The Press.
London, England, 1856-06-07 00:00:00

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FRIDAY EVENING.
Tar return of the Bank of England for the week ending
May 31st. shows the following changes compared with
that for the week preceding:—

Increase in Circulation ..
Increase in Public Deposits
Decrease in Other Deposits
Increase in Government Securities 182,703
Decrease in Other Securities
Increase in Bullion ..
Decrease in Rest
Increase in Reserve

Bullion iu Both Departments
Circulation, including Bank Post
Bills
The present return is by far the most favorable, in respect
to the position of the Bank, of any that has appeared in
the present year; and it may be mentioned in passing
that there is every reason to believe it will continue to
improve unless public confidence should unhappily receive
some startling shock from the political complications
which are now engaging so much attention. The addition
to the circulation is satisfactory, combined as it is with
large accessions to the stock of bullion and the reserve of
notes, which constitute the available strength of the Bank.
The actual increase in the reserve of notes is ti 01,7201.,
the variation between these figures and those given above
being caused by the reserve of coin in both weeks being
included in the comparison. It is said that the bullion
will probably be 400,0001. more next week. Whatever
the amount may be, it is certain that the stock is largely
increasing, and that, at present, there steno indications of a
prospective falling off. The Public Deposits are increasing,
while the Bank has added to its stock of Government
Securities. The large diminution in the Private Securities
is owing to the repayment of advances connected with the
original deposits upon the applications for allotments in
the new loan. Those advances were, for the most part,
made for fourteen days; and the repayment, it
will be seen, has affected the amount of private depo•
sits. On the whole the present return presents no
adverse features whatever, but 13, in all essential respects,
indicative of a progressively improving state of things,
Notwithstanding the unsatisfactory state of our relations
with the United States, and the political apprehensions
created by so many embarrassing questions remaining un•
settled, the Money Market has been singularly free from
uneasiness.

The imports of s,iecie since our last have been consider-
able. They have rather exceeded 870,0001. The exports
have amounted to 439,6861., principally in silver, to India
and China ; 6,0001. to various Owes in small parcels ; and
80,0001., from the United States, has passed through this
country• to France. One or two vessels from Australia
with gold on board are now about due ; and a large amount
is expected by the Boston steamer due on Monday morn-
ing. The Continental Exchanges are not so favorable as
last week to the flow of specie hither; still they are such
as to make it profitable to send it over ; and the course of
trade with the United States is such as to make it impro-
bable that shipments can cease from that quarter for some
time unless our harvest prospects take a most unwelcome
shange.
Some disappointment has been felt at the non•receipt
of remittances this week on account of the Mexican
dividends.

The closing price of Consols for the lOth July, last
Friday, was 9f, to I. To day it was also 413} to I.
The ductuati..ns during the week have not exceeded $
per cent.—a range which would appear incredibly small iu
the face of the American complications if it were not satis-
factorily explained by the calmness which is the main
feature of public sentiment upon those topics. It must be
remembered, too, that this limited area for speculative