The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-01 00:00:00

THE CAPE MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.

The steamer Dane, with the mail from the Cape
of Good Hope, has arrived here. She brings 40
passengers, £2,000 in specie, and a cargo consisting
of wool, wine, copper ore, ivory, and argol.
She left Table Bay on the 23d ult., St. Helena
on the Ist, and Ascension on the sth inst.
The Cape Parliament was to meet on the 26th
April. The most important question for discussion
was that of finance, on account of the expenditure
advancing in excess of the revenue. The causes
assigned for this were the increase in the Govern-
ment expenses, the expenditure for the construction
of roads, and the reduction in the sources of revenue.
Various schemes had been proposed to meet the
exigency.

A commission had been appointed to make the
necessary arrangements for representing the colony
in the forthcoming Exhibition in London.
Tire Supreme Court had decided in favour of the
Diocesan against Mr. Long.
Considerable progress had been made with the
works connected with the Cape Town Railway. A
portion of the line would soon be opened.
The separation movement continued. The affair
was, however, in much the same state as it was two
months since. The frontier districts and the east-
ern province were favourable to the movement.
The northern and midland districts, however, were
opposed to separation. The western province was
neutral.

The League was calling upon members of Par-
,iament to resign.

General agricultural meetings had been held in
Cape Town.

The vintage was a great failure, the produce
having been only one-tenth of the usual quantity.
Five hundred tons of sulphur had been ordered,
for the purpose of endeavouring to cure the disease.

The immigrant ship, Royal Albert, had arrived
at the Cape.

Mr. Baines, of the Livingstone expedition, left
for the Zambesi on the 21st of March.

The Forte was expected from Ascension.
The Gorgon had arrived. The Lyra was expected
from the Zambesi. The Fury had arrived from
China.

The trade at the Cape had undergone no change.
The Dane brings upwards of £5OO for the relief
of the sufferers by the floods in the Netherlands.

MONET MARKET AND CIT.Y NEWS.

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CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The City presents a quiet appearance, the Stock
Exchange being closed as usual on the Ist May,
when the Transfer offices of the Bank of England
are shut for the adjustment of the half-yearly
accounts.

About £14,000 in gold was withdrawn from the
Bank of England yesterday.

The Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a further slight advance.

Gold is now about 2-10ths dearer in Paris than
in London, and 3-10ths higher in Hamburg than
here.

The Committee of the Stock Exchange have
adopted the following resolution :--" That all bar-
gains for the June account in Consols be quoted
with the dividend until and including the account
day."

There was less activity in the Liverpool Cotton
Market yesterday ; prices, however, were well
supported. The sales were estimated at 10,000
bales.

An active demand for money is now experienced,
and a slight advance is aeported in the rates.
At the meeting of the creditors of Messrs.
C. A. and T. Ferguson, mast, oar, and block-
makers, of Millwo.% it was resolved that the estate
should be wound up under a deed of inspection. The
liabilities were stated at £21,684, and the assets
£9,718.

The Dane, from the Cape of Good Hope, brings
£2,000 in gold.

The sum of £27,900 has been paid into the
Indian treasury, on account of the capital of the
Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company,

A call of £Z per aherP, rininailthic in the aggre-
gate to £1,500,000, has been made on the South
Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian Railway, payable
on or before the 15th inst:

The commercial advices from the Cape of Good
Hope are rather unfavourable, increased dullness
having been experienced in most departments of
trade.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
YESTERDAY.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9I:A 1
90
India Stock . -. 224
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 1858 961
Ditto, 1859
Mtn Bonds 11,000 l7 12 dis
Bank Stock for Account 231
orisols for Account, May 9
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d 5 3 2 dis
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
YESTERDAY.
Nlexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account .. 241
New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent.
'ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.
Ditto Small
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 .. 471
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St ..
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859....
Sardinian 5 per Cent
lanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 5/
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto New Loan
nil to Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. -
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2f per Cent., Exchange 12 Gull 641
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 911 1
Ditto Account 9ll 1

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.