The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-17 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK,

Although the existing uneasiness resulting from
the disturbed state of continental politics pervades
all branches of business, it is satisfactory to find
that trade, in its various departments, is making
favourable progress. From week to week evidence
is afforded of this fact by the railway traffic
returns, while the Board of Trade statistics,
issued monthly, bear additional testimony to the
satisfactory movement in commercial affairs. If a
further proof were wanting, it is furnished by the
in creasing demand for money occasioned by the
la:rge supplies of mercantile paper brought into the
market for negotiation. For some days past an
impulse has been given to the inquiries for discount,
so much so, indeed, that Messrs. Overend, Gurney,
an.d Co. are now allowing 2 per cent. to depositors,
as they now find ample employment for money
th as intrusted to them at remunerative quotations.
yV bether this increased activity will continue
re mains to be seen, but at present few bills are
negotiated under 21 per cent.—the Bank minimum
whereas, a few weeks ago, choice descriptions of
sh ort-dated papers were discounted at 2 per cent.,
al id, in some instances, a fraction lower.

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
h eavily, and prices tended downwards: The sales
only amounted to 6,000 bales. On the Stock
Ebcchange a very limited business was transacted,
and values exhibited a further slight decline.
The whole of the gold by the Africa, viz.,
£l3 3,000, has been taken for transmission to the
Continent.

A t the Bank of England yesterday there were
no bullion operations of public interest.
Th e Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and
China, hare made a call of £2 to be paid by the
121;11 April; and the Oriental Inland Steam of £2
to be made on the " B" shares of the company, by
the 11th May.

There has been a special meeting of the proprie-
tors of the Ceylon Railway Company to-day, at
which a proposal was made for allowing the share-
holders to make voluntary payments on their shares
instead of paying calls, which had been previously
sulbmitted to counsel, and approved by them as
'Within the privileges of the company. The arrange-
ment was approved by the meeting.
There was very little animation to-day in the
market for Public Securities. During the morning
a further decline of 1- per cent. took place, but a
reaction has since occurred, owing to increased
firmness on the Paris Bourse. Consols, which were
951 e, are now 95a a for money and account.
India Stock is flat at 220, and the Loan Debentures
at 98/. Exchequer Bills are marked 345. to 375.
prem.

The Foreign Stock Market continues very in-
active, and prices exhibit no change of importance.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 921 to 924; ditto New
Loan, 781 to 784; and the 4 per Cents. are steady
at 103 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. at 1024 ; ditto 44
per Cents., 1852, at 95 ; and Portuguese at 46.
Peruvian 44 per Cents. have receded to 91; and
Austrian 5 per Cents. to 68; and the New Loan is
2 to 1 discount.

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

1859.
North-Western ...160,752
South-Western . .. 13,298
Brighton
Midland . 32,669
South-Eastern
Great Northern . 20;639
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter
North-Eastern
East Lancashire 6,278
Lancaster and Carlisle
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln .... 10,046
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. 4,168
West Hartlepool
South Devon . 2,308
Dublin and Wicklow . 1,353
Edinburgh and Glasgow . 5,425
Glasgow and South-Western
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada 7,256

The above returns continue to exhibit a con-
siderable improvement on most of the principal
lines in the United Kingdom. The increase on
the North Western is £4,151; on the South
Western, 1,694 ; on the Brighton, £2,785 ; on the
Midland, £4,496; on the South Eastern, £2,069;
on the Great Northern, £4,681 ; on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire, £4,013; on the North Eastern,
£3,325 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
£2,092 ; on the Edinburgh and Glasgow, £277;
and on the Grand Trunk of Canada, £490 ; but a
decline of £216 is apparent on the Great Western
of Canada.

The price of the £1,000,000 Debentures, nego-
tiated by the East India Railway Company, is 1 to
11 premium.

The transactions in the Railway Share Market
have been on a very moderate scale, and prices are
depressed, notwithstanding the very favourable
character of the traffic returns, compared with
those of the same period of the previous year, the
decline, in most instances, amounting to about a to
2 per cent. Eastern Counties; Great Western,
Brighton, North Western, and Midland have
receded ss. ; Great Northern, South Western,
North British, and South Eastern, 10s.; and Vale
of Neath, £l.

In the Foreign Market the chief dealings have
been in Lombardo-Venetian, which have exhibited
no material variation, the Old. Shares being at
81- 82-, and the New at Bto 8,4. The Colonial lines
are flat. Grand Trunk of Canada declined 10s.;
Great Western of Canada, ss. ; and East Indian, ss.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
slightly depressed, but the transactions have been
quite unimportant.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities i. 951 itit
India Stock' .. 220

Ditto Debentures 9Bl

ConsOls for Account 9si a_

March.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d 36 4
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small, 1d
Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 3} per Cent..... 100
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 6 per Cent.
Ditto 1852, 41 per Cent. 95
Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent 941. 1
Peruvian 41 per Cent 9l .
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Sardinian; '5 per Cent B2l
Spanish 3 per Cent. 441
Turkish 6 per Cent. 921 A
...
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 10 Fl, 5 per Cent 6B
THREE O'CLOCK.

June.

Consols, Money 95
Consols for Account (April) 951

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, March 17.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.
strong breeze, and cloudy at times.
PORTSMOUTH, March 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Mary Weir, from London for Pernambuco ; Minnie, from
Shields for Cadiz, with loss of boats, spare anchors, cook-
house, stanchions and bulwarks, and other damage, having
encountered very bad weather on the Ist March.
PLYMOUTH, March 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—.
Superior, from Cuba; Phoenix, Odessa, with slight damage to
vessel, and two men washed overboard, having been struck
by a sea on the 14th inst.
TORBAY, March 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Adolphe
St. Valery, from Newfoundland.
CARDIFF, March 16.—Wind W—Arrived—Mary Mit-
cheson, from Gibraltar.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Wind W., blowing hard all night.
Arrived—Jupiter, from Cardiff; Argyll, steamer, from
Carentan..
Sailed—Clemente, for Cherbourg ; Havre, steamer, for
Havre.

LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning.
Wind S.W., fresh breeze.
Arrived, March 16—Webster, from New York; De Maas,
from Nantes.