The Press.
London, England, 1858-04-10 00:00:00

The prisoner made no remark upon this, and he was
removed from the dock, not having undergone the
slightest change of features. The execution will
take place in front of thelold Bailey, on Monday the
28th inst.

lone Blarhet anti Ott g jnitiligence.

FRIDAY EVENING.
THE return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday last, the 7th inst., shows the
following changes compared with that for the week
preceding :

Increase in Circulation
Decrease in Public Deposits
Increase in Other Deposits
Increase in Government Securities
Decrease in Other Securities
Decrease in Bullion
Decrease in Rest..
Decrease in Reserve
Bullion in both Departments
Circulation, including Bank Post
Bills
The falling off in the Bullion shown by this comparison is
partly due to an internal requirement for coin, usual at
the expiration of one quarter and the commencement of
another, and partly to an export demand fur the United
States. The stock, however, is still very large. The de-
cline in the Reserve is caused by payments on account of
public salaries and the dividends due to the Bank proprie-
tors ; and it is only such as is usual at such periods as the
present. This will also explain the diminution in the
Public Deposits and in the Rest. The diminution in the
amount of Private Securities bears practical testimony to
the limited demand for the money at the Bank, for they
have considerably fallen off in the aggregate, although
during the first four or five days of the mouth the inquiry
was temporarily active. From the general character ni the
return it is hardly possible to anticipate a change in the
current rates of discount.

The monthly Debtor and Creditor Account of the Bank
of France, made up to yesterday, was published in the
Moniteur this morning. It shows a farther large increase
in the stock of Bullion, which now amounts to 15,313,2101.,
being 1,804,1101. more than was stated in the prece.ting
return. The Circulation has been increased by 802,781,
and it now rather exceeds 23,433,3651. The Treasury
Balances have fallen off only 50,0151; but the Private
Deposits have increased 349.5001. The dulness trade
throughout France has led to a diminution in the dis-
counts of 722,2891., the amount now advanced under this
head being only 15,313,2101. This, however, is only
1 540,0001. less than the c irresponding item in the aceounts
of the Bank of England at the end of March There
is an increase in the advances on Bulion, Stock, and
Shares of 716,0801., or from 4,212,8331. to 4,928,9241.,
which may be taken as representing the amount of ass'.st•
ante rendered to the jobbers and dealers upon the Bourse
in the course of the month.

The circumstances that have most affected the Money
Market in the current week, have been the dispersion of the
April dividends, and the payment of the first instalment
of twenty per cent., or 1,000,000/., of the Indian Loan.
These events took place yesterday. Pretionsly to their
occurrence the market had felt, slightly, the eff!cts of a
more active inquiry in order to meet the commercial se-
ceptances at maturity in the first week of the month; but
this demand satisfied, it relapsed into its previous state cf
quietude. Then the loan instalment falling due simel-
taneously with the monthly Consol Settlement in the Stock
Exchange, created a moderate demand from that estatlish-
ment ; but it was most easily met by the increased means
arising from the payment of the dividends. The con•
sequence has been steadiness in the rates, the terms not
having exceeds i, in most cases, two and a half per cent.
With regard to the commercial inquiry we are compelled
to say that, although there are symptoms of increasing
activity in business, it is practically stationary.
The Bank has received about 100,0001. in gold, princi-
pally from the stock on hand before the commencement
of the present week. During the last few days about
410.5501. have arrived from Australia, only a portion of
which has yet been delivered ; and it is probable that as
the continental demand has ceased, the greater part will
go into the Bank. Large arrivals of cotton and other
commodities from the United States, while our own
exports are decreasing, have turned the Exchanges against
us for a time; so that instead of receiving gold from New
York, we are sending it there. Fully 250,0001. are said to
be already engaged. This drain will only be temporary,
and it will be met, particularly if the supplies from Aus-
tralia come in at all regularly, without resort being had to
the Bank, or at least only partially. The silver market is
dull; and very little is being sent to India, and none to
Chins.
Consols have been drooping, though the decline has been
very gradual. The lowest price of the week, so for. was at
the close last night. when they left off at 96. to i. To
some extent the market has been affected by sales of stock
to provide the instalment of the Indian Loan, but mainly
by an unsettled state of feeling caused by rumours of
loans, of political changes here and on the Continent, and
other matters without real foundation. Such reports are
always incident to a dull state of business. To-day they
opened at 96. to 4, and closed at 964 to j.
Foreign Shares are in some instances lower, but on the
whole business has been rather good in this department.
Railway Shares have suffered from the same causes as
the Funds, but besides those causes they have adverse
specialties which have operated injuriously. Among these
the most prominent is the traffics,
which, though slightly
better Om the previous week, ere still compsrativel