1 for the account. Continued investments
are reported, but speculation is restricted. There
is nothing in the foreign news to cause variation.
The Government broker has bought £5,000 New
Threes for the Savings' Banks. Consols are about
91-1 for money, and 911 1 for account.
The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are
steady at 901 4 ; Bank Stock is firm at 219 to 2211;
Exchequer Bills are flat at 225. to 275. ; and Long
Annuities at 171. India Loan Debentures have
advanced to 931. The New India Scrip is flat at 24
to 2 discount, being marked 92-4- 93.
In Foreign Securities only a very moderate
business is recorded, and prices remain
without any material variation. Turkish 6 per
Cents. are 60 to 62 ; ditto New, 50 to 52 ; and
the 4 per Cents. are firm at 1001 to 101 ; and
Russian 41 per Cents., at 94; Dutch 21 per Cents.
are steady at 92 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. at 90;
Spanish 8 per Cents. at 381 to 392; and ditto De-
ferred, at 27.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
,o this day, are in round figures as under :

1859.
Groat Western £30,933
North-Western
South ;Western
Brighton 13,926
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
North Eastern
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
Bristol and Exeter 6,731
East Lancashire 6,698
North Stafford
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,599
Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,169
Glasgow and South-Western

Scottish North Eastern .. 3,600
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada 7,476

The above returns show a satisfactory increase
in most of the principal lines. Upon the Great
Western it amounts to £1,843; upon the North
Western, £4,311 ; upon the South 'Western,
.£1,215 ; upon the Brighton, £583; upon the Mid-
land, £2,930; upon the South Eastern, £1,860;
upon the Great Northern, £3,611; upon the Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, £851; upon the North
Eastern, £1,937; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
coln, £1,209 ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, £507 ;
the Grand Trunk of Canada shows a decrease of
£1,191, and the Great Western of Canada,
£1,578.

The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been extremely limited. A slight improvement
however, has taken place in prices. Great
Northerns and Midlands have advanced 55., and
Caledonian and Great Western 15s. Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln declined 55., and Brighton
and South Western 10s. Bristol and Exeter, East
Lancashire and South Devon being at about pre-
vious rates.

The Foreign lines are exceedingly inactive.
Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares arc quotod. 5 to 51;
and the New, 4-Z to 51.
In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of Canada
has declined ss. to 10s.; and Great Indian Penin-
sula, £l. East Indian advanced ss. to 10s.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show
little alteration from previous rates. Bank of
Australasia have declined £1; and Union of Aus-
tralia, Os. National Discount Company are at
31 3a ; and Crystal Palace preference shares, 41.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
1 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 .—
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7l
'ndia Stock
Ditto DebentUres
Ditto Loan Scrip
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO
onsols for Account (June 7) 9ll i I
March. June.
xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 23 7 2
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small, 114

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cenFtU. FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
90
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent —
Ditto Deferred
Equador New Consolidated
Mexican. 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto 3 per Cent. ,
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lO2
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858
Spanish 3 per Cent. 391 81
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 27
Turkish 6 per Cent 6ll
Ditto Account
60/
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Datcb. Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Consols for Account, June 7 .... 91,-,t

PREVALENCE OF SMALL-PDX IN DUBLIN, The
Freeman's Journal says :—" We regret to learn that small-
pox prevails to a large extent in this city at present. In
some families as many as five or six members have been
stricken down simultaneously."
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government
emigrant-ship Jessie Munn, 874 tons, Capt. Joseph Roper,
which sailed from Liverpool on the Bth of November with
33 married couples, 8 single men, 176 single women, 23 boys
between the ages of one and 12, 21 girls between the same
ages, three males and three female infants, making a total
of 300 souls, equal to 272 statute adults, under charge of
Surgeon-• Superintendent James R. Tunmer, arrived at
Melbourne, Victoria, on the 24th of February. Two births,
but no deaths, occurred during the voyage.
THE ARMY.—The total number of desertions
from the ranks of the army last year (1858) amounted to
20,360, the total number of enlistments to 91,971, and the
total number of recruits remaining in the ranks on the 31st
of December to 42,234. There were 2,007 desertions from
five from
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the cavalry, 14,862 from the infantry, 2,000 from the Royal
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