The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-31 00:00:00

IffO2VEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The inquiry for money in Lombard-street and at
the Bank of England, although stimulated by the
arrangements now in progress for the 4th of the
month and other purposes is still comparatively
moderate. Contrasted with the condition of the
market, a few weeks ago, the activity now expe-
rienced in discount cirEes .attracts some attention,
but the negotiation of: bills at 21 per cent., the
maintenance of the bullion at about nineteen
and a half millions sterling, and the readiness
with which the wants of the trading classes
are supplied, all sh ow that no material change has
taken place iu the actual state of monetary affairs.
In course of time :rather enhanced rates may be
established, as the loans recently projected and
other undertakings must diminish the accommo-
dation of capital, v ihich has resulted from inactive
trade and a partial cessation of speculative enter-
prise, but for the pi resent, at least, a continuance of
the existing easiness ; may be reasonably anticipated.
About £32,000 ir, gold was withdrawn from the
Bank of England y.?sterday for exportation to the
continent.

The Leo, from Rotterdam, has been announced
this morning with £161,000 in silver.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
steadily, and .prices were without any important
variation. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales.
In the Stock Exchange only a very small amount
of business was transacted in railway shares, and
previous quotations were barely supported.
Although the demand for silver has slackened,
and the price of bars has declined, it is understood
that the next steamer for the East will take out a
considerable remittance. Large consignments are
being made on Government account, which it is
expected will continue, and thus absorb a large pro-
portion of gold that may be received from Aus-
tralia and the United States.

It appears that a public meeting of the share-
holders in the Napoleon Dock is to take place on
the 26th April to receive the report of the past
year, which will no doubt be anxiously looked for
by many in this country who were interested in the
subject by the flattering prospects held out when
the prospectus was first issued.
There was a meeting at the Cape Town Railway
and Dock Company, to-day, Mr. Watson in the
chair, when the report, which stated that several
amendments had been made in the contract with
the Government much in favour of the share-
holders, and that the whole of the works had been
contracted for at the sum of £400,000, was unani-
Mously adopted. The accounts showed a balance
in hand of £42,880 ss. 10d.

Very little animation has been apparent to-day
in the market for Public Securities, and the quota-
tions, compared with the closing prices yesterday
afternoon, exhibit no change of importance. Busi-
ness is exceedingly dull, very few real or specula-
tive bargains being recorded. Consols are 951
for money and the 7th April, and 951 K for May.
India Stock has been dealt in at 219, 220, and 221 ;
ditto Loan Debentures at 981 and 981 ; and the
Bonds at 14s. prem. Exchequer Bills are 325. to
355. prem.
Foreign Securities are rather inactive, and quo-
tations, in some instances, exhibit a slight decline.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 92/ to 93/ ; ditto, New
Loan, 781 to 791 ; and the 4 per Cents, have re-
ceded to 1021; .Brazilian 41 per Cents. to 941;
Russian 5 per Cents. to 110; and ditto 41 per
Cents. to 1001. Spanish Deferred Bonds, however,
are firmer, at 30'4 to 31. The New Austrian Loan
is 1 dis. to par.
The last weeks' Railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are, in round figures, as under :-
1859. 1858.
Great Western
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton 12,745 11,903
Midland
south-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
tristol and Exeter
North-Eastern
kanchester, Sheffield, and` Lincoln 10,089 9,142
North Stafford
s_Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton 4,359 3,901
West Hartlepool
Dublin and Wicklow 1,265 1,363
Edinburgh and Glasgow . . 5,628 5,228
Glisgow and South-Western
'Scottish North-Eastern
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada 8,456 8,155
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian 54,237 25,500

The above traffic returns continue to show a
satisfactory improvement in the majority of in-
stances compared with those of the same period of
the previous year. The advance on the Great
Western amounts to £1,179; on the South Western,
to £3,347 ; on the Brighton, to £842 ; on the
South Eastern, to £1,486; on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire, to £2,460 ; on the North Eastern, to
£521 ; on the Edinburgh and Glasgow, £4OO ; on
the Grand Trunk of Canada, £3B ; and on the Great
Western of Canada, £3Ol. Great Northern show
a decline of £779 ; but owing to the increase on
Mileage, South Australian and Lombardo-Venetian
have improved to the extent of £28,737.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been limited to a few of the principal lines. Prices
generally have been steady, the variations not ex-
ceeding about to 1 per cent. Caledonian, Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, and Brighton declined 55., and
Great Northern 10s. ; Eastern Counties, North-
Western, Midland, and Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton improved 55., and London and
Illackwall 10s.

The Foreign undertakings have been exceedingly
quiet, but prices were well maintained. -Lombardo-
Venetian Old Shares are at 91 91, and the New
Shares at 81 8a ; and Namur and Liege improved
to 81. In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of
Canada declined to 35k, and Great Western of
Canada advanced to 16. East Indian were steady,
at 1021. The Debentures are quoted 1 to 11 prem. ;
and the New Shares, k to t prem.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show
little variation from previous current rates. Lon-
don Joint-Stock and Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Were a shade firmer.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock
Ditto Debentures 9Bl 1
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Consols for Acdount 95 1
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 32 35 I
Ditto Small, lid.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 1858, 4i per Cent. ~. , 941
Mexican 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account -
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent llO
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent —
Ditto Naw Deferred, 3 per Cent. 3Ol
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 951 t „
Consols for Account (April 7) 951 Sellers.

- - Ditto, May ... 9514

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, March 31.—Wind this day at noon, N.B. ;
fresh, with fine, cold, frosty weather.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LivEnpooL, Thursday Morning.

Wind N.N.E.
Arrived, March 30—Joseph Steel and Melbeet, from Cal-
cutta.
Arrived,, March 31—Watchword and Industrie, from
Nantes.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Wind N.W.; tide, three hours' flood ; fresh, fine.
Arrived, March 31—Two Brothers and Amice, from Aar
lingen.
Sailed, March 31—Peninsular, steamer, for Cadiz; Albe-
marle, for Colombo.

DEAL, Thursday Morning,

Wind N., strong.
Passed in Tow.—Wynaud, from Macao for London;
Ennesdale, for Kurrachee; Norval, for Boston; British
Queen, for Auckland ; Loto, for Southamton—all from
London.

The BOGOTA CASE.—At the Liverpool Assizes
yesterday (Wednesday) Archibald Mitchell, the second en-
gineer of the steamer Bogota, was placed in the dock, and
formally arraigned for the murder of Thomas Lauder, a
fireman on board the same vessel. Nothing has yet been
heard of Buchanan, the first engineer, and a Bench war-
rant has been issued for his apprehension.