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

ifION EY MA.REET 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 circles attracts some attention,
but the negotiation of bills at 24 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 show 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, which has resulted from inactive
trade and a partial cessation of speculative enter-
prise, but for the present, at least, a continuance of
the existing easiness may be reasonably anticipated.
About £32,000 in gold was withdrawn from the
Bank of England yesterday for exportation to the
continent.

The Leo, from Rotterdam, has been announced
this morning with £IGI,OOO 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 alarge 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 £12,880 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 95a a
for money and the 7th April, and 95.1 H for May.
India Stock has been dealt in at 219, 220, and 221 ;
ditto Loan Debentures at 981 and 9817 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 921 to 931.; 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 301 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 £27,946 26,767
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton 12,745 11,903
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern

Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter
North-Eastern
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,089 9,142
North Stafford
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,359 3,901
West Hartlepool
Dublin and Wicklow
Edinburgh and Glasgow .5,628 5,228-
Glasgow and South-Western
Scottish North-Eastern
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada ' 8,456 8,155
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian 64,237 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, £400; 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 ato 9 per cent. Caledonian, Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, and Brighton declined 5g., and
Great Northern 10s. ; Eastern Counties, North-
Western, Midland, and Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton improved 55., and London and
Blackwall 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 88 ; and Namur and Liege improved
to 811. In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of
Canada declined to 351, and Great Western of
Canada advanced to 16. East Indian were steady,
at 1021. The Debentures are quoted to 11 prem. ;
and the New Shares, 2 to 7 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—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock

Ditto Debentures 931. k 1 It
Ditto Bonds, £l,000
Console for Account q 54
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 32 35 1
Ditto Small, 11d.
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto.lBsB, 4/ per Cent. 94,- I
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent................—
Ditto Account
Mexican 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent llO
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 3O
Ditto Account 3oi 1
Spanish`Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 5
Turkish 6 per Cent 921 3
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Gull. 21 per Cent 651
THREE O'CLOCK.
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Consols, Money 95 4
. Consols for Account (April 7).. • • 95: t